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Remembering Jonathan Winters, the 'father of improvisational comedy'
LA Times ^
| 4/12/13
| Deborah Vankin
Posted on 04/12/2013 4:10:50 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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I first saw Jonathan Winters in Mad Mad Mad World, way back when. He had me ROTFLMAO ever since. RIP
To: Impala64ssa
One of the funniest men who ever lived. Rest easy, Mr. Winters. Thank you for the laughs.
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:12:30 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Lurker
It’s a Mad, Mad, World!
Rest in Reace Jonathan.
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:15:39 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Lurker
Pairing him up with Mork was genius.
Thanx, Jon.
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:16:23 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: Lurker
One of the funniest men who ever lived. Rest easy, Mr. Winters. Thank you for the laughs.
...loved his work, ever since I was a kid back in the mid sixties...in pace resquiescat...
To: Impala64ssa
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:17:58 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: Impala64ssa
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:18:35 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: SandRat
Mr Winters also served in the United States Marine Corps for over 2 years in the Pacific theater during WWII.
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:20:10 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Impala64ssa
The man was a comic genius.
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:21:00 PM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: Impala64ssa
Semper Fi. Rest in peace. Jonathan Winters was a class act and one of the funniest comedians I have ever seen. He never used profanity or made overly crude sexual references. Most comedians today can’t go 2 minutes without cursing or talking about sex in a crude way. Winters was also Marine combat vet from WWII. His brand of comedy will be missed.
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:25:11 PM PDT
by
3Fingas
(Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
To: Impala64ssa
I was maybe 4 or 5 years old in the mid fifties and saw this strange man on live TV doing a routine about a space ship approaching a mother ship. He was making all the sound effects himself. He had me laughing hysterically. That’s been true ever since. I count him a genius along with Richard Pryor and George Carlin. I will miss him.
RIP Jonathan.
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:27:26 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: ConorMacNessa
A Marine WWII Vet has Reported to St. Peter at the Pearly Gates.
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04/12/2013 4:30:03 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Impala64ssa
However often you laughed at him, and however deserving of praise Winters may be it is utterly ridiculous to call him the “father of improvisational comedy.” My reaction to it is the same as I have when I hear the Earl of Sandwich credited with inventing the sandwich. Does anyone really think no human thought of putting meat or cheese—or meat and cheese—between two pieces of bread before that guy? Balderdash!
Imprivisational comedy is at least older than speech, and is probably as old as homo sapiens. I’ve noticed, as have all pet owners, the hint of a sense of Humor in animals. But I’ll let that go. Grant humor is something uniquely human, and all that remains is demonstrating the improvisational kind is the oldest kind, which obviously it is. Is anyone going to seriously argue planned comedic routines came before Humor off the top of your head?
To: Impala64ssa
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:35:41 PM PDT
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muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: Impala64ssa
Winters also played a few serious roles. A pool hustler in a Twilight Zone episode comes to mind. We used to listen to his albums in the late 1960s. Great stuff. RIP Mr. Winters.
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:36:32 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(God Bless Margaret Thatcher.)
To: Impala64ssa
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:39:07 PM PDT
by
noblejones
(Obama rules!)
To: Impala64ssa
Jonathan Winters came from a very prominent banking family in Dayton, Ohio.
I remember watching him on his daily 15 minute local TV show in the mid fifties. He had many of his later characters including Maudie Frickert and did all the sound effects. Funny as heck even to a young teenager.
He served in the Marine Corps during or just after WWII and had a routine about an amphibious landing that was absolute roll on the floor laughing your can off funny. I agree with the story, he cannot be replaced. After him the others are pale imitations.
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:39:10 PM PDT
by
Tupelo
(Old, Bald, Ugly, Fat and Broke in Arizona)
To: Tublecane
Yeah, also I understand that George Washington was not actually the biological father of all Americans in the late 18th century. I can’t understand why they call him the father of his country.
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:40:12 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: Tublecane
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posted on
04/12/2013 4:44:45 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Impala64ssa
He was great with Jack Klugman on The Twilight Zone episode “A GAME OF POOL”. He played Fats Brown.
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