Jonathan Winters "The Stick" Apr 1964 Jack Paar

Johnny saw them all and he has said that when Winters is on, there is no-one funnier. Williams is the only one that comes close.

I love watching this man.... absolute comic genius....
Robin Williams has learned a lot from him...and that's a good thing

Brilliant--in SO many ways.
'The inspiration for "Whose Line is it Anyway".
What a talent--he's flying here.

The comedian's comedian. In my little town of Pickerington at least at the time. Johnny would go into a grocery store , stick his head in the bread box that keep several different breads and when somebody opened the bread box he did his routine. I could not make this up . Only JW could do this. He is without a doubt a genious. Nobody like him!

I saw Jonathon Winters when I was about 7. My uncle was a salesman for KPRC TV in Houston. I was allowed to get on the bus alone and visit from Huntsville, which was long trek through the piny woods before the interstate. Times have changed. My aunt took me to the TV studio - the Uncle Bob Show, I think it was. Something like that. The set was painted in grays for the black and white TV. I stood next to Winters off-camera and got him to make those arrow-sticking sounds. Thwat! Thwat!

I think you meant Dodie Goodman 999gojoey. She was another great character in the Paar retinue.

As kids, were we not blessed watching these genius clowns live? Paar and Allen had Winters, Dody Williams, others. And we had Gleason, Lucy, Berle, Skelton, Benny. As another poster put it so well, they influenced comedy for generations and we, the kiddies of the golden tube, saw value and talent all around us.

Now I feel like I know where Robin Williams got his early career schtick from, with the voices and the manic behavior.

Very good stuff.

An absolute genius. Aren't we lucky to still have this to see?

The Evinrude... He was incredible.