"California belongs to me" Robin Williams about Arnold on Letterman

[madfloridian]

Robin Williams on Letterman, you go Robin! You called it right! Referring to Ahhnold.
From Cabaret:
Tomorrow Belongs To Me

The sun on the meadow is summery warm
The stag in the forest runs free
But gathered together to greet the storm
Tomorrow belongs to me

The branch on the linden is leafy and green
The Rhine gives its gold to the sea
But somewhere a glory awaits unseen
Tomorrow belongs to me

The babe in his cradle is closing his eyes
The blossom embraces the bee
But soon says the whisper, arise, arise
Tomorrow belongs to me

Now Fatherland, Fatherland, show us the sign
Your children have waited to see
The morning will come
When the world is mine
Tomorrow belongs to me
Tomorrow belongs to me
Tomorrow belongs to me

[madfloridian]

1. Am I the only one who caught this? The audience exploded.

Only Robin Williams could have pulled that off.

[Stephanie]

2. He SANG the song?

What did he do exactly?

*edit - I think everyone was watching Nightline.

[madfloridian]

3. This part, yes. Standing up with gestures.

Now Fatherland, Fatherland, show us the sign
Your children have waited to see
The morning will come
When the world is mine
Tomorrow belongs to me (substituted CA)

I believe this is the part. They were all laughing so I could not be sure.

[madfloridian]

4. Found a midi of the song.

I can not believe I am the only one who saw this moment.

Midi is not very good, but all I can find.
http://www.texaschapbookpress.com/magellanslog66/broadwayclassics.htm
Use the drop down menu to find Tomorrow Belongs to me.

It was such odd music, ominous, and the words as well.

[Capn Sunshine]

6. hey thanks for the heads up

all of us on the West Coast will see it

[madfloridian]

8. See if Robin actually salutes holds his arm out.

I think he did. Shouldn't have spoiled it, but it will still be powerful.

[Room101]

5. Did anyone mention Arnold, Hitler?

Is that song some kind of Nazu fatherland song?

[madfloridian]

7. With this song, they did not have to mention it.

Cabaret was about the rise of the Nazis. I mean he stood up and I swear he gave the salute. Or at least sort of. Yes, this song was about the rise of Hitler.

[Room101]

9. LOL, did the crowd eat it up?

I love Robin Williams he is so freaking funny.

[madfloridian]

10. They were wild, so was Letterman.

Hubby and I were cracking up and applauding and feeling like fools for doing so. It was just so great to see.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

11. My TiVo is getting FULL!

So much great stuff on, Dean on Leno, the Daily Show every night, debates, Letterman, Nightline -- I need a TiVo devoted entirely to politics. Argh!

[w13rd0]

15. Haha, I know the feeling...

...I have a splitter and a system that can do two streams at present, soon to expand to 3, and I'm having to consider dropping in another 200+ Gb drive for everything.

Like I have time to watch it all, but I just wait till someone says..."Did you see when..." And I go back and look. Except for the Daily Show, Family Guy, West Wing, Smallville which I watch regularly...

[RevolutionStartsNow]

23. The problem is...

I have no time for TV when I am always on the internet.

And who's got time to WORK?

[Paranoid_Portlander]

12. Sound of Music?

I could have sworn this song appeared in the Sound of Music with a Hitler youth singing it in Austria. (How ironic.) Maybe the song appeared in both movies.

[madfloridian]

13. Aha I thought so, too.

There was also another movie about the rise of the Hitler youth, with citizens picnicking in the park. They were startled by the Hitler youth, and they were singing this song.

I have seen Cabaret many times, guess it is there. But I remember it in this other movie.....may have been Sound of Music.

[11 Bravo]

20. It was.

As I remember it began with a tight shot of a blond, blue-eyed boy singing in a beautiful tenor. Then the camera slowly pulled back as the boy continued to sing, and it was revealed that he was dressed in Hitler youth regalia. It was a truly fucking chilling image. Even my seven year old, who loves the movie, says that there's "something creepy about that kid".

[madfloridian]

24. But type in the title at google in quotes, you just get Cabaret.

The song "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" appears to only be connected to Cabaret.

I thought it was from another movie myself. I typed in Sound of Music with it, and I only got a couple of hits, both connected to Cabaret. Could the screenplays have been done by the same people?

Very confusing, as I picture something different in my mind's eye.

Whatever show it came from, it was a very scary moving song.

[lolly]

31. Almost sure it's not in SoM

My daughters used to watch that movie on video once or twice a week.

I knew that song from Cabaret--my Dad used to play the LP--and I never heard it on SoM.

Deals w/same era, much of the same themes.

[MotorCityMan]

34. The Nazi youth is in SofM, not the song

"Tomorrow Belongs to Me" is from Cabaret. In The Sound of Music Liezl's (sp?) boyfriend ends up a Nazi youth. Only song he does is "Sixteen going On Sevnteen".

[LeahMira]

38. You are right...

As I remember it began with a tight shot of a blond, blue-eyed boy singing in a beautiful tenor. Then the camera slowly pulled back as the boy continued to sing, and it was revealed that he was dressed in Hitler youth regalia. It was a truly fucking chilling image. Even my seven year old, who loves the movie, says that there's "something creepy about that kid".


We rented the video last weekend, so the picture is fresh in my mind.

Your seven year old is very perceptive.

I thought the whole movie was creepy.

[Wonk]

14. Damn, I wish I'd caught that...

I hardly ever watch Letterman, or any other late night talk shows. Thanks for letting me know what I missed, though. Sounds like it was hilarious :-)

[BrotherBuzz]

16. That was Robin Williams at his best

I've followed his whole career (from back to our college days) and I have to say that that Arnold material was some of the best stuff he has done in years! I didn't see this thread till after I saw him but when we heard Letterman mention Robin as his guest, I knew, just knew he was going to be good and even suggested to my wife that David would say "You're from California, what do you think of the recall?...". He did, and just sat back and watched the fireworks! I regret not recording it.

[noiretextatique]

22. hey BrotherBuzz! are you a Claremont Colleges alum too?

like me and nothingshocksmeanymore? we both went to Pitzer, both class of '80, but i graduated in '81. there's also a Pomona graduate here, but i can't recall the moniker. it was great meeting you at the last gathering...really enjoyed your pinot noir :hi:

[tlb]

17. This kind of crap is backfiring.

First polls show most Californians see the attacks on Arnold as just more political smears, and he gains more votes as a reult then he loses.

http://www.surveyusa.com/home.html

[not systems]

18. Please go easy on Arnolf.

It is not helping him besides the race appeared to
be in his bag. No need to wait destroy him before
he casts a happy glow on Bush for 2004.

Arnolf should not be treated to any honeymoon.

He should be charged with sexual battery ASAP.

[madfloridian]

19. Whoa here.

By that way of thinking, we need to back off Bush and all the other poor fellows whose admirers are getting their feelings hurt.
You are letting the polls define the issues. That will be our downfall as much as the voting machines.

BTW when did telling the truth become "crap"?

[noiretextatique]

21. actually...the results in your link

do not support your conclusion...at least not among DEMOCRATIC voters.

[haymaker]

26. More GOP talking points, where am I

Fox News.

[Supply Side Jesus]

28. surveyusa is a rethugican outfit

got any salt?

[stevedeshazer]

36. Hey TLBShow us

why the truth is a smear.

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:KE98C5xZdZQC:

[madfloridian]

25. Article contrasts Cabaret, Sound of Music....mentions "Tomorrow Belongs...

http://www.chromehorse.net/rants/essays/cabaret.htm

I think this may explain why it is confusing to figure where this song came from. At first I thought it was a German patriotic song, but I guess not. It must be from Cabaret originally.

SNIP..."Thus, the first contrast between these two productions, from Julie Andrew's convent to Sally Bowles' Kit Kat Klub, is shocking. In fact, Sally Bowles, the central character of "Cabaret", makes her first appearance dressed as a nun, singing about her mother thinking she is living in a convent in the Southern part of France, instead of singing in a Berlin nightclub, "in a pair of lacy pants..." This is followed by a drunken brawl, the "kit kat girls" singing, stumbling, rolling over the floor on top of several bar patrons, and a song about picking someone up for casual sex, of various orientations.

The audience is initially fascinated---and repelled---so when a group of healthy, wholesome-looking, well-dressed men, women, and children come out into a "meadow" for a picnic and begin singing a charming German folk song, the audience's first reaction is relief: finally, some normal, decent-looking people! The actors in this scene actually resemble, physically, the Von Trapp family as presented in "The Sound of Music"! The song is about nature, optimism and faith: "Tomorrow Belongs to Me". The audience is enraptured by the strength and sense of purpose expressed in the song, particularly in contrast to the brazen physical obscenity of the previous scenes. ......."

Then: Arm bands appear, men singing the same song, but in a different way:
"Suddenly, the song is revealed for what, in fact, it has always been: a paean to Aryan purity and dominance. And a connection is drawn between the earlier "wholesome" ideal of beauty and racial purity, and the expansionist violence and viciousness of the Nazi regime. One realizes-- maybe for the first time-- that the Nazis did not recruit their members at gun point. They caught them in a web of high-minded visionary ideals and hopes and dreams...

[UTUSN]

33. Just like Part of the PNAC m.o.

"...high-minded visionary ideals and hopes and dreams... "

The PNAC credo is to conquer physically first, supposedly IN THE SERVICE of spreading democracy ("high-minded visionary ideals and hopes and dreams...").

[LeahMira]

40. Exactly!

Just like Part of the PNAC m.o.

Plus que ça change...

[KittyWampus]

27. Now If Someone Could Provide The Video

Jeepers, I'm sorry to have missed this... sounds great :+

[LittleApple81]

29. ditto. Anybody out there who can provide us with the video? n/t

[madfloridian]

30. Don't see a video yet, but will keep looking at the site.

Letterman just let Robin Williams loose, and it was a site to behold. He just said you're from CA, what do you think of the recall......and just sat back and laughed. It was one of the best I have seen.

The videos are up to the first, so maybe there is hope.

[madfloridian]

37. Ha Ha, just caught a misspell too late to edit.

I really do know it was a "sight", not site.
(Hanging head in shame)

[Gloria]

32. Meanwhile....at the very end of LENO...did you

see as the credits rolled, two pictures were flashed...and the last one was....Schwartzenegger!!! It wasn't even slow enough to be subliminal!!!!

(I normally don't watch Leno, but happenened to tune in at the very end and caught Elton John...and then the end music and the pictures came up)

I DID see Williams on Letterman...man, he was great!!!! He really tore into Arnold...

[Woodstock]

39. Leno is a fraud

I can't remember ONE time - EVER - that I found him funny, amusing, or even anything but a complete and total bore.

[ronnykmarshall]

35. I love you Robin Williams!

Thank god SOME celbs have the balls to get off their asses and go after this nazi mother fucker!