I can’t say I’m a big Robin Williams fan, but I do enjoy laughing at him, not with him. A distinction I feel must be made. Check out this video from the showbiz show highlighting the genius of RV (my new nickname for him).

I particularly enjoy when he starts using his black voice, which he dubs “white chocolate,” and asks a palpably amused Katie Couric, “What up with that, girl?”

The Onion broke it down years earlier with an article titled Robin Williams Leaves Entertainment Reporter In Stitches.

Here’s my favorite part of the article:
Williams went on the unexpected, wholly improvised comic tear when Menounos asked him about his outfit, a tuxedo accentuated by a pair of flashy, neon-purple cowboy boots. The query prompted Williams to launch into impersonations of a jive-talking black man and John Wayne before segueing into references to Joan Rivers, the reality-TV program Survivor, and the popular wrinkle remover Botox, leaving Menounos in what witnesses described as “hysterics.”

“Yo, what is up, homeslice? Dis sucka be lookin’ baaad tonight!” said Williams, showing off his outfit to Menounos. “Now listen, pilgrim, Monty Clift is down in Red River still lookin’ for his boots. He’s a little light in those loafers he’s been wearin’ lately, catch my drift? It’s like Survivor: San Francisco… ‘The tribe has spoken, and you look faaabulous!’ Is Joan [Rivers] here tonight? Don’t let her see me—her facelift stitches might pop out from the shock! Nurse, one million CCs of Botox, stat! No, we don’t have time for the needle! Just back the truck up, fasten the hose, and pump it right into her skull! Boooop! Boooop! Boooop!”

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