Brother Theodore. SUCH an INTENSE inspiration. I would have loved to have seen him perform in person on stage. Thank you for preserving at least SOME of his genius. The last part of his headstone reads: As long as there is death there is hope. Such a unique artist actually makes me glad to be alive...a true original.
I love Brother Theodore's role in The Burbs and never saw anything else he did until seeing this. Now i see just how much of a surrealist genius he is!
His version of Gollum is what I grew up watching as a kid. His voice was great , but didn’t care for the design . However , it was clearly based on Theodore himself .
Best Brother Theodore.. "The Burbs" when I was a young young kid in the 1980s and I would see his name in the credits of movies and I literally thought that his name was "Brother The Odor". I was trying to sound it out phonetically lmao 🤣😂😆
Just got back from watching the animated version of “The Hobbit”, Brother Theodore was the original Gollum. After seeing this clip, not only was he the perfect choice for Gollum…I don’t think he was even acting. I don’t even think he was reading a script.
Metaphysics is the science of things transcending what is physical or natural. In the original Greek it meant basically all the stuff beyond physics or the physical world.
itchy chick 😀 what a rant, absolutely brilliant, athletes foot, I want those teeth!!! I can't believe I'd never heard of brother Theodore before, what a mad character.
His voice is just so beautifully unique. His passion for his craft is always so mesmerizing. I am glad that we have video recordings of him to see him fully in action. His work in the Rankin-Bass Middle Earth films (The Hobbit and The Return of the King) as Gollum are always what I will think of him first, but he is just so brilliant!
Incredible. BTW his tombstone says "As Long As There Is Death There Is Hope". I landed here looking up Gollum, whom he played in the 1977 Hobbit movie.
Albeit a different kind if stage personna, Brother Theodore and "Professor" Irwin Corey provided the most delightful kinds of non sequitur-based surrealism. Theodore was always in a rage, and Corey was always in a daze. They were "alternative" comedy before there was alternative comedy. Theodore's grandiose monologues also reminded me a little of "Lord" Richard Buckley's orations. I dearly miss them all.
This thing all things devours; Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats mountain DOWN!!!
Teddy opened with the bit he performed in 1955! Dave had the same look of astonishment and puzzlement I had when I first saw his act. They guy was a genius.
This is easily the funniest interview I have ever seen. WTF, who is this guy?? He missed his calling as a bit player in ALWAYS SUNNY as Frank's other brother.
One of the most brilliant performers of his time. The early advertisements for his performances did not exaggerate, he never failed to deliver “A one man show of sinister and diabolical humor.”
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"I'm in the prime of my senility,". What a great line.
Truly!
It was always a treat when Brother Theodore was on Letterman in the early days of late night.
He was so strange, yet so entertaining.
Brother Theodore. SUCH an INTENSE inspiration. I would have loved to have seen him perform in person on stage. Thank you for preserving at least SOME of his genius. The last part of his headstone reads: As long as there is death there is hope. Such a unique artist actually makes me glad to be alive...a true original.
This is the fourth Brother Theodore clip I have seen today and I love this guy.
I love Brother Theodore's role in The Burbs and never saw anything else he did until seeing this. Now i see just how much of a surrealist genius he is!
I can't believe i just found out about this guy. Wow what a brilliant entertainer. Really funny AND poetic. He had a real gift.
His version of Gollum is what I grew up watching as a kid. His voice was great , but didn’t care for the design . However , it was clearly based on Theodore himself .
I wish I could have seen him live on stage for a performance.
The man was brilliant! His use of the English languge amazing!
His voice is so unique. I was terrified of Gollum when I was a young kid and hearing his voice now gives me chills.
Best Brother Theodore.. "The Burbs" when I was a young young kid in the 1980s and I would see his name in the credits of movies and I literally thought that his name was "Brother The Odor". I was trying to sound it out phonetically lmao 🤣😂😆
'I am not well my friends'
CLASSIC !!
it's been over 50-55 years since I last saw this man.... Brillant !!! A lot of comics have taken his que, "Bud Melman" is another Brilliant mind !!
Funniest man to ever come out of Dachau.
He would have been a smash hit at slam poetry nights, lol.
Good Ol' Dave and Theodore, Chuck and Linus
Have to admire his complete dedication to his character. Either a great, great actor or a true psycho!!
"the teeth..." - he got that from Poe's story "Berenice"
I see it now.
I see it.
What he did there was beyond brilliant.
Genius. A riveting performance. I wonder what he was like off stage?
I'm just plain folks lol thee monolinguist
It was hard to tell if Brother Theodore was a pure theatrical genius or a madman having a psychotic break.
I think it was both.
Just got back from watching the animated version of “The Hobbit”, Brother Theodore was the original Gollum. After seeing this clip, not only was he the perfect choice for Gollum…I don’t think he was even acting. I don’t even think he was reading a script.
That Dr Evil monologue at the group therapy in Austin Powers perhaps influenced by this account of early years?
About a 9 on the tension scale, Rube
Saw him on the Jerry Lewis talk show years ago.
Omg I couldn't stop f****** laughing watching this. Brother Theodore is out of his f****** mind..🤣
Brother Theodore was on the rails?
Dream weaver ....
Dad?
I still can't tell if this is a shoot or a work.....
so much more reasonable & coherent than the leading republican candidate.
"Is, uh, that a Banlon shirt?" Greatest comeback line in the history of television.
what is a metepsyician?
Metaphysics is the science of things transcending what is physical or natural. In the original Greek it meant basically all the stuff beyond physics or the physical world.
The only thing he got right was when he called Letterman a pathological liar.
I instantly recognized him as Rueben Klopek from The 'Burbs
What is that ? Slovic 😅
Still a better guest than Madonna
Amen, that's the truth.
not as sexy though ..
I’ve never seen Madonna on letterman, is she really that bad?
@@opaljk4835yes
Im in the prime of my senility😂
"born 2 years after the discovery of dirt"
I LOVE that line.
yeah, a classic, brilliant
itchy chick 😀 what a rant, absolutely brilliant, athletes foot, I want those teeth!!! I can't believe I'd never heard of brother Theodore before, what a mad character.
her face was sweaty like a lump of rancid pork 😀
When I was twelve I could wave bye-bye
Brother Theodore just poured himself into his performances. Singularly unique! Bravo!
Brother Theodore was smart and intelligent
Wasn’t he in The Burbs
His voice is just so beautifully unique. His passion for his craft is always so mesmerizing. I am glad that we have video recordings of him to see him fully in action. His work in the Rankin-Bass Middle Earth films (The Hobbit and The Return of the King) as Gollum are always what I will think of him first, but he is just so brilliant!
I laughed so hard I was crying. Genius.
I'm squirming with delight to watch a Brother Theodore clip.
He’s from upper and lower Bavaria 😆
Dave gave him the Johnny Carson wink at the end
The 'Burbs
Holocaust Survivor. Brother T. Was in the camps
ill never forget his voice, from the rankin-bass hobbit, and last unicorn.
Incredible. BTW his tombstone says "As Long As There Is Death There Is Hope". I landed here looking up Gollum, whom he played in the 1977 Hobbit movie.
He was a fascinating performer.
His take on Gollum is my personal favorite.
Wow! Gollum that's fascinating I did not know ty
Same in return of the king in 1979 Rankin bass cartoon
Always love and respect Brother Theodore!
TH-cam comments introduced me to the Brother. Now he's my number one
Came here from the comment sections of Harvey Pekar videos
He could be related to Dr. Ruth!
What a character, the world is in sore need of a great soul.
The postal service does need to do what is imagined at 2:50
Albeit a different kind if stage personna, Brother Theodore and "Professor" Irwin Corey provided the most delightful kinds of non sequitur-based surrealism. Theodore was always in a rage, and Corey was always in a daze. They were "alternative" comedy before there was alternative comedy. Theodore's grandiose monologues also reminded me a little of "Lord" Richard Buckley's orations. I dearly miss them all.
The holy trinity of Letterman guests: Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, and Brother Theodore.
Pekar always made for a good oddball interview.
What about norm MacDonald?
@@katonius4542 You got that right. Replace Bill Murray with Norm
@@Christie_Love True
Bruce Willis was always game for anything; and Steve Martin always well prepared!
Reality is for people who can't handle Brother Theodore
Theodore Isidore Gottlieb !
"How unfortunate for the Knapps!".
Rumsfield: It's funny but I don't ever remember seeing a moving van out front...
Reub: I don't understand that it was parked outside ALLLL DAAAAY!
This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain DOWN!!!
Teddy opened with the bit he performed in 1955! Dave had the same look of astonishment and puzzlement I had when I first saw his act. They guy was a genius.
I come from extremely bad stock LOL
At 4:40 he almost breaks character.
So he does. Then gets his grimace going again. Brilliant!
Genius and lunatic! One of a kind, hilarious 🤣
He might be "Debby Downers" dad.
Klopek, what is that, Slavic?
"NO"😠
A pile of mud... with hair...
"all of a suddenly"
He was unique. He was truly the one and ONLY. He was one of a kind. Etc
unlike your comment
absolutely.
The rare event of one in millions and millions and millions of people who never get born again. He was talking about the enlightened Buddha.
Someone should've made a movie where they let Bother Theodore and Fred Willard loose.
Back when they used to have interesting people on t.v.
This is easily the funniest interview I have ever seen. WTF, who is this guy?? He missed his calling as a bit player in ALWAYS SUNNY as Frank's other brother.
GENIUS
dude is on some next level, pure comic genius
Who also is here because of the autobiography of Herbert Feuerstein?
When I first saw this guy back in the day I thought he was for real. Hilarious.
And Howard Stern, thinks his guests are crazy!
I will be on every postage stamp in the world!!!!!
what a complete nutcase, funny though, apparently he was banged up in a conservatory and survived, went to America and annoyed everyone.
he was absolutely brilliant.
they would rather shake the devil by the tail than shake my hand 🤣🤣🤣
her face was sweaty like a chunk of rancid pork.
Is that a banlon shirt? Pure Genius.
Gollum
About a 9 on the tension scale, Rube
🤣🤣
Ahhhh WOW?
The voice of Gollum for the 1977 The Hobbit. Excellent casting.
You have to be on the rails to go off the rails.
Peculiar act. Perrmance art?
absolutely brilliant
her face was so sweaty it looked like a rancid bit of pork.
What's really scary is that today his rantings actually make sense.
Letterman had the best of NYC on his show back then
ALL DAYYYY!
As BT said: "Where there is death, there's hope."
So this is where Jason Alexander got his George Costanza from?
One of the most brilliant performers of his time. The early advertisements for his performances did not exaggerate, he never failed to deliver “A one man show of sinister and diabolical humor.”
Brother Theodore : "Perhaps we just sits here...and chats with its....a bitsy...my precious?"
Letterman: Theodore your Gollum is showing!
What a legend, loved him in the burbs too.
Is that Slavic?
He's Werner Herzog if he was intentionally funny.
No, even better: He's a combination of Werner Herzog and Alan Watts.
with a dash of 1930’s authoritarianism
Theres a few times here where the look on Dave's face matches how i feel about Brother Theodore.
what's a pediatriciast?
A podiatrist is a doctor who works on feet.