Robin Williams | The Complete "Pioneers of Television" Interview | Steven J Boettcher

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  • @matthewh.9544
    @matthewh.9544 2 роки тому +40

    When he's calm and discussing his life, he's so interesting and intelligent. I'd love to have sat with him and chatted about his life. Such a shame and a loss.

  • @jenniferkelly6518
    @jenniferkelly6518 2 роки тому +81

    He is so badly missed. Pure Genius.

    • @kendallevans4079
      @kendallevans4079 2 роки тому +4

      That word "genius" has been so abused it should apply for witness protection...He was a good comic, period....save that word for the researchers coming up with cures for terminal diseases

    • @deborahklinlger8565
      @deborahklinlger8565 2 роки тому

      @@kendallevans4079
      Have control issues?

    • @kendallevans4079
      @kendallevans4079 2 роки тому

      @@deborahklinlger8565 You do? Seek help then

    • @deborahklinlger8565
      @deborahklinlger8565 2 роки тому

      Same back to you!!!!

    • @Bigboybooya666
      @Bigboybooya666 3 місяці тому

      ​@kendallevans4079 no one cares about your opinion.

  • @isaackennethmusic
    @isaackennethmusic 3 роки тому +66

    Watching Robin work was like witnessing the Northern Lights, or spectating as Michael Jordan played basketball, or hearing Aretha Franklin sing.
    Untamed perfection every time.

    • @tarnopol
      @tarnopol 3 роки тому +6

      I don’t know-Robin was funnier than all three.

  • @joe-vz6hx
    @joe-vz6hx 3 роки тому +30

    wow...I've never seen him this straightforward for this long, how rare and fantastic. love this series, esp the way it was done, huge props

  • @starclone4
    @starclone4 2 роки тому +15

    Our world is such a lonely place.... We all miss you Robin. R.I.P. !!!!

  • @strats991
    @strats991 3 роки тому +19

    What a treat to show us this interview! An icon I'll forever miss.

  • @matthewnachel7112
    @matthewnachel7112 11 місяців тому +6

    Just think if he was still alive today the comic genius that he is would be having us rolling around, laughing and crying from the pandemic to the election and everything else. God I wish Robin Williams was still alive right now we need his comedy more than ever before.

  • @landztranz
    @landztranz 2 роки тому +12

    One of a kind! Thank you, Robin (R.I.P.)!

  • @bmelanyr
    @bmelanyr 2 роки тому +15

    This interview is so awesome!!

  • @v.gorski3050
    @v.gorski3050 3 роки тому +13

    Nice to hear about his very beginnings in television. I saw the Happy Days start but never knew all the details of his specific start in the Mork & Mindy show. I think to see him at Juilliard would have been such a great experience! Oh… to be a fly on the wall, as they say. I think I would have loved to see Mr. Williams do Shakespeare…… what a treat that would be !!

  • @SPRPhilly
    @SPRPhilly Рік тому +6

    I haven't started to watch this and I don't know if I can. There was always something about Robin Williams that spoke to me in a way that impacted me on a very deep level. My first real exposure to him was Mork and Mindy, whenever that came out. I would've been around ten years old. At some point, the era around Comic Relief then into Dead Poet's Society and Good Morning Vietnam probably, I became very aware that there was something about Robin Williams that was really familiar. I was fascinated by the fact that such an outrageous persona could be molded into such deep and meaningful characters without losing the Robin Williams undercurrent. I don't know if that makes any sense, I'm just doing a chain of thought thing. What Dreams May Come, The Fisher King (a beautiful performance), Toys (remember Toys?), hell, even Hook were performances that communicated something to me that I just can't put my finger on but is really familiar. And then comes Good Will Hunting. And dontchya know, his speech to Matt Damon on that park bench? I lost my wife to cancer coming up on 9 years ago. We lived just outside of Boston. It's a scene I still won't watch to this day. I didn't even like his stand up all that much, but I understood completely what made him what he was. I am very similar - minus the success and all that success entails. It's still like a punch in the gut when I see stuff like this, and I struggle to watch. I miss Robin Williams.

  • @moejaime2654
    @moejaime2654 2 роки тому +6

    I MISS YOU ROBIN YOU WERE ONE OF THE GREATS OF COMEDY !

  • @stevendavid5370
    @stevendavid5370 2 роки тому +5

    I miss him so much. So funny and wise at the same time. He genuine in his caring about people.

  • @davidoswald5749
    @davidoswald5749 Рік тому

    One of a kind person, we will never have another Robin Williams, or even close to what he was, I reckon.

  • @Topspin89
    @Topspin89 2 роки тому +3

    It's so adorable at 15:30 the way he giggles when he hears the interviewer start to laugh at the Mort Sahl joke about the drunk claiming he can satisfy a woman. You see the sweetness and kindness in his eyes there.

  • @Gamzor
    @Gamzor Рік тому +1

    Robin is looking great lately. Nice to see him healthy.

  • @marshakenne8847
    @marshakenne8847 3 роки тому +13

    He's such a Great Talent

  • @lionheartroar3104
    @lionheartroar3104 2 роки тому +10

    I miss Robin as if he were family. Amazing on and off the screen.

  • @anthonygray2671
    @anthonygray2671 2 роки тому +3

    I really enjoy his sense of humour 😄 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @retf054ewte3
    @retf054ewte3 7 місяців тому +1

    everybody loved him, and loves now 😪

  • @bartman898
    @bartman898 2 роки тому +4

    Mr. Williams and Mr. Winters gave me permission to do and say crazy things to make people laugh.....there is nothing better than someone saying to you "thank you I really needed a laugh."

  • @georgelien
    @georgelien Рік тому +1

    My favorite Entertainer period. I sure miss him.

  • @loveeveryone8057
    @loveeveryone8057 7 місяців тому

    I miss that wonderful actor....so grateful that he came to Earth to share his love

  • @lunaholiday8585
    @lunaholiday8585 Рік тому +2

    He says he left Juliard, but that’s not quite the case; he was told they couldn’t teach him anything else.
    That’s how good he was.

  • @michaelnerby8129
    @michaelnerby8129 3 роки тому +4

    Legend here 🙏🏻❤️

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 2 роки тому +3

    Rest in powerful peace my favorite celebrity and homie of all time Robin McLaurin Williams 🙏

  • @randall-king
    @randall-king 3 дні тому

    Great stuff!

  • @fridayman99
    @fridayman99 4 місяці тому

    So haunting to listen to Robin as he seems to be fading away. This was recorded in spring 2014, a few months before he passed away. He is deeply missed.

  • @DLCSTexas
    @DLCSTexas 2 роки тому +6

    I have what robin had - bipolar disorder. I didn’t know he had it years ago as I didn’t know I had it either. He sacrificed his life to get a laugh or if you want to say to make people laugh. I could look back on my life and his and saw the see-saw of mania (and racing thoughts) and depression. It lookEd like to me - when he wanted humor with quick whit and fast talking he would go off prescribed medication or his addicted drugs that would bring on his natural fast humor.like good morning viet nam.when he wanted drama he took the mood stabilizers and antipsychotic meds. This replacement of the missing natural dopamean brought him to sanity. He did it but that was not his favorite where the drugs we’re presiptated in the neurotransmitters. Most people with bipolar know the high and some like it better than sanity. Being high is funnier than the other. He manipulated this seesaw. It was the life he lived. You can’t say it’s why he died, but you can’t say that him messing with his brain resulting in the many things that were wrong with him when he died. I was misdiagnosed at 29. Found out the disorder at 32. From 32 to 45 had 15 episodes. The last one I caught in the middle of it, but I cycled all those years. Robin was playing patty cake with a serious mental illness. His speech in this interview -- he’s going in and out of humor and proper speech. He’s done it for so long you don’t know if he’s medicated or not. The Lewis body dementia (sp) causes suicide not the bipolar. And he had Parkinson’s. What in the world had happened to him at the end. Doctors probably know what happened to him, but this genius body and mind paid for his not following the rules of someone with mental illness way year s back. Look how good Britney Spears did with a family that abused her.she was probably all around the “yes” people but she handles her career. And tried really ha rd to love her children. Bipolar without stablelizing meds is Robin Williams. I loved him.

    • @joanbrenton8593
      @joanbrenton8593 2 роки тому +1

      Before we knew he had bi-polar disorder or was doing coke and what not, I felt the roller coaster when he was on late night talk shows. It was painful.

  • @8WeePawz
    @8WeePawz 2 роки тому +3

    Such smiling eyes

  • @timmc8444
    @timmc8444 2 роки тому +5

    Incredible talent

  • @vassa1972
    @vassa1972 3 роки тому +11

    Rip to Robin Williams and his family, he was great

    • @MeMe-pj8ve
      @MeMe-pj8ve 2 роки тому

      RIP to his family? They’re not dead yet.

    • @vassa1972
      @vassa1972 2 роки тому

      @@MeMe-pj8ve I said that because I'm now 49 years old and a stroke and cardiac arrest survivor myself was born with a whole in my heart

    • @vassa1972
      @vassa1972 2 роки тому

      @@MeMe-pj8ve sorry no offense

    • @MeMe-pj8ve
      @MeMe-pj8ve 2 роки тому

      @@vassa1972 what does that have to do with telling Robin Williams’ family to Rest In Peace? Again, they aren’t dead.

    • @vassa1972
      @vassa1972 2 роки тому +1

      @@MeMe-pj8ve nothing sorry I was just a fan of Robin Williams sorry

  • @pjbassman2253
    @pjbassman2253 2 роки тому +1

    We love you Robin.

  • @TheMonroemomma
    @TheMonroemomma 3 роки тому +6

    Would be nice to know the year this interview was recorded.

    • @TL-cc8kc
      @TL-cc8kc 2 роки тому

      He was in 3 episodes of this show and all episodes were released in 2014. So it was pobably recorded the previous year or 2014, the year he died.

  • @annademo
    @annademo 2 роки тому +4

    An absolute genius.

  • @lylewyant3356
    @lylewyant3356 2 роки тому +1

    Wearing the suit backwards was one of my most memorable scenes.

  • @davidk7575
    @davidk7575 2 роки тому +2

    My son did improv at University, great group of kids. No one as talented as Robin though, hyper - active brain!

  • @lelandfranklin3487
    @lelandfranklin3487 Рік тому +1

    I really miss him...he said at the end that he "didn't know how to be funny anymore." Sadly, he didn't need to be...we would have loved him anyway.

  • @andythrush3341
    @andythrush3341 3 роки тому +5

    Man, I miss Robin!

  • @matthewaronoff7539
    @matthewaronoff7539 2 роки тому +3

    rest in peace robin williams

  • @darrelkinney9856
    @darrelkinney9856 Рік тому

    Cool video I’ve seen some of his comedy videos, wild funny. Wish he was still here with us. We need a lot more laughter .

  • @FirstLast-cd6vv
    @FirstLast-cd6vv Рік тому

    When was this interview recorded?

  • @Ktjeeper79
    @Ktjeeper79 Рік тому

    Does anyone know the dates of these pieces? They’re so interesting to watch but, especially with those who have passed, I’m curious how soon before we lost them they were made. Thank you!

  • @ChristopherIGomes
    @ChristopherIGomes 2 роки тому +4

    RIP!!!

  • @kendramazzu2690
    @kendramazzu2690 6 місяців тому

    This man was the love of my life he just didn’t know it yet

  • @infinimetrical
    @infinimetrical 2 роки тому +1

    7:40 Awesome character! My name is Andrew. ;)

  • @trishacole3408
    @trishacole3408 2 роки тому

    We lost an awesome man but we still can hear him laugh!!!!

  • @TRIChuckles
    @TRIChuckles 2 роки тому

    As a large fan. I miss him badly. His family must be Devastated

  • @davecampbellknowledgeleader

    thx Robin

  • @kendramazzu2690
    @kendramazzu2690 6 місяців тому

    Does anyone know what day this was filmed specifically cause he died more than two years ago

  • @hadassah179
    @hadassah179 Рік тому

    what''s the difference between juliard and shakespearian training ?

  • @Mark.G475
    @Mark.G475 Рік тому

    I miss Robin Williams.

  • @johncronk3939
    @johncronk3939 2 роки тому +3

    Can you imagine what his IQ was? Off the charts

  • @BillyBoy442
    @BillyBoy442 6 місяців тому

    Offstage and off camera, Robin was less frenetic- mellowed out but still entertaining.

  • @cosasdekhufu
    @cosasdekhufu Рік тому

    even in trasformes they did it witha message the robot thats there with the family

  • @derekchin6403
    @derekchin6403 Рік тому

    God, we miss him.

  • @kenrowland7864
    @kenrowland7864 2 роки тому +6

    Wouldn't it be great if he were Still With Us? 😅🤔

  • @patguzman3132
    @patguzman3132 Рік тому

    What a mind

  • @nancyewald-vz6ld
    @nancyewald-vz6ld Рік тому

    Why did this brilliant genius have to leave this world.he still had so much to give esp. to sad and often depressed people .was better and longer lasting than any psychiatric med. I'd trade places within in a heartbeat as he was a cure to a terrible disease...nancygwenewald

  • @dj2bklyn
    @dj2bklyn 8 місяців тому

    He never mentioned I cant do it until I need glasses

  • @paulzammataro7185
    @paulzammataro7185 2 роки тому +1

    👍🏻👏🏻

  • @totalyouttacontrol
    @totalyouttacontrol 2 роки тому +2

    That was no nearly long enough. I think a hour would of been to short.

  • @oneail89
    @oneail89 Рік тому +1

    Anyone notice the random twitching of his shoulders ??.. Like Micheal J Fox does... So sad .. I miss you Robin 🥺

  • @ovrezy
    @ovrezy 3 роки тому +8

    He must’ve been horrified by Richard Pryors deterioration , I guess he didn’t want that for himself.

    • @paulzammataro7185
      @paulzammataro7185 2 роки тому

      There's a thing called Google, you oughta try using it!

  • @garybryson1900
    @garybryson1900 2 роки тому +1

    Funniest guy I've ever seen.

  • @ronwade2206
    @ronwade2206 6 місяців тому

    Sorry, Robyn is not a founder of television. We loved his work but it started in 1977, not 1947.

  • @HenryCasillas
    @HenryCasillas 2 роки тому

    ☮️

  • @ytugtbk
    @ytugtbk 9 днів тому

    Why are the Irish and Jews so funny?

  • @MRVISTA-wz7vj
    @MRVISTA-wz7vj Рік тому

    😮

  • @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13
    @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 Рік тому +1

    I wonder when this was recorded. If he was already aware of his illness, he certainly hid the symptoms and mental strain well.
    RIP Sir, you were one of the greatest to ever do it. The performance on Who's Line Is It Anyway is one of my top ten TV moments.

  • @fuqui035
    @fuqui035 7 місяців тому

    I saw him on a TV show I said to my wife this man has mental problems didn't take anything seriously always joking I told her that us not normal

  • @samlyons3552
    @samlyons3552 Рік тому

    Robin said He got lucky with More & Mindy.......sure ; He would of made it in any performing environment !

  • @jeffvannda1250
    @jeffvannda1250 Рік тому

    Pioneer,??? He was on an awful sitcom....he had nothing to do with being a pioneer of tv.. what a joky

  • @evanescapades2513
    @evanescapades2513 2 роки тому +1

    This man was also murdered... so sad ....

    • @Topspin89
      @Topspin89 2 роки тому

      No, he wasn't. He'd become very depressed in the last few months of his life and had already started saying goodbye to his close friends, like Billy Connolly and Billy Crystal. He lost the will to live after he felt himself deteriorating physically and mentally because of his neuro disease, and also he was devastated by the cancelation of "The Crazy Ones." And maybe there were also marital problems and all these things combined just pushed him over the edge. If there had been anything suspicious about the death, the investigators would have picked it up. He was found with a slit on one wrist and a bloody knife near his body. You don't think if his wife had tried murdering him that night that he would have made noise and someone would have heard?

    • @evanescapades2513
      @evanescapades2513 2 роки тому

      @@Topspin89 these days anybody mocking the elites, the democrats and speak truth, is a target for extinction. Please open ur mind to todays attack on freedom and its speech.

  • @allend2749
    @allend2749 2 роки тому

    why all the filthy language in the united states?

    • @jacklowe3429
      @jacklowe3429 2 роки тому +1

      It's nothing new. It happened in the 1980s, where films that featured the f-bomb were reclassified with R ratings, instead of NC-17.

    • @farrellmcnulty909
      @farrellmcnulty909 2 роки тому +1

      Because it's fun.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 Рік тому

      ​@@jacklowe3429 and have more freedom

  • @coolbluesman
    @coolbluesman 3 роки тому

    Had Williams voted in an Afghan election recently :D

  • @kendallevans4079
    @kendallevans4079 2 роки тому

    Unfortunately this man's sickness is on full display here.He just can't stop the "act"....

  • @artgarfunkelart2094
    @artgarfunkelart2094 Рік тому +1

    Superman and robbin

  • @artgarfunkelart2094
    @artgarfunkelart2094 Рік тому

    The greatest

  • @jessenone3708
    @jessenone3708 Рік тому

    didn't he commit suicide