Robert Klein: The HBO Specials 1975-2005
by Robert Klein
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Actor: Robert KleinDirector: Robert Klein
Brand: Kultur
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 500 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: STANDING ROOM ONLY
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DVD Review: Without Klein, there would be no Seinfeld
Summary: 5 Stars
Jerry Seinfeld has acknowledged Robert Klein as a strong early influence. I'll go one better. I think Klein is the link between Lenny Bruce and Jerry Seinfeld. Where Bruce was truly an iconoclastic social critic and Seinfeld is a brilliant observer who we seem to know very little about personally, with Klein one comes away feeling as though they've learned something about the culture and quite a bit about the man. Despite our 20 years' difference in ages, I feel like I grew up with Klein and his HBO specials. (Now I can finally have pristine copies of the videotapes that I have prized for the last 25 years!)
Klein's artistry is in his fluid descriptions of the large and small details of life in America and how they influenced his thinking. He is articulate and incisive, but can be vulgar when needed. If you watch this DVD in chronological order you come away with a true appreciation for his dedication to his craft, and his willingness to stretch himself and expose himself over the years. While he is not as outrageous as Carlin (who often resorts to extreme, almost unbelievable hyperbole to make his comedic points), he is every bit as intelligent, and just as funny.
More than anything, I come away with a sense of this artist's humanity and I can relate and laugh my head off. Also included are all his great, underappreciated musical numbers, including various versions of "I Can't Stop My Leg," "Colonoscopy" and "The Bronx is Beautiful."
This is the best DVD I"ve bought in a long time. If you're looking for who turned Seinfeld on to comedy, check out Robert Klein. He's the real thing.
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