nostalgia - comedy: The Stick (video 4m8s: Jonathan Winters, Jack Paar Show, 1964 + video 28m28s, EG Centre 2007)

From: bebop Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Subject: The Stick

This is a classic..... It is nearly 50 years old and as funny today as it was on that night in 1964 when Jack Paar handed a simple stick to Jonathan Winters without a script.

Jonathan Winters' Improvisation: "The Stick"

article source & video at: http://biggeekdad.com/2013/04/jonathan-winters-stick/

Jonathan Winters shows us why he was such a great comedian as he performs "The Stick" with Jack Paar in 1964.  The ability to improvise and create comedy is one that very few comedians are truly gifted with and Jonathan Winters was one of the best.  I can only imagine the laughs he provided for his fellow Marines that he served with in the Pacific during World War Two.  I'm sure heaven just got a whole lot funnier as I have no doubt Jonathan talked his way past Saint Peter and the pearly gates.

Watch on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwWDa1xPTPA

YouTube video URL: http://youtu.be/wwWDa1xPTPA

Posted on YouTube by  Aladdinjaz on Jan 12, 2009

"just a stick.... and woooooo there he goes....."

More of Jonathan: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Jonathan+Winters%22&sm=12

http://youtu.be/SndTc_CLM88

Jonathan at the E.G. (Getty Art/Center):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SndTc_CLM88

 

eg May 1-3, 2014, Published on Apr 12, 2013 by EG

  Jonathan spoke at the EG Conference at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, 4 December 2007.  A poignant, bittersweet, funny reflection on his life.



Sedona International Film Festival, Lifetime Achievement Award, to Jonathan Winters, 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jSzONVRU-0 (11m39s, HD)

R.I.P. http://www.jonathanwinters.com

Biography: http://www.jonathanwinters.com/biography.html

Wikipedia, a history of Jonathan Winters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Winters

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