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Knowing: Robin Williams by Macmillan Publishers

Oct 28, 201930:57Comedy

Robin finds solace in a lonely childhood through comedy and defies his father's wishes to eventually pursue acting at Juilliard. But, his pinball energy proves hard to contain in the structure of academia. Hosted on Acas...

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The Comet is an episode from Knowing: Robin Williams by Macmillan Publishers. Robin finds solace in a lonely childhood through comedy and defies his father's wishes to eventually pursue acting at Juilliard. But, his pinball energy proves ha...

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