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Damn. :(
Poor Mork, probably heart broken about the loss of his son. :.(
One of my earliest memories of Jonathan was his guest "appearance" on Scooby-Doo.
Damn. Lost another innovator.
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I was deeply saddened to hear of this.
I've always loved Jonathan Winters' comedy, and as a kid religiously watched his TV show and listened to his albums. Got so I could do a pretty good imitation of "Maude Frickert", Jonathan's crazy old lady character, too.
Years later I was working in Hollywood for a company that did special effects, and we got a job to do some props for a commercial shoot for an early computer video game. The spokesman in the commercial was Jonathan Winters. I was on the crew that went on set to put up our stuff and make sure everything worked properly. It wasn't a big soundstage, and Jonathan sat in his open dressing room at the back (in full Maude Frickert getup, sans wig) chatting with some friends. When they were ready to shoot he stood up, put on the wig, and suddenly was Maude Frickert - completely in character he walked across the stage saying hello to everyone there, went up and shot his bit flawlessly while joking with the cameraman and director, and then came back saying hello to anyone he'd missed the first time. (I said hello, but didn't dare try my version of Maude with the original standing right there.) He sat down in his trailer again, took off the wig, and went right back to his previous conversation without missing a beat.
A warm, lovely man - wonderfully funny and imaginative, and yet completely professional. Getting to see him work up close, even for a brief moment, is a cherished memory.
We shall not see his like again, sadly.
Go with God, Maudie.
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I was deeply saddened to hear of this.
I've always loved Jonathan Winters' comedy, and as a kid religiously watched his TV show and listened to his albums. Got so I could do a pretty good imitation of "Maude Frickert", Jonathan's crazy old lady character, too.
Years later I was working in Hollywood for a company that did special effects, and we got a job to do some props for a commercial shoot for an early computer video game. The spokesman in the commercial was Jonathan Winters. I was on the crew that went on set to put up our stuff and make sure everything worked properly. It wasn't a big soundstage, and Jonathan sat in his open dressing room at the back (in full Maude Frickert getup, sans wig) chatting with some friends. When they were ready to shoot he stood up, put on the wig, and suddenly was Maude Frickert - completely in character he walked across the stage saying hello to everyone there, went up and shot his bit flawlessly while joking with the cameraman and director, and then came back saying hello to anyone he'd missed the first time. (I said hello, but didn't dare try my version of Maude with the original standing right there.) He sat down in his trailer again, took off the wig, and went right back to his previous conversation without missing a beat.
A warm, lovely man - wonderfully funny and imaginative, and yet completely professional. Getting to see him work up close, even for a brief moment, is a cherished memory.
We shall not see his like again, sadly.
Go with God, Maudie.
AWESOME story!
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Guys, don't.
