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Jonathan Winters [videorecording] birth of a comic genius / presented by Johnny Legend.

[S.l.] [s.n.] 2009.

1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

"Somehow, growing up in the 1950s, I missed all of these astounding appearances on virtually every variety show on television. From his early breakthrough as a regular on the NBC Comedy Hour, to his prolific work on the Steve Allen / Dinah Shore / Jack Paar shows, and his own shortlived 15 minute series The Jonathan Winters show, the man literally reinvented the concept of 'live' comedy. And they're all here on this collection. And keep in mind, virtually everything you see is an improv, ad-libbed by Jonathan on the spot. Sometimes his 'straight men' have written lines, but these are just fodder to inspire Winters to new heights of absurd comic insanity. You will literally witness the Birth of a Comic Genius, and understand how he inspired the generation that followed---from Andy Kaufman to Robin Williams to Seinfeld and countless others.-Johnny Legend."--Back Cover.

Television comedies.

Winters, Jonathan.

Legend, Johnny.

Birth of a comic genius.

Compilation of 1950s and 1960s sketches and appearances with Jonathan Winters and others.

Shecky Greene, Guy Mitchell, Alan Young, Mickey Rooney, Gale Storm, Hans Conreid, Leo Durocher, Ernie Kovacs, Art Carney, Jack Paar, Steve Allen, The Marquis Chimps, Dinah Shore, Nanette Fabray, The New Christy Minstrels.

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