From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We remember Robin Williams this evening. He was my friend and he was a friend of this program. He came to this table often. Nobody on the planet could be so spontaneous, so improvisational, so smart as Robin Williams. Simply stated, there was no one like him. In a league of giants like letterman and carson and so many more in television and standup and film, he was a unique giant. So talented it took your breath away. He was the guaranteed laugh, so smart and so quick, but impossible to define. If you are in journalism, your instinct is not to praise but simply to state he was brilliant. He was the brightest star who fell to earth and is now among the stars. Officials will answer the question why he died and how he died. The rest of us simply say, thanks for coming to the table. We will never forget you. The first time he came to this table was 16 years ago. 1998 was the year he would win the Academy Award for his performance in good will hunting. Do you look for this kind of role, because it gives some balance to the kinds of things you are going to do . Yeah, because it could i love being a supporting part. For me, a supporting role is extraordinary for me because it is two things. It takes the pressure off, but it is also being part of an ensemble. But a role like this, because its i like to try and take a turn to do a movie like flubber, which is a children movie. And to do Something Like this, which is totally the other way. To also play a character that is slightly is tough, is slightly he has his own problems. It was a wonderfully complex character, and i love to do that. Yeah, it balances it out. Thats why i always keep trying to do as many different types of things as possible. Not one particular type of role. Take me to two places. One is whats going on with your character, because when this guy walks in the room. And then what happens in the relationship . What is it that shawn finally gives will that makes a difference . Before the first time he walks in, its like i said, my wife died a couple of years before. Id been teaching at this place called Bunker Hill Community college. I teach all different types of psychology classes. You know, but ive kind of withdrawn. I did go to m. I. T. With stellins character but i chose he was a vietnam vet. The professor, the genius who won the fields prize. Fields medal winner. And basically, he chose a life of working in the neighborhood, working basically in boston and working back with the people he grew up with. In a weird way, hes kind of like matts character. He wanted to work with the people he knew, the community he grew up in. But he has got it. He has been through a lot. Matts character is perspective. In the first time he presses the buttons, when he starts to attack the memory of my wife, it pushes a button. I cannot control myself. I violate the therapeutic relationship in that moment. It is no longer therapeutic. Speakst session, that about the swansong is essentially saying, ok, you know who i am and you messed with my life in a huge life. I want you to know i know you are, and i know you need some help. If you want to work with me, i would love to help you, but it is up to you. Then it just begins, this process of the two of them just talking. First couple of times, they do not even talk. Is just standup where he will not even say anything. Then it works to a point where inally, i have to tell him, asked him a few questions and then i start sharing a little bit of myself for some reason with him. The reason probably is that in him you see yourself. He sees himself. I see the same mind. I see where could go. It is like that argument we have with stellins character he gives the einstein thing, what would einstein have done . He did not need anything. He became a great mind. There was another great mind who it is theana idea that he needs work. I know he is a genius, that is a given. I am there to work on the other part of him. The other part is to reach at the end, i am just saying to him, what do you want to do . You can do anything. In the end, it is fatherson. Go ahead. Hes saying what you have chosen to exploit in my character is not a flaw. This relationship i had with this woman is not a character flaw. This is an amazing relationship and because i have had it i have really lived. That is what he tells will. Wills only comeback is why are you not doing that now . The characters were parallels. There were stagnant when they meet each other and because of this interaction, they end up moving on and a healthy way. When did you know that you wanted to at least entertain, if not the whatever you are . [lau [laughs] during that time i think it was after high school. First year of college. I knew there were tendencies that way. What are you doing . Performing. What is that about . Nothing. N college when they took an improvisational theater class, and something that was freeing about that that i flunked out of all of my Political Science courses. We did very well. Lord, yes. It is that thing i do well now. [english accent] brought my mind hither. End, my friend, in the you must suppose that charlie rose knows. Yes, he does. That was the beginning. It has been pretty much from then on doing this. Is there one great thing you want to do . Do you get more satisfaction from this kind of thing, or do mostn the end get the satisfaction when you are out there with an audience . Its equal in different ways. Its like comparing hang gliding and spelunking. How one, the idea of intimate this piece is. And when it works and reaches people at an intimate level, it is just as meaningful to me as performing live. It is different, but it gives me the same satisfaction. But performing live is this extraordinaire its cheaper than prozac. A great relief. It is amazing fulfillment of the one caveat is that it is performing l ive. And when you are really creating. Old line. When you find a new piece, it is something wonderful, a creation. That is extraordinary. Do you sit down and write the stuff at all . No, i basically you free associate. It sounds like a law firm. We are free associate. Raise your right hand or your left. Whatever you want to do . Whatever your mother tells you to. If it is not one thing it is your mother. Stay with me. Marx]oucho here we go. Robin williams had appeared and 30 feature films. This conversation centered on improvisation and the challenge of acting. What you should is combined shakespeare and stand up. Is this not a chicken i have held . Did not the two jews enter the bar . Drink the scotch, i shall know thy name. Outside the day the nasdaq crumbles, the nasdaq like bungee rises. Doth bill gates open the windows of time and rome will be . We find ourselves waiting for this. Kill bill. Yet not knowing why the intern has done not knowing her name. Monica. Until Kenneth Starr shall shine anon, we shall not hear this for the moon above. Oh, vexed thing. Charlie rose, the time is yours. For you, my lord. Shakespeares only play. That is the way you like it. Shakespeare rules. California shakespeare. Shakespeare roles rules dude there was a great article in los angeles magazine. The studios notes to shakespeare. ,who is this character yourk and why do we need him . Does his father have to die . Can the ghost be less of a hallucination . Can the ending have does he have to die . Does he need a girlfriend . Does she have to die ,too. It is so bleak. That is why you are leaving this business temporarily. Again, i saw popeye remember a nation called me and said, can you not open your other eye . No, he only has one. It is called pop eye. No, pal, that is the way it has been for 50 years. Ic cant see. Can we understand him . That part he mumbles. Maybe that is why standup appeals. Because there is no rules. Is there any feel of failure when youre up there . Yeah. You have to get over that and take a chance. You have to fail in order to find the new. Sometimes you have to fail to find the new. You have to take the chance of even bomb. To really kind of like go and say, it peels away. It scares you and then you go back and work harder. Its the same way in anything. You kick it out. That does not work. Then your mind says, try step two. Go to phase two. Dont fall back. Stay with me. [southern accent[ we are going ahead. We are going towards the comedy wish list. [foreign accent[ ] come with me. Somehow it will kick in. Year change from Robin Williams and myself. He was directed in one hour photo. I was recuperating from heart surgery. That would also become a topic of many of our conversations. Come on, now, son. Ive got a new heart. A new valve. Right there. While you wait. Pige went down to the farm. [souther accent] i think we have another one for mr. Rose. Get me louise. Give him the good one. She has got the biggest valve weve ever seen. Bring the big boy. Make sure it is healthy because mr. Rose wants to live a long time. Hes not so good and he sleeps all the time. We want. The one we want the young one, the big one, the right one. You made these three movies in which you play a bad guy. Was there some reason you wanted to go out and tackle things you had not done before . [accent] iwant people to understand, never meant to hurt anybody. They should not have done their. Been there. I had these demons. My head is like a fish pole and the bobble was broken. The therapist would go, ask him about that. To playtor, wanted those characters because as Anthony Hopkins said, they are no longer bound by likability. You have a character that can be so hyper normal, that you no longer have to be charismatic third we went out of our way to take away all of that right off the bat. Bek designed the makeup to very much totally opposite of who i am. Thinning the air. I would not want to keep the single item of clothing. You theu raare physically aware of the fact you do not want them to see Robin Williams . You wanted to see the character. That is why it was great to have mark, because he would monitor it very much and say that is not sy. Its all the detailed, the minutia. It sets, it is all part of it. Saas someone said, one day i was walking in the walmart and i disappeared. That is a great complement. Also, they didnt see sy. He disappeared and became part of it. That type of detail has been really lovely. It is the thing that you said, the more detailed you are in your work the more universal it is in the behavior and all those Little Things. People have come up to me and said, i love your shoes. Thank you. In the movie. I love when they are walking, the squeaking is the sounds, the images. That is a great thing. Do you have to put brakes on instincts to improvised . No. I would have moments that just blow the doors off. If i got method. Mark would say, you are getting to tense. Hed go, blow it out for a moment. I would come back and be very free and calm. There is a residual energy that existed afterwards. There is a lot of tension that is created because we know Robin Williams from talk showsa and, these and standup. So we know he has this volcanic amount of energy. So when he is playing this very repressed, restrained character, we know he is repressing a ok no. A volcano. May suspectctor, we he is repressing. It is not as tense. He keeps echoing. You are charged up. It helps to have the kind of freedom to go off and then you come back and theres this thing where youre very much present and people would say that they are registering when youre just watching someone. That they pick up on a lot of things. That is what we wanted. When you have a character most of the time it is just observing, which is a very interesting, delicate line to walk. You are looking at other people and you have to be with this mixed bag of envy, anger. All of these different things. Not just one emotion but many as in life. Lots of things are going on simultaneously. I am interested in the answer to this question. Where are you and where do you want to go now in terms of this the same. I want to keep doing interesting movies like this. I am 51. Getting towards walter brennan. Do interesting films, work with interesting people. Thats, because you get to a certain point and say, what are you leaving behind . It is movies like this that say great. It is something that has an effect. Has a half life. That is a wonderful thing. Doing standup it is another thing that seems to, it affects people. To have access to both, it is like having passports to many countries. I get the has for to do their hbo and get the passport to do this. It takes people by surprise. So people keep guessing. That year would be one of his most prolific, 2002 saw him star in three films and an hbo special. After 16 years, he had returned to standup. I would think that comedians have a certain brand of friendship because it is a tough love. Tough luck business. In the beginning, everyone was hanging out at the clubs. Youre there together. And then you go dead men walking. Dead men talking. Then you go your separate ways and you will see people in go, what;ss up . I saw Richard Pryor a month ago. He wanted to go see san quentin. Alcatraz. To see and got him off, too. He wanted to go see it. Did he call you and say . Robin, get me to the island. You know san francisco. You know willie. Willie brown, hardest working there and show business i want to say its an honor. No, sister, please. And jonathan winters. He came up. For jonathan, his wedding anniversary of september 11. Rough day. I took him to a giants day. He had a good day. For me, knowing him, meeting comedians like jonathan, don rickles. You are like a little kid. A brother, but more like uncle, the master, buddha. Around jonathan is like being around a great one. A man was kissing a woman in front of us and he leaned over and said you are sucking the ugliness out of her. You hang out with those guys and you cannot help but feel i got to know rod steiger. For me, the stories. You want to get that stuff on tape sometimes. So people could hear all the stuff that these guys have gone through. Walter matthau. Meeting those people. Once or twice i met billy wilder. There is such a gift. They give you the sense of history. Like a knowledge born of great, great history, like walter being in the battle of the bulge. Walter matthau was in the battle of the bulge . Big time. He was on a destroyer. Really . These guys will tell you those stories alone. Then they will tell you being in plays. Then its amazing. All of those guys came out of world war ii. Went into acting as this thing you do on the gi bill. St4eiger went to an acting class because he heard girls were there. Theyre crazy. I dont know what to do. Comics, too. Whats that girl do . Like the comic making love. What show did you see . First or second. Old. Bring it back. I remember that joke from 1929. Do you ever i think about winners. Somebody ought to be sitting with him and having that forever conversation about recording. I got a call last night from a friend saying, this happens to me a little bit and i do not have time to do as much of it as i want to, somebody said, i had the most amazing dinner. He named the guy he had dinner with. He has the most fabulous stories about the beginning of hollywood. You have got to talk to the guy. You have to get it down in some medium that will not go away. [mimics old] it is like hearing the audition tapes of jimmy stewart. Ah, line. They tell you stuff that it is , but also powerful, coming to the depression, making movies and eating in movies where art talking with don rickles. There is this amazing interaction and meeting brando. I got to meet him once. It was insane. It was wonderful. To see him. [mimics] this man. Robin. t know. It is crazy. Hes an amazing guy. All of these guys have so much to tell and teach. Gbrando put together an acting class. Didnt he get guys like you to help him . What he was doing was sharing what hesometimes he will ramble on. I dont know what that means. Sometimes he will Say Something and you go who. A. There is that buddha moment. Theres that zen show business in those days. There was no movies. We were doing this in front of the cave wall. Hominy cromagnon is the take to light a fire . You have to get it on tape. It helps to have people being like a catalyst and they will let yothem go. They want to tell you stuff, and it is important because it is like a verbal and visual record. They light up because you see them talk about it and they remember it. Its like, yeah, baby. They have an audience again. It is the audience again combined with and remembering it again. Science is an interest of yours. Fascinated byof it. My brother started off as an optical physicist. Teaches science in memphis. What science . Im always kind of fascinated by the potential for it, especially when they talk about the human genome or working on, send in the clones. What you doing . Nothing. I met a nobel prize physicist. I developed a therapy for a specific form of cancer. He said, what you doing . I said, im having lunch. You meet them and they are very quiet. Theyve worked out the total nerve system. What do you do . I make noises. I made faces. I like to make faces. Why wont they let me in . I never did anything wrong . Where was that from . M. Was in he did a monologues on a Television Show where he talked about, my head is like a fiscal. I cant imagine ed sullivan b going that was peter lorie. Doing a wonderful monologue from psycho. What Musical Instruments do you play . I tried to play the saxophone once. This great player said, dont hurt it. You are hurting the fishermen. Instrument. You finger it like a woman. My favorite is you listen to those old blues records. You and bonnie raitt going out to find all these blues artist. [accent] i remember it was 1927. I got out of prison for the seventh time. I wrote this song called stay away from me. This song was written after a lovely evening with a woman who i found out later ron was a later on was a man. But we had ourselves a wonderful love. That night i looked in those eyes i didnt know. When robin he returned to this table five years ago, the selfdeprecating humor was still there. And now my friend became more reflective on both his career and his life. So what you doing in weapons of destruction . Selfdestruction . Talking about everything that has happened. The heart surgery. The idea of even the valves. They gave me the choice of the different valves. Lve, gave me the porcine va which i said is wonderful ause you can find truffles. The cow valve. College kids tip you over at night. I got so emotional. Ithought instead of a valve, thought instead of a valve they gave me a tiny vagina. I thought it was an elton john song. When did you know you were not doing so well . I would finish shows and the burnt. This is more than exhaustion. Something else is going on. You get that run down thing. Then when they looked at the valve. Did the angiogram. Raspberry] [blows rose,t you, ancharles with your nice french valve. [french accent] charlie, these are the choices. Cow, pig, chicken heart. Small but you raise fresh eggs. Big horse. How proud will you be . Look at charles . How do you feel today . Wonderful. I am 98 there. Letterman when i talk to him and he had quintuple bypass. He almost really went down for the count down. Coming. Said, you are going to an operation in an hour. Big time. I had a doctor in miami you wanted to operate the next day. Then i had a wonderful italian surgeon who was standing there going, you may not want to go with a guy who wants to go on vacation. You get to pick. I had the luxury of being able to look for the best doctors. Who had donend one 4000 surgeries, and all of them amazing. All of them successful. You do not want to go with a guy who has done six. Three did not go so well. Liike ke a dealer. Lets try this. How long were you in recuperation . About, i think it was three months, ready to go back out again. You feel better today . Yeah. I do, too. That is the idea. I get oxygen to my brain now. I remember things. You appreciate the Little Things like breath. You do. Im back. Its wonderful. You were here at this table when i had my first valve transplant. Good luck with that thing. You know what happens to me, people look at me and they say, thats nice. Better than seeing people go. You go like [laughs] you have . I had a penile transplant. From a pig . Nope. [burrs like a horse] come over here, robin. Ever since he had this transplant, he has been pulling my apart. Thats all right. Doctor, could i get another appointment . Whats happening . Heres the deal. I need two horse shoes. And how is that mayor . What do you mean a stud fee . How old am i . [taps on table[ ] you eventually go, how is that . I feel good since i had that pig valve put in. Charlie said to get he would go, michael on line two. What are you doing . No one knows. This is my boy gill. I dont know. Ever since that Genetic Research has come through. The botox is working. You feel better with the elephant hormone . [trumpets] what are you doing . The next step . You see people get those contact lenses with the goat eyes. Great party. [hisses] thanks, charlie. That was good. That was fun. That was a wild riff. Free range. Charlie gives you open field. How much of this is simply natural comedic talent . Best, youruce said it start off trying to win the attention of your mother just for one of these. Is this thing on . Then you work from there. Thirsty. That was funny. As it goes along to become something you learn any work on. Then the moments where you get the open field, like you saw sometimes you get a gift and you go with it. But that is a gift. Some would say touch. Some would say it is voluntary tourettes. Thats why when you look at joe biden and joe says things like even people with tourette say, no, joe. Joe. I think sometimes it is both. It is a nice combination of the two. There are few people who can do what you do. Ofyou mean that are out institutions. There are a few. There are older ones like jonathan winters. And people who are just free. You just, they can go anywhere with it which is wonderful. Jonathan was your hero. Bigtime. Still is. He lives in santa barbara. It is great because she will see him and he will talk to people. In character . In character once. Many characters. He onc partked in the Handicapped Parking . She said, you are not handicapped. Madam, can you see inside my mind . Is he ever on television . He does a lot of different things. He would prefer to do more. Seeing him is always the best. Buddha. Hess the when you need a recharge. Or call him. A hotgo, i am sitting in tub full o f indianhead nichols. Hello mr. Wilson. Robert wilson. Send me money. Ah, cool. I got to hang out recently with saul. When you went into television and went into film with good morning, vietnam and all of that, was it a sense of coming home free of . Because that is what you were trained to do a juilliard. You were not trained to do standup at juilliard. No. Doing television, i mean, television was more acting. When i finally did movies, that was like, that is what i was trained. That came easy to . No, not easily. At first when youre doing film, example, i was doing the world according to garp, and i improvised the first day of shooting. He made a face like this. I went, not good. He went, no. Just say the lines. And commit. I went, ok. And that was the first great lesson. The second great lesson came from peter weir who said, you have great power and listening. Really . Yes, that is the second part of the equation. When you listen to someone its quite fascinating. And stillness is very partial. Second great lesson. Third great lesson is always find out were catering is. These guys were giving me these great lessons. Andidea of really listening the idea of what it means to be engaged in listening. The other great gift was jeff bridges who said, whenever theres an accident in terms of filming not in terms of anything falling a line may get flubbed, thats a gift, because that forces you to be in the moment rather than trying to improvise and create that. It is something that happens respond. Respond to what is going on immediately. Another kind of, oh, cool. Do not be afraid to try those things, and it forces everybody to engage as in life. I think he is a very good movie out that is getting enormous attention. He is one of the Great American actors. Hes underappreciated because he is so natural. That is just him. Each and every one of his performances is different and iconic. The great is one of stoner characters of alltime. In california, it is a documentary. What does iconic mean . For me, if someone is doing an impression, that becomes iconic. Chris walken is iconic and beyond. It is something that stands on its own. It is so distinct. I love talking to him. Because punctuation. Is. Gone. Him standing in a puddle with his socks. A friend said, what are you doing . He said, today, im an alligator. Chris, if you could have anything, what would you want . He said, a tail. Because then you would know if i was happy. My tail would be up. Edit would always move according to your motion your emotions. Im surprised. Question mark. Punctuation. Thato else do you do you love . Nicholson is the best because he is so out there. I love the fact that everyone in the departed is doing hard c ore boston accent. I am not going there. This is who i am when he won his third Academy Award, i just want mine. He was standing next to me and he went, robbi, i have got one for every decade. Good for you. What a great night for me. Have you ever bought that there is some connection between tragedy and life . Comedic talent . Survival mechanism. I buy into that. It becomes that, because, they went through it, and it was part of how they went through it. Richard pryor had to be the funniest guy around just to not get the crap kicked out of him. It was also him dealing with the childhood of his mother being, working in a whorehouse. And comedy. When he really found characters, because Richard Pryor when he was starting out, was doing college campauuses. One night he found the other side of him. It tapped into the anger. Him performing at the comedy store getting ready for his standup. He is the most amazing thing because people want him to do mud bone. [mimics] you do it you would do characters he would do characters. You would see him become possessed by these characters. And go free range with it. The city was over, i could see him. You could see the catharsis of it. He was free on stage. He could get out the demons. Did you have to get out demons . Where are you . Yo uyoyou know where we are, robbo. We live with you, boy seen it on your back. Hey, charlie, where we going . Going to a strip club on valentines day. Robin, itll will be fun. It will play well with the wife. Ha ha the demons. No, they are more like spirits and they are in a glass. Spirits. Where are you . Possess. Dr. Jekyll, mr. Jack daniels. An optimist sees the glass halffull. A pessimist sees it half empty. An alcoholic goes, where is the bottom . Can an apology to think think . An alcholic you ok totally today . Ok . Im better. And also i feel better. Did you go through a certain kind of whatever . Yes, i went to a certain kind of whatever. Welcome to the whatever center. Hi, i have a problem with whatever. Hi, my na mme is robin. Is that the way you do it . You have to stand up and say, my name is robin. I have a problem with whatever. You are at whatever. I am whatever. Did you do a lot of whatever . Yeah. I used to do a lot of whatever. Wake up in the field. Whats your name . [bleats] thats my valve. I love you, baby. There was a problem with that, and then i went to rehab inw wine country just to keep my options open. How we do different . Dry. A lot drier. Sober, and also able to experience life. Its kind, before the heart surgery one of the more sobering moments going, life is extraordinary. I do not want to miss it. Its a gift. And to be spending most of the time [slurring] where were you . I dont remember. Oh, look. Then you realize that you have family, friends. And people go, i can remember what you are talking about. How cool is that . That is a gift. Things, gratitude. The simple gratitude of life, yeah. Its good. As one guy said, every day above ground is much nicer. But its all those things. Does standup make you a better actor . Yeah. Standups are fearless because you have got to put it out there. And the actor gives you the concentration. We will see a lot of standups when they act, they are not afraid to be, warts and all, which is what comedy is. That is what is interesting. That is the same thing like when p atat oswald was in a movie called big fan. He played this awkward guy. Afraidandup he is not to talk about anything. That health is active. For me, the standup gives you this ill let. And you do not have to worry about it it gives you an outlet. You do not have to be likable. This character is not likable. He is anothers. What i saw the movie, a serious man. Thats such a nebbishy character. By the end, you feel sympathy, but you want to go wake up out you want to go get it is pretty crazy that way. But a standup, i like both. Facte you struck by the that Jerry Seinfeld wanted to go back. You want to go back. I do not think it is economics. It is more personal. With jerry it is certainly is not economics. You get joy from it. If theres a drug, there is a fix you get. Chris rock said it best. It is like being a boxer. You have to have enough material to go the distance, especially if youre going more than 30 minutes. You have got to be ready. It really helps. Somewhat written about this tour have said it is more confessional. Almost. I mean, it is confessional, yeah. I think the main thing i came away from the operation with his i can say the same thing again, gratitude. Its gratitude and appreciating life warts and all. And whatever. Coming out the other side of whatever and be able to go, yeah, man, i got all this. And looking at it all. In a weird way, in the country we are going through this transition. Are we going to make it . I think we are. I think it is going to be a tightening period. I think we will come through it. That is when we do with it. It and, we bitch about come through it, but when it comes down to it, we do work together. We sometimes do not play well with others. In other times we can. We are in the process. For me . Confessional. A little bit. It is as close as i can be, as confessional as a 58yearold wasp. Your mother and i. With that. Ow up my mother was a christian scientist. We had Plastic Surgery care how confessional is that . She was a Christian Dior scientist . It works for her. Darling, i believe yes, baby. Show it, baby. God will take care of it. But for wrinkles i need help. God has a good surgeon. You will be fine, mom. Merry christmas, darling. I wish i could stress how happy i am. Merry, merry christmas. It is a wonderful botox christmas. Almost smiling now gathering around with friends and family thats all i can feel is zach funny . Big time. Walken. A great chris like yours . Much better. He has not really uncorked it. I think he has been hanging back rating for the right moment. Funny. She has done a lot of movies. How old are they . Cody is 18, zachs 20, zelda is 25. Are they all going to be in show business . No zelda is an actress. Zach, i dont know. He might . What do you think he is going to do . He wants to go to Harvard Business school. He wants to run things. There you go. He wants to run google. Oh, please. Netanyahu. Cody i think will be a writer. Ever since he has been 10, he has been writing interesting fiction. Do you see yourself in each of them . Totally. But i also see somebody totally different. I see a little myself and i see a combination of marcia and myself in something that is just them. They all turned out really wonderfully. P there have been rough peri ods, but they have all turned out to be really great human beings. Zelda acting. It is more than just acting. She is a very sweet and kind woman. I went, that is as great a compliment as great a compliment and say she is a great actress. Your kids are wonderful people. You go, i have done something right. Robin williams did many things right. He made us laugh and cry and think and feel. He lives on, especially in the hearts of his survivors, his wife, his brother, three children and two stepchildren. A giant among us. Robin williams dead at 63. The great thing about having Robin Williams at the table is because you never knew what was going to happen. Take a look. Robin williams is here. The only child of a ford executive, he grew up with his imagination to keep his company. Him he later found an audience for his comedic talents and frenetic injury. Frenetic injury . When i was 12. Start over. Take two, charlie rose. Robin williams is here, the only child of a Ford Motor Company executive, he grew up with mostly his imagination to keep him company. He later founded audience for his comedic talents and Frenetic Energy as a standup comedian in the late 1970s. He first came to National Attention in mork mindy. He went on to a feature film career. Thank you, sir. And produced a string of critical and commercial success is. Thank you, sir. Once again. [imitates] what happens to me as i walk on the street, people look at it and say, people go. They go. You go like. [laughs] charlie have . O you what i have . I had a penile transplant. What did you do . From a pig . [burrs like a horse] what are you doing . Come over here, robin . I told him ever since he had that transplant, it has he pulled my carriage apart. Its been great. Doctor, can i maybe get another appointment . What is happened . Heres the deal. I need two horse shoes. And how is that mare. What do you mean a stud fee . How old am i . [taps table] four. Four. How you doing . You eventually go, i feel good since i had that pig valve put in. A lot of people thought i had a vasectomy. People go, michael online two. What are you doing. No one know. S. This is my boy gill. Bob . Ever since that Genetic Research has come through. The botox is working. The kids are happy. Do you feel better since the elephant hormone . [turrumpets] what are you doing . Thats the next step. People now you see people get those consequences with the those contact lens with the goat eyes. How are you doing . Great party. Thanks, charlie. I am pleased to have Robin Williams back at this table. Welcome back. Heres my question. My god. Eight inches. Oh no, thats what i like to do for a fishing pole. Lead out eight inches when you are fly fishing. Extend it out there and let the bass hook it. Or a piece of c4. How you . Fisherman, i do not have that thing where you put it out there and the bass are like, a little c4. Robin williams for the hour. Thank you. Charlie rose, that is my man. I remember charlie rose. Gentle charlie with the two vales. Ves. I said, charlie, whered you get that parisian valve . Charlie can come and sing. [la vie en rose] french] in thats all for today, ladies and him and. Thank you and good night w well let the camera keep rolling. Charlie rose. I remember Young Charlie rose. I said, charlie. Charlie as a child was doing interviews with his bear. He would line up all the the animals at a table and he had a tiny table. What are you up to, teddy . He had a picture. Even then he looked at the questions teddy, how long have you been stuffed . Then he would turn, and the other animals would look at him and he would turn. As a rabbit, do you feel fear . Near this small stuffed animal . Well be right back. [laughter] forhis is taking stock wednesday, august 13, 2014. Todays theme it is rebuilding. Macys looking to rebuild, the company cut its annual sales forecast. We will talk about the state of the u. S. Retail business. This is a company that makes the materials for your home. The chief executive has rebuilt the company from the ground up. You will hear from the owner of the American Expedition vehicles. E