blterrible@lemmy.mltoToday I learned@lemmy.ml•TIL that Robin Williams had gained a reputation within stand-up comedy circles for stealing jokes. English
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1 year agoHis comedy was largely a stream of consciousness type of thing. I’m fairly sure that he only realized that some of the joke he told were stolen after they’d left his mouth. He wasn’t the type of comedian who worked from a “tight 15” on a regular basis. It was more that he’d discover that an audience member was half German, half Japanese and would then go off on a spontaneous stream of WWII jokes about their ancestry.
We should go back to this. I want to ride on a subway with everyone shouting “Meet hot singles in your area! Improve facial skin with one simple trick! Secret and confidential. Eyes only!”