“If only the Earth would open and swallow you up.”

— Brother Theodore

[Brother Theodore Complete Collection on Letterman, 1982-89, Don Giller, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj5fVnHWUl4]

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German-American monologuist and comedian 1906–2001

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