I am deeply saddened by the passing of Robin Williams. I was born in the late 70's and grew up in the 80's so, from reruns of
Mork and Mindy,
Live at the Met, and
Comic Relief to
Good Morning Vietnam, The Fisher King, and
Goodwill Hunting, he has been an ever present ingredient in my own voracious pop-culture diet. Some of you may know that I do stand up and, while I can't say that I pattern myself on him in any way (mostly because I
can't), to say that he in no way influenced my sense of humor or love of comedy would be a complete falsehood.
There have been many far more eloquent tributes and insights over the last couple of days, so I'll leave it at that but here are a couple that I found particularly insightful.
This article examines what it was like to do improv with the man and
here Norm Macdonald recalls what it was like for him meeting the funniest man in the world.
I leave you with
this, my all-time favorite Robin Williams bit.
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