Robert Klein
Robert Klein · Arts & Literature
Stand-up pioneer of the observational style; first HBO comedy special ever (1975)
1942, The Bronx, New York City, United States
United States
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Robert Klein is an American comedian and actor who pioneered the observational, conversational style of stand-up in the early 1970s and headlined the very first HBO comedy special in 1975. His influence is widely acknowledged by later comics. He is Jewish, raised in a Jewish family in the Bronx.
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Stand-up pioneer of the observational style; first HBO comedy special ever (1975)
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