To My Great Chagrin

He is considered one of the most signifi cant links in the history of comedy, admired by such people as Woody Allen, Dick Cavett, and Eric Bogosian. His television appearances spanned from Steve Allen to Merv Griffi n to David Letterman. His Off-Broadway show was hailed as “diabolical genius”. He is Brother Theodore. A former millionaire playboy in the lat 1930’s in Germany, Theodore endured the sobering loss of his entire family, fortune his own identity, as a Holocaust survivor. Shipped to America humiliated and stunned, Theodore yearned to reclaim his high status and wealth. Continually haunted by his loss, and hindered as a displaced foreigner, he re-invented himself by capitalizing on his dark, existential humor to become one of America’s most respected humorists and monologists.