A Tribute to the Late, Great, Robin Williams

[AntiBeeSpray]

One of my favorite things in the world is to see comedians make other comedians lose it.  Tim Conway had a knack for that that gives me goose pimples.  There is a scene in this clip that had Ellen just cracking up, pure joy at the humor of this man.  That was great, thanks for sharing this.

Yea it's not very common. And it's really neat when they're able to do so. You're welcome, Biz.

[AntiBeeSpray]

My mom just found this one on Yahoo tonight.

 

It's a rare 13 minute clip of him doing improv.

 

Also, PBS has finally posted the tribute they did in honor of him on their site.

 

Just came across this clip of him on Sesame Street on Youtube. Thank you Sesame Street for sharing it originally.

 

 

He was so silly in it XD. Reminded me of why I liked him so much as an actor and as a person.

[LADreamr]

Trying again... Here is Robin catching the foul ball.  The anecdote Billy Crystal told at the Emmys memorial:

 

[AntiBeeSpray]

That was really, really cool. And very lucky :).

[purplemouth]

Billy Crystal was a guest on The View on Friday and he and Whoopi had a great chat about Robin. Very sweet.

 

Whoopi and Billy remember Robin

[Shannon L.]

Matt Damon speaks about Robin. 

[Wilowy]

Matt Damon speaks about Robin. 

 

Lovely.

[AntiBeeSpray]

Sorry to bump this... but I just came across a cute clip from Friends with Billy Crystal and Robin in it :).

 

 

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[LADreamr]

Don't apologize; I had wanted to post something else here, but I wasn't sure if there was still interest.  I had heard about this, but didn't find video until just recently. Robin testifying before a Senate committee on homelessness in 1990.  It combines all the best parts of him, I think: his intelligence, passion, humor, and great humanity:

 

[BizBuzz]

Don't apologize; I had wanted to post something else here, but I wasn't sure if there was still interest.  I had heard about this, but didn't find video until just recently. Robin testifying before a Senate committee on homelessness in 1990.  It combines all the best parts of him, I think: his intelligence, passion, humor, and great humanity:

 

This was great, thanks for sharing this. 

 

I for one am still not over the death of this man, so don't ever worry about posting here, there will be someone who will appreciate it. 

[LADreamr]

 

I for one am still not over the death of this man, so don't ever worry about posting here, there will be someone who will appreciate it.

 

Same here.  I haven't been this struck by a death outside my family for a very long time.  Since John Lennon, I think.

[BizBuzz]

Same here.  I haven't been this struck by a death outside my family for a very long time.  Since John Lennon, I think.

 

I still can't listen to a song of John's without remembering the exact moment I heard of his death.  So yeah, good comparison.  Robin's passing will be with me a very long time. 

[AntiBeeSpray]

I still can't listen to a song of John's without remembering the exact moment I heard of his death.  So yeah, good comparison.  Robin's passing will be with me a very long time. 

 

Same here in regards to Robin. It hit me really hard. I can watch his films and his stand up along with the parts he was in on tv, but it's still really sad.

 

On a lighter note: Came across this American idol bit he was in. Such a little imp :P.

[LADreamr]

I had a surprising Robin moment today.  I was watching Eddie Izzard's documentary, "Believe," and Robin was in it, talking to him about the first time they met and their friendship since (I never knew Robin was so instrumental with Dress to Kill).  They met when they did a small film together, long before Eddie was really known in the US, but he was stunned to find out that Robin was already kind of a fan.

 

It was interesting to see them together because the only time I ever got to see Robin live, it was with Eddie.  

 

I tried to find a clip of it on YouTube, but couldn't.  But the documentary is on Hulu.

[AntiBeeSpray]

I had a surprising Robin moment today.  I was watching Eddie Izzard's documentary, "Believe," and Robin was in it, talking to him about the first time they met and their friendship since (I never knew Robin was so instrumental with Dress to Kill).  They met when they did a small film together, long before Eddie was really known in the US, but he was stunned to find out that Robin was already kind of a fan.

 

It was interesting to see them together because the only time I ever got to see Robin live, it was with Eddie.  

 

I tried to find a clip of it on YouTube, but couldn't.  But the documentary is on Hulu.

 

I tried looking for it too. Came across this clip though, of Eddie paying tribute to Robin.

 

Just found this nice article on People, Zelda got a tattoo to honor her father, a hummingbird with his birth date under it.

 

 

 

"For poppo," she captioned a black-and-white Instagram shot featuring a hummingbird in flight, with her father's birthdate – 7/21/51 – inked below it.

 

"I'll always put my hand out to shake with a smile," she also wrote in the caption, after thanking Dr. Woo of Hollywood's Shamrock Social Club tattoo parlor "for so beautifully bringing my reminders to life."

 

"Dad was, is and always will be one of the kindest, most generous, gentlest souls I've ever known," she wrote. "And while there are few things I know for certain right now, one of them is that not just my world, but the entire world is forever a little darker, less colorful and less full of laughter in his absence. We'll just have to work twice as hard to fill it back up again."

 

A little bit from the article.

 

 

A nice article about hummingbirds as a spirit animal. A pretty interesting read tbh, it definitely fits him.

[LADreamr]

I saw that.  Beautiful artwork.  Some people on Twitter asked her why she didn't get a robin, and she said because she never called him that, and that the hummingbird has special meaning for her.

 

Did you see this?  Zak Williams throwing out the first pitch at the San Francisco Giants game at the World Series, with Zelda and Cody next to him.  He pitches it to Billy Crystal.  It starts with a video tribute the stadium put together for him.

[AntiBeeSpray]

Just came across a nice find... Robin on Letterman, back in 2012.

 

link to part 1

 

link to part 2

 

Enjoy :)!

[Rick Kitchen]

The coroner ruled that there were no illegal drugs in his system.  He did have a prescribed anti-depressant.

[AntiBeeSpray]

The coroner ruled that there were no illegal drugs in his system.  He did have a prescribed anti-depressant.

Yea just read about it. And it also mentioned that he had Parkinson symptoms back in 2011.

 

link to it

 

Source: msn.com

 

He was starting to show signs of diffuse Lewy body dementia, according to a coroner's report.

 

Source: people.com

 

So sad :(.

[AntiBeeSpray]

Just found something awesome while trying to find this thread again, via Google:

 

A nice tribute by Billy Crystal of Robin Williams first night in heaven

 

Source: popwatch.ew.com

[Shannon L.]

I also read (and I can't find the link right now) that one if his demands when working on a show was that they hire some homeless people to work on the production as well.  That beats M&Ms with the brown ones removed any day. 

[AntiBeeSpray]

I also read (and I can't find the link right now) that one if his demands when working on a show was that they hire some homeless people to work on the production as well.  That beats M&Ms with the brown ones removed any day. 

 

I think I've heard of that too. That's pretty thoughtful of him.

[DollEyes]

  Another great Robin Williams story is from Liev Schrieber, who co-starred with Williams in Jakob the Liar. When one of Schrieber's relatives was sick, Williams paid for his flight home to visit them. Pure class. 

[Spartan Girl]

The tribute Billy Crystal wrote of Robin in heaven was beautiful.  Kind of would have liked to see a mention of him meeting up with John Belushi at some point, but I guess Billy only picked the ones Robin would have the most fun riffing with.

 

God, I really miss him and seeing those commercials for the new Night at the Museum makes it worse. 

[DollEyes]

 At the first People Magazine Awards, the first Robin Williams tribute issue was voted the "Most Popular" cover of 2014 and the new issue not only has Williams on the cover again, there are other great tributes from his former co-stars, his fellow philanthropists and his family and friends.

[LADreamr]

Just came across this and hadn't seen it posted here.  It's a segment about him on 60 Minutes from 1986, and it's so good.  The story with it is worth reading too.  On the same page is a link to the outtakes.  It's not bloopers, just two parts of the interview that didn't make the broadcast.