Sep 7, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min · 13 segments
This week on *The Plot Sickens*, we’re reviewing *Patch Adams* where laughter may be the best medicine, but we’ve got a few notes for the chart. We talk Robin Williams, bedside manner, patient…
I mean, he is the big one.
So here's some facts.
This movie was 1998.
By this time, he had already done Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, Hook, Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, and The Birdcage.
And then it was just one year before Patch Adams was released that he won the Academy for Good Will Hunting.
So this was like...
All of it.
All of it.
Oh, good.
Of the land.
i watched that movie and i still giggle because i just could see his so good so good we have another big one another big one uh philip seymour hoffman
yes
i went down a rabbit hole with him i was doing them i was like oh Missed them in the world.
Missed them.
He's Patch's roommate who can't stand him.
And he's so young in this film.
I mean, he is the big one.
So here's some facts.
This movie was 1998.
By this time, he had already done Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, Hook, Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, and The Birdcage.
And then it was just one year before Patch Adams was released that he won the Academy for Good Will Hunting.
So this was like...
All of it.
All of it.
Oh, good.
Of the land.
i watched that movie and i still giggle because i just could see his so good so good we have another big one another big one uh philip seymour hoffman
yes
i went down a rabbit hole with him i was doing them i was like oh Missed them in the world.
Missed them.
He's Patch's roommate who can't stand him.
And he's so young in this film.
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