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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBob Einstein, alias Super Dave Osborne, has died
https://deadline.com/2019/01/bob-einstein-dead-curb-your-enthusiasm-super-dave-osborne-smothers-brothers-1202527938/Rest in peace.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Imagine, 50-plus years BEFORE the date of that c. 1967 sketch on the Smothers Brothers Show youd be in the vaudeville and tin-pan alley era.
There was indeed a cultural revolution in the 1960s, that changed the way we perceive the performing arts (among other things). Best example: kids today still listen to the Beatles, Stones and Beach Boys, and they dont consider that music quaint or antiquated.
erlewyne
(1,115 posts)I had no idea ... google "pink balloon and sex!"
LOL!!! I am so naive.
2naSalit
(86,765 posts)RIP
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)spanone
(135,861 posts)RIP
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Who used a different last name, for the obvious reason.
Funny guys from a very funny family.
RIP Super Dave.
Sid
Brother Buzz
(36,458 posts)Born Harry Einstein on May 6, 1904 in Boston, Mass.
Died Nov. 24, 1958 of heart attack in Beverly Hilton, Calif.
Harry Einstein, a former newspaperman, achieved his fame in radio as a master of dialect, especially with his garbled Greek characterization of Parkyakarkus (park ya carcass). An appearance on Eddie Cantors radio show in the early 1930s attracted so much attention that he became a permanent fixture on the show.
Einstein appeared in 11 films from 1936 to 1945 as Parkyakarkus, which became much more than a stage name. He even applied to a New York court for permission to legally change it, contending that no one knew him by his actual name. The judge turned him down.
The comedians life came to a dramatic end at 54, when he suffered a fatal heart attack after finishing a speech at a Friars Club roast for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Witnesses told The Times that it was the most hilarious speech of his career.
The 1,000 Hollywood celebrities at the Beverly Hilton were still laughing when he finished the speech, suddenly stumbled and fell against Milton Berle. Berle called for a doctor and emcee Art Linkletter relayed the call over the microphone.
Albert Brooks and Super Dave Osborne's half-brother, Charles Einstein, was my neighbor back in the late fifties and early sixties. He moved to the SF Bay Area when the Giants relocated to San Francisco; besides being a novelist, screen writer, and biographer, he was a sports reporter, and the Giants was his bailiwick. Oh, and just for shits and giggles, he had a dufus dalmatian named Albert.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)RIP
KCDebbie
(664 posts)I think the last thing I saw him in, he played Matt Damon's Dad in one of the Ocean's Eleven movies...
ret5hd
(20,515 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,570 posts)Loved that character.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Im not surprised by this sad news. He and his brother, Albert Brooks, provided off-the-wall laughter for SIX decades. Thats no small accomplishment.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)Refusing to be a guest on Dan LeBatard's show didn't save him from the grim reaper. RIP Super Dave.
a kennedy
(29,699 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)guests began dying soon after being on Dan's show so Bob (who used to come on the show very often) stopped being a guest, stating that he did NOT want to die. Unfortunately, the refusal didn't help him at all.
a kennedy
(29,699 posts)didnt know of that.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)Especially Allyson...she was the ONLY one that Bob would talk to and they were very close.
Sneederbunk
(14,298 posts)a kennedy
(29,699 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Ugh. Sad to hear he's gone.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Full episode. Bob talks about the death of his father at Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz roast. And discusses his favorite Super Dave episode
FYI. Video is flipped horizontally for some reason
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ev8un
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Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Seriously, though. This is sad. He was hilarious in everything he did.
My favorite role of his was a tiny one: as the pushy sporting goods salesman in his brother's movie Modern Romance.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)ended up being such a great send off to Bob.
Classic old joke:
http://pokeclip.com/w-bob-einstein-and-jerry-seinfeld-on-comed-v_e9smaZVVBxA?fbclid=IwAR2jzQRqga1Uam2rJEGIx2cpqKg_6RoqiA_wyYDWDfOW8f7-wPJjZ4YoyJ0
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee recap: Jerry, does Bob Einstein get the car or what?
Bob Einstein wants a free car. Jerry Seinfeld teases a free car. Will this end well?
https://thecomeback.com/pop-culture/comedians-cars-getting-coffee-recap-jerry-seinfeld-bob-einstein.html
JohnnyRingo
(18,640 posts)I loved him back in the Super Dave era and continued that admiration more recently during his role on Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm". I didn't know Albert Brooks was his brother. That had to be a wild household growing up.
Dear God: Please stop taking our beloved entertainers and focus more on crooked politicians for a while.
mulsh
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|SCVDem
(5,103 posts)With a few John Bynes specials?