R.I.P. Robin Williams
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Dude
Like others have mentiond Im not one to weep over dead celebrities but this one is different. I was born in 73 and i can remember him from Happy Days onwards. Just sucks really.
Been Vapin
Fringe Class
I just finished Jumanji. What a good movie. Real solid ending too.
Next up is the 1980 classic, Popeye, staring Robin Williams.
Doubt I will make it through Hook tonight. I'll try. It was the first movie I saw in threatre, 1991.
Robin Williams would have fitted in well here at FC.
"That's your old boss? Did you fuck him?" LOL
Next up is the 1980 classic, Popeye, staring Robin Williams.
Doubt I will make it through Hook tonight. I'll try. It was the first movie I saw in threatre, 1991.
Robin Williams would have fitted in well here at FC.
Radio
stay true to yourselves
Good Will Hunting & his standup routines are among the best things that exist today
This man will be greatly missed. R.I.P Robin Williams, may you find peace now that you could not attain in life
A man goes to see a doctor. Doctor asks what seems to be the trouble. The man says, "Doc, I'm depressed. Simply, I can't sleep sometimes, I can't eat, I feel down and irritable most days. I just can't feel 'happy.'"
The Doctor says, "I've got the perfect fix for you. In town tonight is the great clown Pagliacci. He's hysterically funny and will make you laugh til you cry. You will experience a joy unprecedented."
The man bursts into tears. The doctor, confused asks why. "Doc, I am Pagliacci."
may those who suffer with depression seek help and do their best always to find peace.
This man will be greatly missed. R.I.P Robin Williams, may you find peace now that you could not attain in life
A man goes to see a doctor. Doctor asks what seems to be the trouble. The man says, "Doc, I'm depressed. Simply, I can't sleep sometimes, I can't eat, I feel down and irritable most days. I just can't feel 'happy.'"
The Doctor says, "I've got the perfect fix for you. In town tonight is the great clown Pagliacci. He's hysterically funny and will make you laugh til you cry. You will experience a joy unprecedented."
The man bursts into tears. The doctor, confused asks why. "Doc, I am Pagliacci."
may those who suffer with depression seek help and do their best always to find peace.
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lwien
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http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/08/12/erin-moos-robin-williams-gorilla-koko.cnn.html
Koko hadn't smiled in 6 months, that is, until she met Robin Williams.
Koko hadn't smiled in 6 months, that is, until she met Robin Williams.
Yoosh
Well-Known Member
I just wish someone was able to help him like he needed. It's downright criminal that someone who brought such light into this world had to die surrounded by his own darkness. Please please please help to turn around the stigma regarding mental illness. I don't know what I'd do if Jim Carrey (another favorite comedian of mine with depression) went the same route.
Time to go do my best hot dog impression for a couple hours.
Time to go do my best hot dog impression for a couple hours.
PoisonousHydra
Well-Known Member
Did anyone on here watch The Crazy Ones? I have been a fan of both Robin Williams and David E. Kelley for as long as I can remember, so when I heard the two were working together I knew it would be hilarious, and it was. Sadly, the ratings rapidly dwindled, and CBS made the decision to cancel it.
I recall reading an interview with Sarah Michelle Gellar at the time in which she stated that Williams was devastated, and in tears for days when he heard the news that they were not getting a second season. I will try to hunt down that article if I can, but it was three months ago.
I am not in any way saying that there is a direct correlation between his suicide and the cancellation, and I am not trying to single out CBS as a scapegoat here. I struggle with chronic depression myself, and I have a family history of suicides, so I am not naive and do not believe that one single act could contribute to someone taking their life so abruptly.
Still, the fact that he took his life just three months after the failure of what was lauded as being his big comeback to television has been keeping me awake at night. I can't help but wish things had gone differently for the show, and a small part of me wants to think that maybe it would have given him a glimmer of hope if it had. My thoughts are with him and his family in this trying time.
On a brighter note, for anyone who hasn't seen it, please at least give it a watch. I still hold hope in my heart that it will become a posthumous classic, and just wanted to come on here and spread the word about some of the last work of inarguably one of the most brilliant comedians this world has ever known.
@CarolKing - What Dreams May Come has also been one of my favourites of his for as long as I can remember. I've wanted to rewatch it for years, but I think that now it would be way too fucking literal, and it would just devastate me. On the other hand, it could be a necessary cathartic experience. Hmm....
I recall reading an interview with Sarah Michelle Gellar at the time in which she stated that Williams was devastated, and in tears for days when he heard the news that they were not getting a second season. I will try to hunt down that article if I can, but it was three months ago.
I am not in any way saying that there is a direct correlation between his suicide and the cancellation, and I am not trying to single out CBS as a scapegoat here. I struggle with chronic depression myself, and I have a family history of suicides, so I am not naive and do not believe that one single act could contribute to someone taking their life so abruptly.
Still, the fact that he took his life just three months after the failure of what was lauded as being his big comeback to television has been keeping me awake at night. I can't help but wish things had gone differently for the show, and a small part of me wants to think that maybe it would have given him a glimmer of hope if it had. My thoughts are with him and his family in this trying time.
On a brighter note, for anyone who hasn't seen it, please at least give it a watch. I still hold hope in my heart that it will become a posthumous classic, and just wanted to come on here and spread the word about some of the last work of inarguably one of the most brilliant comedians this world has ever known.
@CarolKing - What Dreams May Come has also been one of my favourites of his for as long as I can remember. I've wanted to rewatch it for years, but I think that now it would be way too fucking literal, and it would just devastate me. On the other hand, it could be a necessary cathartic experience. Hmm....
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PoisonousHydra
Well-Known Member
I find his role in Insomnia and the way he plays off of Al Pacino just incredible. That film seemed to go under the radar for the most part, but if you want to see him in a dramatic role (deftly directed by Christopher Nolan, no less) I would highly recommend it.
grokit
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I watched the last four episodes of the crazy ones after [mork] left us, and while it wasn't great like a lot of the other stuff those three talents have been involved with in the past, it certainly wasn't terrible. It just didn't quite click from a writing/chemistry standpoint imho. Kelly hadn't written an episode since #15 of the 22 total, so I didn't see those. According to fauxnews (classy act that it is), he had been drinking on the set.
Probably better worded here:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...-ones-was-his-last-hurrah-20140811-story.html
edit: Otoh, "Robin's sobriety was intact and he was brave," writes [his wife] Susan Schneider
Not that it matters
Probably better worded here:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...-ones-was-his-last-hurrah-20140811-story.html
edit: Otoh, "Robin's sobriety was intact and he was brave," writes [his wife] Susan Schneider
Not that it matters
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EveryDayAmnesiac
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grokit
well-worn member
“I had met him before, but I really got to know him when we went on two USO [United Service Organization] tours together [in the late 2000s], and spent time with him on the film Man of the Year.
The first thing was: I got on a plane with him, and he was reading a book which was a history of Iraq. He sat there and talked about it for 35 minutes, going through the history of Iraq with us. That’s astonishing. I thought, this guy is kind of brilliant. He was a really bright guy who may have had a photographic memory.
[Trying to figure out how he does what he does] is like standing in front of a hurricane and going, gee, I wonder how that happened.
He wasn’t someone who was always on. It’s very much a misconception.
There were jokes of his that made me laugh hard, but it was the going from one thing to another, making those connections. It’s like how you watch an improv group take suggestions. It was like Robin had the most brilliant audience inside his head throwing out suggestions, because he would put combinations together that were just crazy. And how he could work out of the moment. That working out of the moment is a gift, but he did it on another level.
[On the USO tours], the amount of energy he brought when we would get off of a helicopter and walk towards the troops — the amount of energy he gave to them was unbelievable. It was really incredible to be in that kind of giving presence. I was exhausted. We’re going from place to place, he can’t give enough to them, and I’m trying to think, ‘Where can I take a nap?’ It was inspiring. Wherever we’d land, until the point where we would leave, he’d be talking to them — and not just going off, but being straight with them. I adored him. If you look at the outpouring that’s gone on, that someone of his stature would come to see them was kind of amazing to them.
It’s proof again that the good die young, and pricks live forever. He’s gonna be missed. There’s a hole, and it’s gonna take a long time to be filled.”
http://time.com/3104371/robin-williams-dead-lewis-black-remembrance/
The first thing was: I got on a plane with him, and he was reading a book which was a history of Iraq. He sat there and talked about it for 35 minutes, going through the history of Iraq with us. That’s astonishing. I thought, this guy is kind of brilliant. He was a really bright guy who may have had a photographic memory.
[Trying to figure out how he does what he does] is like standing in front of a hurricane and going, gee, I wonder how that happened.
He wasn’t someone who was always on. It’s very much a misconception.
There were jokes of his that made me laugh hard, but it was the going from one thing to another, making those connections. It’s like how you watch an improv group take suggestions. It was like Robin had the most brilliant audience inside his head throwing out suggestions, because he would put combinations together that were just crazy. And how he could work out of the moment. That working out of the moment is a gift, but he did it on another level.
[On the USO tours], the amount of energy he brought when we would get off of a helicopter and walk towards the troops — the amount of energy he gave to them was unbelievable. It was really incredible to be in that kind of giving presence. I was exhausted. We’re going from place to place, he can’t give enough to them, and I’m trying to think, ‘Where can I take a nap?’ It was inspiring. Wherever we’d land, until the point where we would leave, he’d be talking to them — and not just going off, but being straight with them. I adored him. If you look at the outpouring that’s gone on, that someone of his stature would come to see them was kind of amazing to them.
It’s proof again that the good die young, and pricks live forever. He’s gonna be missed. There’s a hole, and it’s gonna take a long time to be filled.”
http://time.com/3104371/robin-williams-dead-lewis-black-remembrance/
Vicki
Herbal Alchemist
I LOVE what his daughter said to all the haters!! 
"To those he touched who are sending kind words, know that one of his favorite things in the world was to make you all laugh. As for those who are sending negativity, know that some small, giggling part of him is sending a flock of pigeons to your house to poop on your car. Right after you've had it washed. After all, he loved to laugh too."
"To those he touched who are sending kind words, know that one of his favorite things in the world was to make you all laugh. As for those who are sending negativity, know that some small, giggling part of him is sending a flock of pigeons to your house to poop on your car. Right after you've had it washed. After all, he loved to laugh too."
Tommy Dukes
Live everyday like it's your last
He will be missed...Robin Williams (1951-2014)
Egzoset
Banned
Salutations CarolKing,
I didn't recall that specific moment but i guess it was close:
The view with his arms wide open is a favourite...
Although this is a troubling subject under the circumstances it certainly left some durable impression.
Those are the wonderful pictures i will remember.
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I didn't recall that specific moment but i guess it was close:
The view with his arms wide open is a favourite...
Although this is a troubling subject under the circumstances it certainly left some durable impression.
Those are the wonderful pictures i will remember.
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