Posted on 08/12/2014 2:11:29 PM PDT by EveningStar
It’s very moving to see the outpouring of appreciation for the late Robin Williams. Williams, who died last night in an apparent suicide in his Marin County home, had a particular connection to National Review, having done a crackerjack impression of founder William F. Buckley that ended up with Buckley’s signature manner being immortalized in the Disney film Aladdin.
That Aladdin bit was an outgrowth of a more extensive WFB Williams did in a Saturday Night Live parody of Firing Line ...
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Who is the us in the alleged our?
‘Our Robin Williams’?
It’s not that I found his type of humor repulsive. It just didn’t appeal to me.
So, keep him.
Not me. Condolences to the family, but was never a fan. Add in politics and he became distasteful to me.
I loved Moscow on the Hudson (I was living in Manhattan back then).
I don’t like profanity and I don’t like coked-up Leftists.
RIP Mr. Williams.
It bothers me when some celebrity dies and everyone pretends they loved him. I won’t say anything bad about Williams, but I won’t claim to be a fan, either.
So did I.
He was doing Russian immigrant schtick in his 70s stand up routines. I wonder if he influenced Yakov Smirnoff?
Probably my favorite Williams moment.
Elmer Fudd singing “Fire”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vT-VaMXsAw
Loved Awakenings. I will miss his humor.
The article was a nice tribute to Williams. RW wasn’t really my cup of tea when it came to comedy, but millions of people loved his work. And, I have to admit, that impression of Bill Buckley was pretty dang good.
I frankly didn’t like anything he was in. Ok, Popeye was awesome. That I will have to give him.
My dad loved Mork and Mindy, but I was so put off by the over-the-top “crazy guy” routine even as a little kid. I was always wondering when will he take it down a notch.
Odd fact: he used freeper material in his routines at least once.
In January of 2002, I wrote on a Free Republic thread that speculated when Osama Bin Laden gets to heaven, he gets beat up by the likes of George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson and learns that it was actually “72 Virginians” waiting for him. The joke started to spread on the Internet. Six months later, Robin Williams started using it in his comedy routine.
my favorite quote from a Robin Williams' movie: "seize the day, boys... make your life extraordinary." --Robin Williams as John Keating in Dead Poet's Society... a message i often share with my own sons...
I started hating him at “Good Morning Vietnam”.
Robin Williams humor, much like his friend and mentor Johnathon Winters was just too way over the top for me. It’s like they were trying too hard.
It’s hard to explain, but I found both of them pretty lame.
Now can we please get all drug addled dead celebrities off the 24/7 news cycle?
I agree, The distractions the media comes up with instead of the real news annoy me so much that I will not even watch because the omissions are more deafening than the content.
Also - the drugs that some Americans are addicted to come from central America (cocaine) so can we address the root reason for the gangs/mafia type corruption in Central America rather than the phony compassion of allowing their children here? Addressing the real reasons for the problems is the only way to solve them.
I remember when you wrote that, very funny piece. Comedy writers normally get paid for writing.
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