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Rarely has a comedian unintentionally chosen a name so perfect for a tour. While Robin Williams has jokingly said that the Weapons of Self-Destruction tour is his last chance to make fun of President Bush, I originally thought this might be some sort of self-deprecating humor from the man who let movies like Flubber define his career.

Let’s face it, while people older than 25 may appreciate the shocking and dirty nature of his humor from his days on cocaine and whatever else he could get his hands on, the younger generation remembers him as a cuddly cross dressing nanny, a voice in animated features, and several other misguided box office attempts.

This does not mean that I think this tour will not be funny. I come from a large Irish Catholic family on my maternal side. I remember my aunts and uncles being hilarious and, often times, drunk at my massive family gatherings. Then, as my cousins and I reached our teenage years a damper of “good examples” sucked all the life out the family gatherings. No longer were people thrown in pools, men dared to skateboard inebriated down a street with a steep slope, or somebody’s fist going through the screen door as a joke.

The good times would return, as soon as most of us could drink, things returned to normal. My Aunt X would say wildly inappropriate things in front of her son and stories involving “questionable” substances from decades ago were told. I think Robin Williams tour will be something like that. I expect cursing and not a fake proper British accent, talk of drugs and not of three magic wishes, and general offensive lunacy and no remake of safe movies from the ‘50s.

Yes, Robin Williams is probably going to relive his early days as a comic, but with better pay. Here is some early political humor from the man himself thanks to the giant catalog of videos called YouTube…

Robin Williams Tickets