It’s hard to stand out as an up-and-coming comic in the L.A. stand-up comedy scene.
It’s even harder ifRobin Williamssteals your stage.
“And, you know, Robin Williams.
Paul Feig and Robin Williams.Gareth Cattermole/Getty; Ben Gabbe/Getty
“I still wasn’t one of the main guys.
So you’d kind of have a later spot.
I remember once it was my time to get up and there was a full audience.
Robin Williams and Pam Dawber on ‘Mork and Mindy’.Everett Collection
Feig was unbothered at first.
“I’m like, ‘Well cool, Robin Williams,'” he recalled.
But it wasn’t so cool once Williams was through.
“He did an hour.
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Feig remembered his act being around “15 minutes” at the time.
“No, it was like, I’m at The Improv.
[Founder] Budd Friedman’s listening in and out.
That’s where you’re gonna be, you know, a big shot.”
Williams was notorious for his less-than-graceful comedy scene etiquette in his time.
But few, including Feig, seem to hold it against Williams.
“Some comics hated him for it, Lewis said.
But I wasnt one of them.
Even Williams himself copped to it.
My brain was working that way.
Robin Williamsdied by suicideat age 63 in 2014.
I remember you for all the hope and joy you brought to the world, hewrote on X.
