RIP Robin Williams

jr/shotglass · Aug 12, 2014

Steak Snabler said:

I quit following Norm MacDonald on Twitter months ago because I got tired of him live-tweeting golf without irony, but this series of tweets about Robin Williams was pretty good:

http://uproxx.com/webculture/2014/08/norm-macdonald-told-a-wonderful-robin-williams-story-on-twitter-that-sums-up-everyones-loss/
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No Norm fan, but that collection of tweets got to me for sure.

And ... I watched Death to Smoochy today. Again. Third time.

outofplace · Aug 12, 2014

jr/shotglass said:

Steak Snabler said:

I quit following Norm MacDonald on Twitter months ago because I got tired of him live-tweeting golf without irony, but this series of tweets about Robin Williams was pretty good:

http://uproxx.com/webculture/2014/08/norm-macdonald-told-a-wonderful-robin-williams-story-on-twitter-that-sums-up-everyones-loss/
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No Norm fan, but that collection of tweets got to me for sure.

And ... I watched Death to Smoochy today. Again. Third time.
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I'm no fan of MacDonald, either, but that was worth reading.

As to the other bit, take it where it belongs.

Songbird · Dec 15, 2014

USA Wrestling FB page: The wrestling community is saddened by the passing of actor/comedian Robin Williams, who competed in wrestling as a youth.

https://www.facebook.com/usawrestling/photos/a.381367182404.159585.112918477404/10152252574622405/?type=1&theater

3_Octave_Fart · Aug 12, 2014

http://samuel-warde.com/2014/08/rush-limbaugh-exploits-robin-williams/

LIMBAUGH: So our last caller from Des Plaines, Illinois, wanted to know, “What is the politics in the coverage of the suicide of Robin Williams?” Well, I believe there is some. But I don’t think that the politics is driving it. I think there was, on the part of media and Hollywood, genuine affection for the guy that is driving it, but there is politics. If you notice the coverage is focused on how much he had, but it wasn’t enough. “He had everything, everything that you would think would make you happy. But it didn’t.” Now, what is the left’s worldview in general? What is it? If you had to attach not a philosophy but an attitude to a leftist worldview, it’s one of pessimism and darkness, sadness. They’re never happy, are they? They’re always angry about something. No matter what they get, they’re always angry. They are animated in large part by the false promises of America, because the promises of America are not for everyone, as we see each and every day. I mean, right here there’s a story Fox News website. Do you know, it says right here, that the real reasons that Robin Williams killed himself are he was embarrassed at having to take television roles after a sterling movie career. He had to take movie roles that were beneath him, sequels and so forth, and he finally had to do television just to get a paycheck because he was in so much financial distress. He’d had some divorces that ripped up his net worth, and he had a big ranch in Napa that he couldn’t afford any longer and had to put up for sale, and a house in Tiburon that he couldn’t afford anymore. This is all what’s in the Fox News story. He had it all, but he had nothing. He made everybody else laugh but was miserable inside. I mean, it fits a certain picture, or a certain image that the left has. Talk about low expectations and general unhappiness and so forth. Right here it says that one the contributing factors to Robin Williams deciding to kill himself was “survivor’s guilt.” It’s in the headline. I read that and I thought, “Survivor’s guilt? What? What survivor’s guilt? What?” So I read it, and it turns out that three of his closest friends, the story says — Christopher Reeve, John Belushi, and Andy Kaufman… The source, unnamed in the story, said that Robin Williams felt guilty that he was still alive while his three friends had died young and much earlier than he had. He could never get over the guilt that they died and he didn’t.” Audio: Media Matters
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Starman · Aug 12, 2014

Perfectly predictable.

The moral: Maybe suicide prevention isn't always a good thing.

3_Octave_Fart · Aug 12, 2014

The Westboro folks will be next.

BitterYoungMatador2 · Aug 13, 2014

3_Octave_Fart said:

http://samuel-warde.com/2014/08/rush-limbaugh-exploits-robin-williams/

LIMBAUGH: So our last caller from Des Plaines, Illinois, wanted to know, What is the politics in the coverage of the suicide of Robin Williams? Well, I believe there is some. But I dont think that the politics is driving it. I think there was, on the part of media and Hollywood, genuine affection for the guy that is driving it, but there is politics. If you notice the coverage is focused on how much he had, but it wasnt enough. He had everything, everything that you would think would make you happy. But it didnt. Now, what is the lefts worldview in general? What is it? If you had to attach not a philosophy but an attitude to a leftist worldview, its one of pessimism and darkness, sadness. Theyre never happy, are they? Theyre always angry about something. No matter what they get, theyre always angry. They are animated in large part by the false promises of America, because the promises of America are not for everyone, as we see each and every day. I mean, right here theres a story Fox News website. Do you know, it says right here, that the real reasons that Robin Williams killed himself are he was embarrassed at having to take television roles after a sterling movie career. He had to take movie roles that were beneath him, sequels and so forth, and he finally had to do television just to get a paycheck because he was in so much financial distress. Hed had some divorces that ripped up his net worth, and he had a big ranch in Napa that he couldnt afford any longer and had to put up for sale, and a house in Tiburon that he couldnt afford anymore. This is all whats in the Fox News story. He had it all, but he had nothing. He made everybody else laugh but was miserable inside. I mean, it fits a certain picture, or a certain image that the left has. Talk about low expectations and general unhappiness and so forth. Right here it says that one the contributing factors to Robin Williams deciding to kill himself was survivors guilt. Its in the headline. I read that and I thought, Survivors guilt? What? What survivors guilt? What? So I read it, and it turns out that three of his closest friends, the story says Christopher Reeve, John Belushi, and Andy Kaufman The source, unnamed in the story, said that Robin Williams felt guilty that he was still alive while his three friends had died young and much earlier than he had. He could never get over the guilt that they died and he didnt. Audio: Media Matters
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Ahh, I see he is using Howard Stern's playbook....from 1990. Stern was just way better at it and did it in a time slot when people other than pensioneers listened.

RecoveringJournalist · Aug 13, 2014

For all the crazy shit that Limbaugh says, I don't see anything there that really registers.

Williams also had a brother who died in 2007 from the same heart ailment that he had. That's some survivor's guilt as well.

On the Maron podcast, he talked about Kaufmann, but said he only had one real conversation with him, when he wasn't in character. It didn't sound like they were super close. One of his best friends was Bobcat Goldthwait (sp?).

Songbird · Dec 15, 2014

Daily News memo?

@BuzzFeedAndrew 24m
Daily News memo on Robin Williams is, uh, wow. http://jimromenesko.com/2014/08/13/nydn-memo-be-sure-to-start-your-robin-williams-stories-with-words-like-death-dead-suicide-etc/ …

jr/shotglass · Aug 13, 2014

Meh. That's online journalism as we know it. I've become numb to it.

BitterYoungMatador2 · Dec 15, 2014

Songbird said:

Daily News memo?

@BuzzFeedAndrew 24m
Daily News memo on Robin Williams is, uh, wow. http://jimromenesko.com/2014/08/13/nydn-memo-be-sure-to-start-your-robin-williams-stories-with-words-like-death-dead-suicide-etc/ …

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Damn right "wow."

I thought staff pats on the back went out of style with defined benefit pensions.

dooley_womack1 · Aug 13, 2014

3_Octave_Fart said:

http://samuel-warde.com/2014/08/rush-limbaugh-exploits-robin-williams/

LIMBAUGH: So our last caller from Des Plaines, Illinois, wanted to know, “What is the politics in the coverage of the suicide of Robin Williams?” Well, I believe there is some. But I don’t think that the politics is driving it. I think there was, on the part of media and Hollywood, genuine affection for the guy that is driving it, but there is politics. If you notice the coverage is focused on how much he had, but it wasn’t enough. “He had everything, everything that you would think would make you happy. But it didn’t.” Now, what is the left’s worldview in general? What is it? If you had to attach not a philosophy but an attitude to a leftist worldview, it’s one of pessimism and darkness, sadness. They’re never happy, are they? They’re always angry about something. No matter what they get, they’re always angry. They are animated in large part by the false promises of America, because the promises of America are not for everyone, as we see each and every day. I mean, right here there’s a story Fox News website. Do you know, it says right here, that the real reasons that Robin Williams killed himself are he was embarrassed at having to take television roles after a sterling movie career. He had to take movie roles that were beneath him, sequels and so forth, and he finally had to do television just to get a paycheck because he was in so much financial distress. He’d had some divorces that ripped up his net worth, and he had a big ranch in Napa that he couldn’t afford any longer and had to put up for sale, and a house in Tiburon that he couldn’t afford anymore. This is all what’s in the Fox News story. He had it all, but he had nothing. He made everybody else laugh but was miserable inside. I mean, it fits a certain picture, or a certain image that the left has. Talk about low expectations and general unhappiness and so forth. Right here it says that one the contributing factors to Robin Williams deciding to kill himself was “survivor’s guilt.” It’s in the headline. I read that and I thought, “Survivor’s guilt? What? What survivor’s guilt? What?” So I read it, and it turns out that three of his closest friends, the story says — Christopher Reeve, John Belushi, and Andy Kaufman… The source, unnamed in the story, said that Robin Williams felt guilty that he was still alive while his three friends had died young and much earlier than he had. He could never get over the guilt that they died and he didn’t.” Audio: Media Matters
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It always gets back to "Hollywood: Bad. Me: Playing With Own Snot."

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