Robin Williams changed TV forever, became a highly decorated film actor, and won five Grammies for his stand-up comedy and voice work.
One joke, from the Grammy-winning "Robin Williams: Live on Broadway" (2002), became the gold standard for making fun of golf.
"If ya want a linguistic adventure, go drinkin' with a Scotsman. ... And only they could invent a sport like golf.
Here's my idea for a f***ing sport. I knock a ball in a gopher hole.
- Like pool?
- F*** off pool. Not with a straight stick, with a little f***ed up stick. I whack a ball, it goes in a gopher hole.
- Oh, you mean like croquet? - F*** croquet! I put the hole hundreds of yards away. Oh, f*** of ya ! Big fun, yeah!
- Oh, like a bowling thing?
- F*** no! Not straight. I put shit in the way. Like trees and bushes and high grass. So you can lose you f***ing ball. And go hacking away with a f***ing tire iron. Whacking away, and each time you miss you feel like you'll have a stroke. F*** that's what we'll call it, a stroke, cause each time you miss you feel like you're gonna f***ing die. Oh great, oh and here's the better part. F***, this is brilliant! Right near the end, I'll put a little flat piece with a little flag to give you f***ing hope. But then I'll put a little pool and a sand box, to f*** with your ball again. Ay, you'll be there cracking you ass, jacking away in the sand.
- And you do this one time?
- F*** no! f***ing times! That's my idea of a sport!"
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