1. Robert George Schimmel was an American stand-up comedian who was known for his blue comedy.
19 Facts About Robert Schimmel
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Robert Schimmel was born in the Bronx, New York City, the son of Betty and Otto Robert Schimmel, Jewish survivors of the Holocaust.
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Robert Schimmel was voted class clown during high school and was in the United States Air Force for one year during the Vietnam War era.
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Robert Schimmel's career began when, at the urging of his sister, he performed at a comedy club's open-mic night.
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Undaunted, and with some help from Rodney Dangerfield, who invited him to perform on his HBO Young Comedians Special, Robert Schimmel began making a name for himself.
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Robert Schimmel wrote material for In Living Color and for comedians such as Yakov Smirnoff and Jimmie Walker.
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In 2000 Robert Schimmel had developed and completed a TV pilot for a show that would bear his name for the FOX network, with Brie Larson and Vicki Davis as his two daughters.
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In one signature bit, Robert Schimmel joked about making obscene suggestions to a lady from the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
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Robert Schimmel said his inappropriate comments on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Hollywood Squares caused him to be removed, though he later returned to O'Brien's show.
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Robert Schimmel married his first wife, Vicki, in 1977, and they had four children together.
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Robert Schimmel later divorced and remarried, having two sons with his second wife, Melissa.
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Robert Schimmel had a complicated relationship with his first wife, Vicki.
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Robert Schimmel's treatments included chemotherapy and required long stays in the hospital.
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Robert Schimmel was arrested in Calabasas, California on May 2,2009, as a result of an alleged confrontation between himself and his wife Melissa.
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On May 8,2009, Melissa Robert Schimmel filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.
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Robert Schimmel claimed, during an interview with Howard Stern, that his wife had cheated on him with their neighbor, although he admitted he had no solid proof.
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Robert Schimmel stated that he was bankrupt due to some of the actions that Melissa had taken with his money.
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Robert Schimmel's cirrhosis had progressed to the point that he was working to be added to the waiting list for a donated liver.
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Robert Schimmel is interred at the Paradise Memorial Gardens in Scottsdale, Arizona.