Robert Schimmel

Why Are You Laughing?

Blind Mike Project

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

5 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On todays episode Mike and Craig look in to the career of Robert Schimmel. An underrated comic who had a knack for shooting himself in the foot.

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0:00.0	I don't really know how to start shows.
0:02.0	Come on, now.
0:03.0	Don't start liking me now.
0:06.0	So yeah, I'm funny compared to you.
0:09.0	Well, you'll see later.
0:10.0	I favorite me.
0:11.0	I know a lot of fucking idiots.
0:13.0	You think a lot of shit is mean-spirited.
0:14.0	Just because it goes against what they believe.
0:16.0	But the relief of comedy is it take things that aren't funny
0:19.0	and it allows us to laugh about them for an hour.
0:22.0	We got a purple suit to buy in a gigantic clothing.
0:24.9	Why are you laughing?
0:26.4	The evening, everybody.
0:27.7	Hope you can hear me this time.
0:29.5	Welcome to another episode of Why Are You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast.
0:34.1	Today, not in the vaulted podcast studios again, and we won't be for a while.
0:54.8	But today I'm pleased to introduce to you the late great Robert Schimmel who is not necessarily a guy you guys may have heard of but one of my favorites from when I was a kid and very underrated so I've been you know eager to do an episode about him since we started this. And just me and Craig today, like I said, no vaulted podcast studios.
0:58.9	We can hear me now, right?
1:00.7	We can hear you loud and clear.
1:02.3	We're doing great.
1:02.9	Thank God.
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