# Robin Williams On Obama's Election **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429 "2009-01-08T21:57:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/1 "2009-01-08T21:57:14Z")
Links to video: [http://politicalirony.com/2008/11/30/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/](http://politicalirony.com/2008/11/30/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/) Very funny! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/2 "2009-01-08T22:45:15Z")
I’m disappointed in Robin… easy targets, no real effort… not the bleeding-edge comedian he once was… Carlin didn’t get soft like that. Granted, “Then stop clappin’ your hands!” was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/3 "2009-01-09T01:28:52Z")
Carlin got old and bitter - he stopped being funny a long time before he died. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/4 "2009-01-09T01:48:28Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > …he stopped being funny a long time before he died. I was hoping Williams would have had a few more years. Sad, that. ---
**Author:** ![Pedro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/5 "2009-01-09T02:01:46Z")
Hilarious, thanks! He’s slowing down but still got it. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/6 "2009-01-09T02:28:49Z")
I watched the first few minutes, and turned it off. It was borderline offensive, the way he was going for the stupidest, “Hey, lemme mention a stereotype!” humor. Really didn’t care for it. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/7 "2009-01-09T02:30:29Z")
The funniest bit was the very last, where he took Bono down a peg… ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/8 "2009-01-09T02:33:04Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I watched the first few minutes, and turned it off. It was borderline offensive, the way he was going for the stupidest, “Hey, lemme mention a stereotype!” humor. Really didn’t care for it. > > Daniel I couldn’t get past the first few minutes either. Not really because it was so offensive, but just because it wasn’t funny. ---
**Author:** ![2ply](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/b2d939/32.png) [@2ply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ply)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/9 "2009-01-09T02:44:29Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > Granted, “Then stop clappin’ your hands!” was pretty good. I guess Robin Williams [got the email.](http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/bono.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/10 "2009-01-09T03:09:59Z")
Okay, now THAT is hilarious! Robin Williams reads email spam! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-on-obamas-election/480429/11 "2009-01-09T03:35:42Z")
I smirked a couple of times. But really, this is the type of stand-up comedy you’d expect in a night club with 300 people.