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Robin Williams on Masks | Blank on Blank | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2014-12-02
- Category:Film & Animation
- Channel:Blank on Blank
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- description: “Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh. To make us realize we still are part animal.... So you don't take yourself seriously and destroy the species.” - Robin Williams in 1991, as told to Lawrence Grobel Comedian and actor Robin Williams died on August 11, 2014 at the age of 63. In tribute, we wanted to create an animated interview short that shed a light on both his brilliant, rapid-fire, comedic mind, as well as his sensitivity and concern for the world around him. We found the perfect outtakes--vintage Robin Williams--in two interviews recorded by Lawrence Grobel for a story he wrote for Playboy magazine in 1992. This Robin Williams episode begins with his predictions for what the world would be like in 2020 (30 years in the future from when this was recorded) and his own philosophy of why comedy is needed to help us not take ourselves too seriously. Remember, he said: “we still are part animal.” And then Robin Williams breaks down the comedy of sex and the universal faces people make during lovemaking. Classic. Needless to say, we loved animating the noises Robin Williams made. Finally he turns to the joys of having children and looks inward at his own shortcomings and, of course, being hairy. Enjoy, everybody. RIP, Robin. We miss you. ROBIN WILLIAMS QUOTES “The face you make when you have an orgasm… Everyone looks pretty fucking stupid” “You have to be more aware of the inner circle, the folks that matter." “You always want to make sure that everyone in the audience is all taken care of. That constant desire to please all the time. That can get you in some shit.” Get the interview backstory, GIFs and more @ http://blankonblank.org Subscribe for new episodes every other Tuesday (it's free): http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=blankonblank Executive Producer: David Gerlach Animator: Patrick Smith Audio Producer: Amy Drozdowska Watch our previous episodes: Wayne Coyne on Living with Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJXU7f0hI30 Maya Angelou on Con Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VybIJEA41yk Bette Davis on The Sexes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnTUyrxzWY Michael Jackson on Godliness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCa3Po7M_8 Jimi Hendrix on The Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK2lfs_uiwk Meryl Streep on Beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_T5dwnJuM Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osn8rjkPyYM David Bowie on Stardust http://youtu.be/lFIDXXDsxAo Gene Wilder on The Truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUW2POEjX4 John Lennon on Love http://youtu.be/DmvmnYEy9NY Johnny Cash on The Gospel http://youtu.be/ALGi0tcFCcw Heath Ledger on Role Playing http://youtu.be/qDRUzbAa6lI Tupac on Life and Death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x2FqX2YZws Kurt Cobain on Identity http://youtu.be/C1Z2BkZaOQc Janis Joplin on Rejection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdF4b1_LQnQ Barry White on Making Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmJIlqjYGkw Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvtgqJTVVhE Carol Burnett on Finding Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aixlc1DJZiE Grace Kelly on JFK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5EOuppHoTM Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power http://youtu.be/8Eskff0RUQ8 Beastie Boys on Being Stupid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4mx2P... David Foster Wallace on Ambition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5R8gd... Wilt Chamberlain on Tall Tales http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLiVn... Larry King on Getting Seduced http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yD8Pz... Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhszZ5...
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