Alex Edelman just served us all another great stand-up set on Conan that showcases Edelman’s knack for weaving sharp writing and imagination together.
Indeed, Alex talks about two heroes, though, it’s almost up to you to decide if it’s any pairing of Coco the Gorilla, Robin Williams, Michael Collins, or Neil Armstrong.
Watch, enjoy, and decide the two heroes for yourself here.
It has been four years since Robin Williams, a legend not just in comedy, but entertainment as a whole, has sadly left us all when committing suicide in his home.
Robin’s career in comedy, TV, and movies was so vast that there are undoubtedly multiple generations that primarily know him from his stand-up or Good Will Hunting or Mork and Mindy, etc. In any case, he left an unmistakable mark on pop culture and was a force to be reckoned with on stage and screen.
Marina Zenovich’s upcoming documentary Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind will attempt to present the man behind the legend with interviews from the likes of Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, Williams’ family, and more. From what we can tell, you might get a little choked up.
See a bit of it for yourself in the trailer, then look for Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind to premiere on HBO on Friday, July 13th.
This is taking place on Wednesday, August 3rd at 7PM at The Main Room of The Comedy Store. Admission is $20 or $50 including purchase of book in addition to 2 drink minimum.
Get more details and tickets here.
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A tunnel just North of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has not only been renamed in honor of the beloved comedian Robin Williams, but has a delightful rainbow painted in the arch at the entrance of the tunnel.
This seems fitting for the joy and color that he brought into people’s lives as well as Robin being a way to places beyond rainbows.
There are few guests on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee that go as far back with Jerry as Garry Shandling.
Pretty much every step of each their comedy careers was in sync from playing The Comedy Store to their own hit sitcoms. Thus, making a drive and a stroll down memory lane was pretty fantastic. This is actually one of the best episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Watch it all here.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
When Robin Williams tragically passed away earlier this year, he had already put in his work for several projects that were to be released at a later date.
One of those films was Merry Friggin’ Christmas, but it turns out, apparently, that the last role Williams took on before he passed was voicing a dog in the upcoming film “Absolutely Anything” from Monty Python’s Terry Jones.
While Orson Welles’ voice was oddly lent right before he died to the transforming planet Omicron in the animated Transformers movie, Robin Williams voicing a dog in a comedy seems much more fitting and will definitely be a thing to watch for when Absolutely Anything hits theaters.
While on The Tonight Show, Billy Crystal and Jimmy Fallon reminisce over the times they had with the late, but great Robin Williams.
Of course, they all revolve around Robin saying something hilarious, lightning quick. Watch the clip here.
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With several tributes done very close to the tragic passing of Robin Williams including ones from Conan, Fallon, Meyers, Letterman, and Billy Crystal, PBS will have their own one-hour tribute special to Williams, “Robin Williams Remembered”, airing next Tues. Sept. 9th at 9PM.
It’ll feature interviews with his closest friends and contemporaries and examine through his whole amazing career as a comedian and actor including the late Jonathan Winters.
Along with the announcing of the Emmy winners last night, The Primetime Emmys telecast had none other than Billy Crystal honor one of the now, late greats, Robin Williams and Weird Al Yankovic, who is continuing to have a banner year, add his own lyrics to the theme songs of Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Homeland, Scandal, and Modern Family.
It’s a good thing that these Emmys didn’t air on the same night as the MTV VMAs so we didn’t have to flip channels between this and Beyonce.
Throughout the storied history of David Letterman’s comedy career, Robin Williams has been around for most of it, all the way from The Comedy Store to appearing dozens of times on The Late Show and Letterman appearing on Mork and Mindy.
With Williams passing, Letterman, like all the other late night talk shows, did his own personal, heartfelt tribute to Robin. Watch it here.
With the tragic passing of Robin Williams this week, the world of late night would feel remiss if they didn’t collectively tip their hats to Williams.
Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers all put together a tribute on their respective shows featuring memorable past appearances of Williams. If you’re wondering why Letterman, Kimmel, The Daily Show, etc. aren’t doing the same, they’re simply not taping new episodes this week.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
As of this afternoon, comedian and actor Robin Williams passed away in his home in Tiburon, CA at the age of 63. The cause of death is currently under investigation, but suicide is suspected.
This news unfortunately comes just as Williams was starting to get back into performing stand up live, often dropping into intimate shows like Meltdown or innovative shows like Set List.
Legendary comedy troupe Monty Python is not only reuniting for a live stage show this summer, but they will also be getting together in a film by their very own Terry Jones entitled Absolutely Anything. They’ll be joining an already star-studded cast of Kate Beckinsale and Simon Pegg as well as Eddie Izzard and Robin Williams.
So, perhaps in 2014, Monty Python is making a full scale comeback?