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Brother Theodore

March 12th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 12 Comments

He’s no longer with us, but I would have loved to have Brother Theodore as a guest riffer. I was just introduced to him today, and found it kind of odd at first. But by the end of this monologue, I found myself wiping tears off my eyes with the cuff of my shirt. I’m still not sure why, I think the damn manic energy of the whole thing just got to me. When I got home, I wanted to share it with some friends, and thought you guys might appreciate it as well:

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12 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Melman on Mar 13, 2008 at 12:52 am

    Stand up tragedy. Ha, I love it.

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  • 2 Teaser on Mar 13, 2008 at 2:03 am

    Brother Theodore used to be on Letterman all the time a bunch of years ago,he was really quite funny

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  • 3 Rob T Firefly on Mar 13, 2008 at 5:24 am

    Brother Theodore is missed, the guy was a real kick in the head.

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  • 4 MikeP on Mar 13, 2008 at 7:00 am

    Ladies and gentlemen, the Burgermeister Meisterburger of comedy.

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  • 5 Joel J. on Mar 13, 2008 at 7:44 am

    My preccciiiooouussss….

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    Reply from Indianadelae on March 13, 2008:

    Andy Serkis did have a lot to live up to….

  • 6 attaturk on Mar 13, 2008 at 9:29 am

    This was ALWAYS my favorite Brother Theodore moment on Letterman (and their were many of them)

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=rGt08GUUz1g

    Wonder what he would have thought of Schnappi? Not much to put it mildly.

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  • 7 MarkAndrew on Mar 13, 2008 at 9:54 am

    I remember him from The Burbs. :)

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  • 8 R.A. Roth on Mar 13, 2008 at 10:34 am

    Yes, I loved him on Letterman and in The ‘Burbs. He had a certain manic magnetism that was infectious. The first time he came on Letterman, the audience didn’t know if they should be amused or frightened. The word tragicomic comes to mind.

    Randy

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  • 9 Elizabeth Young on Mar 13, 2008 at 10:37 am

    I always found Brother Ted both creepy and unnervingly attractive. ( Which explains why I am always ending relationships with, “Well that explains his fascination with little shoes.”)

    Thanks for bringing back fond memories.

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  • 10 Yanni on Mar 13, 2008 at 11:47 am

    What an eccentric performance!

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  • 11 Insert Coin(s) to Continue on Mar 13, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    Hey, he has a head-volcano. Watch out, Bea Arthur.

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