INFORMATIVE SPEECH
(see pages 138-141)
Topic: Robin William’s Life
Specific Purpose: Robin Williams, actor and comedian, promoting happiness by entertaining, proves his success his natural talent, charismatic personality and through his movies.
Central Idea: Tying Robin’s career to his success
INTRODUCTION
Attention Getter: “Politicians are a lot like diapers. They should be changed frequently — and for the same reasons.” — Robin Williams as Tim Dobbs in “Man of the Year” (2006)
Credibility Material: I am a fan of Robin Williams and I think his creditability speaks for himself. He did 5 HBO specials, won 6 Golden Globes, and 1 Academy award. He was also nominated 3 other times for an Academy Award and 6 other …show more content…
Preview of Speech: I am going to give you examples of things he did in his life that truly shows his true love of promoting happiness.
Transition (Link between Introduction and first main point) Now that I have gone over what I am going to be talking about, let’s start with how Robin Williams early life and how he started out.
BODY
I. Robin McLaurin Williams was born on July 21, 1951 in Chicago Illinois.
A. Williams attained a full scholarship to Julliard. Out of the 20 students that are accepted into the Julliard freshman class, Robin was one of them. And out of those 20, only 2 are accepted by John Houseman into the Advanced Program at the school that year
1. Williams left Julliard during his junior year in 1976 at the suggestion of Houseman, who said there was nothing more Juilliard could teach him (6)
2. Staring as a stand- up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance. (Nachman)
3. He got married three times and had three children named Zachary, Zelda, and