From the K-P-F-K Studios in Southern California, it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Stand up, stand up.

You've been sitting great too long. Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour everybody. I'm Steve Scroven in Los Angeles.

We have David Feldman in New York and Ralph Nader in Connecticut.

Welcome, gentlemen.

Thank you very much, Steve and David.

It was a real tragedy this week

that one of America's greatest humorous, sadderists and comedians,

Robin Williams, who allegedly committed suicide suffering from severe depression, and the country lost him at the age of only 63 years old.

He was extremely productive.

The paper said that no matter how depressed he was he worked it out by working enormously

hard on all kinds of shows and movies and presentations and writings. I think it's too narrow to call him a comedian. I think it was

more than that. Of course he was one of the great mimics of American history.

I mean I've never seen so many dialects that he can turn on and you know he was also interested in

social causes of the plight of the homeless, climate change, veterans.

He really did it all in a way.

He's a great bicycle rider.

He once said, riding a bike is the closest thing you can get to flying.

And he was willing to be interviewed a lot, which is often rare for comics because they can't just

do gags to talk about a broader array of subjects.

David, you knew him, didn't you?

Well, I started out as a comedian in San Francisco, so yes, I got to work with him a couple of times and he did our show and it was thrilling I was

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