Remembering Robin and Rik
• ‘I am a very nice girl. I have no intentions of being a dominatrix.’ Katherine Ryan.
• Jimmy Cricket is to release a comedy single about Luis Suarez biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup. Here’s a sample of I Was Bit by Luis Suarez, which will be available from iTunes and other download sources from August 26. Here is a preview:
• You should google the word ‘askew’.
• Rik Mayall has been commemorated with a 20ft mural on the doors of the Playhouse in Harlow, Essex, where he was born. Local street artist Dave 'Gnasher' Nash, who painted the work, which was approved by the local council, said: 'I grew up watching Rik Mayall in The Young Ones and Bottom It blew my mind when I found out he was from Harlow too, and I wanted to remember his life in some way in the town.' Mayall died in June, aged 56.
• ‘In America they really do mythologize people when they die’ Robin Williams.
• Williams was a shoe-in for what was originally the small role of Mork in Happy Days. Producer Garry Marshall remarked that he Williams was the only alien to try out for the part: ‘I will never forget the day I met him and he stood on his head in my office chair and pretended to drink a glass of water using his finger like a straw.’
• At Redwood High School in California Williams was voted ‘least likely to succeed’.
• Robin Williams is to become a character in World of Warcraft. The comic was a gamer, who even named his daughter Zelda in reference to the Nintendo Legend of Zelda. He’s also been remembered in Roy Chubby Brown says he’s going joke about Robin Williams on stage. ‘I’ve just written down, “knock, knock”, the audience are going to say “who’s there”. I’m going to say ‘Robin Williams: I’m not dead yet, will you open this f*****g box. As daft as it is, people will laugh at it. I know what they’ll laugh at and I know what they won’t laugh at.’
• Then there’s this story, told by Norm MacDonald via Twitter:
• It was my first stand-up appearance on Letterman and I had to follow the funniest man in the world. #RIPRobinWilliams
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• I was a punk kid from rural Ontario and I was in my dressing room, terrified. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• I was on the phone to a friend back home when the funniest man in the world ambled by. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• There was no one else on the floor. In shock, I told my friend who just walked by. Only the funniest man in the world. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• I guess he heard me say his name, cause in an instant he was at my side. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• He was a jewish tailor, taking my measurements. He went down on his knees, asked which way I dressed. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• I told my friend on the phone that the funniest man in the world was on his knees before me, measuring my inseam. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• My friend didn't believe me so I said, "Could you talk to my friend, sir. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• The funniest man in the world took the phone and for ten minutes took my friend's chinese food order. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• I laughed and laughed and it was like I was in a dream because no one else was there. No one. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• The place was out of Moo Shoo Pork, and there was nothing he could do about it. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• He angrily hung up on my friend and I was about to thank him when he said I hadn't even tried the jacket on. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• Then the funniest man on earth dressed me, a complete stranger, and i remember he ended with a windsor knot. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• He spoke mostly yiddish, but when he finished he was happy with his job and turned me to a mirror to present myself to me.#RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• No one witnessed any of this. No one. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• The funniest man alive was in my dressing room a good half-hour and was far funnier than the set I had to do soon.#RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• ll of a sudden it was, had to. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• When he left my dressing room, I felt alone. As alone as I ever remember feeling. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• Until today. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• Unacceptable. #RIPRobinWilliams
• — Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) August 12, 2014
• ‘He was like the Muhammed Ali of comedy.’ Jimmy Fallon.
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• Tweets of the week
Jason (@ NickMotown ): Only recently found out that 50 Cent wasn't one half of Dollar. Embarrassing.
Gary Delaney (@GaryDelaney): Obviously I'm disappointed to he refused planning permission to build myself a house on this plot of land, but I'm not going to dwell on it.
Brian Bliston (@@brian_bilston): Girl, are you pre-colonial Africa? 'Cos although I've caressed your coasts, I've not yet been able to penetrate your interior.
Published: 15 Aug 2014