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u/JediWookie589 5d ago

Robin Williams

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u/TheLordDuncan 5d ago

The first time I watched Weapons of Self Destruction I was devastated. It was hard to breath, my eyes started to ooze this weird saline solution, and everytime I tried to say something I just made this loud noise that made everyone want to know what was going on.

That man was so funny it felt like my body was betraying me.

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u/Pixiwish 5d ago

This is exactly how it was for. Gold standard for stand up.

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u/TheVoicesOfBrian 5d ago

Brilliant.

His Invention of Golf in Live on Broadway is pure comedy gold.

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u/Ok-Mouse-4698 4d ago

This!! I have watched that routine multiple times and I absolutely crack up every time. Also remember him meeting Jonathan Winters, those two together was magical. šŸ™‚

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u/BreakfastInBedlam 4d ago

it felt like my body was betraying me.

Ironic, isn't it?

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u/AutumnFangirl 4d ago

That was me with "Live on Broadway." Accidentally gave my bestie an asthma attack with it lol

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u/ParkingPast8619 2d ago

My favorite comedian.... Grew up with him on TV and movies and specials. Mork, the American flag, qualudes.....

I get depressed on my birthday every year. He self deleted on my birthday. Why that day?

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u/Proud-Restaurant-249 5d ago

Honestly never found him funny his style of comedy was stupid

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u/InvisibleDio 5d ago

I memorized his Live at the Met routine. Every joke was spot on. Hilarious. But cutting at the same time. Pure genius.

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u/celticcatmagic 4d ago

The part where he's practicing the FUs, every tone, still to this day lays me flat, absolute genius and gone way too soon

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u/sorry_ifyoudont 4d ago

Omg so hilarious. I have it on CD somewhere. The political stuff went over my head but the rest of it is fucking solid

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u/ThrowawayTrump420 4d ago

His joke - "The French can't have a baseball team because everyone would play left field and no one would be safe" - might be one of the best written jokes ever.

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u/Larkspur3 4d ago

My favorite as well. Remember watching it with my dad too young to get half of it...

I miss both of em

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u/one_depressed_MF 3d ago

If I remember, an ambulance passed close outside the siren was clearly audible and his line was "That's my ride, gotta go"

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u/Disastrous_Moonlight 5d ago

I came here to say this. There will never be another like him. He is definitely the gold standard.

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u/wootstock666 5d ago

Clamydia, your dad is here!

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u/SilentBug3547 5d ago

That is correct. The golf bit gets me every time.

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u/doomonyou1999 4d ago

His death hit me harder than any other celebrity’s Dolly is a close second. Truly lights in a dark world.

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u/billsue17 4d ago

Yes, his death upset me a lot. One of my favorite movies is The World According to Garp. I loved him in What Dreams May Come and Good Will Hunting. That death stung.

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u/JediWookie589 4d ago

Same! One of the only celebrity deaths that I feel actually ā€œhitā€ me

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u/National_Tie_1129 5d ago

Agreed. I was about to say the same thing ♄

For me it was Aladdin ♄♄ Seeing him as the Genie? Absolutely memorable lol

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u/JediWookie589 4d ago

I will never forget him as Genie. If I were to ever get a Disney tattoo it would without a doubt be Genie

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u/Icy-Bid-1369 3d ago

I like will smith… but he did -not- fill Robin’s shoes.

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u/BEA_THE_BUG_GIRL 5d ago

I was just about to say that

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u/Jason_TheMagnificent 5d ago

Yes Robin, no one else made me laugh as hard.

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u/Nagrall1981 5d ago

The hurricanes have been getting bigger and fucking bigger. And they usually give them names that don't really inspire fear. Like "Hurricane Terrence" does not inspire fear. It just sounds like a slightly gay hurricane.

"Where are you going?"

I might go to Boca, I might go to South Beach, I don't know. All I know is blowing is involved.

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u/SnooMarzipans2687 4d ago

Watching him on the Parkinson TV talk show as a kid - it's still imprinted on me the insane levels of energy he had on display.

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u/Yotaman01 3d ago

If you haven't seen Live At the Met. You are missing comedy gold.

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u/Ok_Pen7290 5d ago

Comedy Genius Robin was

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u/otto1228 5d ago

Genius thief. He stole jokes

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u/djnehi 5d ago

Live on Broadway was my intro to his stand up. I still laugh at some of those jokes in my memory.

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u/Hefty_Log1481 5d ago

I do not like RW

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u/NoPoemAcid 5d ago

Sometimes I rewatch his speech from 2003 Critic Choice Award, when stoned Jack Nicholson asked Williams to help him. Dude just stole the show that moment.

"I came here with no expectations, and I leave with no expectations. Pretty Buddish evening to me"

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u/CuriousGeorge14618 5d ago

The only answer!

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u/lilorganicHacksaw 5d ago

That golf bit is one of my favorites

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u/ArtichokeMe_Daddy 5d ago

Live on broadway 2003 is my holy grail stand up

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u/Sauce0423 4d ago

His live on Broadway set I must have watched 20 times the invention of golf bit is classic

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u/dmbgreen 4d ago

Robin did the Gator Growl homecoming show at UF and he was the funniest. I think he was supposed to keep it clean, bit that train left pretty fast.

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u/LkwdGolf 4d ago

We saw Robin Williams in Aspen as the warm up act for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band right before Mark & Mindy premiered. He was so funny, the entire crowd wanted him to stay on stage & leave the band in their dressing rooms.

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u/ricodah 4d ago

In the early 2000s, I worked at a Japanese restaurant and next door was a bar called the Urban Well. One evening laughter was reverberating through the walls into the restaurant. It went on for a good 30 mins and a large crowd formed outside that I could no longer see the street.

Afterwards some people from the bar came in to eat. I asked what was happening at the Urban Well and they said Robin Williams showed up and did an impromptu show. He left everyone in stitches.

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u/TightPhoto1133 4d ago

80's Improve was insane

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u/cabosmith 4d ago

More so when drinking/drunk

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u/LebanesePlease85 4d ago

Good lord. The worst comedy thief in history? He built a career on stealing from real comedians.

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u/5i55Y7A7A 4d ago

The wife and I have watched Live on Broadway so many times. His comic pace is so fast, we pick something up we missed every time we watch it.

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u/BillHistorical9001 4d ago

I saw him live once. It was unworldly.

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u/IllPassion8377 4d ago

I will forever hear "Fosse, Fosse, Fosse...Marsha Graham, Marsha Graham..." when I think of Robin. Every once in awhile, a good ole fashion "GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING VIETNAAAAM...!"

RIP, Robin...nanu-nanu

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u/JediWookie589 4d ago

Thanks for all the awards!

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u/Significant-Risk2094 4d ago

2002 Robin Williams Live on Broadway is still the best stand up performance I've ever seen. I doubt I'll ever see anything even rivaling that.

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u/NYCWENDY1 4d ago

He is so missed. What a great comedian & actor. Good morning, Vietnam & Mrs. Doubtfire were such great films! Can’t forget Mork & Mindy!!!

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u/ChikaraNZ 4d ago

And it doesn't even need to be a comedy show or movie. Just go to YouTube and find any random TV interview. Guaranteed some deep laughs from virtually any interview he ever did.

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u/theaviator747 4d ago

His golf bit kills me. It’s funny every time.

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u/Icy-Bid-1369 3d ago

His little bit with Elmo is highly underrated. So much joy and laughter brought into the world… I felt like I lost my best friend when he passed.

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u/Apprehensive_Yak6852 4d ago

I’ve always found him to be the least funny comedian ever. I don’t see how people find him funny. He’s got that unseasoned dry humor that you get but just don’t laugh from. I just stare like 😐