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Jan 1993

Talk radio host, guest

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Houser guest hosts one day per week for more than 60 episodes on Calvin Floyd’s RISE AND SHINE WLTZ NBC 38. Houser:

Invited political controversy on every one of them, and loved every minute of it.

Floyd:

He was on from time to time because he was a very radical person with radical views. He was a Republican and then I would have someone with a real strong Democrat view on.

He is also a 13-time guest of Doug Kellet on WRCG talk radio.

18 Dec, 1992

Toys

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In this comedy directed by Barry Levinson, Williams plays a military general who inherits a toy factory. He starts making war toys and his employees have to band together to stop him from ruining the name of the toy store.  Costarring Michael Gambon and John Cusack.

It was magnificently fun to do because I would just go in knowing I was going to this magical place.

http://youtu.be/Juk8R28_RuM

18 Nov, 1992

Malcolm X

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Washington plays the title character in the biographical drama Malcolm X. This film tells the story of one of the most influential and controversial African American leaders of the century – his early life as an unknown gangster, becoming a member of the Nation of Islam, being a human rights activist, and getting assassinated. He co-stars with Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, and Spike Lee.

For young people, I would like them to see that one doesn’t have to be a slave to one’s environment. That one can pull oneself out.

Malcolm X (1992) Official Trailer - Denzel Washington Movie HD

13 Nov, 1992

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

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Waits plays Renfield, Count Dracula’s bug-eating minion, in this Francis Ford Coppola adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula.  Count Dracula comes to Victorian England seeking his reincarnated love, now engaged to Jonathan Harker. Co-starring Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, and Anthony Hopkins.

I did not actually eat the bugs. And I’ll say that because I’ve lied to other people and told them I did eat the bugs. I didn’t want anybody to think I didn’t have the courage to eat insects. What I really did was put ’em in my mouth and give them kind of a funhouse ride. Uhhh – move them around, let them walk along the jagged cliff of my teeth. And then I brought them back out again. A lot of them wanted to buy a ticket and go right back in for another ride. It was only mealworms – but there were a lot of spiders. I was working with insects. I’ve been in show business for 25 years, and I’m working with insects.

Renfield @ Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

11 Nov, 1992

Aladdin

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Williams stars as the voice of Genie in the film Aladdin. In the film Genie helps Aladdin grant his wishes to win the love of Princess Jasmine.

The one thing I said was I will do the voice. I’m doing it basically because I want to be part of this animation tradition. I want something for my children. One deal is, I just don’t want to sell anything–as in Burger King, as in toys, as in stuff.

1 Oct, 1992

Multiple song performance

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Jackson performs I Want You Back, The Love You Save and I’ll Be There live at the Lia Manoliu Stadium in Bucharest, Romania. The concert is Jackson’s sole performance on the Dangerous world tour and second to last concert in that country.

1992/10/01 Michael Jackson - The Jackson 5 Medley (Live at Bucharest)