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    A Mime at home irritates his roommate. Aired 02/11/84
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Комментарии • 293

  • @henryseldon6077
    @henryseldon6077 3 года назад +252

    "I could kill you right now, nobody would hear you scream!". Funniest line I've heard in a long time.

  • @michaelbarnhart2593
    @michaelbarnhart2593 3 года назад +67

    Robin Williams actually worked as a mime in NY's Central Park in the mid 1970's. The prime time player working with him here is Brad Hall, who is the husband of Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

    • @squatch545
      @squatch545 Год назад +2

      Ah.....thanks for the info. Appreciate it.

    • @FSid-mz6rd
      @FSid-mz6rd 6 месяцев назад +3

      Julia is there in the huddle at the end

    • @JamesQuinn-yw1dn
      @JamesQuinn-yw1dn 2 месяца назад

      It's been known since the 70s

  • @dancepiglover
    @dancepiglover 3 года назад +280

    Robbin Williams was so talented, he could play any genre.

    • @-null-null8857
      @-null-null8857 3 года назад +11

      He could play any genie

    • @alifakhrzadeh1544
      @alifakhrzadeh1544 2 года назад +5

      I realized there are two deceased people in this clip Robin Williams and Bob Saget RIP

    • @joseHernandez-xc4ix
      @joseHernandez-xc4ix 9 месяцев назад +2

      Robbin started out as a Mime in the New York Streets 😊😂

    • @jlafl9002
      @jlafl9002 9 месяцев назад +1

      Salut Robbin !

  • @sol.f
    @sol.f 3 года назад +159

    Kudos to the one who played opposite Williams. I imagine it was really hard to not break

    • @hongkongcantonese501
      @hongkongcantonese501 3 года назад +39

      Brad Hall, who ended up marrying his costar, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine from Seinfeld, Old Christine, Veep etc)

    • @veramae4098
      @veramae4098 8 месяцев назад

      My family went to a mall once and a mime was performing. To everyone's surprise my 6 year old niece became hysterical. We asked him to break character and he finally did, but while that helped, we finally had to just pick her up and go back to the car. At home, she slept for a while, then was fine.
      Anyone have the same experience? Anyone know why?

    • @johntucker9782
      @johntucker9782 8 месяцев назад +1

      Because mines are the worst?

    • @brianstorm5488
      @brianstorm5488 4 месяца назад

      Brad Hall didn’t break but I don’t think think he was much of a cast member or actor 🤨

  • @pauljtaylor8887
    @pauljtaylor8887 10 лет назад +353

    The best mime artist I've ever seen. A physical echo. Flawless. There was seemingly no end to this man's talents. This sketch should be on the syllabus of every performing arts academy.
    The world is a poorer place without you Robin Williams. X

    • @stranraerwal
      @stranraerwal 5 лет назад +5

      Paul J Taylor: ever heard of Marcel Marceau or Jean Louis Barrault ? Probably not, since you are an American !

    • @Andytlp
      @Andytlp 5 лет назад +8

      @@stranraerwal Williams was a jack of all trades and master of them all. Whereas other greats only excel at a few things at most. I wonder if constantly changing states of mind for the sake of acting led him to depression.

    • @dannydorko7075
      @dannydorko7075 3 года назад +2

      @@stranraerwal yeah i was going to say, he's probably only seen 1 mime in his life- robin

    • @ianmichalski7997
      @ianmichalski7997 3 года назад +5

      @@Andytlp He was not suicidal. He had lewy body dementia.

    • @Andytlp
      @Andytlp 3 года назад

      @@ianmichalski7997 oh

  • @michelinstarschallenger8626
    @michelinstarschallenger8626 5 лет назад +99

    And this amazing performance was live... crazy

    • @omegamon
      @omegamon 3 года назад +3

      on a saturday night too, no less

    • @evm6177
      @evm6177 3 года назад +3

      Nothing like reading a paper like there is NO NEWS TODAY HONEY! SEE IT'S EMPTY.. ALL EMPTY 🍷🤓

  • @steve03au
    @steve03au 6 лет назад +375

    He should have used... a silencer...

    • @ZiddersRooFurry
      @ZiddersRooFurry 3 года назад +13

      I can't help feeling like this brilliant bit was done just for this comment to be made decades later.

    • @mosart7025
      @mosart7025 3 года назад +1

      Can't you just see the sketch writers a minute after this aired? "Oh duh! Why didn't we use a silencer!" The neighbors were knocking before the shot, so they didn't need to hear the bang to come in... the shouting already had them involved.

    • @david-leethompson62
      @david-leethompson62 3 года назад +1

      2 French jokes!

    • @david-leethompson62
      @david-leethompson62 3 года назад

      @@mosart7025
      Even thought ,,,they helped in the revolution .....
      Americans
      Dis like the French*

    • @Juliet475
      @Juliet475 2 года назад

      OMG. LOL.

  • @westhawk9599
    @westhawk9599 2 года назад +20

    Robin's brilliance, talent and creativity was unending. We love and miss you Robin, and are so grateful that you will always be such a positive highlight in all of our lives.

  • @anderground9356
    @anderground9356 10 лет назад +379

    Robin Willians is a genius.

    • @bradpittyay
      @bradpittyay 6 лет назад +2

      He certainly is Ander

    • @ladybirdronan9924
      @ladybirdronan9924 5 лет назад +3

      *Williams

    • @souzabox
      @souzabox 4 года назад +2

      Williams. Unless you mean somebody else...

    • @GiantKiller1
      @GiantKiller1 3 года назад +4

      Was.

    • @pamelajordan5948
      @pamelajordan5948 3 года назад +3

      A real genius his brain never stopped he's making peaple laugh in another universe I hope this kind man has found peact

  • @dikshantbohra2814
    @dikshantbohra2814 8 лет назад +90

    Young Robin = loads of raw talent. Thank you for using all of it for us Mr. Williams.

  • @swantonbombx14
    @swantonbombx14 3 года назад +50

    That "God man, how real!" line broke me.

  • @riteshbhakre13294
    @riteshbhakre13294 8 лет назад +75

    Robin was always stupendous in his art!

  • @mauieb1330
    @mauieb1330 7 лет назад +111

    his death still hurts 😭😭😭

    • @josejuanandrade4439
      @josejuanandrade4439 3 года назад +1

      He didn't realy kill him. He was clearly breathing. Must have been blanks.

    • @candykane8474
      @candykane8474 3 года назад

      Every time I've seen him on films he beings
      Me joy and appreciate his skills

  • @rhiannonrede
    @rhiannonrede 3 года назад +13

    Robin was a real genius. Miss him so much. The world is such a darker place without his incredible spirit. RIP.

  • @Unlimited517
    @Unlimited517 6 лет назад +94

    For some reason I can just imagine them practicing this sketch, and Robin says 'Why is this mime called Mimer? I want him to have a real name! This is a real person! '
    Director: 'Uh yeah alright, if you want. You can pick the name then.."
    "It is René!! *grandiose mime action*

  • @sauravdagaSDaga1984
    @sauravdagaSDaga1984 8 лет назад +141

    Robin Williams was amazing actor...

  • @illusioncity
    @illusioncity 3 года назад +20

    I read that Garry Marshell (Happy Days producer) says his sister introduced him to Robin Williams, who was a mime street performer taking acting classes.

    • @rangerwill
      @rangerwill 7 месяцев назад

      I wonder if the Juilliard story is real? That they told him to leave because there was nothing left to teach him.

  • @ElvishShellfish
    @ElvishShellfish 3 года назад +27

    I think this is just a documentary of what it would have been like to live with Robin Williams.

  • @helenbradford2569
    @helenbradford2569 Год назад +6

    My goodness I'm exhausted from watching this brilliant performance.

  • @pop5678eye
    @pop5678eye 3 года назад +75

    For someone known primarily for his voice acting he actually made a good mime.

    • @TimThomason
      @TimThomason 3 года назад +18

      Before he was a comedian and actor, Williams began as a mime in New York City in the early '70s. This is him doing the same stunts he performed for crowds in Central Park around 1974.

    • @210SAi
      @210SAi 3 года назад +4

      He actually did that before his acting and comedy career started

    • @YodatheHobbit
      @YodatheHobbit 8 месяцев назад

      He is not known primarily for his voice acting. Are you high?

  • @wonniewarrior
    @wonniewarrior 7 лет назад +36

    Robin Williams - there a well known photo of Robin Williams performing as a mime in central park in New York. A great reminiscence for Robin.

    • @EJK2099
      @EJK2099 3 года назад +1

      Yeah, that picture led me here. He looked amazing in that photo.

  • @qwasd0r
    @qwasd0r 9 лет назад +281

    Wow Robin was buff

    • @H0MY911
      @H0MY911 5 лет назад +14

      he used to train wrestling

    • @kari7403
      @kari7403 3 года назад +16

      Just look at them legs!!! 😲 1:10

    • @u.s.paratroops4633
      @u.s.paratroops4633 3 года назад +5

      Did ya get a look at the "unit" on Robin??

    • @nancybeveridgetaylor3256
      @nancybeveridgetaylor3256 3 года назад +10

      Robin was beautiful in every way.

    • @beverlywilcox4349
      @beverlywilcox4349 3 года назад +6

      I never realized how small his body was. With that big square jaw and costume the way he usually was, he seemed to be about football-player size.

  • @rayyana.8538
    @rayyana.8538 4 года назад +33

    I miss Robin Williams. He was a great comedian and a fine human.

  • @eliseolera627
    @eliseolera627 7 лет назад +15

    Probably the best skit ever on SNL. Just perfect...

  • @Elnont
    @Elnont 3 года назад +41

    Robin moved really fluidly, it looks to me like he had some kind of dance training.

    • @mikedestructive
      @mikedestructive 3 года назад +2

      and possibly a nice supply of some kind of drug or something...

    • @steveconn
      @steveconn 3 года назад +3

      He was roundly trained in all forms of movement at Julliard.

    • @CleverGirlAAH
      @CleverGirlAAH Год назад +3

      He was a mime for years before standup.

  • @oumniaamalrizki132
    @oumniaamalrizki132 4 года назад +8

    One of the best things ever made. RIP LEGEND 😭

  • @saint6563
    @saint6563 3 года назад +6

    For those that don't know:
    Williams played a mime in "Shakes the Clown". Bobcat & Kenny's [w/plenty of other over-the-top performances] Independent Film [IRS] of '91.

    • @JoyJacques
      @JoyJacques 2 года назад +2

      Shakes the Clown, the Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies. And one of my all time fav movies too.

    • @peytonwooley2332
      @peytonwooley2332 Год назад +1

      Thats why im here, i loooove the movie shakes the clown! Underrated clown movie gem. 🤡 ❤
      Robin williams as Renee as Jerry the mime!! XD

  • @byronp2311
    @byronp2311 3 года назад +12

    Robin started a street mime in NYC. But you already knew that, right?

  • @ShOsH050
    @ShOsH050 8 лет назад +29

    Good god that was brilliant!

  • @TheFrozenhammer
    @TheFrozenhammer 10 лет назад +34


    Robin Willians may you R.I.P

  • @javierlazaroblas368
    @javierlazaroblas368 3 года назад +6

    I miss you Robin Williams you're the funniest actor we know and you will also a nice one too

  • @aroojqureshi8012
    @aroojqureshi8012 6 лет назад +8

    Ohh man!!! I miss Robin Williams so much. He was and always will be the BEST!!

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 3 года назад +4

    Rest in powerful peace my favorite celebrity (and homie) of all time Robin Williams 🙏💞⚘⚘🎶✊

  • @JuggernautVault
    @JuggernautVault Год назад +1

    Wow, this prequel to Shakes the Clown is a different genre all together.

  • @ThePunkApple
    @ThePunkApple 10 лет назад +17

    R.I.P in peace sweet prince

    • @michalbartos2808
      @michalbartos2808 10 лет назад +17

      Yes, he should rest in peace in peace, because everybody needs double peace...

    • @ThePunkApple
      @ThePunkApple 10 лет назад +1

      :^ ~)~

    • @JR-vt7rb
      @JR-vt7rb 4 года назад

      There's a hell of an echo in this coment :p

  • @bonwatcher
    @bonwatcher Год назад +2

    I miss Robin Williams comedy, but he must have had a soft spot for mimes. Even in the movie Good Morning Vietnam where he played a disc jockey and there was dead air on the radio, he came back on and said, "... and that was Marcel Marceau's Greatest Hits." 🤣

  • @bradkaral1188
    @bradkaral1188 6 месяцев назад

    Good sketch. I enjoyed this. It reminds me of Steven Wright's line "If you shoot a mime, should you use a silencer?"

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 3 года назад +19

    Robin Williams once said, "A mine is a terrible thing to waste."

    • @zovalentine7305
      @zovalentine7305 3 года назад +2

      Mind

    • @ajk
      @ajk 3 года назад

      @@zovalentine7305 I think you missed the joke lol

  • @officialdulcegomez
    @officialdulcegomez Год назад +1

    He was amazing!! I grew up seeing his movies. He was an amazing actor.

  • @NewhamMatt
    @NewhamMatt 9 лет назад +11

    Mimes are people too, y'know!

  • @sophiewelsh8619
    @sophiewelsh8619 2 года назад +2

    It's weird to see him so quiet.

  • @Stussmeister
    @Stussmeister 8 месяцев назад

    I seem to recall Robin telling James Lipton in his "Inside the Actor's Studio" interview that he used to do mime out in New York City, but that he had to give it up because "a mime is a terrible thing to waste."

  • @Geeksmithing
    @Geeksmithing 7 месяцев назад

    This has the modern energy of a Key and Peele sketch!

  • @eddierayvanlynch6133
    @eddierayvanlynch6133 3 года назад +1

    A few years ago, I saw a pic on some site of Robin doing mime in Central Park circa 1975.
    I really wish there was video of him going after a heckler as a mime.

    • @ginamarie6977
      @ginamarie6977 2 года назад +1

      That had to have been great. Wish I had seen it!

  • @speedytrash9005
    @speedytrash9005 3 года назад +2

    this is so brilliant

  • @mirandavinci4146
    @mirandavinci4146 3 года назад +2

    You know the old saying: A mime is a terrible thing to waste!

  • @YodatheHobbit
    @YodatheHobbit 8 месяцев назад

    Never thought I'd see a sketch where Robbin doesn't talk, but here we are.

  • @kari7403
    @kari7403 3 года назад +5

    A mime is a terrible thing to waste. 😥

  • @rwfrench66GenX
    @rwfrench66GenX Год назад

    I laughed just looking at the thumbnail and thinking of the possibilities with Robin

  • @kurtbaumann7686
    @kurtbaumann7686 6 месяцев назад

    When I saw this clip years ago is always broke me up when Williams acted like he wanted to go to the bathroom too

  • @harleynut1969
    @harleynut1969 4 года назад +3

    So talented and so sad. RIP Robin 8-)

  • @jpenneymrcoin6851
    @jpenneymrcoin6851 3 года назад +1

    jesus he was amazing

  • @Jo_Ro_Fulfil
    @Jo_Ro_Fulfil 8 месяцев назад +1

    so good on so many levels

  • @jakeweston13
    @jakeweston13 3 года назад +2

    God robin was just on another level of talent

  • @beverlywilcox4349
    @beverlywilcox4349 3 года назад +2

    Robin is breathing in the last few seconds - mimeing is hard work!

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 3 года назад +1

      He has buns of steel.

    • @ajk
      @ajk 3 года назад +1

      Notice he knew to stop too before the next shot....that's talent.

  • @tomditto3972
    @tomditto3972 5 месяцев назад

    With skits like this you'd think that mime would have survived of US TV, but instead the execs were happy to have killed it off with real firings.

  • @2degucitas
    @2degucitas Месяц назад

    Such fluid movement. I miss him.

  • @werthmelissa
    @werthmelissa 4 месяца назад

    Very hilarious! It was actually giving me Marcel Marceau vibes.

  • @egrono1
    @egrono1 Год назад

    Fun fact: Tim is Brad Hall. Debra is Julie Louis Dreyfus. They met on SNL and are still married.

  • @jonathanbarr9764
    @jonathanbarr9764 9 месяцев назад

    I have no idea if this story is true or not but apparently Robin used to do his mime act to pay for his classes at Julliard, one day his teachers heard about it and decided to go watch his act. The next day which was actually a few weeks from when the class was supposed to graduate his teachers told him he would be leaving Julliard since they had nothing else to teach him.

  • @TrippingHawk
    @TrippingHawk 3 года назад +1

    It's crazy to think we know one of the people in this sketch so well, almost as if they were a family member because of their raw talent and energetic humor. Yet we have no idea who the guy playing the mime is :/

  • @jonnuanez2843
    @jonnuanez2843 3 года назад +5

    Didn't he used to do mime in San Francisco before he got famous?

  • @johnedwardcabrera4559
    @johnedwardcabrera4559 2 года назад +1

    Wow!! Robin Williams was a great actor and a great mine too. 😍🕺💃❤️

  • @edhickey6336
    @edhickey6336 3 года назад

    He can be funny without saying a word. Freeking genius!

  • @rogerradue2352
    @rogerradue2352 Год назад

    first time i ever heard robin this quiet

  • @silversonic1
    @silversonic1 3 года назад

    Robin Williams actually did perform as a mime in Central Park back in the 70's.

  • @akashmuthanna6646
    @akashmuthanna6646 4 года назад +6

    He was a great actor. But his death was a saddest part of his broken life. Rest in peace sir we all love you so much.

    • @sirmount2636
      @sirmount2636 3 года назад +3

      Broken? He had a fantastic life.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 3 года назад

      I think he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease and he didn't want to live like that. My aunt had a stroke and I think she was in her 80s and could no longer walk. She spent the last 2 years of her life, bedridden. That's not a life. I prefer euthanasia.

  • @ScaricoOleoso
    @ScaricoOleoso 2 года назад +1

    A mime is a terrible thing to waste...

  • @ernesto5740
    @ernesto5740 3 года назад +2

    His suicide makes me sad !!! every time he makes me laugh !!!! R.I.P God gives you peace !

  • @vipulkumarjha8156
    @vipulkumarjha8156 4 года назад +1

    Robin William was a legend comedian and always be a legend

  • @thiagosoares9216
    @thiagosoares9216 3 года назад +9

    When Saturday Night Live used to be real acting, not reading teleprompter.

  • @willow-y3r
    @willow-y3r 2 года назад

    yes _
    RIP Robin Williams!!!
    great video _

  • @John_Locke_108
    @John_Locke_108 Год назад

    You can clearly see Robin breathing on the couch even though he's supposed to dead.

  • @utsavthapliyal3407
    @utsavthapliyal3407 3 года назад +1

    RIP, oh captain, my captain.

  • @LuisMedinaInformador
    @LuisMedinaInformador 3 года назад +1

    GENIUS. RIP

  • @mochii2904
    @mochii2904 10 лет назад +13

    Rip robin

  • @masterhypnos6783
    @masterhypnos6783 Год назад

    Come on, man! A mime is a terrible thing to waste!

  • @jim2lane
    @jim2lane 3 года назад

    Fun Fact - Robin Williams spent time as a mime street performer early on in his career

  • @nessd6540
    @nessd6540 3 года назад

    talent

  • @lackdeaver9934
    @lackdeaver9934 3 года назад +1

    Per Billy Crystal, “Mime is money”.

  • @golbez3794
    @golbez3794 3 года назад

    it is insane how talented robin williams was

  • @mayfieldgage
    @mayfieldgage 5 месяцев назад

    It’s funny because he played a mime in “Shake’s The Clown” (1992)

  • @chinookvalley
    @chinookvalley 3 года назад +1

    We are better looking when young. We have more hope for tomorrow when we are young. Love is more available when we are young. As I have gotten older (65 now) I've gotten wrinkled and lumpier, I don't trust what's coming around the corner, love has diminished with everyone I love who has died. Robin was tired, and I understand.

  • @NudePostingConspiracyTheories
    @NudePostingConspiracyTheories 3 года назад

    He was a freakin genius

  • @vardellsfolly5200
    @vardellsfolly5200 9 лет назад +8

    A mime is a terrible thing to waste..
    ..the man was a god..

    • @hammer.11011
      @hammer.11011 5 лет назад +2

      A mime is good for a five min show, not permanently

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn 3 года назад

    Williams started as a street mime as a student before comedy. Just old hat to him

  • @SpeedyEric1
    @SpeedyEric1 8 месяцев назад

    According to Renée’s last words, he’s not French, but Californian.

  • @evm6177
    @evm6177 3 года назад

    Nothing like reading a paper like there is NO NEWS TODAY HONEY! SEE IT'S EMPTY.. ALL EMPTY 🍷🤓

  • @SpencerWilliamsIV
    @SpencerWilliamsIV 6 месяцев назад

    A lot of levels at once here

  • @jmag579
    @jmag579 9 месяцев назад

    I was 4 years old when this aired 🤯

  • @MrDarkmarius
    @MrDarkmarius 5 месяцев назад

    Robin Williams was a good actor I ADORED HIS MOVIES, The World according to Garp WAS HIS BEST MOVIE, when he was starting out, but his comedy left much to be desired.

  • @matthewweflen
    @matthewweflen 2 года назад

    Robin Williams was ripped!

  • @fr3dr02
    @fr3dr02 6 месяцев назад

    Miss that dude 😢

  • @cherylimeson3006
    @cherylimeson3006 3 года назад

    I hate mimes but Robin did the best I've ever seen.

  • @loriwest4777
    @loriwest4777 2 года назад

    Clever sketch. 😄

  • @fredderf3152
    @fredderf3152 3 года назад +1

    Robin Williams was a mime!

  • @13lood13ath
    @13lood13ath 3 года назад +3

    Sorry, what was his name again?

  • @JR-vt7rb
    @JR-vt7rb 4 года назад +3

    Did anyone catched the mime's name?

  • @jackstrange186
    @jackstrange186 3 года назад

    Killed a mime. You sure? It was very obvious he was breathing.

  • @davidmreyes77
    @davidmreyes77 3 года назад

    Young Robin Williams looks like Bono.