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04-12-2013, 07:18 PM
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Jonathan Winters RIP
RIP to one of the greatest. His Maude Frickert character was classic. The guy had many clones among famous comedians (Robin Williams basically a knockoff).
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04-13-2013, 06:50 AM
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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz
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04-16-2013, 11:27 AM
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Robin Williams' (terrific) NYT appreciation to his idol and then mentor..
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/ar...=tw-share&_r=0 Winters was one of my all time favorites. Does anyone remember his insane, inspired work -- all apparently unscripted -- in a series called 'Davis Rules'? He played Randy Quaid's father Gunny? He would wander into scenes with manic riffs that were hysterical. RIP.
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04-16-2013, 07:58 PM
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“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
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04-17-2013, 08:25 AM
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>>>Jonathan’s improvs on “Mork & Mindy” were legendary. People on the Paramount lot would pack the soundstage on the nights we filmed him. He once did a World War I parody in which he portrayed upper-class English generals, Cockney infantrymen, a Scottish sergeant no one could understand and a Zulu who was in the wrong war. The bit went on so long that all three cameras ran out of film. Sometimes I would join in, but I felt like a kazoo player sitting in with Coltrane. <<< High praise indeed. One of the all time greats. RIP
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04-18-2013, 04:24 PM
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Here is Winters' improv with a stick to which Robin Williams referred
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwWDa...layer_embedded
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04-18-2013, 06:20 PM
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Great link Dog, treasure trove of old skits...thing is i remember many of them... 
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"If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think" - Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (1857-1938) When you are right, no one remembers;when you are wrong, no one forgets. Thought for today.."No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong" - Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, French moralist (1613-1680)
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