S17E19: I Yam What I Yam | Robin Williams
Trashy Divorces
Hemlock Creatives
4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Some losses feel impossible, and when news of Robin Williams's death broke back in 2014, the world grieved his passing. Stacie shares the surprisingly tragic story of the actor and comedian's life, including close friendships with Jim Belushi and Christopher Reeve, as well as two divorces.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to trashy divorces. Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm Alicia. Thanks for joining us today. |
| 0:08.9 | Hey, everybody. This is Stacy. And for today's episode, I am covering legendary actor and comedian |
| 0:15.0 | Robin Williams, who, while dearly departed, definitely lived his life on his own terms. |
| 0:21.9 | For this episode, we're borrowing a song from his 1980 commercial failure slash breakout |
| 0:26.9 | role in Popeye in which he sings, I am what I am, which I believe is definitely true of |
| 0:33.9 | Robin Williams himself. |
| 0:36.1 | This episode does have some conversations around dementia and substance |
| 0:41.7 | abuse and et cetera. And I will include some resources in the show notes. Should those be things that |
| 0:49.7 | perhaps you might need some help with. Before we get yam and what we am, got a few shoutouts in our magic mirror here. |
| 0:56.8 | I want to give a big shout out. |
| 0:59.2 | Thanks and praise to Saracian, Huntsville, Alabama. |
| 1:02.5 | We are thinking of you and sending you all the best from TdHQ. |
| 1:06.4 | Absolutely. |
| 1:07.1 | Also, to nappy dresser, to Cheeks 8683, and to Kiko. We appreciate your reviews. Thank you so much. |
| 1:15.9 | Yeah, we appreciate all of your trashy hearts. Thanks for coming to us a funny guy with a sad story. |
| 1:39.2 | Yeah, a little bit. |
| 1:40.2 | Yeah, this is Robin Williams, the wildly famous actor and comedian, undeniably one of the most |
| 1:46.0 | talented and versatile comedians and actors of our time. But beyond the comedic veneer that he |
| 1:52.3 | shared with the world, he struggled with a lot of demons on the inside. He was a complicated |
| 1:58.0 | guy with, you know, there was a lot going on. |
| 2:06.6 | We first met Robin Williams as Mork from Ork, way back in the 70s, but that was only the beginning of his prolific career. |
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