--- description: Williams was as smart as he was funny, the comic says title: Lewis Black Remembers Robin Williams image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6e8f55f6fe8316d/69869f3e13c79f0dae1936dc/72089485.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lewis Black Remembers Robin Williams: He Was "On Another Level" ## Video: Celebrities Mourn The Death Of Robin Williams [Watch (HLS stream): Celebrities Mourn The Death Of Robin Williams](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3YWaeZ9S.m3u8) (2:16)  _Published 2014-08-12. Two themes are emerging in celebrities’ shocked reactions to Robin Williams’ death: that he was a comic genius, and one of the real nice guys of Hollywood._ by [Larry Getlen](/author/larry-getlen/) ## Larry Getlen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2014 7:13 PM CUT  Lewis Black and Robin Williams Lewis Black and Robin WilliamsKevin Winter—Getty Images by [Larry Getlen](/author/larry-getlen/) ## Larry Getlen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2014 7:13 PM CUT Contrary to popular belief, Robin Williams, [who died Monday at the age of 63](http://time.com/3101990/robin-williams-dead-63/ "undefined"), wasn’t “always on” and going a mile a minute. But comedian Lewis Black says Williams’ ability to jump from one topic to another was unparalleled among his peers. Here, Black remembers Williams as an endlessly giving and energetic person: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3104371/robin-williams-dead-lewis-black-remembrance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3104371/robin-williams-dead-lewis-black-remembrance/"},"headline":"Lewis Black Remembers Robin Williams: He Was \"On Another Level\"","datePublished":"2014-08-12T19:13:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:37:46.607Z","description":"Williams was as smart as he was funny, the comic says","url":"https://time.com/3104371/robin-williams-dead-lewis-black-remembrance/","keywords":["remembrance","celebrity","robin williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6e8f55f6fe8316d/69869f3e13c79f0dae1936dc/72089485.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Larry Getlen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/larry-getlen/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6e8f55f6fe8316d/69869f3e13c79f0dae1936dc/72089485.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robin Williams Death","caption":"Robin Williams Death","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3104371/robin-williams-dead-lewis-black-remembrance/","name":"Lewis Black Remembers Robin Williams: He Was \"On Another Level\""}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Celebrities Mourn The Death Of Robin Williams","description":"Two themes are emerging in celebrities’ shocked reactions to Robin Williams’ death: that he was a comic genius, and one of the real nice guys of Hollywood.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3YWaeZ9S/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-12T16:12:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3YWaeZ9S.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3104371/robin-williams-dead-lewis-black-remembrance/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3104371/robin-williams-dead-lewis-black-remembrance/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```