{"id":11039,"date":"2016-03-02T15:10:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T20:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=11039"},"modified":"2016-03-02T15:11:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T20:11:18","slug":"top-50-stand-comedians-no-7-robin-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2016\/03\/02\/top-50-stand-comedians-no-7-robin-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: No. 7 – Robin Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"robinwilliams\"<\/a>It is still hard to write this, and thus I\u2019m going to make it short.<\/span><\/p>\n

For people of my age, Robin Williams will never be just a comedian. He felt like a member of our family. He was our favorite grandmother (<\/span>Mrs. Doubtfire<\/span><\/i>), teacher (<\/span>Dead Poet Society<\/span><\/i>), our very best friend (Genie, <\/span>Aladdin<\/span><\/i>), and he never failed to make us laugh and inspire us at the exact same time.<\/span><\/p>\n

His work on the stage was unparalleled in terms of energy and improvisation, famously using props from the audience to go on long, stream-of-consciousness tangents or jumping between impressions with the swiftness of Barry Allen. He did high-brow, he did low-brow, he could be clever and stupid at the same time. There was no topic, or object, or concept that Robin couldn\u2019t make funny.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trying to sell Robin Williams feels a little bit like trying to convince people that oxygen is good.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is a no-doubt, all-time, first-ballot-hall-of-fame comedian. One of the funniest people who ever lived, if this list were allowed to consider material outside of stand-up he might well find himself all the way at the very top. It still hurts that he is gone but Robin WIlliams left behind a world of memories so that he never has to be far from our hearts.<\/span><\/p>\n