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Oct. 6th, 2002
Legalized Insanity
Oct. 6th, 2002 06:07 pmThere's an interview show on here, Inside the Actor's Studio. They have an actor or performer on everyweek in front of an audience of drama school students, budding actors, directors etc. THis week it's Robin Williams' turn. Even now that he isn't coked to the eyeballs that man's mind just goes and goes and goes. No host has a hope in hell of keeping to a set agenda or finishing on time ("There will be a meal break") You just wind him up and let him go ... It took 5 minutes before he could even get to the first question, What is Legalized Insanity? (one non physical answer, sort of like voluntary Tourette's) I love Robin Williams, he just cracks me up. You can't really describe his comedy in words as so much of it is the tone of voice, the physical gestures but there are the one liners that always catch me off guard "I've got an honourary degree from Juilliard, it's kind of like a nerf vibrator!" (nerf is a soft spongy material)
I wonder how many hours of footage they shot to pare it down to just 2 hours which is actually unusual. IT's normally just 1. Yes, sometimes it comes across a bit forced but mainly he's one of the comic geniuses i think. And you figure he has to be that close to the edge most of the time along with, as most comedians i'm sure, very needy for attention. Never mind. I still love him!
At the end of the show all guests are asked the same set of questions:
What is your favourite word? Duwacka (certain bugs have it it's a combination of asshole and vagina, or so he says LOL)
What is your least favourite word? asshole (i think)
What turns you on? My wife's laugh
What turns you off? Violence toward children
What sound or noise do you love? (fart sound)
What sound to you hate: screeching of brakes
What would you do if you didn't do what you do? neurologist or theoretical physists
What profession would you not want to do? bomb tester
If Heaven exists, what would you like God to say to you when you reach Heaven? There's seating near the front... that there's laughter..
What is your favourite swear word? pussy
I wonder how many hours of footage they shot to pare it down to just 2 hours which is actually unusual. IT's normally just 1. Yes, sometimes it comes across a bit forced but mainly he's one of the comic geniuses i think. And you figure he has to be that close to the edge most of the time along with, as most comedians i'm sure, very needy for attention. Never mind. I still love him!
At the end of the show all guests are asked the same set of questions:
What is your favourite word? Duwacka (certain bugs have it it's a combination of asshole and vagina, or so he says LOL)
What is your least favourite word? asshole (i think)
What turns you on? My wife's laugh
What turns you off? Violence toward children
What sound or noise do you love? (fart sound)
What sound to you hate: screeching of brakes
What would you do if you didn't do what you do? neurologist or theoretical physists
What profession would you not want to do? bomb tester
If Heaven exists, what would you like God to say to you when you reach Heaven? There's seating near the front... that there's laughter..
What is your favourite swear word? pussy
