(Steven Martin) are you sure that
(Robin William) do you see that?
(Steven Martin) So far…
(Robin Williams) No carry on.
(Audience Laughter)
(Steve Martin) I interrupted you.
(Robin Williams) On the contrary.
(Steve Martin) Ceremonious ape.
(Robin Williams) Punk choice pig.
(Steve Martin) Finish your phrase I tell you.
(Robin Williams) Finish your own.
(Steve Martin) Moron.
(Robin Williams) That’s the idea! Let’s abuse each other!
(Audience Laughter)
(Steve Martin) Moron.
(Robin Williams) Vermin.
(Steve Martin) Abortion.
(Robin Williams) Scorpion.
(Steve Martin) Sewer rat.
(Robin Williams) Cuent.
(Steve Martin) Cretin.
(Robin Williams) Critic.
(Audience laughter)
(Steve Martin) Oh…
(Steve Martin) When I read the play
when Mike first suggested that we might do this
and I went back and read the play,
I realized, I mean I saw it as a comedy
. I mean I thought there were great, smart, high, and low laughs, in the play
and they must be served almost first
because the language of the play takes care of itself
The structure of the play takes care of itself,
but the comedy won’t take care of itself unless it’s delivered.
(Robin Williams) Well what do we do now?
(Steve Martin) While waiting.
(Robin Williams) While waiting.
(Steve Martin) We could do our exercise.
(Robin Williams) Our movements!
(Steve Martin) Our elevation.
(Audience laughter)
(Steven Martin) Our relaxation
(both) oh oh oh ah
(Steven Martin) Our elongation
(Steven Martin) Our relaxation
(both) oh oh oh ah
(Steven Martin) we on the top
(Robin Williams) We calm down
(Steven Martin) Here we go
(Audience laughter)
(Robin Williams) Ugh, that's enough of that I'm tired
(Steven Martin) We're not in form,
what about a little deep breathing
(Robin Williams) I'm tired of breathing
(Steven Martin) you're right,
lets just do the Tree for the balance
The Tree
Your turn
(Robin Williams) Dear God, feed me
(Steven Martin) You must close your eyes
(Robin Williams) God have pity on me
(Steven Martin) And me
(Robin Williams) On me, on me, pity on me
(Bill Irwin) of course I see the play
having done the role Lucky, I see the play from
the lucky point of view.
The speech, I'm sure is somewhere, the whole thing is somewhere in my memory
We'll just see how much I can remember, "Given the existence as I heard forth
in the public works of Puncher and Whatman,
of a personal God, cwock, cwock cwock
with a white beard cwock, cwock cwock
outside time, without extension, who from the heights of divine apatheia,
devine athambia, devine aphasia loves us dearly, with some exceptions
for reasons unknown, but time will tell,
and sufferers like the divine Miranda, with those who for reasons unknown
but time will tell, are plunged in torment, plunged in fire
whose fire flames if that continues, and who can doubt it will.
fire the firmament that is to say, blast hell to heaven,
so blue still and calm, so calm with a calm which even
though intermittent is better than nothing
but not so fast and considering.