directed by - bruce gowers
written by - robin williams
genre - stand-up comedy
runtime - 65 min
tagline - comedy faster than a speeding bullet
rating - R
filming location - metropolitan opera house, new york
recording date - august 09, 1986
production companies - mister happy productions inc.
                                            hbo

directed by - arthur brooks (he also directed reality...what a concept)
written by - robin williams
genre - stand-up comedy
rating - R
filming location - metropolitan opera house, new york
recording date - august 09 & 10, 1986
production companies - little andrew publications inc.
                                            sony music entertainment inc.
                                            columbia records
album dedicated to - neil bogart (who directed reality...what a concept)

He's the Pavarotti of Puns, the Domingo of Drollery, the Caruso of Comedy - Robin Williams Live at the New York's Metropolitan Opera House.
It's the comedy at the speed of light, with more LPM's than any comedy special ever. Robin Williams, at his most outragious in a one-man assault on the funny bone. Strap yourself in for a flight on the "Concorde of Comedy" as you take off for the reaches of the absurd. Take a fantastic ride down with Williams' stream-of-consiousness as he shares his thoughts and impressions on everything from politics to parenthood.
Comedy faster than a speeding bullet - Robin Williams Live!

You know in England if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. So if you commit a crime: "Stop! Or, or I'll say stop again!"

The people at the Met are going: "You ain't coming back, I tell you that right now. You ain't coming back after what you did!" But we did it, hahaha!

Then comes a very special time. Your first test as a father. A diper... you're ready. You may have been a lumberjack... you may have been a marine... you may have seen blood and guts. But you've never seen caca like this. it's incredible stuff; part toxic waste, part velcro.

You try and do special things for your kid. I thought "I'll take him to Disneyland. That'll be fun." Disneyland for a three year old... Mickey Mouse for a three year old... bullshit. Mickey Mouse to a three year old is a six foot fucking rat!

Here's a little warning sign if you have a cocaine problem: Number 1, if you come home to your house and there is no furniture and your cats going "I'm out of here, prick!" WARNING! Number 2, If you have this dream, where your doing cocaine in your sleep, and you can't fall asleep and doing cocaine in your sleep and can't fall asleep AND YOU WAKE UP and doing cocaine! BINGO! Number 3, If on your tax forms, it says "50,000 dollars for snacks! MAY DAY!

                                     

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This show is currently only available on CD

HBO told us there's no DVD release planned because, as they said so, "not too many people are interested in buying one-man shows". If they only knew....

01. Opening (1:58)
02. Ballet (1:32)
03. Alcohol (5:28)
04. Marijuana (2:22)
05. Cocaine (4:12)
06. Cops (2:54)
07. Reagan (5:43)
08. Khadafi (1:48)
09. Spring (1:33)
10. Men's Parts (1:36)
11. Lust (3:56)
12. Dr. Roof (4:28)
13. Pregnancy (2:08)
14. Childbirth (4:15)
15. Childhood (6:06)
16. ...And the Future (3:14)

"Opera Rap"
1.5 Mb (mp3 - Audio only)

Opera Rap lyrics:
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Say aria, aria you're my man
If he can't do it, Wagner can
Say Wagner, Verdi, Puccino too
Come on everybody
Do what you can do
Say Opera Rap, Opera Rap
......

The "Opera Rap" can only be found on the video, not on the CD.

Won - 1 American Comedy Award
Won - 1 TCA Award

For more specifications please visit the Awards page