![]() ![]() ![]() Alternately laugh-out-loud funny and profound, Cancer on Five Dollars a Day is an honest account of how one man's face-off with a deadly disease helped him better understand himself. From his colorful banter with nurses and other patients during chemo, to his hilarious conversation with a wig salesman, going for the laugh was Robert Schimmel's survival mechanism. Indeed, it was his basic need to laugh-even if the only people around him were suffering from cancer and the room he was playing was the Mayo Clinic infusion center-that carried him through his ordeal. But Schimmel never lost his sense of humor, his knife-like edge, and most of all, his passion toentertain. The sitcom was dumped and the fire of his white-hot career started to go out. Diagnosed with Stage III non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, he was told he would have to undergo chemotherapy immediately. ![]() A recipient of the celebration of Life Award from the National Lymphoma Society, Mr. He'd won the Stand-Up of the Year Award, his HBO special was a huge hit, and his sitcom had been picked up. Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD Guest: Robert Schimmel Robert Schimmel, named one of Comedy Centrals 100 greatest Comics, had Showtime and HBO specials, bestselling CDs, a Fox pilot, and consistently sold-out club dates. Robert Schimmel, named one of Comedy Centrals 100 greatest Comics, had Showtime and HBO specials, bestselling CDs, a Fox pilot, and consistently sold-out club dates. In the spring of 2000, Robert Schimmel was riding high. ![]()
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