# I just heard this fron Robin Williams on the telethon.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140 "2001-09-22T01:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/1 "2001-09-22T01:49:55Z")
“Courage is not freedom from fear…but being afraid and still going on…” Very well said I must say. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/2 "2001-09-22T01:54:43Z")
This telethon is an impressive array of talent, especially considering that it came together in a few days. Unfortunately, I don’t know who all the singers are. Who performed “Imagine”? I should probably know, but I couldn’t place him. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/3 "2001-09-22T01:55:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*This telethon is an impressive array of talent, especially considering that it came together in a few days. > > Unfortunately, I don’t know who all the singers are. Who performed “Imagine”? I should probably know, but I couldn’t place him. \*\* That was Neil Young wasn’t it? Looking a tad worse for the wear, if I may say. ---
**Author:** ![Brood\_McEto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Brood\_McEto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brood_McEto)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/4 "2001-09-22T01:57:05Z")
Yeah, Neil Young performed Imagine. Jon Bon Jovi and Fred Durst performed ‘Wish You Were Here’. Billy Joel is playing New York State of Mind right now… chilling. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/5 "2001-09-22T01:57:57Z")
Yep, that was Neil Young. I’m watching the webcast, so the picture’s a little blurry. Who was that that just did “Wish You Were Here”? ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/6 "2001-09-22T01:59:13Z")
Never mind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/7 "2001-09-22T02:02:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brood McEto \* > \*\* Jon Bon Jovi and Fred Durst performed ‘Wish You Were Here’. \*\* I think that was actually whatsisname from the Goo Goo Dolls, not Bon Jovi. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/8 "2001-09-22T02:04:54Z")
My daughter is agreeing with **Geobabe**. But she doesn’t know his name either. Tom Petty was looking a little rough to, **Kinsey**. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/9 "2001-09-22T02:05:29Z")
u2 gets a second appearance with “one.” Translated first as a love song, a meditation on a united Germany, and an AIDS song, now it’s being applied to the WTC. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/10 "2001-09-22T02:09:23Z")
John Rzeznik. God, I love the web. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/11 "2001-09-22T02:11:34Z")
Is that Peter Tosh? ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Second\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Echo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/12 "2001-09-22T02:13:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\*I think that was actually whatsisname from the Goo Goo Dolls, not Bon Jovi. \*\* John Rzeznik? ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/13 "2001-09-22T02:15:40Z")
Was that Peter Tosh doing _Redemption Song_? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/14 "2001-09-22T02:16:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > \*\*Is that Peter Tosh? \*\* Wyclef Jean, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/15 "2001-09-22T02:17:50Z")
Thanks **Geobabe**. My first guess was right then… ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/16 "2001-09-22T02:19:59Z")
Wow, Mariah Carey is wearing clothes! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/17 "2001-09-22T02:20:50Z")
Mariah Carey. Hey…she forgot to hit the high note! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/18 "2001-09-22T02:21:18Z")
Stunning on both counts. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/19 "2001-09-22T02:24:33Z")
Hey, this is fun! Next: Why is Jon Bon Jovi trying to do “Livin On a Prayer” as a slow song? It sounds really…odd. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/20 "2001-09-22T02:28:52Z")
I feel… blasphemous, poking fun at the performers, but… _Living on a Prayer_? I picture big hair and spandex, not unity and remembering heroes… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140.md?page=2)