PASADENA, Calif. -- Robin Williams will do an HBO standup special, "Weapons of Self-Destruction" (Dec. 6), and he took to the stage saying, "Nice to be on the same bill with 'Hung.'"
He said he's returning to stand-up because "I ran out of merchandising money from 'Bicentennial Man,'" which was a movie flop.
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At a session for HBO's upcoming comedy "Bored to Death" (Sept. 20), star Ted Danson humorously explained to young co-stars Jason Schwartzman and Zach Galifianakis that he was once on a show called "Cheers."
"You tell me every five minutes," Galifianakis said. "If it isn't 'Cheers,' it's [bleeping] 'Becker.'"
For his part, Galifianakis, riding a career high from his role in "The Hangover," said he's still doing stand-up, but at first he joked he was too busy, saying, "I'm gonna really miss the Uncle Chuckles in Tampa."
Schwartzman, appearing via satellite, pretended at the end of the press conference that he didn't think critics could hear him anymore, saying, "Am I off with these [expletive deleted]?"
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Jul 30 2009, 07:57 PM
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Rob Owen