# 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:** 3
**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, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/41 "2001-09-22T02:52:18Z")
Is that Celine Dion? I have a feeling the choir behind her is gonna give me goosebumps and make me all weepy again ---
**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, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/42 "2001-09-22T02:52:36Z")
I wondered if Paul Simon was singing so flat because he was choked up. Celine Dion doing “God Bless America”??? Whatever. ---
**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, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/43 "2001-09-22T02:54:48Z")
Paul Simon isn’t the only one trying not to cry… What a time for “God Bless America” ---
**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, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/44 "2001-09-22T02:55:03Z")
I swear if she does the high note thing I’ll scream… Pleaseohpleasheohplease… Don’t do it… Whew. 😃 ---
**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, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/45 "2001-09-22T02:55:12Z")
Clint Eastwood! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/46 "2001-09-22T02:56:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*I have a feeling the choir behind her is gonna give me goosebumps and make me all weepy again \*\* The choir got me pretty quickly. But then, so did the bagpipes before the Braves/Mets game tonight too. Then when Liza Minelli sang NY, NY, and they had they NYPD dancing with her…I lost it then too. dang it. I’m not a chicky girl, I swear. ---
**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, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/47 "2001-09-22T02:56:46Z")
Afraid he was gonna sing there for a minute… Willy! ---
**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, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/48 "2001-09-22T02:58:16Z")
OK, I’m not a Willie Nelson fan, but I definitely can see the choice. He doesn’t sound too bad, actually. ---
**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, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/49 "2001-09-22T02:58:59Z")
I wasn’t sure if clint was gonna shed a tear or go kick some ass… …from sea to shining sea, punk… ---
**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, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/50 "2001-09-22T02:59:10Z")
Er… Willie, I mean. With no bandana! [And those bagpipes did me in too] What an amazing number of people that don’t seem to know the words to America, the Beautiful ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/51 "2001-09-22T03:00:14Z")
Who’s the guy in the light pants and baseball hat behind Willie, to his right? ---
**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, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/52 "2001-09-22T03:00:41Z")
cmon, who does beyond the first verse? ---
**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, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/53 "2001-09-22T03:00:48Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever seen him with his hair down like that. Took a second for me to figure out who it was, until they zoomed in. ---
**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, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/54 "2001-09-22T03:01:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pesch \* > \*\*cmon, who does beyond the first verse? \*\* Markie Mark seemed to be having trouble with that ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/55 "2001-09-22T03:01:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pesch \* > \*\*cmon, who does beyond the first verse? \*\* We do, in church at least. Beyond that…no, I wouldn’t know the rest of it without the hymnal in front of me. ---
**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, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/56 "2001-09-22T03:01:43Z")
Boy, is my face red. I don’t think I even knew that there was more than one verse to “America,” let alone…what’s he on now…four? :embarrassed: ---
**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, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/57 "2001-09-22T03:02:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*Who’s the guy in the light pants and baseball hat behind Willie, to his right? \*\* Danny DeVito. Just call me ID Woman. 😃 ---
**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, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/58 "2001-09-22T03:02:21Z")
Light pants with the hat is danny devito ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/59 "2001-09-22T03:02:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*Who’s the guy in the light pants and baseball hat behind Willie, to his right? \*\* Danny DeVito ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140/60 "2001-09-22T03:03:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\*Criminy, Julia Roberts just made me cry. Never thought I’d say that. \*\* ::slaps Julia Roberts on the nose:: Bad overpaid actress! Bad girl! Stop making my online friends cry! Bad Julia Roberts! Now go lay down in the corner! Sorry I don’t have anything more to add, but I’m stuck at work and missing this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-heard-this-fron-robin-williams-on-the-telethon/83140.md?page=4)