Robin Williams appreciation by Nigel Planer: 'He wouldn't be happy until the furniture was laughing'
American standups were looked down on by Britain's new wave in the early 80s. Until one manic genius pulled off a breathtaking coup…
BY NIGUEL PLANER
The Observer, Sunday 17 August 2014
‘Cleverer, faster and madder’: Robin Williams photographed in 1999 for the Observer Magazine. Photograph: Harry Borden/Contour by Getty Images
1981. 4am, Brixton. Peter Richardson and I have heard that there's supposed to be a party at an address in Brixton, so we've gone down there after the gig at the Comedy Store. We have this squirty American guy with us, who's just played a blinding set at the store and looks a bit lost, so we invited him along.
