In 1971, I just arrived in California. My first job was as a page at NBC. My first day on the job and my first assignment was working on the Dean Martin Show. Just a year before, I was in Pittsburgh, Pa tending bar and watching the Dean Martin show. After a few months in Calif, I arrived at the studio a half hour early. When I got to the hallway, I saw Jonathan Winters. I spent the most interesting half hour of my life talking to this man. Although I never spoke to Mr. Martin, I did have a wonderful conversation with Mr. Winters. He was a wonderful, nice man...what a memory for me.
This was one of countless things that made growing up in the 70s and 80s a real treasure. We never had to apologize for anything, well most everything was great, I'll leave y'all with that thought.
once you go back to the seventies, one can't even remember this Robin Williams fellow, or feel the urge to see him again. Rowan&Martin, Dean, Rickles. I wanna go back in time.
THIS is what influenced and inspired the late great Robin Williams’ comedy. You can see immediately the similarities of Johnathan’s comedic approach with that of Robin’s. Absolute genius! BTW, for those who did not get it, what really killed Dean in this skit was Winter’s blurting out “She was Horny!”, and was dubbed over by censors as “naughty”.
My dad and I watched Dean Martin every week. Everyone young and old seemed to love his show. A lot of the humor went way over my head then. Great, friendly comedian and person.
I will never tire of this genius. As astonishingly brilliant as Robin Williams was, God Bless his soul... Williams owes so, so much to the inspiration of Winters. (Dean Martin is one of the greatest straight men who has ever lived.) (Addendum, 3 years later) I recently saw an interview with one of Dino's producers, and he said something along the lines of, "There were two frequently-appearing performers on the show who we never wrote for, who had blank cue cards: Don Rickles and Jonathan Winters."
Why this works is because Dean Martin never rehearsed. He went into every skit cold. He didn't want to know what his guests had planned so his reaction would be genuine. When you see Dean cracking up, that's spontaneous. That's really Dean. This may have come out of his days in the Rat Pack where everything was done on the fly. Totally improvisational. Of course the Jedi Master of improvisation was Jonathan Winters.
@@toniwilson1579 That's why Dean & Jerry parted. Dean couldn't reach his potential with a script doing comedy. Imagine if Jerry hadn't written all their scripts.
@@theoakhills Dean & Jerry started off very young but Jerry, despite being still a teenager, grew up in comedy with his parents. Dean went along until both started to grow on different directions. Dean wanted to do some serious acting & Jerry got interested in learning what was behind the camera. Plus, people started to get into ear of each of them telling them they would be better off alone. It didn't matter. When they parted they were at the top of their game with contract that today would be closer to billion than millions. Once on their own they excelled. Jerry made a name for himself in how he helped create the instant video playback while filming plus many innovations. Too bad he got hooked on painkillers but great he listened to his doctor & got off them. Dean took awhile to lift off but when he did he skyrocketed. Loved them both & they, as a team, will forever remain in my heart.
Here we go again. When Dean says "I don't kiss and glide" you don't think that was in a written script, written by writers on the show? As was every single question Dean asked Jonathan. It's a skit. It's written by writers. You can ad-lib within the skit but Dean knew exactly what questions to ask because he knew exactly what his guest had planned. It's possible he didn't rehearse it. But it's still a planned skit
Excellent. Being from the UK, I only ever knew Mr Winters from seeing him in "Mad, Mad....World" and loved his performance as the truck driver. Apparently, he used to keep fellow cast members in stitches during breaks from filming. It is only recently that I have discovered just how good an improvisor he was.
Yeah, we'll never have the likes of performers such as these ever again. I mean for example can you imagine when chris rock was just hosting the recent oscars?.when bob hope was the oscar host to end all oscar hosts.
Jonathan Winters was always comedy gold. He even did a few serious rolls (great on a Twilight Zone episode - played it totally straight). What a Genius!
Wonderful to see the full length version of this, only seen the version that is cut after 'She was naughty!'. One of the best eleven minutes in all television.
Jonathan Harshman Winters III (11 de noviembre de 1925-11 de abril de 2013) fue un comediante, actor, autor, presentador de televisión y artista estadounidense. A partir de 1960, Winters grabó muchos álbumes de comedia clásica para el sello Verve Records. También tuvo un álbum cada década durante más de 50 años, recibiendo 11 nominaciones a los Grammy, incluyendo ocho al Mejor Álbum de Comedia, durante su carrera. De estas nominaciones, ganó el Premio Grammy al Mejor Álbum para Niños por su contribución a una adaptación de El Principito en 1975 y el Premio Grammy al Mejor Álbum de Comedia Hablada para Crank(y) Calls en 1996.
I know Jonathan kept on ad libing until Dean just couldn't stand it. I love them together. Of course Jonathan with Robin Williams, that's a fire you can't put out. Check out some of their work too!
In the early 60s Jonathan Winters was in a major comedy called It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad world filled with the most famous comedians of the day. Interview, after interview with the best of the best, of the comedy world said no one on the set was funnier than this man. He was known to ad-lib "funny" hours at a time.
I noticed him from either it's a mad mad mad mad world, highly considered of the greatest film comedies ever made.(i proudly own the criterion dvd/blu-ray. or seeing his 2000 bio/doc the unknown jonathan winters: on the ledge. which i also own. the doc gives a really good account of his unique and original genius as a comic who marched to his own drummer.
I meet Jonathan in 1981.he was chatting with the gas station owner smoking his cigar wearing coveralls I was near the studios in cally I had to get fuel I said hey to him and got him to sign his name I still have it nice guy
Jonathan Harshman Winters III (11 de noviembre de 1925-11 de abril de 2013) fue un comediante, actor, autor, presentador de televisión y artista estadounidense. A partir de 1960, Winters grabó muchos álbumes de comedia clásica para el sello Verve Records. También tuvo un álbum cada década durante más de 50 años, recibiendo 11 nominaciones a los Grammy, incluyendo ocho al Mejor Álbum de Comedia, durante su carrera. De estas nominaciones, ganó el Premio Grammy al Mejor Álbum para Niños por su contribución a una adaptación de El Principito en 1975 y el Premio Grammy al Mejor Álbum de Comedia Hablada para Crank(y) Calls en 1996.
I love the fact that while there are some jokes I don't get that get a laugh, there are some genius jokes in there by Jonathan that by the (lack of) sounds of it go way over the audience. What a guy. Make you realize he's ahead of his time here.
Probably because the real words were cut-out. Dean didn't say 'cheeks' and JW didn't say 'naughty!' You can see Dean's worried look in the very last seconds of the clip as he looks over wondering how much the fine will be.
In 1971, I just arrived in California. My first job was as a page at NBC. My first day on the job and my first assignment was working on the Dean Martin Show. Just a year before, I was in Pittsburgh, Pa tending bar and watching the Dean Martin show. After a few months in Calif, I arrived
at the studio a half hour early. When I got to the hallway, I saw Jonathan Winters. I spent the most interesting half hour of my life talking
to this man. Although I never spoke to Mr. Martin, I did have a wonderful conversation with Mr. Winters. He was a wonderful, nice man...what
a memory for me.
what'd he talk about ..? the time he was electrocuted by the lionel train?
This was one of countless things that made growing up in the 70s and 80s a real treasure. We never had to apologize for anything, well most everything was great, I'll leave y'all with that thought.
Jonathan has endless tons of jokes that easily melts away the coldness of winter. I always come back to these videos to cheer myself.
One of the Golden Age of television. Those days are gone.... and we are the worse for it.
Grew up with these shows, thankful I did, very.
It makes me so happy for some reason to see the joy on dean’s face during this.
Winters’ facial expressions are genius!
"I'm folks, I'm people...understand." Brilliant! Class act!
The way Winters holds this together is a mark of true genius IMO
Simple props, no rehearsal, far too much talent.....then just laugh your butt off. That entire generation of entertainers were absolutely golden!!!
I think it helps that they got their start on radio, in many cases. Gave them some time to work on their voices.
They're cracking each other up😂😂😂 Jonathon Winters was such an instigator 😂😂😂😂😂
Nobody enjoyed their work as much as Dean Martin.
"He's rude, Margret!" My favorite!
Nick Thomas He's not like the Television. Sweet. Boozed. Lol
GREATNESS: two wooden chairs, two live entertainers and too much comedy to keep composure. Truly got tears in my eyes from laughing.
🙃
Miss them so very much🎉🎉🎉 that was real comedy and NOBODY ever got offended 👌
I loved watching how long Dean Martin trying to keep a straight face around Jonathan Winters is an Art of Comedy in itself🤣🤣
Mr Winters had so many different personas and every single one of them could get you in stiches of laughter. We need these guys back.
Jonathan winter , the best improvisationist comedian ever !!
Har har hardy har har.
I can see why Robin Williams loved Jonathan Winters. This man is fun-ny!!!!! Even Dino can’t stop laughing!!!!!!! 😆😂🤣
once you go back to the seventies, one can't even remember this Robin Williams fellow, or feel the urge to see him again. Rowan&Martin, Dean, Rickles. I wanna go back in time.
@@joerivandeweyer3056 .
Now they're doing comedy together at the Laughing Halo Comedy Lounge. Open 24/7. Tip included.
I miss these guys, and also another Dean Martin favorite, Foster Brooks.
THIS is what influenced and inspired the late great Robin Williams’ comedy. You can see immediately the similarities of Johnathan’s comedic approach with that of Robin’s. Absolute genius! BTW, for those who did not get it, what really killed Dean in this skit was Winter’s blurting out “She was Horny!”, and was dubbed over by censors as “naughty”.
Jonathan Winters was second to none.He was the best.
Bobby .Downs
The Who you tube
Jonathan Winters, not just a great comedian, but the best John Wayne impersonator I've heard.
My dad and I watched Dean Martin every week. Everyone young and old seemed to love his show. A lot of the humor went way over my head then. Great, friendly comedian and person.
The funnest guy whoever lived johnathan winters ✌️
Sometimes I wish I was born back in this era ❤
I will never tire of this genius.
As astonishingly brilliant as Robin Williams was, God Bless his soul...
Williams owes so, so much to the inspiration of Winters.
(Dean Martin is one of the greatest straight men who has ever lived.)
(Addendum, 3 years later)
I recently saw an interview with one of Dino's producers, and he said something along the lines of, "There were two frequently-appearing performers on the show who we never wrote for, who had blank cue cards: Don Rickles and Jonathan Winters."
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@@donniebidwell1619 The Big O?
Amen
That was the only time I heard Dean Martin say that he was a veteran.
Why this works is because Dean Martin never rehearsed. He went into every skit cold. He didn't want to know what his guests had planned so his reaction would be genuine. When you see Dean cracking up, that's spontaneous. That's really Dean. This may have come out of his days in the Rat Pack where everything was done on the fly. Totally improvisational. Of course the Jedi Master of improvisation was Jonathan Winters.
Dean started ab-lib way back with Jerry Lewis cause he never knew what Jerry was going to do.
Amazing guys which is sadly time passed 🇿🇦,
@@toniwilson1579 That's why Dean & Jerry parted. Dean couldn't reach his potential with a script doing comedy. Imagine if Jerry hadn't written all their scripts.
@@theoakhills Dean & Jerry started off very young but Jerry, despite being still a teenager, grew up in comedy with his parents. Dean went along until both started to grow on different directions. Dean wanted to do some serious acting & Jerry got interested in learning what was behind the camera. Plus, people started to get into ear of each of them telling them they would be better off alone. It didn't matter. When they parted they were at the top of their game with contract that today would be closer to billion than millions. Once on their own they excelled. Jerry made a name for himself in how he helped create the instant video playback while filming plus many innovations. Too bad he got hooked on painkillers but great he listened to his doctor & got off them. Dean took awhile to lift off but when he did he skyrocketed. Loved them both & they, as a team, will forever remain in my heart.
Here we go again. When Dean says "I don't kiss and glide" you don't think that was in a written script, written by writers on the show? As was every single question Dean asked Jonathan. It's a skit. It's written by writers. You can ad-lib within the skit but Dean knew exactly what questions to ask because he knew exactly what his guest had planned. It's possible he didn't rehearse it. But it's still a planned skit
Two icons that shall never be replaced .. greatest improv guy and the greatest rat pack member and King of cool 😎
Dean was the greatest audience any comic could wish for and especially for the amazingly improvised brilliance of the unique Jonathon Winters.
Excellent. Being from the UK, I only ever knew Mr Winters from seeing him in "Mad, Mad....World" and loved his performance as the truck driver. Apparently, he used to keep fellow cast members in stitches during breaks from filming. It is only recently that I have discovered just how good an improvisor he was.
I loved him in that movie,I saw a couple days ago.
Ahh it’s so great to see Dean genuinely laughing so hard that he can’t contain himself 😂 Jonathan Winters is just amazing.
Dean is so good. He genuinely enjoys Jonathan.
That's quite true, you can tell by the facial reactions whenever jonathan does his scene stealing shtick.
+Joseph Calderon exactly my friend. :)
You know!?!, and he always had him so frequently on his long running hit variety show. and both being native ohioans.
+Joseph Calderon good call. I had forgotten ole Jonny was from there too. Miss them both.
Yeah, we'll never have the likes of performers such as these ever again. I mean for example can you imagine when chris rock was just hosting the recent oscars?.when bob hope was the oscar host to end all oscar hosts.
Dean got so cracked up 😂 Same here
You have got to love JW. Dean was always the best!
What a great post. Just fantastic to see the king of comedy and his wit and come backs. RIP JW.
It is wildly funny, Dean can't stop laughing!
Jonathan Winters was always comedy gold. He even did a few serious rolls (great on a Twilight Zone episode - played it totally straight). What a Genius!
Jonathan always cracked Dean up !! I loved to watch that !!!! 😜😆😂🙈
Oh, my God, it is so funny! Especially Dean's reaction!
This is so darned funny! Johnathan Winters was a genius!
This was pure comedy I laughed till I cried....they just do not make them like this any more...sadly missed.
Wonderful to see the full length version of this, only seen the version that is cut after 'She was naughty!'. One of the best eleven minutes in all television.
Two of my favorite people!!! It's heaven!❤️
Jonathan Winters was a genius ad-libber!
Jonathan Harshman Winters III (11 de noviembre de 1925-11 de abril de 2013) fue un comediante, actor, autor, presentador de televisión y artista estadounidense. A partir de 1960, Winters grabó muchos álbumes de comedia clásica para el sello Verve Records. También tuvo un álbum cada década durante más de 50 años, recibiendo 11 nominaciones a los Grammy, incluyendo ocho al Mejor Álbum de Comedia, durante su carrera. De estas nominaciones, ganó el Premio Grammy al Mejor Álbum para Niños por su contribución a una adaptación de El Principito en 1975 y el Premio Grammy al Mejor Álbum de Comedia Hablada para Crank(y) Calls en 1996.
I know Jonathan kept on ad libing until Dean just couldn't stand it. I love them together. Of course Jonathan with Robin Williams, that's a fire you can't put out. Check out some of their work too!
In the early 60s Jonathan Winters was in a major comedy called It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad world filled with the most famous comedians of the day. Interview, after interview with the best of the best, of the comedy world said no one on the set was funnier than this man. He was known to ad-lib "funny" hours at a time.
My God what a genius!!
Masters of improv.
Indeed. Greg Garrison giving some background: czcams.com/video/1hcgXXJk_nw/video.html
Two Ohio "boys"...what can you expect, except GENIUS!?!
I'm crying, poor Dean!
Pure legendary comic genius!!
Something tells me Winters could have been the best impressionist, ever.
But he decided to stick with comedy. And was the funniest, ever.
We need comedians like this again.
I wish there was an uncensored version of this
Dean Martin……..Great Voice and Actor……….What else can I say ?………
this is what comedy was all about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LAUGHING loved this guys
Two of the very best ever!
Two of the greatest greats that ever lived so funny.
I noticed him from either it's a mad mad mad mad world, highly considered of the greatest film comedies ever made.(i proudly own the criterion dvd/blu-ray. or seeing his 2000 bio/doc the unknown jonathan winters: on the ledge. which i also own. the doc gives a really good account of his unique and original genius as a comic who marched to his own drummer.
It just doesn't get any better .... timeless
Martin who hated to rehearse and winters the master of ad lib together. Great
Bloody bloody BRILLIANT
Priceless 🤗🌅🇺🇸🇩🇰📬🦅
There just never was nor ever will be anyone just like Jonathan Winters. He is the all time best at improvisation - bar none.
I meet Jonathan in 1981.he was chatting with the gas station owner smoking his cigar wearing coveralls I was near the studios in cally I had to get fuel I said hey to him and got him to sign his name I still have it nice guy
Dean Martin said at one point: "Boy, you just don't stop, do you? You just keep going!" Who does that sound like?
DM starts laughing then checks in with the audience. He was always doing that. A great relationship.
TY for sharing, i adore Jonathan Winters !
must of watched this 30 times love it
Must HAVE.
Brilliant,just brilliant 👍😂
Jonathan Harshman Winters III (11 de noviembre de 1925-11 de abril de 2013) fue un comediante, actor, autor, presentador de televisión y artista estadounidense. A partir de 1960, Winters grabó muchos álbumes de comedia clásica para el sello Verve Records. También tuvo un álbum cada década durante más de 50 años, recibiendo 11 nominaciones a los Grammy, incluyendo ocho al Mejor Álbum de Comedia, durante su carrera. De estas nominaciones, ganó el Premio Grammy al Mejor Álbum para Niños por su contribución a una adaptación de El Principito en 1975 y el Premio Grammy al Mejor Álbum de Comedia Hablada para Crank(y) Calls en 1996.
Deans like oh my goodness, now what's he gonna say?
True American icons....
Pure gold
“Chain of time” 😂
What an opportunity….Dean and Jonathan could have made a version of Trains Plane’s and Automobiles….If Dean could stop laughing.🚂✈️🚗
Who needs todays wannabe comedy when you have these guys!! 2 chairs and two great entertainers it’s all we need😂
One of the best comedy routines ever and all adlib!
I'm Howard Steffelfinger, the American Kindling company.
The master at work. ✈ 🤣
I saw him and Robin Williams on Johnny Carson and you can see the love Robin had for Jonathan.
Honestly THE BEST
priceless
Mom and I loved Jonathan Winters.
This is why Robin Williams admired Jonathan.
Incredible !
Dean was and still is the best❤❤
At 6:27 Dino puts his hand up to his mouth and forgets he doesn’t have a cigarette in it! Lol
When comedy was REAL COMEDY, no politics just funny. America needs to go back to that times.
You never watched the Smothers Brothers I guess.
Norm Macdonald's all-time favorite comic
The funniest ever
Loved them Both!!! 💔🎤🎬👍
I want to know what they really said. I mean, you can make a good guess at some of it, but with Jonathan Winters, you're never quite sure.
I love the fact that while there are some jokes I don't get that get a laugh, there are some genius jokes in there by Jonathan that by the (lack of) sounds of it go way over the audience. What a guy. Make you realize he's ahead of his time here.
Probably because the real words were cut-out. Dean didn't say 'cheeks' and JW didn't say 'naughty!' You can see Dean's worried look in the very last seconds of the clip as he looks over wondering how much the fine will be.
@@philip6419 I think he says "G--damn naughty."
@@philip6419 I'm not talking about those, those are obvious, but there's a few ones in there that are too snappy they just go by em!
I LOVE DEAN MARTIN ♥ ❤ 💕 😍 💙
Such a classic bit
Best scene, I swear.