{"id":5641,"date":"2014-08-18T22:52:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T02:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calverosdepot.com\/blog\/?p=5641"},"modified":"2015-02-18T23:11:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T04:11:33","slug":"favorite-orkian-remembering-robin-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calverosdepot.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/18\/favorite-orkian-remembering-robin-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Orkan – Remembering Robin Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Last Monday, my daughter and I were sitting in the living room, she on her laptop and me reading or playing a game, I don’t remember which. \u00a0Then she says “Robin Williams died.” The news hit like a ton of bricks. \u00a0I was dazed, confused, and saddened.<\/p>\n

Wait, Wait…What?<\/p>\n

I hoped that it was a hoax (like Bill Cosby’s rumored death<\/a>\u00a0a few years ago). \u00a0 So I immediately checked the internet. \u00a0The more I read, the sadder I got.<\/p>\n

Shazbot.<\/p>\n

Suicide. Due to severe depression. A nasty arch-nemesis.<\/p>\n

\"Robin<\/a>

Robin in his Orkian uniform.<\/p><\/div>\n

My first memory of Robin was on “Mork and Mindy”. One of the earliest life memories I have, actually. (I’m just old enough that it seemed like Robin always was and always would be around.) I was 5 when the show started and I don’t remember exactly when I started watching it. \u00a0I do remember watching when it went into reruns. \u00a0I watched a number of sitcoms, both old and new, and if I missed those it wasn’t a real big deal. \u00a0I miss Mork & Mindy and it was “Oh no<\/em>! I have to wait another 7 days (or) 23 1\/2 hours until it’s on again! Heavy sigh!”<\/p>\n

I’ve kind of viewed him as a distant, crazy, but lovable uncle.<\/p>\n

I was\u00a0a big fan of the show. While The Dick Van Dyke show is my favorite sitcom, Mork & Mindy is tied in second place with The Cosby Show as my second favorite. Back when I watched the reruns, I was visiting one of my happiest types of stores (BOOKS!) when I came across the novelization of the pilot episode of Mork and Mindy. I snatched it up and read it in just a couple days, \u00a0It was hilarious to read, and funnier to watch.<\/p>\n