Robert Schimme Wiki|Biography|Life Since Then

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:Robert Schimme Wiki,Biography,Schimmel was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of Betty and Otto Schimmel, Jewish survivors of the Holocaust.He was voted class clown during high school and was in the United States Air Force for one year during the Vietnam War.A resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, his career began when, at the urging of his sister, he performed at a comedy club’s open-mic night. A club owner in Los Angeles offered to make him a regular, but when Schimmel moved there he found that the club had burned down.

Undaunted, and with some help from Rodney Dangerfield, who invited him to perform on his HBO Young Comedians Special, Schimmel began making a name for himself. He wrote material for In Living Color and for comedians such as Yakov Smirnoff and Jimmie Walker.

Schimmel married his first wife, Vicki, in 1977, and they had four children together. Their son Derek died of cancer at age 11.Schimmel then married his second wife, Melissa, with whom he had two sons.

Schimmel cited Lenny Bruce as his all-time comedy hero.Schimmel incorporated any aspect of his personal life into his act, even his cancer and the death of his son. In one signature bit, Schimmel joked about making obscene suggestions to a lady from the Make-a-Wish Foundation.His act was described as raunchy and sexually explicit, which he claimed is why he never appeared on netweork television.He said his inappropriate comments on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Hollywood Squares got him disinvited to appear, though he later returned to O’Brien’s program.[10] However, his edgy style has made him a hit on The Howard Stern Show.