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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.01,0:00:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.42,0:00:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Letterman) Thank you, \NI guess a lot of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.26,0:00:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of us, have been \Nthinking about Robin Williams.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.18,0:00:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe we found out a week ago\Nthat he had died.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.29,0:00:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many things come to mind \Nin a situation like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.37,0:00:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, of course, more questions are \Nraised than can possibly be answered,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.65,0:00:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I started reflecting about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.59,0:00:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew Robin Williams for 38 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.75,0:00:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,38 years, which, in and of itself, \Nis crazy how time...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.97,0:00:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.66,0:00:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I met him at The Comedy Store.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.18,0:00:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He and I were kids, along with myself\Nand Jay Leno, and Tom Dreesen
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.29,0:00:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Tim Thomerson, and Johnny Dark,\Nand Elayne Boosler,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.66,0:00:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on and on, and Jimmy Walker.\NAnd we were all out there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.46,0:00:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at The Comedy Store and we wanted\Nto make people laugh.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.36,0:01:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanted to get on the Tonight show,\Nwe wanted something because
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.64,0:01:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all felt that we were funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.89,0:01:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days, we were working\Nfor free drinks--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.46,0:01:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some were working \Nfor more free drinks than others.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.25,0:01:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.87,0:01:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you would go on stage,\Nand then you would do your little skits,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.75,0:01:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you would come off stage,\Nand if there was a new guy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.73,0:01:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming on, you'd want to stick around\Nand make fun of the new guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.79,0:01:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}(man) Sure.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.92,0:01:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we were all worried\Nthat somebody else is coming in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.11,0:01:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's really funny, and then we'll have\Nto go back, in my case, to Indiana.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.01,0:01:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- {\i1}Yes.{\i0}\N- (laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.82,0:01:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can remember the night\Nmy friend George Miller
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.02,0:01:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I, who was a very funny comic,\Nand was on this show many times,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.67,0:01:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were at The Comedy Store\Nand they introduced Robin Williams.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.11,0:01:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, for some reason,\Nin the beginning he was
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.54,0:01:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,introduced as being from Scotland.\NThey said he was Scottish.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.70,0:01:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now we're stumped.\NWe don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.00,0:02:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a Scottish guy, really,\Ncoming to the United States?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.16,0:02:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were feeling pretty smug\Nabout our position right away
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.54,0:02:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's gonna be haggis\Nand that kind of crap.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.96,0:02:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.86,0:02:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're relaxed.\NWe're ready to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.02,0:02:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, all of a sudden,\Nhe comes up on stage
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.54,0:02:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know what it is.\NIt's like nothing we had
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.61,0:02:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever seen before.\NNothing we had ever imagined before.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.06,0:02:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd go home at night and are writing\Nour little jokes about stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.28,0:02:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this guy comes in \Nand we're like morning dew.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.74,0:02:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- He comes in like a hurricane.\N- {\i1}Yeah.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.68,0:02:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now the longer he was on stage,\Nthe worse we feel about ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.33,0:02:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.41,0:02:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because it's not stopping!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.78,0:02:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he finishes and I thought,\N"Well, that's it. They're gonna have
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.41,0:02:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put an end to show business\Nbecause what could happen after this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.07,0:02:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we get to see this\Nnight after night after night,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.22,0:03:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we didn't approach him\Nbecause we were afraid of him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.18,0:03:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honest to God. \NYou though, "Holy crap!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.04,0:03:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There goes my chance at show business\Nbecause of this guy from Scotland."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.90,0:03:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.06,0:03:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, like shot out of a cannon,\Nhe goes and he's on the Happy Day's show.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.60,0:03:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then from the Happy Day's show, \Nhe gets to be on Mork and Mindy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.89,0:03:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there's some structure to his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.71,0:03:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not at The Comedy Store every night\Nbecause he's got an actual job.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.92,0:03:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.19,0:03:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the rest of us can pretend \Nthat it never happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.99,0:03:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.86,0:03:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, yet then, he goes from Mork and Mindy,\Nand then he starts making movie
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.42,0:03:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after movie after movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.04,0:03:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's nominated four times\Nfor an Academy Award.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.79,0:03:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it wasn't really until Paul and I \Nstarted the NBC version of this show,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.43,0:03:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, by the way, \Nis still running in Mexico--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.37,0:03:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- {\i1}It is.{\i0}\N- (laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.04,0:03:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very popular.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.54,0:04:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.43,0:04:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it wasn't until then that I\Ngot to really know Robin Williams
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.41,0:04:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he would come on\Nto promote movies,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.12,0:04:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or concerts or whatever \Nhe was talking about,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.53,0:04:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was always so gracious,\Nand we would talk about the old times.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.42,0:04:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never did he act like, \N"Oh, I knew you guys were scared
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.26,0:04:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was so good."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.52,0:04:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was just a pleasure to know the guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.18,0:04:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was a gentleman and delightful,\Nand even in the old days,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.29,0:04:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was kind enough to ask me\Nto appear on his Mork and Mindy show.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.34,0:04:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is a double edged sword.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.28,0:04:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.48,0:04:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he did it only \Nbecause he was trying
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.68,0:04:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help other fledgling, \Nstarting out comics.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.37,0:04:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- {\i1}Makes sense.{\i0}\N- Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.87,0:04:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other side of the sword is I have \Nno business being on that show.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.74,0:04:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't...I have no business \Nbeing on this show.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.64,0:05:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter and applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.42,0:05:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he gave me a job!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.80,0:05:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days, \Njobs were hard to come by,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.70,0:05:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there I was, and I \Nwas on Mork and Mindy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.62,0:05:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can remember between\Nthe dress rehearsal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.44,0:05:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the actual taping of the show,\Nthe director of the program,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.60,0:05:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Howard...Howard...Howard Shore--\N- {\i1}Howard Storm.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.73,0:05:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Storm. Howard Storm comes up to me\Nand he says, "Well, you've been trying
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.74,0:05:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all week, so this is your last chance."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.88,0:05:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (laughter)\N- Oh.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.86,0:05:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even to the detriment of the show,\NRobin was kind enough to invite
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.53,0:05:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me to come on because he thought,\N"Why can't I spread this around
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.34,0:05:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have some of my friends\Nshare in my success?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.34,0:05:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is exactly what he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.92,0:05:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He then was on our show,\Nthis show and the old show,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.79,0:05:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- a total of merely 50 times.\N- {\i1}A total of 50 times?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.68,0:05:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- 50 times. 50 times.\N- (applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.60,0:06:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two things would happen\Nbecause Robin was on the program.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.86,0:06:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- One: I didn't have to do anything.\N- {\i1}Yes.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.33,0:06:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.97,0:06:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I had to do was sit here\Nand watch the machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.00,0:06:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Yeah.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.40,0:06:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two: People would watch.\NIf they know Robin was on the show,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.51,0:06:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the viewership would go up\Nbecause they wanted to see Robin.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.35,0:06:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, believe me, that wasn't \Njust true of television.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.15,0:06:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that was true \Nof the kind of guy he was.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.92,0:06:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were drawn to him\Nbecause of this electricity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.50,0:06:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever it was he radiated,\Nthat propelled him and powered him.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.55,0:06:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he came back \Nafter my heart surgery,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.41,0:06:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Robin was nice enough \Nto come on that night
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.11,0:06:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was very, very funny\Nand very, very appropriate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.87,0:06:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is a picture \Nthat I will now cherish,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.40,0:07:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even more than I had previously.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.52,0:07:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- There are four people right there.\N- {\i1}Wow.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.68,0:07:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two of which wildly funny, \Ninsanely funny. Two are not.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.26,0:07:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter and applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.90,0:07:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Letterman) The handsome woman\Nthere is Mitzi Shore.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.79,0:07:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She owned The Comedy Store.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.67,0:07:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all, the three of us, worked there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.69,0:07:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Robin and I, it'd be \Nsafe to say,we started there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.94,0:07:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Richard Prior was already Richard Prior,\Nbut he would work there
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.89,0:07:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the guy in the middle,\NI trimmed hedges.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.30,0:07:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.71,0:07:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- So we would like to--\N- (applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.77,0:07:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We put together a segment \Nof Robin William's appearances,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.66,0:08:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and moreover, more than anything,\Nit will make you laugh
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.26,0:08:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, really, that's what we\Nshould take from this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.32,0:08:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could make you laugh \Nunder any circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.01,0:08:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Here he is on our show.\N- (applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.71,0:08:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's from the Gandhi on Ice collection!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.00,0:08:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.06,0:08:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, god, how you doin', Mr. Williams?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.50,0:08:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, Mrs. Doubtfire is very funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.93,0:08:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you're much more attractive\Nas an older woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.17,0:08:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.61,0:08:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Letterman) Hold 'em! Hold 'em!\N- Okay, I got 'em. I GOT 'EM!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.18,0:08:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Alright!\N- (Williams) TAKE IT EASY, DAMMIT!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.54,0:08:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Our next--\N- It's my first day on the job!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.19,0:08:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aren't you glad you didn't \Nsee this in the surgery?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.58,0:08:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- "Hey, Dave! It's me!"\N- (laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.67,0:08:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Take it's gonna be real funny.\N- (laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.23,0:08:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you had a television show,\NMork and Mindy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.32,0:08:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Nice.\N- And the producers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.94,0:08:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for some unknown reason,\Ninvited me for a little thing on the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.93,0:08:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- That's right! You played a--\N- I've never seen anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.64,0:08:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not bringing myself \Nto watch it until tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.69,0:09:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- You have it here?!\N- (laughter and cheering)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.39,0:09:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody has stolen my Rolls-Royce!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.87,0:09:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, don't worry, Ellsworth.\NLosing your Rolls-Royce is a concept.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.32,0:09:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Getting it back is a reality.\N- {\i1}(laughter){\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.65,0:09:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing when you win the Academy Award,\Nyou have about a week
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.22,0:09:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where everyone's like, \N"Hey, Good Will Hunting! Way to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.18,0:09:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good Will Hunting, \NAcademy Award. Way to go."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.10,0:09:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And two weeks later, it's like,\N"Hey, Mork! How are ya'?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.22,0:09:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.82,0:09:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(reflective music)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.61,0:09:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.76,0:09:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God bless you, my friend!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.45,0:09:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(reflective music)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.95,0:09:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.14,0:09:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh my, that's...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.64,0:09:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.27,0:10:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I will add here is\Nbeyond being a very talented man,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.32,0:10:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a good friend,\Nand a gentleman,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.01,0:10:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am sorry, like everybody else,\NI had no idea that the man
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.46,0:10:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was in pain, that the man was suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.21,0:10:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what a guy.\NRobin Williams.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.67,0:10:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We'll be right back, ladies and gentlemen.\N- (applause)