>> ladies and gentlemen, robin williams! >> richard pryor. >> when i walk on stage, i'm riddled with fear and excitement, because i have no idea what i'm going to do. >> this was what, oh no, you idiots. oh, god, oh, god, oh, god, oh, god, oh, god. ♪ ♪ >>> i despise myself from pretty much close to getting out of the womb. i was always wrong. let's start with that. when you're always wrong, you seek an audience to disprove that theory. i was just hell bent on having to prove myself. i know i'm right. i can't be always wrong, you know. i was the victim. >> my father was a very strange man. he was kind of a performance artist that was fueled by beer. >> i was very shy. and at home i was always quiet and didn't get to speak very often, just because other people were jibber jabbering a lot. some people wouldn't clam up, mom. when i did different voices or different noises, people say that's weird, or shut up. i feel like there is a fear of seeming crazy. >> a lot of comedians are people that are very introverted, very shy, very

>> ladies and gentlemen, robin williams! >> richard pryor. >> when i walk on stage, i'm riddled with fear and excitement, because i have no idea what i'm going to do. >> this was what, oh no, you idiots. oh, god, oh, god, oh, god, oh, god, oh, god. ♪ ♪ >>> i despise myself from pretty much close to getting out of the womb. i was always wrong. let's start with that. when you're always wrong, you seek an audience to disprove that theory. i was just hell bent on having to prove myself. i know i'm right. i can't be always wrong, you know. i was the victim. >> my father was a very strange man. he was kind of a performance artist that was fueled by beer. >> i was very shy. and at home i was always quiet and didn't get to speak very often, just because other people were jibber jabbering a lot. some people wouldn't clam up, mom. when i did different voices or different noises, people say that's weird, or shut up. i feel like there is a fear of seeming crazy. >> a lot of comedians are people that are very introverted, very shy, very

robin williams, was, you know, he was a mentor to lots of comics.enetic excitement and energy. he was the tazmanian devil of stand-up comedy. and people went out in clubs because they thought they might see robin, and they saw the rest of us and liked that too when he was the draw. >> i tried to interview him one time and i just gave up. >> yeah. yeah. >> there is no interview, there was no interviewing robin williams. >> he had a little of the raccoon in him. you know, in earlier years, you may have found him floating in your pool in your jacuzzi, if you didn't have the right finsin fencing. >> on that note, the book is called "the totally unscientific search for human happiness" by paula poundstone. >> i got carl reiner. >> you got -- >> dick van dyke. >> and you got lily tomlin. >> lily tomlin. good to have you on, paula. ♪ >>> cheech marin is known, best known as one half of the comedy duo, cheech & chong. he is out finally with a new memoir, entitled "cheech is not my real name, but don't call me chong." good to see you, my friend. >> always go

he will go on for 100 years, robin williams. robin williams. >> neil: he's just wired and -- he doesn't -- >> the brilliance of robin comes from a very deep place that he knows i know about. when we met for the first time, he gave me the best reward i received from anyone. he said "hello maestro." i returned the compliment. i think he's one of the best comic geniuses. >> neil: a lot of people say jim carrey is. >> he's a wonderful comic. >> neil: but robin lewis is -- >> it's a whole other column, a whole other dimension. >> neil: the irony, williams would kill himself. this genius of comedy is more than happy of getting serious, very serious. you weren't married to comedy. a lot of the people in the 80s were rallying around you wondering if this was the future jerry lewis and then you left the scene again. why? >> yeah. i wanted to go shopping. >> neil: so money was never annish yaw for you? >> no. >> neil: you're obscenely wealthy. >> ridiculous. >> neil: there's no draw like to have to be in front of the camera, to be with th

. >>> plus three years later friends and family commemorating robin williams on social media. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for one, simple rate. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. >> they want out. new details on the fast food backlash in the south bay. a neighborhood in campbell is taking actions to stop an opening for the new in-n-out. a group calling itself citizen for growth. they say the in-n-out isn't a good fit. >> a new turn in the so-called game of thrones hacking. executive is offering $250,000 to the hackers as part of negotiations. last week hackers leaked an unaired game of thrones. they say they have more damaging information including personal information about hbo employees. >>> a bay area institution is serves its last doughnuts. closing its doors after 28 years. they

told you about yesterday on had this same show and we did see slowing on the approach from the robin williams tunnel toward the toll plaza. all lanes are cleared and now the sensors have cleared up as well. that's great stuff. an easy drive approaching the bay bridge and green the rest of your commute. back to you. >> thank you, mike. back to our breaking news this morning. an armed robbery turned homicide investigation. san jose police looking for answers. this is going on near the intersection of equipment by and white roads. >> we he are joined live with what we know so far about the crime scene. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning you to you, sam and laura. usually this kind of strip mall would be very quiet this time of night. as you see behind me there's a liquor store with lights flashing. inside there are police officers gathering evidence because this is the city's latest homicide. we've seen officers combing the parking lot for any sign of clues. we've seen them taking pictures of the outside of the building and the inside of the building. here is what it looked like earli

once you come out of the robin williams tunnel over the waldo grade, you definitely need the windshieldipers. to the san mateo bridge, clear as a bell. starting to get busy for your morning commute. no problems. about a 15-minute drive between hayward and foster city. a little slowing out of tracy up and over the altamont pass. a 30-minute drive from tracy into dublin, pleasanton. we have 27 b.a.r.t. trains running on schedule. an ace trap number three left on time this morning, train number one, i should say, left on time. no problems. spare the air day, take mass transit. >> thank you. >>> this morning, doctors have a new weapon against heart attacks. the drug that's offering an alternative to just reducing high cholesterol. >> happy friday, everybody. >> a day of unity in the south bay. why this year's annual pride parade took on more significa e significance. >>> plus, a big night for pop music. the performances that wowed the crowd at mtv's video music awards. this this morning's tech bites. >>> in today's tech bites, facebook's safety check is on in houston. >> people in harvey's

. >>> you definitely need windshield wipers over the waldo grade and even through the robin williams. otherwise, a pretty light looking morning. we'll come back in a few minutes and give you an update on the traffic. >> thank you. >> developing news from the live desk. the governor of texas is expected to tour the texas coasten bend today after harvey made landfall as a category 4 hurricane. it has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. officials expect more than 30,000 people to be temporarily placed in shelters. at least 1500 water rescues have taken place as crews continue to search for survivors of the deadly storm. officials are calling this unprecedented, devastating flooding. emergency workers are starting to release water from two flood control dams in houston to prevent uncontrollable flooding in the area. nearly 2,000 fema staff members have been deployed to help. >> that was my bedroom there. whether i like it or not, i got sky lights that were free. a lot of feelings, a lot of memories. pretty rough to talk about it. >> hard to watch those folks. at least four people

i mean, i was with billy crystal, robin williams. in the room, everybody recognized there was nobody like that. it was like a challenge dance. you just step back and let him go. >> well, good evening, everybody. yes, hello, everybody! i'm dave. and i'm danny. >> when you see early albert brooks footage he's often parodying old school show business. that's what he knew. his father is a comedian. his brother is a comedian. >> everything was about the conventions of the trade. danny and dave was about the lameness of ventriloquism. >> why don't you have a cigarette. that calms you down. >> great. >> there was content, funniness, but the target of the comedy was the standard form of show business. >> hello. i'm albert brooks. and i'm speaking to you on behalf of the famous school for comedians. >> one of the first thing i ever saw him do was the school for comedians. >> let's see how these kids are doing. >> he was walking past the spit take class. >> i just walked into the room. now, start to drink. good. now, i speak. guess what? i jus

. >> i was around a lot of comedians in my group, with billy crystal and robin williams.p, everybody recognized there was nobody like that. it was a challenge. you just stepped back and let him go. >> good evening, everybody. >> hello, everybody. [ laughter ] >> i'm dave. >> and i'm danny. [ laughter ] >> when you see early albert brooks footage, he's often parodying old-school show business. that's what he knew. his pafather was a comedian. >> albert was very meta. and all of his stuff was about the conventions of the trade. danny and dave was about the lameness of venn tril viz m. >> i'm nervous being on stage. >> have a secret. that always calms you down. >> great. >> there was content that was funny. but the target of the comedy was the standard forms of show business. >> hello. i'm albert brooks. and i'm speaking to you on behalf of the famous school for comedians. >> one of the first things i ever saw him do was the school for comedians. l >> let's see how these kids are doing. >> he was walking past the spit tape class. >> i just walked into the room. start to drin

as a matter of a fact i can show you what the traffic looks like heading from the robin williams tunnel to the bridge, and down to the toll plaza, it's still looking good. and a little while ago, of course, you know they stopped manning the toll booth. there's no toll booth ticket -- people don't have to stop, so two toll booths being taken away is not as big of a deal as it would have been when they were collecting tolls manually. we'll see what happens later on. this commute tends to be rather good in the morning now that they don't have toll takers. so we'll keep an eye on it and let you know. so far as you can tell, it's light. this is 580 westbound as you drive over the pass from the altamont pass to livermore. slow on 285 and 508 as it normally, but there's nothing unusual there. traffic looks good from livermore to pleasanton. traffic is moving along well. there's a lot of people out there, but it's not causing any slow traffic at the moment. this is a look at the bay bridge. some of those right lanes are crowded where the trucks go through, but for the most part it's a light com

>> ladies and gentlemen, robin williams!itement, because i have no idea what i'm going to do.

some samples i've got -- alfred hitchcock, robin williams, johnny depp -- the list just goes on and on the collection is a who's who of stars from yesteryear through today. liz taylor... to cameron diaz. cary grant... to george clooney. grace kelly... to sandra bullock -- all acquired by david's father, harvey, and his aunt rhoda. is this all of it? >> oh, this is just the tip of the iceberg. ♪ >> the story of these signature-seeking siblings begins in brooklyn, new york, in 1938 when rhoda kuflik is born. little brother harvey arrives three years later. as the children of hardworking immigrants, they're often left to entertain themselves. luckily, it's the golden age of the silver screen. >> they spent a lot of their free time going to movie theaters. [ film reel clicking ] >> and shooting their own home movies. hey, that's sophia loren... and tony curtis! in the 1950s, you can spot as many stars here as in hollywood. so rhoda starts a new hobby -- autograph collecting. >> this right here is the autograph book that started everything. >> perry como to start it off? "1953, april 6." >>

the follow up film from the hit with robin williams. >> 2019 sounds like thousands of years away. >> acting. >>> we know parenting can be an exhausting job. now a british home store called hillarys is breaking it down for you. why? because they have more time on their hands than we do. they created this lost sleep calculator to estimate just how much shut eye you have lost. since you became a mommy or daddy. here's the scary stat on our "gma" crew. we didn't want to give you this check. rob, dad to the lovely maddy, who is closing in on the age of 6. the calculator says you have lost 2500 hours of lost sleep. >> i feel every second of that. she's worth it. >> are you sure? >> i have a feeling paula has everybody beat. >> yeah. >> let's wait. give matt, the next roll here on the dice. dad to 9-year-old libby and 3-year-old ben. you have lost over 6600 hours of sleep. but paula, as we mentioned -- >> i know. just start sleeping now. everybody, this will explain probably why i have brain farts on national television. >> did you just say that word? >> she did. >> she did. >> brain fart.

you go i want you to place jerry law is in the pantheon of great comedians from george burns to robin williamsnd teller, where do you place him in that pantheon of great american comic actors and directors? >> i think i want to go a step further. i mean, people don't really remember this, but when martin and lewis were at their peak in the '50s, they were bigger than the beatles. bigger than sinatra, bigger than bing crosby. bigger than any star has ever been in the history of the united states of america. when they were in times square in a hotel room, it stopped traffic in new york. it was a much bigger deal than the beatles, and, you know, i have a short memory one in a while. martin and lewis really did change the world, and i think -- you know, to where very focused on individuals, it's important to remember that teams were important, and i think that -- jerry lewis, you know them -- may have, a little ironically, the title, he was the top of comedy. i don't think you can think of somebody in the 20th, 21st century more important than jerry and teams still important. now with jerry gone,

this is very pale. [ light laughter ] i'm a very pale version of me. [ laughter ] you and robin williamsh. >> jimmy: we were at a -- [ applause ] >> where were we at? i don't know. >> jimmy: my skin is the same color as your pants. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's how pale i was. we were at a charity thing for, i think, for katie couric. >> and look now, it's not. >> jimmy: yeah. i got tan. i got a tan. exactly. [ laughter ] yeah, but i forget what we were talking about. but i used to see you all around at different events and you're always so fun to hang out with. >> yeah, that's what's nice about new york. you're all squished in together. so -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> serendipity. >> jimmy: and you see? >> all right. >> jimmy: and last time you were on the show, we were talking about "feud" and i -- when we went to commercial i said, "you're going to get an emmy for this thing, because you were fantastic." and you were like, "i haven't seen it. don't tell me. i don't know." and, like, you were so shy about it. but i knew it, i knew it, i knew it, i knew it. >> all right, you were righ

>> ladies and gentlemen, robin williams!> richard pryor. >> when i walk on stage, i'm riddled with fear and

if you're going south from the robin williams tunnel down to the toll plaza, you can see that it is pretty no major problems coming through on the golden gate bridge. >>> let's take a look at the east shore freeway. from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze, it is crowded. still 24 minutes is a pretty good time to make that drive. definitely better than other days. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you can not be distracted by our spider there. westbound is light. i predicted it would be light at 8:30. way as wrong. it is light at 8:04 now. this is a look at interstate 880 north and southbound. traffic is moving along relatively well. still a little bit of slow traffic approaching a ramp closure northbound 680 to eastbound 780. that is the noncommute direction for most. 680 south looks okay driving through the area. driving down to the walnut creek interchange it being loos okay. 24 is in good shape from walnut creek to oakland. at 8:04, back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. >>> more than a dozen parked cars went up into flames in the city of campbell. it started in a carport and

. >> there was that robin williams movie, one-hour photo. >> so creepy. >> check that out. >> that'sout powerball for a second? one lucky person winner of second largest jackpot in powerball history? >> geez. one person. $758.7 million. >> did you guys play? >> i missed it. >> i think we did, the crew. i asked al for $5. >> did he give it up? >> he did for -- time is flying. christian slater. he gave him $5. we didn't win. >> it was not sold in watertown, chicopee, massachusetts. the people in watertown -- that watertown guy has to be upset. >> i was thinking about that. >> money there. >> when you're owner of the shop, don't you win a good chunk. >> notoriety. >> $750 million, you get a portion of that. >> literally it's gone the flash of an eye because it was the wrong place. >> i told you a friend of mine won the lottery, they split it. three people, $1 million each. my probability of winning, 25ds, i don't even play anymore. >> i play. i would play if all my friends won i would play. >> really? >> you're saying there's a chance. >> "dumb & dumber." >> you know we like to play gam

so 11-year old aniya williams and 12-year old isaiah lattimer set up a lemonade stand called "sweet and sour lemonade." (robin're doing so well -- they can pull in 100 dollars on good days. last week they took part in the united way's innovation challenge -- a contest for residents to create practical solutions in their low-income communities. they say they plan on selling hot chocolate once winter rolls around. (james) the a's teamed up with the lend-a-hand foundation to give back to their community. this was before yesterday's game against the mariners.(robin) members of the green and gold worked with with volunteers to fill one- thousand backpacks with school supplies for low-income students across oakland. the a's also treated kids from the east oakland boxing association to last night's game. (james) take a look at this... a florida man says for years - his son and wife complained of noises in the attic. when he finally went up there to check it out - he found a huge boa constrictor living there.. (robin) the man says he thought it was just a rat. but when snake trapper was called in to check it out, he

william tell on his first try... or his second... or his tenth. and, of course, he decided..."i'm gonna go on tour anyway."in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (robin) there's a funky stench coming out of a city in the east bay. why the method being used during construction is causing the funk.(james) and a look at weather after the break. and here's a live look outside...san mateo ( james ) we're coming up on 4-30... here are the big stories we're working on for you this morning... san francisco police have arrested a north beach restaurant manager for sexual assault of a minor. police say forty-eight- year-old gaspare giudice sexually assaulted his stepson multiple times when he was between 6 and 11 years old. the stepson, who is now in his early 20s, reported his stepfather to police.(robin) and... a candlelight vigil will be held for charlie ly. he is the liquor store owner who was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in san jose on tuesday. the community will be hosting the vigil and it will be at jim's liquor mart on quimby road. it will begin at 7:30 and they are asking anyone who is planning on attending to please bring candles.( jam

(robin) the man connected to the brutal death of a woman outside a solano county mall last year has made a court apperance. rowena shaddox is tracking the latest developments. 21-year-old william king will spend the rest of his life in prison, for bludgeoning to death 63-year-old cheryl sherwood, and striking christine jones in the head with a hammer more than a dozen times.christine survived. jones, a former safeway employee, was attacked outside wells fargo in vallejo february 2nd, last year.a day after, king killed sherwood in the macyús parking lot at the solano town center. itús the reason, the da decided to prosecute the case herself.king pleaded no contest and avoided being sentenced to death. but she says after working alongside both families, they opted to have king spend the rest of his days behind bars, giving them a sense of closure. for both families, justice has been served.ááástop sotááá remembering cheryl who dedicated her life as a registered nurse for for 35 years, and whose wish to donate her organs was granted. after several family members and friends read heartfelt statements to king, he had the chance to address them....he told them he was sorry for what