First Feature-Length Schimmel Special Mostly One-Note

By the time this special was released, Robert Schimmel was a veteran. Having worked all over the country and being featured on live events organized by Rodney Dangerfield, Schimmel was on the cusp of breaking through in a big way and many thought this special would help him do just that. He works a traditional blue set here, with the material consisting mostly of ridiculous sex riffs, bits about the wife and gender politics, and rounded out with a shitting-in-public joke. During this period in his career, when he was at his best back then, he sounded like a young Rodney Dangerfield (who clearly left an impression) but when he's at his worst he sounds like your drunk uncle who tells you jokes while holding on to your arm so you can't get away. Wouldn't make another special until 2009 due to a variety of illnesses.

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What was the official certification given to Robert Schimmel: Unprotected (1999) in the United States?

bar none---the funniest comedy special ever

I was making love one night with my wife and she said: "You're in me." I know where I am, shut the fuck up.

Robert Schimmel in Robert Schimmel: Unprotected (1999)

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