Comedian Shelley Berman Dies at 92

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast


Legendary comedian Shelley Berman died early Friday morning at his home in California from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 92. Berman got his start in the Chicago comedy scene of the 1950s, alongside comics like Mort Sahl and Bob Newhart. He was known for his extended telephone monologues, performed while seated on a stool. In 2008, at the age of 83, Berman received his first and only Emmy nomination for playing Larry David's father on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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[Skittles]

1. Twilight Zone - "The Mind and the Matter"

he was before my time with his comedy but I thought he was a hoot in Curb Your Enthusiasm

[Aristus]

2. Sad. I listened to his comedy albums so often growing up, he seemed like a family friend.

He will be missed...

[TheDebbieDee]

3. RIP, Mr. Berman...

Was he also famous for saying, "Take my wife, please!"?

[Dave Starsky]

7. That was Henny Youngman. Nt

[still_one]

4. A very funny person. One of the classics of the art. Johnathan Winters, Buddy Hacket, they are all

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leaving us.

Made appearances on The Steve Allen Show, along with other greats such as Lenny Bruce, Louis Nye and others

[classof56]

8. I was just thinking about Shelley the other day.

He was one of my favorites back in the day, along with Nichols and May. Never failed to bring a much-needed laugh. I still have their albums. I seem to recall Shelley was on one of those detective shows (Peter Gunn, maybe?) where he played a comic who killed his wife. No laughs there, but what a performance!

Rest in peace, Shelley. And thanks for the great memories .

[frogmarch]

5. :-( He and Jonathan Winters were my

favorites back in the day. I am sad.

[Dave Starsky]

6. One of my favorite bits of his.

The "hotel soap" incident.

https://funnyshit.com.au/soap.htm

[mockmonkey]

9. Boston Legal

He was pretty funny as the befuddled "Judge Sanders" on Boston Legal.

[Beacool]

13. That was a great show.

Berman was wonderful as the confused judge.

May he rest in peace.

[amb123]

10. My favorite Shelley Berman moment

He's on the panel of "What's My Line?" and goes into hysterics questioning the man that made President Kennedy's rocking chair.

The fun starts at 15:32

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[Danmel]

12. That was very funny

Thanks for sharing.
BTW, what a different world.
Elegant, intelligent people.

[mr_lebowski]

11. RIP Shelley ... a true 20th century comic icon ... we've not got too many left I'm sad to say ...

So glad we still have Carol B. and Bob N. and a handful of others, but the ranks have definitely thinned ... anyways ... thanks for the laughs, Shelley

[Still Blue in PDX]

14. When I think of him I can hear my dad's laughter in my head.

RIP.

[yurbud]

15. Some other grad students & I had a chance to go out for drinks with him when I was at USC.

Half of us weren't quite sure who he was, but he was glad to talk to us about the craft of writing, and hung out until everyone else was ready to go.

Then I started noticing him in movies and old TV clips later, and later still when he turned up on CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM as Larry David's dad.