Robin Williams and his mom can't keep it together in 1984 video
Robin Williams kept audiences laughing for decades. From his early days on shows like Mork & Mindy to blockbuster hits like Mrs. Doubtfire and Aladdin, his comedic timing and sense of humor could tickle even the harshest critic. Since his tragic death in 2014 when he lost his battle with life long depression, people love to dig up his old comedic gems to reminisce on how funny he was.
Recently, a video resurfaced of the comedy actor, but this one is a little different. Instead of watching Robin razz talk show hosts or pull pranks on Muppets, you get to see him in a much more natural state–with his mom. It takes no time at all to see where Robin likely got his sense of humor from. The video is from a 1984 interview where celebrities were interviewed with their parents, so naturally Robins' mother Laurie Williams joined him for the segment.
The pair discussed a variety of topics as they seemingly took breaks between their tennis matches and the laughter is contagious. The laughter starts while they're volleying the ball back and forth over the net and continues well after with Laurie telling Robin to stop telling interviewers that he was a "fat little boy." She even pulled out an old black and white photo of the two as proof that he was a child of normal weight saying, "Is that a fat little boy?" to which Robin playfully interjects, "No, it's a marionette."
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Before long they were off to another subject, this time about Robin being a serious child while it was his mother who was the queen of jokes, often at his father's expense. They reminisce about Laurie pulling a rubber band out of her nose, tricking his father to sit on whoopee cushions and flapping her cheeks at the dinner table, a move Robin was known for.
In one part of the interview, Robin shares a story about how trusting his mother was when he became famous, saying, "Mom is so trusting, she's actually one of the few people who gave the Inquirer every picture we had in the house." Laurie replies, "That's right" before Robin finishes the story. "They came to the house going 'oh we represent English Space Magazine we'd like to..." Robin trails off then imitates his mother's response, "'OH! Here take everything! Here's a...here's a little picture of him as not as a fat little boy. Here's a picture of him in the tub'," he goes on playfully as Laurie watches and laughs.
The video has been shared on multiple social media platforms with people commenting on how much fun the mother-son duo seemed to be having. It made others miss seeing him on their screens or miss hearing the sound of his laughter, while others came to a realization about the genuine nature of his laugh with his mom.
"This is wonderful. The saddest thing about this is that when you hear Robin's real laugh, you realize you've never actually heard him laugh before... just act like it in films. He was never not funny. He was never not surrounded by laughter. But to hear his own real laugh, you realize, was a rare thing his whole life," one person writes.
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"This entire video had me smiling from ear to ear. I honestly lost it at the part where Laurie did the rubber-band trick. Robin's laugh over seeing her do it makes it all the more hilarious," someone else says.
Another person shares, "I love the moments where Robin's mom is even more outrageous than him. You can see where he got his humor from. It's wonderful that he had a good relationship with her. RIP to both of them Laughing and smiling together now too hopefully."
While one commenter chimes in with, "that infectious laughter he had here, makes me sooo happy! The laugh, the facial features, the humor, he DEFINITELY inherited all that from his mom. Mrs Laurie Williams, I'm sure you are so very proud of your boy. <3"
Robin will always be missed by his adoring fans for not only his talent but for who is was as a person. He has left behind a legacy of kindness, advocacy, and laughter that has continued and will continue for years to come.
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At least it wasn't Bubbles. 
You just know there's a person named Whiskey out there getting a kick out of this. 
An Irish woman went to the doctor for a routine eye exam. She left with bright neon green eyes.
It's not easy seeing green.
Did she get superpowers?
Going to the eye doctor can be a hassle and a pain. It's not just the routine issues and inconveniences that come along when making a doctor appointment, but sometimes the various devices being used to check your eyes' health feel invasive and uncomfortable. But at least at the end of the appointment, most of us don't look like we're turning into The Incredible Hulk. That wasn't the case for one Irish woman.
Photographer Margerita B. Wargola was just going in for a routine eye exam at the hospital but ended up leaving with her eyes a shocking, bright neon green.
At the doctor's office, the nurse practitioner was prepping Wargola for a test with a machine that Wargola had experienced before. Before the test started, Wargola presumed the nurse had dropped some saline into her eyes, as they were feeling dry. After she blinked, everything went yellow.
Wargola and the nurse initially panicked. Neither knew what was going on as Wargola suddenly had yellow vision and radioactive-looking green eyes. After the initial shock, both realized the issue: the nurse forgot to ask Wargola to remove her contact lenses before putting contrast drops in her eyes for the exam. Wargola and the nurse quickly removed the lenses from her eyes and washed them thoroughly with saline. Fortunately, Wargola's eyes were unharmed. Unfortunately, her contacts were permanently stained and she didn't bring a spare pair.
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Since she has poor vision, Wargola was forced to drive herself home after the eye exam wearing the neon-green contact lenses that make her look like a member of the Green Lantern Corps. She couldn't help but laugh at her predicament and recorded a video explaining it all on social media. Since then, her video has sparked a couple Reddit threads and collected a bunch of comments on Instagram:
“But the REAL question is: do you now have X-Ray vision?”
“You can just say you're a superhero.”
“I would make a few stops on the way home just to freak some people out!”
“I would have lived it up! Grab a coffee, do grocery shopping, walk around a shopping center.”
“This one would pair well with that girl who ate something with turmeric with her invisalign on and walked around Paris smiling at people with seemingly BRIGHT YELLOW TEETH.”
“I would save those for fancy special occasions! WOW!”
“Every time I'd stop I'd turn slowly and stare at the person in the car next to me.”
“Keep them. Tell people what to do. They’ll do your bidding.”
In a follow-up Instagram video, Wargola showed her followers that she was safe at home with normal eyes, showing that the damaged contact lenses were so stained that they turned the saline solution in her contacts case into a bright Gatorade yellow. She wasn't mad at the nurse and, in fact, plans on keeping the lenses to wear on St. Patrick's Day or some other special occasion.
While no harm was done and a good laugh was had, it's still best for doctors, nurses, and patients alike to double-check and ask or tell if contact lenses are being worn before each eye test. If not, there might be more than ultra-green eyes to worry about.