1980s Robin Williams hit ‘Popeye’ fueled by cocaine says mogul Barry Diller

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1. Late 70s to early 90s, what movies were not fueled cocaine? Such a non story hyping up a new biography.

2. This news article sponsored by “No Shit”.

3. Shame on Barry Diller for telling tales out of school. Who does it benefit to tell this story, true or not?

4. I have a soft spot for this truly bizarre yet somehow charming film; watched it a lot as kid.

   Plus, ‘He Needs Me’ is a wonderful song, later used brilliantly in my all time favourite movie, *Punch Drunk Love*!

5. It was a hit? I thought the official diagnosis was flop.

6. Sounds like fun

7. If anyone believes they were shipping cocaine TO Malta from the US I have some beach front property to sell you.

8. Yeah, we’ve seen the movie.

9. Nooooooooo shit.

10. How else could he have made that movie?

11. Robin Williams did cocaine? Suuuuuure… Next you’ll try and tell me Cheech & Chong smoked weed.

12. I knew there was something special about that spinach.

13. I feel like popeye is taking the blame for an entire 30 year span of Hollywood.

14. Listen to the What Went Wrong podcast about Popeye. They production ran out of cocaine so they smuggled it into Jakarta in stuff dummies that were claimed to be props.

15. Every movie in the 1980’s*

16. Just like hulkamaina in the 80’s cocaine was running wild

17. I was like 10 years old when this came to vhs and a probable target audience but was fully aware that this was a cocaine fever dream. I still liked it tho.

18. All this time I was eating me spinach for energy…

19. Anyone who knows anything about the making of this movie knows this.

20. Oh I thought it was fine!

21. Popeye needs his “Spinach”.

22. “Well, blow me down! Ec ec ec ec.”

23. “Robin Williams fueled by cocaine” would have saved time and words.

24. r/NoShitSherlock

25. Thanks to these articles I don’t have to read Diller’s book.

26. That website is completely unusable. Fucking ad bomb

27. Wasn’t Popeye a flop ?

28. There was a documentary series called Dark side of comedy and they covered it in one episode that movies back then even cocaine included in the budget of making a movie! It was that rampant. 

29. Robin was a saint but people forget he was on an endless coke bender for most of the 80s.

    His old HBO specials were incredible and also incredibly unhinged.

30. “Robin Williams was using cocaine? This is the first I’ve heard of it! I am shocked. I mean, I am shocked. That’s what I mean, I am appalled. I don’t believe it, I’ve known Robin for years, and he has a fairybook lifestyle.”

31. Everything was fueled by cocaine in the 80’s, including cocaine.

32. Everything in the 80s was fueled by cocaine. That’s not much of a secret to anybody lol

33. This is a good movie. Funny, cute, singable songs, unique, and risk-taking.

34. Being fueled by cocaine also happens to be the ideal way to watch it.

35. And it was awesome for it! I love Popeye and anyone who doesn’t can’t be my friend.

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