TV: Robin Williams Documentary on HBO.

Bustle:

Where Is Elayne Boosler In 2018? Robin Williams’ Friend Is A Majorly Influential Comedian.

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’ 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.

“A New Haven club where Elayne Boosler headlined in freezing February didn’t do heating. I could see my own breath…”

Wonkette takes a look at how The Third Lady’s fashion is covered. Thanks for the shout out.

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…

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Rush Hour Headaches

Ruth Bloomfield Margolin puts us in a delicious jam.

Continuing the clues..

100D: Depending on the generation you belong to ELAYNE Boosler might be a familiar name; she is a groundbreaking comedian and the first woman to have a stand-alone comedy show on TV. She still works in comedy and founded a pet rescue.

Exactly 25 years ago today, May 1, 1993, I performed at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Most of my political jokes could have been written today. That’s not a good thing, we need change..