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Here's RW's last tweet from 31 July -- (link) - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:05
What? What???? noooooooooooooooooooooooo -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 17:01
Vin Diesel as Black Bolt? -- (link) - Beaker Aug 11, 17:01 2
- he better not be paid by the line :) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 17:14
- c'mon, Inhumans movie!....nm - x Aug 11, 17:04
Damn. Letterman is in repeats all week. He always helps me say goodbye to great comedians. -- nm - GregW Aug 11, 16:57
I've decided I really like having the mussels appetizer for my -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 16:57 4
- Sfek - my meal - it's the perfect amount. -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 16:58 3
  - Sorry - I posted before reading the board everyone. I can't stop crying. This is so wrong and so horribly sad. -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 17:08 2
    - Don't cry, you can get more mussels -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 17:09 1
      - I'm just in shock- I just can't believe he felt that hopeless ... to end this way - I just don't want to believe it you know? -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 17:17
Hearing that manner of death was asphixation -- nm - zork Aug 11, 16:57 11
- That is the suspicion, pending investigation by the Marin County Sherriff -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 17:03
- Wouldn't sitting in the garage with the motor running officially be that? -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 17:03 1
  - don't know. that's carbon monoxide poisoning. Not sure if they would call that asphyxation. - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:03
- I've only personally heard of one person who committed suicide that way. He was my chemistry TA in college. - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:00 6
  - helium'll do it...nm - x Aug 11, 17:02 5
    - it must be hanging this time, right? this is what I'm thinking -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:09 3
      - How about we not speculate? He is dead, by his own hand. That's enough to know isn't it? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 17:11 2
        
        I'm sorry. it helps me to know. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:12 1
        
        Hugs, then. He was one of my favorite entertainers -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 17:17
    - true. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:03
- oh shit. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:57
Happy Birthday Meg!!! -- nm - .... Aug 11, 16:56
OH: "And yet we still have Adam Sandler." "Don't forget Pauly Shore!" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 16:54 5
- I keep trying to foroget Pauly Shore. -- nm - .... Aug 11, 16:55 4
  - i watched almost a full half hour of biodome recently....nm - x Aug 11, 16:57 2
    - Nooooooooo - .... Aug 11, 17:01 1
      - tho'.... - .... Aug 11, 17:11
  - Why's that, buuuuuuddy? -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 11, 16:57
Oh no. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 16:52 1
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Wow. almost all of the trends on twitter are Robin Williams related. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:46 15
- i have my trends set to japan so they're mostly in kanji and i can't read 'em and one of them is still "robin williams"...nm - x Aug 11, 16:56 4
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    - *clasps hands in triumph*....nm - x Aug 11, 17:10
    - One of those who gets his stock trades in ahead of the NYSE open -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 17:01 1
      - *shorts Mrs Doubtfire 2 -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 17:27
- I have news tweets from across the world about it. Says a lot. -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 16:51 1
  - and as usual, when i saw the first tweet about it, ST was minutes ahead -- nm - marcel Aug 11, 16:54
- It's a testament to the ubiquity of his career. Not many people are that all encompassing. -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 16:50
- He was part of people's childhoods, across generations. - Kim Pine Aug 11, 16:49 3
  - lots of great stuff for adults as well. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:52 2
    - Of course, but as Amber Benson said, "I feel like part of my childhood died." -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 11, 16:52 1
      - oh I know. I was just thinking, not many actors who made great movies for so many age groups. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:53
- make that all of the trends -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:48
- Who is Robin Williams? -- nm - Twitter Aug 11, 16:47 1
  - "I've stabbed myself with a pencil! Aah!" -- nm - Celebrity Jeopardy si Aug 11, 16:48
posted 2 months ago on her Instagram account...nice picture of Zelda Williams w/Robin -- (link) - Remlik Aug 11, 16:44
This is small, but sorta important (to me): I appreciate that this (apparently) wasn't leaked as rumor in the first couple of hours after. - ty97 Aug 11, 16:39 4
- Yes, that was nearly as shocking as the news itself. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 16:43
- I agree. Sounds like there weren't any loose lips among whoever showed up at the scene. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:41 2
  - Or loose thumbs -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 16:51 1
    - loose thumbs flap gums -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 16:54
Susan Schneider, wife of Robin Williams, issues statement -- (link) - Broot Aug 11, 16:38
Just heard. So tragic. I saw him perform live once, in about 2002. He was amazing. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 16:37
I know this pales in comparison with the other news, but it's my busy season and our most important spreadsheet was turned into a Rube Goldberg. - spamlet Aug 11, 16:33 4
- And none of the prior year workpapers were used. NONE. And there's no detail on anything. - spamlet Aug 11, 16:41
- you're gonna need 200' of rope, 4 bowling balls, a high velocity fan, and a '53 Nash convertable :) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 16:35 2
  - a merry-go-round, a chicken, a typewritter, and a shopping cart -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:37 1
    - 4 slices of bacon...can't forget the bacon -- nm - BAD Aug 11, 16:41
Thanks to one and all for the birthday wishes......and Mel......... - Meg Aug 11, 16:24 5
- happy birthday, Meg. :) -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:36
- happy happy joy joy -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 16:36
- but one day a wad of chewing gum will be the one thing you need to rescue yourself -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:36 1
  - Dammit Bond, that's an explosive!!! -- nm - Q Aug 11, 16:36
- Happy birthday, milady! -- nm - David Aug 11, 16:28
Steve Martin reaction to Robin Williams news -- (link) - Broot Aug 11, 16:21 1
- that one hurts -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:22
I'll do it. Favorite Robin Williams movie. I'm going with Dead Poets. - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:21 47
- lots of good choices -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 17:15
- GWH, Aladdin, and a smaller role: Dead Again -- nm - Beaker Aug 11, 16:57
- It's so hard to choose. It's a toss-up between GWH, Aladdin and (yeah, I'll say it) Death to Smoochy. -- nm - kelly Aug 11, 16:55 1
  - Smoochy is hilarious. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 16:57
- I love that there are so many good choices here, and they're all right answers. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 11, 16:48 2
  - it's true. What an amazing body of work. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:54
  - And because I haven't seen it mentioned here yet: What Dreams May Come. Just have the tissues ready. You'll need the whole box. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 11, 16:50
- dont know about favorite movie, but his episode of inside the actors studio from last 10+ years ago - Truman Aug 11, 16:45
- GMV followed by GWH - J Aug 11, 16:38
- Probably Garp. Though recently he was really good in World's Greatest Dad. nm - Dignan Aug 11, 16:37
- Moscow on the Hudson for funny, Insomnia for creepy -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:34
- Easily. I nearly became a teacher. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 16:31 2
  - In drag? -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 16:31 1
    - What happens on my time off is my business. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 16:34
- Don't hate, but I have to say Jumanji. I was 9 when it came out, and I loved every second of it. I love GWH/GMV, but this still holds a special place -- nm - MDH Aug 11, 16:27 5
  - Childhood and formative memories certainly play a major role. I was probably 12 or 13 at the time I saw GMV. - ty97 Aug 11, 16:29
  - fun film. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 16:28
  - I said "favorite" on purpose, instead of best. :) -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:28 2
    - Word. "Favorite" is a judgment-free zone, IMO - con_carne Aug 11, 16:30 1
      - exactly. Best starts arguments. Favorite is all your own. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:30
- Dead Poets for me. -- nm - Jelly Aug 11, 16:27
- The World According to Garp -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 16:26 2
  - This. - Star-Lord Aug 11, 16:55 1
    - me too ... can't stop .. -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 17:22
- One Hour Photo - it really showed a totally other - creepy - side -- nm - marcel Aug 11, 16:26 3
  - He was spectacular in both this and Insomnia. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 16:31 2
    - differnt kind of role, but in Fisher King he broke my heart. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:31 1
      - Love that movie. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 16:38
- The World According To Garp - Inigo Aug 11, 16:25 1
  - I'm flying. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 17:11
- GWH. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 16:25 1
  - duhhhh... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 11, 16:25
- Good Morning Vietnam -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 16:25
- Aladdin. - TWuG Aug 11, 16:24 2
  - I second Aladdin. I also liked him in Awakenings and Nine Months. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 16:28 1
    - and of course Mrs Doubtfire was great, but I'd probably rather re-watch Aladdin more. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 16:29
- Good Morning Vietnam -- nm - David Aug 11, 16:23 6
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    - truth -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:26
    - I'll differ (slightly). There are probably a few other actors who could have done it and well. But not the same. - ty97 Aug 11, 16:26
  - he was terrific in that. perfect role for him -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 16:24 2
    - GWH is probably a better movie but GMV is the perfect role for him as well as a more significant film. -- nm - David Aug 11, 16:26 1
      - agree. without GMV he doesn't have a Hollywood career. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 16:28
- Good Will Hunting..... - Remlik Aug 11, 16:22 1
  - love that one too -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:23
- Popeye. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 11, 16:21 1
  - i love him in popeye....nm - x Aug 11, 16:50
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I don't know about you guys, but in RW's dramatic roles, I always had the feeling he was drawing from genuine deep pathos. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:18 4
- I think that was plain to see, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 16:26
- a lot of comics have that. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 16:19 2
  - Comedy is tragedy plus time -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 16:20
  - exactly. They became comics for a reason. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:19
Robin William Oscar acceptance speech -- (link) - ty97 Aug 11, 16:18 [youtube]
Royals snagged Josh Willingham from the Twins -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 16:12
Dammt. Just dammit. Screw depression. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 16:12 12
- John Stamos reacts as John Stamos -- (link) - Broot Aug 11, 16:15
- Marin Sheriff website offline -- (link) - Broot Aug 11, 16:14
- my totally unmedical opinion. I always thought he was bipolar. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:13 9
  - guess it's almost a necessity to be unbalanced(insert other words) for people to become famous -- nm - marcel Aug 11, 16:19 3
    - Comedians don't have a good emotional track record. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:19 2
      - or painters, singers, .. -- nm - marcel Aug 11, 16:24 1
        
        Painters are totally sane, balanced, and fine. - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:27
  - A lot of drug addicts are self medicators sadly. -- nm - droidlet Aug 11, 16:18 2
    - And I don't mean drug addicts as a pejorative but it came out wrong. -- nm - droidlet Aug 11, 16:18 1
      - I get what you meant and totally agree. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:19
  - And tgat's just depression that takes the occassional vacation. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 16:14 1
    - well the manic part isn't fun either (or so I've been told) -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:15
Mork and Mindy is probably the earliest sitcom I remember - ty97 Aug 11, 16:12 9
- I wore out my tape of his A Night At The Met stand-up. So sad. -- nm - Inigo Aug 11, 16:21
- Wacky, but I watched -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 16:18 1
  - Hey, I was 4 or 5. Wacky worked :) -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 16:23
- It's the first prime-time show I remember as being must-see TV. - Kim Pine Aug 11, 16:17
- that was a spin off from Happy Daze -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:16 4
  - how many spinoffs did Happy Days have? Laverne & Shirley, Joanie Loves Chachi -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:17 3
    - Happy Days was a spinoff -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 16:38 1
      - Indeed, of Love American Style -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 11, 16:44
    - there were two others but barely relevent, I suspect clever studio guys would have a character introduced on HD before premering the new show -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:24
shazz bot -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:11
QV peeps you have some things you can attend to on BOP and Yahoo -- nm - rollo Aug 11, 16:10 1
- ugh..... blurst?! -- nm - rollo Aug 11, 16:11

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