Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

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Re: Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

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McParadigm wrote:
elliseamos wrote:Peeps, if you're going to seek to get caught up on Robin Williams I'd recommend binging on all of these:

Dead Poets Society
Good Will Hunting
Good Morning, Vietnam
The Fisher King
The Birdcage
Awakenings
Hook
One Hour Photo
Jumanji
Mrs. Doubtfire
Patch Adams
Toys
Insomnia
Jack
Alladin
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Every time someone posts one of these lists and doesn't include World According to Garp, I sigh a weary little sigh.
Every time I see you post about your weary little sighs I have the urge to send you a hand written letter that says "YOU POST ON A PEARL JAM MESSAGE BOARD."

I'd probably sign it "love" though and not "best regards."
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durdencommatyler wrote:Every time I see you post about your weary little sighs I have the urge to send you a hand written letter that says "YOU POST ON A PEARL JAM MESSAGE BOARD."

I'd probably sign it "love" though and not "best regards."
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McParadigm wrote:
elliseamos wrote:Peeps, if you're going to seek to get caught up on Robin Williams I'd recommend binging on all of these:

Dead Poets Society
Good Will Hunting
Good Morning, Vietnam
The Fisher King
The Birdcage
Awakenings
Hook
One Hour Photo
Jumanji
Mrs. Doubtfire
Patch Adams
Toys
Insomnia
Jack
Alladin
Death to Smoochy
Every time someone posts one of these lists and doesn't include World According to Garp, I sigh a weary little sigh.
i loved the book...i suppose i should give the film a try
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McParadigm wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Every time I see you post about your weary little sighs I have the urge to send you a hand written letter that says "YOU POST ON A PEARL JAM MESSAGE BOARD."

I'd probably sign it "love" though and not "best regards."
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bada wrote:Shep Smith always came off like a good dude to me it was probably just a diarrhea of the mouth situation. You talk all day for a living something dumb is going to come out.
I feel like he is truly ignorant to how debilitating depression really is. He may have apologized for saying it but I believe he meant to call him a coward.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Every time I see you post about your weary little sighs I have the urge to send you a hand written letter that says "YOU POST ON A PEARL JAM MESSAGE BOARD."

I'd probably sign it "love" though and not "best regards."
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
elliseamos wrote:Peeps, if you're going to seek to get caught up on Robin Williams I'd recommend binging on all of these:

Dead Poets Society
Good Will Hunting
Good Morning, Vietnam
The Fisher King
The Birdcage
Awakenings
Hook
One Hour Photo
Jumanji
Mrs. Doubtfire
Patch Adams
Toys
Insomnia
Jack
Alladin
Death to Smoochy
Every time someone posts one of these lists and doesn't include World According to Garp, I sigh a weary little sigh.
i loved the book...i suppose i should give the film a try
i too have failed to see this movie. i apologize to McP and Spirit Robin Williams for giving the impression that my list was somehow exhaustive of his work.
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The spirit of Robin Williams compells you.

The spirit of Robin Williams compells you.
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McParadigm wrote:The spirit of Robin Williams compells you.

The spirit of Robin Williams compells you.
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nice to see that ed's growing his hair back out
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Ed's hair length correlates to the quality of Pearl Jam albums.
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Re: Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

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I saw Garp when it came out. I don't know what my dad was thinking taking me to see that. I was like 7. Maybe because it had the guy from Popeye in it.
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I have fond memories of The World According to Garp. It was a staple on Cinemax and they almost always played it right before the soft porn started.
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these guys are great..happennings...theyre showing dead poets society tomorrow night and good will hunting the night after in a parksquare in dublin
gonna go see DPS
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bada wrote:I saw Garp when it came out. I don't know what my dad was thinking taking me to see that. I was like 7. Maybe because it had the guy from Popeye in it.
I reckon you learned a lot that fine evening.

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the only two i would consider seeing are

one hour photo and insomnia
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McParadigm wrote:
elliseamos wrote:Peeps, if you're going to seek to get caught up on Robin Williams I'd recommend binging on all of these:

Dead Poets Society
Good Will Hunting
Good Morning, Vietnam
The Fisher King
The Birdcage
Awakenings
Hook
One Hour Photo
Jumanji
Mrs. Doubtfire
Patch Adams
Toys
Insomnia
Jack
Alladin
Death to Smoochy
Every time someone posts one of these lists and doesn't include World According to Garp, I sigh a weary little sigh.
i remember my dad loving this, but i dont think ive ever seen it. I'll find it.
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Re: Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

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Did Rush Limbaugh really say RW killed himself because he had a leftist attitude? Or is that just a made up internet story?
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:Did Rush Limbaugh really say RW killed himself because he had a leftist attitude? Or is that just a made up internet story?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 65912.html
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Re: Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

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RUSH: So our last caller from Des Plaines, Illinois, wanted to know, "What is the politics in the coverage of the suicide of Robin Williams?" Well, I believe there is some. But I don't think that the politics is driving it. I think there was, on the part of media and Hollywood, genuine affection for the guy that is driving it, but there is politics. If you notice the coverage is focused on how much he had, but it wasn't enough.

"He had everything, everything that you would think would make you happy. But it didn't." Now, what is the left's worldview in general? What is it? If you had to attach not a philosophy but an attitude to a leftist worldview, it's one of pessimism and darkness, sadness. They're never happy, are they? They're always angry about something. No matter what they get, they're always angry.

They are animated in large part by the false promises of America, because the promises of America are not for everyone, as we see each and every day. I mean, right here there's a story on the Fox News website. Do you know, it says right here, that the real reasons that Robin Williams killed himself are he was embarrassed at having to take television roles after a sterling movie career.

He had to take movie roles that were beneath him, sequels and so forth, and he finally had to do television just to get a paycheck because he was in so much financial distress. He'd had some divorces that ripped up his net worth, and he had a big ranch in Napa that he couldn't afford any longer and had to put up for sale, and a house in Tiburon that he couldn't afford anymore. This is all what's in the Fox News story.

He had it all, but he had nothing. He made everybody else laugh but was miserable inside. I mean, it fits a certain picture, or a certain image that the left has. Talk about low expectations and general unhappiness and so forth. Right here it says that one the contributing factors to Robin Williams deciding to kill himself was "survivor's guilt." It's in the headline.
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