Posts tagged Robin Williams
Joel Radio #134: Gallagher is Busy
Aug 28th
One of the most fascinating times in the history of stand-up comedy was the 1979 strike at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Joel and Corey are well read on the history of the strike, but were too young to have any first-hand knowledge. So this week, when a vintage list of all the phone numbers of all the big future stars that participated in the strike found its way into the hands of your hosts, they couldn’t help but to call. Would Jay Leno answer? Any chance Garry Shandling picks up? Has Elaine Boosler changed her number? Listen as the guys find out for themselves. Later, their joined by Ken Sevara, a friend and fellow comic who lived through the strike, joins the show to share his memories of that time, gives his advice to comedians and shares his memories of Robin Williams. It’s a great, insightful interview with someone who lived through comedy’s golden age and lived to tell about it. Also, Joel gets another ten seconds of screen-time in a major motion picture – even though it’s awful, The Emmys become a “cool kids” clique party, Joel impresses a TV star, and The Simpsons get ruined again, this time in a whole new way. Plus, goodbye to Chelsea Lately, a show neither Joel nor Corey nor anyone with a penis actually watched.
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Comedian Ken Sevara, and the list of all the strike participants from 1979 (click here for full size)
Joel Radio #133: So Long, Robin Williams
Aug 14th
There’s tragedy everywhere on this week’s Joel Radio. Robin Williams passed away this week and Joel and Corey have their memories of his amazing career, including Corey’s interview with him on a movie junket, and Joel being mocked by Robin on a podcast just a few years ago. The guys also recap his stand-up and movie work from the brilliant The World According to Garp and The Fisher King to later misfires like Flubber and Bicentennial Man. While lauding his wit and creativity, the guys also discuss Robin’s well-documented joke thievery – a fact, but still overshadowed by his tremendous success and personal largesse. The also discuss depression, Joel’s personal stories about the affliction and why it’s too simplistic to say that all comedians are depressed. Also, hear Joel’s awful story about a high-school screening of Dead Poet’s Society and why he’ll never see the movie the same way again. Plus, Joel and much of Metro Detroit are affected by recent floods, John Tenney calls in to promote that he’ll soon have something to promote, the internet changes stand-up comedy, and finally some respect for the ladies of The View – well, some of them anyway.
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Joel Radio #105: Mork Mocks Me
Apr 18th
Joel’s secret life as ICP’s Upchuck tha Clown has gotten more bizarre as the years have gone by. This time the weirdness is brought to you by Robin Williams, Community creator Dan Harmon and Bobcat Goldthwait. Not unlike the clip from show #103 , Bobcat did a podcast appearance, this time on Dan Harmon’s Harmontown. Bobcat recaps his Gathering of the Juggalos experience, the violence that befell Joel, all the while Robin does his best Upchuck impersonation and Dan speculates on Upchuck’s potential autobiography. It’s funny stuff like this that Joel and ICP themselves take as an honor. Corey doesn’t feel the same, however, thinking they’re mocking Joel and the debate that follows is most certainly the most heated talk two men have ever had about clowns, cans of soda and a guy named Bobcat. Also, Corey is back from his cross-country road trip, find out where the most boring place in America is, the state of motel cable TV and where strip clubs are banned and where they flourish. Plus, Joel and Corey’s movie and Blu-ray round-up, as G.I. Joe returns, The Replacements get documented, and Joel watches a movie just for his favorite hot actress. This sparks the guys’ ridiculous lists of movie crushes past, present and future. and those are some lists – some sad, pervy lists.
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We’re guessing Robin looked like something like this doing his Upchuck impression
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