Travolting

Mar 04 2025 212 ep. 82 mins 18
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A weekly investigation into the strange filmographies of cinemas most fascinating careers.

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Mar 04 2025 135 mins  
From the mind of Terry Gilliam, comes a historical fantasy adventure where an old heroic man must take flight from a city under siege to find his old heroic friends to perform one last adventure. The film explores ideas of imagination, aging, death, and whimsical storytelling. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen goes down as a hidden gem of a movie that otherwise could have easily g

Good Morning, Vietnam

Feb 25 2025 144 mins  
After a number of flops and panned projects, Robin finally arrives as the perfect storm to audiences all over the world with his performance in the 1987 comedy war film, Good Morning, Vietnam. With a combination of untapped comedic improvisation to genuinely heartfelt dramatic moments, Robin soars in this movie that understands the perfect way to synthesize the talent of Robin Will

Seize the Day

Feb 18 2025 28 mins  
Not to be confused with the popular song from the hit broadway musical, Newsies; as well as not to be confused with the popular saying in Robin's later film, Dead Poets Society. Seize the Day is a low-budget PBS TV Movie in which Robin plays a down-on-his-luck man whose marriage is falling apart, broke, and can't seem to get a single win in life.

Club Paradise

Feb 11 2025 58 mins  
Club Paradise begins in Chicago Illinois where a retired firefighter played by Robin Williams takes his insurance money and opens a resort at a tropical island. Directed by Harold Ramis, this movie could've been another lampoon-esque classic but instead gets too busy with various themes and subplots muddy up the films cohesiveness. Rick Moranis and Eugene Levy are both funny in thi

The Best of Times

Feb 04 2025 63 mins  
This two hander starring Kurt Russell and Robin Williams follows the lives of two washed up dudes in their 30s who reminisce on their final high school football game where Robin's character "dropped the ball". Too bad everybody else involved in making this movie also dropped the ball.

Moscow on the Hudson

Jan 28 2025 64 mins  
In the height of the Reagan Era, Robin plays a russian who defects and lives a new life in America. The film is a fascinating introspective look on the immigrant story learning about the wonderful and strange things in this new country with his likewise immigrant friends who guides him on this new journey.

The Survivors

Jan 21 2025 42 mins  
Jeff and Stuart barely "survived" watching this movie. Marketed as a two-hander between Robin and Walter Matthau, this movie nails the jokes just as well as the plot: fast and unintelligible.

The World According to Garp

Jan 14 2025 86 mins  
Considered to be Robin Williams' first dramatic role, this Forrest Gump-like movie showcases the life of T.S. Garp, a man born out of wed lock with no father figure around being raised by a woman who becomes a feminist icon. With a name like Garp, you would think the movie would allow Robin to be funny... it does not.

Popeye

Jan 07 2025 126 mins  
Robin's spiritual first film where he channels his inner cartoon character to portray THE cartoon character. That's right... POPEYE! Robin, Shelley Duvall, and many other characters fully commit to the animated style of this Robert Altman musical.

Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses?

Dec 31 2024 44 mins  
Travolting's Season 4 subject, Bobbin for Robin, kicks off with Robin Williams first starring feature role; Pop-- Wait what? You mean to tell me Popeye wasn't Robin's first movie? You mean to tell me Robin Williams was in this low budget comedy sketch movie that was 99% college humor sex jokes called 'Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses'?? Oh... okay...