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On The Lost Roles of Robin Williams

You say Williams had not transitioned into dramatic acting until much later, but check out his turn in Garp, which was in the early 80s. He was very good in a demanding, subtle, and straightforwardly dramatic role. I often think that Williams's career would have been more artistically successful if he had gone in that direction.

Posted on March 31, 2011 at 10:02 pm

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On Looking Back at The Dana Carvey Show

Somewhere or other — recently, maybe on Maron's WTF? — LCK discussed the choice of the Clinton bit to open the first show. The hitch was that the first sketch pretty much had to be a Carvey impression, and that bit was the only one available, for some reason. LCK swears that he advised them not to use that sketch as the very first one of the series. He also talked about the time slot — I think it was 9pm, where network execs supporting the show could argue that it was "just before Law and Order" or whatever, whereas detractors could say that it was "right after Full House" (talking about what is appropriate in those slots now, not the actual shows) -- if it had been more successful earlier, the people who wanted to argue that adult fare could exist at 9pm might have won the day, but when it wasn't instantly a universal success, the people who were worried about the younger people in the audience had all the cards.

Posted on March 21, 2011 at 2:21 am

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