Wow, seriously?
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The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians has a new resident.
I just finished re-reading Bradley Dentonâs award-winning novella a few days ago.(1)
It is comforting to picture Robin, along with Lenny Bruce, John Belushi and Richard Pryor, all giving hell to Housemother Mrs. Vonus.
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Shocked, heart broken. He had, at times, penetrating insight as an actor and hilarious as a comedian.
The scene in Good Will Hunting, where he takes will and sits beside a lake and talks to Will, penetrates and overwhelms all of Willâs defenses makes the movie, and makes the scenario believable, even though it is about an exagerated fictional situation.
There werenât enough roles like that for him to play - Dead Poets was one, but in that, his role lead to heart braking tragedy. These were roles that only he could play.
We are so lucky he graced us. He was a meteor. I supposed, destined to burn out long before overtaken by rust.
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Robin Williams was one of the few comedians in my lifetime that had the ability to make me laugh so hard I cried, with the passing of Robin Williams the shortage of comedians with that kind of talent is even greater. Rest In Peace you brilliant and funny man.
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I remember, back in the 80s when my daughters were young and watched Sesame Street and Mr. Rogersâ Neighborhood, I saw Robin Williams on a talk show - donât remember which one - and he went into an improv on Mr. Rogersâ Neighborhood. He had all the voices down pat. It was thoroughly irreverent almost to the point of being in bad taste, and it was hilarious! I was gasping for breath with laughter. Iâll never forget that.
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I donât understand your thinking (if I can call what you posted as thinking). Treat others the way you want to be treated. So I take it you wantâŚno,⌠you deserve no pity or kindness. Thatâs a harsh life style to live up to.
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After reading all the vicious denunciations of Philip Seymour Hoffman, I expected a similarly idiotic response to this death. I asked my colleague about an hour ago, âHow long till someone condemns Robin Williams?â
âFor what?â
âFor killing himself. You know how these self-righteous nut cases are.â
Thanks for being right on time and painfully predictable.
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Wowâthis is just terrible. I am so shocked, but we all knew heâd struggled with drugs, marital problems, and his career wasnât on fire anymore, although his talent was undiminished. Hard to be on top and then lose it after 25 or 30 years. I got the feeling that it was really eating at him the last few years. Hate to think that he just couldnât handle it, couldnât find the right venue anymore.
I did standup one year (1982-1983) and was about to go on at an open mic in SF when he showed up. The audience KNEW he was going to go on and hone his latest material. They were very polite to me, but definitely wanted me to finish so he could go on, which he did, with a couple of other pros (Jeremy Kramer and Michael Pritchard). They did 45 minutes or an hour of just wild stuffâI think it was a Shakespeare parodyââA Meltdownerâs Nightmareâ (something like thatâthe title was a play on Midsummer Nightâs Dream and the content was related to the meltdown at Three Mile Island). It was classic stuff. We all pitied the guy who FOLLOWED Robin; the entire audience (except us struggling comedians) had leftâthey had just gotten a free show from the hottest guy in comedy!
Anyway, we used to see him around SF all the time on his bike, out at a show, etc. He had the crazy house with the artsy garage doors and the topiary hedge of a dinosaur. His wealthy neighbors were concerned!
Truly an original. This is a real loss to the comedy world.
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Do you also say âfuck himâ when someone does of a different illness? Or does only mental illness bring out the sociopath in you?
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I should also add that he probably made the transition into dramatic roles from comedy better than anyone: Awakenings, Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King, Good Will Hunting, etc.
That takes a special talent and great range. He had great sensitivityâI remember always being âon,â but underneath that was that sensitivity. Itâs a lot to manage, and he had done it well until now. So sad.
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He was a junkie. Everyone who works in the entertainment business knew it the same way that everyone knew that Michael Jackson was a tree jumping pervert.
He spent time with John Belushi on Belushiâs last night and they werenât playing Scrabble. All things considered, he must have had the constitution of an ox considering how much blow and booze he did.
itâs pissing me off too -
let me qualify - pissed in a âholy fuck wtfâ kind of way. Iâm disappointed he decided to not take another chance.
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You two must be a bunch of fun to be around.
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experience with murder, suicide and unexpected deaths will alter anyoneâs perspective of the choice Williams made.
What dreams may comeâŚ
Thanksâ for posting that, I needed that, RIP Robin ! A great talent and was good Buds with 2 of my favorites that are no longer here, Richard Pryor where I first saw Robin as a cast member on the Richard Pryor Show and John Belushi who left way to soon.
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We were at my nieceâs 18th birthday party tonight when the news came on the TV. Someone mentioned that he had recently re-entered rehab â I donât know if it was for drinking or drugs; I knew heâd had a problem with both â and I wonder if he had been described any anti-depressant medications as part of his rehab.
Some of those drugs can send you around the bend.
Just too sad. He and Richard Pryor were probably the comic geniuses of their generation, and both burned out too soon.
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Suicide: A Permanent Solution
to a Temporary Problem
http://www.suicide.org/permanent-solution-to-a-temporary-problem.html
nanoo nanoo.
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If there were ever a time to not respond to the trolls, this is that time. You have a scroll key, use it.
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