Robin Williams vs Johnny Carson: The Appearances That Broke Tonight Show

I’VE BEEN NOMINATED TWICE. IT’S SO NICE TO watch somebody else win. And they read the name and they go and the winner for best actor is someone other than you. And you sit there and they keep the camera on you and you’re supposed to go like,  I’m so happy. Would it be nice? You can be really truthful and go.

 Robin Williams defined absolute television brilliance during his chaotic visits to the Tonight Show. Standard conversational interviews transformed into pure unscripted madness. Armed with superhuman improvisation skills and boundless  physical energy, this erratic comedy genius broke every broadcast rule imaginable.

 From bizarre characters to unpredictable desk  destruction, Johnny Carson could do nothing but surrender, these historic moments remain the most insane talk show appearances ever. One, the ultimate comedic storm. Robin Williams legendary first appearance. During his phenomenal television debut, Robin Williams claims the stage with an insane religious preacher persona.

 Believe. Believe that comedy CAN HEAL YOU.    PRAISE THE POWER.  PRAISE the Jesus.  And Sears had a sale. This furniture went cheap.  Oh my god. I’m okay now. I’m out here. Mama, I’m on TV for my friends in San Francisco. HOW EARLY  [screaming] 99?  That should wake him up.  That’s a laidback place up there.

  Do you believe?  No.   No. Don’t touch the back of the TV. It’ll shock you across the room.  Explaining his massive backstage panic, this frantic comedian describes an embarrassing childhood vocabulary struggle.  Come on.  I’m getting a little scared. I was standing backstage about to go on and everything all of a sudden my whole body went, “EVERYBODY OUT.

WE HAVE TWO EXITS. ANYWAY YOU WANT TO LEAVE. EVERYBODY OUT.” ALL OF A sudden said, “Dear Lord, make my cheeks of ice.”  So that’s why I walked out a little bit like, “Good evening. Nice to be on the show.” Oh no. The pants fit now. Okay.  People always think performers don’t get nervous.  Not at all. Really? I don’t. Oh god.

 Not really. Not at all. Not really. Not me. No way.  Is there some reason you don’t do? Is it fact that you get nervous?  I suffer from severe dyslexia, too.  I was the only child in my block on Halloween to go trick-or-treat.  To address substance abuse rumors, the energetic guest delivers a legendary punchline about supreme wealth.

 Look at howdy duty jaw. How are they?  No. Because I believe the cocaine is God’s way of saying you’re making too much money.     No, I wouldn’t take any medication. You couldn’t. You see the girls at the Rainbow Bar and Grill have taken a one too many quaudes going.  Is my lipstick on   Lucas EMTT’s girl?  How are you?  I’M FINE.

HOW THIS ERRATIC STAR destroys classical theatrical acting creates pure studio chaos.  Do you remember the whole saliloquic way of to be or not to be?  No. Not be like to be.  Oh, line not to be.   Whether it is noblest of the slings and errors of need Elizabeth Nickno wrongly.  Outrageous fortune.

 outrageous fortune  or to take arms  against friends  in the sea of troubles and  wow this is great that you know all this  and by opposing end them  but yet a man who will know himself but yet not touch himself  because local urban nightife seems dangerous our hyperactive friend shares a hilarious observation about massive bikers  this is wonderful this is very very wonderful this is reminds me of home this is your first time in Los Angeles.

Stay away from the bars with the big Harley-Davidson 8000 sparked in front cuz there’s big men standing outside those bars. Men, giant men. Men with muscles everywhere. Men with muscles on their eyelids.  And these men turn to one another and say, “I have this incredible recipe for kiche.”  If verbal jokes seem insufficient, a brilliant physical dance performance highlights sheer comedic genius.

 I feel time.  I would like to do the only impression I do. It’s fed a stair on the streets of New York dealing with Kaka. Right now you’re going get him out of here quick.  Here we are for a stair. Can I this one? I won’t need the microphone. Can I give this back to Hi, how are you? I’m not paranoid.

 But why are you behind me? Everybody off. Thank you. I I’ll leave this over here for one second. I’ll be right back. The sound man’s good. Thank you, sir.  Don’t be afraid. I’m just so HAPPY TO BE IN AMERICA  in New York. Once again, we don’t have to say the second syllable. I don’t know why.  There’s a time.

 His debut masterpiece finished. This unmatched entertainment icon begins a historic television legacy here. Two. Johnny Carson cannot stop laughing at Robin Williams newborn baby stories.  ROBIN’S WEARING A LOVELY COAT from the tallest collection.   You’d make a nice male model.  Oh, yeah. Those people going from GQ.

 Oh, he’s looking  from Sears.   Oh, that’s a Oh, this a wonderful  I have not seen you with this.  I for a new series I’m doing called Grizzly Steinberg.  It’s about a Jewish trapper who only hunts retail animals.  After an absurd retail fashion introduction, Robin Williams describes a frustrating obstacle during infant feeding routines.

 I don’t think we have seen each other since you became a father. Your wife had a had a baby, right?  Oh, I find the hardest part of being a father is breastfeeding. Well,  the child’s like,  “THERE’S NOTHING THERE.  BOY, when my wife breastfeeds, it’s an incredible contact cuz he’s there going  to that’s enough.

 My mother used to make me take her to dinner first before I  get up.  It’s time, father.  Oh god, it’s incredible being a father.  You like it? Is this your first time?  Not that I know of. Yeah.  Discussing prenatal education, the comedian transforms standard breathing exercises into a hilarious Scottish race car commentary.

 Mr. Williams, look,   did you go through the natural child birth?  Oh, we did. Yeah, we did the the deep breathing exercises which eventually evolved the actual when the actual child birth came, the deep breathing exercises evolved into give me medication.  It was incredible.

 We went to this these classes. We had the lamas. We took lemons.  Lemons.  Yeah. We have actually have Jackie Stewart in the room going, “IT’S A GREAT PLACENTA. LOOK AT IT COMING OUT NOW.”  Somehow I can’t buy Jackie Stewart AS A RACE CARD.  WHAT’S HE SAYING? It’s English, believe me.  To share another medical story, this energetic dad recalls an embarrassing panic attack about fetal anatomy.

 We also did a thing before the show was when we found out what sex he was. They do a thing called a sonar scan which is like das fetus.  Yeah. Detus.  They scan they scanned the child went and they got down to this area and went my god he’s like a bear.   And the doctor took me aside the doctor to say I’m sorry Mr. Williams.

 That’s the umbilical  cord. You got to do a commercial but you really thought you  Oh, I thought don’t cut the umbilical. If you know if you didn’t cut the umbilical, wouldn’t it be wonderful if you can go out going, “Yo, never met a man I didn’t like.”  How a newborn baby mimics horror movie villains creates an incredible physical comedy masterpiece.

 With all your silliness, you really feel good about wonderful. It’s great being a father. He My son has a great trick he does. He goes, “Father, father, look, look, I don’t HAVE NECK MUSCLES.”   It’s incredible to come home late sometimes and see my wife standing going, HE’S IN THERE. YOU FEEL LIKE MAX Vonido going, “I will deal with the child.

”  And you come in and there’s this little CHILD GOING, “DADDY, look what I made for you.” No. No.   Because diaper changes require intense caution. The terrified parent approaches bathroom duties like British bomb squads.  To change a child, but then you feel like you’re an English bomb squad duty.

QUICK, I’LL UNDO THE DIAPERS. STAND BACK. IT’S A BOY.  That’s the first thing you learn when you got a boy or girl when you change the diapers.  Oh, it’s incredible. I really He’s outrageous. I mean, I do. I can’t wait till he says his first word. He learns to speak and go, “What is it? What are you trying to say, Zachary?”  Power of attorney.

 OKAY.   Did mama tell you that?  His infant survival techniques established. Our brilliant guest concludes with two opposing visions about future careers.  Very decorative.  I’m very Yes, I’ve changed. Being a father has meddled me out now. I I do feel that you have to have a certain decorum because I have this dream.

dream. I dare this dream where it’ll be my son going, “I’d like to thank the Nobel Academy.” And I also have another dream where it’s my son going, “You want fries with this?  Is  that a large Coke? A small one?” Yeah.  I can’t believe I just We better We better show the film clip.  Oh, that’s right.

 Three. Johnny Carson loses it as Robin Williams turns Shakespeare into an action movie. During this incredible classical theater discussion, Robin Williams destroys traditional historical perspectives about famous English playwrights.  Good sir.  Well, it’s nice to see doing that real  simple stuff again.

 Know that real heavy drama show has got, you know,  doing that Shakespeare stuff. You think about Shakespeare, you think about a man basically with the education second grade education wrote some of the greatest poetry of all times. I think maybe not. I don’t wandering around Stratford after a couple of beers, knocking on doors, GOING, “IS THIS 2B OR NOT BE?”  I WROTE THAT. THAT’S MINE.

 I’M WITH A SHAKESPEARE, RIGHT? KISS MY TIGHT.  Shifting into action movie characters, our energetic guest imagines an aggressive Austrian bodybuilder performing tragic monologues,  which means I could  alone you could feel like to be a what, you know? Schwarzenegger  walks into the room. I’m back.

 Watch out, Denmark. Mother, come here. I love you. Big kiss for you. Sorry, you’re dead. Look over here. I’m going to do another speech. But first, I’m going to tear through a wall and flex my nipples. Don’t be afraid of me. Don’t be  afraid. To conclude his dramatic showcase, the versatile comedian delivers a spot-on, cynical interpretation featuring Jack Nicholson. Oh, Nicholson.

 You could think of him. He’d do great. He’d be a great Hamlet. Just like neither a borrower nor a lender be the t-shirts keep for thine self.  These are obscure references, but we must  we throw him in just to keep you.  Shakes said, was it not him that said kill all the lawyers first? But of course there were no agents then.

 That’s right.  Four. The fastest mind in comedy. Robin Williams lightning speed impersonations.  We got uh we got a group on here. You you do you you like mime. You good. You  I was a mime in front of the Metropolitan Museum in New York.  Right.  That was fun too. It’s a lot of fun too when you uh  you’re doing mime imitating people and some very elegant lady in a fur goes get the hell away from me before I tear your head off.

 Well, thank you madam. I I   What’s wrong? You sick? Why are you so white? You’re too white. You’re too white.  Through brilliant street performances, Robin Williams demonstrates his incredible ability to capture harsh urban attitudes.   Then there’s Henry Kissinger. You’re going, “Move his arms. Move his arms.

” I hope that one day they go back to Geneva and he and Gorbachev get together, have a couple of fits of vodka, and there’s old Misha going, “Listen.” Okay, listen. No, look me in the eyes, you old cowboy. Look here. Not the map of Albania. Right in the eyes. Listen. Listen. We’ll lose the missiles. Okay.

 We lose the missiles if you lose this Luke Skywalker stuff. Okay. What are you, Obi-Wan Kenobi? Come on. Come on. All I want is maybe a little bit of Western Europe and nude 3D picture of Brook Shields. Okay.  I like her because the eyebrows remind me of Brev. Come on.  Transforming into famous world leaders, the comedian creates an absurd dialogue about nuclear weapons and models.

 The picture you made.  Yes, sir.  About football.  Yeah. I was I was a football player in high school. I was so bad they asked me to play another sport. Really?  I was a triple threat man. I was slow, small, and white, which is a great thing.   Throw it to him. He’s so good.  How do you block him? BING.

OUT OF the way. Boy, after watching the Super Bowl, too, it was all Oh, man. It was like I know a lot of lot of Patriots out there was going, “If there’s another quarter, we could have had him.”   And that poor quarterback, man. a guy who’s fading back the past and you see him fade back, you go like, “It’s an eclipse.” No, it’s just me.

   To mock his own athletic skills, our energetic guest compares his high school football physique to solar eclipses.  It’s a good time. Really, it’s nice. You have to be careful though if you’re walking in West Hollywood. The police are different now. It’s like, “Stop. Those shoes don’t go with that shirt.

”   Fine. Fine. Take them out. Get something different. Salmon. Salmon. Put something in salmon. I don’t care.   Santa Monica Boulevard is interesting. You don’t  It is Boy, you can go from the Alps to Cowboys in two seconds.   Chand chandeliers for stop lightss don’t make it, but that’s the way it is down there.

 I don’t know. We’re not in Kansas anymore. You’re right. And give me those shoes, you crazy one. Take off those heels. Yes, they fit. Ouch.   How this erratic star mimics local fashion police showcases absolute comedic genius.  There’s a spirit here. There’s a glory night tonight.

 I just want to say that man in the ptl club, if he’s such an amazing healer, why can’t he make his wife Jiffy pop hair do go down  Jiffy Pop hairdo and buy her a decent dress and get her a nice  dress.  Look, LOOK WHAT THEY BROUGHT ME. Put that away. Look what the the sponsors PUT IT DOWN THERE.

 ISN’T SHE AMAZING? She’s been possessed by the wonderment.  Because television preachers demand massive wealth, the skeptical actor questions their ridiculous cosmetic choices.  They’re all great. Reverend Jean Scott’s my favorite, too.  Yeah, Reverend Scott, he he’s loves the hatch.  Yes, he does.

 He’s on there just comparing, you know, the devil in a rinse and spin cycle, you know.   FCC most of the time.  Yeah. Find him. There is no such word as audit in the Bible.  says, “Yay, gave me shelter and I am using it for  as best I can.”  His supernatural improvisation speed unmatched.

 This unparalleled television icon remains an eternal force of creative brilliance. Five. Pure comedic brilliance. Robin Williams and Johnny Carson’s legendary chemistry. During another chaotic studio visit, Robin Williams mocks corrupt television evangelists using ridiculous household kitchen appliances.  You are healed.  Yes.  Yes.

 Some of the evangelists are so hard up now they’re healing appliances. Bring forward the blender.  Oh, you can’t make Julian fries. Say popel and come on home. Mama.  Yeah. Say frappe for no reason.   Where else? Put your hand near the socket and I’ll be laughing. Come on now.  I watch him. I get hooked on those guys.

 Switching topics, the frantic comedian describes feeling strange about racial demographics at exclusive coastal beaches.  I was out at Malibu sitting on a beach one day. Uh,  it’s lovely out there.  My god, look, there’s a negro. Let’s talk to someone.   Pardon me. Can you teach me this?  It’s incredible.

 To describe oceanfront living, our hyperactive guest invents absurd stories about floating mobile homes.  You don’t hang out much at the beach, though. It’s the first time I ever saw you.  No, it was nice, though. It was nice to see the few of the houses left.  Yes. Yes.  Nice thing about living at the beach at any moment. You can have a mobile home.

Look, there goes Bob and Tad.  We rent as a house boat in the summer. Actually, do it.   How this erratic star criticizes his own expensive wardrobe choices generates massive audience laughter.  You’re looking good.  Thank you, sir. This is a lovely suit for the marquee to suede.  Whether you’re having a meeting or simply tying yourself up,  I don’t know.

 This is you pick out uh  pick out my clothes. No. Someone just goes, “Here, buy this. Take a chance.”  I don’t know. Put some pads in it. Maybe. Look. Lovely. From Quasimoto Sanctuary G.  Because studio decorations look tragic, the comedian roasts his network host over canceled television programs.

 Oh no. Someone at Forest Lawn’s going, “Where are the flowers?”   5 minutes. Mr. W. These are all from the NBC shows that have died weeks.  Thank you, Mr. Silverman, for that lovely bouquet.  If poking fun at executives seems bold, his brutal imitation of classical actors proves worse.

 Well, it’s nice to see you haven’t lost your sense of propriety.  Yes, my sense of decency. God bless us all.  Yes. I thought thought now that you were a legitimate actor.  Well, you come out like John Houseman, you know,  the theater, my man, Mr. J.  Yes.  God bless him. Real burgers.

 There’s no meat anywhere near  I saw him walking something new the other night. He’s busy.  Busy man.  Oil cars. I mean,  anything if you need a v.  Solving national political primary debates through professional wrestling matches remains an absurd yet brilliant suggestion.  I’ll sell it. They won’t know why.

  Oh god. The primary today. It’s going to be  today. Yeah. Are you hip hip current on politics?  No, really. I just um I’m watching the primaries. It’s incredible that where’s the beef was the main situation that maybe they have the next phrase will be speak softly and carry a big bun. You never know.

   I can’t wait. I think I should abolish the primaries and just have like tag team wrestling. I’ll be there. I’LL BE A MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. YOU CAN COME ON. NO, I’M THE KING OF TOWN. You stay away from   their legendary chemistry unmatched. This brilliant comedian and our iconic host defined golden age television. Six.

Johnny Carson laughs as Robin Williams details his mental hospital movie. During a discussion about serious cinema, Robin Williams describes the painful fake smile required at award shows.  Son, I bless you.  I’VE BEEN NOMINATED TWICE. IT’S SO NICE TO WATCH somebody else win.  And they read the name and they go and the winner for best actor is someone other than you.

 and you sit there and they keep the camera on you and you’re supposed to go like,  I’m so happy.  Wouldn’t it be nice? You could be really truthful and go. [screaming]  Transitioning to his dramatic hospital movie, the comedian compares his intense co-star to a predicted apocalypse  into the comedy thing.  There sometimes.

 I mean,  it was weird. In this movie, I was working with Robert Dairo, of course, obviously whole other style. Yeah,  I think that’s like Bob is not a funny guy.  I think Nostradoma said when they meet that will be the end.  I mean, he’s a different style, you know? It’s like, how you doing, Bob?  What?  You know, it’s  you’re afraid if you look at him the wrong way, it’s like, “Hey, Bob.

”   I mean, you have to kind of  to explain the bizarre shooting environment, our guest recalls a confusing encounter with a local medical professional. find a way of dealing with it. But there’s sometimes where you have to break the mood because we’re working in a mental hospital for 5 months  in Brooklyn and every day you’d walk in, there’d be a little guy staring.

 There’d be like there’s, you know, there’s a lot of doors and only five keys. And  you’d be there and you’d walk past and there’d be a guy waiting at the window going, “Do I look NUTS TO YOU? DO I LOOK NUTS TO YOU? DO I LOOK CRAZY TO YOU?” AND YOU REALIZE it was one of the doctors.    how schizophrenic background extras judged his ridiculous directing instructions provides another fantastic behind-the-scenes perspective.

 Yeah.  And we used a lot of real patients. We used, you know, Penny was using schizophrenics and  yeah,  uh Tourette’s patients and it was a weird thing. The schizophrenics, she would ask, she would direct them and everything was fine until the moment when they said, “It’s time now. We’re going to have to because someone’s talking in front of you.

 We want you to talk but not say anything.” And all of a sudden, you saw them look like, “And I’m crazy.”  Yeah. But they but they wanted background stuff but not it was that moment where all of a sudden reality went  because the real neurologist possessed distinct physical traits the actor visualizes a massive bearded genius saving snacks.

 this book, Awakenings, and he wrote another book called The Man Who Mistook Hook Wife Wife for a Hat, which those of you who drink a lot are going, I’ve done that.  She was a pair of shorts one night, too.   And he wrote these wonderful books basically about different aspects of the brain.

 And in this, he um he was there every day.  Yeah.  He’s an amazing man. He’s about 6’4. He’s like a combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Albert Schweitzer. And he also looks like Santa Claus cuz he’s got this big beard and uh usually there’s food in it that he’s forgotten is there. Oh. Oh, good. I forgot that. Tasty. Tasty.  If curing comeomaos patients seems miraculous, their imagined mundane reactions prove absolute comedic gold.

 Freeze up and go into this like statue state.  It would be latent that long. And then  yeah, and they have a dormcancy period and then it would come back and  then he woke them up basically with this drug that they use for Parkinson’s patients which is it was a miracle. And he said for that summer it was an amazing thing to see them.

 He has documented footage of these people who hadn’t moved in a long time. And the next thing you see them, they’re like this. I’m out of here.   You think that after 30 years, one of them would wake up and go, “Didn’t anybody try and shake me?”  His dramatic acting story is finished. This versatile performer transitions toward our final unforgettable television farewell. Seven.

 The Ultimate Comedic Force. Robin Williams’s greatest moments on the TONIGHT SHOW. I BROUGHT YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING.  You’ve got to be kid.  LITTLE SOMETHING FROM THE ELVIS ESTATE.  Little something here. It’s nice.  Just Can I try it? Should I?  PLEASE SIT ON DOWN AND WE’LL GIVE YOU A pina colonic.   There you are.

 Oh god.   Here we go. Can I Can I sit in the sun today?  We’re going to HAVE  WE’RE GOING TO SPAGO.  SPAGO.  DON’T BE AFRAID. I ALSO BOUGHT YOU THE NEW LA medical alert. It says, “I’ve fallen.” And get the hell away from me. A  little gift.  Oh, isn’t that nice? Hey,  a rocking chair.

 Yeah, it’s little simple things. I I got you a bunch of stuff.  Just a little stuff to get you in your new life.  After his hilarious retirement presentation, Robin Williams reveals an absurd physical technique for famous presidential impressions.  Got a weed and seed. Here we go. I figured out how you do George Bush.

Yeah.  Basically what you do is you take John Wayne  and you tighten up his ass.    Going to head the wagon trains on north. Come on with me. YOU NEED TO CLIMB. GET   I never thought.  You never thought of that. John Wayne.  Oh, it’s it’s frightening.  Hi, you pilgrim. You just bring it up.

1,000 points right up there. There you go.  You’re right, sir.  Going to head the wagon train through. Cash some checks. Here we  are.  Amazing thing he is. And you look, instead of cowboy boots, there’s topside.  Shifting to family matters, the manic comedian shares an embarrassing anatomical observation about his newborn son.

 Ah, now the new baby.  Yes, there is a new baby.  Yeah. 6 months old.  6 months. It’s amazing.  Yeah. Wow.  That’s that two now.  Three.  Three.  I have three children that I know of. No, there’s amazing thing because um when they’re born, they’re so exquisite. They’re perfectly formed.

 This is a little boy.  Yeah.  Perfectly formed. And then these incredibly huge  as we say, beep   If that’s bleeped, good luck.  Is that a Is that a family longunn? I don’t know. I CERTAINLY HOPE YOUR GRANDFATHER HAD A GREAT SET, TOO.  I don’t know.  It’s amazing. I think I hope he grows into these.  Oh god.

 I don’t think I’ll just keep getting proportionally the same where it’s like  to explain his bright blonde hair, our wild guest invents a bizarre religious television talk show.  I did this. I just I’m so happy to be here.  I want to have my own little cable talk show. Hi. Welcome to In Your Ear.

 My guests tonight are Mother Teresa.  Rapping with Robin.  Rapping with Robin. We’ll be right back.  Feels like one of those things has guests like here. My guests are Mother Teresa and Ruda Lee.   And later Mason Reese will be along.  Mother Teresa’s hair pushing her near perfume. It’s called Compassion.

 The scent of sentiment.  I know. I did this um for a  movie.  How extreme distance running creates natural pain relief provokes another fantastic biological stand-up comedy routine.  Oh, what are you doing? What do you do when you get any spare time when you’re not doing concert and comic relief and working your material out in clubs and so forth?  Well, I try and uh I run a lot.

 I know that.  I mean, I run cross country and stuff cuz it’s so much cheaper than the old ways.  People aren’t, you know, you don’t go when you’re running. Let me go. No, man. You need another pair of shoes.  It’s very difficult. But I’d run just cuz you get that endorphin, which is like your body’s way of saying, “This really hurts.

 I’m going to medicate you.”  That’s why you see marathon runners are just like, “How you doing?” Because professional athletes maintain extreme low heartbeats, the hyperactive actor compares their vital signs to small rodents.  But I I run.  And you got that low heartbeat now that marathon runners get real low have like something like 36 or 40 beats a minute  basically down around squirrel.

 I mean, but you get that really really really low heartbeat. It’s like  Yeah.  Got it.  If national political campaigns demand absolute moral purity, his teenage vehicle romance ruins any future presidential run.  They’ll go back when I was in high school and find out what Francine  Corbin I did  in the in the back of a 39 Chrysler and that will come out to haunt me.

 You know, they look into your background.  Oh, they go beyond that. This type of scrutiny and even Washington would go, “Thank you. I’m out of here.”  No one could survive the scrutiny of that. But I mean, you could do it and maybe you could either run with Gorbachef. It’d be great. He doesn’t have a green card, but what the hell?  Their unforgettable final interview concluded.

 This supreme comedy genius leaves an eternal mark on television broadcast history. And there you have it. The ultimate showcase of Robin Williams destroying the Tonight Show. His unmatched  comedic speed and untamed spirit gave Johnny Carson the most unforgettable interviews ever  broadcast. If you survived this historic television madness, make sure to hit that subscribe button, leave a like, and comment your favorite moment below.

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