Posted on 08/12/2014 2:05:55 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister
As he stepped out on stage last year to hawk his big TV comeback in front of advertisers, comedy great Robin Williams joked it was 'nice to have a job where the checks will clear.'
After making his name as the eccentric and beloved alien on 1970s TV hit Mork and Mindy, Robin transferred his attentions to Hollywood with a stream of box office hits.
But after acclaim and an Oscar, the movie career started to dry up and the actor signed up for CBS show The Crazy Ones, a small-screen comedy about a 'renowned and slightly unhinged' advertising genius/madman.
While undoubtedly a coup for the network - CBS President Nina Tassler called him 'the biggest get of the season, actually many seasons' and 'one of the defining comedy voices of our time' - Robin was quick to admit he took the gig for cash.
The star's off-the-cuff joke to the room of TV executives, it turned out, was not so funny - in fact, he was being serious. Behind the grin, Robin was dogged by 'serious money troubles' from two divorces that had prompted him to put a Napa home up for sale, and was struggling with depression.
In September 2013, Robin told Parade magazine: 'The idea of having a steady job is appealing. I have two [other] choices: go on the road doing stand-up, or do small, independent movies working almost for scale [minimum union pay].
'The movies are good, but a lot of times they dont even have distribution. There are bills to pay. My life has downsized, in a good way. Im selling the ranch up in Napa. I just cant afford it anymore.'
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lovely and helpful. thank you.
Put me on that list.
Surely, he had several million remaining after those divorces...and residuals. He blew through a lot of money. More than most people earth earn in their lives. Bad judgement after bad judgement.
Actually he divorced his first wife because he was having an affair with their nanny. I guess she is the second divorce in his life and now he killed himself while married to his third wife. But your point is taken. There is just too much palimony/alimony being paid, not to feed and clothe the kids, but to allow the woman to never work again in her life. And that is crazy.
On her ex’s behalf I will say he has lived up to the property settlement and the alimony without stiffing her. She worked for the first half dozen years of their marriage putting him through medical school and was a mother without a chance to do career development thereafter, so she is SOL at building a career in her fifties. She works but it is not the sort of field where she will have much income development.
This is SOP for showbiz.He chose the profession,he reaped the rewards and the pitfalls.His wives were very probably gold diggers,like most showbiz wives.But he should have known that.
I once heard a showbiz type,in speaking of his several divorces,say that rather than get married again he should probably just find a woman who hated him and giver her a house.Funny stuff!
Sounds like he left the first one for the nanny, so I don't blame her for not sticking around.
The second one was with him for 20 years through numerous rounds of substance abuse, rehab, and relapses--crap that a whole lot of women wouldn't hang around for, especially if they could just get the money in the divorce anyway.
They don't sound like gold diggers.
You are quite correct.
A few decades ago the US military noticed a disturbing trend in their retirees. They would divorce their spouse shortly before retirement and pick up a new toy for their new life.
The spouse who had followed them around the world and not had a chance to build any sort of career, (although they usually had jobs) was left with nothing.
They changed the rules so that if you had been married to your spouse for 10 years of your career they got half of your retirement and medical insurance.
The number of dumped spouses dropped dramatically.
Oh my.....Divorce is an UGLY thing......and EXPENSIVE!!! Whoever WANTS the divorce (barring ABUSE) should PAY and NOT get ALIMONY!!
Unfortunately, many people just want material things because they think it will make them happy. I have a cousin who has a hugh backyard. She plants her own fruits and vegetable and saves money. All she does is go to the store for Chicken and Fish since she is not into meat and raises chickens for the Egg. Yet she is very content. That is what I want a home with a hugh backyard to have my garden and save money. I have going to youtube video in how to can vegies LOL. I guess one would say I’m Prepping to Prep LOL
Can relate to that myself. Growing herb and tomato garden. With the LORD guiding me, I have growing a citrus grove on very small city yard. 12 huge mass producing citrus trees from Lowes patio trees. 2 grapefruit, 1 peach, 2 lemon, 1 kumquat, 2 tangerine, 1 lime, (two killed by Algore global cooling storm in February)3 orange. 3 concord grapevines, 2 pear trees. And this bounty I have to share and fight over with 8 NAZI squirrels. Husband says one day they will kill me for property rights. LOL. My garden is therapy and sanity in the insane world I find myself in. My dad and my husband’s dad were both poor fishermen but happy for the most part. Say Pinterest has some great garden stuff. Head other there and you will find some fabulous ideas, one leading to another. Nice chatting.
If there is one thing I can’t stand, it’s intolerance.
Amen!
I wish we would introduce an act that barring abuse, the initiator of the divorce should be the one footing the bills and forfeiting alimony. If the marriage is that bad, why on earth would someone want to retain ANY links?
I’m glad it was reformed.
This is another reason I believe women should work on careers when they are young and NOT sacrifice their own lives for that of others. If the husband wants a prestigious career, make him earn his own way, not make the wife do half the work and then end up ditched.
That is a conundrum isn't it? Women are always hollering to be "treated as equal as men" yet they feel entitled to be supported by men.
Get some avocado trees going. I have a few plus muscadine grapes. The dark purple kind, not the bronze though they can be sweet even though they don’t look it. Carambola too.
would love some avocado trees. any tips?
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