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Robin Williams: Ladies and gentlemen,
it's time to pump neurons.
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We are about to enter the
domain of the human mind.
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James Lipton: How do you
explain the mental reflexes
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that you deploy with such awesome speed?
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Are you thinking faster
than the rest of us?
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What the hell is going on?
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Jesus.
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"What is it
about your mind?
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"What is it that does
this thing to you?
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Try to explain yourself!"
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Comes from a deep
part inside myself
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that was actually looking
for my mother,
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but yet I saw that moment
when she looked up there,
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and I went, "Okay,
I'll be funny for her.
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Okay, that's fine,
work that way."
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Come back from that,
realize after a while
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that I want to be accepted.
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"You like me.
You really like me."
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No, it's not that.
I can be trained.
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I can show you
how intelligent I am.
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I can use a word
like "delicatessen"
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and know
what it means.
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Or "invertebrate."
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Or "inveterate."
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Or "degenerate."
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But all of that...
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...is all part of it, because
it's all part of the mind
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that actually flows like
that, because I realize
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that the human mind is a
three-and-a-half pound gland
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that pumps neurons constantly
and deals with itself
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by responding to stimulus. That's
what we're designed to do,
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evolving slowly. Even Darwin's
going, "I have hopes!
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I had such high hopes!"
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It's all part of it,
because I believe
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the human mind is adapting and
evolving slowly but surely
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but I'm trying
not to speak that fast,
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because eventually,
you have to catch up.
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Lipton:
Wow.
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Larry Grobel:
Do you have any fears?
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Robin: I guess it'd be that
fear that if I felt like
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I was just becoming...
not just dull, but a rock.
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That I still
couldn't spark.
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Then I'd start
to worry.
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Where are my glasses?
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-They're on your face.
-Oh. Thank you.
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Robin: What you do is kind
of keep yourself fresh.
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You don't burn out.
That's a never-ending struggle.
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-We didn't have water when I was growing
up, Dave. -Letterman: Is that right?
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My mother and father would have to take
hydrogen and oxygen and shove it together.
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-Made your own water. Wow.
-Made our own water!
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Isn't it interesting in the '80s,
you meet someone you like,
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you say, "Gosh, Helen, I...
I really care about you.
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Can I have
some blood and urine?"
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And you think eventually... you
think sex will eventually be...
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"Uh, Helen, I'm
in the airlock now."
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"Fine, Harry, leave the sperm in the tray.
I'll get it tomorrow."
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Inappropriate anecdotes
on a celebrity talk show.
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So I said, "Get off me,
Grandma. I'm done."
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Famous Hollywood roles
as played by Carol Channing.
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"Well, surely
you must be the Son of God."
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Robin:
This is Elmer Fudd
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sings Bruce Springsteen.
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Robin: Risking, for
me, it's always been
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kind of part of the thing of
just trying different things.
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It's the process of the work
peeling away again,
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you think you're great, and
then something comes along
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and goes,
"You're not that hot."
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But it's always that thing that
keeps you moving forward.
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Cameraman:
I'm sorry, you have two hairs...
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There's... hairs are
sticking up.
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Oh shit, man.
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How fucked up is that?
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Hair is sticking up?
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Shit. We have
to do it all over now.
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This is bullshit.
Two hairs?
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Fuck you, man.
We were into a groove.
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Two hairs.
Blow me, dude!
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Two hairs. I can see you
looking at the monitor going,
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"Can someone..."
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Bob, normally, it's usually
like a mic shadow,
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but two fucking hairs?
Jesus Christ.
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Is it okay now, Bob?
Now, we'll start again.
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It's better that we go again.
Take two...
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without
the two hairs.
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You want to start again?
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Shall we go from the top?
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I was so fucking quiet.
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My father was
kind of very intense.
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He was always on the road, because he
was working for Ford Motor Company.
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He had to go back and forth
all over the Midwest
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to take care of all
of these dealerships.
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But every time
he came back,
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he would bring me
some kind of...
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like a small car
or a tank
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or something, and I'd
be like, "Dad's home!"
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So that was
my connection
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with my father.
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My mother was
a comedy maven.
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She was very entertaining.
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Just seeing her being funny
with other people.
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I think that was
the major thing.
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We were moving a lot
because of my father.
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We lived in this big place
for a while in Detroit.
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This huge house.
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I was lonely.
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There were
no friends around.
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I was an only child,
raised by,
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basically, the maid
for a long time.
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- Some toys to play.
- Look at me!
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-One for the campfire.
-I want the green planet.
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-Mine! -Give it to me!
Give it to me!
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-Help me! Help me!
-Come along, dear.
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Daddy, I can't carry bags.
Bags heavy.
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I went to an
all-boys private school.
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I was as serious
a student as you could be,
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you know, cum laude society
and the whole thing.
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And an athlete.
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I remember the motto
of my private school was
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"In sound
mind, in sound body."
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It's a bit like the school
in Dead Poet's Society,
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and I was one
of the students going, yes.
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Jack Parr : The wild, wild
man, my friend Jonathan Winters.
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Robin: I saw my father
watching The Tonight Show,
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with Jonathan Winters.
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My dad was a sweet man
but not an easy laugh.
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Jonathan Winters:
I did a thing that, uh,
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a lot of us... probably
would like to do.
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Maybe a few
of us don't.
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I don't know.
I'll just have to ask you:
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Did you ever undress
in front of a dog?
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Robin: My dad lost it, and
I went, "Who is this guy?
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You made the great
white father laugh."
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Do something with a stick.
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Watch him do
a routine with the stick.
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You can give him anything.
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Well, that was a pretty
good cast, wasn't it, Bob?
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I think we're onto something
this time. Mm-hmm.
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I'm sorry, Margaret.
Try to swim in.
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Doctor, I'm not kidding.
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I seen them beetles,
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and this is one
of their feelers.
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Thoop.
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The United Nations...
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now recognizes the delegate
from NASA-Land.
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-Oh! Mr. Williams!
-Elmo.
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What are you gonna
do with that stick?
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Oh, there's lots of things
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you can do
with a stick, Elmo.
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Hey, you maybe could be
playing hockey with it.
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Yeah, I been goalie now
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for about three years,
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and it hasn't affected me.
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Maybe it could be
like a baton.
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There you
are, conducting a full orchestra.
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Thank you, Madonna,
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for that lovely lingerie melody.
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I better go back. We'll
never be able to do that.
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I realize.
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Or it could be a cane.
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Well, Nancy and I
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are just happy
to be here.
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Or you can play Pinocchio:
The Home Game.
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I have two
Academy Awards, Elmo.
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Stuff like that, Elmo,
just simple things.
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-Ah. Uh-huh. Oh.
-Yeah.
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And I'll tell you what I'm
gonna do with this stick.
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-What?
-I'm gonna give it to you.
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Oh. Thank you,
Mr. Robbins.
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Mr. Robbins?
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I'm taking
the stick back, Elmo.
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Elmo:
I only had three lines!
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Robin: When I was 16, we
moved to San Francisco.
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Robin: Boom! Everything opened up.
The whole world just changed.
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Robin: Everything was
loose, sexually loose,
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everything, and I was
going, "Well, okay!"
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From yin to yang
in 24 hours.
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We were going from Detroit,
Middle West, all-boys school,
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to an open-ended
San Francisco high school.
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It's this incredibly
relaxed thing.
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There was
no discipline at all.
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It was like we had
gestalt history classes.
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"Can you see Lincoln? He's
in the back of the room."
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Robin: I was in a
senior class parody
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of all of the stuff that was
going on at this school.
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I did an impression of a teacher
who was pretty out there.
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His name was
Mr. Lavezzo.
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- Tino Lavezzo and his
lovely dystopic... -
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Enacting history,
actually having
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the Battle of Hastings.
It's everywhere, behind
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the chairs, chanting
"We knew we were there!"
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Robin: That was the first time
I really had a performance.
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You're my
friend, come on over here.
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Robin: I never really
started to even
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be funny openly
on that level.
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We as human beings, we are driven
by the same sexual desire.
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Men, you know you have a tiny
creature living between your legs
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that has no memory and no conscience.
You know that.
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You have no control!
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It should be
a separate creature.
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You should be able
to take it off,
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poom, put him
on the ground.
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Take him for a walk.
He's got the rollers.
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He'll be like...
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Make it
a different beast!
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Wouldn't it be nice
if you could go into a bar,
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buy him a drink
once in awhile?
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There'd be a big bar up here,
a little bar down here for him.
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Go into the bar,
yeah, put him out.
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He's looking up at you
with that one good eye,
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like, "How ya been, baby?
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"Sorry about last night.
I guess I got nervous,
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"fired off a couple
of warning shots.
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"What the hell?
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"If you didn't try
and strangle me,
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"I'd have had
a better chance!
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"What the hell? I can't
go back in there, man!
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"That's some scary stuff!
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"I'm not going back
without a wetsuit
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"and a mining helmet.
I'll tell you that.
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"You better work on that!
I'm not going back!
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"Hell no, I won't go! I...
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"Hey, forget what I said.
Who's that?
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I'm going down here. You talk to her.
Down scope."
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My first year at college, I
went to Claremont Men's College
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to study Political Science.
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It's an all men's school,
and the only girls
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are at this other school
called Pitzer,
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and the only classes where you
can be with girls are there.
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They had an improvisational
theater class,
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and I went, "That's
where the ladies are."
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Was not going to any of my
Political Science classes.
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My father said, "I'm not
paying for this shit anymore."
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Come back home to Marin, and we'll
go to the local junior college."
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That was the beginning of studying
acting and taking that path.
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Mark Rasmussen: Robin Goodfellow,
a fellow of infinite jest.
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He had to be told to
shut up once in awhile
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because we never could
get through rehearsals.
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We had been invited to do
Taming of the Shrew,
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a western version of it,
at the Edinburgh Festival.
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He went to Edinburgh with us
as a late replacement.
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It was fantastic,
and we had a great time.
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And I really got
to know him in Edinburgh.
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We had a lot
of great press.
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We got the gold. We were the
best production at the festival.
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We did a royal
command performance,
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and Robin's eyes
were this big, you know?
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For all of us,
I think, at that time,
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there was nothing on the blackboard.
We were young.
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There was nothing written,
250
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and... that kind
of experience in life,
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you only go through...
252
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you know,
once if you're lucky.
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Stanley Wilson: I met Robin the day he
came to New York to come to Juilliard.
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My dear friend
Mark Rasmussen,
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who was a good friend
of his, introduced us.
256
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He just stood out in a way
that nobody else quite did.
257
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John Houseman:
An actor is an actor!
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At the Juilliard School,
people ask,
259
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"Why don't you
have a course
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in movie acting or
television acting?"
261
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And that's nonsense.
An actor is an actor.
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Wilson: John Houseman was
running the school then.
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Robin and Chris Reeve
came in
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as advanced students
in our third year.
265
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Christopher was, you know,
a preppy from New England,
266
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and Robin was kind of a crazy
hippie from Marin County.
267
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Robin:
First day you know,
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I'm wearing, like,
sandals and shorts...
269
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pretty obvious
where I'm from.
270
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I'm like, "So this
is really interesting.
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There's a certain intensity."
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I knew that it was supposed
to be this incredible
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kind of English training
in America.
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Attention on
a different level...
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movement, vocal, acting.
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Getting this great set of
tools that you can work with.
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Rasmussen: We didn't have a lot
of things, and we didn't care.
278
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We had our art form.
We had the work.
279
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That's where our focus was,
and that was demanded.
280
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You know,
Houseman really worked
281
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the hell out of all of us
282
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all the time, thank God.
283
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Robin: Moments of "Great.
Oh God, this is amazing,"
284
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and moments of
"What the hell am I doing?"
285
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I had this schtick that I worked
out with a little stocking cap.
286
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It was very tight,
but if I moved
287
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my eyebrows,
the thing went, "Boop!"
288
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I remember it was the first
piece of physical business
289
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that I saw Houseman
laugh, and I went,
290
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"Buddha laughed."
291
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Being trained
as an actor...
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that helped me
a lot just to play.
293
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Hello. Who's got a scene idea for us?
Right over here.
294
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Man: Somebody having
a close encounter.
295
00:16:31,630 --> 00:16:33,588
Okay, just a close
encounter of any kind?
296
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-Any kind.
-Right. Good. Okay.
297
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Robin: When I came
home from Juilliard,
298
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I started doing
improvisational comedy
299
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as kind of a response
to not finding acting work.
300
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Yo, mama.
301
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Robin: I started to be able to
do comedy based on suggestions,
302
00:16:47,964 --> 00:16:50,131
which is this idea of, "Wait a
minute, you're creating it."
303
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-And that was addicting. -Do
you want to play a game?
304
00:16:52,672 --> 00:16:54,505
Sure, let's play
Scrabble, okay?
305
00:16:54,588 --> 00:16:56,547
Okay. You want to be
the board or the pieces?
306
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-I'll be the board.
-Robin: Freeze!
307
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- Esmeralda, why do you only
visit me on Sunday? -
308
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The feeling, the rapport
was incredible.
309
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The instant meshing
with the audience.
310
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It's like sex
without the guilt.
311
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And God created man.
312
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I feel better now.
313
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And then you went from the
workshop to actually clubs.
314
00:17:23,964 --> 00:17:26,172
I can't sit down!
I'm too excited!
315
00:17:26,256 --> 00:17:28,714
I drove all the way from
Squealer, Idaho, to be here.
316
00:17:28,797 --> 00:17:30,880
Well, I drove
my truck, Mary Beth.
317
00:17:30,964 --> 00:17:34,505
--It's a
big ol' sucker. It's huge.
318
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Valerie Velardi: He was at the
Holy City Zoo, bartending.
319
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He filled in as a bartender so that
he could get up on stage and play.
320
00:17:42,630 --> 00:17:44,047
He had
a French accent,
321
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offered me a drink,
chatted me up,
322
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and was absolutely
delightful.
323
00:17:54,172 --> 00:17:55,922
He asked me
for a ride home.
324
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He was speaking French,
I was teasing him,
325
00:18:01,131 --> 00:18:03,714
and we had a kiss,
326
00:18:03,797 --> 00:18:06,797
mmm, and I just knew
I was going to see him again.
327
00:18:09,214 --> 00:18:11,922
I was just finishing up
my masters degree
328
00:18:12,006 --> 00:18:14,089
at Mills College in Dance.
329
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So I was free,
330
00:18:16,047 --> 00:18:18,630
and I was supporting
myself as a waitress.
331
00:18:20,214 --> 00:18:22,714
He was always looking
for a connection,
332
00:18:22,797 --> 00:18:27,131
And if he needed to pull out
another character or an accent,
333
00:18:27,214 --> 00:18:29,964
he was shameless,
he would just do it.
334
00:18:30,047 --> 00:18:32,505
Robin : America,
beach and balls country. Thank you.
335
00:18:32,588 --> 00:18:34,964
Fuck a duck!
336
00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:37,256
Thank you,
cheap shot, no way.
337
00:18:37,338 --> 00:18:39,714
Some of the
characters people really love.
338
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A character can be a comic
actor more than a comedian.
339
00:18:42,338 --> 00:18:46,006
I don't tell jokes. I just use
characters as a vehicle for me,
340
00:18:46,089 --> 00:18:47,797
but I seldom
just talk as myself.
341
00:18:49,338 --> 00:18:51,797
I was his personal audience,
342
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,172
and I would help him
hone material.
343
00:18:55,256 --> 00:18:57,755
Robin: A soviet poem
of pain and suffering.
344
00:18:57,839 --> 00:19:00,588
"Little Robin,
upon my windowsill
345
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"with tiny breast of red,
346
00:19:02,214 --> 00:19:04,214
"I brought the window
slowly down
347
00:19:04,297 --> 00:19:05,964
and crushed
the sucker's head."
348
00:19:08,214 --> 00:19:12,214
Velardi: After being in San
Francisco for six months,
349
00:19:12,297 --> 00:19:17,131
it was so clear that he
was developing his talent
350
00:19:17,214 --> 00:19:20,131
and growing in a
particular direction.
351
00:19:40,297 --> 00:19:42,006
Letterman:
I had moved from Indiana
352
00:19:42,089 --> 00:19:45,256
and went immediately
to The Comedy Store.
353
00:19:45,338 --> 00:19:48,172
Here's what I loved
about California then:
354
00:19:48,256 --> 00:19:51,839
Governor Jerry Brown was
dating Linda Ronstadt.
355
00:19:51,922 --> 00:19:54,297
That's the California you want.
356
00:19:54,380 --> 00:19:57,089
That's what California
is supposed to be,
357
00:19:57,172 --> 00:19:59,006
and it was exactly that.
358
00:20:04,047 --> 00:20:07,714
Letterman: It was dynamic, it
was creative, it was exciting.
359
00:20:07,797 --> 00:20:11,172
We were kids, it was
silly and it was fun,
360
00:20:11,256 --> 00:20:13,256
and it was
the best time of my life.
361
00:20:13,338 --> 00:20:15,172
My name is Dave Letterman,
362
00:20:15,297 --> 00:20:17,797
and originally, I am
from the State of Indiana.
363
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:19,297
And you know,
when I was growing up,
364
00:20:19,380 --> 00:20:21,214
the one thing
that I'll never forget,
365
00:20:21,297 --> 00:20:23,256
what I'll always remember
as long as I live,
366
00:20:23,338 --> 00:20:26,797
is when Dad used to tease
me with the power tools.
367
00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,297
Did that happen to you folks a lot?
368
00:20:31,380 --> 00:20:33,880
Letterman: When we first
saw Robin on stage,
369
00:20:33,964 --> 00:20:35,214
we were skeptical,
370
00:20:35,297 --> 00:20:38,047
and we made
it kind of a project
371
00:20:38,131 --> 00:20:40,380
to keep our eye on him.
372
00:20:40,463 --> 00:20:42,964
This is a quick
suppression, a Spanish fly.
373
00:20:45,047 --> 00:20:47,214
Are there any Spanish
people here tonight?
374
00:20:47,297 --> 00:20:48,630
Okay, we can do it!
375
00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:51,714
Here we go,
the Spanish fly.
376
00:20:53,964 --> 00:20:56,089
In my head,
my first sight of him
377
00:20:56,172 --> 00:20:57,922
was that he could fly
378
00:20:58,006 --> 00:20:59,755
because of the...
the energy.
379
00:20:59,839 --> 00:21:01,922
It was like observing
an experiment.
380
00:21:02,006 --> 00:21:03,422
Something special.
First a little toot for me.
381
00:21:03,505 --> 00:21:05,006
Okay.
382
00:21:05,089 --> 00:21:06,380
We are ready.
383
00:21:09,047 --> 00:21:12,297
Everybody, shake from side
to side, come on, now.
384
00:21:12,380 --> 00:21:14,047
What's the matter? You would
do it if I was blind.
385
00:21:15,338 --> 00:21:16,755
Here we go.
386
00:21:21,172 --> 00:21:22,922
One of the
first paying gigs I had
387
00:21:23,006 --> 00:21:24,380
was this place called
The Laugh Stop.
388
00:21:24,463 --> 00:21:26,256
It's their opening night.
389
00:21:26,338 --> 00:21:28,089
The mics go down, they die,
390
00:21:28,172 --> 00:21:29,463
and they're going
"What the fuck do we do?"
391
00:21:29,547 --> 00:21:30,880
I think,
"I don't need a mic."
392
00:21:30,964 --> 00:21:32,380
I just started
fucking around.
393
00:21:32,463 --> 00:21:34,422
I'm going
in the audience,
394
00:21:34,505 --> 00:21:36,256
and I was loud enough
because I'd been trained
395
00:21:36,338 --> 00:21:37,380
to be loud that
I could survive.
396
00:21:37,463 --> 00:21:39,297
I see a sister.
397
00:21:39,380 --> 00:21:41,755
Do you feel the need
to be healed?
398
00:21:41,839 --> 00:21:44,256
-Woman: Yes. -I know you can
walk without that chair.
399
00:21:46,922 --> 00:21:48,380
Dear sister,
give me your hand.
400
00:21:48,463 --> 00:21:51,131
I hope to God
you're not a real cripple.
401
00:21:51,214 --> 00:21:55,338
All I could really do was hang on
to the microphone for dear life,
402
00:21:55,422 --> 00:21:58,006
and here was a guy
who could levitate.
403
00:21:58,089 --> 00:21:59,964
Are you ready now
to walk for Jesus?
404
00:22:00,047 --> 00:22:01,256
Can you do it?
405
00:22:01,338 --> 00:22:03,131
Oh my God!
Over here boys!
406
00:22:03,214 --> 00:22:04,588
It's incredible!
407
00:22:04,672 --> 00:22:07,797
Letterman: We knew that whatever
it was Robin was doing,
408
00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,338
we weren't gonna
get close to that.
409
00:22:10,422 --> 00:22:13,172
And we were frightened
that, "Oh my,
410
00:22:13,256 --> 00:22:16,880
"maybe we've come out here
at just exactly the wrong time
411
00:22:16,964 --> 00:22:18,880
"when everything was changing,
412
00:22:18,964 --> 00:22:21,505
and all we had was
our stupid little jokes."
413
00:22:21,588 --> 00:22:23,839
Come inside my mind
and see what it's like
414
00:22:23,922 --> 00:22:25,172
when a comedian
eats the big one.
415
00:22:25,256 --> 00:22:27,047
Don't be afraid.
416
00:22:27,131 --> 00:22:30,338
Come on in.
417
00:22:30,422 --> 00:22:33,214
Phase in Amrac, opening sequence B.
Amrac phase-in now.
418
00:22:34,588 --> 00:22:35,964
Hey, nice to be here.
419
00:22:38,256 --> 00:22:40,922
Easy audience! Move on to
dynamite second routine 1B!
420
00:22:41,006 --> 00:22:43,131
Phase in now.
Amrac phase-in routine
421
00:22:43,214 --> 00:22:46,422
"Open Response" 1B.
Amrac C and sequence A.
422
00:22:46,505 --> 00:22:48,006
How 'bout that Oaxacan, eh?
423
00:22:49,422 --> 00:22:51,547
Mayday!
Mayday! Mayday!
424
00:22:55,256 --> 00:22:57,338
All systems overload!
Anything goes!
425
00:22:57,422 --> 00:22:59,755
Phase in sequence 2,
Vegas pity response 1B.
426
00:23:05,338 --> 00:23:08,131
Not buying the bullshit!
Career really over now!
427
00:23:08,214 --> 00:23:09,922
All systems overload!
Ego check!
428
00:23:10,006 --> 00:23:11,214
Everything failing! Lips?
429
00:23:12,463 --> 00:23:14,505
Amrac, phase in now!
Relieve subconscious.
430
00:23:14,588 --> 00:23:15,797
Mayday! Mayday!
431
00:23:18,006 --> 00:23:20,172
Well, fuck you! What do
you want from me anyway?
432
00:23:31,922 --> 00:23:32,797
Man:
Yes!
433
00:23:38,089 --> 00:23:39,839
Good evening.
People ask me,
434
00:23:39,922 --> 00:23:42,089
"Is comedy as much fun
as I say it is?"
435
00:23:42,172 --> 00:23:45,047
--You know,
I'm wondering...
436
00:23:45,131 --> 00:23:46,380
Bennett Tramer:
Are on you on wide shot?
437
00:23:46,463 --> 00:23:48,297
-Woman: No. -Tramer:
You should zoom back.
438
00:23:50,089 --> 00:23:52,047
You know, people wonder,
439
00:23:52,131 --> 00:23:55,505
comedy and television...
440
00:23:55,588 --> 00:23:57,006
Woman:
Ooh! Oh, I'm sorry.
441
00:23:57,089 --> 00:23:58,588
Tramer: Being a writer
for Robin's standup
442
00:23:58,672 --> 00:24:00,839
is like being a pinch
hitter for Barry Bonds.
443
00:24:00,922 --> 00:24:02,880
You're not necessarily needed,
444
00:24:02,964 --> 00:24:05,505
except for special
circumstances.
445
00:24:05,588 --> 00:24:08,256
But it's interesting to see
how he would build a bit.
446
00:24:08,338 --> 00:24:10,297
He had a lightning-fast mind,
447
00:24:10,380 --> 00:24:12,964
but it wasn't like everything
he did came to him that night.
448
00:24:13,047 --> 00:24:14,547
There was real work
and preparation.
449
00:24:14,630 --> 00:24:18,588
There was a real thoughtful,
analytical process behind it.
450
00:24:18,672 --> 00:24:21,131
It probably took him longer
to explain it to me
451
00:24:21,214 --> 00:24:24,047
than coming together
in his mind.
452
00:24:24,131 --> 00:24:26,880
Excuse me, sir, we'd like to
buy your right front tire.
453
00:24:29,714 --> 00:24:31,964
Tramer: Stop, we'll
take it right off here.
454
00:24:32,047 --> 00:24:34,380
Excuse me, we're
conducting an experiment
455
00:24:34,463 --> 00:24:37,006
in accidents on highways
caused by distractions.
456
00:24:40,380 --> 00:24:42,964
Tramer: He used to introduce
me as his best friend,
457
00:24:43,047 --> 00:24:45,297
and I hadn't known
him that long.
458
00:24:47,463 --> 00:24:49,256
I think he needed
a best friend.
459
00:24:49,338 --> 00:24:51,422
Robin:
Madam please, please.
460
00:24:51,505 --> 00:24:54,964
I'm making a plea for love.
Please, madam.
461
00:25:07,755 --> 00:25:10,422
Larry Grobel: Early in life, did
you have a fear of abandonment?
462
00:25:10,505 --> 00:25:13,672
Robin: Oh yeah. It's a
primal fear for any child...
463
00:25:13,755 --> 00:25:16,214
and then it dictates a lot
of how you deal with life.
464
00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:25,505
McLaurin Smith-Williams: My students
know that he was my brother,
465
00:25:25,588 --> 00:25:26,588
and they
always have.
466
00:25:26,672 --> 00:25:28,172
I've never tried to hide it,
467
00:25:28,256 --> 00:25:29,297
but I also
don't try
468
00:25:29,380 --> 00:25:30,256
to advertise
it either.
469
00:25:32,214 --> 00:25:34,380
Robin and I shared a mom.
470
00:25:34,463 --> 00:25:37,338
I was my mother's son
by her first marriage.
471
00:25:37,422 --> 00:25:40,422
Shortly after I was born,
I was sent to live
472
00:25:40,505 --> 00:25:42,463
with her parents
in the South.
473
00:25:42,547 --> 00:25:46,588
My grandparents, who had been
raising me as their child,
474
00:25:46,672 --> 00:25:51,006
suddenly informed me that I had this other
family and a brother that I didn't know I had.
475
00:25:52,297 --> 00:25:53,505
And when we met,
we met as strangers.
476
00:25:56,672 --> 00:25:59,006
He was eight.
477
00:25:59,089 --> 00:26:02,380
He was probably not quite
sure what to make of me.
478
00:26:02,463 --> 00:26:06,089
He was showing me all of his little toy
soldiers and everything like that.
479
00:26:08,380 --> 00:26:10,297
I believe Robin
already knew about Todd.
480
00:26:12,422 --> 00:26:16,672
Marina Zenovich: Tell me how you
are related to Robin Williams.
481
00:26:16,755 --> 00:26:18,964
I was married to Robin's
brother, Todd...
482
00:26:20,380 --> 00:26:22,131
for nearly
30 years.
483
00:26:22,214 --> 00:26:25,547
Todd's mother was
married to Robin's dad
484
00:26:25,630 --> 00:26:27,547
for only a couple of years.
485
00:26:27,630 --> 00:26:30,380
Todd was a very little boy
when they divorced.
486
00:26:30,463 --> 00:26:34,588
Mac, he and Robin had
the same mom, different dads.
487
00:26:34,672 --> 00:26:37,755
Todd and Robin had
the same dad, different moms.
488
00:26:37,839 --> 00:26:41,463
All three of them had
some things in common
489
00:26:41,547 --> 00:26:43,714
and just loved the fact
that they were related.
490
00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:48,047
McLaurin: Even though there
were three brothers,
491
00:26:48,131 --> 00:26:51,588
we were all raised
as only children.
492
00:26:51,672 --> 00:26:56,505
To be honest, I think that none of us
would have turned out the way we did,
493
00:26:56,588 --> 00:26:58,338
had it been...
had we grown up together.
494
00:26:59,714 --> 00:27:01,505
Growing up
by yourself a lot,
495
00:27:01,588 --> 00:27:03,755
you can either
kind of go nuts
496
00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:06,505
or you have a very comedic
attitude toward it.
497
00:27:06,588 --> 00:27:09,505
When you're in school and you
don't have too many friends,
498
00:27:09,588 --> 00:27:12,797
or this, that, and the other, that's
a way of kind of circumventing.
499
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,797
There's a flip side to that
500
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,630
because there's
a depressive side to that...
501
00:27:16,714 --> 00:27:18,505
that kind of personality too.
502
00:27:18,588 --> 00:27:21,630
There's a strong element
of that in our family.
503
00:27:25,714 --> 00:27:27,297
Robin: My mother, she
would do weird things,
504
00:27:27,380 --> 00:27:29,463
like cut a rubber band,
stuff it in her nose,
505
00:27:29,547 --> 00:27:31,839
- and be at a dinner party, and go..
- . "Oh dear."
506
00:27:31,922 --> 00:27:35,422
And my dad would go, "Great,
Laurie. That's really funny."
507
00:27:35,505 --> 00:27:37,131
Oh my,
you're gonna do this!
508
00:27:37,214 --> 00:27:39,422
Oh no! Oh God!
509
00:27:42,588 --> 00:27:45,338
You know, we embarrassed your dad.
I did for years.
510
00:27:45,422 --> 00:27:48,214
Yeah, that and me making
this noise at dinner.
511
00:27:48,297 --> 00:27:49,588
-Yeah. No.
-He didn't like that either.
512
00:27:49,672 --> 00:27:51,630
He doesn't
take lightly to our...
513
00:27:51,714 --> 00:27:53,755
And the whoopie cushions.
514
00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,714
-Fun too. -You remember
whoopie cushions?
515
00:27:55,797 --> 00:27:57,380
We had a couple of those
that we'd bring in.
516
00:27:57,463 --> 00:27:59,338
They've been going strong
for 50 years,
517
00:27:59,422 --> 00:28:01,131
-and they're still funny.
-They are.
518
00:28:01,214 --> 00:28:02,297
Nothing like a good
whoopie cushion
519
00:28:02,380 --> 00:28:04,006
before a press conference, right, Mr.
Reagan?
520
00:28:04,089 --> 00:28:06,256
That's right. Put a little water
in it, too. It's really effective.
521
00:28:06,338 --> 00:28:09,505
Oh, God, Ma!
522
00:28:09,588 --> 00:28:11,547
Put a little water in it
and then watch!
523
00:28:11,630 --> 00:28:13,714
Not only does it make
a noise, it stains!
524
00:28:13,797 --> 00:28:15,463
Oh, there's a fun one.
525
00:28:15,547 --> 00:28:18,131
Laurie: I think Robin
had a happy childhood.
526
00:28:18,214 --> 00:28:20,380
I hope.
You never really know.
527
00:28:20,463 --> 00:28:22,172
He was very isolated,
528
00:28:22,256 --> 00:28:24,131
so he had to entertain
himself a lot.
529
00:28:42,922 --> 00:28:44,547
Elayne Boosler: I don't
know when I met Robin,
530
00:28:44,630 --> 00:28:45,672
but the next thing
I knew was
531
00:28:45,755 --> 00:28:48,214
he lived in my
apartment with me.
532
00:28:48,297 --> 00:28:50,547
He had an apartment,
I never went there.
533
00:28:50,630 --> 00:28:52,297
I didn't even
know his address.
534
00:28:52,380 --> 00:28:53,505
He lived
in my apartment.
535
00:28:55,256 --> 00:28:56,505
Robin started
pursuing me.
536
00:28:56,588 --> 00:28:58,505
I had never been
so pursued in my life,
537
00:28:58,588 --> 00:29:00,505
and he would not
leave me alone.
538
00:29:00,588 --> 00:29:03,297
and I thought, "Okay,
well, I'm in for fun."
539
00:29:05,505 --> 00:29:08,880
He was very quiet
in real life.
540
00:29:08,964 --> 00:29:11,172
You wouldn't know, if you had
just met him in the daytime
541
00:29:11,256 --> 00:29:13,463
and spoke to him,
what he became at night.
542
00:29:13,547 --> 00:29:16,256
Robin: This is the hormone blues-in.
Here we go.
543
00:29:18,422 --> 00:29:19,505
Yeah.
544
00:29:40,422 --> 00:29:42,256
Boosler: I knew that
Robin was running around
545
00:29:42,338 --> 00:29:44,256
when I wasn't around,
but I didn't care!
546
00:29:44,338 --> 00:29:45,422
It didn't bother me.
547
00:29:45,505 --> 00:29:48,297
But all the comics were
so caring for me,
548
00:29:48,380 --> 00:29:50,256
and they said,
"You know, we think he has
549
00:29:50,338 --> 00:29:51,714
a girlfriend
in San Francisco."
550
00:29:51,797 --> 00:29:53,839
And I said,
"Well, I'll ask him."
551
00:29:53,922 --> 00:29:55,755
And I said, "Do you have a
girlfriend in San Francisco?"
552
00:29:55,839 --> 00:29:57,755
"Oh no." I said,
"Listen, don't lie to me.
553
00:29:57,839 --> 00:30:00,214
I hate lies, tell the truth.
I don't mind."
554
00:30:00,297 --> 00:30:01,422
"Oh no, oh no."
555
00:30:01,505 --> 00:30:03,714
So we're in
The Improv one night,
556
00:30:03,797 --> 00:30:06,922
and Jay said, "Robin, you
should be honest with Elayne,
557
00:30:07,006 --> 00:30:09,964
tell her if you have a
girlfriend somewhere else."
558
00:30:10,047 --> 00:30:12,256
And he said,
"Look, man. Look, man."
559
00:30:12,338 --> 00:30:14,547
"I'm just looking
for a little bit of balance.
560
00:30:14,630 --> 00:30:17,505
I'm just trying to find
a little bit of balance."
561
00:30:17,588 --> 00:30:22,463
And Jay Leno said, "Yeah, but you're
using your dick as a fulcrum."
562
00:30:29,797 --> 00:30:31,922
After we broke up,
he married his girlfriend.
563
00:30:34,964 --> 00:30:37,214
Velardi: We jumped on
each other's bandwagon.
564
00:30:38,547 --> 00:30:39,880
We were a good team.
565
00:30:47,755 --> 00:30:49,422
We were having an adventure.
566
00:30:52,922 --> 00:30:54,630
And then, everything changed.
567
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,630
Scott Marshall: Growing
up, I loved Happy Days,
568
00:31:07,714 --> 00:31:10,505
loved Fonzi.
In 1977,
569
00:31:10,588 --> 00:31:13,422
I was eight years old, and
Star Wars came out...
570
00:31:13,505 --> 00:31:15,880
and I stopped
watching Happy Days.
571
00:31:15,964 --> 00:31:19,047
My dad said, "Why don't you wanna
watch Happy Days anymore?"
572
00:31:19,131 --> 00:31:21,588
And I said, "There's
no spaceman on it."
573
00:31:21,672 --> 00:31:24,047
He went to the writer's
room on Happy Days
574
00:31:24,131 --> 00:31:26,839
and said, "Scotty
wants a spaceman!"
575
00:31:26,922 --> 00:31:30,630
And all the writers rolled their
eyes, "Oh, what a great idea.
576
00:31:30,714 --> 00:31:32,922
A spaceman, okay,
how can we do this?"
577
00:31:34,797 --> 00:31:36,964
My Aunt Ronnie, who was
in charge of casting,
578
00:31:37,047 --> 00:31:39,547
told my dad
about a comedian
579
00:31:39,630 --> 00:31:42,755
doing stand-up on the
street corner, with a hat
580
00:31:42,839 --> 00:31:44,588
that people
put money in.
581
00:31:44,672 --> 00:31:47,047
My dad said, "You want
me to hire a kid,
582
00:31:47,131 --> 00:31:49,463
"who stands on the
street corner with a hat
583
00:31:49,547 --> 00:31:51,755
"on a primetime network
television show...
584
00:31:51,839 --> 00:31:53,588
"a hit show, number
one in the ratings...
585
00:31:53,672 --> 00:31:55,047
"I'm gonna put
a kid who stands
586
00:31:55,131 --> 00:31:56,714
"on the sidewalk
with a hat,
587
00:31:56,797 --> 00:31:57,797
that's who
I'm gonna put on?"
588
00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,422
And Ronnie said...
589
00:31:59,505 --> 00:32:00,964
"It's a pretty full hat."
590
00:32:06,006 --> 00:32:08,505
What do you do, you just use
that to scare people with?
591
00:32:08,588 --> 00:32:10,131
No, keeps the rain
off my head.
592
00:32:12,714 --> 00:32:14,463
Are you
Richie Cunningham?
593
00:32:14,547 --> 00:32:17,338
Oh yeah. Yeah, that... that's me.
594
00:32:17,422 --> 00:32:19,463
-Is this your house?
-Uh-huh.
595
00:32:19,547 --> 00:32:20,797
Ee-ee, Ee-ee.
596
00:32:24,463 --> 00:32:25,588
Wait a minute.
Who are you?
597
00:32:25,672 --> 00:32:27,714
I am Mork from Ork.
Que pasa?
598
00:32:35,672 --> 00:32:37,755
Marshall: The episode, in
front of the live audience,
599
00:32:37,839 --> 00:32:38,964
it got a standing ovation.
600
00:32:39,047 --> 00:32:41,672
All 300 people stood up
and applauded Robin
601
00:32:41,755 --> 00:32:43,755
when he finished
that episode.
602
00:32:47,714 --> 00:32:49,755
Robin: ABC has a
commitment to Paramount,
603
00:32:49,839 --> 00:32:50,964
and they have
to honor it.
604
00:32:51,047 --> 00:32:52,922
If they have a series
that falls out,
605
00:32:53,006 --> 00:32:56,672
they have to put something
on the air from Paramount.
606
00:32:56,755 --> 00:32:58,630
No pilot, just...
you gotta put it on.
607
00:32:58,714 --> 00:33:00,922
And they went, "Oh fuck,"
so they scrambled.
608
00:33:01,006 --> 00:33:02,463
They'd say, "Okay,
we have this character,
609
00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:04,131
Mork, which tested very well,"
610
00:33:04,214 --> 00:33:06,714
and they had Pam, a series
where she played a nun...
611
00:33:06,797 --> 00:33:08,630
Pam Dawber:
Called Sister Terri,
612
00:33:08,714 --> 00:33:10,131
who had been
a gang leader,
613
00:33:10,214 --> 00:33:11,588
and kind
of talked like this.
614
00:33:11,672 --> 00:33:12,630
And she was
a little tough,
615
00:33:12,714 --> 00:33:13,797
but she was a nun.
616
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,839
And it was terrible.
617
00:33:15,922 --> 00:33:19,463
Marshall: My dad took footage
of Pam Dawber from the pilot,
618
00:33:19,547 --> 00:33:21,505
in the nun outfit,
cut it together
619
00:33:21,588 --> 00:33:22,797
with Robin
on Happy Days--
620
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,172
just literally
spliced it together...
621
00:33:24,256 --> 00:33:27,131
and that was the pilot.
It was a $63 dollar pilot.
622
00:33:27,214 --> 00:33:29,588
Robin: And they went, "Fine,
whatever, just throw it on the air."
623
00:33:29,672 --> 00:33:32,047
They didn't think it had a
fighting chance of ever living.
624
00:33:32,131 --> 00:33:33,839
They're announcing
the fall line up,
625
00:33:33,922 --> 00:33:35,922
and it says,
"ABC announces
626
00:33:36,006 --> 00:33:40,630
"Mork & Mindy, starring Robin
Williams and Pam Dawber.
627
00:33:40,714 --> 00:33:44,172
Spaceman lives with
girlfriend in apartment."
628
00:33:44,256 --> 00:33:47,463
And I went, "Oh my God!
This sounds terrible.
629
00:33:47,547 --> 00:33:50,089
Who is this
Robin Williams anyway?"
630
00:33:51,547 --> 00:33:53,839
Howard Storm: Robin's
manager called Robin.
631
00:33:53,922 --> 00:33:58,630
He said, "Robin, we got
22 shows, guaranteed,
632
00:33:58,714 --> 00:34:01,797
and you're gonna
get $1500 a week."
633
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,172
And Robin
went, "Wow!"
634
00:34:04,256 --> 00:34:07,922
And then Buddy said,
"Schmuck, $15,000."
635
00:34:09,964 --> 00:34:12,047
Robin was happy
with the $1,500.
636
00:34:12,131 --> 00:34:14,047
He never made
that kind of money.
637
00:34:17,131 --> 00:34:18,089
Nanu, nanu.
638
00:34:28,839 --> 00:34:30,505
Shazbot!
639
00:34:30,588 --> 00:34:33,006
Tramer: Robin was
a little nervous.
640
00:34:33,089 --> 00:34:34,755
"All of that energy
is sure to translate.
641
00:34:34,839 --> 00:34:36,797
"My comedy
is so big, and...
642
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:38,839
you're sure it'll translate
onto a small screen?"
643
00:34:40,131 --> 00:34:42,547
Necrotons! Warning!
Mayday! Mayday!
644
00:34:42,630 --> 00:34:44,672
Red alert! Dive! In the
bunker, in the bunker!
645
00:34:44,755 --> 00:34:47,463
Hit 'em up. We're going to Missouri.
Whoo!
646
00:34:47,547 --> 00:34:49,172
Marshall: He would run
around the stage, you know.
647
00:34:49,256 --> 00:34:51,630
He would run around and do
crazy things all the time,
648
00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:54,089
and there was
union cameramen.
649
00:34:54,172 --> 00:34:55,797
He would do something
great, my dad would go,
650
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,256
"Did you get that?
Did you get that?"
651
00:34:57,338 --> 00:35:00,131
The cameraman would say,
"He didn't come by here."
652
00:35:00,214 --> 00:35:02,797
"You gotta capture this.
He's a genius."
653
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:04,964
And the cameraman said,
"If he's such a genius,
654
00:35:05,047 --> 00:35:06,755
he could hit his mark."
655
00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:09,880
And so my dad said, "Wow, this
is... gotta figure this out."
656
00:35:09,964 --> 00:35:13,047
The sitcom, up until then,
always three camera.
657
00:35:13,131 --> 00:35:14,672
So he brought in
a fourth camera,
658
00:35:14,755 --> 00:35:16,630
kind of a handheld camera,
659
00:35:16,714 --> 00:35:18,214
just to follow Robin.
660
00:35:18,297 --> 00:35:20,547
And that became
the standard.
661
00:35:20,630 --> 00:35:21,922
Now, every sitcom
662
00:35:22,006 --> 00:35:23,714
has four cameras now
because of that.
663
00:35:23,797 --> 00:35:26,089
Well, this week, sir,
I learned that on Earth
664
00:35:26,172 --> 00:35:27,797
things aren't always
what they appear to be.
665
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:29,505
Orson:
What does this...
666
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,006
You've got the script
in your hand,
667
00:35:32,089 --> 00:35:33,256
motherfucker,
and you're blowin' it?
668
00:35:35,839 --> 00:35:38,797
Tramer: The taping of Mork & Mindy
became like the show to go to.
669
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,797
It was like a three-hour
Robin Williams marathon.
670
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:43,964
Care for some
iguana jerky?
671
00:35:44,047 --> 00:35:45,172
No, asshole.
672
00:35:46,380 --> 00:35:47,922
Hey, it's a
self-improvement course!
673
00:35:48,006 --> 00:35:49,714
"Evelyn Wood
Speed Orgasm."
674
00:35:51,047 --> 00:35:53,672
Says if you've read this by
now, you've already come.
675
00:35:53,755 --> 00:35:55,964
Why'd you laugh at me?
676
00:35:56,047 --> 00:35:57,714
You were gonna say,
"What an asshole."
677
00:35:57,797 --> 00:36:00,755
Now, I didn't.
I let you say it!
678
00:36:02,380 --> 00:36:04,964
Storm:
Robin was just flying,
679
00:36:05,047 --> 00:36:07,797
I mean, he was
the hottest ticket in town.
680
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,214
Storm: Whatever makes
you happy, monsieur.
681
00:36:09,297 --> 00:36:10,839
Well, we can't
do that now.
682
00:36:12,006 --> 00:36:14,755
So many lines going
through my mind.
683
00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:16,131
I don't know who I am!
684
00:36:18,089 --> 00:36:19,922
Look! And...
685
00:36:23,964 --> 00:36:27,047
Storm: All of a sudden, he was
getting all this attention,
686
00:36:27,131 --> 00:36:30,214
making money, and doing
whatever he wanted to do.
687
00:36:30,297 --> 00:36:31,797
-Action, baby.
-Oh, I got...
688
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:33,089
-Oh, I'm sorry.
-It's happening.
689
00:36:38,047 --> 00:36:40,630
Boy, have I got a subtext
going, you don't know!
690
00:36:40,714 --> 00:36:42,131
Okay, wait, wait. Wow!
691
00:36:43,422 --> 00:36:45,214
4.5 on the Richter scale!
692
00:36:54,797 --> 00:36:57,630
Hi, Mr. Houseman.
Juilliard really paid off.
693
00:36:57,714 --> 00:36:59,880
Until next week,
Orson, knock knock.
694
00:36:59,964 --> 00:37:01,131
Orson: Who's there? -Cohen.
695
00:37:01,214 --> 00:37:02,797
Orson:
Cohen who?
696
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,338
"Cohen" fuck yourself.
Good night.
697
00:37:09,964 --> 00:37:12,880
Eric Idle: I first clapped
eyes on him in 1980.
698
00:37:12,964 --> 00:37:14,131
He came on stage,
699
00:37:14,214 --> 00:37:15,714
and it was just like
700
00:37:15,797 --> 00:37:17,131
he took
the place apart.
701
00:37:17,214 --> 00:37:18,714
He just absolutely...
702
00:37:18,797 --> 00:37:20,006
I've never seen
anything like it.
703
00:37:20,089 --> 00:37:22,047
He just completely
commanded it.
704
00:37:22,131 --> 00:37:25,214
He just made them all laugh
and laugh and laugh,
705
00:37:25,297 --> 00:37:27,172
and he had
one persistent heckler.
706
00:37:27,256 --> 00:37:30,089
And he made the entire
audience pray
707
00:37:30,172 --> 00:37:33,964
for little Timmy at the
back, that he might die.
708
00:37:34,047 --> 00:37:36,839
And it was
just so hilarious.
709
00:37:36,922 --> 00:37:39,214
He just... the entire audience
praying for the death
710
00:37:39,297 --> 00:37:41,338
of this heckler
at the back of the room.
711
00:37:47,505 --> 00:37:49,172
Storm: And keep your hands
away from your wiener.
712
00:37:49,256 --> 00:37:50,297
Yes, sir.
713
00:37:52,505 --> 00:37:54,131
You're an adult, Howard.
You can say "penis."
714
00:37:55,839 --> 00:37:57,880
Robin:
I'd go from doing the show
715
00:37:57,964 --> 00:37:59,089
and then coming
to The Comedy Store
716
00:37:59,172 --> 00:38:00,297
and then go
to The Improv.
717
00:38:00,380 --> 00:38:02,297
He would do five,
six sets a night,
718
00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:03,755
and just keep going.
719
00:38:03,839 --> 00:38:05,338
Robin: And now a native
New York impression,
720
00:38:05,422 --> 00:38:06,422
a New York echo.
721
00:38:06,505 --> 00:38:08,172
"Hello!"
722
00:38:08,256 --> 00:38:11,422
"Shut the fuck up!"
723
00:38:11,505 --> 00:38:14,089
Velardi: We were just
playing, you know?
724
00:38:14,172 --> 00:38:15,755
We were out and about.
725
00:38:17,964 --> 00:38:20,256
Velardi: It was wonderful
being in Hollywood.
726
00:38:22,089 --> 00:38:24,797
You know he's the star of the very
successful Mork & Mindy show,
727
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,422
would you welcome,
Robin Williams.
728
00:38:28,463 --> 00:38:30,880
Momma, I'm on TV!
729
00:38:30,964 --> 00:38:32,755
For my friends
in San Francisco,
730
00:38:32,839 --> 00:38:35,256
how are you?
731
00:38:35,338 --> 00:38:38,089
Storm: He started hanging out
with a lot of major stars.
732
00:38:39,505 --> 00:38:40,880
He was hanging out
with De Niro,
733
00:38:40,964 --> 00:38:42,380
he was hanging out
with Belushi,
734
00:38:42,463 --> 00:38:44,131
and they were impressed
735
00:38:44,214 --> 00:38:46,006
that they were
hanging out with him.
736
00:38:46,089 --> 00:38:47,964
Robin: There was one crazy
night where he took me
737
00:38:48,047 --> 00:38:50,297
to a series of clubs
to see different bands.
738
00:38:50,380 --> 00:38:51,839
He'd just put you
in a headlock and say,
739
00:38:51,922 --> 00:38:53,380
"Come on, we're going
to this place."
740
00:38:55,131 --> 00:38:57,463
Storm: In the second
year of the show,
741
00:38:57,547 --> 00:39:00,214
Robin was doing drugs.
742
00:39:00,297 --> 00:39:03,089
Robin: It was part of the
whole scene at that time.
743
00:39:03,172 --> 00:39:04,922
There was just
so much of it.
744
00:39:05,006 --> 00:39:08,172
There were even some clubs that
used to pay in white or green.
745
00:39:08,256 --> 00:39:10,964
You'd go hang out at clubs,
and then, um, end up
746
00:39:11,047 --> 00:39:14,006
in the hills, in some
coke dealer's house.
747
00:39:14,089 --> 00:39:16,505
Everyone used to just give it to
you, because if you're famous,
748
00:39:16,588 --> 00:39:19,755
you know, it was just a... like a thing.
"Hey, come here. Take this."
749
00:39:19,839 --> 00:39:22,922
You know, you'd get phone calls that
say, "Yeah, Robin left his car."
750
00:39:23,006 --> 00:39:24,964
It's found
some place on Sunset.
751
00:39:25,047 --> 00:39:27,338
Dawber: I climbed out
of a bathroom window
752
00:39:27,422 --> 00:39:29,047
at Imperial Gardens,
753
00:39:29,131 --> 00:39:31,297
because Robin
was there with people
754
00:39:31,380 --> 00:39:33,505
that he didn't want anybody
to know he was there with.
755
00:39:33,588 --> 00:39:37,380
No! Everyone
I've ever known!
756
00:39:37,463 --> 00:39:40,505
There are people here
I've slept with twice.
757
00:39:40,588 --> 00:39:43,006
Boosler: He would just sometimes
at the end of an hour
758
00:39:43,089 --> 00:39:44,922
just pick a gorgeous woman
out of the audience
759
00:39:45,006 --> 00:39:46,505
and walk out, and
never saw her again,
760
00:39:46,588 --> 00:39:49,172
and her boyfriend would
go, "I guess she's gone."
761
00:39:49,256 --> 00:39:52,463
Velardi: He loved women.
Loved women.
762
00:39:52,547 --> 00:39:54,172
And I got it.
And I understood it.
763
00:39:54,256 --> 00:39:56,047
And I wanted him
to have that,
764
00:39:56,131 --> 00:39:58,172
but I also wanted him
to come home.
765
00:40:02,588 --> 00:40:04,547
You know, after a
night of partying,
766
00:40:04,630 --> 00:40:06,880
we'd couldn't find him
many times.
767
00:40:06,964 --> 00:40:09,214
Dawber: He'd come in
looking pretty burned out,
768
00:40:09,297 --> 00:40:11,964
because, you know, he was out
till 3:00, 4:00 in the morning.
769
00:40:12,047 --> 00:40:14,172
You've had
all week to do this.
770
00:40:14,256 --> 00:40:16,256
Look at him.
He's so pitiful.
771
00:40:16,338 --> 00:40:18,797
'Cause I feel
like shit, that's why.
772
00:40:20,006 --> 00:40:22,131
I'm looking at you.
773
00:40:22,214 --> 00:40:23,380
I'm not really
looking at you.
774
00:40:23,463 --> 00:40:25,047
I'm looking at the back
of my mind going,
775
00:40:25,131 --> 00:40:28,006
"There's gotta be
another line.
776
00:40:28,089 --> 00:40:30,964
Someone back there,
send another line forward!"
777
00:40:31,047 --> 00:40:32,922
Storm:
He was drinking and coke.
778
00:40:33,006 --> 00:40:36,547
It was like him jumping
into a giant cake.
779
00:40:36,630 --> 00:40:40,256
You know, your most delicious
cake ever, and he could eat all...
780
00:40:40,338 --> 00:40:43,505
anything he wanted, 'cause
that was what he was doing.
781
00:40:51,131 --> 00:40:54,047
I believe that cocaine is God's way of
saying, "You're making too much money."
782
00:40:56,463 --> 00:40:59,256
Idle: He got really
into it, a lot.
783
00:40:59,338 --> 00:41:01,380
And I would follow him around
to these various places,
784
00:41:01,463 --> 00:41:03,256
and he'd be funny
and then we'd move on
785
00:41:03,338 --> 00:41:04,463
and then he'd be funny
and move on.
786
00:41:06,006 --> 00:41:07,630
It's not a funny drug.
787
00:41:07,714 --> 00:41:10,380
It just makes you want more
and more and more of it,
788
00:41:10,463 --> 00:41:12,297
and it doesn't
make you funny.
789
00:41:12,380 --> 00:41:14,297
It would just be
interesting to me
790
00:41:14,380 --> 00:41:16,463
that he would cease
to be funny
791
00:41:16,547 --> 00:41:19,006
the later the evening
went with that drug.
792
00:41:21,047 --> 00:41:24,006
Do you have
any fears, anxieties,
793
00:41:24,089 --> 00:41:26,880
or questions about going
into a film... now?
794
00:41:28,214 --> 00:41:29,630
Some of them,
yeah, it's scary,
795
00:41:29,714 --> 00:41:31,172
because you
realize one wrong...
796
00:41:31,256 --> 00:41:33,505
you can be doing great,
everyone would go,
797
00:41:33,588 --> 00:41:35,297
"Hey, fantastic!
Brilliant.
798
00:41:35,380 --> 00:41:36,547
We'll have breakfast,
lunch, dinner."
799
00:41:36,630 --> 00:41:37,964
Then all of a sudden,
one bad film,
800
00:41:38,047 --> 00:41:39,131
"Oh, excuse me
will you hold?"
801
00:41:39,214 --> 00:41:41,880
Okay. Stand by.
802
00:41:41,964 --> 00:41:43,131
Action!
803
00:41:43,214 --> 00:41:45,338
What am I?
804
00:41:45,422 --> 00:41:47,297
I ain't
no "physi-kist,"
805
00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:49,089
but I knows
what matters.
806
00:41:49,172 --> 00:41:51,006
What am I?
807
00:41:51,089 --> 00:41:53,338
I'm Popeye
the Sailor.
808
00:42:00,089 --> 00:42:02,089
Robin: We had the dailies, they
showed them to my manager.
809
00:42:02,172 --> 00:42:04,714
He called back and said,
"Robin, I saw the dailies.
810
00:42:04,797 --> 00:42:07,172
Could you open
your other eye?"
811
00:42:07,256 --> 00:42:10,463
"Charlie, he doesn't have another eye.
He's Popeye."
812
00:42:12,463 --> 00:42:14,547
Robin: As I'm walking
outside after the movie,
813
00:42:14,630 --> 00:42:16,172
the paparazzis saw
that everyone
814
00:42:16,256 --> 00:42:18,089
was kind of walking out
a little nonplussed,
815
00:42:18,172 --> 00:42:21,047
and I think one guy turned to me and
went, "Welcome to show business."
816
00:42:21,131 --> 00:42:23,672
And the illusion
that I was gonna be
817
00:42:23,755 --> 00:42:25,922
a movie star really
quickly diminished.
818
00:42:28,214 --> 00:42:30,380
Dawber: It was really near
the end of Mork & Mindy.
819
00:42:30,463 --> 00:42:32,547
And he came
to work he said, "Wow.
820
00:42:32,630 --> 00:42:34,463
"I went over to the
Chateau last night.
821
00:42:34,547 --> 00:42:36,338
I was supposed
to meet with De Niro."
822
00:42:36,422 --> 00:42:38,214
He said, "De Niro had a
couple of girls in his room.
823
00:42:38,297 --> 00:42:40,380
He wouldn't let me in."
824
00:42:42,797 --> 00:42:45,297
"So I decided to go
to Belushi's bungalow."
825
00:42:45,380 --> 00:42:49,256
And he said,
"He was so stoned,
826
00:42:49,338 --> 00:42:51,256
he could
hardly stand up."
827
00:42:51,338 --> 00:42:53,672
And then just before
our dinner break,
828
00:42:53,755 --> 00:42:57,422
the producers came to me
and they said, "Pam...
829
00:42:57,505 --> 00:43:00,047
"John Belushi... they...
he... he OD'ed last night."
830
00:43:00,131 --> 00:43:01,630
And I went, "What?"
831
00:43:01,714 --> 00:43:05,338
John Belushi died today
at 33 years old.
832
00:43:05,422 --> 00:43:07,047
He was a comic actor
best known
833
00:43:07,131 --> 00:43:08,505
for Animal House,
the film,
834
00:43:08,588 --> 00:43:12,006
and his years on the television
program Saturday Night Live.
835
00:43:12,089 --> 00:43:13,755
Belushi died
in a bungalow
836
00:43:13,839 --> 00:43:16,256
at the Chateau Marmont Hotel
in Hollywood.
837
00:43:16,338 --> 00:43:17,839
Later, Los Angeles police...
838
00:43:17,922 --> 00:43:19,588
Dawber: I said, "I have something
really terrible to tell you."
839
00:43:19,672 --> 00:43:21,172
He said, "What?"
And I said...
840
00:43:22,672 --> 00:43:25,297
"John Belushi's dead.
He died. He OD'ed."
841
00:43:25,380 --> 00:43:26,714
He said, "I was
with him last night!"
842
00:43:26,797 --> 00:43:28,505
And I said, "I... I know."
843
00:43:28,588 --> 00:43:30,630
He goes, "I was
with him last night!"
844
00:43:30,714 --> 00:43:32,422
And I said,
"I know, Robin.
845
00:43:32,505 --> 00:43:35,214
I know you were."
846
00:43:35,297 --> 00:43:39,131
And so, we just walked
together towards our trailers
847
00:43:40,505 --> 00:43:41,380
and...
848
00:43:42,547 --> 00:43:44,297
just before he went
into his trailer
849
00:43:44,380 --> 00:43:46,672
and I said... this is
gonna make me cry.
850
00:43:51,505 --> 00:43:53,797
I said, "If that
ever happens to you,
851
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:56,380
I will find you
and kill you first."
852
00:44:00,214 --> 00:44:02,547
He said, "Dawbs, that's
never gonna happen to me."
853
00:44:22,422 --> 00:44:24,714
Newswoman: A Los Angeles
County grand jury has begun
854
00:44:24,797 --> 00:44:28,214
its investigation of the death
of comedian John Belushi.
855
00:44:29,922 --> 00:44:33,131
Newsman: Comedian Robin Williams
was the grand jury's star witness.
856
00:44:33,214 --> 00:44:35,214
Williams was one of three
people with Belushi
857
00:44:35,338 --> 00:44:38,839
the night before he died of an
overdose of cocaine and heroin.
858
00:44:38,922 --> 00:44:42,338
His attorneys said Williams was
cooperating in the investigation
859
00:44:42,422 --> 00:44:46,797
and did not have to be
subpoenaed in order to testify.
860
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,755
Robin: Here's this guy who was a
beast, who could do anything...
861
00:44:49,839 --> 00:44:53,338
and he's gone, and that
sobered the shit out of me.
862
00:44:57,297 --> 00:44:58,547
Dawber: And that's
when Robin stopped.
863
00:45:00,297 --> 00:45:03,256
Storm: He backed off for
a while and cleaned up.
864
00:45:09,672 --> 00:45:11,338
Pardon me.
865
00:45:11,422 --> 00:45:12,630
Could you not
make so much noise?
866
00:45:12,714 --> 00:45:14,172
You're scaring away
all the flies.
867
00:45:14,256 --> 00:45:17,214
I directed him once,
in The Frog Prince.
868
00:45:17,297 --> 00:45:18,755
He's dressed as a frog.
869
00:45:18,839 --> 00:45:21,463
He just learned
in the papers
870
00:45:21,547 --> 00:45:23,297
that they'd canceled
Mork & Mindy.
871
00:45:26,588 --> 00:45:28,714
He gathered
a crowd around him.
872
00:45:28,797 --> 00:45:31,547
He just went
into a rant about ABC
873
00:45:31,630 --> 00:45:33,338
and all of the people who ran it
874
00:45:33,422 --> 00:45:35,256
and all of the people
who had the shows
875
00:45:35,338 --> 00:45:36,297
and how awful
they were.
876
00:45:37,797 --> 00:45:39,797
Robin: Just going,
"Fuck these people."
877
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:41,880
Oh you mean from inside the
Frog... "Fuck these people,"
878
00:45:41,964 --> 00:45:43,422
inside this giant frog head.
879
00:45:43,505 --> 00:45:46,172
-It was crazy shit. Painful.
-Man: Oh yeah.
880
00:45:49,422 --> 00:45:52,714
At that point, everything
is like, "Fuck, it's over."
881
00:46:01,797 --> 00:46:03,839
Robin: "What's gonna happen next?
What are you gonna do?"
882
00:46:06,006 --> 00:46:07,338
There was fear.
883
00:46:11,338 --> 00:46:12,797
Velardi: Hollywood
was eating us up.
884
00:46:16,505 --> 00:46:18,380
Robin and I
decided to leave
885
00:46:18,463 --> 00:46:21,214
and come back
to Northern California.
886
00:46:42,714 --> 00:46:44,505
Velardi: We just
wanted to be together
887
00:46:44,588 --> 00:46:48,547
where we didn't have
all that noise coming in.
888
00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:01,463
Robin: It's the idea
of "This is it.
889
00:47:01,547 --> 00:47:03,422
I don't need to live...
890
00:47:03,505 --> 00:47:05,880
I can't... I mean,
I don't do well in LA.
891
00:47:11,047 --> 00:47:12,797
Velardi: And we wanted
to have children
892
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:14,505
and have
a life together.
893
00:47:17,380 --> 00:47:20,839
You go... you're a good boy.
Hey, Zachary.
894
00:47:20,922 --> 00:47:23,006
Today, we're going
to have the baptism.
895
00:47:23,089 --> 00:47:26,422
Christopher Reeve
as the godfather,
896
00:47:27,672 --> 00:47:29,880
and Valerie
and Robin Williams
897
00:47:29,964 --> 00:47:31,588
as the proud parents.
898
00:47:34,839 --> 00:47:37,547
Should we button
that top button?
899
00:47:37,630 --> 00:47:39,880
-You want this on too?
-Yeah.
900
00:47:39,964 --> 00:47:41,380
Now we can do Superbaby.
901
00:47:41,463 --> 00:47:44,880
Velardi: No. Oh yeah, he
can fly into his baptism.
902
00:47:44,964 --> 00:47:46,880
No, I don't
want to fly him any place.
903
00:47:55,089 --> 00:47:59,922
We gather to say thank you
to God for the gift of you.
904
00:48:00,006 --> 00:48:02,672
With your wishes come
on from your heart.
905
00:48:02,755 --> 00:48:04,297
What would you share?
906
00:48:15,964 --> 00:48:17,505
That... that comes
with the package.
907
00:48:19,505 --> 00:48:21,505
Pastor: To follow
his inner self. Beautiful.
908
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:38,839
Robin: You just have to be
prepared when you have a child.
909
00:48:38,922 --> 00:48:41,380
Must prepare yourself.
Get ready.
910
00:48:41,463 --> 00:48:43,505
You get this feeling
of like, "Okay.
911
00:48:43,588 --> 00:48:45,797
"Okay.
912
00:48:47,797 --> 00:48:50,588
Series has been
over for a while, okay."
913
00:48:50,672 --> 00:48:53,922
That's so hard.
I gave up the series.
914
00:48:54,006 --> 00:48:56,588
I didn't want to make that much
money for no reason anymore.
915
00:49:00,547 --> 00:49:02,089
Really does sober your
ass up when you realize
916
00:49:02,172 --> 00:49:03,714
you'll have to, six years
from now, be going,
917
00:49:03,797 --> 00:49:05,505
"Daddy doesn't really knows
what he does for a living.
918
00:49:06,922 --> 00:49:08,505
What do you want
for your birthday?"
919
00:49:08,588 --> 00:49:10,338
"Power of
attorney." "Okay!"
920
00:49:12,089 --> 00:49:14,964
Stand up is a great
survival mechanism.
921
00:49:15,047 --> 00:49:18,422
For me that's a joy,
that's jazz.
922
00:49:18,505 --> 00:49:19,880
That's what
I have to do.
923
00:49:19,964 --> 00:49:21,422
That one-on-one thing.
924
00:49:21,505 --> 00:49:23,547
Maybe... maybe millions of years
ago, there were people...
925
00:49:23,630 --> 00:49:25,422
instead of clubs, there was
somebody at a cave door,
926
00:49:25,505 --> 00:49:27,089
going, "Two rock minimum."
927
00:49:32,547 --> 00:49:35,880
Some guy stood up in front of
the fire going...
928
00:49:35,964 --> 00:49:38,131
"How many Neanderthals
does it take to light a fire?
929
00:49:38,214 --> 00:49:41,714
Come on. None!
They don't know!"
930
00:49:44,839 --> 00:49:46,422
Two guys in the back
with a big rock going...
931
00:49:46,505 --> 00:49:48,047
"I'm really
fucked-up. Here."
932
00:49:49,714 --> 00:49:51,380
Talk about your life,
talk about drugs,
933
00:49:51,463 --> 00:49:53,172
talk about the things in the
country, talk about anything
934
00:49:53,256 --> 00:49:54,964
and not have some network
executive going,
935
00:49:55,047 --> 00:49:57,922
"God, we're excited
about some of the things,
936
00:49:58,006 --> 00:49:59,797
but can you
just tone it back?"
937
00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:02,588
You ever think that God
might get stoned?
938
00:50:02,672 --> 00:50:04,797
Look... look at it...
oh, a strange thing.
939
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,964
If you look at a platypus, I think
that you think God might be stoned.
940
00:50:08,047 --> 00:50:10,047
Think that God's up there
in heaven going...
941
00:50:10,131 --> 00:50:12,006
"Okay.
942
00:50:12,089 --> 00:50:13,089
"Let's take a beaver...
943
00:50:16,256 --> 00:50:18,672
"let's put on
a duck's bill, okay?
944
00:50:20,047 --> 00:50:21,839
"Hey, what are you
gonna do? I'm God!
945
00:50:21,922 --> 00:50:24,880
"Okay. Uh... it's a mammal,
946
00:50:24,964 --> 00:50:27,922
"but it lays eggs.
What the hell!
947
00:50:28,006 --> 00:50:29,714
"- Hey, Darwin!
- Okay.
948
00:50:29,797 --> 00:50:31,089
I don't know."
949
00:50:36,588 --> 00:50:38,672
Velardi:
Robin loved working.
950
00:50:38,755 --> 00:50:41,006
He was working
on a national tour,
951
00:50:41,089 --> 00:50:43,089
and he made films.
952
00:50:43,172 --> 00:50:44,964
and we oftentimes
would come
953
00:50:45,047 --> 00:50:48,547
on movie sets
with Robin.
954
00:50:48,630 --> 00:50:51,047
But for the most part,
he would come back
955
00:50:51,131 --> 00:50:54,006
to the ranch
and be with us.
956
00:50:57,172 --> 00:50:59,172
He was quiet.
He was very quiet.
957
00:51:00,755 --> 00:51:05,047
When he was home, he would
shut off and recharge.
958
00:51:07,964 --> 00:51:09,880
I was supposed to be
making a home
959
00:51:09,964 --> 00:51:13,630
and taking care
of my son,
960
00:51:13,714 --> 00:51:15,880
but I had
no sense of order.
961
00:51:15,964 --> 00:51:20,047
I didn't know how
to manage a household.
962
00:51:20,131 --> 00:51:23,714
So, I interviewed
Marsha as a nanny.
963
00:51:23,797 --> 00:51:26,131
She was
very organized,
964
00:51:26,214 --> 00:51:28,630
and she took very
good care of Zachary.
965
00:51:29,964 --> 00:51:34,256
She was organized
the way we weren't.
966
00:51:34,338 --> 00:51:37,588
And so it was good to have
that kind of "tuck-tuck."
967
00:51:37,672 --> 00:51:39,089
It worked.
968
00:51:43,755 --> 00:51:47,006
Robin's managers were
now taking care of him.
969
00:51:47,089 --> 00:51:54,172
I was no longer involved with
his day-to-day material making.
970
00:51:54,256 --> 00:51:57,755
He would spend more
and more time away, working.
971
00:52:01,006 --> 00:52:03,588
Arthur Grace: I got a call from the
director of photography at Newsweek
972
00:52:03,672 --> 00:52:05,588
to do a cover story on Robin.
973
00:52:05,672 --> 00:52:06,922
They just sent me
out on the road
974
00:52:07,006 --> 00:52:10,256
to be with Robin
Williams for a month.
975
00:52:13,422 --> 00:52:16,630
He was on the road
working on his material.
976
00:52:16,714 --> 00:52:20,922
We traveled together in lousy
little cigar-tube planes.
977
00:52:21,006 --> 00:52:23,630
He was not getting quote
"first-class treatment"
978
00:52:23,714 --> 00:52:25,047
in travel
or anything else.
979
00:52:25,131 --> 00:52:28,131
He was in the airport
terminal like everybody else,
980
00:52:28,214 --> 00:52:30,047
and he was
always polite
981
00:52:30,131 --> 00:52:32,630
and always talked
to the people.
982
00:52:32,714 --> 00:52:35,797
I couldn't believe they were
paying me to hang out with him.
983
00:52:40,755 --> 00:52:43,006
Grace: Before the
show, he would go
984
00:52:43,089 --> 00:52:47,755
into his private room
and get ready.
985
00:52:51,714 --> 00:52:54,131
Robin would stand there,
986
00:52:54,214 --> 00:52:57,672
looking down,
his arms hanging loose,
987
00:52:57,755 --> 00:53:01,214
completely quiet,
completely silent.
988
00:53:01,297 --> 00:53:04,006
The first time I saw it,
I thought he fell asleep,
989
00:53:04,089 --> 00:53:07,588
and I almost went over and
said, you know, "Robin."
990
00:53:07,672 --> 00:53:10,839
He was just quiet
and still, Zen-like.
991
00:53:17,714 --> 00:53:19,089
Announcer:
Ladies and gentlemen,
992
00:53:19,172 --> 00:53:21,006
Robin Williams!
993
00:53:21,089 --> 00:53:24,047
Let's go! Let's move it!
Let's move it!
994
00:53:24,131 --> 00:53:25,964
And then, like he was...
995
00:53:26,047 --> 00:53:27,922
...somebody
launched him out of a rocket.
996
00:53:35,964 --> 00:53:38,797
He put so much energy
into the show,
997
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:40,839
so much of himself
into the show.
998
00:53:40,922 --> 00:53:45,047
When he came off stage,
he was just dripping...
999
00:53:45,131 --> 00:53:48,714
exhausted, mentally and physically,
emotionally exhausted.
1000
00:53:50,131 --> 00:53:51,297
He left it all on the stage.
1001
00:53:52,505 --> 00:53:54,214
After we'd check
into a hotel,
1002
00:53:54,297 --> 00:53:56,047
he was full
of energy again.
1003
00:53:56,131 --> 00:53:58,964
He didn't wanna go to sleep,
so, okay, so it's midnight,
1004
00:53:59,047 --> 00:54:01,797
and there's
this after-hours place,
1005
00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:03,714
and out into the night
we'd go.
1006
00:54:03,797 --> 00:54:06,964
And then the next day,
get up, go again.
1007
00:54:14,755 --> 00:54:16,755
Robin: There's a real
incredible rush, I think,
1008
00:54:16,839 --> 00:54:18,922
when you find something
new and spontaneous.
1009
00:54:19,006 --> 00:54:21,422
I think your brain rewards that with
a little bit of endorphins going,
1010
00:54:21,505 --> 00:54:24,214
"If you think again, I'll get
you high one more time."
1011
00:54:27,463 --> 00:54:30,380
Grace: The cover
came out, did well.
1012
00:54:30,463 --> 00:54:32,047
And then I got a call
from him saying,
1013
00:54:32,131 --> 00:54:34,922
now he was at the
Metropolitan Opera House.
1014
00:54:35,006 --> 00:54:37,922
He's actually gonna
step out on that stage,
1015
00:54:38,006 --> 00:54:40,214
in this environment,
1016
00:54:40,297 --> 00:54:42,297
in front
of 3,800 people,
1017
00:54:42,380 --> 00:54:45,172
and make them laugh
for 90 minutes?
1018
00:54:45,256 --> 00:54:47,714
This is like
being a gladiator.
1019
00:54:59,131 --> 00:55:00,714
Whoa-ho-ho!
1020
00:55:04,463 --> 00:55:06,463
What the fuck
am I doing here?
1021
00:55:06,547 --> 00:55:08,463
This is incredible.
I'm scared shitless.
1022
00:55:08,547 --> 00:55:11,172
I can't lie.
1023
00:55:11,256 --> 00:55:14,214
How do you get to the Met?
Money. Lots and lots of money.
1024
00:55:15,547 --> 00:55:17,338
God damn.
I wonder if Pavarotti's
1025
00:55:17,422 --> 00:55:19,463
at The Improv going,
"Two Jews walk into a bar.
1026
00:55:19,547 --> 00:55:21,380
Yes."
1027
00:55:22,839 --> 00:55:24,964
We'd done... I don't know...
20 or 30 shows on the road
1028
00:55:25,047 --> 00:55:27,422
for six months,
maybe eight months.
1029
00:55:27,505 --> 00:55:30,089
We had really
worked on this.
1030
00:55:30,172 --> 00:55:33,463
The show that we taped at
the Night at the Met...
1031
00:55:33,547 --> 00:55:36,922
there was 25% that I'd
never heard before.
1032
00:55:37,006 --> 00:55:39,131
The whole country's intense.
1033
00:55:39,214 --> 00:55:40,880
You wanna know why
the police are intense?
1034
00:55:40,964 --> 00:55:42,297
Because we're intense.
1035
00:55:42,380 --> 00:55:45,172
We're armed
and they're armed. Yay!
1036
00:55:45,256 --> 00:55:48,089
God, in California,
everybody's got handguns,
1037
00:55:48,172 --> 00:55:49,380
even ladies who are
just carrying .22's,
1038
00:55:49,463 --> 00:55:50,797
just makes a small hole.
1039
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:53,131
Ah!
1040
00:55:53,214 --> 00:55:55,131
I got tired of carrying my mace
'cause I used to mix it up
1041
00:55:55,214 --> 00:55:56,463
with my breath freshener
and go, pssh,
1042
00:55:56,547 --> 00:55:59,047
"Oh, there goes the day."
1043
00:55:59,131 --> 00:56:01,338
It's to the point in California
where we're gonna come home and go,
1044
00:56:01,422 --> 00:56:02,463
"Honey, I'm home!"
"Easy, dear."
1045
00:56:02,547 --> 00:56:04,006
"Hold it, honey."
"Dad, I gotcha."
1046
00:56:04,089 --> 00:56:05,089
"Hold it, boy."
"Watch out, dear."
1047
00:56:06,630 --> 00:56:10,755
It's Family Feud:
The Home Game.
1048
00:56:10,839 --> 00:56:14,505
There are guys who won't go on
the stage at The Comedy Store...
1049
00:56:14,588 --> 00:56:18,214
unless they have their
eight minutes written out.
1050
00:56:19,297 --> 00:56:21,214
Robin did
a two-hour show.
1051
00:56:21,297 --> 00:56:22,505
A nuclear bomb...
1052
00:56:22,588 --> 00:56:23,922
it's basically
a man's way of saying,
1053
00:56:24,006 --> 00:56:26,214
"I'm gonna fuck up
the Earth, yeah."
1054
00:56:26,297 --> 00:56:28,047
A woman would never
make a nuclear weapon.
1055
00:56:28,131 --> 00:56:29,880
They would never make
a bomb that kills you.
1056
00:56:29,964 --> 00:56:31,964
They'd make a bomb that makes
you feel bad for a while.
1057
00:56:33,463 --> 00:56:35,297
See? It'd be
a whole other thing.
1058
00:56:35,380 --> 00:56:37,214
That's why there should
be a woman president.
1059
00:56:37,297 --> 00:56:39,214
Don't you see?
That'd be a wonderful thing.
1060
00:56:40,964 --> 00:56:42,964
Be an incredible time
for that.
1061
00:56:43,047 --> 00:56:44,380
There would
never be any wars,
1062
00:56:44,463 --> 00:56:46,463
just, every 28 days,
some intense negotiations.
1063
00:56:48,089 --> 00:56:49,797
That'd be
a good thing, yeah.
1064
00:56:54,422 --> 00:56:55,839
This is Carlos,
1065
00:56:55,922 --> 00:56:57,547
who for years was my
stand-in when we made...
1066
00:56:57,630 --> 00:56:59,297
We... he and I are like this.
1067
00:56:59,380 --> 00:57:01,047
We are.
Which one is me?
1068
00:57:03,131 --> 00:57:04,547
I love you so much.
I love what you stand for,
1069
00:57:04,630 --> 00:57:06,256
-even when you're sitting.
-Thank you very much.
1070
00:57:06,338 --> 00:57:10,256
Robin and I both
did sets at Catch.
1071
00:57:10,338 --> 00:57:12,338
He had rented
a townhouse.
1072
00:57:12,422 --> 00:57:14,880
and I didn't
know him very well,
1073
00:57:14,964 --> 00:57:16,380
but I wanted to.
1074
00:57:16,463 --> 00:57:19,422
And he said, "I'm gonna go home.
Do you wanna come by?"
1075
00:57:19,505 --> 00:57:20,922
I say, "Sure."
1076
00:57:21,006 --> 00:57:22,588
So I walk him back
to his townhouse,
1077
00:57:22,672 --> 00:57:25,922
and Zak,
he's crying like crazy.
1078
00:57:26,006 --> 00:57:27,463
Robin's... you know,
he's trying...
1079
00:57:27,547 --> 00:57:28,964
so I was like,
"May I? Can I?"
1080
00:57:29,047 --> 00:57:31,089
Simple little effleurage
1081
00:57:31,172 --> 00:57:32,505
with the index finger
1082
00:57:32,588 --> 00:57:35,089
on the base
of the skull of the baby,
1083
00:57:35,172 --> 00:57:37,505
and Zak starts
to quiet down,
1084
00:57:37,588 --> 00:57:39,964
and he quiets down and he
falls asleep in my arms.
1085
00:57:40,047 --> 00:57:42,131
And then I handed him
back to Robin
1086
00:57:42,214 --> 00:57:44,422
and he just looked
at me like I was...
1087
00:57:44,505 --> 00:57:47,089
you know,
like this genius.
1088
00:57:47,172 --> 00:57:49,131
And that was the first
time we connected
1089
00:57:49,214 --> 00:57:52,047
in a different way that
wasn't about comedy.
1090
00:57:52,131 --> 00:57:56,630
It was about... being a
father and being a friend.
1091
00:57:56,714 --> 00:57:59,297
It was really... yeah,
I remember that so well.
1092
00:58:03,380 --> 00:58:06,297
Everybody wanted
something from him.
1093
00:58:06,380 --> 00:58:08,588
I had no agenda.
I just liked him.
1094
00:58:16,380 --> 00:58:18,422
Velardi: Oh, here's Robin!
He's used to this.
1095
00:58:20,172 --> 00:58:21,006
-A piece of cake.
-You know...
1096
00:58:23,588 --> 00:58:24,547
You know...
1097
00:58:26,505 --> 00:58:28,880
It's a strange sorta thing.
Won't you follow me?
1098
00:58:36,755 --> 00:58:38,380
Grobel: The end of your
first Playboy interview
1099
00:58:38,463 --> 00:58:40,422
you spoke of your
future, and it said,
1100
00:58:40,505 --> 00:58:43,505
"I'll settle for Valerie and me
living on our ranch in Napa."
1101
00:58:43,588 --> 00:58:46,297
And it's like... so much for your
seer-like qualities, you know?
1102
00:58:46,380 --> 00:58:48,131
Robin:
Yeah. Yeah and that...
1103
00:58:48,214 --> 00:58:49,547
you know, obviously that
fell apart, again,
1104
00:58:49,630 --> 00:58:51,256
'cause it wasn't
strong enough to hold.
1105
00:58:53,422 --> 00:58:55,630
I had this wanderlust,
you know, and so did she.
1106
00:58:57,755 --> 00:59:00,588
Velardi: Robin and I
had drifted apart.
1107
00:59:01,672 --> 00:59:03,214
I wanted out.
1108
00:59:03,297 --> 00:59:06,672
I no longer
wanted this life.
1109
00:59:06,755 --> 00:59:08,547
It's not what
I had signed up for.
1110
00:59:08,630 --> 00:59:11,131
I wanted Robin
and the fun that we had,
1111
00:59:11,214 --> 00:59:14,380
and then it turned
into an industry,
1112
00:59:14,463 --> 00:59:17,089
and I was less
and less a part of it.
1113
00:59:19,131 --> 00:59:21,547
Robin wanted
to further his career,
1114
00:59:21,630 --> 00:59:23,047
and I wanted that
for him too.
1115
00:59:23,131 --> 00:59:25,214
I didn't want
to hold him back.
1116
00:59:25,297 --> 00:59:28,630
So... we...
gave each other up.
1117
00:59:34,463 --> 00:59:37,380
The saddest thing
in the world is life, man.
1118
00:59:37,463 --> 00:59:39,047
-You telling me?
-Mm-hmm.
1119
00:59:39,131 --> 00:59:41,547
It gets so bad sometimes,
I don't think I'll make it.
1120
00:59:44,505 --> 00:59:46,089
I ever tell you
I had a kid?
1121
00:59:47,797 --> 00:59:49,422
I got involved
with this girl, man,
1122
00:59:49,505 --> 00:59:51,547
and she got pregnant, went
on back home to Alabama.
1123
00:59:51,630 --> 00:59:54,422
Thomas Ava Witherspoon,
five years old.
1124
00:59:54,505 --> 00:59:57,672
-I think of that kid, I want to cry.
-Oh, that's wonderful.
1125
00:59:59,338 --> 01:00:00,714
Well, why don't
you cry, man?
1126
01:00:01,839 --> 01:00:02,755
It's good for you.
1127
01:00:02,839 --> 01:00:04,047
Oh, I don't have to cry.
1128
01:00:04,131 --> 01:00:05,006
I don't need to cry.
1129
01:00:05,089 --> 01:00:06,547
Lionel. Lionel.
1130
01:00:08,297 --> 01:00:11,380
You know...
I have whole family
1131
01:00:11,463 --> 01:00:13,214
I will never
ever see again.
1132
01:00:18,630 --> 01:00:22,256
Velardi: Contrary to what
national papers said,
1133
01:00:22,338 --> 01:00:26,547
Robin and I had ended
our marriage...
1134
01:00:26,630 --> 01:00:30,131
and then Robin and Marsha
started up a relationship.
1135
01:00:32,172 --> 01:00:35,131
That story of him
running off with the nanny,
1136
01:00:35,214 --> 01:00:37,214
everybody got carried
away with it,
1137
01:00:37,297 --> 01:00:39,505
and because
I didn't counter that,
1138
01:00:39,588 --> 01:00:42,047
because I don't talk
to the press...
1139
01:00:44,547 --> 01:00:47,547
they got skewered,
and I was sorry for that.
1140
01:00:50,131 --> 01:00:52,505
And I'm sorry
for Marsha,
1141
01:00:52,588 --> 01:00:55,797
that she had to start
her adventure
1142
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:58,505
with Robin in such
an unpleasant way.
1143
01:01:00,338 --> 01:01:02,463
Robin: It was a year after
I had been separated.
1144
01:01:02,547 --> 01:01:04,588
And she only took care
of Zachary for a short time
1145
01:01:04,672 --> 01:01:08,131
and then became
my assistant.
1146
01:01:08,214 --> 01:01:11,297
When I was on the road, she
would help me write material.
1147
01:01:15,380 --> 01:01:17,256
I started to get
my life together,
1148
01:01:17,338 --> 01:01:18,588
I fell in love
with Marsha.
1149
01:01:22,797 --> 01:01:24,422
I started
to just go, "Wait,
1150
01:01:24,505 --> 01:01:28,172
I don't have to live this
kind of madhouse existence."
1151
01:01:28,256 --> 01:01:31,755
And that's when my life was saved
by her, not ruined by her.
1152
01:01:46,463 --> 01:01:48,422
She's real honest about
things, about everything...
1153
01:01:50,256 --> 01:01:52,380
in terms of work,
in terms of life.
1154
01:01:52,463 --> 01:01:54,338
If I start to get
a little kind of like this,
1155
01:01:54,422 --> 01:01:55,672
she'll say, "Wise up."
1156
01:01:55,755 --> 01:01:57,089
If I start to get
too insecure,
1157
01:01:57,172 --> 01:01:59,214
she'll say,
"Stop it. You're great."
1158
01:01:59,297 --> 01:02:00,755
She's really grounded
in that sense.
1159
01:02:11,630 --> 01:02:15,839
Someone who was very
childlike in a lot of ways
1160
01:02:15,922 --> 01:02:19,422
was awesome to have as
a dad as a young kid.
1161
01:02:21,422 --> 01:02:24,505
He would set up
a whole yard
1162
01:02:24,588 --> 01:02:27,214
filled with,
you know, toys.
1163
01:02:27,297 --> 01:02:29,380
My dad wasn't afraid
to get his hands dirty,
1164
01:02:29,463 --> 01:02:34,630
and jump in and play with
kids but on their terms.
1165
01:02:38,714 --> 01:02:41,505
Man: B28 take 2, "A"
and "B" cameras.
1166
01:02:45,006 --> 01:02:45,922
Barry Levinson:
Action!
1167
01:02:50,964 --> 01:02:55,422
Good morning,
Vietnam!
1168
01:02:55,505 --> 01:02:58,630
Hey, this is not a test.
This is rock 'n' roll!
1169
01:02:58,714 --> 01:03:01,505
Time to rock it from
the Delta to the DMZ!
1170
01:03:01,588 --> 01:03:03,672
Is that me, or does that sound
like an Elvis Presley movie?
1171
01:03:03,755 --> 01:03:04,922
"Viva Da Nang."
1172
01:03:11,006 --> 01:03:12,755
Hey, is it a little too early
for being that loud?
1173
01:03:12,839 --> 01:03:14,338
Hey, too late.
1174
01:03:14,422 --> 01:03:17,422
In those days, television and
film were two different worlds.
1175
01:03:17,505 --> 01:03:20,338
It was rare that you had
crossover TV people
1176
01:03:20,422 --> 01:03:22,755
doing film and film
people doing TV.
1177
01:03:22,839 --> 01:03:26,505
Good Morning, Vietnam! was the
first real commercial hit,
1178
01:03:26,588 --> 01:03:31,297
and it established Robin
as a real actor.
1179
01:03:31,380 --> 01:03:33,630
And he suddenly was
becoming a movie star.
1180
01:03:44,672 --> 01:03:46,463
Steve Martin: I don't
remember when I met him.
1181
01:03:46,547 --> 01:03:48,463
You know, we would brush
up against each other,
1182
01:03:48,547 --> 01:03:51,006
but we got to know each
other a little bit better
1183
01:03:51,089 --> 01:03:53,172
when we did
Waiting for Godot.
1184
01:03:55,463 --> 01:03:56,630
He was debating
whether to do it,
1185
01:03:56,714 --> 01:03:58,755
and I said, "We do
Waiting for Godot,
1186
01:03:58,839 --> 01:04:00,463
I mean, who...
who could touch us?"
1187
01:04:00,547 --> 01:04:02,505
You know, who's... who's...
1188
01:04:02,588 --> 01:04:04,547
What comedians are doing
Waiting for Godot?
1189
01:04:04,630 --> 01:04:06,463
-Moron!
-Vermin!
1190
01:04:06,547 --> 01:04:08,964
-Abortion!
-Morpion!
1191
01:04:09,047 --> 01:04:11,256
-Sewer rat!
-Curate!
1192
01:04:11,338 --> 01:04:14,422
-Cretin!
-Critic!
1193
01:04:22,839 --> 01:04:24,547
Robin: I was learning
from him physical comedy
1194
01:04:24,630 --> 01:04:28,006
and just the nuts
and bolts of timing.
1195
01:04:28,089 --> 01:04:29,964
Because obviously when I do
my act, I don't have timing.
1196
01:04:31,047 --> 01:04:31,964
Oh!
1197
01:04:34,755 --> 01:04:38,588
Robin: And he is just literally
about the comedy of pause,
1198
01:04:38,672 --> 01:04:39,755
you know,
holding back.
1199
01:04:39,839 --> 01:04:42,714
-Ack!
-Didi! Didi!
1200
01:04:46,630 --> 01:04:48,505
Didi! Didi.
1201
01:04:51,588 --> 01:04:53,880
No, it's... it's...
it's definitely theater.
1202
01:04:58,463 --> 01:04:59,922
Martin: I-I... I don't
know how to answer that.
1203
01:05:00,006 --> 01:05:03,714
The differences are
obvious to me.
1204
01:05:03,797 --> 01:05:05,755
And to do this play, it's one
of the most powerful pieces
1205
01:05:05,839 --> 01:05:07,422
of literature
in the 20th century.
1206
01:05:07,505 --> 01:05:08,714
I think it kind of helps.
1207
01:05:08,797 --> 01:05:09,839
Martin:
Except for Cruel Shoes.
1208
01:05:09,922 --> 01:05:11,047
Cruel Shoes I think was
1209
01:05:11,131 --> 01:05:12,797
one of the second most
powerful pieces of literature.
1210
01:05:12,880 --> 01:05:14,380
You know, it really helps
to do something
1211
01:05:14,463 --> 01:05:15,672
that's so amazing,
that every night
1212
01:05:15,755 --> 01:05:18,547
you can do it differently,
but yet it's the same.
1213
01:05:18,630 --> 01:05:20,505
You can get deeper
and deeper within this play
1214
01:05:20,588 --> 01:05:22,588
and find things,
every night you can change
1215
01:05:22,672 --> 01:05:24,588
because it's so amazing.
1216
01:05:24,672 --> 01:05:25,714
Funny. For me,
I figured it out
1217
01:05:25,797 --> 01:05:27,547
on day one,
and it never changed.
1218
01:05:32,172 --> 01:05:33,463
Your turn.
1219
01:05:35,172 --> 01:05:36,380
You think
God sees me?
1220
01:05:37,463 --> 01:05:38,338
You must close
your eyes.
1221
01:05:39,839 --> 01:05:41,505
God, have pity
on me.
1222
01:05:41,588 --> 01:05:42,672
And me.
1223
01:05:42,755 --> 01:05:44,422
On me. On me.
1224
01:05:44,505 --> 01:05:45,922
Pity on me!
1225
01:05:46,006 --> 01:05:49,047
His character
was interestingly...
1226
01:05:50,797 --> 01:05:54,047
hurt, and he played it
very vulnerable,
1227
01:05:54,131 --> 01:05:56,006
as I think
he was in life too.
1228
01:05:57,672 --> 01:06:01,714
Onstage he was
the master and in charge
1229
01:06:01,797 --> 01:06:04,338
and funny and quick.
1230
01:06:04,422 --> 01:06:06,922
And in life, you know,
he wasn't onstage anymore.
1231
01:06:07,006 --> 01:06:09,880
I just felt a little bit of...
1232
01:06:11,672 --> 01:06:14,047
I think he was really
comfortable onstage
1233
01:06:14,131 --> 01:06:17,006
and less comfortable offstage.
1234
01:06:18,797 --> 01:06:21,380
Always felt him holding...
holding himself together.
1235
01:06:24,172 --> 01:06:26,089
It was at a time
I think he was...
1236
01:06:27,547 --> 01:06:29,839
clean... and...
1237
01:06:29,922 --> 01:06:33,547
and it was
a very difficult... clean.
1238
01:06:33,630 --> 01:06:34,922
You know, it's hard,
it was hard.
1239
01:06:38,214 --> 01:06:40,797
I don't mean that he slipped
or anything like that.
1240
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:46,047
He didn't. I just think he really
had to concentrate... on that.
1241
01:06:46,131 --> 01:06:48,089
There you are. You've become
a reformed alcoholic.
1242
01:06:48,172 --> 01:06:49,839
You've got a steaming
glass of Perrier, going,
1243
01:06:49,922 --> 01:06:53,422
"I feel so much better
about myself! God damn it."
1244
01:06:54,797 --> 01:06:57,505
"I feel really healthy now!
1245
01:06:57,588 --> 01:06:58,839
"No, go ahead,
have your cocktail.
1246
01:06:58,922 --> 01:07:00,588
"I'll be over in the
corner hurting the cat.
1247
01:07:01,797 --> 01:07:05,839
Oh God damn!"
1248
01:07:09,214 --> 01:07:11,797
Man: Do you know of any other people
whose minds work faster than yours?
1249
01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:14,422
Robin: Mm-hmm. Yeah, I'm
starting to meet them.
1250
01:07:16,755 --> 01:07:18,172
Oliver Sacks, playing
him in Awakenings.
1251
01:07:18,256 --> 01:07:19,297
Man:
Right.
1252
01:07:19,380 --> 01:07:20,672
Robin: He's such a
compassionate man,
1253
01:07:20,755 --> 01:07:21,964
and the idea
of treating the brain
1254
01:07:22,047 --> 01:07:24,006
as a subjective subject.
1255
01:07:24,089 --> 01:07:26,131
This is the idea
of the brain
1256
01:07:26,214 --> 01:07:28,089
can be one thing and then
the other simultaneously.
1257
01:07:30,755 --> 01:07:32,964
What about this?
1258
01:07:33,047 --> 01:07:34,588
What do you mean, this?
1259
01:07:34,672 --> 01:07:35,755
It's a strobe.
1260
01:07:36,797 --> 01:07:38,047
You're wrong.
1261
01:07:38,131 --> 01:07:40,214
All of this before
is the strobe.
1262
01:07:40,297 --> 01:07:41,964
This is me saying
his name to him.
1263
01:07:46,297 --> 01:07:47,463
Excuse me.
1264
01:07:52,214 --> 01:07:54,047
Robin: Oliver is
someone who thinks
1265
01:07:54,131 --> 01:07:55,964
on... on levels that
I've never dreamed of.
1266
01:08:01,131 --> 01:08:03,714
Man: He introduced you to a guy with
Tourette's syndrome named Shane.
1267
01:08:03,797 --> 01:08:05,964
It had a profound
influence on you.
1268
01:08:06,047 --> 01:08:07,422
Robin:
Definitely.
1269
01:08:07,505 --> 01:08:08,922
I-I began-began
touching-touching,
1270
01:08:09,006 --> 01:08:10,131
you know,
touching-touching things.
1271
01:08:10,214 --> 01:08:12,047
You know, touching,
you know.
1272
01:08:12,131 --> 01:08:14,089
Robin: Here's a disease
that basically makes you
1273
01:08:14,172 --> 01:08:16,755
do, physically, things
you have no control over.
1274
01:08:16,839 --> 01:08:20,672
Along with it comes this
incredible mental acceleration,
1275
01:08:20,755 --> 01:08:22,797
lets you think faster
than most people.
1276
01:08:29,297 --> 01:08:30,172
Pardon me?
1277
01:08:30,256 --> 01:08:31,547
Oh yeah, sure.
1278
01:08:34,338 --> 01:08:35,672
Robin: And the price you pay is
1279
01:08:35,755 --> 01:08:37,089
that you can't control
a lot of those movements.
1280
01:08:37,172 --> 01:08:39,922
The complexity and
the total unpredictability
1281
01:08:40,006 --> 01:08:42,172
of the human brain, that's what
I learned from meeting Shane.
1282
01:08:44,630 --> 01:08:46,672
The brain is one thing that
controls bodily functions,
1283
01:08:46,755 --> 01:08:51,006
and then there's this other thing
which is divine, called the mind.
1284
01:08:51,089 --> 01:08:53,672
There is deity within you,
there is that... that spark,
1285
01:08:53,755 --> 01:08:56,214
that divine thing,
that thing that is soul.
1286
01:08:59,380 --> 01:09:00,880
And that's what's exciting,
1287
01:09:00,964 --> 01:09:03,338
the idea you could explore
creativity at any price
1288
01:09:03,422 --> 01:09:05,089
is like... this is what
we're kind of dealing with
1289
01:09:05,172 --> 01:09:08,256
as artists, comedians,
writers, actors.
1290
01:09:08,338 --> 01:09:09,714
You're going
to come to the edge,
1291
01:09:09,797 --> 01:09:10,964
you're going to look over,
and sometimes
1292
01:09:11,047 --> 01:09:12,338
you're going to step
over the edge,
1293
01:09:12,422 --> 01:09:13,922
and then you're going
to come back, hopefully.
1294
01:09:21,047 --> 01:09:21,964
Parry!
1295
01:09:22,047 --> 01:09:23,172
What are
you looking at?
1296
01:09:25,714 --> 01:09:26,588
Parry.
1297
01:09:26,672 --> 01:09:28,630
Help!
1298
01:09:28,714 --> 01:09:30,964
McLaurin: Robin could
never let go of a role.
1299
01:09:31,047 --> 01:09:32,880
He would become
the role he was playing,
1300
01:09:32,964 --> 01:09:34,588
and then it'd become
1301
01:09:34,672 --> 01:09:37,797
another part of his...
his personality.
1302
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:39,964
Come along!
1303
01:09:43,172 --> 01:09:44,338
Driver:
Holy shit!
1304
01:09:44,422 --> 01:09:45,755
Jack:
Parry!
1305
01:09:45,839 --> 01:09:47,297
Robin: Now when I see
someone on the street
1306
01:09:47,380 --> 01:09:49,922
ranting at the world,
it isn't just lumped
1307
01:09:50,006 --> 01:09:51,672
into "There's a generalized
crazy person."
1308
01:09:51,755 --> 01:09:53,964
You know that they're suffering
from something specific...
1309
01:09:56,214 --> 01:09:57,922
and that they have
a life, a past...
1310
01:09:58,006 --> 01:09:59,964
and... you know,
and a present,
1311
01:10:00,047 --> 01:10:01,755
and it gives you
a different point of view.
1312
01:10:05,422 --> 01:10:08,964
Won't you join us for a
once-in-a-lifetime comedy event?
1313
01:10:09,047 --> 01:10:10,839
-As some of today's...
-And yesterday's...
1314
01:10:10,922 --> 01:10:12,797
-And tomorrow's... -Funniest
stars come together
1315
01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:14,839
for an unforgettable
night of laughter.
1316
01:10:14,922 --> 01:10:15,964
-Comic Relief.
-Live!
1317
01:10:17,089 --> 01:10:18,714
Crystal:
It was our Farm Aid.
1318
01:10:18,797 --> 01:10:21,714
The three of us hosted
these comedy telethons
1319
01:10:21,797 --> 01:10:23,964
to raise money
for medical aid
1320
01:10:24,047 --> 01:10:25,797
for the homeless on the
streets of America.
1321
01:10:25,880 --> 01:10:28,047
--I'll take these.
You take those.
1322
01:10:30,047 --> 01:10:31,922
We would like to say how
happy we are to be here.
1323
01:10:32,006 --> 01:10:33,672
Oh, sorry.
1324
01:10:33,755 --> 01:10:34,839
All right.
1325
01:10:34,922 --> 01:10:37,047
It was a great way
for all the funny people
1326
01:10:37,131 --> 01:10:41,338
to join in to... not only be
funny but be compassionate.
1327
01:10:57,047 --> 01:11:00,338
The only reason that I am
not running for president
1328
01:11:00,422 --> 01:11:02,131
is... I swear to God...
I have this fear
1329
01:11:02,214 --> 01:11:03,672
no woman
would come forward
1330
01:11:03,755 --> 01:11:05,755
to say she had sex with me.
1331
01:11:05,839 --> 01:11:08,214
I would be doing one of
those interviews on CNN,
1332
01:11:08,297 --> 01:11:09,380
looking into a camera, going,
1333
01:11:09,463 --> 01:11:11,422
"Come on, Susan!
You know you fucked me."
1334
01:11:12,922 --> 01:11:15,214
Robin: We had just
amazing people come on
1335
01:11:15,297 --> 01:11:18,755
and raised that much
money and used comedy
1336
01:11:18,839 --> 01:11:21,338
as this vehicle
to change a world.
1337
01:11:21,422 --> 01:11:24,755
Yes, God made babies cute,
so you don't eat them.
1338
01:11:26,880 --> 01:11:29,338
How many people do you know
that you would let shit on you,
1339
01:11:29,422 --> 01:11:31,880
piss on you, keep you
up all fucking night?
1340
01:11:31,964 --> 01:11:33,714
Woman: Whoo!
1341
01:11:33,797 --> 01:11:35,839
They wake up
at five o'clock the morning,
1342
01:11:35,922 --> 01:11:37,089
and I don't know
what drug they are...
1343
01:11:37,172 --> 01:11:38,755
is there some sort
of Fisher Price cocaine
1344
01:11:38,839 --> 01:11:41,297
- that they're in there going...
- "Ah!"
1345
01:11:41,380 --> 01:11:43,131
Goldberg: Great people
make you better.
1346
01:11:43,214 --> 01:11:45,131
You got over the fact that
it was Robin, and then
1347
01:11:45,214 --> 01:11:47,797
you went to work, you did
what you needed to do,
1348
01:11:47,880 --> 01:11:50,505
because you wanted
to be up to speed.
1349
01:11:50,588 --> 01:11:53,964
It's just like, "Oh no, you're
not leaving me in the dust.
1350
01:11:54,047 --> 01:11:56,256
I'm going to be right here,
right next to you, running."
1351
01:11:56,338 --> 01:11:59,131
You wanted to be able
to play and keep up.
1352
01:11:59,214 --> 01:12:02,172
-But seriously, there'll be more.
-Okay, so taking care
1353
01:12:02,256 --> 01:12:04,256
of Bill and the big chubby
jokes have begun.
1354
01:12:05,547 --> 01:12:06,922
This is a penis thing.
1355
01:12:07,006 --> 01:12:09,172
-I didn't... -It's all a...
Did you never notice that?
1356
01:12:09,256 --> 01:12:10,964
Wait a minute! Let him
talk for a moment!
1357
01:12:11,047 --> 01:12:13,172
Oh!
1358
01:12:14,839 --> 01:12:16,463
-Put that thing away!
-Ow! Ow!
1359
01:12:16,547 --> 01:12:18,463
-Put it away!
-No, no, no.
1360
01:12:18,547 --> 01:12:21,006
-You know, Whoopi.
-Yes?
1361
01:12:27,422 --> 01:12:28,964
-I... -Robin: Nice
to see you, Whoopi.
1362
01:12:30,964 --> 01:12:34,089
You didn't see my lips
move once, did you?
1363
01:12:34,172 --> 01:12:36,463
-No, but I never do. -Whoopi,
I have a confession to make.
1364
01:12:36,547 --> 01:12:38,422
Yes? -Robin: Me too.
1365
01:12:40,422 --> 01:12:42,256
I am not what
I appear to be.
1366
01:12:43,422 --> 01:12:44,422
I am a Jew.
1367
01:12:51,922 --> 01:12:53,214
And I'll tell you
something else.
1368
01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:56,256
Is it me or is it
cold in here?
1369
01:12:59,338 --> 01:13:02,256
Yeah, it's... it's very
convenient, you know?
1370
01:13:04,547 --> 01:13:06,047
This is...
1371
01:13:06,131 --> 01:13:08,256
It's already...
you know, it's not like
1372
01:13:08,338 --> 01:13:11,006
I could come out and I do,
"So, guys, what's up?"
1373
01:13:11,089 --> 01:13:13,380
-It doesn't...
-Hey. What the hell?
1374
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:16,588
-Robin: So, guys, what's up?
-Are you kidding me?
1375
01:13:16,672 --> 01:13:18,172
What's happening?
1376
01:13:21,214 --> 01:13:23,256
Priest: We commend
into your hands
1377
01:13:23,338 --> 01:13:26,338
the spirit
of your servant,
1378
01:13:26,422 --> 01:13:28,797
Ronald Wilson Reagan.
1379
01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:30,922
Crystal: I'm watching
Ronald Reagan's funeral
1380
01:13:31,006 --> 01:13:34,797
and the phone rings.
And I go, "Hello?"
1381
01:13:34,880 --> 01:13:36,964
"Bill? Hi, its Ron Reagan."
1382
01:13:38,547 --> 01:13:40,839
"So... what a coincidence.
1383
01:13:40,922 --> 01:13:42,964
I'm watching your funeral."
1384
01:13:43,047 --> 01:13:45,505
"Well, I just want
to tell you that I'm in heaven now
1385
01:13:45,588 --> 01:13:48,297
and I'm at a party.
I'm having a wonderful time."
1386
01:13:48,380 --> 01:13:51,089
I said "Oh Really?
What's heaven like?"
1387
01:13:51,172 --> 01:13:55,172
"Well, it's a lot
hotter than I thought it was gonna be."
1388
01:13:55,256 --> 01:13:57,380
"Oh, really? You know,
1389
01:13:57,463 --> 01:13:59,547
"you may not be
in heaven, sir.
1390
01:13:59,630 --> 01:14:01,463
You may be
in the other place."
1391
01:14:01,547 --> 01:14:05,089
"Oh! That would explain
why I'm in a hot tub with Nixon
1392
01:14:05,172 --> 01:14:07,297
and his balls are resting
on the bridge of my nose."
1393
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:11,463
Wherever I was,
when the phone would ring,
1394
01:14:11,547 --> 01:14:15,089
I'd look at it, and I'd
see the 415 area code,
1395
01:14:15,172 --> 01:14:16,131
I knew it was him.
1396
01:14:17,380 --> 01:14:19,839
I knew it was gonna be
something really good.
1397
01:14:21,256 --> 01:14:24,338
Answering machine:
Sunday, 1:21 p.m.
1398
01:15:17,755 --> 01:15:20,505
Crystal: As the friendship
really grew and grew,
1399
01:15:20,588 --> 01:15:22,588
we kind of needed
each other more.
1400
01:15:43,297 --> 01:15:45,214
Should be very simple. I think
I shouldn't expand too much
1401
01:15:45,297 --> 01:15:46,755
with that one,
should just, "Hell!"
1402
01:15:46,839 --> 01:15:50,214
Do you want to talk about when
she goes off, and she's...
1403
01:15:50,297 --> 01:15:52,338
We did that one where we thought,
"Oh, I'm not doing this.
1404
01:15:52,422 --> 01:15:54,380
"I can't do this.
How can you do this?
1405
01:15:54,463 --> 01:15:55,755
You fickle creature."
1406
01:15:55,839 --> 01:15:59,089
Man: And then you catch onto the
fact that she's performing.
1407
01:15:59,172 --> 01:16:00,463
"She's acting!"
1408
01:16:01,630 --> 01:16:04,006
I have decided
to make my final wish.
1409
01:16:04,089 --> 01:16:07,089
I wish
for Princess Jasmine
1410
01:16:07,172 --> 01:16:10,214
to fall desperately
in love with me.
1411
01:16:10,297 --> 01:16:12,297
Uh, Master,
1412
01:16:12,380 --> 01:16:15,547
uh, there are a few addendas,
some quid pro quos.
1413
01:16:15,630 --> 01:16:18,006
Don't talk back to me,
you big blue lout!
1414
01:16:18,089 --> 01:16:21,256
You will do
what I order you to do!
1415
01:16:21,338 --> 01:16:23,380
I am unable to do
what you ordered me to do
1416
01:16:23,463 --> 01:16:25,214
at this present point,
because that is not part
1417
01:16:25,297 --> 01:16:27,380
of my programming.
Warning, warning!
1418
01:16:30,630 --> 01:16:33,089
Come on kid, see?
Gotta get the snake, see?
1419
01:16:33,172 --> 01:16:35,588
I promoted the fight. I'm
hoping it's gonna be as best it can.
1420
01:16:35,672 --> 01:16:37,547
The horror.
1421
01:16:37,630 --> 01:16:41,630
The young boy
up against a giant snake.
1422
01:16:41,714 --> 01:16:45,214
Idle: He would just take a
thought and improvise on it.
1423
01:16:45,297 --> 01:16:48,172
It might just dinner
or it might be 2,000 people,
1424
01:16:48,256 --> 01:16:51,422
it's the same improvisational
thing that goes on.
1425
01:16:54,380 --> 01:16:55,714
-Man: Set.
-Man 2: Action.
1426
01:16:55,797 --> 01:16:58,131
Miranda:
When did he pass on?
1427
01:16:58,214 --> 01:17:00,422
Eight years ago, dear...
1428
01:17:00,505 --> 01:17:01,630
this November.
1429
01:17:03,672 --> 01:17:05,047
Miranda:
What happened?
1430
01:17:05,131 --> 01:17:08,463
Oh, he was quite fond
of the drink really.
1431
01:17:10,505 --> 01:17:12,630
'Twas the drink
that killed him.
1432
01:17:12,714 --> 01:17:14,588
Miranda: How awful.
He was an alcoholic.
1433
01:17:14,672 --> 01:17:17,714
Oh no, dear. He was
on his way to the pub
1434
01:17:17,797 --> 01:17:21,047
to have a drink,
walked in the door,
1435
01:17:21,131 --> 01:17:22,297
and someone
had spilled a beer
1436
01:17:22,380 --> 01:17:24,422
and he slipped
and broke his neck.
1437
01:17:24,505 --> 01:17:25,672
He was on his way
to the pub,
1438
01:17:25,755 --> 01:17:27,714
and a Guinness truck
was passing by
1439
01:17:27,797 --> 01:17:31,047
hit a bump,
and six kegs fell off.
1440
01:17:31,131 --> 01:17:32,380
He finished
the first three,
1441
01:17:32,463 --> 01:17:34,463
but the last three got him.
1442
01:17:34,547 --> 01:17:36,380
He was hit
by a Budweiser truck.
1443
01:17:37,922 --> 01:17:39,797
First time in America too.
1444
01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:41,214
"This Bud's for you."
1445
01:17:43,380 --> 01:17:45,380
Oh God,
so it was quite literally
1446
01:17:45,463 --> 01:17:47,131
the drink that killed him.
1447
01:17:50,256 --> 01:17:51,714
Get it together, asshole!
1448
01:17:51,797 --> 01:17:53,131
Sorry, man.
1449
01:17:53,214 --> 01:17:54,463
Man: And... -
1450
01:17:54,547 --> 01:17:55,797
Even Sammy's
behind us going,
1451
01:17:55,880 --> 01:17:58,256
"Come on! I'm here,
1452
01:17:58,338 --> 01:18:00,672
waiting,
decomposing man."
1453
01:18:00,755 --> 01:18:02,338
Clear!
1454
01:18:02,422 --> 01:18:03,797
What happened?
1455
01:18:08,131 --> 01:18:10,672
I'm waiting!
1456
01:18:10,755 --> 01:18:14,172
Idle: It was vital for
him to have an audience.
1457
01:18:14,256 --> 01:18:16,380
And he was hilarious,
but it was a need,
1458
01:18:16,463 --> 01:18:20,630
very needy for him to... to
communicate and be funny.
1459
01:18:20,714 --> 01:18:22,505
Yoshi:
Hey, Mrs. Yorkin.
1460
01:18:22,588 --> 01:18:23,755
Nina: Hey, Yoshi. How are you?
1461
01:18:23,839 --> 01:18:26,256
Yoshi: How have you been?
Long time, no see.
1462
01:18:26,338 --> 01:18:27,714
Mark Romanek: He gave
such a detailed,
1463
01:18:27,797 --> 01:18:29,672
focused performance,
1464
01:18:29,755 --> 01:18:31,256
but the second
you said, "Cut,"
1465
01:18:31,338 --> 01:18:33,588
he would be back
to the crazy,
1466
01:18:33,672 --> 01:18:35,338
insane, psycho
Robin Williams.
1467
01:18:35,422 --> 01:18:38,338
Hi, I'm Sy
Parrish, the photo guy.
1468
01:18:38,422 --> 01:18:41,505
--It plays
with the hard drive.
1469
01:18:41,588 --> 01:18:43,714
I can't help you,
it's not really my section, but...
1470
01:18:43,797 --> 01:18:45,630
-You're Will Yorkin!
-Oh Jesus.
1471
01:18:45,714 --> 01:18:47,505
Oh, ho ho!
1472
01:18:47,588 --> 01:18:49,839
Romanek:
The urge to be funny
1473
01:18:49,922 --> 01:18:53,214
and to make people laugh
was so innate in him
1474
01:18:53,297 --> 01:18:56,463
and so, like... almost
like breathing for him
1475
01:18:56,547 --> 01:18:59,630
that if he didn't get
that out of his system...
1476
01:18:59,714 --> 01:19:02,839
it would've infected his
performance in a bad way.
1477
01:19:02,922 --> 01:19:04,839
Fu! Boy.
1478
01:19:04,922 --> 01:19:07,755
You're here in the flesh.
Woo hoo!
1479
01:19:07,839 --> 01:19:09,256
Not often I see
you in here.
1480
01:19:10,422 --> 01:19:11,297
Yeah, you...
1481
01:19:11,380 --> 01:19:13,089
Hi.
1482
01:19:13,172 --> 01:19:15,588
Romanek: So I would just let him
go, as long as it was reasonable
1483
01:19:15,672 --> 01:19:17,214
for time in the day
1484
01:19:17,297 --> 01:19:18,505
to just get
it out of his system.
1485
01:19:18,588 --> 01:19:19,880
And then,
actually, I realized
1486
01:19:19,964 --> 01:19:22,297
that when he makes
people laugh that hard,
1487
01:19:22,380 --> 01:19:23,672
he used to kind
of get high from it...
1488
01:19:23,755 --> 01:19:25,797
you know, like an endorphin
rush or something.
1489
01:19:25,880 --> 01:19:29,922
And so if he was being really
funny one second before the take,
1490
01:19:30,006 --> 01:19:31,922
I would... he would,
you know, quiet down,
1491
01:19:32,006 --> 01:19:33,380
and I'd say, "Action,"
1492
01:19:33,463 --> 01:19:36,297
he almost had
this like glow of joy.
1493
01:19:36,380 --> 01:19:38,714
Even though he was playing
this very serious scene,
1494
01:19:38,797 --> 01:19:41,422
that also kind of gave
this patina of weirdness
1495
01:19:41,505 --> 01:19:43,297
to the performance.
1496
01:19:44,880 --> 01:19:46,588
Will: Oh excuse me, I
need some help here.
1497
01:19:46,672 --> 01:19:48,422
I'm trying to figure out if this
will work with my Mac.
1498
01:19:48,505 --> 01:19:50,131
I'm sorry,
this isn't my section.
1499
01:19:53,839 --> 01:19:54,880
You're Will Yorkin.
1500
01:19:56,755 --> 01:19:59,422
Cheri Minns:
Robin would just be...
1501
01:19:59,505 --> 01:20:01,880
whatever the person
he was with,
1502
01:20:01,964 --> 01:20:04,797
he'd be what they
wanted him to be.
1503
01:20:08,047 --> 01:20:10,839
He just didn't operate
like normal people.
1504
01:20:13,547 --> 01:20:15,755
He was very vulnerable
that's for sure,
1505
01:20:18,463 --> 01:20:19,880
He held
onto a lot of things
1506
01:20:19,964 --> 01:20:22,214
and internalized
a lot of things.
1507
01:20:24,047 --> 01:20:25,463
He felt everything.
1508
01:20:31,380 --> 01:20:34,714
Crystal: He needed that little extra hug
that you can only get from strangers.
1509
01:20:34,797 --> 01:20:37,839
It's a very powerful thing
for a lot of comedians.
1510
01:20:39,463 --> 01:20:41,964
That laugh is a...
is a drug.
1511
01:20:42,047 --> 01:20:46,547
That... acceptance...
1512
01:20:46,630 --> 01:20:48,755
that thrill is
really hard to replace...
1513
01:20:50,422 --> 01:20:52,755
with anything else.
1514
01:20:52,839 --> 01:20:55,338
Miranda: Why do you always
make me out to be the heavy?
1515
01:20:55,422 --> 01:20:56,964
Oh, lighten up,
will ya?
1516
01:20:57,047 --> 01:20:58,755
Just realize you're
spending too much time
1517
01:20:58,839 --> 01:21:00,880
with those corporate clones
you used to despise!
1518
01:21:00,964 --> 01:21:02,672
I spend too much time
with you, Daniel!
1519
01:21:02,755 --> 01:21:05,463
It's over!
It's over!
1520
01:21:07,964 --> 01:21:08,964
Come on, Miranda.
1521
01:21:09,047 --> 01:21:10,755
Listen, we've got problems,
but who doesn't?
1522
01:21:10,839 --> 01:21:12,922
We could work 'em out. What are
you talking about, "It's over"?
1523
01:21:13,006 --> 01:21:16,505
We've been trying
to work them out for 14 years.
1524
01:21:16,588 --> 01:21:18,505
Come on, please. Listen.
1525
01:21:18,588 --> 01:21:20,755
Maybe we need
some help, okay?
1526
01:21:21,964 --> 01:21:23,505
Maybe we can go
to a family therapist.
1527
01:21:23,588 --> 01:21:24,922
They'll help us
through this together.
1528
01:21:25,006 --> 01:21:26,672
We have nothing
in common.
1529
01:21:26,755 --> 01:21:29,256
Oh, sure we do.
We love each other.
1530
01:21:35,047 --> 01:21:38,297
Come on, Miranda.
We love each other.
1531
01:21:45,047 --> 01:21:47,089
Robin: I don't know the
great secrets of acting.
1532
01:21:47,172 --> 01:21:49,547
It's like some sort of Zen
concept where you finally say,
1533
01:21:49,630 --> 01:21:51,755
"Okay, what you
think is acting,
1534
01:21:51,839 --> 01:21:54,463
don't do that anymore
and... and stop."
1535
01:21:56,047 --> 01:21:58,880
If you just relax,
listen, be in the scene,
1536
01:21:58,964 --> 01:22:00,714
you won't have
to worry about finding
1537
01:22:00,797 --> 01:22:03,256
that one funny line
or... acting.
1538
01:22:04,714 --> 01:22:06,505
If you just don't
interfere with yourself,
1539
01:22:06,588 --> 01:22:07,588
you're quite interesting.
1540
01:22:10,505 --> 01:22:11,839
People will register
your thoughts
1541
01:22:11,922 --> 01:22:13,922
and they will pick up
on what you're going through
1542
01:22:14,006 --> 01:22:15,630
because your face
is accessible.
1543
01:22:17,839 --> 01:22:20,380
And you'll be
in character,
1544
01:22:20,463 --> 01:22:21,922
the audience
will be following along,
1545
01:22:22,006 --> 01:22:23,588
And the most important
thing is for an audience
1546
01:22:23,672 --> 01:22:25,089
to follow
the character through.
1547
01:22:30,714 --> 01:22:33,463
Don't do anything and you'll be
amazed how much you're doing.
1548
01:22:35,089 --> 01:22:37,463
Don't do anything.
Just talk.
1549
01:22:40,089 --> 01:22:42,089
My wife used to fart
when she was nervous.
1550
01:22:42,172 --> 01:22:43,380
She had all sorts of wonderful
1551
01:22:43,463 --> 01:22:44,714
little idiosyncrasies.
1552
01:22:44,797 --> 01:22:46,505
You know what? She used
to fart in her sleep.
1553
01:22:48,714 --> 01:22:50,839
Sorry I shared
that with you.
1554
01:22:50,922 --> 01:22:52,964
Ah, but, Will,
she's been dead two years,
1555
01:22:53,047 --> 01:22:54,630
and that's the shit
I remember.
1556
01:22:54,714 --> 01:22:56,505
Wonderful stuff,
you know,
1557
01:22:56,588 --> 01:22:57,839
little things like that.
1558
01:22:57,922 --> 01:23:00,422
Ah, but, those are the
things I miss the most,
1559
01:23:01,922 --> 01:23:04,089
those little idiosyncrasies
that only I knew about.
1560
01:23:05,256 --> 01:23:06,422
That's what
made her my wife.
1561
01:23:07,672 --> 01:23:08,964
Oh, and she had
the goods on me, too.
1562
01:23:09,047 --> 01:23:11,880
She knew
all my little peccadillos.
1563
01:23:11,964 --> 01:23:13,922
People call these
things "imperfections,"
1564
01:23:14,006 --> 01:23:18,006
but they're not.
Oh, that's the good stuff.
1565
01:23:18,089 --> 01:23:21,047
And then we get to choose who we
let into our weird little worlds.
1566
01:23:23,672 --> 01:23:25,006
You're not perfect, sport.
1567
01:23:25,089 --> 01:23:27,755
And let me save you
the suspense:
1568
01:23:27,839 --> 01:23:30,672
This girl you met?
She isn't perfect either.
1569
01:23:30,755 --> 01:23:34,964
But the question is whether or not
you're perfect for each other.
1570
01:23:35,047 --> 01:23:37,547
That's the whole deal. That's
what intimacy is all about.
1571
01:23:41,797 --> 01:23:44,131
Robin: Every person is driven
by some deep, deep, deep, deep,
1572
01:23:44,214 --> 01:23:46,588
deep, deep, deep,
deep secret,
1573
01:23:46,672 --> 01:23:48,172
and finding that
for a character
1574
01:23:48,256 --> 01:23:51,006
gives you that
which drives it through.
1575
01:23:51,089 --> 01:23:53,630
You look for it and then you
try and find that essence,
1576
01:23:53,714 --> 01:23:56,006
what drives them.
1577
01:23:56,089 --> 01:23:57,839
If you can find it,
if you find the right one,
1578
01:23:57,922 --> 01:23:58,755
you'll know it.
1579
01:24:15,172 --> 01:24:17,089
Idle:
He had a restless mind.
1580
01:24:17,172 --> 01:24:19,214
His thing was
physical exertion.
1581
01:24:19,297 --> 01:24:21,630
He'd go for 60 miles,
70 miles on his bike.
1582
01:24:25,630 --> 01:24:26,964
I think that stopped
the thoughts...
1583
01:24:28,880 --> 01:24:31,588
'cause the thoughts
can be... disturbing.
1584
01:24:37,839 --> 01:24:39,131
I think
he didn't feel worthy.
1585
01:24:40,755 --> 01:24:43,630
There's no "I'm wonderful."
No. It was...
1586
01:24:43,714 --> 01:24:46,089
it's lack of self-worth
somewhere in there, too.
1587
01:24:48,922 --> 01:24:52,755
Announcer: Welcome to the
2003 Critics' Choice Awards.
1588
01:24:54,131 --> 01:24:56,214
The nominees are...
1589
01:24:56,297 --> 01:24:58,922
Daniel Day-Lewis
for Gangs of New York...
1590
01:25:05,131 --> 01:25:07,630
Jack Nicholson
for About Schmidt...
1591
01:25:12,297 --> 01:25:14,630
Edward Norton for...
no, I'm just kidding.
1592
01:25:14,714 --> 01:25:17,256
Um, Robin Williams...
1593
01:25:17,338 --> 01:25:20,505
for One Hour Photo.
1594
01:25:26,839 --> 01:25:29,922
Drama.
1595
01:25:30,006 --> 01:25:32,630
There's been a tie.
I swear to God.
1596
01:25:32,714 --> 01:25:34,964
Daniel Day-Lewis
for Gangs of New York...
1597
01:25:37,089 --> 01:25:39,256
and Jack Nicholson
for About Schmidt.
1598
01:25:42,172 --> 01:25:44,131
Nicholson: Well, I don't
usually get this baked
1599
01:25:44,214 --> 01:25:46,131
when it's on television.
1600
01:25:46,214 --> 01:25:48,797
Robin, would you
come up and give...
1601
01:25:52,922 --> 01:25:56,297
Would you... would you give the
funniest acceptance speech ever?
1602
01:25:56,380 --> 01:25:58,922
What Jack is
trying to say here...
1603
01:26:01,172 --> 01:26:02,839
is he's so happy
to be here,
1604
01:26:02,922 --> 01:26:04,755
he could drop a log, really.
1605
01:26:06,380 --> 01:26:08,839
Nicholson: Until he got here, I
couldn't think about anything
1606
01:26:08,922 --> 01:26:11,964
but spanking Jillian Hall.
I don't what happened to me.
1607
01:26:12,047 --> 01:26:13,755
-I could do that all night.
-Robin: Ho, ho, ho, ho!
1608
01:26:13,839 --> 01:26:15,755
-Let's do that for the deaf now.
-Yeah, yeah.
1609
01:26:23,214 --> 01:26:25,214
Whoo!
Whoo. Whoo.
1610
01:26:28,755 --> 01:26:31,588
I really wanted to say
how grateful I am
1611
01:26:31,672 --> 01:26:35,922
to the film critics
for honoring Robin, and...
1612
01:26:37,964 --> 01:26:39,256
Yeah, thanks for nothing!
1613
01:26:44,006 --> 01:26:46,047
-It's a tie with three people!
-Yeah.
1614
01:26:48,297 --> 01:26:49,755
You pretty much said,
"you, Robin."
1615
01:26:51,880 --> 01:26:53,630
Thank you,
I hope that's televised!
1616
01:27:03,047 --> 01:27:04,297
For those
of you at home...
1617
01:27:06,297 --> 01:27:08,588
Jack is getting ready
to bring out a five iron.
1618
01:27:10,964 --> 01:27:13,839
Robin, since they didn't
give you an award,
1619
01:27:13,922 --> 01:27:15,256
-you can have...
-Oh, thank you.
1620
01:27:15,338 --> 01:27:16,880
...both of their names
in the tie.
1621
01:27:16,964 --> 01:27:18,964
Thank you. I want to
thank Jack Nicholson
1622
01:27:19,047 --> 01:27:22,297
and Daniel Day-Lewis for
giving me this piece of paper.
1623
01:27:24,880 --> 01:27:26,256
Has their names
on it, not mine.
1624
01:27:28,006 --> 01:27:30,922
And I'm glad to be left out
of this incredible group.
1625
01:27:32,922 --> 01:27:35,338
I want to thank Jack for... he
is, to me, the greatest actor,
1626
01:27:35,422 --> 01:27:37,214
and Daniel Day-Lewis,
the greatest actor.
1627
01:27:37,297 --> 01:27:40,630
And... I'm just
a hairy actor.
1628
01:27:42,505 --> 01:27:43,755
And it's been
a wonderful evening
1629
01:27:43,839 --> 01:27:46,714
for me to... to walk
away with nothing.
1630
01:27:48,006 --> 01:27:49,297
Coming here
with no expectations,
1631
01:27:49,380 --> 01:27:51,880
leaving here
with no expectations...
1632
01:27:51,964 --> 01:27:54,006
it's pretty much been
a Buddhist evening for me.
1633
01:27:55,505 --> 01:27:56,964
Thank you.
1634
01:28:04,422 --> 01:28:09,131
Zak: His pathos was seeking
to entertain and please.
1635
01:28:10,214 --> 01:28:13,006
And... he felt...
1636
01:28:14,338 --> 01:28:16,172
when he wasn't doing that,
1637
01:28:16,256 --> 01:28:18,172
he was not succeeding...
1638
01:28:19,463 --> 01:28:20,630
as a person.
1639
01:28:21,964 --> 01:28:26,172
And that was
always hard to see...
1640
01:28:26,256 --> 01:28:29,880
because in so many senses, he is the
most successful person I know...
1641
01:28:32,047 --> 01:28:34,131
and yet he didn't
always feel that.
1642
01:28:34,214 --> 01:28:37,714
Good morning in Kandahar!
1643
01:28:39,380 --> 01:28:41,714
Uh-oh!
1644
01:29:01,131 --> 01:29:03,880
I'm not gonna forget that.
1645
01:29:03,964 --> 01:29:05,505
I've never had
an entire audience just go,
1646
01:29:05,588 --> 01:29:06,839
"Forget you!"
1647
01:29:08,547 --> 01:29:10,131
"You have no idea!"
1648
01:29:13,256 --> 01:29:16,505
I was also wondering,
"What's coming from that way?"
1649
01:29:16,588 --> 01:29:18,922
When an entire...
1650
01:29:19,006 --> 01:29:21,047
Lewis Black: He actually
called me and said,
1651
01:29:21,131 --> 01:29:23,839
"Do you wanna go
on a USO tour?
1652
01:29:23,922 --> 01:29:26,755
"A Christmas tour,
just like...
1653
01:29:26,839 --> 01:29:29,839
just like Bob Hope?"
1654
01:29:29,922 --> 01:29:33,755
Robin's energy was like
nothing I'd ever seen.
1655
01:29:35,089 --> 01:29:37,380
You'd touch down
in the Middle East,
1656
01:29:37,463 --> 01:29:40,380
then you're going bam,
bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.
1657
01:29:40,463 --> 01:29:42,006
It becomes
a complete blur.
1658
01:29:42,089 --> 01:29:43,380
-Get in over here.
-Woman: All right.
1659
01:29:45,214 --> 01:29:47,338
Black: He hits the ground
running and whosever's there,
1660
01:29:47,422 --> 01:29:50,547
getting ready to greet us,
he's already doing a show
1661
01:29:50,630 --> 01:29:54,380
and giving them a sense of how
important they are to him.
1662
01:29:54,463 --> 01:29:56,839
Announcer: Give it up
for Robin Williams!
1663
01:30:01,214 --> 01:30:03,047
I hope this shirt says
"I love New York"
1664
01:30:03,131 --> 01:30:04,839
and not
"I Lick Camel Balls."
1665
01:30:06,463 --> 01:30:07,964
I'm really hoping so.
1666
01:30:08,047 --> 01:30:09,422
Black:
And it's every day.
1667
01:30:11,297 --> 01:30:14,463
Wherever we are, doesn't seem
to be any down time for him.
1668
01:30:15,630 --> 01:30:17,380
I wish you
from my heart
1669
01:30:17,463 --> 01:30:19,505
a Merry Christmas,
Happy Hanukkah,
1670
01:30:19,588 --> 01:30:21,047
Happy Kwanzaa
for my brothers.
1671
01:30:21,131 --> 01:30:23,047
You know who you are.
1672
01:30:23,131 --> 01:30:25,297
Black: He finishes this,
and he flies immediately
1673
01:30:25,380 --> 01:30:27,006
to Vancouver
to start a movie.
1674
01:30:27,089 --> 01:30:29,588
And I thought, "Wow.
1675
01:30:29,672 --> 01:30:30,505
"Wow. That...
1676
01:30:31,672 --> 01:30:33,547
that's... that's hard-core."
1677
01:30:33,630 --> 01:30:35,089
He gave you
a photo? Good.
1678
01:30:35,172 --> 01:30:37,006
Merry Christmas, fellas.
Thank you.
1679
01:30:39,547 --> 01:30:41,463
Black: I mean, he
was like the light
1680
01:30:41,547 --> 01:30:43,380
that never knew how
to turn itself off.
1681
01:30:57,006 --> 01:30:58,880
Zak: When you have a parent
1682
01:31:00,047 --> 01:31:03,256
who's so giving,
so generous,
1683
01:31:03,338 --> 01:31:05,256
and wanting
to give his time
1684
01:31:05,338 --> 01:31:07,380
and effort in terms
of entertaining,
1685
01:31:07,463 --> 01:31:10,089
but also to causes
and to people...
1686
01:31:11,505 --> 01:31:12,630
that was challenging.
1687
01:31:12,714 --> 01:31:14,338
That was
really challenging...
1688
01:31:16,714 --> 01:31:18,630
sharing and watching
1689
01:31:18,714 --> 01:31:22,297
my father give
his time to others.
1690
01:31:24,588 --> 01:31:25,880
The selfish part of me
1691
01:31:27,214 --> 01:31:29,922
wanted me to keep
our relationship to myself
1692
01:31:30,006 --> 01:31:32,380
and, you know, have us
just spend time together.
1693
01:31:38,338 --> 01:31:40,172
Half of the year
we'd see him.
1694
01:31:40,256 --> 01:31:43,297
Some years
might not be half.
1695
01:31:43,380 --> 01:31:44,964
Some years
we'd see him more.
1696
01:31:45,047 --> 01:31:46,505
It-it... it's just the nature
1697
01:31:46,588 --> 01:31:48,338
of the business
he was in.
1698
01:31:49,505 --> 01:31:52,047
So... yeah.
1699
01:31:52,131 --> 01:31:54,089
That's something that
we got used to over time.
1700
01:31:59,630 --> 01:32:01,463
Robin: Sometimes, indirectly,
you're talking to people,
1701
01:32:01,547 --> 01:32:03,214
you'll just talk
about shit that...
1702
01:32:03,297 --> 01:32:05,214
you would be amazed.
But when in therapy,
1703
01:32:05,297 --> 01:32:06,422
when you're talking
to a shrink,
1704
01:32:06,505 --> 01:32:07,547
he said,
"Sometimes be careful
1705
01:32:07,630 --> 01:32:08,547
"about what
you talk about...
1706
01:32:10,338 --> 01:32:11,547
"because you may be
in front of a stage,
1707
01:32:11,630 --> 01:32:13,047
"in front
of so many people
1708
01:32:13,131 --> 01:32:14,256
"and start talking
about something
1709
01:32:14,338 --> 01:32:16,338
you're not ready
to deal with."
1710
01:32:16,422 --> 01:32:19,172
There's all these drugs...
Zoloft, Prozac.
1711
01:32:19,256 --> 01:32:21,422
I want to have one drug
encompassing it all.
1712
01:32:21,505 --> 01:32:23,588
Call it "Fukitol."
1713
01:32:24,672 --> 01:32:25,964
I don't feel anything.
1714
01:32:26,047 --> 01:32:27,131
I don't want
to do anything.
1715
01:32:27,214 --> 01:32:29,505
Fukitol.
1716
01:32:29,588 --> 01:32:32,006
The closest thing
to a coma you'll ever be.
1717
01:32:32,089 --> 01:32:33,630
Fukitol.
1718
01:32:33,714 --> 01:32:35,463
I'm sitting here
in my own dung.
1719
01:32:35,547 --> 01:32:36,422
Fukitol.
1720
01:32:46,131 --> 01:32:47,630
Man: What were you
doing up there?
1721
01:32:47,714 --> 01:32:49,547
Robin: This movie
called The Big White.
1722
01:32:49,630 --> 01:32:51,338
Just thinking, "What
am I doing here?"
1723
01:32:51,422 --> 01:32:54,338
This is crazy and feeling
kind of isolated.
1724
01:32:54,422 --> 01:32:56,630
And all of a sudden went,
"Well, there's one cure.
1725
01:32:58,214 --> 01:32:59,089
I could drink!"
1726
01:33:00,214 --> 01:33:01,588
Ready for a refill?
1727
01:33:01,672 --> 01:33:03,380
Does Mrs. Kennedy
have a black dress?
1728
01:33:05,797 --> 01:33:09,714
All righty.
Coming up.
1729
01:33:09,797 --> 01:33:11,630
Robin:
It went quick.
1730
01:33:18,672 --> 01:33:21,089
I started drinking the tiny
little bottles of Jack Daniels
1731
01:33:21,172 --> 01:33:23,214
-the little ones you get from the...
-Interviewer: Oh, yeah, yeah.
1732
01:33:23,297 --> 01:33:25,214
-And I thought, "This is fine."
-Yeah, it's a small bottle.
1733
01:33:25,297 --> 01:33:27,131
And a week later
I was hiding them,
1734
01:33:27,214 --> 01:33:29,297
a big bottle of Jack
Daniels, and just, "Fuck."
1735
01:33:34,839 --> 01:33:36,338
It was, you know,
either fear...
1736
01:33:38,380 --> 01:33:41,380
sometimes just the sheer wanting
to run away from it all,
1737
01:33:41,463 --> 01:33:43,505
sometimes to run into it all,
and just go, "Fuck it."
1738
01:33:47,338 --> 01:33:49,422
Hey, I just went
through the cue cards,
1739
01:33:49,505 --> 01:33:51,047
and I'm telling you,
you're gonna kill.
1740
01:33:51,131 --> 01:33:52,797
It's gonna work
like a charm.
1741
01:33:52,880 --> 01:33:54,630
Don't worry
about a thing.
1742
01:33:54,714 --> 01:33:56,463
Black: When we were
doing Man of the Year,
1743
01:33:56,547 --> 01:33:58,380
he was drinking
around me.
1744
01:33:59,505 --> 01:34:01,505
At the bar each night,
1745
01:34:01,588 --> 01:34:03,256
usually just before close,
1746
01:34:03,338 --> 01:34:04,588
I'd have a couple
glasses of wine,
1747
01:34:04,672 --> 01:34:06,089
and then Robin
would come down...
1748
01:34:08,380 --> 01:34:12,172
and have a tequila and...
and an espresso.
1749
01:34:15,214 --> 01:34:17,547
And he said to me,
"I think I have a problem."
1750
01:34:25,463 --> 01:34:27,380
Robin: I did three years
of just insane shit...
1751
01:34:29,131 --> 01:34:30,380
just getting worse
and worse and worse.
1752
01:34:32,547 --> 01:34:35,839
We have these things called "blackouts"
as alcoholics. It's not really blackouts.
1753
01:34:35,922 --> 01:34:37,547
It's more like "sleepwalking
with activities."
1754
01:34:37,630 --> 01:34:39,338
Kind of strange.
1755
01:34:39,422 --> 01:34:41,131
I believe it's
your conscience
1756
01:34:41,214 --> 01:34:43,505
going into a witness
protection program.
1757
01:34:43,588 --> 01:34:46,131
It's your conscience going,
"You're about to fuck a hobbit.
1758
01:34:48,297 --> 01:34:49,588
"I gotta go. Good luck.
1759
01:34:50,922 --> 01:34:52,547
"I'm gonna leave the dick on,
then after an hour
1760
01:34:52,630 --> 01:34:54,172
"I'm opening up the asshole,
1761
01:34:54,256 --> 01:34:55,338
"but that didn't
stop you Tuesday.
1762
01:34:55,422 --> 01:34:57,214
Good luck. Take care."
1763
01:34:57,297 --> 01:34:59,630
Zak: The struggles that
my father dealt with
1764
01:34:59,714 --> 01:35:03,422
I think is really
a symptom of...
1765
01:35:05,422 --> 01:35:08,839
just other things
that underlie... the why.
1766
01:35:08,922 --> 01:35:11,172
But he would talk
about his...
1767
01:35:11,256 --> 01:35:13,797
his addiction... issues.
1768
01:35:15,380 --> 01:35:16,588
He'd be pretty
open about it.
1769
01:35:18,463 --> 01:35:20,880
Robin: As an alcoholic, you
will violate your standards
1770
01:35:20,964 --> 01:35:22,422
quicker than you
could lower them.
1771
01:35:22,505 --> 01:35:25,463
You will do shit that even
the devil would go, "Dude."
1772
01:35:27,505 --> 01:35:29,422
And alcoholics,
we're like assholes,
1773
01:35:29,505 --> 01:35:30,880
we can't wait to shit
on everybody...
1774
01:35:30,964 --> 01:35:32,505
family, friends.
We'll be like,
1775
01:35:32,588 --> 01:35:33,714
"Fuck you! Fuck you!
1776
01:35:33,797 --> 01:35:34,839
"Fuck you!
Fuck you!
1777
01:35:34,922 --> 01:35:36,422
"Go fuck yourself!
Fuck you!
1778
01:35:36,505 --> 01:35:38,256
"Fuck! F...
1779
01:35:38,338 --> 01:35:39,463
I'm fucked."
1780
01:35:41,422 --> 01:35:42,797
They tried to send
my ass to rehab
1781
01:35:42,880 --> 01:35:45,131
and I went,
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
1782
01:35:45,214 --> 01:35:46,755
And I went to rehab
in wine country,
1783
01:35:46,839 --> 01:35:48,172
just to keep
my options open.
1784
01:35:58,880 --> 01:36:02,463
Zak: Being sober and embracing
his sobriety was great...
1785
01:36:04,547 --> 01:36:06,964
and he did lean on us
when he needed...
1786
01:36:07,047 --> 01:36:11,630
to talk through stuff...
but it was hard.
1787
01:36:11,714 --> 01:36:13,588
There's no crutch
in his circumstance.
1788
01:36:13,672 --> 01:36:15,256
You can't rely
upon, you know,
1789
01:36:15,338 --> 01:36:17,380
a bottle
to comfort you.
1790
01:36:21,297 --> 01:36:22,714
Interviewer:
Divorce done?
1791
01:36:22,797 --> 01:36:24,172
Robin: Done and, you
know, dealt with,
1792
01:36:24,256 --> 01:36:25,714
I mean, I think
as much love
1793
01:36:25,797 --> 01:36:27,338
as we can do
with that situation.
1794
01:36:29,922 --> 01:36:31,964
Being around my kids is
really much more like,
1795
01:36:32,047 --> 01:36:35,172
"I love you guys. I live
separately, but I'm okay."
1796
01:36:37,505 --> 01:36:38,922
It's difficult for them,
but they're all like...
1797
01:36:39,006 --> 01:36:39,922
they've dealt with it.
1798
01:36:43,380 --> 01:36:45,256
And I'm, you know,
pretty much like,
1799
01:36:45,338 --> 01:36:46,505
"Okay, it's a different game."
1800
01:36:51,422 --> 01:36:52,964
Is there
a deaf signer here?
1801
01:36:53,047 --> 01:36:54,880
Oh, how cool is that?
1802
01:36:57,338 --> 01:36:58,338
Blow me.
1803
01:37:01,630 --> 01:37:02,505
Thank you.
1804
01:37:05,380 --> 01:37:06,839
It takes...
1805
01:37:06,922 --> 01:37:09,714
It takes big balls
to do that in my act.
1806
01:37:11,338 --> 01:37:12,214
Thank you.
1807
01:37:13,714 --> 01:37:15,256
What a great fucking night.
1808
01:37:18,630 --> 01:37:19,547
Wow.
1809
01:37:21,380 --> 01:37:22,714
This is gonna be
like Deliverance
1810
01:37:22,797 --> 01:37:24,964
with Helen Keller,
this is...
1811
01:37:25,047 --> 01:37:27,714
Thank you.
What a wonderful idea.
1812
01:37:28,880 --> 01:37:30,297
I'll give you
a break right now,
1813
01:37:30,380 --> 01:37:31,505
'cause there's
more shit coming.
1814
01:37:31,588 --> 01:37:33,505
Good luck.
1815
01:37:33,588 --> 01:37:34,714
Nice to be here
in Washington...
1816
01:37:34,797 --> 01:37:36,380
I was on the road,
I was performing,
1817
01:37:36,463 --> 01:37:37,672
and all of a sudden
I noticed things...
1818
01:37:37,755 --> 01:37:39,672
I was just starting
to run down.
1819
01:37:39,755 --> 01:37:41,422
I'd finished a show
going, "Oh God."
1820
01:37:48,463 --> 01:37:50,338
I was in Miami, I was about
to do this show, and I said,
1821
01:37:50,422 --> 01:37:51,922
"Maybe we should have
a doctor look at this."
1822
01:37:52,006 --> 01:37:53,755
I went to do
a stress test,
1823
01:37:53,839 --> 01:37:55,755
and I was on the treadmill
for one minute,
1824
01:37:55,839 --> 01:37:58,547
and the doctor went, "Okay,
we got what we need."
1825
01:37:58,630 --> 01:38:00,422
My heart was beating
like Tito Puente, like...
1826
01:38:02,922 --> 01:38:05,797
Even the cardiologists said,
"It's off the charts!
1827
01:38:05,880 --> 01:38:08,463
It's either an earthquake
or he's fucking dying!"
1828
01:38:10,047 --> 01:38:12,380
When he was in the hospital
1829
01:38:12,463 --> 01:38:14,047
and they were shaving him
and everything like that,
1830
01:38:14,131 --> 01:38:16,505
he was making jokes
and everything,
1831
01:38:16,588 --> 01:38:19,547
but it was obvious that he
was very, very frightened.
1832
01:38:19,630 --> 01:38:22,714
Crystal: It was more of a repair
than they originally thought,
1833
01:38:22,797 --> 01:38:24,839
it was more complicated,
1834
01:38:24,922 --> 01:38:26,505
and it was
really dangerous.
1835
01:38:27,797 --> 01:38:29,588
When the operation started,
1836
01:38:29,672 --> 01:38:32,839
I started leaving
messages on his phone
1837
01:38:32,922 --> 01:38:35,630
as this guy,
Vinnie the valve guy,
1838
01:38:35,714 --> 01:38:38,672
who was like
a mechanic character,
1839
01:38:38,755 --> 01:38:41,588
who apparently
supplied the valve
1840
01:38:41,672 --> 01:38:43,714
and the... and the mechanics
who were gonna do
1841
01:38:43,797 --> 01:38:45,880
the work on him,
like he was an old car.
1842
01:38:45,964 --> 01:38:47,672
So when he woke up,
1843
01:38:47,755 --> 01:38:51,297
he'd have 15 messages
to laugh to.
1844
01:38:52,797 --> 01:38:55,714
Day and half later,
you know, he was in pain,
1845
01:38:55,797 --> 01:38:58,338
he'd just gone through
this massive surgery.
1846
01:38:59,672 --> 01:39:01,839
He called me.
"Oh God.
1847
01:39:01,922 --> 01:39:04,755
"Oh. Oh hilarious.
1848
01:39:04,839 --> 01:39:07,672
Can I talk to Vinnie?"
1849
01:39:07,755 --> 01:39:09,672
I want to thank everyone
for all your kind letters,
1850
01:39:09,755 --> 01:39:11,839
prayers and thoughts.
I just want to let you know
1851
01:39:11,922 --> 01:39:15,547
I'm doing better.
See?
1852
01:39:15,630 --> 01:39:16,505
Thank you.
1853
01:39:17,755 --> 01:39:19,547
How long ago
was the surgery?
1854
01:39:19,630 --> 01:39:21,131
-Eight weeks ago.
-Eight weeks!
1855
01:39:21,214 --> 01:39:23,089
Man, remarkable.
Good for you.
1856
01:39:24,839 --> 01:39:26,547
Yes, sir. You and I...
1857
01:39:27,922 --> 01:39:29,880
You and I are now
Brotherhood of the Zipper Chest.
1858
01:39:29,964 --> 01:39:32,131
That's right. We got it.
Now... there must...
1859
01:39:32,214 --> 01:39:34,505
My relationship
with Robin only grew bigger
1860
01:39:34,588 --> 01:39:36,547
and stronger
as we grew older.
1861
01:39:38,131 --> 01:39:40,047
We were no longer...
kids hanging
1862
01:39:40,131 --> 01:39:42,089
around the back
of The Comedy Store.
1863
01:39:42,172 --> 01:39:43,714
Did they give you
that button
1864
01:39:43,797 --> 01:39:45,463
-where you can medicate yourself?
-Yes.
1865
01:39:45,547 --> 01:39:46,797
Oh, that's a good one
to have, isn't it?
1866
01:39:46,880 --> 01:39:48,422
Yes. I still have it.
1867
01:39:48,505 --> 01:39:51,630
In the middle of the show...
1868
01:39:51,714 --> 01:39:54,839
Letterman: As you grow older, different
things become more important
1869
01:39:54,922 --> 01:39:56,380
and the humanity
of life...
1870
01:39:58,047 --> 01:40:01,588
is the great guiding light,
and it was...
1871
01:40:01,672 --> 01:40:03,672
it was nice to be able
to share that with Robin,
1872
01:40:03,755 --> 01:40:07,463
who was a different guy
by then, you know.
1873
01:40:11,047 --> 01:40:12,880
Robin: I ended up
getting a bovine valve,
1874
01:40:12,964 --> 01:40:14,839
which is a cow valve,
which is kind of cool,
1875
01:40:14,922 --> 01:40:16,839
'cause you can shit
standing up. That's great.
1876
01:40:16,922 --> 01:40:19,797
Great to be here.
Nice to be here.
1877
01:40:19,880 --> 01:40:21,880
Crystal:
Suddenly he was mortal.
1878
01:40:21,964 --> 01:40:23,964
Suddenly life was different.
1879
01:40:24,047 --> 01:40:25,964
Suddenly things
got more precious.
1880
01:40:26,047 --> 01:40:27,672
Do you feel
it affected you
1881
01:40:27,755 --> 01:40:29,630
in terms of your comedy
any differently?
1882
01:40:29,714 --> 01:40:31,463
Robin: You know, I
graze once a week.
1883
01:40:32,797 --> 01:40:34,214
I don't think
it affected the comedy.
1884
01:40:34,297 --> 01:40:36,006
I think it...
a little bit of terms of...
1885
01:40:36,089 --> 01:40:37,839
slightly, I just enjoy
life a little bit...
1886
01:40:37,922 --> 01:40:39,547
-you take things a little bit slower.
-Right.
1887
01:40:39,630 --> 01:40:41,714
You don't rush...
stampede as it were.
1888
01:40:41,797 --> 01:40:44,839
After the surgery,
you get very emotional.
1889
01:40:44,922 --> 01:40:46,839
It's like... it's like weird.
People go, "How are you?"
1890
01:40:46,922 --> 01:40:49,172
God! Thanks for asking.
1891
01:40:49,256 --> 01:40:51,839
And I got so emotional,
I thought instead of a valve,
1892
01:40:51,922 --> 01:40:54,131
they gave me a tiny vagina,
which is like, "What?"
1893
01:40:54,214 --> 01:40:55,880
"How are you?"
1894
01:40:55,964 --> 01:40:58,214
"Much better now,
thank you!
1895
01:41:00,131 --> 01:41:02,214
"Oh God!
Don't use the paddles.
1896
01:41:02,297 --> 01:41:04,047
Just rub me here.
There we go."
1897
01:41:12,131 --> 01:41:14,547
Hey, listen, I'm going
on a date tonight,
1898
01:41:14,630 --> 01:41:16,089
and...
if you're hungry,
1899
01:41:16,172 --> 01:41:17,714
I could fix you some
food before I go.
1900
01:41:17,797 --> 01:41:19,880
You're going on a date?
With who?
1901
01:41:19,964 --> 01:41:21,630
Ms. Reed. Hmm?
1902
01:41:21,714 --> 01:41:22,839
Really?
1903
01:41:22,922 --> 01:41:23,922
You're going out
with the TILF?
1904
01:41:24,006 --> 01:41:25,630
-That's great!
-The what?
1905
01:41:25,714 --> 01:41:27,922
TILF.
"Teacher I'd Like to Fuck."
1906
01:41:28,006 --> 01:41:29,089
Nice mouth.
1907
01:41:29,172 --> 01:41:30,797
Robin read
the screenplay...
1908
01:41:30,880 --> 01:41:32,463
As a favor, initially,
'cause I thought,
1909
01:41:32,547 --> 01:41:33,922
"Well, maybe I'll play
a small part."
1910
01:41:34,006 --> 01:41:35,588
Yeah, I didn't know this,
like he thought,
1911
01:41:35,672 --> 01:41:37,089
"Well, he wrote it,
he's making another movie.
1912
01:41:37,172 --> 01:41:40,047
Maybe I'll-I'll...
I'll help him out."
1913
01:41:41,338 --> 01:41:43,755
And then he asked
if he could be the guy,
1914
01:41:43,839 --> 01:41:44,964
which was
really awesome.
1915
01:41:51,672 --> 01:41:53,630
Robin: I've been through
it with... over the years,
1916
01:41:53,714 --> 01:41:55,547
and you kinda come through
it out the other side.
1917
01:41:55,630 --> 01:41:58,755
It was like,
"Wow, you're alive."
1918
01:42:03,880 --> 01:42:06,172
Robin: "You're still here, homey.
Let's see what happens."
1919
01:42:15,922 --> 01:42:17,297
Robin: Initially, it was
just supposed to be
1920
01:42:17,380 --> 01:42:18,797
diving off the board
fully clothed.
1921
01:42:18,880 --> 01:42:20,089
I went, "I'm
shedding everything.
1922
01:42:21,297 --> 01:42:22,755
"It's all gone. This is...
1923
01:42:22,839 --> 01:42:24,755
I'm... I'm freeing
myself totally."
1924
01:42:29,880 --> 01:42:31,131
And all day long,
I was like,
1925
01:42:31,214 --> 01:42:34,214
"Hey, how you doing?
Holy crap."
1926
01:42:34,297 --> 01:42:35,922
Hello,
Mr. Diggler.
1927
01:42:36,006 --> 01:42:38,172
I do not understand
why you could be...
1928
01:42:38,256 --> 01:42:39,672
-Insecure?
-...insecure.
1929
01:42:39,755 --> 01:42:41,797
I don't even know
how you...
1930
01:42:41,880 --> 01:42:44,630
I just thought you were
bow-legged all these years.
1931
01:42:49,089 --> 01:42:51,131
Interviewer: We're just waiting
for Popeye 2, the nude version.
1932
01:42:51,214 --> 01:42:52,964
-That would be scary.
-Interviewer: The Nude Naps.
1933
01:42:53,047 --> 01:42:54,714
"It eats the spinach. Oh.
1934
01:42:54,797 --> 01:42:56,755
Olive, you got no tits
and a tight box."
1935
01:42:56,839 --> 01:42:58,672
Did you just say, "It eat...
it eats the spinach"?
1936
01:42:58,755 --> 01:43:01,006
Is that Popeye in
Silence of the Lambs?
1937
01:43:01,089 --> 01:43:02,922
-Yeah.
-"It eats the spinach."
1938
01:43:03,006 --> 01:43:05,588
You're throwing spinach
down the hole.
1939
01:43:05,672 --> 01:43:07,214
"It eats the spinach."
1940
01:43:28,047 --> 01:43:30,131
Craig Ferguson: Congratulations on
getting married. That's lovely.
1941
01:43:30,214 --> 01:43:31,880
-It's wonderful, isn't it?
-Yeah, it's very nice.
1942
01:43:31,964 --> 01:43:33,089
Getting married
for the third time,
1943
01:43:33,172 --> 01:43:34,338
my best man,
Bobcat, said,
1944
01:43:34,422 --> 01:43:35,714
"It's like bringing
a burn victim
1945
01:43:35,797 --> 01:43:36,755
to a firework show."
1946
01:43:39,297 --> 01:43:41,006
Did he say that
during his speech?
1947
01:43:41,089 --> 01:43:42,797
-Yes. -God Bless him.
Isn't that lovely?
1948
01:43:42,880 --> 01:43:44,214
Three strikes, you're out.
That's it.
1949
01:43:44,297 --> 01:43:45,839
Yeah. I wouldn't
do that again.
1950
01:43:45,922 --> 01:43:47,630
No, if you do it again, that's...
1951
01:43:47,714 --> 01:43:49,297
you have to give up
a body part. That's it.
1952
01:43:49,380 --> 01:43:50,922
"How many times
you've been married, Bill?"
1953
01:43:51,006 --> 01:43:52,172
"Four times.
Four times."
1954
01:43:56,880 --> 01:43:58,755
Years went by,
maybe 20 years...
1955
01:44:00,880 --> 01:44:02,797
and I just didn't see him.
1956
01:44:04,297 --> 01:44:05,297
So...
1957
01:44:06,839 --> 01:44:09,089
that's why I agreed
to do his show.
1958
01:44:09,172 --> 01:44:10,672
I wanted
to see him.
1959
01:44:12,797 --> 01:44:13,797
Dad?
1960
01:44:13,880 --> 01:44:15,006
Oh!
1961
01:44:15,089 --> 01:44:16,297
Hey, gang!
1962
01:44:16,380 --> 01:44:18,964
May I present
Ms. Lily Schecter?
1963
01:44:19,047 --> 01:44:23,256
Dawber: I could just tell something
was really just not right.
1964
01:44:23,338 --> 01:44:27,422
He wasn't that happy
soul that he had been.
1965
01:44:27,505 --> 01:44:32,422
His body was stiff and
he wasn't super sharp.
1966
01:44:32,505 --> 01:44:34,172
He looked like
a wax figure.
1967
01:44:35,505 --> 01:44:36,922
-Simon?
-Mmm?
1968
01:44:37,006 --> 01:44:38,172
Where are you?
1969
01:44:38,256 --> 01:44:40,380
You're really
different tonight.
1970
01:44:40,463 --> 01:44:42,214
Is there
something wrong?
1971
01:44:42,297 --> 01:44:44,380
Dawber: So I started
questioning him.
1972
01:44:44,463 --> 01:44:46,297
No, everything
seemed great.
1973
01:44:46,380 --> 01:44:48,297
"The new wife,
she's wonderful.
1974
01:44:48,380 --> 01:44:50,463
I want you to meet her,
and everything's great."
1975
01:44:50,547 --> 01:44:52,256
And he said, "But I'm
really freaked out,
1976
01:44:52,338 --> 01:44:55,922
"because I'm...
I'm losing weight
1977
01:44:56,006 --> 01:44:59,089
and I don't know why,
and I'm having tests run."
1978
01:45:10,880 --> 01:45:14,172
Idle: He was here
doing his sitcom,
1979
01:45:14,256 --> 01:45:16,047
I watched him once,
1980
01:45:16,131 --> 01:45:17,714
and I thought,
"Oh, he's so uncomfortable."
1981
01:45:20,172 --> 01:45:21,463
And I invited him
to dinner...
1982
01:45:21,547 --> 01:45:23,922
you see, I heard
he was so down...
1983
01:45:24,006 --> 01:45:27,755
and then we just made him
laugh and laugh and laugh,
1984
01:45:27,839 --> 01:45:31,006
and he just... "Oh, thank you.
I really needed a laugh."
1985
01:45:32,547 --> 01:45:34,172
Romanek: He came to visit
us and just hung out
1986
01:45:34,256 --> 01:45:35,755
at the house all day.
He was shooting
1987
01:45:35,839 --> 01:45:37,089
that sitcom
he was doing.
1988
01:45:39,880 --> 01:45:43,131
Sort of a sparkle
had gone out of his eye.
1989
01:45:43,214 --> 01:45:45,047
And I, you know,
when I said goodbye,
1990
01:45:45,131 --> 01:45:47,297
he said, "Thanks, I had
a really nice time,"
1991
01:45:47,380 --> 01:45:50,006
which I think he did, there
was kids running around,
1992
01:45:50,089 --> 01:45:52,297
new people to meet, and
he talked to everybody.
1993
01:45:53,547 --> 01:45:55,047
But I said,
"Are you all right, Robin?"
1994
01:45:55,131 --> 01:45:56,297
And he said,
"Yeah, I'm fine, boss."
1995
01:45:56,380 --> 01:45:58,047
And I... I knew
it wasn't true.
1996
01:45:59,505 --> 01:46:01,505
And I... I don't think
I even said, "Really?"
1997
01:46:01,588 --> 01:46:03,755
I just let... you know,
he didn't want to go there,
1998
01:46:03,839 --> 01:46:05,380
and so I gave him a hug.
1999
01:46:07,089 --> 01:46:09,714
He didn't really like to talk
about his issues, you know.
2000
01:46:11,922 --> 01:46:13,422
Crystal:
We met at a movie theater.
2001
01:46:14,922 --> 01:46:16,256
I was
a little concerned
2002
01:46:16,338 --> 01:46:18,422
because I felt
he was very quiet.
2003
01:46:19,922 --> 01:46:21,422
When we left each other,
2004
01:46:21,505 --> 01:46:23,256
he started to cry.
2005
01:46:24,880 --> 01:46:26,797
And I said,
"What's the matter?"
2006
01:46:26,880 --> 01:46:29,880
And he said, "Oh, I'm just
so happy seeing you."
2007
01:46:29,964 --> 01:46:33,422
And then he told me that he had
been diagnosed with Parkinson's.
2008
01:46:34,630 --> 01:46:36,297
And when he told me,
I never heard...
2009
01:46:36,380 --> 01:46:37,922
I never heard
Robin be afraid...
2010
01:46:39,131 --> 01:46:40,297
except for that moment.
2011
01:46:42,380 --> 01:46:43,964
Couple of months later,
2012
01:46:46,214 --> 01:46:48,463
we were going on vacation,
2013
01:46:48,547 --> 01:46:50,297
Janice and I, to Europe.
2014
01:46:51,547 --> 01:46:55,131
And... I called him to say
2015
01:46:55,214 --> 01:46:56,256
I was gonna
be away, and...
2016
01:46:58,463 --> 01:47:00,214
but I'm reachable on...
I said my phone,
2017
01:47:00,297 --> 01:47:03,214
I have my computer,
so whatever.
2018
01:47:03,297 --> 01:47:06,006
And he says, "Okay. And...
2019
01:47:06,089 --> 01:47:08,297
you know I love you." And I
said, "I love you too, pal."
2020
01:47:08,380 --> 01:47:11,839
And... that was the last time
I spoke to him.
2021
01:47:48,047 --> 01:47:50,089
Newsman:
We have just received word
2022
01:47:50,172 --> 01:47:52,297
that the Academy
Award-winning actor
2023
01:47:52,380 --> 01:47:55,422
and comedian
Robin Williams has died.
2024
01:47:55,505 --> 01:47:59,214
The sheriff's office says
that suicide is suspected.
2025
01:48:01,006 --> 01:48:02,256
"God, no.
No, no, no, no.
2026
01:48:02,338 --> 01:48:04,297
Can't be.
Can't possibly be."
2027
01:48:04,380 --> 01:48:07,588
And so, I just, like...
I lost it at that point.
2028
01:48:07,672 --> 01:48:10,006
I really did, so.
2029
01:48:11,630 --> 01:48:13,214
Oh.
2030
01:48:21,006 --> 01:48:22,047
Can't talk about it.
2031
01:48:54,463 --> 01:48:56,214
Joe Rogan: A lot of people
were trying to attribute
2032
01:48:56,297 --> 01:48:58,338
all sorts of reasons
for why he did it.
2033
01:48:58,422 --> 01:49:01,172
Goldthwait: Yeah. You know,
Robin was my best pal
2034
01:49:01,256 --> 01:49:04,131
and... and his
coroner's report came out,
2035
01:49:04,214 --> 01:49:06,505
and he had
Lewy body dementia.
2036
01:49:06,588 --> 01:49:09,463
-Oh. -Goldthwait: And
I-I witnessed this.
2037
01:49:09,547 --> 01:49:13,006
I witnessed his processing
reality completely different
2038
01:49:13,089 --> 01:49:16,089
than the way
everybody else does.
2039
01:49:16,172 --> 01:49:17,755
And so when
I think about that,
2040
01:49:17,839 --> 01:49:21,547
I think about
how strong he was.
2041
01:49:21,630 --> 01:49:23,297
You know he would
have like some days
2042
01:49:23,380 --> 01:49:26,380
where he was doing
kind of OCD stuff
2043
01:49:26,463 --> 01:49:29,214
and-and-and... and processing
things incorrectly,
2044
01:49:29,297 --> 01:49:31,214
but then you'd have
a day when he was back,
2045
01:49:31,297 --> 01:49:33,297
so you go,
"Oh. Well, maybe it's"...
2046
01:49:33,380 --> 01:49:34,755
Rogan:
He just had a bad day, or...
2047
01:49:34,839 --> 01:49:37,214
No, maybe it's
the Parkinson's drugs,
2048
01:49:37,297 --> 01:49:39,214
and they've gotta
get those dialed in.
2049
01:49:39,297 --> 01:49:41,297
He was going to doctors.
He was in therapy.
2050
01:49:41,380 --> 01:49:43,006
He was doing...
and it just...
2051
01:49:43,089 --> 01:49:44,630
the only reason
I talk about that is...
2052
01:49:44,714 --> 01:49:47,505
is his brain was
giving him misinformation.
2053
01:49:49,422 --> 01:49:52,089
He really was getting
misinformation from his own brain
2054
01:49:52,172 --> 01:49:54,630
and was suffering
from this disease.
2055
01:50:11,505 --> 01:50:13,422
In the weeks following
my father's passing,
2056
01:50:13,505 --> 01:50:16,297
it was really hard
to kind of... feel anything.
2057
01:50:19,338 --> 01:50:20,505
Everything felt very...
2058
01:50:21,797 --> 01:50:23,380
raw, and it was hard
2059
01:50:23,463 --> 01:50:25,672
to kinda put
everything together.
2060
01:50:26,714 --> 01:50:28,630
Bobcat came and visited.
2061
01:50:30,172 --> 01:50:32,214
We felt like it would be
a good idea to...
2062
01:50:34,714 --> 01:50:35,672
jump in the ocean.
2063
01:50:43,338 --> 01:50:46,714
And it turned out to be
a really nice thing to do.
2064
01:50:49,214 --> 01:50:50,089
It was good to...
2065
01:50:51,880 --> 01:50:54,047
jump in, and...
and actually...
2066
01:50:54,880 --> 01:50:56,214
kinda know that...
2067
01:50:57,380 --> 01:51:00,047
my father's presence
and spirit was around.
2068
01:51:09,922 --> 01:51:12,172
Robin as John Keating: I would like
you to step forward over here.
2069
01:51:13,422 --> 01:51:15,338
Peruse some of the
faces from the past.
2070
01:51:15,422 --> 01:51:16,630
You've walked
past them many times,
2071
01:51:16,714 --> 01:51:18,505
but I don't think you've
really looked at them.
2072
01:51:25,505 --> 01:51:27,422
They're not that different
from you, are they?
2073
01:51:29,256 --> 01:51:32,755
Same haircuts, full of
hormones, just like you.
2074
01:51:34,422 --> 01:51:36,463
Invincible,
just like you feel.
2075
01:51:37,630 --> 01:51:39,547
The world
is their oyster.
2076
01:51:39,630 --> 01:51:41,630
They believe they're
destined for great things,
2077
01:51:41,714 --> 01:51:42,755
just like
many of you.
2078
01:51:42,839 --> 01:51:44,131
Their eyes are
full of hope,
2079
01:51:44,214 --> 01:51:45,089
just like you.
2080
01:51:46,588 --> 01:51:48,338
Did they wait
until it was too late
2081
01:51:48,422 --> 01:51:50,131
to make from their lives
into even one iota
2082
01:51:50,214 --> 01:51:51,338
of what they were capable?
2083
01:51:51,422 --> 01:51:53,131
Because, you see,
gentleman,
2084
01:51:53,214 --> 01:51:55,755
these boys are now
fertilizing daffodils.
2085
01:51:59,505 --> 01:52:01,797
But, if you listen
real close...
2086
01:52:01,880 --> 01:52:03,630
you can hear them whisper
their legacy to you.
2087
01:52:05,297 --> 01:52:06,256
Go on, lean in.
2088
01:52:07,630 --> 01:52:08,672
Listen.
2089
01:52:08,755 --> 01:52:09,630
You hear it?
2090
01:52:11,839 --> 01:52:15,131
Carpe...
2091
01:52:17,630 --> 01:52:20,256
Carpe diem.
2092
01:52:22,630 --> 01:52:25,630
Seize the day, boys.
2093
01:52:27,463 --> 01:52:30,672
Make your lives
extraordinary.
2094
01:53:29,922 --> 01:53:31,463
Robin:
You've got to be crazy.
2095
01:53:31,547 --> 01:53:34,714
It's too late
to be sane. Too late.
2096
01:53:34,797 --> 01:53:36,588
You've got to go
full-tilt bozo.
2097
01:53:38,380 --> 01:53:39,714
'Cause you're only given
2098
01:53:39,797 --> 01:53:41,214
a little spark of madness,
2099
01:53:42,547 --> 01:53:43,547
and if you lose that...
2100
01:53:45,880 --> 01:53:46,839
you're nothing.
2101
01:53:48,714 --> 01:53:50,880
Note, from me to you...
2102
01:53:52,338 --> 01:53:54,380
Don't ever lose that,
'cause it keeps you alive.
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