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ROBIN WILLIAMS ENTERTAINS TROOPS IN IRAQ
AP ^ | 12.16.2003

Posted on 12/16/2003 1:04:02 PM PST by Indie

With those words - a play on his 1987 movie "Good Morning Vietnam" - Robin Williams took the outdoor stage at Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday and delivered a barrage of raunchy comedy.

Williams was the lead performer in a U.S. military show that also featured actress Shannon Tweed, wrestler Kurt Angle and stock car driver Mike Wallace. The show kicked off a tour of U.S. bases in Iraq with performances at the main airport in Baghdad.

Perched on a flatbed trailer in a rakishly tilted stocking cap and camouflage jacket, Williams surveyed the crowd of 200 American and Australian soldiers, and told them their garb would be fashionable on the streets of Los Angeles.

"I'm looking at a group of heavily armed people here," Williams joked with the soldiers, most of them wearing helmets and body armor. "I'm telling myself, 'If you're not funny, it's a problem.'"


TOPICS: Humor; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: iraq; robinwilliams
Thanks for bringing some laughs to our troops Robin. When you get back here, keep your Bush-hating, leftist, liberal, socialist mouth shut you freeking hypocrite.
1 posted on 12/16/2003 1:04:02 PM PST by Indie
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To: Indie
Maybe his asking price for a movie has dipped below 5 million:)
2 posted on 12/16/2003 1:10:19 PM PST by international american
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To: Indie
Robin Williams is no Bob Hope
3 posted on 12/16/2003 1:12:39 PM PST by Tai_Chung
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To: Indie
I liked your homepage.
Best, IA
4 posted on 12/16/2003 1:12:47 PM PST by international american
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To: Indie
Well Said!
5 posted on 12/16/2003 1:13:17 PM PST by GodBlessUSA
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To: Indie
San Francisco liberal.

At least he's not a typical Hollywood snob,just misguided. He shows up.
6 posted on 12/16/2003 7:15:55 PM PST by Finalapproach29er ("Don't shoot Mongo, you'll only make him mad.")
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To: Finalapproach29er
He's a disgusting, foul-mouthed little man and he's the best Hollywood has to offer.
7 posted on 12/18/2003 12:22:58 AM PST by battlegearboat
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To: Indie
Support for the troops is popular - so the hollywood-whores are just following along to "show support" while calling the Commander In Chief an idiot.....
8 posted on 01/04/2004 11:12:22 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (PA drivers: so bad they won't let an ambulance change lanes.......)
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