The privileged son of a Detroit auto executive who grew up chubby and
lonesome, playing by himself with 2,000 toy soldiers in an empty room of
a suburban mansion, Mr. Williams, as a boy, hardly fit the stereotype
of someone who would grow to become a brainy comedian, or a goofy one,
but he was both. Onstage he was known for ricochet riffs on politics, social issues and cultural matters both high and low; tales of drug and alcohol abuse;
lewd commentaries on relations between the sexes; and lightning-like
improvisations on anything an audience member might toss at him. His
gigs were always rife with frenetic, spot-on impersonations that
included Hollywood stars, presidents, princes, prime ministers, popes
and anonymous citizens of the world. His irreverence was legendary and uncurtailable.
from WQXR
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