I'm old enough to remember the late 1960s and early 1970s as a boy, and the artwork of Robert Crumb was really a key feature of the artistic and creative ethos of that fascinating time.
"CRUMB" the documentary is by filmmaker Terry Zwigoff who had been a longtime friend of Robert's which is the ONLY reason he let a film crew near his crazy family in the first place. The movie was made through love of his friend and was never meant to create a rift between them as I believe it did. After the film's release,Terry helped Robert's brother Max get off the streets and back into making art which Max could sell and Robert profited as well. "Confessions of Robert Crumb" IS staged because Robert and Aline were paid a buttload of money that they needed to leave the US and move to France. They were well aware of the image they wanted on camera. In present day their only daughter is a tattoo artist in Tacoma WA.
@@christopher9152 it is far better than the previous several decades of garbage pop culture, which unarguably drove many women to anorexia and other eating disorders..
He's racist? Says who? You and the trolls you follow on Twitter. People have wisend up to what a joke you PC morons are. Fight intolerance with intolerance! Sign of pure genius
I discovered this when i was in highschool, im glad a moment in my life reminded be about this again over 10 years later. 16 year old me will always remeber how much it changed my outlook on things
Good to see that after all the CRAP he has been through in his life , now he has someone special with whom to play music.. In the end it is all that matters.. Not being alone..
i accidentally stumbled upon fritz the cat years ago and loved it, had no idea it was this guy. This is very interesting, thanks Dr Peterson for pointing me here.
I accidentally stumbled upon Fritz the Cat when my dad bought it from a bookstore in downtown Manhattan when I was a kid, he glanced at the cover and thought it was for kids.
I find it very interesting the way he talks about women, and a lot of his sexual fantasies and proclivities towards them in his comics. Very similar to the way a lot of serial killers talk about them, but instead of killing or committing acts of rape he has found solace and relief in illustration.
@@klausrain111 The man is about to turn 80 this year, and he doesn't put much effort to hide his personal life especially his past. His activities are well documented and known due to his notoriety, if he has done some f**ked up shit it would of been out WAY long ago.
This video is quite hilarious, so are his comix. But I have to confess that I was usually high when I read them back in the sixties and some of them were a bit disturbing. My friends and I would read them as soon as we got them and pass them around.
Fuck all the psychology....Crumb is a master at drawing...his crosshatching technique is what im talkin ' bout....and yeah I grew up in the '60's too...that part pretty kool too... but he's the modern day albrecht durer.....I like the sexy broads, but his fine stuff is the shit.....i.e. the harvey pekar era
Most artists of any influence are "crazy". They are often people so traumatized by their early lives (or merely their genetic makeup that makes them too sensitive) that their only effective outlet is through art. This ends up putting on display a range of emotional and psychic expressions that represent aspects we all have, but to an extreme that is deeply affecting. That's why so-called "normal" artists produce art that is perhaps technically flawless and beautiful, but not particularly emotionally affecting. It takes a Van Gogh or Picasso to really stir the primal imagination. I'm not sure Crumb is anywhere near that level, but his work certainly has some depraved honesty to it.
Robert Crumb is a real life Woody Allen movie character. By his own confessions a pitiful soul attempting to keep his head above the waters of society's currents. His art is quite garish and funny all at the same time. I was first introduced to his work when I was in graduate school at a major university and his cartoons appeared in the school newspaper.
I think there's a difference between expressing your sexuality and exploiting women. Crumb's cartoons are funny, honest, and really gross. The women in them are definitely sexualized, but not in the typical "stupid skinny bimbo" kind of way. I don't really know what I'm trying to say here other than I think his work is fun, and as a woman I love looking at it.
Like everybody else, Bob's required to do one Tour-of-Duty on this loony messed-up planet. I'm sure his hard work and fortitude have earned him an extended R-n-R on the Planet of the Big-butt Amazon Chicks in his next life. Love 'ya Bob!!
How did he not become infatuated with female bodybuilders? If he likes strong physical women, I'd have expected him to like female bodybuilders. I grew up reading his stuff.
I believe he's done drawings featuring them. He definitely has a leg/butt fetish. What's especially interesting is noticing that this type of guy is predictive of the whole beta-male phenomena that grew out of the women's liberation movement. My guess is that beta men have always existed, but that modern media and people like Crumb just made the phenomena more visible. What's scary though is the high proportion of metro-sexual dweebs that came from supposedly "normal" backgrounds. The fact is, broken and single family homes are not "normal" or shouldn't be.
Thinks it makes him look intelligent completely oblivious the whole thing is pseudo science like victorian's measuring people's skull to determine "male-ness"
Spastic pug Every artist goes through that childish phase where they think they want to be Robert Crumb, or where they think they can make art like his. You'll get over it.
This guys cartooning is timeless. I have had; at many times tdifferent times; in my life; when me and afriend or two laughed hard, and out loud at his cartoons. Sorry; I know that was a long run on sentence. He's so prolific too. I could waste alot of time laughing along with him. His stuff is; and maybe more importantly is a pretty good statement about socioty, and some of the obsurdity in it. Just even thinking about some of his cartoons makes me want to laugh. Looking at his cartoons would probly be an excellent fun way to learn illustraton too. They are alot lot better, than most popular cartoons on TV. At least what I like. Pencil drawn cartoons. I saw my first one of his cartoons; in 1968; when I saw my new Xmas present. The album; Cheap Thrills. He's"Too Much". Sorry I can't help it. Im a big Marx Brothers fan also. :) I have one his cartoons on my phone. I show it to total strangers sometimes. They always laugh, then say wait let me see that. :)
Pointed to this by Jordan Peterson? Still, go out of your way to find the documentary "Crumb". It's my favorite too, of my favorite genre of film. Peterson is so articulate and brilliant. From him, I'm getting a more detailed picture of why this man, and his art, are so fascinating to me. I'm going to have to find the DVD somewhere, and view it again. It's been a while since I've seen it.
@EricSchwin22 I've been practicin' english for decades. Still I'll miss a word here and there. Subtitles would help. Bet you can't you speak portuguese, am I right?
robert crumb: a classic repressed virgo male, just like me, born 30 august, like me, tries to come to terms with the world out there and his own inhibitions, shyness with girls and repressed sexuality. to do so, he uses his drawing skills and self-deprecating, ironic sense of humour.
I was taking it seriously until it got to this point 3:36 then once I calmed down and finally stopped laughing I realized that he's kinda playing to the camera and manipulating the audience.
what exactly does he say at 2:54 ? "Self-hatred is a strong motivating force in my work... *mumblemumble* my sex-drive." Sorry, English is not my first language, could somebody plz tell me?
This reminds me of Hitler and Norman Bates ( a OSS ( CIA predecessor ) psychologist named Walter Langer profiled him and considered him, BPD, narcissistic, with a Oedipus Complex and sexual deviant.
Robert Crumb is not only one of the best cartoonists we have. He's also one of the most open and honest of all artists. Bravo.
The great thing about Robert Crumb is that he looks exactly like you imagine he would.
I mean he draws himself a lot so that makes sense😏
I'm old enough to remember the late 1960s and early 1970s as a boy, and the artwork of Robert Crumb was really a key feature of the artistic and creative ethos of that fascinating time.
"CRUMB" the documentary is by filmmaker Terry Zwigoff who had been a longtime friend of Robert's which is the ONLY reason he let a film crew near his crazy family in the first place. The movie was made through love of his friend and was never meant to create a rift between them as I believe it did. After the film's release,Terry helped Robert's brother Max get off the streets and back into making art which Max could sell and Robert profited as well.
"Confessions of Robert Crumb" IS staged because Robert and Aline were paid a buttload of money that they needed to leave the US and move to France. They were well aware of the image they wanted on camera. In present day their only daughter is a tattoo artist in Tacoma WA.
this is NOT an extract from Zwiggoff documentary friend.
Not true. Crumb sold his juvenilia to pay for his house in France.
I'm amazed by Crumb's font work. Creating whole typefaces for those thought bubbles and covers, wow
Script*
He was into THIC women before everyone else was.
most of us white men still are NOT into fat-asses, despite all the pop culture garbage pushing it
@@christopher9152 it is far better than the previous several decades of garbage pop culture, which unarguably drove many women to anorexia and other eating disorders..
@@MrHotmilo *feminist spotted*
@@christopher9152 dam your rude.
hm those women aren't thick - they're muscular.
Thick is like, Kim K or Doja Cat.
Crumb needs to have a Dcumentary every ten years or so. He's a powerhouse, never stops working, so he's always got new stuff to talk or bitch about.
The guy was/is a demented moron who needs to quickly find Jesus. Like, real fast.
@@the_platform _Didn't you know, Robert Crumb wrote the bible & invented the character called jesus!_
@@jamespatterson6972 Lol.
Crumb is like yeah I'm on full creeper status and proud of it.
And it works out just fine to. Super rich, beautiful and charming wife, and lots of female admirers. Guess courage does pay.
@@sebastiandiaconu1221 👍
Calling his confident is an understatement
This movie was made 7 years before Terry Zwigoff's Crumb.
Crumb was made over several years actually. I think he started shooting it during this time period.
The song he is playing in the beginning is "Green Mountian Polka" by The Scottsdale String band
oh man you're the best that's exactly the information i was searching for
thanks
Scottsdale has a string band?
can someone please send me a link
He must love Serena Williams
Penis Williams?
I think he does, actually. He's drawn her a few times.
Art Vandelay he is a racist shithead
O ! 🤔🧐🧟🏋️Yes you're so right ! 💯about Serena
He's racist? Says who? You and the trolls you follow on Twitter. People have wisend up to what a joke you PC morons are. Fight intolerance with intolerance! Sign of pure genius
This guy is a young Master Roshi
Thomas Rad ha!
With extra bloody nostrils.
Now hes just regular aged Roshi
My art teacher Malcom Jones from Saint John's brought me here. He told me of Crumb 15 years ago. ☺
I discovered this when i was in highschool, im glad a moment in my life reminded be about this again over 10 years later.
16 year old me will always remeber how much it changed my outlook on things
Good to see that after all the CRAP he has been through in his life , now he has someone special with whom to play music.. In the end it is all that matters.. Not being alone..
For all the bashing they take, wives help men live longer
Yeah like all the crap he's been through, like abandoning his first wife and infant son. Oh well, at least they're dead now.
@@xxmightyonexx LOFL, what bullshit
AND a cat that's feeling relaxed around the two...
@@btd7664 both dead? wow
Was waiting for him to sit on a lap, didn’t think it would happen so fast. LOL
i accidentally stumbled upon fritz the cat years ago and loved it, had no idea it was this guy. This is very interesting, thanks Dr Peterson for pointing me here.
Anyone who tries to think crumb is a pervert, ia most likely a pervert themselves
This isn't the Crumb documentary he was taking about. Check out the one by Terry Zwigoff.
I accidentally stumbled upon Fritz the Cat when my dad bought it from a bookstore in downtown Manhattan when I was a kid, he glanced at the cover and thought it was for kids.
3:37 had me cracking up loud and hard in the privacy of my car 1:07am.
"We really are entering the age of the Amazons.
Personally I'm glad to see it"
What a character but wise really wise
And wrong
@@pretorious700 Wrong about what?
He was right, Amazon is everywhere now, Books, TV, online shopping, prime, groceries… True visionary
I find it very interesting the way he talks about women, and a lot of his sexual fantasies and proclivities towards them in his comics. Very similar to the way a lot of serial killers talk about them, but instead of killing or committing acts of rape he has found solace and relief in illustration.
Creepy objectification.
Ummm, how do you know?
@@klausrain111 The man is about to turn 80 this year, and he doesn't put much effort to hide his personal life especially his past. His activities are well documented and known due to his notoriety, if he has done some f**ked up shit it would of been out WAY long ago.
very good documentary. thank you Robert for all this wonderful comics
If I saw that guy peering in the window of a woman's dance studio, I would call the cops.
I think it was partly in jest.
thank you very much for uploading, never seen this one before!
This guy super creative and talented and creepy as fuck
R.I.P. Aline Crumb, you definitely we’re for sure the most positive impact on Robert
Love this man. Great, great artist
This video is quite hilarious, so are his comix. But I have to confess that I was usually high when I read them back in the sixties and some of them were a bit disturbing. My friends and I would read them as soon as we got them and pass them around.
I'm going to quit the internet now.
This guy was definitely some sort of troll 😂
Heartwarming in its own way
Crumb is a true master. Completely original.
In the 70s we had a poster of the toon at 1:ish...the famous "Stoned Agin", neon even for your cool black light. LOL.
Fuck all the psychology....Crumb is a master at drawing...his crosshatching technique is what im talkin ' bout....and yeah I grew up in the '60's too...that part pretty kool too... but he's the modern day albrecht durer.....I like the sexy broads, but his fine stuff is the shit.....i.e. the harvey pekar era
ioriorioriorio he is crazy, not in a good way
Most artists of any influence are "crazy". They are often people so traumatized by their early lives (or merely their genetic makeup that makes them too sensitive) that their only effective outlet is through art. This ends up putting on display a range of emotional and psychic expressions that represent aspects we all have, but to an extreme that is deeply affecting. That's why so-called "normal" artists produce art that is perhaps technically flawless and beautiful, but not particularly emotionally affecting. It takes a Van Gogh or Picasso to really stir the primal imagination. I'm not sure Crumb is anywhere near that level, but his work certainly has some depraved honesty to it.
He said it correctly when he said it is a the “Cauldron of perversion “ it’s sad and terrifying
I didn't know the teacher from Stranger Things drew comics
Robert Crumb is a real life Woody Allen movie character. By his own confessions a pitiful soul attempting to keep his head above the waters of society's currents. His art is quite garish and funny all at the same time. I was first introduced to his work when I was in graduate school at a major university and his cartoons appeared in the school newspaper.
I think there's a difference between expressing your sexuality and exploiting women. Crumb's cartoons are funny, honest, and really gross. The women in them are definitely sexualized, but not in the typical "stupid skinny bimbo" kind of way. I don't really know what I'm trying to say here other than I think his work is fun, and as a woman I love looking at it.
What is the name of the song R. and Aline are playing?
I admire his work
That intro quote from him at the end went way too hard
whats the song he is playing in the beginning on the mandolin
I also would like to know
It might be featured on one of his recordings with his band, R. Crumb and the Cheap Suit Serenaders
Like everybody else, Bob's required to do one Tour-of-Duty on this loony messed-up planet. I'm sure his hard work and fortitude have earned him an extended R-n-R on the Planet of the Big-butt Amazon Chicks in his next life. Love 'ya Bob!!
I used to be a Crumb acolyte, but his misanthropy started to bug me.
Good for you. Who the fuck cares Lol
Oh, so this was even before Crumb. Interesting.
crumb is unique and original artist
It was his wife’s idea to move there. She loves France
The song in the beginning is by The Scottdale Stringband. Not sure the name
Mr Crumb, Im a big fan of the Kafka book you made with Mr Mairowitz
Yes! It's excellent.
There is no way the geek in napoleon dynamite wasn't based off of this guy.
Fabulous person and artist.
The Woody Allen of cartoonists...
+Victor oladuja Minus the daughter thing.
exactly.
Not really.
Ya in some ways for sure,but I find crumb views to still be quite different.
Except he’s not a pedophile
Crumb REALLY IS the cartoon character he draws...😊
How did he not become infatuated with female bodybuilders? If he likes strong physical women, I'd have expected him to like female bodybuilders. I grew up reading his stuff.
Love those underground comix! Great art!
Rest in peace Aline.
does anyone have any idea what that little tune robert and aline are playing at the beginning is called?
Very charming
Well Mad Magazine existed before crumb and was clearly a precursor
Came here after watching Crumb. such an interesting weirdo
I bet he Love's the Williams sisters!....(tennis)
He does.
I believe he's done drawings featuring them. He definitely has a leg/butt fetish. What's especially interesting is noticing that this type of guy is predictive of the whole beta-male phenomena that grew out of the women's liberation movement. My guess is that beta men have always existed, but that modern media and people like Crumb just made the phenomena more visible. What's scary though is the high proportion of metro-sexual dweebs that came from supposedly "normal" backgrounds. The fact is, broken and single family homes are not "normal" or shouldn't be.
Thinks it makes him look intelligent completely oblivious the whole thing is pseudo science like victorian's measuring people's skull to determine "male-ness"
Those are dudes my guy
His demons come from his MOTHER!!!
Harvey Pekar brought me
Robert Crumb is my role model
Jacob Kinsley I feel bad for you then. You must have had a very tragic past to see him as anyone to be imitated.
Why so?
ImNotJoshPotter ha he's a role model for me too
I'm an artist
Spastic pug Every artist goes through that childish phase where they think they want to be Robert Crumb, or where they think they can make art like his. You'll get over it.
“Every woman has a rape fantasy. Every man deep down…hates women.”
R.Crumb.
lol! 4:17 is hillarious
Woody Allen vs. Robert Crumb… FIGHT!
There's a touch of Ron Mael of Sparks about Robert Crumb....certainly a greater genius than the over-praised Pop Art millionaires.
This guys cartooning is timeless. I have had; at many times tdifferent times; in my life; when me and afriend or two laughed hard, and out loud at his cartoons. Sorry; I know that was a long run on sentence. He's so prolific too. I could waste alot of time laughing along with him. His stuff is; and maybe more importantly is a pretty good statement about socioty, and some of the obsurdity in it. Just even thinking about some of his cartoons makes me want to laugh. Looking at his cartoons would probly be an excellent fun way to learn illustraton too. They are alot lot better, than most popular cartoons on TV. At least what I like. Pencil drawn cartoons. I saw my first one of his cartoons; in 1968; when I saw my new Xmas present. The album; Cheap Thrills. He's"Too Much". Sorry I can't help it. Im a big Marx Brothers fan also. :) I have one his cartoons on my phone. I show it to total strangers sometimes. They always laugh, then say wait let me see that. :)
Robert Crumb's whole life is just a fascinating case study on the sexual developmental psychology of the omega male.
Your mouth is so full of shit I can smell your breath from here
Why did R Crumb feel a need to do this bio-film when the Terry Zwigoff documentary was the quintessential version?
this was about the same amount of time before the terry zwigoff film as it took me to reply to this comment, 9 years or so
Pointed to this by Jordan Peterson? Still, go out of your way to find the documentary "Crumb". It's my favorite too, of my favorite genre of film. Peterson is so articulate and brilliant. From him, I'm getting a more detailed picture of why this man, and his art, are so fascinating to me. I'm going to have to find the DVD somewhere, and view it again. It's been a while since I've seen it.
@EricSchwin22
I've been practicin' english for decades.
Still I'll miss a word here and there.
Subtitles would help.
Bet you can't you speak portuguese, am I right?
Mit Crumb-Comics habe ich lesen gelernt.
The start made me lol.
I’d like to get brain washed and rediscover Crumb.
Thank you.
aline is my hero
Ah, thank you... that would explain things.
I’m going to go wash my eyes out with bleach now.
piss off
1:20 wrapped up everthing.
Robert crumb is the Free-way Fantom
Guillermo Del Toro brought me here 😊
This deserves 5 Oscars and than hammering them down to dust
Crumb rocks!
Incredible cartoonist!
All these years later women still like the cavemen 😂
Kind of reminds me of Woody Allen, but Robert is funnier, weirder and more likeable!
Jordan peterson brought me here as well
robert crumb: a classic repressed virgo male, just like me, born 30 august, like me, tries to come to terms with the world out there and his own inhibitions, shyness with girls and repressed sexuality. to do so, he uses his drawing skills and self-deprecating, ironic sense of humour.
Do you make everything about yourself?
What is the comic strip being shown from 3:10 to 3:20?
Its from " The People's Comics".
I was taking it seriously until it got to this point 3:36 then once I calmed down and finally stopped laughing I realized that he's kinda playing to the camera and manipulating the audience.
i lost it at that moment lmao
OH, that Crumb, the Original "ME TOO' ( 4:44 )
Oddball
More like genius!
And to think, he's the normal one in his family.
JOE Rogen got me here like if he did too
what exactly does he say at 2:54 ? "Self-hatred is a strong motivating force in my work... *mumblemumble* my sex-drive."
Sorry, English is not my first language, could somebody plz tell me?
"not to mention my sex drive"
RIP Aline
People wonder why I'm bitter. Heh heh heh
Scott said well
The man is not what I expected. I thought he was the arrogant kind of artist
This reminds me of Hitler and Norman Bates ( a OSS ( CIA predecessor ) psychologist named Walter Langer profiled him and considered him, BPD, narcissistic, with a Oedipus Complex and sexual deviant.
JP got me here....