And it's finally reported, he was found with a belt around his neck, fully clothed, with the belt over a door. I'm just grateful to think Mork didn't go out in another unseemly act like Grasshopper (Carradine).

You make a fair point. I don't like the concept of celebrity at all, and despite him being an artist that has given me much inspiration, and was an entertainment fixture in my family's home since Mork and Mindy, it doesn't seem fair.
Likewise it's not fair to celebrate the deaths of thousands of 'combat vets' while ignoring the hundreds of thousands of civilians that have been murdered by their hands or the hands of those they profess to 'protect'.
It's all a matter of perspective.

Say what you want about him, but the moment he joined Mork and Mindy was the day that show jumped the shark.

Not that I'm blaming him. It was probably a combination of the writers and Williams' drug problems, but still.

^ Almost every American sketch comedy show from the late-70s and early-80s, Popeye, Mork & Mindy, Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, Toys, Hook, Aladdin (say what you will about the movie, but his genie is THE genie), Mrs. Doubtfire, The Birdcage (remake), Good Will Hunting, Patch Adams, What Dreams May Come (I liked it at least), One hour Photo, Insomnia (remake), and then there's all of his random, unforgetable guest appearance and talk show circuit adlibbing...

Or do you just mean in recent years?

I like the coke flecked around Mork's nostrils.

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>> ^BoneRemake:

That show seems horrible.


When I was 8, it was awesome!

>> ^BoneRemake:

in those shows, the same as Full house of family matters of whatnot, they have to recap what the episode was about, and I do not like that. They are all the same.


Mork and Mindy (and FullHouse) were made for kids (and family's) to watch. They provided some moral lessons and while not appealing to many adults were loved by the kids. (At least some kids)

As Mork used to say: Humor! Ar, ar!

"You're going to play an alien on Happy Days"

That was in reference to his character "Mork". You know, the one from Orson. Which spun-off from Happy Days, and became "The Mork & Mindy Show".

Awesome!

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Aging backwards? Why didn't they just remake Mork & Mindy?

That was in the 10% that I do like about him. That special encompasses the full range of what I do like about him and what I don't. People hate me for not being totally stoked over Robin Williams. People have a weird affinity towards him. I think it has to do with "Mork & Mindy" turning him into the "people's pet".

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>> ^rottenseed:
I don't like Robin Williams about 90% of the time, but his opening couple of jokes were pretty funny.

Have you seen him talk about golf? This guy is brilliant, too bad he's in so many mediocre movies..
http://www.videosift.com/video/Robin-Williams-on-Golf-Language-NSFW