Robin Williams

[ivor4781]

did anybody else find him "not funny",i never took to his type of humour

[ummmm]

50/50. The golf interview with Parkinson was classic.

[Sqad]

Well, I never considered him as a comedian, more of an actor.........particularly brilliant in Dead Poet's Society.

[Ken4155]

One man's meat is another man's poison.

[ummmm]

I much preferred his serious films. Awakenings was really good.

[Jeza]

Did you see World's Greatest Dad. One of his lines was

"Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem"

Just wish he had remembered that.

[Mamyalynne]

I didn't like everything he did, there were times his manic side seemed very obvious and that could be uncomfortable to watch.

Such torment, so sad.

[ivor4781]

Mamyalynne
yes that exactly what i felt, he wasn't a bad actor (in my opinion) but a comic no,not for me

[mikey4444]

No, I found him to be one of the funniest stand ups that I have ever seen.

He was also a very good straight actor, which is surprisingly common amongst funny men. RIP.

[askyourgran]

I liked him, his comic timing was terrific, he was a good all round actor. But there always did seem to be the 'sad clown' about him.

[bibblebub]

his early stand-ups were marvellous, unequalled stream-of-consciousness comedy

[cecil39]

Loved him, may he rest in peace.
I wonder why no cure has been found for depression, is anyone even looking for one, not meaning it funny but it seems to be an illness no one can get their head around, yet its so widespread and so life threatening for those that suffer from it.

[Hypognosis]

@cecil39

//I wonder why no cure has been found for depression, //

Some organs have only one function and we know its inner working to the point of having machine analogues for them (eg kidney dialysis etc). The brain is so complex that we're only beginning to understand it and treat the conditions when it goes wrong.

//is anyone even looking for one//

Of course. Anti-depressant medications based on discoveries about brain chemistry have been on the market for around 50 years. Modern ones don't have the dependency side effects of the earlier ones. Development continues, in search of fewer of the milder side effects.

There have been folk remedies for a lot longer, of course but some controversy surrounds one particular herbal remedy which I don't want to snarl up this thread with.

[Dee Sa]

I did not find him funny, in fact a bit creepy to my mind, having said that may he RIP

[Brinjal]

Loved Mork. And thought he was brilliant in others. Didn't particularly like Mrs Doubtfire and a couple of other comedy's so 50/50 I guess.

[whirlyhurly]

Found him funny in"Mork and Mindy", but after that smug & tedious.

[ruthandsam]

Has anyone seen 'The Fisher King' which Robin starred in? One of my favourite films and perhaps the story line was closer to reality for him than I first thought.

If you've not seen it, it is a must see........

I always found him 'self absorbed' which I didn't like, however, he was an excellent actor. RIP.

[andy-hughes]

I adored him in Mork & Mindy. It was clear that he was improvising and riffing parts that were not scripted - a lot of that was lines that would only appeeal to, and be understood by adults watching, such as his (perfect) impression of Jack Nicholson.

Another example of that razor-sharp improv. skill was when he was given a line about how could an alien come to earth, to which his response was "How could an actor become President?"

I found his films mixed, but he was always varied, and pitched his acting to fit in with the roles he played.

I think his loss, like any loss to suicide, is a tragedy.

[viv38]

ruthandsam, I loved the Fisher King.

I also thought he was funny as well as a brilliant actor.

[emmie]

loved him from the off, Mork and Mindy a favourite and best stand up comedian ever seen, second would be Richard Pryor. Shocked at this news, somehow it was totally unexpected, allowing for the darker side of his illness,