About Al Zimbler

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In memory of Albert Zimbler: November 20, 1924, to March 19, 2020

Chicago-born Al (Albert) Zimbler was a retired Certified Public Accountant who found his second calling after taking a sketch comedy class at Second City in Chicago; improv classes at Harper College (Palatine, IL), Piven Theater (Evanston, IL), New Trier Extension (Northfield, IL) and UCLA Extension (Los Angeles); and comedy writing with Judy Carter in Los Angeles.

He led a group of improvisers in the MEL (Men Enjoying Leisure) group in the Chicago area.  He appeared on two daily programs on a cruise from Los Angeles to Australia on the Queen Elizabeth II, and he appeared on two daily programs on the Royal Caribbean Cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas.

 

This poem he wrote on April 9, 2006, was re-discovered after his death:

 

LOOKING INTO MY HEART

I’m happily with my love

Getting pleasure from above

What a wonderful start

Life’s a lark

 

I smile at all

With whom I suppose

The red sky is up high

And she darn well knows

 

Give me a break soon

Before I’m a loon

Come give me a smile

For that I’d walk a mile

 

Tho no distance too far

When I have my guitar

When I’m playing

Just playing to a star

 

For Al Zimbler information, email Phyllis Zimbler Miller at pzmiller@gmail.com

Read true stories Al wrote of his life.