Jonathan Winters, Passes At Age 87

[Illiterati]

The man was an absolute comic genius. I'll miss him.
/salute

 

[Bluce Ree]

I can't believe he's gone. Makes me wish sometimes that there would be some way to freeze time.

 

[Illiterati]

I can't believe he's gone. Makes me wish sometimes that there would be some way to freeze time.

I think you've hit the nail on the head with that one, Bluce. His being gone makes the world that much more serious, and I'm not sure I like that.

 

[Overmind One]

The man was an absolute comic genius. I'll miss him.
/salute

I loved that man...and a comedic genius he was. I remember his show too. Here, he roasts Johnny Carson:

 

[Bluce Ree]

I can even remember him as far back as Mork & Mindy playing their son. Mork's people are hatched in eggs and age backwards.

 

[Illiterati]

I loved him in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", as the poor moving truck driver who gets screwed over by Phil Silvers so very badly. There's nothing quite like the scene where he literally takes apart the service station's service bay.

 

[shavedape]

Just watched a bio on Carol Burnett the other day. This coupled with Winter's passing has me realizing that comedy is no longer what it used to be. I'm having a hard time coming up with a contemporary comedian who has the same verve and talent that these folks had. Who is gonna take their place, Jack Black? Seth Rogan? Me thinks not.

An era is passing.