Funnyman Robin Williams is hitting the road for his first standup tour in six years because the current political climate in the U.S. is too funny to pass up.

The comedian-turned-actor has lined up 13 American dates in the run up to November's election. And he insists his own private life will be part of the joke, following his recent alcohol problems and his split from wife Marsha.

He says, "Between the politics and things that have happened to me personally, it's free range... It's an interesting time."

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