I just remembered this moment from my July 2009 TCA press tour wrap-up piece. It seemed like a must-share. Cheapest Thrill of the Tour: shaking hands with Robin Williams. There’s generally at least one person per press tour who leaves me feeling completely unlike a professional journalist and turns me into a total fanboy. In January, it was Ozzy Osbourne. In July, it was Robin Williams. I had a fleeting moment where I had to choose between taking a photo and shaking his hand, and although the photo would’ve been more permanent, I went for the memory. If he hadn’t been in the process of leaving, I would’ve told him that I’d been a fan ever since I wrote a fan letter to Mork and Mindy and, in return, ABC sent me a postcard with his pre-printed autograph (and Pam Dawber’s, too), but in the end, I was succinct and just said, I’ve been a fan for a long time. In return, he said, Oh, thanks, man, I really appreciate it, and it’s a testament to his acting abilities that he said it in such a way that it really felt like he hadn’t heard the exact same thing a million times before. Or maybe he really does still enjoy having people tell him that.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:39:40 +0000
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