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Help everyone explore new worlds
and ideas.
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Support your PBS station.
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I got lucky.
I won the lottery.
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But when I met him, I just??
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I fell in love with him.
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She's really sweet and really
funny in her own right.
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It was just so much fun.
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That was part of that time,
I think.
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You know, it was so huge
so quickly.
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The feedback, the love,
the laughter just fed him.
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It was just like
it lit up his brain.
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And how do you
make sense of it all,
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and part of it is laughter.
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How are you,
lovely place, Michael.
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My god, what a lovely
shade of tweed!
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Obviously this is the??
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It started here,
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at the Comedy Store
in Hollywood.
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I think those
very first audiences
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here in the Comedy Store,
when they saw Robin,
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it was like seeing
a tornado in person.
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But I think at first
they were just in awe
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of that energy that he had
when he came on.
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Hello, how are you,
take this off.
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They haven't set yet.
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Hello!
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This room
right here is hallowed ground
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if you're a standup.
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Look, look, look!
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But Robin's like??it was like they all gravitated,
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the whole back wall,
there was a who's who of comics.
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They said they knew immediately,
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they knew the moment he opened
his mouth and started speaking.
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He wasn't just
doing funny things.
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He was doing it in
a brand-new way.
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Robin Williams died
on August 11, 2014,
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at the age of 63.
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His death saddened the world,
but his work lives on.
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You're exactly like him.
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Oh, now, come on, now,
man, look at that, look at that.
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He looks like he does his hair
with a Cuisinart.
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Seize the day.
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
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Hello!
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Aaah!
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You don't know about real loss,
'cause that only occurs
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when you love something
more than you love yourself.
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Aah!
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Aaaah!
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Bully!
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Got you, boy.
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We made it in the World Cup.
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Everybody plays it,
not like the World Series,
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because the French
don't have a baseball team.
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If they did,
they would only have left field,
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and no one would be safe.
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He wasn't safe!
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What can you do, huh?
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It's a life and career
worth celebrating.
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Young Robin Williams
didn't have many friends,
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but he did have toy soldiers
and a non-stop imagination.
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All alone in the attic,
he staged unlikely scenes??
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Indians fighting Nazis,
or knights with airplanes.
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An only child with
largely absent parents,
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no one else saw
his creative spark,
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until that day in high school,
when Robin Williams
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stepped onstage
for the first time.
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Senior year of high school,
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they had like a class revue
where they got to
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make fun of the teachers,
and I could do
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a pretty dead-on impression
of a couple of them,
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and that was the beginning of,
"Oh, this is nice."
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After high school, Williams went
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to Claremont College
to study political science,
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but Claremont was
an all-men's school.
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It turns out
the only place the ladies were
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was the theater classes,
and specifically
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the improvisational
theater classes.
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And it was this beginning
of getting laughs,
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especially around improvising,
which I went,
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"You literally can
create it there in that space?"
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"Yep." "Okay,
let's do this."
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Despite his skill
creating laughter,
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at age 21, Robin Williams didn't
see comedy as his future.
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He wanted to be an actor
and moved to New York
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after winning
a special scholarship
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to the prestigious
Julliard Academy.
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It was Christopher Reeve
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and myself were
the two students.
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He was chosen because
he's stunningly handsome
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and I was chosen to be
a character actor,
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which is kind of,
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"Little hairy boy,
you be funny."
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At Julliard, Williams' mentor
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was John Houseman,
who had just finished
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an Oscar-winning turn in
The Paper Chase,
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playing a character that wasn't
far from his real-life persona.
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Now that you're on your feet,
Mr. Hart,
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maybe the class will be
able to understand you.
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You are on your feet?
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Yes, I'm on my feet.
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Loudly, Mr. Hart.
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Fill this room
with your intelligence.
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And we sat down with Houseman,
and I remember??
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I paraphrase this now,
but he was basically saying,
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"Mr. Reeve, Mr. Williams,
the theater needs you.
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You should go and be soldiers
in the army of the theater.
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Unless of course you can make
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[bleep]-loads of cash doing films.
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I'm going off to sell Volvos."
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Smith Barney.
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They make money
the old fashioned way.
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They earn it.
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He was almost like
the Wizard of Oz.
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Like, "Don't look behind
that curtain, boy."
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But, you know,
pretty astonishing character,
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and all these people
he'd gathered together
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teach at Julliard
because of him, I think,
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because he was so
kind of charismatic.
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After Julliard,
Robin Williams returned
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to San Francisco
to find acting work,
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but opportunities were limited.
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He started out as an actor
and discovered
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he was sort of funny
and sort of went that way.
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The turning point
came when Williams
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heard about a coffee house
that offered comedy training.
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They had workshops
and eventually they would have,
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you know, performances,
which was great
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because usually
the performances followed
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an evening of lesbian poetry,
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so it always in
an interesting audience
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and really not ready for,
"Don't do that joke.
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That one may not play very well
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with the ladies
in comfortable shoes."
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The response to
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his comedy performances
in San Francisco
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encouraged Williams
to take the next step??
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moving to Los Angeles
to try his luck on stage,
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in clubs, and improv groups,
slowly working out the bits
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that would later
make him a star.
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Before I read the poetry to you,
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I wish to teach you
one phrase in Russian
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in case you ever go
to Soviet Union.
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It's necessary
to know this phrase.
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Why am I under arrest?
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First of all,
I think they were shocked,
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they were taken aback,
like, "What is he doing?"
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And they were, like,
just, you know,
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they didn't know what
to do at first, I think.
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First time an audience
ever saw Robin Williams
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was like the first time
an audience
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heard the Beatles
or Led Zeppelin.
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At comedy clubs,
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audiences are
notoriously fickle,
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but Williams learned
from each performance.
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Then you will get
the hostile drunks,
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you know, the idea of,
you know, that,
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and that becomes
a whole other game of,
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you know,
how much do you engage them.
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The heckler would be
like an amateur
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in front of a master.
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There was no way to win.
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Yeah, he loved it.
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That was more input,
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that was more stuff
to work off of.
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If they're really strange,
you can bring them up the stage
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and direct them in a movie,
and that's just
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really what they wanted,
was to be part of the action,
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so let's make 'em
part of the action,
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and that can be
very dangerous, too,
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'cause then they won't leave.
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"I'm not leaving.
This is going really well.
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What about these?"
"Put it back."
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It wasn't long
before Williams realized
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that his classical theater
training at Julliard
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paid dividends in the world
of stand-up comedy.
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I remember there was
one show we did at a club
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and it was the opening night
of this club
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and the mics all broke
and the soundsystem went out
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and the guys went,
"What are we gonna do,
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what are we gonna do,"
and, "I can talk loud,"
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and that was the first time,
and then it kind of also
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determined my style
of just being off-mic
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and not a standing target,
working the whole audience
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and using that ability
to project my voice
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to kind of change
the perspective in the room,
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so that was the beginning of
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using literally
one of those skills.
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Wandering over here,
nice to wander back??
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Thank you.
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Oh, we're just
going to work on this.
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We're going to
tease it a little.
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How about those 49ers?
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Do you think they're ever
going to work again?
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I don't know, let's look over??
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Let's just look over here
a second.
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Okay, we're going to
pull a little up here.
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Hare Krishna, Hare??sorry, right now she's going,
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"I worked all day on that!"
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Ooh, mmm, more smoke.
I want to die.
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He would always take
a person's purse.
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I remember him taking a purse
and just like literally
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doing like 15 or 20 minutes
on what was in the purse.
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He was ball lightning
and he was author,
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director, actor,
at the speed of light.
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He enjoyed the audience
almost as much
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as the audience enjoyed him.
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He loved being there.
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When it works,
there's nothing better,
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when it doesn't work,
there's nothing worse.
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Hence the metaphor is
you kill or die.
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There's no room to??the metaphors are pretty brutal.
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"You killed."
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Or "you maimed."
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You know, then when you
don't do well, "You died."
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At the Comedy Store,
Williams' reputation grew
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and he began to rub shoulders
with a new generation of comics.
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Richard Pryor
on in the main room.
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Oh, god, and then, you know,
people coming on??
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Michael Richards coming onstage
with little soldiers
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and giving them directions,
just bizarre stuff
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going on in??it was like
a three-ring circus.
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One night,
producer George Schlatter
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stopped by the Comedy Store
looking for talent
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to cast in a revival
of TV's Laugh-In.
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I'd never seen
anything like that,
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and of course there never was
anything like that.
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Follow me, miss.
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I'll take you to my room.
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Don't be afraid,
I'm the only normal one.
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He had this straw hat
and these coveralls, barefoot.
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I saw your new movie,
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and it inspired me
to write a song for it.
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It's called "The Hormone Blues."
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- Oh, it's wonderful.
- Would you like to hear it?
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- Sure.
- Okay.
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??Went to bed last night ????with hair upon my chest ??/i>
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??I woke up this morning with ????a couple of beautiful breasts ??/i>
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??You know I'm changing ??/i>
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Thank you, ma'am.
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Wow. She touched me like
she knew me, Marlene!
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- Take a bath.
- Yeah.
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Jimmy Stewart was awestruck.
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Jimmy Stewart just babbled.
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Finally, Jimmy turned around
and said, "Gloria!"
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Want to grow weeds?
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Yeah, big ones, tall ones,
and then sell 'em.
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Who's going to eat weeds?
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No, not eat 'em.
It's another thing.
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I don't??I don't??Gloria!
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The new Laugh-In failed,
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but it helped Williams
land a role
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on another variety show,
this one hosted by
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the most innovative comic
of the era, Richard Pryor.
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What's your problem?
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Oh, Mr. Mojo,
I got a bad arm!
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I can't move it!
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He got a bad arm!
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And he can't move it!
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Aaaaah!
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Let mojo heal it!
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Pryor's humor
was far too unconventional
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for NBC and the series
didn't last long,
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but Williams and Pryor
became lifelong friends.
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It's like seeing great jazz.
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Nothing like a kid.
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I love children,
because they talk so straight.
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You know,
when you saw him kick it hard,
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it would just be like
broken-field running.
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And you ask them questions,
they never
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answer you straight, right?
They go, "What happened?"
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"When? When?
First, first thing"??
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Or he'd find a character
that would just be so??
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so painful,
but at the same time, so funny.
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And "I didn't do it."
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In the last couple of years
before he died,
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I went to visit him,
and he had heavy MS,
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and I did for him
an African voodoo dance
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to ward off ex-wives.
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And I knew that it was great
because his laugh,
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he'd just go, "Aaaaah!"
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I said, ".
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Alimony.
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Half.
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Half,.
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And you'd just
see him go, "Aaaah!"
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But the greatest thing of all
was to get a laugh out of him
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because it's like
seeing Buddha crack it up.
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It was wonderful,
because you know if
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you got a laugh from him??and he would say,
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"Damn you, it's funny!
Aaaah!"
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After The Richard Pryor Show
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ended in 1977,
Robin Williams remained
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a struggling unknown,
until he auditioned
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for a sitcom about 1950s
suburban teens
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called Happy Days.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa!
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Greetings, Fonzie!
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Remember me, Mork from Ork?
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You once called me
"The Nutso From Outer Space."
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I think I must be dreaming or
something like that, you know?
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And I had this audition for
ostensibly an alien
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on Happy Days,
and the reason that show
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was being done??people were,
"An alien on Happy Days?"
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No se ya se,
not that kind of alien.
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But the idea that it was just??
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that Garry Marshall's son
had seen Star Wars
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and he thought,
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"Can we have an alien
on Happy Days?"
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And that would have
been a great??
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I would have liked to have
been there when Garry went,
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"I don't know.
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It's the '60s.
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There was no abduction??alien abductions,
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and we're definitely not doing
any rectal probes."
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But the idea of an alien on
Happy Days came from that,
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and then they
started auditioning
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pretty much every standup comic
they could find
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to come in and play this alien.
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We just started
rehearsing like normal,
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and then Robin Williams
opened his mind and his mouth,
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and I'm telling you,
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you forgot where you were.
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I think I want to wake up now.
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Strange custom.
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Doesn't give me pleasure.
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And I went in and basically
just started talking in
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a weird kind of helium voice
and sat on my head
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and just started off
just playing,
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and then I just??because I went,
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"What have you got to lose?"
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All right,
let me get this straight.
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If I win, you don't take
the specimen here.
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You read me, creature.
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Creature?
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You want to rumble?
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Rumble!
??Da da da da da ??/i>
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And they went, "Yes!"
And I went, "Serious?"
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And so I got the gig.
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I had one job
and one job only??
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to keep a straight face.
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Aaaah!
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We must introduce
the local celebrity.
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Can we get on with this now?
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Whatever you said,
he absorbed it,
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it washed around
in his Williamsness,
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and shot back at you.
348
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I just come in
just trying anything.
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I went,
"Can I try this one?"
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"What's to lose?"
"Hey."
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So it's me just
playing off of them
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and it turned out
to be very popular.
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I mean, it was kind of weird
because people were going,
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"What's this in the middle
of Happy Days?"
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It did very well.
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It did so well,
ABC fast-tracked a new series
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for Williams' alien character
called Mork & Mindy.
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And I start watching Robin,
and all of a sudden,
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I realized that I am like
the luckiest girl in the world,
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laughing out loud all by myself
in my agent's office.
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And then, you know,
I said to my agent,
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"Sign me up.
This guy is brilliant."
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So, you're from outer space.
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Yes. You mind if I take
a few pictures
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for the folks
on the home planet?
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They'd like to get
some postcards.
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00:16:09,535 --> 00:16:10,769
No.
368
00:16:10,869 --> 00:16:12,704
Okay, watch the blookie.
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When I met him
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and I said, "Hey, Mork,"
I said, "I'm Mindy."
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And he goes, he goes,
"Oh, it's very??
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very nice to meet you.
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I'm very excited
to be working with you."
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00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:33,492
And I said, "Oh. Me too."
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And I went back.
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I said, "Is he??is he Russian?"
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00:16:38,864 --> 00:16:40,466
She goes, "He's not Russian.
378
00:16:40,566 --> 00:16:42,268
He's nuts!"
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00:16:42,368 --> 00:16:44,303
The wonderful news
is she's really sweet
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and really funny
in her own right,
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and I could just go off the wall
and do strange things,
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and because I'm an alien,
it's okay.
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- How do I look?
- You look real nice,
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except don't forget to
hold in your stomach.
385
00:16:55,013 --> 00:16:57,216
Ooh! Well,
you dressed up for me.
386
00:16:57,316 --> 00:16:58,917
Oh, I've got a big
interview today.
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00:16:59,017 --> 00:17:00,352
- How do I look?
- Oh, real nice,
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00:17:00,452 --> 00:17:02,321
but don't forget to
hold in your thighs.
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For me,
it was almost an acting class,
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because I've never
done improvisation,
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so I'm like, "Oh, my god,
he didn't give me a line,
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he didn't give me a line.
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I've got to get us
out the door."
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00:17:15,967 --> 00:17:17,536
And so I started
thinking on my feet.
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Before the first episode aired,
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the press was dubious.
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Alien shows didn't have
a stellar track record.
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But once America saw
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Mork & Mindy for the first time,
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00:17:29,248 --> 00:17:31,517
Robin Williams
became an sensation.
401
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It's still in
people's consciousness
402
00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:35,121
from that time,
and people, "Diddy-diddy."
403
00:17:35,221 --> 00:17:36,822
"You mean 'nanu-nanu.'"
"Yeah, that's it."
404
00:17:36,922 --> 00:17:39,391
But it's the thing of??you know, it just kind of??
405
00:17:39,491 --> 00:17:41,427
it struck a chord because it
was so kind of
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out of left field in that way,
but it was a blast.
407
00:17:43,929 --> 00:17:45,097
The first year was crazy fun.
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00:17:45,197 --> 00:17:46,998
It was just so much fun.
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00:17:47,099 --> 00:17:49,235
Aaaah!
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I'm going home, mama!
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00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:53,372
Waaah!
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00:17:58,977 --> 00:18:01,046
Hey! Don't take away
my gusto!
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00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:06,785
Ah, help me, I'm melting!
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00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,290
The first year, basically??they're basically just
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taking things from my
standup act and putting it in.
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00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:15,894
It was basically me
learning about humans
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00:18:15,994 --> 00:18:19,030
and at the end having the thing
of talking to Orson every week.
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Mork calling Orson,
come in, Orson.
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00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:27,439
This is Orson.
What's the matter with you?
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Me? Nothing.
421
00:18:29,208 --> 00:18:31,477
You've got
a strange look on your face.
422
00:18:31,577 --> 00:18:32,644
Maybe it's love.
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It was just me playing,
having a good time,
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00:18:34,813 --> 00:18:37,349
and having Pam standing there
and kind of holding the middle
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of explaining things
and being patient,
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00:18:39,385 --> 00:18:41,853
and occasionally we'd have
a kind of warm and fuzzy moment
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00:18:41,953 --> 00:18:43,322
of like, "Oh, that's love.
428
00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:44,690
Oh, cool, wonderful.
429
00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:45,991
Nice to know that, Mindy."
430
00:18:46,091 --> 00:18:48,160
Mindy,
431
00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:49,828
I'd like to kiss my pal.
432
00:18:49,928 --> 00:18:51,830
All right.
433
00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:56,468
Whoa!
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00:18:56,568 --> 00:18:59,905
Those little moments
just worked.
435
00:19:00,005 --> 00:19:02,641
I don't know, he just, um??
436
00:19:02,741 --> 00:19:05,177
I don't know,
it was just a certain magic time
437
00:19:05,277 --> 00:19:06,812
and we were in it together.
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00:19:06,912 --> 00:19:09,315
Rapid heart beat.
439
00:19:09,415 --> 00:19:12,484
Temperature rising.
440
00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:14,686
I get it.
441
00:19:14,786 --> 00:19:16,021
What did you get?
442
00:19:16,121 --> 00:19:18,357
I think I know what made
those car windows
443
00:19:18,457 --> 00:19:19,958
steam up at the drive-in.
444
00:19:20,058 --> 00:19:21,527
People remember
the silliest stuff.
445
00:19:21,627 --> 00:19:23,662
You know,
"What's your favorite planet?"
446
00:19:23,762 --> 00:19:24,630
"Pluto." "Why?"
447
00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:26,232
"Because it's
a Mickey Mouse planet."
448
00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:28,099
It's like,
"Why does that joke work?"
449
00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,236
And just people would remember
the thing about,
450
00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:32,070
"Fly, be free,"
where I'd take eggs
451
00:19:32,170 --> 00:19:33,739
and throw them up
and they'd crash.
452
00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:36,675
It's against intergalactic law
to eat fellow space travelers.
453
00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:38,877
Fly, be free!
454
00:19:44,149 --> 00:19:46,652
Well, I guess we'll have to have
a quick burial at sea, then.
455
00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:52,190
I'll notify your next of kin!
456
00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:55,627
Your brother bit the big one.
457
00:19:59,231 --> 00:20:01,166
Williams' jokes came so fast,
458
00:20:01,267 --> 00:20:03,502
it was a challenge
to keep up with him,
459
00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:05,904
especially for
the network censors.
460
00:20:06,004 --> 00:20:08,607
We would try different things
and it was just kind of
461
00:20:08,707 --> 00:20:10,576
to see what could get
under the radar.
462
00:20:10,676 --> 00:20:12,578
No, Mork, you don't understand.
463
00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:14,713
I was expecting
a special letter.
464
00:20:14,813 --> 00:20:15,847
Oh, let me give you one.
465
00:20:15,947 --> 00:20:18,684
How about K?
466
00:20:18,784 --> 00:20:21,520
Maybe an F, or a U!
467
00:20:21,620 --> 00:20:24,856
Standards and Practice people
were like, "No, nope, nope.
468
00:20:24,956 --> 00:20:26,258
You're not saying that."
469
00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:29,027
Eventually they had to have
a censor who spoke??
470
00:20:29,127 --> 00:20:30,929
I think spoke Spanish,
three or four
471
00:20:31,029 --> 00:20:34,065
different languages,
because I was sneaking things in
472
00:20:34,165 --> 00:20:36,167
in different languages
and they went,
473
00:20:36,268 --> 00:20:37,769
"She knows what that means."
474
00:20:37,869 --> 00:20:38,704
"Really? How sad."
475
00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:40,972
Because I was using??sometimes Mork
476
00:20:41,072 --> 00:20:42,107
would speak Yiddish.
477
00:20:42,207 --> 00:20:44,009
", Mindy."
478
00:20:45,877 --> 00:20:48,580
Mork & Mindy
was performed in front of
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a studio audience,
a longstanding technique
480
00:20:51,249 --> 00:20:53,752
that especially benefits
comedians like Williams,
481
00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:56,655
who need the feedback of
an audience reaction.
482
00:20:56,755 --> 00:20:58,924
Once that audience was in,
it was a whole??
483
00:20:59,024 --> 00:21:00,258
He was just like, "Bing!"
484
00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,528
He was just, go on??you know, he's on the set,
485
00:21:02,628 --> 00:21:04,430
he's climbing
through the audience,
486
00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:06,698
he's playing with the band,
he was??you know,
487
00:21:06,798 --> 00:21:09,067
I mean, it was insane,
but it was so much fun.
488
00:21:09,167 --> 00:21:10,201
People forget that Chaplin,
489
00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:11,537
when he did a lot of his movies,
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was performing
in front of people,
491
00:21:13,238 --> 00:21:14,540
that they sometimes
would have??
492
00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,475
a lot of the silent comedians
would have like??
493
00:21:16,575 --> 00:21:17,943
because there was no soundtrack,
494
00:21:18,043 --> 00:21:20,379
they'd have an audience so they
know where the laughs were.
495
00:21:20,479 --> 00:21:22,514
Or he would take it out
as stage productions.
496
00:21:22,614 --> 00:21:24,850
Like the Marx Brothers did
all of their movies
497
00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:26,117
as stage productions first
498
00:21:26,217 --> 00:21:27,953
so they knew where
all the laughs were.
499
00:21:28,053 --> 00:21:30,822
Sometimes we'd have to film
a show without the audience
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00:21:30,922 --> 00:21:33,392
and he didn't like it,
and he felt flat.
501
00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:38,730
On Thursday nights,
Mork & Mindy jumped to
502
00:21:38,830 --> 00:21:41,833
the top of the ratings,
but then network executives
503
00:21:41,933 --> 00:21:44,570
began to tinker with
the winning formula.
504
00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:46,705
I remember this one
network executive said,
505
00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:49,274
"You're the funniest man
I've seen since Jack Carter."
506
00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:51,677
I went, "Thank you,
somewhat."
507
00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:55,381
It was just like??that was just a bizarre thing.
508
00:21:55,481 --> 00:21:57,115
And as the show went on,
you know, we had??
509
00:21:57,215 --> 00:21:58,450
you know,
the first year was good,
510
00:21:58,550 --> 00:22:00,118
second year was good,
and then the network
511
00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:01,587
started to??they got kind of greedy.
512
00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:06,492
We're very unhappy with
the ridiculous, the bad??
513
00:22:06,592 --> 00:22:08,159
what they did to that show.
514
00:22:08,259 --> 00:22:09,861
They put us on different nights,
515
00:22:09,961 --> 00:22:12,030
and then in order
to jack up the ratings,
516
00:22:12,130 --> 00:22:14,700
they decided to??literally one of the episodes
517
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:19,638
was myself, Raquel Welch,
and two Playboy bunnies,
518
00:22:19,738 --> 00:22:21,640
former Playboy centerfolds,
I think.
519
00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:25,176
I am Captain Nirvana
of the Necroton Black Army.
520
00:22:25,276 --> 00:22:26,578
Kama, Sutra.
521
00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:30,281
Fall in.
522
00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:32,751
Orkan, you have
exactly five seconds
523
00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:36,187
to get your meaningless life
together in one bucket.
524
00:22:36,287 --> 00:22:38,624
Mindy, those are Necrotons.
525
00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:42,027
They're as mean
as they are ugly.
526
00:22:42,127 --> 00:22:43,361
There were a lot of little kids
527
00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:45,464
who went through puberty
watching that episode.
528
00:22:45,564 --> 00:22:47,265
I think that??that really changed the??
529
00:22:47,365 --> 00:22:48,734
and we lost a lot of
the audience.
530
00:22:48,834 --> 00:22:51,603
And then I was dressed as
a Denver Bronco cheerleader,
531
00:22:51,703 --> 00:22:54,005
and at that point it was just,
you know, okay,
532
00:22:54,105 --> 00:22:56,742
we're starting to go away
from the innocent Mork
533
00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:59,277
into like this bizarre
transvestite comedy.
534
00:22:59,377 --> 00:23:02,814
Hey, Mork!
Hey, Mork!
535
00:23:02,914 --> 00:23:05,016
Woo!
536
00:23:07,152 --> 00:23:10,355
For the fourth season
of Mork & Mindy,
537
00:23:10,456 --> 00:23:13,124
the producers decided
to add a new character,
538
00:23:13,224 --> 00:23:16,862
played by the only comedian
who could match Robin Williams'
539
00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:21,066
spontaneous comic energy??Jonathan Winters.
540
00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:22,367
You don't have to leave, sir.
541
00:23:22,468 --> 00:23:24,335
You can't leave the bitter
memories in your mind.
542
00:23:24,436 --> 00:23:25,804
Why not leave
with something sweet?
543
00:23:25,904 --> 00:23:27,639
Like, I have this
delicious dessert I made,
544
00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:28,974
and you have to try it, please.
545
00:23:31,376 --> 00:23:32,944
You know, incidentally,
you seem like
546
00:23:33,044 --> 00:23:33,979
the only normal one here.
547
00:23:36,582 --> 00:23:39,485
In many ways, Jonathan Winters
548
00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:42,387
had paved the way
for Robin Williams
549
00:23:42,488 --> 00:23:45,757
as television's first
improvisational genius.
550
00:23:47,793 --> 00:23:50,562
It's sort of man against
the jungle, you might say.
551
00:23:50,662 --> 00:23:53,198
You know, malaria, yellow fever.
552
00:23:53,298 --> 00:23:55,634
Animals.
No offense, Rodney.
553
00:23:55,734 --> 00:23:58,737
You see, I'll be
shoving off before long??
554
00:23:58,837 --> 00:24:00,672
Look, you're into me
for 200 now.
555
00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:02,373
Keep your hands out of there.
556
00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:04,209
He made it possible for me
557
00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:05,811
to think that
you can do anything.
558
00:24:05,911 --> 00:24:08,079
He made it possible
to do voices, characters,
559
00:24:08,179 --> 00:24:10,516
sound effects,
and all those different things
560
00:24:10,616 --> 00:24:12,317
that just opened the world up.
561
00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:14,219
He was morphing
before the technology.
562
00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:17,989
So that was for me like
the beginning of like, "Wow."
563
00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:19,290
Tell me, Mr. Groundhog,
564
00:24:19,390 --> 00:24:21,059
do you predict six miserable,
565
00:24:21,159 --> 00:24:23,662
lousy weeks of weather
ahead of us or not?
566
00:24:23,762 --> 00:24:26,898
I don't know anything
about the weather, Jack.
567
00:24:26,998 --> 00:24:29,535
I can tell you that
it's just a crummy hole
568
00:24:29,635 --> 00:24:30,902
I live in down there.
569
00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:33,605
It's rotten, it's damp,
the missus is about
570
00:24:33,705 --> 00:24:37,509
the ugliest broad
I have ever seen.
571
00:24:37,609 --> 00:24:38,777
I'll leave you alone.
572
00:24:40,278 --> 00:24:43,248
Now, Robin Williams
said to me one time,
573
00:24:43,348 --> 00:24:45,917
"Pops, you're my mentor."
574
00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:49,087
And I said,
"No, don't??listen.
575
00:24:49,187 --> 00:24:50,689
Don't say 'mentor.'
576
00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:54,325
In Ohio they think
that's a salve.
577
00:24:54,425 --> 00:24:57,028
Say 'idol.'
Everybody gets that.
578
00:24:57,128 --> 00:24:58,530
I love 'idol.'"
579
00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:00,866
I remember seeing him,
watching him with my father,
580
00:25:00,966 --> 00:25:02,968
and my dad was kind of,
you know, very kind of
581
00:25:03,068 --> 00:25:05,036
quiet like this,
and Jonathan did a thing
582
00:25:05,136 --> 00:25:07,372
where he came on one time
on The Tonight Show
583
00:25:07,472 --> 00:25:09,340
with Jack Paar
and he came out and said??
584
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:10,976
and Jack said,
"What are you?"
585
00:25:11,076 --> 00:25:12,110
What are you?
586
00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:14,345
I'm the Voice of Spring.
587
00:25:19,117 --> 00:25:22,020
I bring you some little goodies
from the forest.
588
00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:32,130
And I saw my Dad lose it
and I went, "Okay, this guy.
589
00:25:32,230 --> 00:25:33,264
I like this guy."
590
00:25:33,364 --> 00:25:36,835
Wheee!
591
00:25:36,935 --> 00:25:38,704
It took me 45 minutes
to get that in there.
592
00:25:38,804 --> 00:25:39,771
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
593
00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:43,441
In the forest, we don't care.
594
00:25:47,145 --> 00:25:48,947
When we had Jonathan on,
it was amazing,
595
00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:51,349
because he and I??they would just do these things,
596
00:25:51,449 --> 00:25:52,984
like, "Jonathan and Robin
riff here."
597
00:25:53,084 --> 00:25:54,986
I was kicked out of Santa, sir.
They found me in a dress.
598
00:25:55,086 --> 00:25:56,888
Doesn't make any difference.
They found you in what?
599
00:25:56,988 --> 00:25:57,923
A gown.
600
00:25:58,023 --> 00:26:00,792
A gown's better.
601
00:26:00,892 --> 00:26:04,562
One time we did
a World War I takeoff.
602
00:26:04,663 --> 00:26:07,065
They shot for like 45 minutes,
to the point where
603
00:26:07,165 --> 00:26:09,234
the cameras were
running out of film.
604
00:26:09,334 --> 00:26:11,336
They were like machine gunners
at Guadalcanal.
605
00:26:11,436 --> 00:26:12,771
"I'm out!
606
00:26:12,871 --> 00:26:14,773
Get a gunner to Camera 3!"
607
00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:16,507
And were just riffing.
608
00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:18,309
They're coming, father, look!
609
00:26:18,409 --> 00:26:20,311
Thousands of Huns,
Germans, Bosch!
610
00:26:20,411 --> 00:26:22,380
Germans and Bosch!
What's the Bosch?
611
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,283
- Small soup with beets.
- I suppose.
612
00:26:25,383 --> 00:26:27,285
And then eventually they would
cut it down to five minutes.
613
00:26:27,385 --> 00:26:29,955
Once Jonathan Winters came on,
that was chaos.
614
00:26:30,055 --> 00:26:31,923
I have to say, that was tough,
615
00:26:32,023 --> 00:26:34,592
and some of the shows
didn't make any sense
616
00:26:34,693 --> 00:26:37,562
because the two of them??you know, Robin was like,
617
00:26:37,663 --> 00:26:39,665
"Yeah!" Everything was
a free-for-all.
618
00:26:41,599 --> 00:26:43,501
Ow, ow, my hand, my hand!
619
00:26:43,601 --> 00:26:45,603
I'm sorry, sorry, take it out!
620
00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:46,638
I'm hurt, I'm hurt!
621
00:26:46,738 --> 00:26:48,006
I know you are,
but you've killed
622
00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:49,941
the old man with
four fingers in his head!
623
00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:56,648
Well, it's two crazy guys,
you know,
624
00:26:56,748 --> 00:27:00,551
that had just been released
from a major hospital,
625
00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:03,488
and, "Ha, ha, ha,
we're on the playground now,
626
00:27:03,588 --> 00:27:04,790
you'll never get us.
627
00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:07,558
We can get in that Jeep
and roll away, bye-bye."
628
00:27:07,659 --> 00:27:09,560
And he is on full throttle.
629
00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:11,830
Robin could go off,
do some brilliant
630
00:27:11,930 --> 00:27:14,099
improvisational thing,
and come back.
631
00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:17,068
Jonathan would go off and you'd
never see him again.
632
00:27:17,168 --> 00:27:18,904
Looks like
the bloody war's over.
633
00:27:19,004 --> 00:27:20,405
- No, sir.
- What a shame.
634
00:27:20,505 --> 00:27:21,673
And no action.
635
00:27:21,773 --> 00:27:24,642
You know, I can't??no, it's my medallions.
636
00:27:26,444 --> 00:27:27,879
There we are.
637
00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:32,450
And the people say,
"Did you get pictures of Robin?"
638
00:27:32,550 --> 00:27:34,786
No.
639
00:27:34,886 --> 00:27:37,622
They got blurred.
640
00:27:37,723 --> 00:27:39,490
He got out,
"Did you get a picture?"
641
00:27:39,590 --> 00:27:41,092
"No, I almost got
the camera out."
642
00:27:41,192 --> 00:27:45,096
This is a tough guy to catch,
tough guy to catch.
643
00:27:45,196 --> 00:27:46,364
I love the guy.
644
00:27:46,464 --> 00:27:48,967
It's amazing stuff
that Jonathan would just go off,
645
00:27:49,067 --> 00:27:50,869
"I don't know anymore, no, no,"
and he'd play
646
00:27:50,969 --> 00:27:52,137
this petulant little kid like,
647
00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:53,839
"No, I won't do that
anymore, Dad,"
648
00:27:53,939 --> 00:27:56,407
and then he'd see
a beautiful woman and going,
649
00:27:56,507 --> 00:27:58,109
"But her I understand."
"Easy."
650
00:27:58,209 --> 00:28:01,146
As Mork & Mindy's
ratings declined
651
00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:04,215
in the fourth season,
Robin Williams' need
652
00:28:04,315 --> 00:28:07,385
for affirmation increased.
653
00:28:07,485 --> 00:28:09,921
After a full day on the set,
654
00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:12,724
it's wasn't unusual for him to
perform at comedy clubs
655
00:28:12,824 --> 00:28:14,860
until 1:00 or 2:00
in the morning.
656
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:19,197
With comedians,
the time they're the most alive
657
00:28:19,297 --> 00:28:23,401
is when they're onstage,
and then the other time
658
00:28:23,501 --> 00:28:25,403
I think is really hard for them.
659
00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:26,905
He was running.
660
00:28:27,005 --> 00:28:30,341
I mean, Robin's life??Robin just ran.
661
00:28:30,441 --> 00:28:33,078
Ran, ran, ran, ran,
ran as fast as he could
662
00:28:33,178 --> 00:28:35,046
from one gig to another,
to people's apartments,
663
00:28:35,146 --> 00:28:36,414
to the Comedy Store and back.
664
00:28:36,514 --> 00:28:39,184
As fame starts to diminish,
it starts to become??
665
00:28:39,284 --> 00:28:41,552
you become less famous
or not as hot.
666
00:28:41,652 --> 00:28:43,688
That's also another part of it,
like,
667
00:28:43,789 --> 00:28:45,957
"Well, what do you mean,"
you know?
668
00:28:47,993 --> 00:28:50,295
By the fourth year
of Mork & Mindy,
669
00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:52,663
it was clear the series
had run its course
670
00:28:52,764 --> 00:28:54,065
and would be cancelled.
671
00:28:54,165 --> 00:28:57,102
That's the part of??that??that's the other part
672
00:28:57,202 --> 00:29:00,005
of the drill, of like,
"Uh-oh, it's going away."
673
00:29:00,105 --> 00:29:02,640
And then you get kind of like,
"All right,
674
00:29:02,740 --> 00:29:04,709
I remember you
used to do this??
675
00:29:04,810 --> 00:29:06,878
there's lots more
people here."
676
00:29:06,978 --> 00:29:09,547
But yeah, that's??that was
part of that time, I think.
677
00:29:09,647 --> 00:29:11,216
You know, it was so huge
so quickly
678
00:29:11,316 --> 00:29:13,518
and then it kind of
started to??you know,
679
00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:15,286
by the fourth year, it was like,
680
00:29:15,386 --> 00:29:18,824
"No, not so much, though."
681
00:29:18,924 --> 00:29:20,325
Robin would come to my house.
682
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,593
This was after Mork & Mindy
was canceled.
683
00:29:22,693 --> 00:29:23,929
All of a sudden,
the buzzer would ring.
684
00:29:24,029 --> 00:29:26,097
"Dawber, it's Robin."
685
00:29:26,197 --> 00:29:27,833
"Oh. Okay."
686
00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:30,401
He would??he wanted to
communicate with me,
687
00:29:30,501 --> 00:29:31,702
but he didn't know how.
688
00:29:31,803 --> 00:29:34,005
He'd go from the couch to
the TV to the phone
689
00:29:34,105 --> 00:29:35,974
to the refrigerator to the ba,
the da.
690
00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:37,342
In 15 minutes, he's gone.
691
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:39,777
And if you'd try to
talk to him about stuff,
692
00:29:39,878 --> 00:29:41,146
he was uncomfortable.
693
00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:44,615
As Mork & Mindy
was coming to a close,
694
00:29:44,715 --> 00:29:48,920
Williams was jolted by two major
life-changing experiences.
695
00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:52,790
His first child was born
696
00:29:52,891 --> 00:29:54,826
and his close friend
John Belushi
697
00:29:54,926 --> 00:29:56,661
died from a drug overdose.
698
00:29:56,761 --> 00:30:00,531
Williams was with Belushi
just hours before
699
00:30:00,631 --> 00:30:02,067
Belushi passed away.
700
00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:05,503
A guy who could do anything,
gone.
701
00:30:05,603 --> 00:30:08,006
You think you're tough?
No.
702
00:30:08,106 --> 00:30:10,241
Puss compared to him.
703
00:30:10,341 --> 00:30:13,111
And that??I mean,
it got me going??two things.
704
00:30:13,211 --> 00:30:15,213
It got my ass clean
at that point,
705
00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:17,548
him going and my
first son being born.
706
00:30:17,648 --> 00:30:20,318
I didn't want to be like, "Hey,
here's a little switch.
707
00:30:20,418 --> 00:30:22,520
Daddy's going to
throw up on you," you know?
708
00:30:22,620 --> 00:30:24,489
You know, you don't need drugs
when you have a kid.
709
00:30:24,589 --> 00:30:25,623
You're awake, you're paranoid.
710
00:30:25,723 --> 00:30:28,927
Williams quit the drug
and alcohol lifestyle,
711
00:30:29,027 --> 00:30:31,229
and his career seemed
on a major uptick
712
00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:33,965
as he landed coveted movie roles
like Popeye.
713
00:30:34,065 --> 00:30:36,367
The critics were vicious to him
714
00:30:36,467 --> 00:30:38,636
in Popeye, but, hey,
if you could find
715
00:30:38,736 --> 00:30:41,039
a better Popeye,
I don't know what it is.
716
00:30:53,418 --> 00:30:56,087
Popeye bombed at the box office
717
00:30:56,187 --> 00:30:59,090
and Williams feared
his acting career was over.
718
00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:02,760
Desperate for a creative outlet,
he returned to standup.
719
00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:04,262
But you must be careful,
720
00:31:04,362 --> 00:31:07,165
especially when smoking
a little marijuana.
721
00:31:07,265 --> 00:31:09,834
Yes, yes.
722
00:31:09,935 --> 00:31:11,702
Yes, the police,
the police have a new test.
723
00:31:11,802 --> 00:31:13,204
What they do is
they pull you over,
724
00:31:13,304 --> 00:31:15,273
they get out of their car,
walk toward you like this.
725
00:31:15,373 --> 00:31:18,910
"Will you get out of the car?"
726
00:31:22,147 --> 00:31:25,116
And you're trying to be cool,
you're trying to maintain,
727
00:31:25,216 --> 00:31:27,118
going,."
728
00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:29,754
"Get in the damn car!"".
729
00:31:29,854 --> 00:31:31,122
Standup's hard.
730
00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:33,091
I mean, going on the road
is the toughest gig of all.
731
00:31:33,191 --> 00:31:34,659
But is it rewarding?
Yeah.
732
00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:36,061
But is it hard work?
Oh, yes.
733
00:31:36,161 --> 00:31:37,162
And as you get older,
734
00:31:37,262 --> 00:31:39,064
it's like it's harder work,
you know?
735
00:31:39,164 --> 00:31:41,299
I had heart surgery halfway
through the last tour.
736
00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:43,901
You know, "Almost killed you,
You're back!
737
00:31:44,002 --> 00:31:45,103
Hee hee, way to go!"
738
00:31:45,203 --> 00:31:46,671
And they started
offering me choices
739
00:31:46,771 --> 00:31:48,273
about what type of valves
I can get,
740
00:31:48,373 --> 00:31:49,674
and here were
some of my choices.
741
00:31:49,774 --> 00:31:51,576
Number one, a porcine valve,
which is a pig valve,
742
00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:53,411
which is kind of cool because
you're already
743
00:31:53,511 --> 00:31:54,946
inoculated with swine flu,
number one.
744
00:31:56,847 --> 00:31:59,817
And one of the side effects
says you can find truffles,
745
00:31:59,917 --> 00:32:01,152
which is kind of cool.
746
00:32:01,252 --> 00:32:03,154
You have things sitting
in the back of your mind,
747
00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:04,990
you're thinking, "Well, yeah,
there's ideas of??
748
00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:05,991
Yeah, this might work.
749
00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:08,526
Maybe, yeah, mmm??
750
00:32:08,626 --> 00:32:11,729
And then you'll??and here's the coefficient
751
00:32:11,829 --> 00:32:14,265
that makes it all work
is the audience.
752
00:32:14,365 --> 00:32:16,201
You know, you haven't??you can think about
753
00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:18,203
these things alone,
and a lot of times you are,
754
00:32:18,303 --> 00:32:20,105
and then you take it out
in front of people
755
00:32:20,205 --> 00:32:22,073
and they go, this works
or this doesn't work,
756
00:32:22,173 --> 00:32:24,009
and it's a combination of,
okay, this might be
757
00:32:24,109 --> 00:32:25,576
the wrong audience
for this routine,
758
00:32:25,676 --> 00:32:27,478
or this is the perfect group
to do it for.
759
00:32:27,578 --> 00:32:30,881
And it's just that??you know,
it is that??you know,
760
00:32:30,982 --> 00:32:33,018
if it's that moment
and it's right,
761
00:32:33,118 --> 00:32:34,552
it's pretty amazing.
762
00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:38,923
His very first
standup special on HBO
763
00:32:39,024 --> 00:32:42,560
was a major hit,
giving Robin Williams new hope.
764
00:32:42,660 --> 00:32:45,263
Well, why wouldn't Robin
come back to standup?
765
00:32:45,363 --> 00:32:47,098
He had to come back to standup.
766
00:32:47,198 --> 00:32:49,600
When you're the world's
greatest standup,
767
00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:51,069
you come back to standup.
768
00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:53,271
That's the thing that kept
my sanity alive
769
00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:55,506
in the face of
Mork & Mindy disappearing,
770
00:32:55,606 --> 00:32:58,109
Popeye not doing so well,
and then just going,
771
00:32:58,209 --> 00:33:00,345
"Okay, that's the thing that
I still can do
772
00:33:00,445 --> 00:33:02,380
that I actually
literally earn money
773
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,016
and also keep??you know,
keep my chops alive."
774
00:33:05,116 --> 00:33:08,619
My god, Nanook of Norinne.
775
00:33:08,719 --> 00:33:10,855
My god!
776
00:33:10,955 --> 00:33:12,423
This is a lovely??look at this thing.
777
00:33:12,523 --> 00:33:14,659
Right now there's a whole
bunch of animals going,
778
00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:17,695
"[bleep], is it cold? Jesus!"
779
00:33:20,765 --> 00:33:22,100
Woo!
780
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,268
Robin Williams,
781
00:33:23,368 --> 00:33:25,603
people say,
"We like you so much,
782
00:33:25,703 --> 00:33:28,673
we're going to take
a day and a half's pay
783
00:33:28,773 --> 00:33:30,875
and pay our money
to see you."
784
00:33:30,975 --> 00:33:32,677
That's when you're a star.
785
00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:34,612
That's when you're rolling.
786
00:33:34,712 --> 00:33:37,848
Oh, I guess you couldn't
afford the bottom fur.
787
00:33:40,485 --> 00:33:42,320
And I feel like
Liberace right now,
788
00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:44,655
going, "Just leave me
the candelabra, damn you,
789
00:33:44,755 --> 00:33:47,058
leave me the candelabra."
This is wonderful.
790
00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:50,928
Robin's wearing the lovely pants
from Hefty Bag.
791
00:33:52,897 --> 00:33:55,200
??La di di da ??/i>
792
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:58,803
Despite the success
of his HBO special,
793
00:33:58,903 --> 00:34:02,573
Robin Williams didn't
see standup as his destiny.
794
00:34:02,673 --> 00:34:06,744
He wanted to act,
and not just in comic roles.
795
00:34:06,844 --> 00:34:09,880
Landing the lead in
The World According to Garp
796
00:34:09,980 --> 00:34:11,716
gave him that opportunity,
797
00:34:11,816 --> 00:34:15,553
and on the very first day,
director George Roy Hill
798
00:34:15,653 --> 00:34:18,256
helped Williams
begin the transition.
799
00:34:18,356 --> 00:34:19,957
The first day I was
working on Garp,
800
00:34:20,057 --> 00:34:21,492
I started improvising,
and he went,
801
00:34:21,592 --> 00:34:24,028
"Just say the lines and commit
to that and go with that."
802
00:34:24,129 --> 00:34:25,663
Do you think I might be
a real writer?
803
00:34:25,763 --> 00:34:27,565
I do.
804
00:34:27,665 --> 00:34:29,066
Oh, I do!
805
00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:30,868
Oh, ha ha.
806
00:34:30,968 --> 00:34:33,138
Oh.
807
00:34:33,238 --> 00:34:36,874
And you said you'd
only marry a real writer.
808
00:34:36,974 --> 00:34:40,411
I did.
809
00:34:40,511 --> 00:34:43,381
And I do.
810
00:34:43,481 --> 00:34:45,015
I do, too.
811
00:34:45,116 --> 00:34:47,252
The World According to Garp
812
00:34:47,352 --> 00:34:49,354
opened doors for Robin Williams,
813
00:34:49,454 --> 00:34:53,324
demonstrating his ability to
play a wide emotional range,
814
00:34:53,424 --> 00:34:55,826
which he built on in
Moscow on the Hudson.
815
00:34:55,926 --> 00:34:57,094
Tell me, Lev.
816
00:34:57,195 --> 00:35:00,298
When you speak English,
does your mouth hurt?
817
00:35:00,398 --> 00:35:03,334
My mouth is fine.
My brain's what hurts.
818
00:35:03,434 --> 00:35:06,036
Oh. When I speak English,
my lips,
819
00:35:06,137 --> 00:35:07,305
my tongue hurt.
820
00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:10,408
One time he came
over to me and said??
821
00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:18,048
Which means, "You make me feel
like a natural woman."
822
00:35:18,149 --> 00:35:20,418
Made my day, I'll tell you that.
823
00:35:22,653 --> 00:35:26,123
In 1987,
Williams felt safe returning to
824
00:35:26,224 --> 00:35:29,560
his comedy roots,
playing a fast-talking funnyman
825
00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:33,331
in Good Morning Vietnam,
a role that would earn Williams
826
00:35:33,431 --> 00:35:36,000
his first
Academy Award nomination.
827
00:35:36,100 --> 00:35:40,271
Goooood morning, Vietnam!
828
00:35:40,371 --> 00:35:42,006
Hey, this is not a test.
829
00:35:42,106 --> 00:35:43,508
This is rock 'n' roll!
830
00:35:43,608 --> 00:35:46,344
For these radio station scenes,
831
00:35:46,444 --> 00:35:49,046
Williams ad-libbed
hours of material.
832
00:35:49,146 --> 00:35:51,949
Director Barry Levinson had
the difficult job
833
00:35:52,049 --> 00:35:53,518
of picking the best bits.
834
00:35:53,618 --> 00:35:55,119
What is a demilitarized zone?
835
00:35:55,220 --> 00:35:57,222
Sounds like something
out of Wizard of Oz.
836
00:35:57,322 --> 00:35:58,756
"Oh, no, don't go in there."
837
00:35:58,856 --> 00:36:01,526
??Oh-we-oh, Hoh Chi Minh ??/i>
838
00:36:01,626 --> 00:36:04,629
"Look, you've landed in Saigon.
839
00:36:04,729 --> 00:36:06,531
You're among
the little people now."
840
00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:09,667
??We represent the ARVN Army, ????the ARVN Army ??/i>
841
00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:11,469
"Oh, hello.
Follow the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
842
00:36:11,569 --> 00:36:13,037
Follow
the Ho Chi Minh Trail."
843
00:36:13,137 --> 00:36:15,139
We'd done like about
18 hours of radio stuff,
844
00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:16,841
and I said to Barry Levinson,
I said,
845
00:36:16,941 --> 00:36:19,477
"Do you think we have enough?"
He went, "I think so, yeah."
846
00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:21,712
Because I was worried??"Do we have to do more?"
847
00:36:21,812 --> 00:36:24,515
You have to slow
the footage down to see that
848
00:36:24,615 --> 00:36:26,551
it's at dolphin chatter speed.
849
00:36:26,651 --> 00:36:27,518
It's data full.
850
00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:30,154
It's just playing
at the speed of light.
851
00:36:30,255 --> 00:36:32,923
And he's switching characters
and becoming ten,
852
00:36:33,023 --> 00:36:34,259
15 people in each bit.
853
00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:35,493
"What's the weather like
out there?"
854
00:36:35,593 --> 00:36:37,194
"It's hot.
Damn hot, real hot.
855
00:36:37,295 --> 00:36:38,663
Hottest things is my shorts.
856
00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:39,864
I can cook things in it.
857
00:36:39,964 --> 00:36:41,232
Little crotch pot cooking."
858
00:36:41,332 --> 00:36:43,234
"Well, can you tell me
what it feels like?"
859
00:36:43,334 --> 00:36:45,035
"Fool, it's hot!
I told you again!
860
00:36:45,135 --> 00:36:47,037
Were you born on the sun?
It's damn hot."
861
00:36:47,137 --> 00:36:50,174
I did a character
for dinner one night,
862
00:36:50,275 --> 00:36:53,644
a dinner with him that was
kind of an Asian??
863
00:36:53,744 --> 00:36:55,613
a gay Asian fashion consultant.
864
00:36:55,713 --> 00:36:58,115
"First of all,
before you go to combat,
865
00:36:58,215 --> 00:37:00,518
you want to have colors
that don't clash."
866
00:37:00,618 --> 00:37:02,287
So he said, "Put that on??do that on the radio."
867
00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:03,588
I went, "Okay."
868
00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:05,723
"You know, this whole
camouflage thing for me
869
00:37:05,823 --> 00:37:06,724
doesn't work very well."
870
00:37:06,824 --> 00:37:07,792
"Why is that?"
871
00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:09,594
"Because you go in the jungle,
I can't see you!
872
00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:11,829
You know, it's like wearing
stripes and plaid.
873
00:37:11,929 --> 00:37:14,332
For me, I want you to do
something different.
874
00:37:14,432 --> 00:37:16,301
You know, you go in the jungle,
make a statement.
875
00:37:16,401 --> 00:37:17,735
If you're going to fight,
clash!"
876
00:37:17,835 --> 00:37:19,404
And a lot of the stuff
was just based on,
877
00:37:19,504 --> 00:37:20,605
you know, characters around
878
00:37:20,705 --> 00:37:22,407
or just things that??he said, "Try that guy."
879
00:37:22,507 --> 00:37:24,775
It's almost like
you would see him,
880
00:37:24,875 --> 00:37:28,178
"Scanning, scanning, scanning,"
and then he'd see it
881
00:37:28,279 --> 00:37:30,247
and then he'd start to
enjoy it himself
882
00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:31,749
and it was going to be good.
883
00:37:31,849 --> 00:37:34,652
You could really see that in
Good Morning, Vietnam.
884
00:37:36,321 --> 00:37:38,989
In Awakenings,
director Penny Marshall
885
00:37:39,089 --> 00:37:42,693
helped Robin Williams through
his most challenging role yet??
886
00:37:42,793 --> 00:37:44,762
playing opposite Robert De Niro.
887
00:37:44,862 --> 00:37:47,698
And so I had De Niro.
888
00:37:47,798 --> 00:37:52,470
Now I had to get someone to
counter that energy of Bobby's.
889
00:37:52,570 --> 00:37:55,139
Penny Marshall
persuaded Williams
890
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,342
to take the role,
but he was worried
891
00:37:57,442 --> 00:37:59,977
Robert De Niro would
overshadow his character.
892
00:38:00,077 --> 00:38:04,615
Robin was afraid Bobby would??I said, "That's my job,
893
00:38:04,715 --> 00:38:09,354
is to make it so
you're both equal."
894
00:38:09,454 --> 00:38:11,789
And he trusted me
and Bob trusted me.
895
00:38:13,691 --> 00:38:16,126
It's late.
896
00:38:16,226 --> 00:38:18,629
Everyone's asleep.
897
00:38:18,729 --> 00:38:21,065
Oh.
898
00:38:24,301 --> 00:38:26,504
I'm not asleep.
899
00:38:26,604 --> 00:38:29,206
No??
900
00:38:29,306 --> 00:38:30,975
You're awake.
901
00:38:31,075 --> 00:38:32,910
I'd go like that to him.
902
00:38:33,010 --> 00:38:34,945
That was my symbol to Robin.
903
00:38:35,045 --> 00:38:36,947
To Robin, yeah.
904
00:38:37,047 --> 00:38:39,384
More??balls.
905
00:38:39,484 --> 00:38:41,318
Stronger. Yeah.
906
00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:43,020
What does that mean?
907
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,222
Yeah, thank you.
More balls.
908
00:38:45,322 --> 00:38:47,157
Mas cojones.
909
00:38:47,257 --> 00:38:48,759
Thank you.
910
00:38:48,859 --> 00:38:51,862
I guess because it was the idea
because sometimes it could be
911
00:38:51,962 --> 00:38:54,732
so kind of intellectual when
you're playing a character.
912
00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:56,901
At one point, Bob De Niro was so
913
00:38:57,001 --> 00:39:00,037
intensely into the experience
of being suffering
914
00:39:00,137 --> 00:39:03,240
from encephalitis lethargica
that Oliver wanted to
915
00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:07,211
hook him up to an EEG to see if
he duplicated the brain waves.
916
00:39:07,311 --> 00:39:08,278
That's beyond method acting.
917
00:39:08,379 --> 00:39:09,380
I mean,
at that point you're going,
918
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:10,915
"Come back, come back."
919
00:39:11,015 --> 00:39:13,150
L.
920
00:39:15,886 --> 00:39:17,655
Leonard.
921
00:39:17,755 --> 00:39:19,524
L.
922
00:39:21,826 --> 00:39:24,061
To the surprise of many,
923
00:39:24,161 --> 00:39:27,532
Robin Williams did not receive
an Academy Award nomination
924
00:39:27,632 --> 00:39:29,066
for Awakenings.
925
00:39:29,166 --> 00:39:31,368
Robin was??got gypped because
926
00:39:31,469 --> 00:39:33,971
he didn't get nominated
or anything.
927
00:39:34,071 --> 00:39:38,108
I did have a non-nominees party,
because me, Robin??you know,
928
00:39:38,208 --> 00:39:41,846
the movie, Bobby, the writers,
everyone got nominated.
929
00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:44,482
But not us,
so we had a non-nominees party.
930
00:39:44,582 --> 00:39:48,285
Robin Williams'
dry spell didn't last long.
931
00:39:48,385 --> 00:39:49,887
In the next few years,
932
00:39:49,987 --> 00:39:53,157
he was nominated for both
The Fisher King
933
00:39:53,257 --> 00:39:54,925
and Dead Poets Society.
934
00:39:55,025 --> 00:39:57,194
Why do I stand up here?
935
00:39:57,294 --> 00:39:58,663
- Anybody.
- To feel taller.
936
00:39:58,763 --> 00:39:59,630
No.
937
00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:01,566
Thank you for playing,
Mr. Dalton.
938
00:40:01,666 --> 00:40:04,334
I stand upon my desk
939
00:40:04,435 --> 00:40:06,604
to remind myself
that we must constantly
940
00:40:06,704 --> 00:40:08,773
look at things
in a different way.
941
00:40:08,873 --> 00:40:10,240
He was brilliant.
942
00:40:10,340 --> 00:40:12,543
That's him!
That's Robin.
943
00:40:12,643 --> 00:40:14,411
That's the Robin I knew.
944
00:40:15,713 --> 00:40:17,482
O Captain, my Captain.
945
00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:22,219
Sit down, Mr. Anderson.
946
00:40:22,319 --> 00:40:23,688
Do you hear me?
947
00:40:23,788 --> 00:40:24,855
Sit down.
948
00:40:24,955 --> 00:40:27,625
Sit down!
949
00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:33,163
This is your final warning,
Anderson.
950
00:40:33,263 --> 00:40:35,299
How dare you?
951
00:40:35,399 --> 00:40:38,503
Do you hear me?
952
00:40:38,603 --> 00:40:39,537
O Captain, my Captain.
953
00:40:39,637 --> 00:40:42,372
Mr. Overstreet,
I warned you.
954
00:40:42,473 --> 00:40:46,811
Sit down.
955
00:40:46,911 --> 00:40:49,246
Sit down!
956
00:40:49,346 --> 00:40:51,115
Sit down, all of you!
957
00:40:51,215 --> 00:40:52,950
I want you seated.
958
00:40:53,050 --> 00:40:54,485
Sit down.
959
00:40:54,585 --> 00:40:56,120
Leave, Mr. Keating.
960
00:40:58,155 --> 00:41:01,992
I wrote him a love letter after
I saw Dead Poets Society,
961
00:41:02,092 --> 00:41:05,796
because he was so real
and he was so who he is, was.
962
00:41:07,965 --> 00:41:11,001
Despite his success
in dramatic films,
963
00:41:11,101 --> 00:41:14,004
Robin Williams also
continued in comic roles,
964
00:41:14,104 --> 00:41:17,675
including a turn as a woman
in Mrs. Doubtfire.
965
00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:23,247
Hello.
966
00:41:23,347 --> 00:41:24,849
Mrs. Hillard,
I presume?
967
00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:27,117
Yes, I'm Miranda Hillard.
968
00:41:27,217 --> 00:41:29,453
Euphegenia Doubtfire.
969
00:41:29,554 --> 00:41:31,922
Yes. Won't you
please come in?
970
00:41:32,022 --> 00:41:33,190
Thank you, dear.
971
00:41:33,290 --> 00:41:35,259
Using the kind of
the mask skills
972
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:37,294
in Mrs. Doubtfire of,
you know,
973
00:41:37,394 --> 00:41:39,564
it's kind of like
interior puppeteering.
974
00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:41,198
Both personalities
975
00:41:41,298 --> 00:41:45,670
were in the other room
talking to this other person.
976
00:41:45,770 --> 00:41:47,237
"Mrs. Sellner here to see you."
977
00:41:47,337 --> 00:41:48,573
"Oh, is she here?"
978
00:41:48,673 --> 00:41:49,607
"Yes, dear, she is."
979
00:41:49,707 --> 00:41:51,208
"Oh, Mrs. Sellner!
980
00:41:51,308 --> 00:41:53,377
I just got out of the shower.
981
00:41:53,477 --> 00:41:55,946
I think you'll be
fairly pleased with me.
982
00:41:56,046 --> 00:41:58,949
I've been through some
really interesting changes."
983
00:41:59,049 --> 00:42:03,020
And I thought, "Oh, my god,
that is like flawless.
984
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,656
He's zooming back
and forth seamlessly.
985
00:42:05,756 --> 00:42:08,058
I don't know if
I could do that."
986
00:42:08,158 --> 00:42:10,895
He's just changing, dear.
987
00:42:10,995 --> 00:42:12,663
"Yes, I want to keep you abreast
988
00:42:12,763 --> 00:42:14,565
of some of the changes
in my career."
989
00:42:14,665 --> 00:42:16,601
Splendid, wonderful,
magnificent.
990
00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:18,803
In Aladdin, Robin Williams
991
00:42:18,903 --> 00:42:21,872
broke new ground again,
becoming the first major star
992
00:42:21,972 --> 00:42:24,041
to voice an animated character.
993
00:42:24,141 --> 00:42:26,944
Whooooa, whoa,
994
00:42:27,044 --> 00:42:29,046
does it feel good
to be out of there!
995
00:42:29,146 --> 00:42:32,016
I tell you, nice to be back,
ladies and gentlemen.
996
00:42:32,116 --> 00:42:33,450
Hi, where are you from?
What's your name?
997
00:42:33,550 --> 00:42:35,019
Uh, uh, Aladdin.
998
00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:37,922
Aladdin! Hello, Aladdin,
nice to have you on the show.
999
00:42:38,022 --> 00:42:40,224
Can we call you Al?
Or maybe just Din?
1000
00:42:40,324 --> 00:42:41,491
Or how about Laddie?
1001
00:42:41,592 --> 00:42:44,061
Sounds like, "Here, boy.
Come on, Laddie!"
1002
00:42:44,762 --> 00:42:46,063
Cone on, kid, see?
1003
00:42:46,163 --> 00:42:48,999
Nearly all Williams'
lines were ad-libbed.
1004
00:42:49,099 --> 00:42:51,936
The producers wisely let him
say whatever he liked.
1005
00:42:52,036 --> 00:42:54,171
Yo, rug man, haven't seen you
1006
00:42:54,271 --> 00:42:55,640
in a few millennia.
1007
00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:56,641
Give me some tassel.
1008
00:42:56,741 --> 00:42:58,776
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1009
00:42:58,876 --> 00:43:02,446
Say. You're a lot smaller
than my last master.
1010
00:43:02,546 --> 00:43:03,814
Either that or
I'm getting bigger.
1011
00:43:03,914 --> 00:43:05,716
Look at me from the side.
Do I look different to you?
1012
00:43:05,816 --> 00:43:07,084
Wait, wait a minute.
1013
00:43:08,552 --> 00:43:09,754
In 1998,
1014
00:43:09,854 --> 00:43:12,657
Robin Williams finally won
an Academy Award,
1015
00:43:12,757 --> 00:43:15,092
for his role in
Good Will Hunting.
1016
00:43:17,594 --> 00:43:19,697
You don't know about real loss,
1017
00:43:19,797 --> 00:43:21,799
because that only occurs
when you love something
1018
00:43:21,899 --> 00:43:23,600
more than you love yourself.
1019
00:43:23,701 --> 00:43:27,672
And don't you ever dare
to love anybody that much.
1020
00:43:27,772 --> 00:43:31,041
Williams' director for
Good Will Hunting
1021
00:43:31,141 --> 00:43:32,542
was Gus Van Sant.
1022
00:43:32,643 --> 00:43:34,311
The greatest
directors are the ones
1023
00:43:34,411 --> 00:43:36,847
that are almost like road cones,
that they set the idea that
1024
00:43:36,947 --> 00:43:38,816
if you bump over it, going,
"That's too much."
1025
00:43:38,916 --> 00:43:41,285
With Gus Van Sant on
Good Will Hunting,
1026
00:43:41,385 --> 00:43:44,621
I found myself by the end,
he said, "Just??you know,
1027
00:43:44,722 --> 00:43:47,024
just have the conversation,
just talk."
1028
00:43:47,124 --> 00:43:49,293
So you're not "acting" per se
but eventually the things
1029
00:43:49,393 --> 00:43:51,328
start to happen,
I realized, "How did that go?"
1030
00:43:51,428 --> 00:43:54,031
He went, "It was amazing because
you're just talking about??
1031
00:43:54,131 --> 00:43:56,633
You're talking ostensibly and it
becomes more and more intimate."
1032
00:43:56,734 --> 00:43:58,669
I look at you,
1033
00:43:58,769 --> 00:44:01,739
I don't see an intelligent,
confident man.
1034
00:44:04,274 --> 00:44:09,479
I see a cocky,
scared [bleep]-less kid.
1035
00:44:09,579 --> 00:44:10,715
But you're a genius, Will.
1036
00:44:10,815 --> 00:44:12,883
No one denies that.
1037
00:44:12,983 --> 00:44:15,119
No one could possibly understand
the depths of you.
1038
00:44:15,219 --> 00:44:17,087
I'd finish a scene going,
"Was that okay?
1039
00:44:17,187 --> 00:44:18,923
Because I was just
talking to him."
1040
00:44:19,023 --> 00:44:21,325
He went, "That's wonderful.
That's what it should be."
1041
00:44:21,425 --> 00:44:23,560
And not to say that sometimes
underacting can be
1042
00:44:23,660 --> 00:44:26,496
just as dangerous as overacting,
you know, where people just go,
1043
00:44:27,631 --> 00:44:28,598
"What?"
1044
00:44:28,699 --> 00:44:29,666
"I'm saying that I love you."
1045
00:44:29,767 --> 00:44:31,035
"What?"
1046
00:44:31,135 --> 00:44:32,036
"I love you."
1047
00:44:32,136 --> 00:44:33,170
"What?"
1048
00:44:33,270 --> 00:44:34,805
"I love you."
"Oh, cool, you love me."
1049
00:44:34,905 --> 00:44:36,741
The linear
and impressionistic mix
1050
00:44:36,841 --> 00:44:38,642
makes a very
muddled composition.
1051
00:44:38,743 --> 00:44:40,577
It's also a Winslow Homer ripoff
1052
00:44:40,677 --> 00:44:42,880
except you've got whitey
rowing about there.
1053
00:44:42,980 --> 00:44:45,149
Well, it's art, Monet.
It wasn't very good.
1054
00:44:45,249 --> 00:44:47,217
That's not really what
concerns me, though.
1055
00:44:47,317 --> 00:44:49,186
- What concerns you?
- Just the coloring.
1056
00:44:49,286 --> 00:44:50,821
You know what
the real bitch of it is?
1057
00:44:50,921 --> 00:44:52,256
It's paint by number.
1058
00:44:52,356 --> 00:44:55,159
To listen to someone and to
be there listening with intent
1059
00:44:55,259 --> 00:44:57,294
and to be there focused
and with them,
1060
00:44:57,394 --> 00:44:58,162
present with them,
1061
00:44:58,262 --> 00:45:00,164
is just as powerful
and in some cases
1062
00:45:00,264 --> 00:45:02,066
and some characters
even more so.
1063
00:45:02,166 --> 00:45:05,235
The scariest guy in a bar
is the quiet guy.
1064
00:45:05,335 --> 00:45:07,938
And the guy??that's where
that line came from
1065
00:45:08,038 --> 00:45:10,174
in Good Will Hunting
where they said??
1066
00:45:10,274 --> 00:45:12,877
oh, you know, when he starts
mouthing off about my wife,
1067
00:45:12,977 --> 00:45:14,511
and I said,
"I will end you."
1068
00:45:14,611 --> 00:45:17,514
That's it, isn't it?
1069
00:45:17,614 --> 00:45:21,685
You married the wrong woman.
1070
00:45:21,786 --> 00:45:24,521
What happened?
1071
00:45:24,621 --> 00:45:25,856
What, she leave you?
1072
00:45:25,956 --> 00:45:28,225
Was she, you know,
banging some other guy?
1073
00:45:29,026 --> 00:45:32,329
If you ever disrespect
my wife again,
1074
00:45:32,429 --> 00:45:33,563
I will end you.
1075
00:45:33,663 --> 00:45:36,500
That came from somebody
that Matt I think saw in a bar,
1076
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:37,567
this little guy,
1077
00:45:37,667 --> 00:45:39,369
and this big guy
kept pushing him,
1078
00:45:39,469 --> 00:45:41,939
you know, "You little [bleep],
I'll kick your ass."
1079
00:45:42,039 --> 00:45:44,008
And this guy just??this little guy
1080
00:45:44,108 --> 00:45:46,643
just walked up to him and said,
"I will end you."
1081
00:45:46,743 --> 00:45:48,745
And the big guy walked away.
1082
00:45:48,846 --> 00:45:50,915
Got that, chief?
1083
00:45:52,716 --> 00:45:54,384
Time's up.
1084
00:45:54,484 --> 00:45:56,921
Yeah.
1085
00:46:07,697 --> 00:46:13,737
You were never thinking about
Robin Williams the standup.
1086
00:46:13,838 --> 00:46:16,240
You were thinking
about Robin Williams the man.
1087
00:46:19,309 --> 00:46:23,280
By his early 50s,
Robin Williams had found success
1088
00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:24,882
in almost every venue??
1089
00:46:24,982 --> 00:46:27,818
standup, television,
animation, movies??
1090
00:46:27,918 --> 00:46:30,554
but he never stopped looking
for more challenges.
1091
00:46:30,654 --> 00:46:32,222
Willing to take chances,
1092
00:46:32,322 --> 00:46:34,859
and you've got to in order
to keep exploring.
1093
00:46:34,959 --> 00:46:37,694
You have to do that in order to
push the parameters,
1094
00:46:37,794 --> 00:46:40,397
to see??to see what's out there.
1095
00:46:40,497 --> 00:46:43,733
Some people think that
this is a job for a clerk.
1096
00:46:43,834 --> 00:46:47,271
They actually believe
that any idiot that
1097
00:46:47,371 --> 00:46:51,308
attends a two-day seminar
can master the art of making
1098
00:46:51,408 --> 00:46:53,377
beautiful prints
in less than an hour.
1099
00:46:53,477 --> 00:46:56,013
One Hour Photo, which is??I never had people
1100
00:46:56,113 --> 00:46:58,248
more creeped out by a movie
in their life.
1101
00:46:58,348 --> 00:47:00,250
I had a kid come up to me
and go,
1102
00:47:00,350 --> 00:47:02,887
"That thing scared the??out of me, Mr. Wilson."
1103
00:47:02,987 --> 00:47:04,354
Get on the bed.
1104
00:47:04,454 --> 00:47:05,856
Get on the [bleep] bed!
1105
00:47:07,057 --> 00:47:10,127
Look, look, I've got plenty
of cash in my pants.
1106
00:47:10,227 --> 00:47:11,495
Shut up.
1107
00:47:11,595 --> 00:47:14,098
Close the drapes.
Close them!
1108
00:47:19,836 --> 00:47:20,871
Who told you to do that?
1109
00:47:20,971 --> 00:47:22,139
I closed the drapes.
1110
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,408
Did I tell you to wrap
a towel around yourself?
1111
00:47:26,510 --> 00:47:29,513
By all accounts,
Williams' real-life personality
1112
00:47:29,613 --> 00:47:33,217
was the opposite of his
One Hour Photo character.
1113
00:47:33,317 --> 00:47:37,087
He was a caring person with
a desire to help others,
1114
00:47:37,187 --> 00:47:41,058
a man who went to extraordinary
efforts to do the right thing.
1115
00:47:41,158 --> 00:47:43,860
He always had time for you,
to talk to you,
1116
00:47:43,961 --> 00:47:45,062
to catch up on you.
1117
00:47:45,162 --> 00:47:46,763
Every comic you talk to
1118
00:47:46,863 --> 00:47:49,433
had his own personal
relationship with him
1119
00:47:49,533 --> 00:47:51,936
in a sense that he knew you,
he knew about your kid,
1120
00:47:52,036 --> 00:47:53,637
your old lady,
how are things going.
1121
00:47:53,737 --> 00:47:56,306
He'd ask you those questions,
and you'd say, "Really?"
1122
00:47:56,406 --> 00:48:00,644
As much as he had and as much
as he was willing to give
1123
00:48:00,744 --> 00:48:03,547
and as much as he
made people happy,
1124
00:48:03,647 --> 00:48:07,918
he had to deal with an equal
amount that was difficult,
1125
00:48:08,018 --> 00:48:12,722
and I think what
he did so gallantly
1126
00:48:12,822 --> 00:48:15,892
and unfortunately
unsuccessfully in the end
1127
00:48:15,993 --> 00:48:18,963
is he was able to
keep that darkness at bay
1128
00:48:19,063 --> 00:48:20,897
as long as he could.
1129
00:48:22,799 --> 00:48:24,434
Starting in 1986,
1130
00:48:24,534 --> 00:48:27,804
Robin Williams dedicated himself
to Comic Relief,
1131
00:48:27,904 --> 00:48:30,340
raising millions
for people in need.
1132
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,477
There really was a need to kind
of address homelessness
1133
00:48:33,577 --> 00:48:36,080
and the lack of care,
and it was the idea
1134
00:48:36,180 --> 00:48:38,182
of literally
getting health care.
1135
00:48:38,282 --> 00:48:42,052
And now tonight they're here
for the reunion
1136
00:48:42,152 --> 00:48:44,321
we've all been hoping for.
1137
00:48:44,421 --> 00:48:47,958
The masters of merriment,
well, amyl nitrate,
1138
00:48:48,058 --> 00:48:49,994
My heart's kicking faster.
1139
00:48:50,094 --> 00:48:51,996
Those princes of polka,
1140
00:48:52,096 --> 00:48:55,065
Yosh and Stan,
the Shmenge Brothers!
1141
00:48:55,165 --> 00:48:57,901
And the idea of, you know,
gathering together
1142
00:48:58,002 --> 00:48:59,569
and getting across
ostensibly a tough,
1143
00:48:59,669 --> 00:49:01,905
tough message, but with comedy
1144
00:49:02,006 --> 00:49:04,541
that you could juxtapose
amazing comics.
1145
00:49:04,641 --> 00:49:05,976
??He's so excited ??/i>
1146
00:49:06,076 --> 00:49:06,676
- How have you been?
- Good.
1147
00:49:06,776 --> 00:49:08,445
I'm so really happy.
1148
00:49:08,545 --> 00:49:10,547
And we cross.
1149
00:49:10,647 --> 00:49:12,749
??Ooh ooh ooh, ow! ??/i>
1150
00:49:12,849 --> 00:49:14,884
- ??Ooh ooh ooh ??/i>
- Make a wish!
1151
00:49:14,985 --> 00:49:18,388
In his 50s and 60s,
Williams fell
1152
00:49:18,488 --> 00:49:22,392
back into depression
and relapsed into alcoholism,
1153
00:49:22,492 --> 00:49:25,195
but he fought back
over and over,
1154
00:49:25,295 --> 00:49:28,298
got treatment,
and rebuilt his life.
1155
00:49:28,398 --> 00:49:30,434
He was determined
to use his gifts
1156
00:49:30,534 --> 00:49:32,936
to make a difference
in the world.
1157
00:49:33,037 --> 00:49:34,971
You deserve the best.
You're incredible.
1158
00:49:35,072 --> 00:49:37,407
Thank you so much.
Merry Christmas, happy new year.
1159
00:49:40,310 --> 00:49:43,380
No entertainer made more trips
1160
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:46,983
to war-torn Afghanistan
and Iraq than Robin Williams.
1161
00:49:47,084 --> 00:49:48,318
But I come here??
1162
00:49:48,418 --> 00:49:51,588
for you, because I believe
you're amazing.
1163
00:49:53,457 --> 00:49:57,827
He felt a special
kinship to soldiers
1164
00:49:57,927 --> 00:50:00,564
who found themselves
far from home.
1165
00:50:01,898 --> 00:50:05,169
Uh-oh!
1166
00:50:16,346 --> 00:50:18,482
I'm not gonna forget that.
1167
00:50:19,749 --> 00:50:21,851
I've never had
an entire audience just go,
1168
00:50:21,951 --> 00:50:22,852
"Forget you!"
1169
00:50:24,254 --> 00:50:26,590
You have no idea!
1170
00:50:28,425 --> 00:50:33,997
I was also wondering what's
coming from that way.
1171
00:50:34,098 --> 00:50:35,832
When you say, "Who's the
heavily-armed Amish guy?"
1172
00:50:35,932 --> 00:50:36,466
And they go,
"He's Special Forces."
1173
00:50:36,566 --> 00:50:37,734
"Oh, cool."
1174
00:50:37,834 --> 00:50:42,506
If you could have seen him with
those troops over there,
1175
00:50:42,606 --> 00:50:45,442
I mean, he??you could feel his love
1176
00:50:45,542 --> 00:50:49,713
and respect and admiration for
those young men and women.
1177
00:50:49,813 --> 00:50:52,382
He literally had to be
dragged away several times
1178
00:50:52,482 --> 00:50:55,819
because he was
posing for pictures
1179
00:50:55,919 --> 00:50:57,987
with whoever wanted a picture.
1180
00:50:58,088 --> 00:51:00,724
He did whatever he could
for those guys.
1181
00:51:00,824 --> 00:51:02,025
He was amazing.
1182
00:51:02,126 --> 00:51:03,527
My favorite thing,
I did a show once in Kabul
1183
00:51:03,627 --> 00:51:06,463
and there's a guy in the front
that has a thing that says??
1184
00:51:06,563 --> 00:51:08,398
He's wearing a uniform
and he's dark-haired
1185
00:51:08,498 --> 00:51:11,000
and he's got a thing
that says Jose,
1186
00:51:11,101 --> 00:51:12,402
so I keep going,
"Jose, que paso?"
1187
00:51:12,502 --> 00:51:13,737
And he just looks at me
like this,
1188
00:51:13,837 --> 00:51:16,340
and eventually he's laughing,
I do some other stuff,
1189
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:18,342
and afterwards,
I asked this guy,
1190
00:51:18,442 --> 00:51:20,344
Special Forces guy,
"Who's the guy in front, Jose?
1191
00:51:20,444 --> 00:51:22,346
'Cause it seems like
he didn't have a good time."
1192
00:51:22,446 --> 00:51:24,281
He said, "Oh, no,
he loves you, man."
1193
00:51:24,381 --> 00:51:26,049
I went, "Really?
Where's he from?"
1194
00:51:26,150 --> 00:51:27,551
He said, "He's an Afghan.
He's an assassin.
1195
00:51:27,651 --> 00:51:28,685
He works with us."
1196
00:51:28,785 --> 00:51:31,321
And I was like, "Cool,
I'm glad he likes me."
1197
00:51:31,421 --> 00:51:33,290
And you can see on their faces
1198
00:51:33,390 --> 00:51:35,559
that they're just excited,
but him.
1199
00:51:35,659 --> 00:51:36,726
He looks excited.
1200
00:51:36,826 --> 00:51:38,462
He looks excited to be there.
1201
00:51:38,562 --> 00:51:40,930
Just for him to step down
and walk into
1202
00:51:41,030 --> 00:51:42,499
a bunch of soldiers
having a cigarette
1203
00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:46,370
and dreaming about home,
they'd turn around and they'd,
1204
00:51:46,470 --> 00:51:49,239
"Wow!" They'd scream like
a 16 year old girl
1205
00:51:49,339 --> 00:51:51,074
at an NSYNC concert.
1206
00:51:51,175 --> 00:51:53,810
You know, this howl,
you know, and it was??
1207
00:51:53,910 --> 00:51:57,347
it was??it made you forget
you were in a war, you know?
1208
00:51:57,447 --> 00:51:59,816
Robin was just there for that.
1209
00:51:59,916 --> 00:52:02,186
I mean, Robin ran to the rescue.
1210
00:52:02,286 --> 00:52:03,420
That's the kind of person
he was.
1211
00:52:06,690 --> 00:52:10,427
Whoa! Whoa!
1212
00:52:10,527 --> 00:52:13,930
What's up?
1213
00:52:14,030 --> 00:52:18,635
Hi. All of a sudden,
I've got balloons.
1214
00:52:19,436 --> 00:52:23,673
I'm lap dancing.
Let's do this.
1215
00:52:23,773 --> 00:52:26,643
Gooood evening, Bagram!
1216
00:52:26,743 --> 00:52:29,379
The first time in Afghanistan
where you're like in??
1217
00:52:29,479 --> 00:52:31,681
because it was just after??it was right after
1218
00:52:31,781 --> 00:52:33,583
they went in to Afghanistan
where you're performing
1219
00:52:33,683 --> 00:52:37,086
in little tiny spaces because
it couldn't be outdoors
1220
00:52:37,187 --> 00:52:39,323
because you're a target,
and there was??
1221
00:52:39,423 --> 00:52:41,891
It was pretty wild to be there
and just see these faces,
1222
00:52:41,991 --> 00:52:46,396
and you'd look out and you'd go,
they're the same age as my son.
1223
00:52:46,496 --> 00:52:49,266
I wish you from my heart
a Merry Christmas,
1224
00:52:49,366 --> 00:52:52,068
Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanzaa,
to my brothers.
1225
00:52:52,168 --> 00:52:53,403
You know who you are.
1226
00:52:53,503 --> 00:52:55,539
And I shall return, as they say.
1227
00:52:55,639 --> 00:52:59,876
He wanted to do whatever
he could for those guys
1228
00:52:59,976 --> 00:53:01,445
no matter what.
1229
00:53:01,545 --> 00:53:03,079
I mean, if they'd have said,
"Here, take this weapon
1230
00:53:03,179 --> 00:53:03,680
and go out here
and stand a post,"
1231
00:53:03,780 --> 00:53:05,549
he'd have done it!
1232
00:53:05,649 --> 00:53:11,655
You come back humbled,
you know, in a good way.
1233
00:53:15,225 --> 00:53:17,561
As a boy, Robin Williams
1234
00:53:17,661 --> 00:53:20,430
played with toy soldiers
all by himself.
1235
00:53:20,530 --> 00:53:23,333
Toward the end of his life,
he was still
1236
00:53:23,433 --> 00:53:26,436
playing with soldiers,
but he wasn't alone anymore.
1237
00:53:26,536 --> 00:53:29,739
He was beloved by
men and women in uniform
1238
00:53:29,839 --> 00:53:31,975
and by the whole world.
1239
00:53:32,075 --> 00:53:35,011
That little boy in the attic
came out of his shell
1240
00:53:35,111 --> 00:53:37,681
and brought joy to millions
1241
00:53:37,781 --> 00:53:39,549
for 63 years.
1242
00:53:39,649 --> 00:53:43,287
That he was willing to say,
1243
00:53:43,387 --> 00:53:47,724
"I'm still that little boy."
1244
00:53:47,824 --> 00:53:54,030
I think he'll be remembered
as a gentle soul
1245
00:53:54,130 --> 00:53:57,534
who traveled at
the speed of light.
1246
00:53:57,634 --> 00:54:00,670
Why?
1247
00:54:00,770 --> 00:54:04,574
Why?
1248
00:54:04,674 --> 00:54:05,542
Why?
1249
00:54:05,642 --> 00:54:08,578
We'll never see his like again.
1250
00:54:08,678 --> 00:54:11,281
I think everybody realizes this.
1251
00:54:11,381 --> 00:54:13,517
This is once-in-a-lifetime
person,
1252
00:54:13,617 --> 00:54:20,757
not just the talent
but the person that he was.
1253
00:54:20,857 --> 00:54:24,728
Don't go.
1254
00:54:24,828 --> 00:54:27,931
We need you.
1255
00:54:28,565 --> 00:54:32,201
He's missed.
He's missed.
1256
00:54:32,302 --> 00:54:34,137
It's like somebody
chopped your leg off.
1257
00:54:34,237 --> 00:54:36,873
You'll never walk the same.
1258
00:54:36,973 --> 00:54:40,644
I hope he rests in peace.
1259
00:54:40,744 --> 00:54:43,547
If only he understood
what happened to the world
1260
00:54:43,647 --> 00:54:46,082
when he decided to leave.
1261
00:54:46,182 --> 00:54:48,518
The whole world was in mourning.
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