2 Castles, 2 Send out 2011 & Ring in 2012...12 Days of Christmas

[momabaarjo]

Oops..double post! Sleeping beauty breakfast at the cabin!

 

[Monknmom]

Oh congratulations!! Your now less than a month! How exciting right? Hope your having a good time! Drive back home safe!

 

[momabaarjo]

HOMEbut to loads of laundry before I can go to bed and lots of unpacking! It was a LONG 5 days with Jeff and my mother in the same cabin...thankful to have my mom, but so glad we are at home and she is at hers! I think I am even more thankful for no Christmas drama with either side of the family this year! How can I arrange it to be this way every year!?

The boys survived Princess Thanksgiving week...pictures later this week!

Looks like our trip hi-jacking will not happen either...dh cousin's wife has been sick for the last week and then threw her back out during Thanksgiving...she has not had time to plan the trip...so lucky for me my plans are still only OUR PLANS!

Been lurking on all of your PTRs...sorry not many posts...hate "pecking" out text on my phone! Missed you guys lots! And dang it my project for all you somehow got left behind ... (along with all my books to read) now I am behind on my to-do list!

18 1/2 school days left
28 days til we leave

 

[Leger13]

28 days!!!!!

 

[momabaarjo]

Tuesday's Trivia
In the Little Mermaid when Ariel sees Prince Eric, what type of celebration was happening on the ship??

A birthday party!!!

Wednesday's Trivia
What was supposed to be the name of the movie Tangled? Why was it changed?

Rapunzel was the original name of the movie. It was changed because boys wouldn't go see it if it was named Rapunzel.

I didn't even see this! Is it Prince Eric's birthday? He gets the big statue of himself!

Thursday's Trivia
Name the 2 Disney animated movies based on true stories

Pocahontas and Mulan.

It's strange to think that Pocahontas, put into production at the same time as The Lion King, was seen as the more prestigious and promising film. This fictionalised take on the historical figure was been criticised by some Native American groups for its portrayal of Pocahontas (inevitably: Disney films always stir up controversy somewhere) and proved too adult to entertain children in the way that its predecessor had. Still, it's beautifully put together, in the same mannered, slightly flat style used for films like Sleeping Beauty decades before.

And the story is a compassionate one of culture clash and the need for tolerance - watch the Colours of the Wind number if you doubt us. Which, yes, is probably why the kids yawned and fidgeted and stayed home, but it makes Pocahontas better than you remember.

Fun fact: it's tempting to conclude that Terrence Malick is a fan of this particular cartoon. Not only did he tackle the same story from a rather more realistic point of view with The New World, but he employed two of the same principal cast members: Christian Bale and Irene Bedard, who voices Pocahontas here and her mother in the Malick film.

Mulan is a real figure in Chinese history, and a folk heroine who's better known than, say, Robin Hood in her country of origin. There's no evidence that she was accompanied by a small, motormouthed dragon when she left home to fight in her ailing father's place, but hey! There's no evidence that she wasn't either.

Directors Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft went for epic sweep here, throwing everything at the screen in scenes like that where an army of Huns sweeps down a snowy mountainside - and that's appropriate, since this is the first - and, to date, only - Disney animated film to go to war. But it also has the comic stylings of Eddie Murphy as dragon Mushu, the funniest sidekick since Genie and the equal of Murphy's DreamWorks Donkey, and a strong heroine in Ming Na's Mulan herself. Little girls obsessed with being a princess after watching Cinderella should be force-fed this as an antidote until they stop wearing pink.

Mulan also holds two unlikely claims to immortality. It was the first ever Disney DVD, and it also launched the career of Christina Aguilera, who landed her first recording contract after singing Reflections over the credits. Whether that's a claim to fame or infamy, we leave to the individual conscience of the reader.

and for extra trivia points - Katie sang "My Reflection" (in the style of Christina Aguilera) when she was 10 years old at her voice lesson recital, with curls in her stick-straight hair and a pretty little lavender dress.

+10 for trivia

Friday's Trivia
For how long was snow white the number one movie? What movie knocked it out of the number one spot? What did walt disney use the profits from snow white on?

1 year
Gone With the Wind
Walt Disney used the profits to finance a new $4.5 million studio in Burbank, the location on which the Walt Disney Studios is located today. Within two years, the studio completed Pinocchio and Fantasia, and had begun production on features such as Dumbo, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.

Saturdays Trivia
Who served as the model for Sleeping Beauty?
Describe the hidden Mickey in Sleeping Beauty?

Helene Stanley
I found this about the hidden Mickey's in Sleeping Beauty:

In Sleeping Beauty, the moment the storybook closes and the movie begins with the people marching in the crowd, there is a man walking with a stick. There is a pair of Mickey ears on the top of the stick.

In the movie Sleeping Beauty there is indeed a man at the beginning carrying a stick with Mickey ears on it. Further, a few seconds later another man appears carrying an identical stick.

At the very begining, when Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are talking about Maleficent Merryweather says "I'd like to turn her into an old toad" Look at the green bench she is sitting on. There is a very clear hidden Mickey carved into the front of it.

At the beginning of the movie, there is an upside down Mickey on the footboard of Princess Aurora's cradle.

In the scene in which the two kings discuss their children's wedding, there is a balcony. The balcony wall pattern is comprised of alternating right-side-up and upside-down Mickey ears, about half the height of the wall.

The scene in which Kings Stephen and Hubert get in an argument begins with King Stephen on a balcony. If you look to the right of the King's robe, in the architecture of the balcony, you see two or three classic Mickey heads.

The part where the kings are talking about their children's future there are lots of hidden Mickey's on the balcony along with on a piece of furniture behind King Hubert in his first appearance.

When Briar Rose starts singing "I Wonder", and as she walks over to the owl on the tree branch. Look in the background at the tree upward diagonal to Briar Rose's head, you will see several light green circles on the dark green tree. The largest circle is the head and the ears are the two smaller circles right the larger circle. The circles are not connected, but the ear circles are evenly seperated from the head, that you can see a Mickey head pop out at you.

When Briar Rose and Prince Phillip are singing in the forest. One of the bushes has a Mickey in it. It isn't shaped like it, but the shadows make his head. It is just when Phillip starts singing with her and she says that she can't talk to strangers and he says that they have met before.

If you look on Aurora's blanket the flowers make a Hidden Mickey. It's kind of streched out though.

It does appear similar to Mickey, but it's only several circles. Too many to be a hidden Mickey.

In the scene when the three fairies are discussing how to help the king and queen, the are conjuring up tea and cookies for themselves: the cookies are in the shape of Mickey's head!

Yes, indeed, the cookies that Merryweather, Flora, and Fauna are eating early in the movie while having their tea is deffinatly a Hidden Mickey.

I noticed Fawna (while serving tea) is eating a cookie that is Mickey in the scene where The Good Fairies are trying to decided how to keep Aurora safe.

When the three faries are having a cup of tea and talking about what they should do about Maleficent's curse on Aurora, if you look at the cookie that the blue farie eats with her tea, it's in the shape of a Hidden Mickey!

When Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather are discussing how to keep Aurora from pricking her finger they are drinking tea. Merriweather is materializing cookies to eat with her cup of tea. Look closely, and you will notice that they are shaped in the form of Mickey. There are two small circles and one big one, which makes the Mickey head.

I definitely saw the hidden Mickey when Merriweather magically made a second cookie, when discussing what to do about Auroa's safety.

The three fairies discuss what they can do to stop Malificent's evil spell from coming true. During this discussion the fairies are drinking tea, and Merryweather (the blue fairy), makes her own cookies to eat with the tea. The cookies are in the shape of Mickey ears.

Merriweather does conjure up cookies in an oblong looking Mickey's head! My husband Michael was excited to find it until we saaw the extensive list of people who had aready noticed it!!

The Good Fairy Maryweather eats a mouse-head shaped biscut. It is in the scene where the three fairys shrink themselves in the throne room and go into a clock or something to discuss what to do with Princess Aurora to try to protect her from the evil curse put upon her. They are all drinking tea, and Maryweather conjurs up a biscut that looks like Micky's head!

There is a very obvious Hidden Mickey in the scene where Merryweather is producing cups of tea and biscuits from her wand. If you look you can see that the second biscuit she produces and eats is a definate tri circle Mickey shape!

During the scene where Maleficent's crow is flying over the forest, looking for Briar Rose, you can see an overview of the trees in the forest. There are light-colored circles over the dark areas of the trees. They are shaped like Mickeys!

When the crow is flying over the forest looking for Briar Rose the trees are made up of circles and together they are in the shape of mickey heads!

When Aurora is following Malificent into the fireplace just before she goes in there are upside down and right side up Mickeys on the wall to her left!!

When the crow is looking for Briar Rose over the forest there are trees. The trees are made up of circles and the circles form into Mickey heads!!

After the fairies send Briar Rose out to pick berries and throughout the scene, look at the carving on the lower exit door. Sure looks like Mickey to me!

The so-called Mickey on the lower exit door of the cottage in the glen. The carving sorta looks like a Mickey, but are the 'ear' circles smaller than the 'head' circle? When Briar Rose comes back from picking berries and she closes the door, the carving on the door looks more like a Mickey head there then at the other time.

In the scene where Prince Phillip goes to the cottage to find Briar Rose, as he enters the cottage, and the door shuts behind him, there is a Mickey head in the design on the lower panel of the door.

When the 3 fairies are taking away the baby (Princess Aurora) right when they walk out of the door of the castle the on the bottom right hand castle columns there are hidden Mickeys.

When the fairies are taking baby Aurora away from the King and Queen to raise her in the forest, when the King and Queen are looking out of their window, above the arch and pillars are Hidden Mickeys.

In the scene where the Fairies are taking Aurora away, and Flora stops to cover the head of the baby, the outstanding bricks have a Mickey print.

There are several times throughout the movie when the good fairies Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather use their wands and in the process create fairy dust. A lot of these twinkles are in the shape of hidden Mickeys... just pause the movie here and there and you will notice several throughout!

Right when Flora give Aurora the gift of beauty there is a Mickey head in the magic swirls right when it says beauty rare ....

When Briar Rose is in the forest...it looks like there are many Hidden Mickeys in the "grass," or ground. There also appears to be some in many of the bushes.

I recently bought a small art plaque of Sleeping Beauty at Disneyland. It shows the scene where Aurora is picking berries. Some of the berries in her basket are in clusters which form Mickey heads. They are probably in that scene in the movie, too. If you see the art plaque (they have other movies too), look for the little Mickeys!

I have a poster from Sleeping Beauty with Aurora dancing in the forest and picking berries. Although I've had it for years, I never noticed some of the berries in the basket are hidden Mickeys!

During the scence where Fauna is making a cake for Briar Rose the sugar jar and sugar spoon dance across the table. If you look carefully you can see there is an upside down Mickey on the handle of the spoon. Also, the handles on the sugar bowl are Mickeys.

The sugar jar and spoon do have a Mickey on them. If you put the tape in slow-motion and watch the spoon and jar turn, when they reach certain directions you will see the Mickey head and ears.

When Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather are outside of Aurora's castle room talking about her marriage the tapestry behind them has little hidden Mickeys across the bottom.

Right after the fairies take Aurora to raise her on their own, the movie turns into the "Storybook" form. There is a stone structure one the right side of the picture, and on it there appears to be Hidden Mickeys.

Right after they give Sleeping Beauty her crown and leave the room outside the room where Fauna & Merrywether are sitting on a bench there is a carpet right above them. Along the bottom part of it there is Hidden Mickeys.

25 points...wow, when I researched I only came up with 2...Ab and I had to go back and watch the movie and find all of yours...and they were all there!

I found that Sleeping Beauty's figure was supposed to look like Audry Hepburn?

Current Standings
Dream426...166
Ashley (lilpixie) 142
Heather (monkmon)69
Ann 63
Amy (shocky5) 46
Susan 45
lovthattink 18
Noelle 18
Lisa (becc1) 14
Thing 1...9
Petals 6
Laurie 1
EastYorkDisney Fan 1

GAME ENDS ON WEDNESDAY!!!! Make these last days count....

 

[swwake]

Current Standings
Dream426...166
Ashley (lilpixie) 142
Heather (monkmon)69
Ann 63
Amy (shocky5) 46
Susan 45
lovthattink 18
Noelle 18
Lisa (becc1) 14
Thing 1...9
Petals 6
Laurie 1
EastYorkDisney Fan 1

GAME ENDS ON WEDNESDAY!!!! Make these last days count....

Not sure how I can get from 46 to 166+ by Wednesday, but I'll try!

 

[shocky5]

Oh I bet you are relieved that no hijacking will be happening to your trip. I know you would have fun but much less to stress about!!

I was thinking about you the other day... did you tell your families about your trip yet? My side knows - no big deal... I still don't know what Eddie's knows... I did talk to one of his sisters about it but she knows it's secret... the other sister I'm not sure she knows...

HOWEVER... my dear darling loving hubby with all of his good intentions offered up our house for 'family christmas' with his family the weekend of New Years... I'm fine with it but his dad is sooo very difficult to keep happy... and it's like walking on eggshells in your own home... all of the food, television, bathroom time... literally revolves around HIM. That to me is not very fun. But we will get through it... I just told Eddie he would be on board to get the house clean and the groceries we will need purchased... that will be 12 people spending the weekend in our house... not sure where everyone is going to sleep... air matress central, I suppose...

 

[FosterA]

So glad to hear the trip hijacking wont happen. Or...will it for sure not happen? What if she starts feeling much better?

anyway....I am so excited for your trip. Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's going to be here so soon!

 

[Monknmom]

I'm glad that you guys will be able to continue with your plans and not have any interruptions! It will be some good family time! You see I came on here quick to answer the trivia and it's not up yet!

Oh I bet you are relieved that no hijacking will be happening to your trip. I know you would have fun but much less to stress about!!

I was thinking about you the other day... did you tell your families about your trip yet? My side knows - no big deal... I still don't know what Eddie's knows... I did talk to one of his sisters about it but she knows it's secret... the other sister I'm not sure she knows...

HOWEVER... my dear darling loving hubby with all of his good intentions offered up our house for 'family christmas' with his family the weekend of New Years... I'm fine with it but his dad is sooo very difficult to keep happy... and it's like walking on eggshells in your own home... all of the food, television, bathroom time... literally revolves around HIM. That to me is not very fun. But we will get through it... I just told Eddie he would be on board to get the house clean and the groceries we will need purchased... that will be 12 people spending the weekend in our house... not sure where everyone is going to sleep... air matress central, I suppose...

Oh my good luck! I made it easy on myself! Just my grandfather is coming over the morning of Christmas day and on Christmas eve we are going to have dinner and exchange gifts with the in laws! I'm lucky that I don't have too many people please!

 

[momabaarjo]

Monday's Trivia:
In Alice in Wonderland, what is the name of Alice's kitten?

and since I left you hanging all day...how about another question...

What actor was the first to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for providing a voice in a Disney Full Length Feature Animation? Name the actor, the movie, and the voice he provided to which character.

 

[momabaarjo]

So glad to hear the trip hijacking wont happen. Or...will it for sure not happen? What if she starts feeling much better?

anyway....I am so excited for your trip. Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's going to be here so soon!

I am pretty sure it is not going to happen...99% anyway. Who know with Jeff's cousins.

I am sure loving your trip report! We need to get Amy's, yours and my 14 year old dd's together...they can all be moody together and we go off and find something refreshing to drink!

 

[hunterfaimly]

Alice's pet cat is named Dinah.

 

[momabaarjo]

Oh I bet you are relieved that no hijacking will be happening to your trip. I know you would have fun but much less to stress about!!

It really was not stressing me out too much ...just worried that Jeff would end up on the coast of Florida fishing somewhere with his cousin...and I would be fuming about our first family vacation (other than the cabin or San Antonio) be ruined....
I was thinking about you the other day... did you tell your families about your trip yet? My side knows - no big deal... I still don't know what Eddie's knows... I did talk to one of his sisters about it but she knows it's secret... the other sister I'm not sure she knows...

HOWEVER... my dear darling loving hubby with all of his good intentions offered up our house for 'family christmas' with his family the weekend of New Years... I'm fine with it but his dad is sooo very difficult to keep happy... and it's like walking on eggshells in your own home... all of the food, television, bathroom time... literally revolves around HIM. That to me is not very fun. But we will get through it... I just told Eddie he would be on board to get the house clean and the groceries we will need purchased... that will be 12 people spending the weekend in our house... not sure where everyone is going to sleep... air matress central, I suppose...

Did you remind him that you are spending the days before in Disney? I guess that gives you 5 days to unpack, get the laundry off the couch, buy groceries, cook....UGH, want me to kill him for you? I so understand the egg shells...did that all the long Thanksgiving week between Jeff and my mom! I could never fullyt relax or let my guard down...I hate that!

Amy...are you tired? I am worn out...next time we meet online in the middle of the night we need to figure out that instant messaging thing!

 

[momabaarjo]

Not sure how I can get from 46 to 166+ by Wednesday, but I'll try!

Give it a try...I am so tired today from my all night marathon that I think I might give points for just about anything!

I'm glad that you guys will be able to continue with your plans and not have any interruptions! It will be some good family time! You see I came on here quick to answer the trivia and it's not up yet!

Sorry Heather!

 

[hunterfaimly]

Robin Williams won a Golden Globe for voicing Genie in Aladin.

 

[swwake]

Monday's Trivia:
In Alice in Wonderland, what is the name of Alice's kitten?

Dinah is Alice's cat and bosom companion in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Alice talks to Dinah, and mentions her frequently to Wonderland residents. When Alice describes Dinah's hunting skills to the animals in the Caucus Race, they become very uncomfortable.

Alice: [to her cat] That's it, Dinah. If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be it would. You see?
Dinah: Meow.
Alice: In my world, you wouldn't say "meow." You'd say, "Yes, Miss Alice."
Dinah: Meow.
Alice: Oh, but you would. You'd be just like people, Dinah. And all the other animals too.

Also, Dinah didn't go down the rabbit hole with Alice, she just waved goodbye to her.

 

[swwake]

What actor was the first to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for providing a voice in a Disney Full Length Feature Animation? Name the actor, the movie, and the voice he provided to which character.

This is Robin Williams for the role of Genie in Aladdin.

The movie was released in 1992.

Here's the section of the movie where Aladdin first meets the Genie

Who could grant the wish of a beggar trying to marry the sultan's daughter? The same guy who could grant Disney's wish to gross over $500 million at the office: A wisecracking genie played by Robin Williams, who also won an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance. Believed by many to be the funniest animated feature of all time, Aladdin was one of the first animated features that used a celebrity of this caliber for both voice-over and marketing of the film. Perhaps Disney was on to something?

Did you know that Robin Williams and Disney had a bitter falling out over Aladdin?

In gratitude for his success with the Disney/Touchstone film Good Morning, Vietnam, Robin Williams voiced the Genie in the Disney animated film Aladdin for SAG scale pay ($75,000), on condition that his name or image not be used for marketing, and his (supporting) character not take more than 25% of space on advertising artwork, since Toys was scheduled for release one month after Aladdin's debut. The studio went back on the deal on both counts, especially in poster art by having the Genie in 25% of the image, but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. Disney's Hyperion book, Aladdin: The Making Of An Animated Film, listed both of Williams' characters "The Peddler" and "The Genie" ahead of main characters, but was forced to refer to him only as "the actor signed to play the Genie".

 

[shocky5]

Amy...are you tired? I am worn out...next time we meet online in the middle of the night we need to figure out that instant messaging thing!

Yes - I'm struggling through kid's homework and catching up on the DIS before heading off to bed. Erin had a basketball game tonight - at home thankfully - so we are getting a late jump on homework but almost done and I'm going to crash!

I agree on the instant messenger, too! I was wondering how that worked! Should have flipped over to facebook chat. We'll know next time!

I hope you sleep better tonight, too!!

 

[Monknmom]

Sorry Heather!

I try to get a little of my list done and I miss everything! I will never catch up like this!

 

[lilpixiebabe101]

Fair Warning Tammie! You asked for it!

Genie and Aladdin fun tidbits!

Genie: Oi! Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck.

Genie: Never fails. You get in the bath and there's a rub at the lamp.

Aladdin: Provisos? You mean limitations? On wishes? Some all-powerful Genie. Can't even bring people back from the dead. I don't know, Abu. He probably can't get us out of this cave. Looks like we'll have to find a way out of here.
Genie: Excuse me? Are you lookin' at me? Did you rub my lamp? Did you wake me up? Did you bring me here? And all of a sudden you're walking out on me? I don't think so, not right now. You're getting your wishes, so sit down!

Genie: Three, no substitutions, exchanges or refunds.

When Aladdin is transformed into Prince Ali, his reflection in the mirror shows the wrong arm held up.
When reflected in the steam, the flower in Jasmine's hair is shown on the wrong side.
When Jasmine is climbing the palace wall to leave her trouser leg is shown, but in a close up shot her leg is bare.
The script on the scrolls appears to be in Arabic and should be read from right to left, but Jafar and the Sultan's eyes move from left to right when reading it.

Robin Williams was voted "most funny but least likely to succeed" during high school.

He worked on the streets as a mime in New York City while he was attending school
there.

The actor struggled with a cocaine and alcohol addiction for years.

He was first married to Valerie Velardi who appeared in the movie Popeye with him.

He has three kids from two marriages: Zachary, Zelda, and Cody. And yes, his daughter Zelda was in fact named after the video game character Zelda.

Acting Facts

Robin Williams decided he wanted to be an actor after seeing the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

He trained to be an actor at New York's Juilliard School. Christopher Reeves was his roommate at the Juilliard School.

Notable roles: "Mork" in the TV series Mork & Minday; "Popeye" in his debut film Popeye; "Adrian" in the movie Good Morning Vietnam; "John Keating" in the drama Dead Poets Society; "Parry" in The Fisher King; "Mrs. Doubtfire" in the comedy Mrs. Doubtfire; "Arman Goldman" in remake of The Birdcage; and "Sean" in the Oscar winning Good Will Hunting.

The first time he played his alien character Mork was for a guest spot on Happy Days. In fact, his show Mork & Mindy was a spin-off from his work on Happy Days.

He has won a People's Choice Award for favorite funny male star two times.

Fun Robin William Quotes

On being hairy: "A lot of people go 'don't wear fur'. . . I am fur!" Robin Williams joked about his body hair on the Conan O'Brien talk show.

On San Francisco: "I grew up in San Francisco. Saw a lot of cowboys, just no horses." From an interview with Conan O'Brien.

On the Kid's Choice Awards show: "It's the Oscars for the hearing-impaired." The actor said this during an interview on the Ellen Degeneres Show.

On Katie Holmes silent child birth: "I hope she was allowed to make some noise like 'ouch'." He said this also during the Ellen Degeneres Show.

Robin married Susan Schneider in Napa Valley in October 22, 2011.
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Robin has won a Grammy for Best Comedy Recording for Reality, What a Concept (1979), Best Comedy Recording for Robin Williams: A Night at the Met (1988), Best Recording for Children for Pecos Bill (1989), and for Best Comedy Recording for Good Morning, Vietnam (1989). [edit]

Robin has been awarded with CableACE Best Entertainment Host Awards for Comic Relief V, which was shared with Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg (1992) and Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1993).
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In 1989, Robin was awarded with the American Comedy Award for Funniest Stand-Up (Male). [edit]
Robin won both the (1994) MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance and (1993) a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture for his work in Mrs. Doubtfire. [edit]
Robin was awarded with both the People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Movie Actor and the NATO/ShoWest Male Star of the Year Award in 1994. [edit]
Robin won an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance in Aladdin, as well as a Saturn Award for the Best Supporting Performance in Aladdin. He received both in 1993. [edit]
Robin has performed in many of the Los Angeles comedy clubs. These comedy clubs include The Comedy Store, Improvisation, and the Ice House [edit]
Robin has performed in many of San Francisco's nightclubs. These clubs include Holy City Zoo, Intersection, the Great American Music Hall and The Boardinghouse. [edit]
At the Juilliard School in New York, New York, Robin majored in drama. He also studied for three years for a full scholarship. [edit]
Robin majored in acting at the College of Marin at Kentfield, California. [edit]
Robin majored in political science at the Claremont Men's College in Claremont, California. [edit]
Robin belongs to the Creative Artists Agency. [edit]
Robin has blue eyes. [edit]

Robin has been nominated for seven Emmys. In 1979, he was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Mork & Mindy. In 1987, he won Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin. In 1994, he was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Homicide: Life On The Street. In 1996, he was nominated for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for Comic Relief 7. In 2003, he was nominated for both Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program and Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for Robin Williams: Live On Broadway. In 2008, he was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
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In the June 2008 TV Land Awards, Robin presented Jonathan Winters, who appeared with in in Mork and Mindy, with the Pioneer Award.
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Robin owns a home and vineyard in Northern California's St. Helena district. He lives close to Joe Montana and Francis Ford Coppola.
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Robin was considered for the role of Bobby Wheeler on the TV show Taxi. The role eventually went to Jeff Conaway.
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Robin was offered the role of Frank Ginsberg in Little Miss Sunshine. The role was written for Bill Murray, but after he turned it down the studio wanted Robin. However, the role ended up going to Steve Carell.
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Robin's comedic idols are Jonathan Winters and Richard Pryor.
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Robin won the Cecil B. DeMille award at the 2004 Golden Globe awards. He dedicated his award to Christopher Reeve.
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Robin was ranked number 7 on Star TV's Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990's. [edit]
Robin wrote the foreword for the book The Far Side Gallery 4. [edit]
Robin William played Popeye in the 1980 movie "Popeye". He did not voice Popeye since it was a live action movie [edit]

Robin was named "Funniest Male Star" at the 2007 People's Choice Awards.
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Robin executive produced Jakob The Liar and Comic Relief. He also produced Mrs. Doubtfire.
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Robin directed several episodes of Mork And Mindy and the 1981 Comic Relief TV special.
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Robin was going to play Drew Barrymore's father in Home Fries but had to pull out days before his scenes were supposed to be shot.
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Robin has the same birthday as Josh Hartnett and Justin Bartha.
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Robin opened the 1976 San Francisco Comedy Competition against Dana Carvey, Harry Anderson, and A. Whitney Brown.
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Early in Robin's career he told reporters he was born in Scotland. Robin later said he was "under the influence". [edit]
Robin was ranked number 63 on Empire magazines list of the 100 greatest movie stars of all time. [edit]

The reason Robin got the role of Mork from Ork is because Garry Marshall thought Robin acted alien during his audition.
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Robin was one of the finalists for the role Joe Miller in Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia. However the role went to Denzel Washington.
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Robin made 20 million dollars for Bicentennial Man. [edit]
In 1996 two of Robin's movies reached the 100 million dollar mark in the same week. They were The Birdcage and Jumanji. [edit]

Robin graduated from Redwood High School. Other famous graduates include Gabrielle Carteris, Erin Grey, and Jason Branson.
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While working on Mork And Mindy Robin adlibbed so much and so well that the producers stopped trying to make him stick to the script.
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Robin helped close friend, Christopher Reeve pay his medical bills in the final years of his life.
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Robin is a huge Star Trek fan.
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Robin was named the 50th Greatest Movie Star Of All Time by Entertainment Weekly. [edit]
Robin goes to public paintball courses. [edit]
Robin was obese as a child. Because of this nobody wanted to play with him so he started talking to himself in different voices. [edit]

Robin co-owns a resturant in San Francisco called Rubicon. The other co-owners are Robert De Niro and Francis Ford Coppola.
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Robin moved to San Francisco when he was 16. [edit]
To get into character for Mrs. Doubtfire, Robin rode the bus dressed as Mrs. Doubtfire. [edit]
Robin named his daughter Zelda because his oldest son Zachary was a devoted fan of the Legend Of Zelda video game series. [edit]
Robin was ranked number 13 on Comedy Central's list of 100 greatest stand-ups. [edit]
Robin's most famous stage performance was as Estragon in Waiting For Godot. [edit]
One of Robin's most famous routines was his successful one-man show and DVD, Robin Williams Live On Broadway. [edit]
Robin has had two HBO stand up specials. They were An Evening With Robin Williams and Robin Williams: Live At The Met. [edit]
Robin's first imitation was of his grandmother's southern accent. [edit]
Robin was a quiet child. He didn't break out of his shell until he got involved with his high school drama department. [edit]
Robin won a lawsuit against Michael Clayton, an ex-cast member in the Imperial Palace Legends in Concert show and his manager, Michael Pool for misrepresenting Clayton as the real Robin Williams to a newspaper reporter and a Missouri Fire Department. Clayton received an injunction stopping him from ever performing as Robin Williams. [edit]

Robin sang a version of Come Together with Bobby McFerrin on the Beatles tribute album, In My Life.
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Robin voiced the Timekeeper, a time traveling robot who goes in the future in the former Walt Disney World attraction. [edit]
Robin's friend, Whoopi Goldberg encouraged him to make an appearance in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode a Matter Of Time. However Robin dropped out last minute due to hectic scheduling conflicts. [edit]
Robin went to visit Christopher Reeve in the hospital after he fell off a horse and became paralyzed. He tried to cheer him up by showing up dressed as a clown doctor. In an interview Reeve said Robin was the first thing to make him laugh after the incident. [edit]
While attending Juilliard, Robin was roommates with Christopher Reeve. Robin and Reeve were friends for the remainder of Reeve's life. [edit]
Robin is called "the poster child for ADD". [edit]
Robin has released 5 comedy albums. [edit]
Robin was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Actor" for his role In Dead Poet's Society. He also won an Academy Award for "Best Supporting Actor" in Good Will Hunting. [edit]
Robin was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Actor In A Leading Role" for Good Morning, Vietnam. [edit]
In high school Robin was "Voted Most Likely Not To Succeed". [edit]
Robin was a prime candidate to play the Riddler in the third Batmen film until Tim Burton cancelled the film. [edit]
Robin is friends with Steve Martin. When they aren't busy they get together and watch DVDs of Doctor Who. [edit]
Robin is a big fan of the popular anime series, Neon Genesis Evangelion. Actually the toy used in One Hour Photo belonged to him. [edit]
Robin is friends with film director, Chris Columbus. [edit]
Robin donated blood several times after 9/11. [edit]
Robin is fluent in French. [edit]
Robin voiced the Genie in Aladdin 1 and 3. It was reveled on the DVD that most of his dialog was improvised. [edit]
Robin shortly dated porn star Christy Canyon. [edit]
Robin had an addiction to cocaine. He was a close friend of John Belushi. He said the death of his friend and birth of his son were serious wake up calls. [edit]
Robin had a drinking problem during the 1970s and 1980s. He stayed sober for 20 years. However he checked back into rehab on August 9th 2006. [edit]
Robin is a democrat. [edit]
Robin performed his comedy routine for the U.S. troops in Iraq several times and once for the troops in Afghanistan. [edit]
In his final year of Cornell, he was one of two students selected (Christopher Reeve was the other) to study at Juilliard under the renowned John Houseman. Houseman told him he was wasting his talent at Juilliard and should go out into the world and do stand-up. [edit]
Robin won the Grammy Award for "Best Spoken Comedy Album" in 2003 for Live 2002. [edit]
Robin attended Claremont Men's College. While he was there he played soccer. [edit]
Robin was voted funniest man alive by Entertainment Weekly. [edit]
Robin currently lives with his family in San Francisco's Seacliff neighborhood. [edit]
Robin is typically clean-shaven in his comic roles and bearded in his serious ones.
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In Robin's comedy act he uses a wild improvised stream-of-consciousness comedy dialogue where he will do cultural references, impersonations and one liners with rapid switching. [edit]
Robin spends much of his time working with charities. Robin and his wife created the Windfall Foundation, an organization that raises money for different charities. [edit]
Robin loves everything Monty Python. [edit]
Robin enjoys cycling and owns dozens of bicycles. He attends the Tour De France often and is friends with Lance Armstrong, who he sometimes trains with. [edit]
Robin is a rugby union fan. He is also a close friend of Jonah Lomu. [edit]
Robin briefly studied political science before he went to Juilliard.