Remembering Robin

Robin Williams was a genius. Not in the way people always say someone's a genius because that person just did something special, but truly, deep down, innately a genius. I doubt that he thought about it much; he just did what he did, what he had to do. His brain worked a mile a minute, and the high (dare I say "manic"?) energy that brought to his comedy ~ most of which was totally impromptu ~ was his hallmark. One never knew what was coming next. But he could also act in more serious roles, and in those, I think, we saw the real man behind the genius. He was good, he was kind, he was empathetic. But we all love to laugh, so here, even as we try to understand the tragedy, is a short collection of moments from Williams's star turn on Inside the Actor's Studio in 2001. You can easily see here that he just couldn't help himself. And we were, and are, the beneficiaries of that charming shortcoming (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U48KpK1srx4
   But THIS is the classic clip in which one can see his mind working (video): http://www.hulu.com/watch/481839