Jonathan Winters On Jack Paar

[TheVirajster]

This had to be  break thru humor at the time on TV, about gays....I never get tired watching this, especially Paar's reaction. Priceless improv!!

[ChynaRider]

'They know i n the fortest..."  One of the single funniest bit ever.

[oldfart387]

Does anyone have the clip from a Jonathon Winters (short lived) TV show with him & Robin Williams go to his attic and just bounce stuff back and forth with what's there? Sorry for the run on sentence, but it was hilarious! Hope someone posts it!!!

[Garidoshi]

Thanks for this great clip.

[journeyquest1]

You sure this isnt Paul Lynn in disguise?

[brainsareus]

@journeyquest1 probably paul on steroids,or "truffles of the forest".

[johnnyjolijt]

@journeyquest1

YES!!! I was thinking the same thing but I couldn"t remember his name. Thank you.

[Laurie4631]

Jonathan Winters was AWESOME!! I remember I used to sit up and wait for him to come on the Tele when I was younger (and yes we had the black and white) He would crack me up all the time and another one that made me laugh was David Steinberg (wonder what ever happened to him) I was telling my daughter about his comic genius and to bad the kids of today don't have any of this to remember.

[jmkeller]

It's going to be a dark day in the world of comedy when we lose Jonathan Winters.

[Happitec]

@jmkeller It'll be a sad day to be sure.

[spactick]

One of the most influential stand-up comedians of all-time. Jack Benny, Jonathan Winters, Mort Saul, were in a class by themselves. All other comics that came after them copied their styles.

[sclogse1]

Funny, I get a hit of Russell Crowe from this...like it's his hidden calling to be more like Jon.

[metallicakid516]

Im the voice of the spring lol

[humbleradio]

"In the forest we don't care." Lol!

[Carycomic]

1:25---Don't you recall your Greek mythology, Jack? He's supposed to be Pan! Demi-god of Arcadian shepherds.

[Tdgonline]

Gee, wondering if the late Ernie Kovacs had any influence on Jonathan? Or vis versa? With both being of the same time period? Because, it just seems that Ernie went in for some kind of abstract surreal comedy (a way ahead of its time) that perhaps Jonathan translated into something funny and way out?

[KaptKan1]

Tdgonline, An interesting comment... they were indeed of the same era, and you can be sure that each was aware of the work of the other. I think that they were both products of the television; it allowed for a different style of comedy than radio or vaudeville, and it came in a time of great changes -- the late 40s through the early 60s. Guys like them were the peak of American comedy. There's been nothing like them since. It's the same with British humour; it peaked in the 60s, too.

[KaptKan1]

@Tdgonline They, and their comedy, were products of their time. I'm sure they were following one another's progress, but they are both originals. It's ironic that people think of them both as being "ahead of their time" because they were very much a response to the boredom and lack of imagination of the 1945 - 1965 era.

We "hippies", who love them both, were another product of and response to those times.

[simon5five]

Classic Jonathan: top drawer improvisation! He's grandaddy to SNL, Second City, and In Living Color.

[svenp]

Hahaha great, thanks for posting. Can't get enough JW.

[skidoo399tnt]

one word.awesome.thank you very much for posting.

[TheCatgirl6]

"They know in the forest..." LMAO

[berryjewell]

"I'm sorry, in the forest we don't care." LOL!

[Shadow4000000]

That made laugh the hardest.

[heatherrose2006]

"They know in the forest"

[berryjewell]

Heatherrose: I'm so glad you commented on this as it showed on my account & reminded me to watch this video again! Thanks!

[heatherrose2006]

I think I just sat here watching every outrageously funny Jonathan Winters vid on You Tube.

[berryjewell]

That is the same thing I di d when I first saw this 7 months ago. I've liked his material since I learned to speak.

:-D

[giles422]

me too. every one, since about 8 am this morning.

[KaptKan1]

heather rose, Well that just about defines "time well spent"!

[soulierinvestments]

I'll say he is.