Robert Schimmel, CANCER ON $5 A DAY, author and comedian: Mr. Media Interview




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Summary: (Show starts after 4 minutes delay.) Robert Schimmel was named one of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Comics and is a regular on both Howard Stern and Conan O'Brien. In the spring of 2000, Schimmel was riding high. He'd won the Stand-Up of the Year Award, his HBO special was a huge hit, and his sitcom had been picked up. And then it all came crashing down - he was diagnosed with Stage III non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. www.robertschimmel.com