In a New Documentary, a Lens Into Robin Williams’s Beautiful Mind.
Williams offstage was as withdrawn as onstage he was vivacious. “If you met him during the day you’d never know what he became at night,” the comedian Elayne Boosler recalls.
Elayne Boosler
Robin Williams Documentary. RadarOnline. July 16, 2018
Radar Online: Robin Williams Documentary.
“Robin started pursuing me, I had never been so pursued in my life,” Boosler says in an interview. “All the comics were so caring for me and they said ‘you know we think he has a girlfriend in San Francisco’…I said, ‘do you have a girlfriend in San Francisco?”….
TV: Robin Williams Documentary. NY Times. July 16, 2018
TV: Robin Williams Documentary on HBO.
In “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind,” airing Monday, July 16, on HBO, the director Marina Zenovich captures that quicksilver genius through archival clips and interviews of Mr. Williams and reminiscences by Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Bobcat Goldthwait, Pam Dawber and Elayne Boosler, as well as his older son, Zak. Skipping from strength to strength — his Juilliard studies, skyrocket to fame in “Mork & Mindy,” milestone performance at the Met Opera and Oscar win for “Good Will Hunting” — the documentary also digs into Mr. Williams’s substance abuse and mental health. And while his suicide on Aug. 11, 2014, is given swift attention — Mr. Williams had received a misdiagnosis of Parkinson’s; an autopsy revealed Lewy body dementia instead — Ms. Zenovich still proves her point: Mr. Williams was happiest when he made the world laugh. KATHRYN SHATTUCK
Review: Robin Williams HBO Documentary. LA Times July 16, 2018
Review: ‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind’ is a poignant portrait of a comic giant and his vulnerability.
The testifiers include early-days girlfriend and fellow comic Elayne Boosler (“I’ve never been so pursued in my life”)…
‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind’ — Newsday — June 15, 2018
‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind’ review: He remains a mystery.
“Very quiet in real life,” says fellow comedian Elayne Boosler. “You wouldn’t know from the daytime what he would become at night…”
Lawyer Turns Comic. Cindy Adams, NY Post. July 16, 2018
“A New Haven club where Elayne Boosler headlined in freezing February didn’t do heating. I could see my own breath…”
Wonkette. June 14, 2018
Wonkette takes a look at how The Third Lady’s fashion is covered. Thanks for the shout out.
HBO Doc Remembers Comic Actor With Tough Love. The Wrap. January, 2018
Sundance Review of HBO Robin Williams Documentary.
And then there’s the film’s impressive array of interviews: David Letterman recalls thinking that he’d picked perhaps the worst time to move to L.A. to become a comedian after seeing Williams onstage. Elayne Boosler talks about being Williams’ girlfriend while acknowledging his need to have other women, including another girlfriend in San Francisco, Valerie Velardi, who eventually became his first wife…
“Kill Me Now” podcast with Judy Gold. November/December, 2018
Elayne guests on Judy Gold’s podcast, “Kill Me Now“. They had so much to laugh about, it’s a two parter.
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Explicit179: Elayne Boosler (Part II) | “Party of One” is a hit, and Elayne’s career takes off. Judy and Elayne discuss the second half of the comic’s impressive resume. Plus, Why are diners so great? Should your dog be on antidepressants? And what exactly is a “SCROTUS?” Elayne answers these important questions. | 26 11 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Explicit178: Elayne Boosler | Who really is Elayne Boosler? Don’t trust her bio, she made it up. On this week’s edition of Kill Me Now, Judy sits down with the comedian to discuss her career, from starting at The Improv, to her success with “Party of One,” which started from a chance encounter in which country? Listen to find out…It’s Judy Gold with Elayne Boosler. | 19 11 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |