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   1. Theodore Isidore Gottlieb (November 11, 1906 – April 5, 2001), mostly known as Brother Theodore, was a German -born American actor and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness monologues which he called "stand-up tragedy". His style is similar to Diseuse or Kabarett, which was popular in Western Germany during the 1920s and 30s's.

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     Brother Theodore & Jerry Lewis- Interview/Argument 1966 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

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3. www.imdb.com › title › tt0840297To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore

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   Sep 9, 2007 · To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore: Directed by Jeff Sumerel. With Woody Allen, Len Belzer, Eric Bogosian, Dick Cavett. He is considered to be one of the most significant links in the history of comedy, admired by such people as Eric Bogosian and Woody Allen.

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   • Genre: Documentary, Comedy

   • Director: Jeff Sumerel
   • Release Date: 2007-09-09

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   Jan 26, 2019 · Official trailer for the bio-documentary, "To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore".Now streaming on Amazon Prime: bit.ly/tomygreatch...

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5. www.seattletimes.com › entertainment › movies‘To My Great Chagrin’: The life of the master of ‘stand-up ...

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   "To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Life of Brother Theodore" is Jeff Sumerel's fascinating, necessarily incomplete documentary about Theodore Gottlieb, aka "Brother Theodore," a Dachau ...

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   Jan 19, 2010 · Brother Theodore in sketch form. To those who remember his appearances on David Letterman’s show in the ’80s, Brother Theodore was a German-accented, white-haired old crank whom Dave tried to ...

7. www.themoviedb.org › movie › 184838-to-my-great-chagrinTo My Great Chagrin (2007) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

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   Sep 9, 2007 · The story of eccentric, avant-garde New York comic, Theodore Gottlieb. Known as Brother Theodore, this brilliant (some would say insane) comic made numerous films, several records, and multiple appearances on variety programs, such as Late Night with David Letterman. Though he never achieved commercial success, Brother Theodore influenced an entire generation of New York-based comics, many of ...

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   Who was brother Theodore and what did he do?

   • A Düsseldorf playboy who was born with “a golden spoon in my mouth,” the son and grandson of very wealthy people, Brother Theodore watched his world collapse as Hitler took charge.

   ‘To My Great Chagrin’: The life of the master of ‘stand-up tragedy’

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   Who was brother Theodore on David Letterman?

   • Brother Theodore in sketch form. To those who remember his appearances on David Letterman’s show in the ’80s, Brother Theodore was a German-accented, white-haired old crank whom Dave tried to goad—without much success—into a smile.

   To My Great Chagrin: The Exceptionally Cranky Life of Brother Theodore

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   What does a brother Theodore puppet ruminate about?

   • A Brother Theodore puppet ruminates on his life; audio interviews—the voices identified only in the end credits—reveal admirers including Woody Allen, Penn and Teller, and Eric Bogosian, who places Theodore in the Weimar cabaret tradition of confrontational comedy and audience discomfort.

   To My Great Chagrin: The Exceptionally Cranky Life of Brother Theodore

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   Was Theodore Gottlieb a real person?

   • His existential gloom was a stage act, originating in the 1940s, but its source was real: Theodore Gottlieb (1906–2001) played chess with Einstein, lost his family and fortune in the Holocaust, emigrated to America, and became a “stand-up tragedian” whose one-man shows and TV appearances never quite delivered the success he craved.

   To My Great Chagrin: The Exceptionally Cranky Life of Brother Theodore

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   He is Brother Theodore. A former millionaire playboy in the late1930's of Germany, Theodore endured the sobering loss of his entire family, his fortune, and his own identity, as a survivor of Dachau concentration camp. Shipped to America humiliated and stunned, Theodore yearned to reclaim his high-status and wealth.