Robin Williams Makes an Insane First Appearance | Carson Tonight Show

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Original Airdate: 10/14/1981
This is a Robin Williams first appearance on that on The Tonight Show
He doesn't do many outside appearances. I think I saw him about three years ago
I think he was on with Dick Cavett one night
Did you know he's the star of the very successful Mork & Mindy show which is beginning its fourth season on the air
I begin this Thursday, and he's gonna be seen a new film late next spring called the world according to Garth
You ever read that book interesting funny book. Would you welcome Robin Williams?
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
999 that should wake him up. That's a laid-back place up there
Do you believe no?
No, don't touch the back of the TV. It'll shock you across the room
Know the power grab it now you watch those you watch those guys on Sunday
Oh, you've got some winners that way there's some without mentioning any names no
No, really because they come to your door going hello. Here's your watchtower I
Like to say hello to you, but I don't want the book take the book
They got a hair thing don't they I mean most of those evangelists are very
How the hair looks and they got great suits and great ties and wonderful incarnations big dead roses, right?
I could not save this flower, but I will say
Say baby
Come on home take anything you need take the Cuisinart. No, it's good. Oh
They must look in Europe go, what did they do?
America why
Yeah, this is a nice nice outfit, yeah somewhere there's a car seat real envious
Man you got my car seat come back here with a
Last time I saw you you were with Cabot about three years ago. Yes, sir, and that's why I haven't done anything since
I'm 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 any way you want to leave everybody out. Oh, so I said dear Lord make my cheeks of ice
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 reformers don't get nervous. Not at all. Really I do. Oh
No, really, no, I don't have a real not me no way is there some reason you don't do is the fact that you get
Nervous very much. I suffer from severe dyslexia, too. I was the only child in my block and Halloween to go trick-or-trout
Here comes that young Williams boy again better get some fish
Here you go say hi to your mom and dad
Where where is home home for you or did you come from a home?
They sent all the people the institution Tommy
If you haven't taken your medication yet, it's gonna be fine
They're back at 12 back at 12. Yeah. All right, mr. Williams. I'm real fine now
Look at this thing. Look flipper
Now there's a sound man going what are you doing?
Oh god, I better relax. Relax. Relax. Okay. I'm on tv. Just you're a nice man. You won't hurt me. No, no, no
All right, let this one sit. Uncertainly. Okay. Thank you. Don't be afraid. It's not I had the sores went away
The simplex two is it one a real man can stand up to herpes
Wow too much coffee Tommy
You don't think I spent 19 years you're drinking this stuff you got yeah, how are you late night tv
Little juice in there
You know, it's wonderful though. Yeah, I think I don't know. I better slow down now slow down. My heart's going you fool
You know people see you they probably think you
experiment with uh
Foreign substances in your body medication. You mean? Yeah, something like that
What makes you say that in any way?
No, no
Seriously no, how are you? You know people get howdy doody jaw. How are you?
No, because I believe that cocaine is god's way of saying you're making too much money
I wouldn't take any medication
You couldn't you see the girls at the rainbow barn grill have taken one too many quaaludes going is my lipstick
Look it's emmett's girl
How are you? I'm fine
Yeah, she's a cheap date
Oh
I was asking about your home. I think home. Yeah, where is home? I san francisco. I wonder that's yeah grew up there
Went to a gestalt high school gestalt high school
I used to have a history teacher on acid going i'm lincoln today. I'm lincoln
My problem was there's a kid in the back who goes i'm booth i'm
White pathogen no way were you good in school or were you acting up like this?
No, which is great. I was kind of geeky in school. I was very quiet very like wow. What are you guys doing?
Okay, that sounds reasonable
I have to go away now. You're whoa. What are those?
I don't know. I was very quiet and that took me to go to college and then go look look out there
It's a new world and i've just flunked out
I don't know why I have to sell vibrators door-to-door now madam. Have you ever seen these attachments?
It's nice that I ended my career with you
No, no stay right here. We have to sell something. Oh, yes, but we're going to return right here and i'll be gone though. That's right
Thank the boys in the band each and every one of them a real dude in his own right
Look look little ronald reagan pencils here. Yes, they have no point
Hello, mr. Williams, we're time to audit you and your firstborn again
Nancy and I you know, I've noticed a very strange thing about him though
He never speaks while nancy's drinking water. Do you notice that?
She's dubbing him would be
I'm happy
That should get me out of it again. Yeah you speaking at first when you have no children. No, sir. Not that I know of
None have gone. Are you mr. Williams?
Yes
You're my daddy
And you owe me let's see by present account eight million dollars
I'm not mr. Williams anymore
You don't uh, you're not even married. I I am. Yes, honey. He didn't mean that. Oh, I didn't
She's at home loading the handgun going. I didn't mean to shoot my husband
He came in late, honey. It's oh too much coffee, man
No, i'm married very much so look little ring she's going show them the ring there it is little little porpoise going help me
Another sip of coffee. Yes
Oh, yeah, somebody told me you went to the serious acting school. Yeah, what was that?
Right now there's some guy going what answer did you play?
Say the organ. I said no
You wanted to be a serious serious actor shakespeare. I was there when john hausman was the headmaster. I remember him saying one day
mr. Williams
The theater needs you
I'm going off to sell volvos
We raise the interest so high
Yes, we'll be calling you soon. Did you ever appear in shakespeare? Yes, sir. I did. I remember I was just coming from california
They they had the shakespearean auditions. I was going to be or not to be wow for sure totally
I'm, sorry next thank you
We did plays we did romeo and juliet
Did you do them straight without wanting to go off and be silly?
You know, I had you had to do them straight. There's a little man the wings
Violin sundry things what's wrong blew it
But timing great. Oh, wow
I would like to see them. I think they're going to do hamlet on abc this fall
Except it's going to be called chucky the story of a stirred boy
It's probably readings week ratings week and that'll be itself to be or not to be I don't know we'll call you it'll be
Do you remember the whole soliloquy to be or not to be? No, no, it'd be like to be a
whole line
Whether it is nobler suffer the slings and arrows of
Need elizabeth no wrong outrageous fortune outrageous fortune or to take arms against friends the sea of troubles
And wow, this is great that you know
And by opposing in them
But yet a man who will know himself but yet not touch himself
What is that from is that midsummer night's dream or what that's from the self-abuse soliloquy
And yet look vile fool come the heather no
Thou has forced me to wear designer jeans for no reason
Now in camera man she'll be going where is he going now?
Where am I now this thing's broken
Japanese people go
Hello bless you bless you give me your hand don't be afraid men can touch men
All right, look up there look jean-claude keely for jimmy dean pure pork sausage
Wonderful my there's so many people up there. What's happening?
There's people up there going hi
There's a cameraman trying to let's really make the cameraman mad now
It's very strange
It's very bizarre. There's a lady going come over here. I have something for you. Put those away. I don't want to see those now
All right, this is wonderful, this is very very wonderful this reminds me of home
This is your first time in los angeles to stay away from the bars with the big harley davidson 8000s parked in front
Because 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 quiche
You know what? I'm talking about
I feel time
I would like to do the only impression I do it's Fred Astaire
on the streets of new york
dealing with caca
Right now you're going get him out of here
Here we are Fred Astaire, can I this one won't I won't need the microphone. Can I give this back?
Hi, how are you?
I'm, not paranoid, but why are you behind me?
Everybody off
Thank you. I'll leave this over here for one second. I'll be right back
I'm just so happy to be in america
Fred Astaire in new york
Once again, we don't have to say the second syllable. I don't know
There's a time
We were talking during the break that who's uh gonna join is part-time on the show or full-time full-time johnny winters
Oh, yes the king. Yeah, he's uh, you're obviously a fan of his. Oh, yes. He's wonderful. Yeah, uncle john if you're watching
Take care
Don't let him bounce you around the rubble rooms anymore
Hey gray bear i'm here with the silver fox
Gray bear gray bear i'm home now
He wanted me to do that and he said if you don't do that i'll hurt you tomorrow
Yeah, did you know john in the early years? Uh, like I did when we both uh,
Hit the sauce a little bit. No, no, sir. Oh, yes, we got in all kinds of trouble
Really? He is absolutely he still gets in trouble. Does he he was wandering around the lot yesterday in a
union cavalry officer's outfit
And you see people wandering around going there's studio executives going, you know, I
Good god, what's that?
He's going you men stay over there. Keep wearing the gucci suits. We'll put you in the front line
Oh, he's wonderful though, he's just
He's truly the spirit of joy. Yeah, he's that they flipped his wings though. It was like no, don't let him fly too high
But he's like he plays he goes off. He's a great talent. You just have to stand and go
Where is he going now?
The old days, uh, we went into chasen's restaurant, you know, it's a very high-class place and he uh, this was when we were
Happy times. Yeah, and he walked in and started doing
The rape of grandma remember that he says i'm church. What are you doing?
And the whole bar just left and everybody people were piling into the streets. Oh god
Fun time. So you finished this movie already? Yeah, how'd it go? Well, it was wonderful. I had a great time
I was working with great actors marybeth hurt and people like that. Yeah, and I get very serious now people going he's not being funny
No
Yeah, is that a problem? They expect you to be
Constantly yes mark. Sometimes they expect it was wonderful. I called him the other day. Hi mom mark. Is that you?
Mom put dad on
Mark son dad
Put scruffy on
I don't know that's asking too much. Yeah
But it was fun
It's great to he was the one that george ray hill was a director and he's incredible because he's very
The first day I tried to improvise I was there was a basic it was a very simple scene
It was like yes, I would like to do that and then I went off beyond the line
I went yes, I would like to do that. But first we cut that's a wrap
Get him out of here
Then he makes his face and he'd be behind the camera. If he didn't like a scene he'd go
It's very hard when you're having a love scene going turn your eye and you see the
Okay, let's get out of here
But it was a good experience
You uh, you and richard prior been working at the where the improv the comedy store the comedy store and work the improv
Mitzi, it's going well
Yeah, we we worked every night
And I worked the improv sometimes. Yeah in the boarding house in san francisco plugging all the clubs now
I think i'll be back. Don't worry now
You're a funny guy. Thank you. Thank you. Great to have you here. Thank you. Yeah
Do I get one of your suits? No, no
Yeah, you get a suit. Yes, please. Tell me what look at this
I feel like a little kitty
Oh my it's coming unraveled though, right?
My wife and I would like to macrame a volkswagen one day
Oh, this is so much fun, i'm not scared anymore. Well, what should you be right? You're right. This is this is fun
My career is over, but i'm not scared
I can see it tomorrow in the national enquirer. He's gone. We knew he'd do it
I don't know national enquirer though. You and I both love that magazine. Uh-huh. Yeah
Well, you know a strange thing is though. I put it in the cat box and the cat won't go in there
His little eyes go why that'd be redundant
You got it right strange place really high-class paper it is lose weight after death exciting new diet
And here's a chihuahua and a cup named mickey
They go for the weird stories, don't they? Yeah, but yeah man shoes off own foot. Yeah
No one ever sues the national geographic though. I mean, that's true. It's a
That was my magazine through puberty
That'll keep me cranking for about 10 days
Turn right to the african section
Yes, are you mr. Williams
Another sip of this one. Oh, we have to help us out. Oh, please, you know
I'd like to taste this one more time, but it is real coffee
If you believe that you'll buy this watch
Okay, we're gonna take a break yeah sure we're coming back stay where you are first down
