Jonathan Winters Interview c. 2001 - Comedians of His Time (And Before) Vs. Now
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- In 2001, when the Heritage Center museum opened in downtown Springfield, Ohio in the newly restored 1890 city hall/marketplace building, hometown boy Jonathan Winters sat down to record for a promotional video. During that session, he also shared stories about his life and career. In this clip he talks about comedians of the vaudeville era before his time, comedians he liked, and comedians of today.
Recorded by Paul Cronley of Merlin Productions, c. 2001.
This man was a treasure of comedy, and the best of what I would call Americana. He crossed generational lines better than most, because he DID performed clean. You could watch Jonathon Winters with your grandmother and both have the same laughs. Truly a unique man.
It's hard to find words to describe the brilliance and compassion of J.W. Because they don't exist. He's after your heart and mind not your tongue.
Funny without being dirty....I miss those days.
Even though Springfield is near Dayton, Jonathan was born in Dayton. He was one of the most AMAZING talents...EVER!!!!!!!!
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Yes Mr W’s classic performances on Parr and Carson were possible because these presenters understood talent and creativity. The rest were men in suits asking questions! Worse, they wanted to be the funny one….You just have to sit back and be amazed by the hilarious Mr W, his wonderful delivery, his characterisations and many accents. He took you to places you had no idea existed! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️😆
Priceless! One of the all-time comedy greats, up there with Jack Benny, George Carlin, Bob Newhart, Bob & Ray, Dave Chapelle.
It’s kind of like Rod Serling said. “If you need drugs and alcohol to be a creative writer, you’re not a writer.” If you have to use sex in order bit to be funny, you’re not funny.
I’ve always loved Jonathan Winters. I ran into him once. We were coming out of an antique store in Cambria, CA. I saw him getting into his car with a driver. He didn’t look well. We made eye contact through the car window. I just gave him a thumbs up as I didn’t want to bother him. He gave me a smile in return. It was a nice encounter.
Hey Don. I would say at this point that I repect you just about as much as Jonathan Winters. Your "thumbs up" and "not" getting out of the car and running towards him yelling for him to give you an Autograph was in my eyes a very respectful gesture indeed.
Jonathan Winters, Comic genius!!!
Wow! Some major truths from Jonathan!
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Always. He was full of truth!
I am big fans of him 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Great interview!
How prescient were hus thoughts on acceptable and civil verbal communication.
Legend!!!
The greatest....
Was never a Winter’s fan but this snippet reveals some things I didn’t see. Good things.
"There's a lot I don't understand" sums up this interview.
They didn’t get any better, comedy with class.
He is right. Modern day hosts are crap... trolls...
He worked at CH 10 in Columbus, Ohio and got refused a $1.25 a week raise and left.
I always enjoyed Johnny Carson. He was clever and could be naughty, but I never heard him being dirty.
I had never seen JW straight talking before. Don't agree w it all but he's a bright guy.
It comes down to this: take the bad words out of the joke and see if you still have a joke...if not, then the bad words are the joke...Winters was a gentleman and talented enough not to have to swear to be funny.
He certainly wasn’t impressed by a picture of Leno in a Ferrari. What gall giving a guy with Winters background an autographed picture of yourself.
Great point why do you have to swear to be funny
Robin Williams worshipped him.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Leno is likely the last person to give anyone a picture of a Ferrari.
If Leno and Letterman didn't engage him the cardboard cut-outs today would put him to sleep.
"Cardboard Cut-outs".... isn't that a rather 'Kind' description of latter 20th & early 21st Century Late Night TV Talk-Show Comedian-Hosts....? 🤔 🤨
Bruce used profanity in a descriptive way, as opposed to the latter day comics I think Winters is referring to, who employ foul language simply as a form of punctuation. Also, it seems to me that Bruce introduced sexual topics because they were important and worthy of inclusion in monologues about human folly and moral blindness. A comic of our time is more likely to discuss sex because it has no real value or even meaning for him or (he assumes) for his audience. It's a form of trivialization. Bruce never set out to make such things seem small and inconsequential.
Richard Williams worshipped him.
LOL. Get Off My Grass New Comers!