Terrible news. My favorite Robin Williams movie is Final Cut. It won't play the same anymore...
I was shocked and saddened by the news earlier in the day and I'm still thinking about it now. There are some celebrity deaths who affect me more than others, and Robin Williams was one of those.
One of the first shows I remember watching and loving growing up was Mork and Mindy. It was on Nick at Nite, along with Mr. Ed, and I would watch it with the family. Through the 90s, I would see him in some of my favorite movies growing up: Mrs. Doubtfire, Hook, Aladdin, Jumanji, and Good Will Hunting. I can't believe he's gone, and it does feel like a part of my childhood died too.
RIP Robin Williams, and thank you for the Laughs.
I also found out The Fisher King and The Birdcage were on Netflix. I've never seen either, and maybe one day I will finally see Dead Poets Society.
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
The arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Today I dug out all the Robin films I had on hand...Hook and Death to Smoochy will go over okay, but the other three I have are Bicentennial Man, World According to Garp, and What Dreams May Come. Spoiler alert, might be hard for a little while to watch the ones where he dies.Terrible news. My favorite Robin Williams movie is Final Cut. It won't play the same anymore...
Cracked just posted an excellent article titled "Robin Williams and Why Funny People Kill Themselves". I know it's Cracked, but this is a really good and emotional article.
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