WITH THE OVERWHELMING SENSE OF 
HIS DEATH, I ALSO JUST WANT TO 
HEAR STORIES ABOUT THIS MAN 
TODAY.
THE PUNCH LINES, YES, THEY ARE 
ON PAUSE TODAY.
COMEDIANS MOURNINGING ONE OF THE
GREATS, THEIR OWN, AS THEY 
REMEMBER ROBIN WILLIAMS.
AND THAT INCLUDES MY NEXT GUEST 
WHO WROTE JOKES FOR ROBIN 
WILLIAMS.
ROBIN WILLIAMS GAVE MY NEXT 
GUEST THIS AUTOGRAPH PHOTO WITH 
A THANK YOU NOTE THAT GOES ALL 
THE WAY BACK FROM 1991.
GURIAN ALSO RECENTLY INTERVIEWED
THIS ACTOR AT THE STAND UP FOR 
HEROES EVENT AT THE FESTIVAL 
BENEFITING VETERANS.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE AROUND TO 
GIVE TO PEOPLE WHO GIVE SO MUCH 
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND 
THESE PROGRAMS ARE REALLY 
IMPORTANT, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES 
OF PROGRAMS FOR WHEN THEY COME 
BACK, DIFFERENT DISABILITIES AND
IT HELPS TO GET THEM THE HELP 
THEY NEED. 
>> IT'S AN HOUR NOR TO MEET 
THESE GUYS WHO HAVE SACRIFICED 
SO MUCH FOR THE COUNTRY. 
>> Reporter: AROUND THE COUNTRY 
AND HERE.
>> JEFFREY, NICE TO SEE YOU. 
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO, BROOKE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. 
>> I TEXTED YOU AS SOON AS I 
HEARD LAST NIGHT.
YOU HAVE BEEN CRAFTING JOKES FOR
COMEDIANS FOR YEARS AND YEARS 
AND YEARS.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
YOU BROUGHT THE PICTURE THAT YOU
TOOK OFF YOUR WALL IN YOUR 
APARTMENT.
HOW FAR BACK DO YOU GO WITH 
ROBIN WILLIAMS?
>> PROBABLY THE LATE '70s OR 
EARLY OWE'80s.
HE TOOK A LIKING TO ME FOR 
WHATEVER REASON AND ARRANGED FOR
ME TO MEET WITH BOBBY AND BILLY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE KNOWN A 
MAN LIKE JACK ROLLINS. 
>> WHAT WAS HE LIKE?
>> ROBIN.
>> ROBIN WAS -- HE WAS LARGER 
THAN LIFE ALWAYS.
JUST SO FUN AND ALWAYS ON.
OUR PATHS HAVE CROSSED SEVERAL 
TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT IT
WASN'T UNTIL 1991, I HAD WRITTEN
FOR THE PRYOR ROAST AND I HAD 
SENT ROBIN SOME JOKES AND IT 
LOOKED LIKE HE WASN'T GOING TO 
DO ANYTHING AND I BROUGHT JOKES 
WITH ME THAT DAY TO THE EVENT 
AND WENT UP AND GAVE THEM TO HIM
AND HE WOUND UP DOING HIS 
OPENING LINE WAS MY JOKE ABOUT 
RICHARD PRYOR.
I CAN'T SAY IT BECAUSE YOU'D 
LOSE YOUR LICENSE BUT HE SENT ME
A SIGNED PHOTO THAT HAS BEEN 
SUCH A TOUCHING MEMENTO TO ME.
IT'S BEEN SO IMPORTANT, 
ESPECIALLY NOW.
HE'S -- YOU NEVER SEE -- PEOPLE 
PASS AWAY EVERY DAY BUT YOU 
DON'T SEE THIS KIND OF A 
RESPONSE.
A WORLDWIDE RESPONSE.
HE WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A 
COMEDIAN AND ACTOR.
HE WAS AN ICON AND ACTUALLY 
RECEIVED THE ICON AWARD FROM 
COMEDY CENTRAL A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO. 
>> YOU WERE ON SIRIUS XM RADIO, 
9:00 AT NIGHT UNTIL 1:00 IN THE 
MORNING BECAUSE PEOPLE KEPT 
CALLING IN.
WHAT DID PEOPLE SHARE WITH YOU?
>> SO MANY PEOPLE CALLED IN AND 
RICK OVERTON. 
>> WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE?
>> SOME PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN 
SPEAK.
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO 
SAY SOMETHING BUT WERE SO 
OVERWHELMED WITH GRIEF THEY 
COULDN'T EVEN COME ON.
EVERYONE HAD SUCH WONDERFUL 
THINGS TO SAY HOW GIVING HE WAS.
>> CAN YOU REMEMBER THE STORIES 
THEY TOLD?
>> YOU KNOW, I WISH I COULD 
REMEMBER.
THEY WERE ALL GOOD.
NO PARTICULAR STORY STANDS OUT 
IN MY MIND.
EVERYONE WENT ON ABOUT WHAT A 
WONDERFUL PERSON HE WAS.
EVEN AT THE STAND UP FOR HEROES 
THING, HE WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR 
PEOPLE WHO DID SERVICE TO THE 
COUNTRY.
HE WAS A VERY HELPFUL PERSON.
HE EMITTED KINDNESS AND ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SAY 
WAS HE TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE IN
SO MANY WAYS.
HIS LEVEL OF SENSITIVITY WAS SO 
TREMENDOUS AND I THINK IN OUR 
SOCIETY WE NEED TO LEARN TO 
HONOR THAT MORE BECAUSE IT'S NOT
ONLY PERFORMERS THAT ARE THAT 
SENSITIVE.
WE ARE ALL THAT SENSITIVE BUT 
WE'RE TAUGHT TO LOOK AT IT AS A 
WEAKNESS INSTEAD OF A STRENGTH 
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
HONOR THAT.
>> WHAT ABOUT FROM WHEN YOU GO 
WAY BACK, YOU TALK ABOUT EARLY 
LATE '70s, EARLY '80s.
CAN YOU TELL ONE STORY FROM YOUR
EXPERIENCE WITH HIM?
>> WELL, THAT STORY AT THE 
FRYER'S ROAST AND THAT WAS 
AMAZING TO ME THAT HE OPENED UP 
WITH MY MATERIAL BECAUSE YOUR 
OPENING LINE HAS GOT TO BE A 
KILLER.
>> IT'S GOT TO BE A ZINGER. 
>> IT'S GOT TO BE AMAZING.
AND TO USE MINE OF ALL OF THE 
OTHERS THAT HE MUST HAVE HAD WAS
A GREAT HONOR TO ME AND AS I 
SAID, OUR PATHS WOULD CROSS.
WE USED TO HANG OUT AT A PLACE 
CALLED COLUMBUS CAFE AT 69th AND
COLUMBUS.
IT WAS THE BIGGEST CELEBRITY 
HANGOUT THAT MANHATTAN EVER HAD.
HE WOULD COME BY AND HE WOULD 
JUST SPREAD JOY.
HE WAS ALWAYS ON.
HE WAS JUST ON.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT YOU CAN
EXPLAIN IT.
HIS PER ZONE PERSONA WAS LARGER 
THAN LIFE.
I WISH I KNEW HIM BETTER AND HAD
SEEN HIM MORE OFTEN.
YOU CAN TELL BY THE OUTPOURING 
OF EMOTION.
YOU NEVER SEE -- 
>> EVERYWHERE. 
>> YOU NEVER SEE THAT.
IT'S LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE A
STATEMENT, YOU KNOW. 
>> SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MADE A 
STATEMENT. 
>> THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE WAS -- IT'S INCREDIBLE.
THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE 
THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD ON PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IT'S JUST
A SHAME THAT A PERSON WHO 
BROUGHT JOY TO SO MANY PEOPLE 
COULD BE IN SUCH A DARK PLACE.
IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYBODY 
BECAUSE -- 
>> THAT'S WHAT WE FOCUS SO MUCH 
ON WITH SOMEONE WHO STUDIED 
SUICIDE AND DEPRESSION LAST 
HOUR.
JEFFREY GURIAN, THANK YOU FOR 
BEING HERE TO HELP SHED A LIGHT 
ON, IT CAN BE TREATED, IT CAN 
GET HELP.
