{"id":20008,"date":"2014-08-13T09:53:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T13:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=20008"},"modified":"2014-08-13T11:10:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T15:10:18","slug":"video-robin-williams-a-night-at-the-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/08\/13\/video-robin-williams-a-night-at-the-met\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Robin Williams &#8211; A Night at the Met"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20009\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Robin-Williams.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Robin-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"Robin Williams (1951-2014)\" width=\"600\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Robin-Williams.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/Robin-Williams-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robin Williams (1951-2014)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">In honour of the sad passing of\u00a0comedian Robin Williams on Monday, August 11<span class=\"s1\">th<\/span>, we\u2019d like to share a\u00a0video of the opening monologue of a landmark performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1986.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">In the entirely improvised routine, Williams hilariously touches upon The Met\u2019s d\u00e9cor, Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This is\u00a0Williams at the top of his game, and was filmed the year before his performance in the hit film\u00a0<i>Good Morning, Vietnam. <\/i>The performance was also released as an album that eventually went on to win a Grammy Award for \u201cBest Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical\u201d in 1988.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">There is a thin line between comedy and tragedy\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Our deepest condolences go out to Williams\u2019 family and friends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2evBgJn1038?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><em>Michael Vincent<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honour of the sad passing of\u00a0comedian Robin Williams on Monday, August 11th, we\u2019d like to share a\u00a0video of the opening monologue of a landmark performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1986. In the entirely improvised routine, Williams hilariously touches upon The Met\u2019s d\u00e9cor, Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and others. 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