Close Up: Robin Williams tackles the Kiwi accent

[plonker00765]

so,  when did he do the nz accent ?

[benthecube]

Good to see the "presenters" and "anchors" are just as douche-tastic across the water. I'm not quite as embarrassed for us now.

[ae92trueno]

dominic Bowden...... *shakes head slowly, and in shames*

[prematurepopstar900]

I was about to get very disappointed with his shout outs, and then he said Christchurch :D

[TheStanWalkerfan]

Close up presenter=NZ Hugh Grant

[TheUberAsian]

good guy

hahaha 0:39

[tophrocks96]

What a bastard! Robin Williams deserves more than a fake laugh!

[parshotsahil]

Hahahahahahaha fakest laugh ever!!!

[TheKiwiSniper09]

I'd love to meet Robin Williams, he seems like such a cool guy.

[andrewglover6]

@TheKiwiSniper09 that would definitely be awesome!

[mleep]

the show host looks like a zombie hugh grant

[LAchyM3]

the host at the start looks like a random version of hugh grant

[Mudget86]

@LAchyM3 I'd say he looks more like a kiwi Craig Ferguson.

[john4ever01]

I love Dom hes a great interviewer

[rwroe1]

ahaha nice try homes

[dancedanceeyeah]

sounds South African lol

[jackalan88]

@KiranaForever Yeah Hopkins did a superb job with the accent.IMO however probably the best attempt on film is Ruby Dee in the film No.2.

[JodeciMaori]

@jackalan88 really? i thought she was terrible. but then, maybe it was just the movie.

[jackalan88]

@JodeciMaori It wasn't perfect, but Hopkin's flaws were a little more obvious. Didn't think the movie was too bad either.

[kestrelferry49]

I thought it was more Sth African than anything else, with some Aussie thrown in.

Oh well; a good try, maybe.

[lerian21]

Sounds more australian..

[funtimehappytime]

What's up with the square interviewer? i love ya Kiwis but sometimes you're just too polite! Come on, you're interviewing Robin Williams, you're supposed to be pissing yourself!

[courtezney95]

I thought he sounded a bit Australian actually :L

[ztikmaen]

aheheh...ahehehe...

[DFredleinPortfolio]

bluetits BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[achaelxoxoxo]

err british aussie

[jodethetoad76]

thats aust/eng if you ausk me bro

[energylots]

NZ Accent - super nasally.

[levijohncooper]

Is that a fake laugh I hear from Dominic bowden, what a douche!

[ordiotherapy]

@levijohncooper shittest fake laugh.

[levijohncooper]

@ordiotherapy Dominic Bowden was not worthy of interviewing Robin Williams, its a good thing I haven't seen him on TV for a while

[Thespooce]

0:52 - 0:55 got the movie and man it is to funny and OMG his voice sounded like saladfingers 4:00-4:03

[Thespooce]

0:52 - 0:55 got the movie and man t is to funny

[bfrhys]

Hugh Grant haha

[soulcornflake1]

From the Kiwis I do know in America, the accent sort of reminds me of Aussie with an English accent to modify it.

[KuriapXia]

Great to see Hugh Grant presenting the show, although he seems to have aged a lot.

LOL

[funnybunny571]

the accent is fckn hot, but i cant understand it... :<

( english- 2nd language)

[michaeljfoxkid]

LOL he sounds like Gazza Snell

[mooseknuckle001]

They always do an Aussie accent...

[carramelmonkey]

Dominic Bowden's laugh. Fakest ever.

[midgetmuchable]

Hahaha, pretty good!

[MindFreakMe1]

OMG he does a good Kiwi accent , but you can still hear the American accent, and how do I know, me is kiwi

[spacestick1]

i remember watching this on tv.robin is the man

[MissRuthKatherine]

what an annoying interviewer!!

[MDkid1]

@MissRuthKatherine ya, but he's kinda hot though!

[xxBisexualAnorexicxx]

OMG HE LOOKS LIKE THE DOCTOR

[Mrfunnybutt]

watching this i just want the interviewer to stfu lol..let robin talk

[mollybe123]

dominic bowden isnt a good interviewer

[kimbltree]

So I just clicked that Robin WIlliams is the voice of Genie in Aladdin.. o_O

[sydneymassive]

Is that first guy a comedian. That's a great mongoloid impression!

[kidkama]

He still THE MAN for comedy. Well hum and Billy T James.

[cabotribe]

im sorry robin but that is the worst nz accent i've ever heard. lol sounded more aussie than kiwi! LMAO

[crazypianolady]

"You've got animals that even Darwin was like 'what is that'" lol!

[Iscariot13]

Ouch! I love Robin Williams, but, as with most people imitating a kiwi accent, ends up sounding more like an aussie. Even the great Anthony Hopkins couldn't pull off a Southland accent, much less a general kiwi accent when he played Burt Munroe (my late grandfather was friends with Burt back in the day, in Invercargill) in the Worlds Fastest Indian.

[commodore665]

Whoa , what is up with Mike Hoskins hair .

[dmillionaire7]

man this guy is lethal, LMAO he never let's up. No one can keep up with such amazing talent, God bless Robin Williams.

[HaydzSam]

sounded maorilian

[trumatoez]

luv it good try mwahz....

[andrewglover6]

I don't know why you are bagging his accent, he mentions that he sounds more like an Australian himself. Anyway I've heard him do the Kiwi Accent better than years ago.

Yes, Dominic comes off as a Bad interviewer but I think it was edited bad too.

Robin Williams will always be my Favourite Actor, which he has been for about 25 years or more! I'm glad I got to see his stand up show last year :-)

[OFTR]

Dominic's laugh pissed me the fuck off, aye bru?

[mbshus]

Yeah, Dominic really doesn't add anything to the comments Robin gives, or continues one question as one would in a conversation. I refer to this as a "cold interview" as if Robin never made a comment, it wouldn't change the questions.

[mitchapalooza7]

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS REFERENCE FTW!

[Blambla72]

lol 4:02 suddenly he's Frank Spencer!

[M3TALFLY]

KEEP PRESSING 1 ON THE KEYBOARD LOL

[Ucim]

How much money would I give to be interviewing him at the heart part to say: 80's would do that to a man wouldnt they' ::D

[jgorerowe]

At times he has the accent well, but it drops in and out, with more practice he would perfect it

[likimybalsax]

Hahaha he sounds more like crocodile hunter than kiwi fucken gay cunt.

[whataboutredlorry]

The guy introducing the interview - not Dominic, the other one - to me is like a kiwi hugh grant...

[julzkoch999]

his NZ accent totally sux! Sounds more like an Aussie accent to me but, Christ that doesnt sound like a kiwi at all.

[Avitalstern]

"it's been splendid, really"

lmao

[ttiria]

Yeah, Dom Bowden does actually has no flow in his interviewing?? Isn't he meant to ask questions in relations to the dialogue discussed???

[fjbutch]

he's pretty cool...

'so spicial'....Beached ez....got a bucket and a hoose bro....

[lordcrumb07]

I preferred his Aussie accent on David Letterman, fucking classic.

[DeaniusDaGenius]

If you want to see a really good kiwi video, then watch Piwi The Kiwi starring in his new YouTube video - WORLD WONDER FROM DOWN UNDER.

WARNING: Some of the language used is NOT politically correct. May offend Namby Pambies, Hoity Toities and other weak-minded bastards!

[shmee11111]

jonah in the front row aye?

[rachg01]

haha, it's like a stereotypical australian accent

[LadyFlatz]

the first time I met him...The light was blocked! hahahaahah Jonah's awesome though!

[dudeweresmycarlol]

OMG ITS THE SQUASHER FROM LOCKIE LEONARD

[Meesha1231]

Epic fail ;)

[bananafence]

worst kiwi accent ever, just a dirty aussie accent

[XBhaalSpawn3X]

Ye definatly sounds more australian. Still, for us kiwis, itd be like us trying to pull off a canadian accent.

Can almost garantee we'd end up sounding american =)

[ThePewpewz]

@XBhaalSpawn3X I'd say the majority of Canadian English speakers sound almost identical to Americans; and I've been all over Canada.

[switchbladeattitude]

@ThePewpewz Bullshit

[ThePewpewz]

@switchbladeattitude I'd say the majority of Canada does. And I also said "almost".

[Tweety28y]

@ThePewpewz youve got to be kidding about your comment on all canadians sounding "almost identical" to americans ; i live here and they definitely do not , mayb if your visiting but living here for three years and having both american and canadian friends you can clearly tell the difference

[ThePewpewz]

@Tweety28y Compared to the difference between English and American accents, I'd say the Canadian accent is more similar in it's qualities to the American accent.

[BiiGames]

@XBhaalSpawn3X it's real easy

[bungfizz]

@XBhaalSpawn3X I thought I was pretty good at the Canadian accent... :(

[irishgodfatherchris]

@XBhaalSpawn3X all you have to is slow down your speech and say 'eh' at the end of sentences and as a Kiwi you'd say 'eh' and the end of sentences anyway

[roskipolski]

@XBhaalSpawn3X just say aboot a whole bunch

[janelia19]

Not bad. Lol the interviewer is cute, giggling away haha

[TheWhiteOwl23]

yuk it sounds australian

[GingaGurl232]

its funny how when people try do a kiwi accent... they always end up sounding more australian...

[KiwiDillan23]

his nz accent sucks. its way to australian

[ANNABECKDK]

@KiwiDillan23 How would you know? I mean it's not like you have the word Kiwi in your username or anything

[pazmo5]

dominic bowden apparently has a massive eigo

D:

[PerfectRoast]

LOL HE SAID JONAH LOMU WAS IN THE SCRUM HAHAHA. FUNNY SHIT

[chlogan4lyf]

sounds more aussie than nz

[Nipplemuff]

RW is a legend but his kiwi accent is a little off, bit too aussie.

He would have to be one of the most talented actors ever- comic genius, awesome actor, versatile and all round likeable bloke.

[kyhber]

nz accent...hah hah sounds more like a confused gay aussie

[rpkziruvar]

right. robin just showed us why he gets paid so fucking much. thats fucken talent right there!

[oopaulorafael]

@rpkziruvar Indeed!

[BenKHouch]

@rpkziruvar that was nowhere near a kiwi accent, the rest of the stuff he was on about was *being dellusional whilst peaking on coke*...talking shit actually..

[GingaGurl232]

he sounds half aussie half south african... lol i live in awkward

[SD78]

Why does Dominic Bowden wear his hair like a 15-year old boy?

[undiejuice]

@SD78 It is because he is actually a 15 year old boy inside a man's body with a brain like that of Justin Bieber but without the girly haircut.

[Plumz5]

he doesn't sound like a kiwi

but he is still awesome

[chrisraupo]

He sounds a bit like Dame Edna

[ChristianCullen]

dominic bowden is such a tosser

[bulbulahamadnz]

i thought he sorta sounded a bit South African...

[Ohwowabanana]

GOOD MAN!

[PerfectRoast]

LOL, Jonah Lomu is a winger, he aint in any Scrums son haha. Good effort tho 

[kiirupt]

wtf he sounds nothing lyke a newzealander what a weasel

[ihatespide]

lolz ahah ti sounds kinda more like aussie XD

[Draqoni]

Why is Dominic Bowden still on TV, he is the worse presenter ever??

[MrPatrick6546]

Nice work robbie williams, all you need now is wool around ya dick and all your stuff stolen by snotty nosed stinky moari's and your a kiwi for sure

[kiirupt]

@MrPatrick6546 your a fucking homo mr patrick you arse fucking cowboy

[tingaling124]

gawd he sounds australian

[samsonmorrell]

As funny as he is there is a real depth to his personality, this comes through when he talks about being a Father

[rozymisty]

this guy mainly sounds british!

[robotentity]

Dominic Bowden isn't a very good interviewer. He never continues the conversation, just goes on to the next question. There's no easy transitions.

[TheJuliusJT]

@robotentity true

[mariacorina17]

@robotentity that's so true, i just find it awkward when he laughs in this interview.

[starswitch]

@robotentity He's also a complete twat!!!!

[1KiDo84]

@robotentity he is a stiff wanker

[BruceNJeffAreMyFlies]

@robotentity That is exactly what a good interviewer is meant to do. Don't dwell, simply ask the next question, get through the interview wasting as little of their time as possible, and no dawdling. People watch an interview for the person being interviewed, not to see someone act like a fan.

[holycowitspiratetime]

@robotentity Is Dominic Bowden from New Zealand?

[SiiMPL3PLAN43V3R]

Dominic Bowden laughs like Daniel Bowden who played for the Highlanders in 2009..

Are they related ?

[resident4president]

Im not sure if they are but if you quickly glance at both of them they are almost the same.And I thought he played for the blues?No wait thats Auckland

[SiiMPL3PLAN43V3R]

Yeah he plays for Auckland. He used to play for the Highlanders and Otago... But Auckland took them away from us ): Hes down with the Crusaders now. I seriously thought they were brothers when I first saw Dan...

[eyezkreme]

haha he's the closest ive heard for some1 tryin to imitate!

[shinesmile77]

LOL...Robins Williams kiwi accent is better than mine bahahaah..he's one of my fav actors - thanks soooo much for posting this..Merry Christmas TV New Zealand and Happy New Year 2010..we are planning to be with ya to celebrate it...xo