Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind Page #4

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I was sent to live

with her parents

in the South.

My grandparents,

who had been raising me

as their child,

suddenly informed me that I had

this other family and a brother

that I didn't know I had.

And when we met,

we met as strangers.

He was eight.

He was probably

not quite sure

what to make of me.

He was showing me all

of his little toy soldiers

and everything like that.

I believe Robin

already knew about Todd.

Marina Zenovich:

Tell me how you are

related to Robin Williams.

I was married

to Robin's

brother, Todd...

for nearly

30 years.

Todd's mother was

married to Robin's dad

for only a couple of years.

Todd was a very little boy

when they divorced.

Mac, he and Robin had

the same mom, different dads.

Todd and Robin had

the same dad, different moms.

All three of them had

some things in common

and just loved the fact

that they were related.

McLaurin:

Even though there

were three brothers,

we were all raised

as only children.

To be honest, I think

that none of us would have

turned out the way we did,

had it been--

had we grown up together.

Growing up

by yourself a lot,

you can either

kind of go nuts

or you have

a very comedic

attitude toward it.

When you're in school

and you don't have

too many friends,

or this, that, and the other,

that's a way of kind

of circumventing.

There's a flip side to that

because there's

a depressive side to that--

that kind of personality too.

There's a strong element

of that in our family.

Robin:

My mother,

she would do weird things,

like cut a rubber band,

stuff it in her nose,

and be at a dinner party,

and go.. . (sneezes)

"Oh dear."

And my dad would go,

(flatly) "Great, Laurie.

That's really funny."

Oh my,

you're gonna do this!

-Oh no! Oh God!

-(laughter)

You know,

we embarrassed your dad.

I did for years.

Yeah, that and me making

this noise at dinner.

-Yeah. No.

-He didn't like that either.

He doesn't

take lightly to our--

-And the whoopie cushions.

-(laughs)

-Fun too.

-You remember

whoopie cushions?

We had a couple of those

that we'd bring in.

They've been going strong

for 50 years,

-and they're still funny.

-They are.

Nothing like a good

whoopie cushion

before a press

conference, right,

Mr. Reagan?

That's right.

Put a little water in it, too.

It's really effective.

-Oh, God, Ma!

-(laughter)

Put a little water in it

and then watch!

Not only does

it make a noise,

it stains!

Oh, there's a fun one.

Laurie:

I think Robin had

a happy childhood.

I hope.

You never really know.

He was very isolated,

so he had to entertain

himself a lot.

Elayne Boosler:

I don't know when

I met Robin,

but the next thing

I knew was

he lived

in my apartment

with me.

He had an apartment,

I never went there.

I didn't even

know his address.

He lived

in my apartment.

Robin started

pursuing me.

I had never been

so pursued in my life,

and he would not

leave me alone.

and I thought, "Okay,

well, I'm in for fun."

He was very quiet

in real life.

You wouldn't know,

if you had just met him

in the daytime

and spoke to him,

what he became at night.

Robin:
This is

the hormone blues-in.

Here we go.

(mimics harmonica)

(deep voice)

Yeah.

Went to bed last night,

with hair upon my chest

(mimics harmonica)

(high-pitched)

I woke up this morning

With a couple

of beautiful breasts

You know I'm, I'm

(deep voice)

Changing

Boosler:

I knew that Robin

was running around

when I wasn't around,

but I didn't care!

It didn't bother me.

But all the comics were

so caring for me,

and they said,

"You know, we think he has

a girlfriend

in San Francisco."

And I said,

"Well, I'll ask him."

And I said,

"Do you have a girlfriend

in San Francisco?"

"Oh no." I said,

"Listen, don't lie to me.

I hate lies,

tell the truth.

I don't mind."

"Oh no, oh no."

So we're in

The Improv one night,

and Jay said,

"Robin, you should

be honest with Elayne,

tell her if you

have a girlfriend

somewhere else."

And he said,

"Look, man. Look, man."

"I'm just looking

for a little bit of balance.

I'm just trying to find

a little bit of balance."

And Jay Leno said,

"Yeah, but you're using

your dick as a fulcrum."

After we broke up,

he married his girlfriend.

Velardi:

We jumped on

each other's bandwagon.

We were a good team.

We were having an adventure.

And then, everything changed.

Sunday, Monday,

Happy Days

Tuesday, Wednesday,

Happy Days

Thursday, Friday,

Happy Days

The weekend comes,

my cycle hums...

Scott Marshall:

Growing up, I loved

Happy Days,

loved Fonzi.

In 1977,

I was eight years

old, and Star Wars

came out...

and I stopped

watching Happy Days.

My dad said,

"Why don't you wanna watch

Happy Days anymore?"

And I said, "There's

no spaceman on it."

He went

to the writer's room

on Happy Days

and said, "Scotty

wants a spaceman!"

And all the writers

rolled their eyes, "Oh,

what a great idea.

A spaceman, okay,

how can we do this?"

My Aunt Ronnie,

who was in charge

of casting,

told my dad

about a comedian

doing stand-up

on the street corner,

with a hat

that people

put money in.

My dad said,

"You want me

to hire a kid,

"who stands

on the street corner

with a hat

"on a primetime network

television show--

"a hit show,

number one

in the ratings--

"I'm gonna put

a kid who stands

"on the sidewalk

with a hat,

that's who

I'm gonna put on?"

And Ronnie said...

"It's a pretty full hat."

-(babbles)

-(door shuts)

What do you do,

you just use that

to scare people with?

No, keeps the rain

off my head.

(audience laughs)

Are you

Richie Cunningham?

Oh yeah.

Yeah, that--

that's me.

-Is this your house?

-Uh-huh.

Ee-ee, Ee-ee.

Wait a minute.

Who are you?

I am Mork from Ork.

Que pasa?

(babbles)

Marshall:

The episode,

in front of the live audience,

it got a standing ovation.

All 300 people stood up

and applauded Robin

when he finished

that episode.

Robin:

ABC has a commitment

to Paramount,

and they have

to honor it.

If they have a series

that falls out,

they have to put something

on the air from Paramount.

No pilot, just--

you gotta put it on.

And they went, "Oh f***,"

so they scrambled.

They'd say, "Okay,

we have this character,

Mork, which tested very well,"

and they had Pam,

a series where

she played a nun...

Pam Dawber:

Called Sister Terri,

who had been

a gang leader,

and kind

of talked like this.

And she was

a little tough,

but she was a nun.

(laughs)

And it was

terrible.

Marshall:

My dad took footage

of Pam Dawber from the pilot,

in the nun outfit,

cut it together

with Robin

on Happy Days- -

just literally

spliced it together--

and that was the pilot.

It was a $63 dollar pilot.

Robin:

And they went, "Fine, whatever,

just throw it on the air."

They didn't think

it had a fighting chance

of ever living.

They're announcing

the fall line up,

and it says,

"ABC announces

"Mork & Mindy,

starring Robin Williams

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