There will never be another Robin Williams, just like there never has been another Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy, Groucho Marx, Jerry Lewis, or Richard Pryor.
Each of those actors had a unique constellation of skills that no one else has since matched and they have each left uniquely them-shaped voids in Hollywood after their passing. But the idea that they should be replaced by "the next" version of them is still rather nonsensical. Other comedians, with other skill sets and personalities and milieus, have always arisen to meet the times. Different times call for different comedians. There will never be another Robin Williams, and that is exactly as it should be.
Would you want your friends and family to sit around discussing "So... who's the next [insert your name]?" after you die?
Updated On: 8/17/14 at 01:01 PM