[Mystic Mock]

I really enjoyed Jumanji as a kid.

I also liked him as Theodore Roosevelt in Night At The Museum.

[Maru]

God all those classic faces... Prince in attendance... Also Jim Carrey's face... says a lot.

"Star Trek: The Musical" set

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We almost couldn't have these moments anymore. Too much of the personality game is choreographed now in the celebrity world and so wouldn't come out in an organic way... I'm being nostalgic, but I'm trying to innerly channel 4:24am in the UK...

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I really enjoyed Jumanji as a kid.

I also liked him as Theodore Roosevelt in Night At The Museum.

Wasn't there an actual board game? I think my cousins played it.

[Maru]

lol Omg, I remember this commercial...

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[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Maru

Talent isn't what it used to be certainly and he will always be remembered for that most of all. I remember a time when cameos used to something people really took notice of. Now they're side gigs tossed around to puff up the credits screen, but not necessarily memorable... it's not enough to just throw someone in a role and expect them to perform it well in one day. It takes a lot of talent to really make just a short role simply iconic... I think because we had more people like that, the bar was higher and that really did benefit everyone creatively... and newer, but also talented people could get noticed off the backs of great work... but that great work, like many things media-related, it's not what it used to be... it's more about the budgeting, the special effects and creating as much merch as possible to support the production of a movie. Doesn't seem to matter as much whether theaters fill up or not?... Hollywood has lost its cultural impact in that way, I think, because of the loss of talent like Williams, who kept the craft elevated and that umbrella open for new people to come in and push the craft further. I always held the impression that people like Williams really truly cared and supported creativity, and not just follower counts or movies made & sold etc...

I think that a lot of industries nowadays have an issue with not hiring people based on merit.

Robin Williams was good at his craft, so he deserved to be hired.

To use Football/Soccer as an example, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, and Vincent Kompany aren't good Managers, yet they all get multiple second chances at Football Management due to who they were as players.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Maru

Wasn't there an actual board game? I think my cousins played it.

I've never played it tbh.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I've never played it tbh.

I believe people played it so they could yell "Jumanji!" while watching the movie at random in the dining room with pizza and their peers. Back when board games were king.

[Maru]

This was pretty recent.

Robin Williams Gave Chilling Warning to 'Mrs. Doubtfire' Co-Star
https://pagesix.com/2025/04/18/celeb...-tragic-death/

"He really opened up with me, and I'll never forget it," he told Entertainment Weekly. "There were times he would just grab me and he'd be like, 'Don't put that stuff in your body. If I could go back and tell myself, this is why I'm telling you, don't put that stuff in your body.'"

Would that have the same impact now?

The “Brotherly Love Podcast” co-host, who performed on the masked singing show as Paparazzo, even had the opportunity to pay homage to Williams by singing Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”

Lawrence described that tribute on stage as a “lightning in the bottle moment” because he had been “riddled with fear and sweating bullets” throughout his other performances — except that one.

“There was definitely an elevated moment that brought my performance better than even I was thinking I could do,” the “Boy Meets World” alum added. “I do believe there was some spiritual aspect to that.”

“The Masked Singer” airs Wednesdays on Fox at 8 p.m. ET and can also be streamed on Hulu.

[Maru]

Robin Williams talking to Congress on the topic of Homelessness:

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[Maru]

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Oh, the US was only a trillion dollars in debt when this was filmed Sounds cheap.

[Maru]

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[Maru]

Aah fat jokes that would never be acceptable today... especially the one with the reverse beep sound and the crushing of children involved...

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[Maru]

Robin Williams tribute to "Zelda", his daughter, which he named after the game...

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[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Maru

Yes and I think not many will be able to appreciate it now as it was a different era. He effected the culture directly with his humor because he set a standard where many difficult topics could be tackled and the way he tackled it, it somehow made just about anyone feel better in the end... you wouldn't think his death didn't reflect his legacy, but it was the worst part... he had dementia and it effectively killed him. I remember his family talking about it. With his mind being different, maybe it's not surprising genetically also others things could've been lurking there that were "unique"...

‘Robin’s Wish’ Recap: Lewy Body dementia & Robin Williams’s legacy
https://www.alzsd.org/robins-wish-re...lliams-legacy/

…I never watched Robin’s Wish…I did intend to watch it when I read about it but just somehow couldn’t apply myself to …

[Maru]

Oprah trying to get Nathan Lane to come out as gay and Robin Williams apparently protected him. That's classy:

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Nathan Lane: Robin Williams ‘Protected Me’ From Coming Out as Gay on ‘Oprah’ in 1996 Because ‘He Was a Saint’
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/n...ay-1235565177/

Nathan Lane revealed on “Sunday Today” that Robin Williams once protected him from coming out as gay against his will on national television. The year was 1996 and Lane and Williams were on their press tour for Mike Nichols’ “The Birdcage,” in which they play a gay couple trying to marry off their son to a conservative couple’s daughter. Lane was nervous about doing an interview on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as “The Birdcage” was one of his first major film roles, and he did not want to come out publicly as gay at the time.

“I was not prepared at all for that,” Lane said about openly discussing his sexuality at the time. “And I certainly wasn’t ready to go from table-to-table and tell them all I was gay. I just wanted to talk about finally [getting] a big part in a movie, and I didn’t want to make it about my sexuality.”

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I never watched Robin’s Wish…I did intend to watch it when I read about it but just somehow couldn’t apply myself to …

I haven't either. I always figured I'd have a hard time watching it. I am interested in the medical side of it, especially dementia.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Maru

Oprah trying to get Nathan Lane to come out as gay and Robin Williams apparently protected him. That's classy:

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Nathan Lane: Robin Williams ‘Protected Me’ From Coming Out as Gay on ‘Oprah’ in 1996 Because ‘He Was a Saint’
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/n...ay-1235565177/

…that was so bad of Oprah, wasn’t it…to try to engineer the conversation toward him being gay….Robin, though…..

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…that was so bad of Oprah, wasn’t it…to try to engineer the conversation toward him being gay….Robin, though…..

I could see her being intimidating in her own way, whatever her polished image was, so not her biggest fan. Her audience was very unique in its time though and especially for women, around topics like weight loss, they all looked up to her. I'd say one of the first real influencers that really reached regular people and they felt understood by her. So I can understand why celebrity also gravitated towards her appeal because she had her hand on the pulse.

Robin could have easily handled her busybody behavior, though.

[Maru]

I read this was a rumor, but not verified... supposedly he had a clause in his contracts to require that homeless people were hired to work on any films he starred in. If true, that is pretty amazing. I think it's possible.

[Maru]

Robin Williams meets Koko the Gorilla:

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The condition of these recordings make me feel so old

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Maru

I read this was a rumor, but not verified... supposedly he had a clause in his contracts to require that homeless people were hired to work on any films he starred in. If true, that is pretty amazing. I think it's possible.

…actually I read that too …that 10 homeless people minimum were hired as extras on any movie project he was working on…and obviously he worked on many movies as we know so that’s a significant number of homeless people that he gave that opportunity to…which could have been life changing for some…?…

[Maru]

I want tacos, but it's way too late to cook:

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"I'm preparing the meat"

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Maru

Robin Williams meets Koko the Gorilla:

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The condition of these recordings make me feel so old

…the way they bonded was gorgeous, wasn’t it…very touching and sweet……

[Kate!]

Thread is going well. Robin clearly very popular. Love him.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…actually I read that too …that 10 homeless people minimum were hired as extras on any movie project he was working on…and obviously he worked on many movies as we know so that’s a significant number of homeless people that he gave that opportunity to…which could have been life changing for some…?…

10 is a very ambitious number for any job. California has the right culture to support that though and it is also a field that is very tolerant of making different kinds of chaos work together seamlessly.. especially when it involves people. Very Robin.

I remember following the Rust case all the details, especially how hiring works. Getting those jobs, people had to be in network somehow. But many of the roles, while they didn't pay much and there were a lot of sacrifices, some of it was entry level work that could be a real leg up for anyone if they can manage to find their way into other productions. Especially if they end up working very well with others and being well-liked.