Robin Williams died five years ago today. Look back at 15 great jokes spanning his career
In a key moment of what might be the most vibrant and joyful of Williams’s specials, he loses the crowd. So the comic launches into a beautiful, pained dissection of what happens in a bombing comic’s mind — its near the 31:00 mark — that reveals his wonderfully human side. His venomous id caps off the whole dissembling whirlwind of songs, memories and jokes as he flips off the crowd and yells, “What the fuck do you want from me anyway!?” Applause break.
“I guess I should talk for a moment about the very serious subject of schizophrenia.” “No, he doesn’t” “Shut up, let him talk!” The comedian could play smart when he wanted to — 10 minutes into this the album, Williams does William F. Buckley interpreting Goldilocks as a metaphor for imperialism in third-world countries.
“No, Mr. Smith, I’ll have Becky back in this dimension real soon! Wings! We’ve got to get those snakes coming out of your eyes fixed!”This full-throttle production sums up his early parenthood, his feelings about Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and a romp in which he personifies a penis for several minutes.
One of the extended bits highlights Williams’ far-reaching mind while he unpacks his understanding of Biblical history: Joseph of Nazareth becomes Ralph Kramden, Jesus’s brother Jerry does his own miracles and the Last Supper becomes a Chinese buffet.
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