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Jonathan Winters dead; Groundbreaking improv comic was 87
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Posted on 04/12/2013 10:21:01 AM PDT by Perdogg

Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87.

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To: Perdogg

Mad world is my favorite comedy movie of all time

RIP Mr Winters


61 posted on 04/12/2013 11:31:17 AM PDT by Gefn ("Veni, Vidi, Volo in domum redire")
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To: woofie

That great line reminds me o@ an equally great one by the late Mitch Hedberg, (dead at 37)
“I’m sick o@ @ollowing my dreams.
I’m just gonna @ind out where they’re going and hook up
with ‘em later”


62 posted on 04/12/2013 11:31:35 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: pgkdan
I never thought he was very funny after about a minute.

Me either but I didn't find him obnoxious either. Other comedians, I consider unfunny but not obnoxious are Bob Hope, Dennis Miller et al.

Both obnoxious and unfunny - the Three Stooges, Robin Williams et al.

(Remember folks, this forum is about opinions and everybody has one.)

63 posted on 04/12/2013 11:35:27 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: MarkL
I remember many of Mr Winters appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson....

Yup, first thing that hit my mind when I started reading the thread about his passing.
Those were great Tonight shows when Winters was on.

RIP Mr. Winters, thanks for all the laughs you brought to us.

64 posted on 04/12/2013 11:37:10 AM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: AlexisHeavyMetal1981

What a great story-—Babe Ruth (who now that I think ov it,
resembled Winters)-used to drive his car into neighborhoods around Yankee Stadium in the 20s and 30s, and pretending to have car trouble, starting kicking his tires, waiting @or some neighborhood kids to see him and come over so he could interact w./ them. Those days o@ accessibility are OVER.


65 posted on 04/12/2013 11:38:36 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: AlexisHeavyMetal1981

That must have been simply great!


66 posted on 04/12/2013 11:39:42 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (This stuff we're going through now, this is nothing compared to the middle ages.)
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To: Perdogg

I loved that guy! Maudie Frickert will live forever. :-)


67 posted on 04/12/2013 11:40:32 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Perdogg
I remember Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams were on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The two of them played off each other, they got cranked up, it had Johnny, my wife and me in stitches. It's hard to believe, Robin Williams was really very funny once.
68 posted on 04/12/2013 11:50:32 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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To: Perdogg

What’s that man doing down by the lake?

“Yes, what is he doing? Shame on you, Eddie. That’s what’s killin’ all the fish!”

They say for years every morning he’d leave his Santa Barbara home and walk down to a neighborhood gas station and get coffee. And he hang out there for hours shootin’ the breeze. They don’t make ‘em like they used to.


69 posted on 04/12/2013 11:51:05 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: Perdogg

Ah, poor Mearth!


70 posted on 04/12/2013 12:01:32 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: Perdogg

He used to be a Saturday morning regular at the Marie Callender’s restaurant in Toluca Lake. I saw him there on a couple of occasions. I remember him sitting at a table by the window, when a couple walked by outside and obviously recognized him. He noticed and started making comical faces over his food, as if he was a dog suddenly becoming protective of his bowl.

I loved the bit on his TV show when he’d stroll through his attic, pick up various objects and start doing improvisational riffs on them.


71 posted on 04/12/2013 12:04:45 PM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Perdogg

I’m sorry to hear this, but frankly I thought he already was....RIP Mr. Winters.


72 posted on 04/12/2013 12:10:16 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: miss marmelstein
Striker :   Captain Jeleen. He thinks he's a pilot still  fighting the war.
Herwitz :  Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
Elaine :  What's his problem?
Striker :  Its Lt. Herwitz. Severe shell shock. Thinks he's Ethel Merman.
73 posted on 04/12/2013 12:14:41 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

He made the act of throwing a bicycle, the funniest thing I’ve ever seen....and I crack up every time I think about it.


74 posted on 04/12/2013 12:14:43 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: pgkdan

I too, didn’t care for his comedy at all. It was like he tried too hard. Same thing with Robin Williams, I can’t stand him either.

Sorry he died though, RIP.


75 posted on 04/12/2013 12:15:06 PM PDT by Bullish (The little pantload can't even sink a basket for cryin' out loud!)
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To: Perdogg

Jonathan Winters roasts Ronald Reagan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDDXjZ2wLxw


76 posted on 04/12/2013 12:16:15 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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To: Pan_Yan

Yes, and also seeing him in “Its A Mad, Mad, Mad World” and then Mork & Mindy. .


77 posted on 04/12/2013 12:17:38 PM PDT by SMGFan (SMGfan is not "Sub Machine Gun" fan)
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To: AlexisHeavyMetal1981

That is very cool!

RIP, Mr. Winters.


78 posted on 04/12/2013 12:25:46 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'll stop being a cynic when the world stops giving me reasons to be cynical.)
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To: cripplecreek
Such a wonderfully inventive mind. I'm quite certain he was bipolar or dissociative or whatever the hell label they give these days to people whose minds reel in everything their senses observe and cast them about for others to wonder at.

He fought with demons, as all creative geniuses do. Jonathan was an artist, an author, a storyteller, and a truly original American talent. RIP and God bless you for making me laugh so hard.

79 posted on 04/12/2013 12:34:03 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Cogito, ergo armatum sum.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

One of my favorite Maudie Frickert bits: During an interview, she pulls out a flask and takes a drink.

Interviewer: What’s that?

Maudie: This is my favorite brew, Old Cardtable.

Interviewer: Old Cardtable?

Maudie: Yes. Old Cardtable. One nip and your legs fold up.

Rest in peace, Mr. Winters.


80 posted on 04/12/2013 12:35:15 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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