I don’t get it
April 27th, 2006What exactly is the appeal of Robin Williams and how has he managed to become rich and famous?
He’s spastic and quite stupid. I’ve wasted far more time than I care to admit watching him – in movies, TV shows and doing stand-up – and I cannot recall a single time that idiot made me laugh.
He’s ignorant, obnoxious, dumb and never, ever funny. Funny requires intelligence. He reminds me a lot of Jonathan Winters except that, on occasion, Winters was humorous.
Yet he has the nerve to mock the president, implying that George W. Bush is stupid.
I’m no fan of the current president and it frustrates me to no end that I keep finding myself defending him when I didn’t vote for him and don’t support most of what he’s done. But when Mork starts mocking him…
Is there anything besides the weather in Southern California that has any worth?
He’s furry. That’s enough to turn me off right away. But add that he’s crass and brash with too much bravado and he’s gone into the realm of the repulsive.
He was funny at first because he was different. But with a little examination, he reveals himself as a poor man’s Jonathon Winters.
Now, JW is/was funny.
Yes, there is something in Southern California that has immense worth. It’s Little Dif!
The whole manic thing was hilarious…in 1982. Now he’s just boring.
Did Microsoft come down hard on you or something? Your Microsoft rant is gone.
No, Eaglewood. Even if Microsoft did come at me, I wouldn’t back down. I took it down because there were people, whose opinions matter to me, that took it differently than I intended it. Also, it not only could be, but was, misconstrued. I take all of the blame.
It was written in frustration and after rereading it, I realized that it was over the top of the obnoxious peak, even for me.
I’ll never stop criticizing Microsoft and I’ll be ruthless with them. But that post was, quite unintentionally, offensive to decent people that matter to me.
Incidentally, in over 15 months blogging and nearly 375 posts, that is the first time I’ve ever removed one. There have been many I’ve regretted and a few of them could actually cause me legal problems. I’ve never removed them. My general philosophy is, “Once you publish, it cannot be unpublished.” But this was different. It was personal.
I’ve enjoyed a movie or two that Robin Williams was in – Hook and Aladdin come to mind. Of course, as with many actors, I don’t want to hear of him or from him aside from his work in well-written movies.
He’s not funny, he was a spectacle. Like seeing an epileptic have a grand mal seizure. Or maybe someone with Tourette’s Syndrome.
Somehow he cashed in on that and became a brand name in entertainment.
Perhaps you have not seen his golf routine. http://myjokemail.com/videos/Golf.shtml