Robin Williams

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q83338: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Mrs. Doubtfire, which ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Misery (1990); What About Bob? (1991); The Truman Show (1998). Count them as actor (17 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Stephen King: 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as suggested for Paul Sheldon: Stephen King ⇒ Misery (the host's read). King writing about his nightmare of a fan who takes things too far.
    “Stephen King writing about, like, basically his work's nightmare”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:58:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as suggested for Paul Sheldon: Stephen King ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Misery is King's book about addiction; Annie Wilkes stands for the painkillers.
    “Annie Wilkes is really, she represents that, this thing that's trying to kill him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:11:22 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as what-if / circled for the lead: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as suggested for Paul Sheldon: Forgetting Sarah Marshall ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Dracula the Musical award is borrowed from Sarah Marshall; given to the Misery books.
    “We relate, so in, in, uh, forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:57:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Frank Capra: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as what-if / circled for the lead: Frank Capra ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Nichol's idea is described as Capra plus Hitchcock combined.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as suggested for Paul Sheldon: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
    “The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Stand by Me (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as suggested for Paul Sheldon: Stand by Me ⇒ Misery (the host's read). King's first adaptation he liked was Stand By Me; Reiner got Misery through that deal.
    “the 1st one of the 1st adaptation of his that he actually really liked was stand by me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:11:08 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Survivor: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as what-if / circled for the lead: The Truman Show ⇒ Survivor (the host's read). Truman Show weirdly kicked off reality TV, predating Survivor by a year or two.
    “This kind of weirdly kicked it off, like this predated by a year or two.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (20) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Jim Carrey → Robin Williams. Carrey and Williams are the two comedians with the most talent to cross over into movies.
    “But Robin Williams and Jim Carrey would probably be my number.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:40 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): John Travolta → Robin Williams. Both came out of 1970s sitcoms and rose to be movie stars, hence the Old Dogs pairing.
    “Coming out of sitcoms in the 70s and then ascending to become major movie stars and everything.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 0:14:47 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Hook → Robin Williams. Williams's antic performance comes out of the peak of his movie stardom.
    “this was really in the heyday of Robin Williams's movie stardom.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:31:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Robin Williams → John Travolta. The pair were Mork and Barbarino and were long asked when they would make a movie together.
    “No, no, it was it was Mork and Barbarino.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:06:27 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): John Travolta → Robin Williams. Compared to Spielberg and Cruise: fans waited decades for them to team up.
    “It was like Spielberg and Cruz.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:06:33 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Robin Williams → John Travolta. One speaker says Williams is far funnier than Travolta in the film.
    “Williams is like 10 times funnier than Travolta in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:08:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Robin Williams. The lead is called the most Robin Williams part he never played; he was circled before Carrey.
    “It really was the most Robin Williams part ever that he didn't do.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:33 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Misery → Robin Williams. Williams had caged energy and you would believe he read the books.
    “Robin Williams to me would have been incredible.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:35:35 · Brian Koppelman (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (casting what-if): Robin Williams → What About Bob?. Robin Williams was the first choice for Bob; he was a bigger star than Murray in 1987-93.
    “Robin Williams was the 1st choice for Bob.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:48:19 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.