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Five yards. lets go! >> reporter: the perfect choice to voice the genie from disneys "aladdin." ♪ youve never had a friend like me ♪ >> nanu-nanu. >> reporter: williams was already in his late 20s by the time abcs "mork & mindy" made him a star. his character, mork from ork, spun off from one of the later episodes of "happy days," a dream sequence where good-natured space alien tries to abduct richie cunningham only to be foiled by the fonz. williams was so out of this world, abc gave him a ...

Self goes away. ego, bye-bye. realize there are a lot, lot of amazing people out there to be grateful for. and a loving god. and that -- and other than that, good luck. thats what life is about. >> robin williams was 63 years old. this morning his wife susan schneider says she is heartbroken from losing her husband and best friend. our coverage of robin williams death does not end here. well remember the comic genius. known for his punchlines and expert timing later this half hour. now to anot...

Others, way beyond yourself. self goes away. ego, bye-bye. realize there are a lot, lot of amazing people out there to be grateful for. and a loving god. and that -- and other than that, good luck. thats what life is about. >> robin williams was 63 years old. this morning his wife susan schneider says she is heartbroken from losing her husband and best friend. our coverage of robin williams death does not end here. well remember the comic genius. known for his punchlines and expert timing later ...

Years. youre sending tweets to dave like this one. quote, tv has sorely missed you. if dave chappelle is a comic genius, you found someone who kp excels at trolling. one twitter user is taking trolling to a new level, poking fun at a handful of gun owners who tweeted in the aftermath of mass shootings that they would never let anyone take their guns. you will not take my guns because of what someone else does with theirs ever, tweeted one of them. heres what genius troller rob wisman stepped in ...

Wrongdoing. mickelson telling cnn, "i have done absolutely nothing wrong." >> interesting, though, three big names, business, sports. >> and it is a probe at this point, you know. its an investigation. there have been no charges, but the accusation, the idea that youre probing something like that, very, very serious. >> and its a messy one to boot at this point, now that its gone public, perhaps earlier than they wanted it to. 11 minutes after the hour. a major passing in the world of entertai...

Its the washing machine. its gone crazy. >> bobby. >> see, that my friends, is comic genius. one of the many, many times that dallas saved the day for the bradys. the woman who turned that character into an icon, ann b. davis, has died at the age of 88. our nischelle turner is here. she heard us talking about alice all morning. no joke, i loved that character. she was a supporting role but literally and metaphorically shes what the center square. >> exactly, the heart of the family. if you think...

>> oh, man, you shouldnt have shown me that. that is funny. its the first time that ive seen it having aired. that was funny. you know, just in the neighborhood, stopping by. jimmy fallon, i have great respect for him. hes a comic genius and i knew that he would do right on the mission that were on and that is telling putin to get his troops out of ukraine and america is going to be strong and we will see peace through strength. so it was fun to get to participate with jimmy. >> you know, i thou...

>> oh, man, you shouldnt have shown me that. that is funny. its the first time that ive seen it having aired. that was funny. you know, just in the neighborhood, stopping by. jimmy fallon, i have great respect for him. hes a comic genius and i knew that he would do right on the mission that were on and that is telling putin to get his troops out of ukraine and america is going to be strong and we will see peace through strength. so it was fun to get to participate with jimmy. >> you know, i thou...

And "ghost busters" and "stripes." i could go on and on. he was not just a comic genius for our time that didnt get a pile of awards from the academy or anybody else but as "the wall street journal" said if the people gave out the awards, he wouldnt be able to fit them all into his house because he -- i had dinner with him a couple of years ago at ariannas house in brentwood. he is a lovely man. a lovely man. >> he left los angeles and left hollywood and moved to chicago where he is from and bac...

By the way, which they deserve. >> absolutely deserve it. look, fallon has this winning way. hes got this every mans sweetness. the sort of boy next door, comic genius. i love him. i loved him at 11:30. i think its going to be great. part of what i love is that music will be integrated into the show like nothing else in late night. weve seen branford marcellus and quest love and the roots behind him. its not just like lets have a performance, but lets take the musical performances and juice them...