Link I'll never forget It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. "But it's a guuurl's bike!"
RIP a truly funny man.
Johnatan Winters dead.
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Rod
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Johnatan Winters dead.
one can be a Democrat, or one can choose to be an American.
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
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Rich
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Re: Johnatan Winters dead.
Now there was a icon!
A weak government usually remains a servant of citizens, while a strong government usually becomes the master of its subjects.
- paraphrased from several sources
A choice, not an echo. - Goldwater campaign, 1964
- paraphrased from several sources
A choice, not an echo. - Goldwater campaign, 1964
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Rumpshot
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Re: Johnatan Winters dead.
Major media does not have anything to say.
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Rod
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Re: Johnatan Winters dead.
Not yet, they're trying to figure out how to use his death as a slam against conservatives.Rumpshot wrote:Major media does not have anything to say.
one can be a Democrat, or one can choose to be an American.
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
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Darrell
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Re: Johnatan Winters dead.
I was a big fan of Jonathan Winters back in the day. The two hardest laughs I ever had were at him (don't remember what show), and at Robin Williams in an HBO performance many years ago. If you want to see a strange synergy, look on youtube or someplace and see what happened when Winters and Williams got together.
Wasn't he diagnosed with some mental illness? I always thought that was a prerequisite of really good comedians... and yeah, I think Robin Williams is insane, too.
Wasn't he diagnosed with some mental illness? I always thought that was a prerequisite of really good comedians... and yeah, I think Robin Williams is insane, too.
Eppur si muove--Galileo
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Windy Wilson
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If I remember this correctly, George Carlin, in his Playboy Interview said that he admired Jonathan Winters, and he wanted to tap into the same sort of free-associational humor that Winters did, but he was cautious about doing it too much because "he [Winters] has spent some time in the hoo-hoo house."Darrell wrote:Wasn't he diagnosed with some mental illness? I always thought that was a prerequisite of really good comedians... and yeah, I think Robin Williams is insane, too.
The use of the word "but" usually indicates that everything preceding it in a sentence is a lie.
E.g.:
"I believe in Freedom of Speech, but". . .
"I support the Second Amendment, but". . .
--Randy
E.g.:
"I believe in Freedom of Speech, but". . .
"I support the Second Amendment, but". . .
--Randy
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toad
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Re: Johnatan Winters dead.
Winters fought severe depression for most of his life. Back in the day they didn't have a lot of effective treatments for it.
He voluntarily went in for electro-shock at one time.
He quit high school in his senior year 1943, and served for 2 1/2 years in the US Marine Corp in the Pacific Theater during WW II.
He voluntarily went in for electro-shock at one time.
He quit high school in his senior year 1943, and served for 2 1/2 years in the US Marine Corp in the Pacific Theater during WW II.