Doing stand up in San Francisco I saw Robin so many times over the years at Comedy Day, Cobbs and the Throckmorton. He was always generous with his time and loved riffing with the other comics. Nothing was cooler than making Robin laugh. In 2004 when Dan Dion started up shows again at the Purple Onion and he asked me to host them. I happened to be talking to Robin at Cobbs and told him we were kicking off new shows at the legendary venue and his eyes lit up and he said hed drop by some time. About 6 months later Robin popped in to one of our shows and sat in the back of the room. I asked him if he wanted to go up and he said no, he just wanted to watch. After a couple of comics he found me and said this is the best room in town..can I please do some time. I feel bad that I had to bump Joe Klocek back a bit, but Robin went on and did the most amazing set I ever saw him do. He riiffed on North beach, The Beats, Columbus, San Francisco and did whole sections in true Italian which had Mario the owner doubled over. I saw Robin so many times over the years but that was my favourite of all the shows I saw him do.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:30:42 +0000