[ojibweindian]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/03/31/ddish.DTL

Man, what a tool. Of course, I never thought he was hilarious, but he did have a few good movies out there.

[DeltaElite]

Robin watches CNN and reads the paper, he is well informed enough to be critical of international politics. :rolleyes:
Another moron in the entertainment industry.

[CZ-75]

from the same source, 3/25

MOORE 'DELIGHTED' WITH SPEECH RECEPTION

"Bowling For Columbine" director Michael Moore was delighted with the response to his anti-war speech when accepting an Oscar for best documentary.

Moore didn't think he was going to win the Oscar at the Sunday ceremony -- and thought he might remain silent if he did.

Before the awards he said, "I may say nothing -- just ask for a moment of silence and stand there for those 45 seconds."

But he's delighted he changed his mind. Despite a generally unimpressed reception from the audience, he labels the response to his outburst "wonderful."

He added, "The people that seemed to disagree with it all seemed to be in one section -- up in the balcony."




Obviously, those folks weren't the liberal elite he was trying to cater to, so they don't count. They were probably autoworkers from Flint, MI, etc.

:rolleyes:

[MJRW]

Just because he has a different opinion? That's his opinion, he's allowed to both have it and voice it. I personally encourage that. It isn't UnAmerican, it isn't treason. Raise the point about the cost of war so it can be discussed. If you think Bush is a nearly a dictator himself, go ahead and say something. And I agree partially on this terror alert level - which I call propaganda alert level - what are we supposed to do with it? He just gave a quick opinion and someone wrote about it. It isn't like he wrote an editorial in the Screen Actors Guild Monthly or whatever.

[Ol' Badger]

What a loser. He was never funny, just funny looking.:barf:

[Double Naught Spy]

So, do you think it would be more appropriate to contact William and tell him that he is on your S list? The significance of being on the list would undoubtedly be greater to him since he is on it.

If I get on it, just contact me directly.:D

[Joe Demko]

Robin watches CNN and reads the paper, he is well informed enough to be critical of international politics

How does this make him different from the vast majority of folks right here on this board?

[jsalcedo]

He is a cocaine addled Canadian loser who used to wear rainbow suspenders and say nanu nanu.

I'm really not too concerned. He is irrelevant.

[Greg L]

How does this make him different from the vast majority of folks right here on this board?

We watch Fox. :D

Greg

[braindead0]

He is a cocaine addled Canadian loser who used to wear rainbow suspenders and say nanu nanu.

I guess relevant enough to call him names?

[SaintofKillers]

Robin needs to stick to trying to make people laugh,(if you can do that by doing the same childish routine for the last 20 years) He doesnt know what Orange alert means? it seems pretty cut and dry to me. I bet he cant tell you what the red,yellow and green mean on a stop light either. Then again how would he know he probably gets driven everywhere and cant speak a out on anything without the aid of his publicist. Where did he go to school?? Yale? hARVARD?? doubt it I believe he is a high school drop out and a reformed drug addict, typical hollywood liberal.

[ACP230]

I have never been particularly impressed with Mr. Williams.

I am less impressed now.

[Blackhawk]

Nothing's different. He's been on mine for a LONG time....

[KMKeller]

What a loser. He was never funny, just funny looking.

Obviously you've never seen his stint on the history of golf... hilarous!

[DeltaElite]

How does this make him different from the vast majority of folks right here on this board?

It doesn't, that was my veiled point in my post. :D

As for geopolitics, no one here, including myself knows what they are talking about.
However, that won't stop us from talking. :p

[Russ]

If his career were on the upswing, he wouldn't be talking like that. As it is, he has enough money and can still get rolls to play so why not delude yourself into thinking you have a clue about war and politics. I just wish the papers and magazines would quit printing what these dunderheads say. It's no more important than my opinion and GW Bush didn't call me to ask about the war. Williams really is a gifted actor but I get so I can't stand to look at him now becuase he keeps shooting his mouth off.

[Shadowbat]

(pause, heavy sigh) I miss the days of "nano nano." (Yes, my spelling is correct, I read the Mork and Mindy comic book) But that does re-emphasize my opinion that entertainers should stick to entertaining. If you are a musician, shut up and play. If you are a singer, shut up and sing. Okay, maybe the lattter doesn't work but it is a good segue (also spelled correctly) to the next point.

Did anyone read the story on the same page about Madonna's newest video? Since when is a grenade a weapon of mass destruction?


Sincerely......Batty

[seeker_two]

He did get one thing right (@ our "Homeland Security")..

The message is so mixed: 'Be afraid, but not too afraid.'"

BTW, what is a good caliber to stop both Krishnas & sorbet?...:scrutiny:

[SDC]

I haven't been able to watch his stuff since I saw his bit on the NRA and "armour-piercing bullets". People who don't know squat about guns or ammo go away from that s*** thinking he's telling the truth.

[geegee]

Robin Williams became annoying to me years ago. I began to notice that whenever he appeared live, whether being interviewed or doing a stand up routine, he couldn't talk for more than three minutes without making personal attacks on either conservatives or Christians. Add that to his over-the-top, manic, physical routines, and I'm looking for the remote.

What I find most interesting about him is this. In addition to his traits I've already mentioned, one of his favorite groups to parody (if not just plain attack), is the Southern redneck-trailer park-hick. Give him a couple of minutes and he takes off, mimicking what he thinks all Southerners sound like, and displaying a person he believes typifies anyone who lives in the South. I watched him perform part of this shtick (on TV news) when he was shown at a Democratic National Committee fund raiser for Al Gore.

The really funny part of this to me is that it's got to be just a little bit insulting (if not downright uncomfortable) to be a Southern Democrat, and sit in an audience where everyone is laughing at one of the worst stereotypes there is, i.e. the Southern Redneck. All the while having to realize that the folks who control your party (the Northern Elites) believe you, and your family and friends are just like the parody Williams is performing onstage!

I grew up in the North (have zero desire to ever go back), and I'll tell you right now that to be a racial bigot and to be intolerant of other races and religions is not something found exclusively in the South, despite the stereotypes profferred by Robin Williams and other elitists. Yet that offensive humor is one example of bigotry that is more than palatable, it's encouraged. And not a single "open minded" liberal like Robin Williams ever gets it. :barf: geegee

[MeekandMild]

Even he must not think he's funny any more. The last 2 movies I saw were those where he played a pedophile/murderer and a stalker. Type casting?

[George Hill]

I prefer to call it my "Fecal Roster".

And yes, Robin Williams is on it too.

[longeyes]

Robin Williams is a smart, talented fellow (Juilliard grad) who is trying too hard. This is what undoes most of the entertainment set: the most important thing to them is getting attention and seeming clever or cool, so they will go for the cheap laugh or start fudging the facts or go for the easy, familiar, reliable targets.

[Don Gwinn]

Oh, come on. The guy is funny. He makes fun of absolutely everything in existence, much like the Simpsons. There's a difference between decrying bias and lacking a sense of humor. If you're listening to a man make fun of Jimmy Carter and still fuming about his liberal bias, you might consider checking the health of your own personal sense of humor.
Robin Williams is a funny man--possibly a bit less funny when he's not on coke. He has overdone the serious roles to his detriment, and he's not a geopolitical expert, but he's just another schmuck like you and I. And if millions of people would listen to what I think on important matters, I'd probably tell them too.

If people would just treat him like the pretty good comedian he is there'd be no need to listen slavishly to his speeches on national politics or to speculate on whether he's a pedophile. :rolleyes:

[Russ]

I have to admit, he really cracked me up when Ross Perot was running for President the first time. He began by impersonating Ross and then seamlessly went into a Walter Brennan impersonation.

If you don't know who Walter Brennan was, he was in hundreds of movies in the 30's through the 70's. Great character actor. If you saw him, you'd know who I was talking about.

Other than his comic act, Williams is not worth listening to.

[10-Ring]

I found him funny when I was younger (much younger!). I have grown very tired of those in the entertainment industry who find it their duty to tell us their POV :rolleyes:
Free speech is his right as well as my right not to listen to him when he speaks :fire:

[cool45auto]

I never went out of my way to see anything he did. Its his right to say those things, so be it. Whatever opinion of him comes from this he brought on himself.

[Sergeant Bob]

Since when is a grenade a weapon of mass destruction?
When it's sitting in your lap!:D

[bastiat]

Robin williams jumped the shark about 15 years ago. He can be mildly amusing...for about 2 minutes. Then it's just the same thing where you realize he could use massive doses of ritalin.

If I had to drive from new york to california with robin williams as a passenger, he'd be kicked out somewhere around the brooklyn bridge.

[MJRW]

Woah, all the Robin Williams career bashing going on. He's done extremely well in many parts:

1. Jack (yes!!!!)
2. Adventures of Baron von Munchausen (!!!!! yes to this one too)
3. Dead Poets Society
4. Aladdin
5. Toys
6. The Bird Cage (I bet alot of you freak about this, but he played his part fantastically)
7. Good Will Hunting

These alone would make him worthwhile. Then there are some great stand up routines. I mean GREAT. As a Frenchman: "Look at this, I'm giving a cigarette to a baby, f*%@ you, I don't care *long drag from cigarette*" I don't know why, but that is one of the funniest things I have seen in standup. I can't remember what it was from, but it was hilarious.

Let's not pretend he's inept or anything. He's really done some great stuff. And recently Insomnia he was excellent in and I hear One Hour Photo is great, too.

[Apple a Day]

I wasn't really impressed with his later standup routines. He's good at improv. The last "concert" footage I have seen him do, he spends 5 minutes ranting the liberal party line on politics and then spends 90 minutes talking about his genitalia or what he does with it. That gets old quickly.

[Monkeyleg]

It's been years since I've seen him do a standup routine, but when he did it was funny. Often coarse, but still funny. His mentor was Jonathon Winters, who was an absolute maniac, perhaps not just in the figurative sense.

That said, Williams is going to alienate a good portion of his audience, which is an idiotic move.

[seeker_two]

Since when is a grenade a weapon of mass destruction?

When it's sitting in your lap!

Don't you mean when you're sitting on it..:evil:

[gryphon]

I never did like Robin Williams. he's responsible for us loosing Belushi!! :cuss: :mad: :mad: :mad: :cuss:

[JoeSF]

Robin Williams tell jokes that other people make up. So?
He is still counting chads.

[bad_dad_brad]

Never cared much for Robin Williams. I don't watch his movies. I find him . . . irritating to the extreme.

What I can't figure out, is why did a class act like Johnny Carson liked him so much? But Johnny liked Bette Midler as well, and man, what is with that?

[twoblink]

He's a bad actor, who is a "sweat act".

Do you guys know what a "Sweat act" is? That is someone who makes stupid and funny faces and basically works himself up into a sweat to try to make you laugh. He is a Jim Carrey only less funny. He has ruined every movie with him in it.

He is irrelavant...

[DRC]

Hello to all,

Let me say this, after reading Robin Williams article I have to say there is no "there, there." He asked a few baited questions which are in the backs of many minds to begin with. It's called uncertainty. Now as to his remark about George Bush being a dictator? Well, since a democracy voted him into his now held position in a legitimate election with real results I believe that one could be argued against very easily.

What I find funny is that just the otherday my brother (a liberal, and no I'm not proud of that fact in the least ;) and I were talking about Rush Limbaugh and my brother says to me "Why doesn't Rush have someone like Robin Williams on his program? Someone who could challenge him intellectually?" Now I'm no expert on policy or all current events by any means, but Robin Williams challenging Rush Limbaughs intellect when it comes to what Rush does day in and day out? So after thinking about this for a few minutes (and serious thought was given to it I can assure you :) I thought that Rush would make mincemeat out of Robin.

When I told my brother this he said that was only because I would side with the issues Rush espoused because that is where my beliefs fall. I responded by saying this: If I'm wanting to here concise as well as legitimate ideologies and reports of current policy I will seek out Rush Limbaugh and his ilk or Fox News; if I wish to be comedically entertained via stand up or movies on fictional characters I will seek out Robin Williams and his ilk. Each person has an ability and with that ability they hone it as precisely as they can since it is what they do. I also pointed out that just because a person truly believes in an ideology does not automatically make them well versed in the matter and I also pointed out that he shouldn't mistake sofistication with intelligence. Needless to say my brother did not take this very well. He'll get over himself eventually though I'm sure :)

But over all I do believe that Robin Williams statements were the least abrasive of any liberal thus far, I also must point out that we should all note that Robin Williams is probably the most intelligent liberal out there if that's saying anything ;) To his credit he is a pretty knowledgeable person just not in any areas of current intrest.

Take care everyone,

Darris C.