The World According to Garp

I like that.

Um, then he directed, uh, The World According to Garp, which was Robin Williams' breakout movie role in the early '80s.

Uh, then did the movie Funny Farm in 1988 with Chevy Chase, which was not super well-received.

It wasn't, like, critically panned.

he was in Dexter though.

He's like, and World of Garp, which everyone's like, what the fuck is that? Well, that's when he's like a transvestite.

That's cool.

I've seen him do a lot, Third Rock from the Sun.

Now, what you need to know about Glenn Close is that she's a phenomenal actress, and she's had eight nominations over four decades, over 40 years.

Some of the most iconic roles in the world, and she has never won, okay? I'm starting from The, The World According to Garp in 1983 all the way to Hillbilly Elegy in 2020.

And the Academy has decided, you know what? We're gonna honor her with an honorary Academy Award in November.

So eight nominations, no wins until now.

Number three, Young Doctors in Love.

Number four, The World According to Garp.

And number five, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

E.T., when it came out, wasn't that the best-selling movie ever?

Also John Irving.

He wrote The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules.

And I've loved his books ever since I saw the film with...

Glenn Close, The World According to Golf, when I was 16.

Uh-huh.

And it, it, it was such a gift, 'cause like teenage me learned that that guy, like The World According to Garp guy-

Yes

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You're going to get garped.

I hadn't thought of The World According to Garp in a long time.

So the 1980 Robin Williams movie, remember what happens to him in the end? He's gunned down by one of his mother's followers.

That crazy broad had the cramps.

That's true.

I forgot about that.

The World According to Garp.

was 45 years ahead of its time oh yeah when she and he got to ride in a helicopter for the first time as one of his mother's supporters ended him they had dealing with the patriarchy they had transvestites they had sex change operate that movie is 2026 and it was set in i think the 50s and 60s and it was done in 1980 if you want to watch a movie that'll make you go wow we We knew about this stuff.

What are you talking about?

Although I would encourage you to go back and watch The World According to Garp.

Thank you.

I was going to say you could have mentioned Garp.

You're a

transphobe, Harry.

Go back and watch The World According to Garp and see John Lithgow as a former football player who is transitioning.

That's his character.

Let me see just who, obviously Louis Gotzer Jr. won that award, but who were the other nominees? This was, it was Louis Gotzer Jr.

won Charles Durning, John Lithgow for The World According to Garp, James Mason for The Verdict, and Robert Preston and Victor Victoria.

That's like a stack lineup.

Yeah.