Robin Williams Is Lightning Fast | Carson Tonight Show

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Original Airdate: February 06, 1986
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@cindyscott54 6 ай бұрын

Thank goodness someone at NBC/Carson had the good sense to zealously preserve ALL the Burbank studio master tapes... and make the effort to digitize them at better than SD quality. Heck, I don't think the actual over-the-air broadcast looked this good at the time. Thanks to the folks at Carson Ent for maintaining the collection & sharing them with the world.

@ghostshadow9046 6 ай бұрын

I can't remember i think the first 1 to 3 years got lost to water damage

@troynov1965 6 ай бұрын

I always watched Carson on my little Black and white tv in my bedroom in bed so all these look better than when i watched the original.

@cc1k435 6 ай бұрын

@@troynov1965I felt that. 😂

@siggylloyd3566 6 ай бұрын

Anyone with reel-to-reel in the 70s-90s know digital ain't got nothing on analog-to-tape.

@CaesarDarias 6 ай бұрын

@@ghostshadow9046I believe those years were not actually recorded.

@MikeDuryea32 6 ай бұрын

Two legends. I'm very thankful that I lived in their time. Simply the best!!!

@stdew07 6 ай бұрын

*There will never be another Robin Williams* 🥺❤❤

@airtek4809 2 ай бұрын

Nope

@danielbrown3461 Ай бұрын

Yes there will

@lindapressly4563 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the laughs and love

@carlc5748 27 күн бұрын

He was heavily inspired by Johnathan Winters, a wonderful master as well, I have a pic of my mom with him, taken at a NBC affiliates party from 1967, when my mom worked at Universal Studios.

@stdew07 27 күн бұрын

@@carlc5748 wow awesome. Thanks for sharing Sir 😊

@tonimoraful 6 ай бұрын

I just loved him. He was a wild child, and made me laugh so hard. May he rest in peace. 💖

@BAKER22-l4u 6 ай бұрын

It's just sad he couldn't make himself happy and laugh as well

@howardzdenek98 5 ай бұрын

Of course he was fast. Cocaine does that.

@jennifer86010 Ай бұрын

Notice Johnny Carson's face as Robin Williams animates jokes and funny voices. Carson is hanging on every syllable and mannerism of Williams, and he unconsciously starts to imitate Williams in every characterization. Johnny loved comedians, and he would often start to play along with them. Like dolphins swimming along side a speed boat.

@canuck64 4 ай бұрын

Johnny really loved Robin

@Denis468 Ай бұрын

It's been ten years since Robin left us. You would think that one of the stations would have a Robin Willams marathon every year on August 11th. 😥

@markoldham8696 Ай бұрын

Johnny Carson must have enjoyed having Robin Williams on his show and let him loose. I miss both of them.

@MG-sj1em 2 ай бұрын

I watched this with my 2 roomates the night it was on and was sick from laughing it was so funny and really out there for the time. Loved Robin, there will never be another like him or Johnny.

@avi8r66 5 ай бұрын

Robin was amazing. The world has been darker since he left us.

@mellow5123 5 ай бұрын

Johnny's reactions are priceless.

@garyolshan4177 Ай бұрын

you don't interview Robin Williams you unleash him

@cadetsmith27 6 ай бұрын

He was well informed and so quick going in and out of character that Johnny Carson could not keep up...genius!

@BrendanRWolfe 6 ай бұрын

This is why Johnny was the best host. He knew when to stay out of the way and let the guest speak. Or in the case of Robin Williams, knew when to let Robin run

@fritzcolburn 5 ай бұрын

Today it's just the "host" waiting on his next scripted bullet point on the card.Johnny, Letterman and Cavett, especially Cavett, would converse with the guests and most of the time have a genuine desire to hear what they had to say.

@carlosgonzalez2042 4 ай бұрын

Was noticing that as I watched...

@jenniferchristineberg-scha2279 4 ай бұрын

No talk about meeeee❤😂❤😂❤

@jenniferchristineberg-scha2279 4 ай бұрын

I dbldogma at cha!!!!! 😂😂😂🎉🎉

@user-db6mn9lm1h 3 ай бұрын

Amen 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@gerardjohnson2106 6 ай бұрын

TOTAL GENIUS. No one ever did or ever will come close to his brilliance. 👏👏

@drumbum3.142 6 ай бұрын

So... Yes. - He's Insanely Comedically Exquisite.. ... How is he however "Obviously" Superior to Mel Brooks, Mel Blanc, Buster Keaton, Carl Stalling; or Ernie Kovacs or Sid Ceasar ftm... ,? (?)

@Loveoldies50 6 ай бұрын

For one thing, though I like Mel Brooks, I found the others boring. I NEVER found Robin Williams anything but amazing. His mind moved so quickly, every conversation with him was entertaining. He was beyond comparison to any other comic, and a terrific seriously actor, too. He, truly, had no equal. I'm very glad I lived through his lifetime. And, I’m so happy we have all these clips to return to. I'm glad you liked the others. But, Robin had universal appeal.

@gerardjohnson2106 6 ай бұрын

@@Loveoldies50 Agreed

@omnipop4936 5 ай бұрын

@@drumbum3.142 Jonathan Winters has entered the chat.✅

@andriyurenov7215 Ай бұрын

@@Loveoldies50one can not say any better. Pure artistic genius and the best improvisation writer in the very same moment

@beaconhill421 21 күн бұрын

Johnny loved Robin so much. He would laugh so hard

@tonyw2136 5 ай бұрын

Johnny had his hands full, true legends

@T-Bone-bq1yg 6 ай бұрын

Legendary comic genius

@jenniferchristineberg-scha2279 4 ай бұрын

Clothes suitcase, who's clothes?

@jacklowe3429 4 ай бұрын

Christ, he was funny. He brought smiles and laughs to millions of people for so many years.

@joncerda351 6 ай бұрын

"I could either become a priest or go blind" LMAO!!!

@dhyde9207 6 ай бұрын

If you keep doing that you're going to go blind. I'm over here Dad.

@omnipop4936 5 ай бұрын

@@dhyde9207 Ba Dum Tss! 😄👏

@vickilanger1228 4 ай бұрын

There will never be another ROBIN WILLIAMS😥💓💓💓💓💓💓💓😥

@flashflame4952 5 ай бұрын

Every show that Carson had Robin on, Carson was laughing almost non-stop and who could blame him...Robin will always be my favorite comedian...

@jeffnaslund 5 ай бұрын

A literal explosion of talent and wit

@markbirchette8740 6 ай бұрын

L.I.P Laugh In Peace Robin 🙏

@user-db6mn9lm1h 3 ай бұрын

I could listen to Robin and Carson alllllll day♥️♥️♥️♥️💜💜💜💜

@TraitofSiNN727 6 ай бұрын

I suffer Bipolar and Robin Williams is my idol that helps me cure that illness. RiP Robin Williams.🖤💜

@user-db6mn9lm1h 3 ай бұрын

I am paraplegic due to MS and I could leave this would in the chair and feel JOY,LOVE AND LAUGHTER ENORMOUSLY

@fifthbusiness1678 2 ай бұрын

Really? If you are truly bipolar, watching Robin Williams could never be a cure. How could you possibly say such a thing? Ridiculous.

@TraitofSiNN727 2 ай бұрын

@@fifthbusiness1678 cause you will never know. look it up. and are you suffering from it if so I like to hear your story.

@karendagostino1953 Ай бұрын

He was so good. There hasn’t been anyone else but Robin❤❤😊

@ShawnDrymen 6 ай бұрын

The man who left too soon but left a lot behind for us to remember the brilliance of a troubled genius 😢

@ChristopherMillercruzthebest69 3 ай бұрын

To get Carson and Ed to laugh that hard....what a genius...Carson loved Robin!!!

@paulguzman1634 Ай бұрын

I thought that I had seen everything this incredible madman had done, knowing there was more out there and found this. Hands down the best image of the Genuis and the raw talent that was Robin Williams in his prime in my humble opinion. Thanks so much for posting this!!!:)

@joannhoppel8460 2 ай бұрын

I always loved watching him! He had the breadth to play any living thing!

@harryalpert8002 6 ай бұрын

i once saw sam kinison at the comedy store in hollywood. robin williams hopped up on the stage with him . . . ..pure glorious beautiful brilliant anarchy! God bless them both!

@BiffGreggle 29 күн бұрын

Damn, that has to be up there with the famous Elvis/Beatles jam session on the list of things we wish someone would've recorded.

@abornbuyer 5 ай бұрын

Johnny could probably just sit there and not say a word the entire time Robin is on the show and we would still be laughing hysterically! He is definitely one of a kind! No one comes close to Robin! RIP Robin you are missed so very much!

@gotheDLsummertour 3 ай бұрын

Maybe norm

@davidoickle1778 Ай бұрын

Robin Williams once said, "cocaine is God’s way of telling you you’re making too much money."

@jan-olofharnvall8760 5 ай бұрын

Thank G for the internet and KZfaq so he will always be here to pick me up when I feel down in the dumps 🥰

@minnesocold 6 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure Robin Williams can only keep up with Robin Williams.

@jacobbey1465 6 ай бұрын

I would have loved to have had Robin Williams, Don Rickles and Jim Carey together having a conversation about anything

@pamelacass9642 6 ай бұрын

Nope. Just Robin will do.😊

@ihatespam2 5 ай бұрын

They are all single spot light acts

@zoomix 6 ай бұрын

My uncle was a stand up comic and knew Robin personally before he was famous. He called us to watch his HBO special, it's the only time he's done anything like that. He knew he was going to be big.

@Sourpusscandy 6 ай бұрын

Nobody can make Johnny Carson laugh so hard!

@susiem44 6 ай бұрын

He laughed that way with Rodney Dangerfield, too.

@echoecho3108 6 ай бұрын

@@susiem44 And Richard Pryor. May they all, Johnny, Robin, Richard, and Rodney, rest in peace.

@UrsCurt12 5 ай бұрын

And he laughed hard with Joan Rivers too.

@michaelbrickett1046 4 ай бұрын

Well actually, there was one (1) other - Rodney Dangerfield. [He] would have "Johnny" in tears & his entire head on the desk, litterally!! 😂 If you get a chance - chk. it out...

@jenniferchristineberg-scha2279 4 ай бұрын

Seagulls are worse😊

@talkingrock7011 6 ай бұрын

Robin was a generational talent RIP you are a LEGEND

@markpar2 Ай бұрын

Time travel to 3 or more greats Lucy I lived in that time frame thanks for putting this up

@thegregariousrecluse 5 ай бұрын

The funniest man to ever grace humanity. Both of them.

@stevenshropshire5819 3 ай бұрын

I just imagine if Robin still living today on his take when both Trump & Biden's 2024's tours to election day. It would have been priceless!

@maggity1 11 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@patrickwinn6393 2 ай бұрын

I saw Steve Martin omn the Tonight Sjow - his FIRSt big gig. Curtains opened and there was Steve playing a banjo deadpan with an arrow through his head. At the interview, He kept the arrow and did not even break a smile. Carson was laughing so hard he could not do the interview and Ed McMahon was literally on the floor laughing and crying...

@suzannemeyer7271 14 күн бұрын

He was a GENIUS! SAW through all the BS of celebrities.

@stephaniehand503 4 ай бұрын

Robin Williams so great. Rest in peace.

@atbgaming8342 5 ай бұрын

The cat with the boom mic above him can't keep up.🤣

@rwnljn Күн бұрын

A cat is part of this? 😊

@mikesahle1193 Ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏 how did I miss this one ☝️ ❤and RIP 🪦 all I hope 🤞 next generation smile 😀 like I did 👋☮️

@brucemattes5015 2 ай бұрын

Don Rickles and Jonathan Winters were nearly as fast as Robin Williams, but neither had his overwhelming command of worldwide current events at their fingertips for instantaneous recall. He could imitate nearly any person who was a well-known public figure through his use of facial contortions, exaggerated body and hand language, and his ability to create so many different tonal frequencies across nearly the entire spectrum from bass to soprano. He made fun of everyone and everything and got away with saying things that other comedians probably didn't dare try to incorporate into their acts. I've always believed that he was so beloved by the LGBT community in spite of the tremendous fun he constantly poked at them because they understood that he truly didn't have a mean bone in his body. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall during his short time at Julliard. If he was 1/100th as exuberant at Julliard as he was later in life, then the teachers must have been having coniption fits trying to suppress that mania. *Robin Williams was truly unique.*

@chrisbrimhall1613 5 ай бұрын

Johnny knew when to let Robin just go

@jenacarruthers2993 6 ай бұрын

No one … could make u laugh like Robin; Johnny loved and Admired him … miss them both so much

@ihatespam2 5 ай бұрын

Johnny was trying to jump in… but he clearly loves Robin.

@Spenceham-km3nv 6 ай бұрын

can't anyone just clone Robin Williams back to life just like in the jurassic park movies

@LeebaKinseth 6 ай бұрын

A genius in so many ways. I miss Robin Williams and I miss Johnny Carson as well

@slammajamma5435 4 ай бұрын

I miss them both. Two wonderful entertainers and two very good people.

@joannhoppel8460 2 ай бұрын

So missed!😊

@cartoonpete407 6 ай бұрын

That machine gun of quick wit. People compare him with Johnny Winters who was Williams's inspiration, but Williams was waaaay faster, mastered the art. In a quick-quip race, Williams would have reached the finished line before Winters even started. May they both RIP.

@user-db6mn9lm1h 3 ай бұрын

Gotta watch Mrs Doubtfire about 10000000000 times and never get tired of his acting or ‘Good morning Vietnam “

@marcdavis2745 6 ай бұрын

Robin Was Something Else

@elvisfangirl9093 2 ай бұрын

I miss this show and robin

@frankdiponio710 4 ай бұрын

He simply made the most of his time as an entertainer each and everytime somewhere like this ….soo many movies I watch simply for his little or large roles

@IamKnucks 6 ай бұрын

I wonder if anybody knew at this point what a wonderful dramatic actor he would be.

@laurasimzyk8718 6 ай бұрын

Not sure what year this is, but they'd know if they had watched The World AccordingTo Garp.

@kenzierocks1240 6 ай бұрын

@@laurasimzyk8718A prior commenter stated he was one month old when this aired on 2/6/1986

@jenniferchristineberg-scha2279 4 ай бұрын

What ever happened to kudos oat bars? Eh?

@alanmoon7110 6 ай бұрын

I had the pleasure of meeting him, what a very kind man

@mangrove Ай бұрын

At the beginning, Robin mentions meeting "Danny" backstage. It was Danny Cooksey, who was on Different Strokes at the time.

@gregcantelli594 5 ай бұрын

He was a genius. My favorite was his bit on the invention of golf. He could get dirty but didn't have to.

@tolerance2024 Ай бұрын

Yup, the golf skit, made me fall over!

@Flyonlittlewing265 17 күн бұрын

Robin was amazing and I especially enjoyed the "darker" characters he played . He was so soulful and truly a talented actor . May he never be forgotten 🙏.

@jenniferchristineberg-scha2279 4 ай бұрын

Hey the gal pal in all of us is quite quietly resigned so.... Shine on YOU CRAZY DIAMOND!!!!!

@sasantaymourian2574 4 ай бұрын

Miss the two

@tygaclericuzio4130 6 ай бұрын

I miss Old America.

@mercerconsulting9728 6 ай бұрын

Me, too!

@jerrypadgett798 6 ай бұрын

I miss when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s. Them were some great times.🥺

@mercerconsulting9728 6 ай бұрын

@@jerrypadgett798from my perspective, I tend to think that America reached it's overall peak around 1963. After JFK was assassinated, we kinda lost our innocence and things started slowly shifting.

@gamernorcal 6 ай бұрын

@@mercerconsulting9728 truth

@EnviroDouglas 6 ай бұрын

“Cocaine is a helluva drug…” - Rick James

@sonrisa8775 6 ай бұрын

Sweet Angel. Keep resting in Eternal peace Mr.Williams

@BMWMTEAM1 6 ай бұрын

This Era is truly missed. Miss you Frank Miss you Don Miss you Johnny Miss you Dean Miss you Sammy Miss you Bob The times Are changing and these memories are still fresh

@inthemixx8664 6 ай бұрын

I was exactly a month old the night this aired and it's such an odd feeling to know that Robin Williams' magic was something that existed years before he came into my consciousness and how much I adored him like many of us once he did ❤

@jamespfitz 6 ай бұрын

Yes, this clip really IS all about you.

@jerrypadgett798 6 ай бұрын

I was just curious if you knew what the date was that this show aired?

@inthemixx8664 6 ай бұрын

@@jerrypadgett798 Sure, it was February 6, 1986.

@markdanielczyk944 6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Robin was so rapid fire, amazing! Miss him, Johnny and Ed!

@twentyfifthdui4717 6 ай бұрын

Can you image being a high school teacher with Robin in your class?

@jerrypadgett798 6 ай бұрын

Oh lord that would be something wouldn't it. Probably would have been best to just let Robin run the class while he was present lol.

@CLYMA1.5CHAINZ Ай бұрын

He is quick. We miss ya Robin ❤

@lindapressly4563 Ай бұрын

😢😢love you Q

@lyndacollins9678 21 күн бұрын

I love Robin Williams, and Johnny Carson had him on the show so many times. I know Johnny cracked up with Robin.😅

@WarriorMigs24 5 ай бұрын

So good

@Awesomes007 5 ай бұрын

Being manic bipolar can be like heaven. The brain can be so clear and so fast. It can also be a living hell.

@kenfoster3845 2 ай бұрын

A living hell when normal people are boring. Like a human being surrounded by monkeys.

@crackpipejoe3508 6 ай бұрын

Robin did a USO tour in the gulf in 05 and did not hold back. RIP Robin!!

@gingernickel1556 6 ай бұрын

He was the best!!!!!

@meanstreet81 6 ай бұрын

This is such a wonderful clip. I miss them both!

@rosemartinez1116 3 ай бұрын

I miss you Robin! I wish you were still around! I bet there's a lot of angels in heaven laughing their wings off!!

@bentleyraiford5188 5 ай бұрын

3:04 my favorite joke

@bobbylacy2374 6 ай бұрын

Robin Williams was pure genius. I had the honor to see him in the 80s and right before his heart attack. Can you imagine his material with Biden? 😂 You are missed, Robin! ❤

@dianeriebesehl8316 6 ай бұрын

And Trump!! It would be epic!

@lindaduncan7181 6 ай бұрын

@dianeriebesehl8316 one good thing about Robin was he didn't pick sides in his comedy, everyone was fair game. I started to say "pick sides politically," but that would be misspoken. He joked about everyone and everything, which is why he was so universally loved.

@Denis468 6 ай бұрын

Robin did talk about Trump and Biden. Search on KZfaq with Robin and Joe Biden and Robin with Donald Trump. Most of it was on his stage shows.

@lindaduncan7181 6 ай бұрын

@Denis468 yeah, but that's before either of them was president. Can you imagine what he would have thought seeing them in office?!

@biffhenderson1144 6 ай бұрын

Pure entertainment at its finest. I crave this today.

@Atman94 6 ай бұрын

I swear I'm gonna put 4:18 to 4:25 on a loop and use that as my ringtone 🤣

@user-qc2bq3pf8m 6 ай бұрын

Da great old days 4sure..😊

@waybackj 6 ай бұрын

Best of Times is a great football movie

@jerrypadgett798 6 ай бұрын

Yes I love that movie it's a good one

@Disciple793 6 ай бұрын

What an incredible actor and human being. I wonder if the brilliance of Robin Williams in his ability to adlib or improvise and his brain moving so fast had anything to do with developing Lewy body dementia? Just a thought.

@chriholt 6 ай бұрын

Either that or cocaine.

@tolerance2024 Ай бұрын

His comedy is his and coke usually slowed him down I just know the world is dimmer without him in it

@RoSR 6 ай бұрын

Was lightning fast..

@Sprucetroy69 4 ай бұрын

Robin Williams is a legendary comedian with a style and charisma all his own! 🙏GOD rest his beautiful soul. ♥️ His cocaine use also did add a lot of energy and improv to his live appearance's! 👍 That is just a fact. Robin....the world is a better place because of you! 👏😎♥️

@colinringrose5777 7 күн бұрын

One thing about Robin Williams is that he was always "on cue" whether he was happy or not.

@anthony-ju6qo 10 күн бұрын

Genius.

@jaywall3922 5 ай бұрын

I miss Robin Williams.

@beaconhill421 25 күн бұрын

He was a genius

@ctheflower7818 6 ай бұрын

Miss them all

@user-rq2ox6gs7p Ай бұрын

I like the way you said that you so silly

@colleenmarshall7274 6 ай бұрын

God bless them both. Kings in their universe!! And ours!😢

@jamesmaass8929 6 ай бұрын

God he was a talented man. So talented and so unhappy. I guess his brain was just wired differently vs the majority of us. Rip Sir. You will never be forgotten.