Slog - Comments on "Where Funny Goes to Die" http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die The venerable Radar on "the long, sad decline of Robin Williams." Sing it, sister.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:21:25 -0800 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:17:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe You'd think running into Adrian! would have sparked some magical hilarity back into his life (and how!). Unfortunately for Robin Williams, you can't get back what you never truly had.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762821 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762821 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:39:11 -0800 Comment by brandon wait - robin williams used to be funny?

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762839 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762839 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:56:38 -0800 Comment by Prospero Movies have never been the place for Williams. He's still very, very funny onstage.

]]> Prospero http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762840 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762840 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:58:51 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Re #3: Not if the stage in question is at the Oscars, or Emmys, or Golden Globes, or any other stage Williams is horrifyingly willing to fill with his psychotic unfunniness given the slightest opening...

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762847 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762847 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:04:37 -0800 Comment by yup
Yes, #3 is right. The mistake was getting into the movies in the first place. (However, I really liked Good Morning, Vietnam and the Fisher King.)

I saw his 1987 stand-up piece in 1987 and couldn't believe how funny it was. I was gasping for breath the entire time. I really wish he had stuck with stand-up or more serious movies rather than comedies, like Tom Hanks.

]]> yup http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762853 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762853 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:11:28 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger It has been sad to see Robin Williams implode. His stand up used to be FUNNY!!!! Movies, not so much. He needs to retire for a few years and see if he can get his edge back.

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762854 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762854 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:16:23 -0800 Comment by Kotter Williams is on the same downward spiral as John Travolta, who was huge in the 70s but started making poor movie choices in the 80s (Look Who's Talking, Perfect, etc). Tarantino briefly resurrected his career with Pulp Fiction but Travolta has once again shown a propensity to go towards mediocre to bad movies (Battleship Earth, Ladder 49, etc).

And what's this on Imdb? Williams and Travolta starring together in a upcoming movie called Old Dogs. The plot:

"Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside down when strange circumstances lead to them being placed in the care of 7-year-old twins."

Sounds like a real winner.

]]> Kotter http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762875 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762875 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:35:50 -0800 Comment by yeah
Yeah, it's fun to beat up on Robin Williams because he's had so many bad movies. However, I'm sure he just likes working and since they keep hiring him, he'll keep taking the jobs. Of course, I haven't seen any of those bad movies so perhaps that is why I'm more forgiving.

]]> yeah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762878 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762878 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:38:33 -0800 Comment by lostboy Williams has had just enough moments of greatness to make it painfully to see him in bomb after bomb after bomb, movies so tired and bankrupt that they would be dreck no matter who starred.

Reminds me of Harrison Ford, actually. Here's hoping that next summer's Indiana Jones sequel doesn't suck the way the Star Wars prequels did. =/

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762889 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:42:23 -0800 Comment by Gabriel It seems there's a myth going around that despite his awful movies, he's actually a great stand-up. He's not. He used to do a lot of coke and would do his motor-mouth train-of-though schtick, and now he does a lame straight impression of the schtick.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762966 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762966 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:59:28 -0800 Comment by Gitai There's nothing wrong with Robin Williams' comedy that a few eight balls of coke wouldn't cure.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762970 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762970 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:04:03 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Heh, Schmader, "psychotic unfunniness".

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762987 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c762987 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:20:10 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew How about "Mrs. Doubtfire 2: Robin Williams Pays the Mortgage."

Sure to be an instant classic.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c763001 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c763001 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:31:15 -0800 Comment by ellarosa ah but no one remembers his one truly good performance in a movie: the doctor in "awakenings." touching, spot on, subtle, NOT A HUMOROUS ROLE, but a sweet one.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c763041 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c763041 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:01:52 -0800 Comment by misrule Silly boys; everything is worth what someone will pay for it. Have you been shopping lately?

]]> misrule http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c763043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c763043 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:02:57 -0800 Comment by Aexia Jim Carrey on In Living Color had a spot-on brutal impression of Robin Williams' propensity for spazzing out and taking over things at the slightest provocation.

]]> Aexia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c763076 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c763076 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:38:41 -0800 Comment by sheila I loved Robin Williams in Mork from Ork, you cynical irony-mongers! Loved him, do you hear me?

]]> sheila http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c763286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c763286 Life Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:18:32 -0800 Comment by Dono Toys - It was genius.

]]> Dono http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c765206 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/where_funny_goes_to_die#c765206 Life Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:17:30 -0800