Hollywood Style (& Some "Bad Taste")

People remembering Robin Williams at his star on Hollywood Blvd.. So sad pic.twitter.com/dsqmvlUHMn— Ted Rowlands (@TEDROWLANDS) August 12, 2014

6925 Hollywood Blvd. if you want to wander by later to help yourself to one of the floral arrangements that will soon appear.

And a quickie from WEB OF EVIL's source for some things show bidnis, Mark Evanier:

Five minutes ago, I sent a bad taste e-mail to a comedian friend whose material occasionally came out of the mouth of the (now) late Robin Williams. It said, "Now Robin's stealing from Freddie Prinze." My friend just wrote back, "Robin's probably pissed that he's not around to steal that."

Even this friend thought that Williams was brilliant…and perfectly capable of improvising without borrowing. He was a controversial figure among other comedians, admired by many, criticized by others. The consensus was that he was capable of brilliant acting and brilliant comedy; not so capable of letting anyone else on stage get a funny word in edgewise. The times I saw him live, he left the audience exhausted, partly from laughing, partly from his sheer energy. One night at the Comedy Store, I watched him do a surprise, unannounced set that went on and on and on, eating up the scheduled comics' time and leaving them an audience that was too tired to listen to quieter — and probably cleverer — material.