The person who does the best Ed Wynn impression would be Howard Morris, someone who actually wrote for his show! He employed Wynn’s voice for The Fox on Garfield and Friends, Mayor McCheese on the Ronald McDonald cartoon, and, oddly enough, The Mummy/Imhotep on Groovie Goolies. Probably the most random voice for the character, but it totally works!
That payoff was glorious. "Are you a baggy-pants type of comedian?" "*UNMISTAKABLE ED-WYNN-GIGGLE* Yes!" "Are you Ed Wynn?" I wish I could've heard the cut questions, but, still, this was fantastic.
God bless this man! Nobody could instantaneously make me feel such warm, overflowing joy, as well as awe and wonder for the craft of comedy as Uncle Albert. The man was superbly, expertly, and wonderfully MAGICAL. Even while executing his masterful schtick, he plays it off so beautiful, as if it was a mistake, and you BELIEVE it so. Right up there with Chaplin, Skelton and Keaton's sense of pantomime, and with that unforgettable voice, his gentle charm, and that child-like sense of wit.
HAHAHAHA~!!! This is my favorite mystery guest appearance! I thought John Daly (whom I adore!) was going to end up on the floor from sheer laughter...absolutely wonderful. THIS is a *real* reality show.
1. I love that he accidentally slaps himself in the face with his violin on live television and you can see him visibly embarrassed and laughing at himself about it. 2. He giggles and answers in his own voice and then promptly apologizes while everyone else laughs and cheers. I love this man.
Ed was in Vincennes, Indiana during his vaudeville days and he asked the seven-year-old boy in front of the theater, who was selling newspapers, if he was going to see him perform. The boy said he couldn't; he didn't have the money of his own to buy a ticket and he had to stay outside and sell papers. Ed grabbed up all of his papers, paid for them, and gave the kid a pass to see the show from backstage. The boy loved the show, and the idea of making so many hard working people forget their troubles and laugh, made the kid decide he wanted to be a comic performer too. His name was Richard "Red" Skelton. True story.
It must have been around Easter. Ed Wynn was one of our great comics, a man who made at least three generations laugh. And if that weren't enough, he demonstrated his talents, late in his career, as a serious actor, as well, earning an Oscar nomination in 1959 for his work in "The Diary of Anne Frank."
No matter how many times I watch these various WML clips,I'm dumbfounded by the number of legendary entertainers,athletes,politicians,et. al that appeared on this show. It was a veritable who's who of the 50's & 60's.
I have five of his films on DVD Alice In Wonderland 1951 Babes In Toyland 1961 Mary Poppins 1964 That Darn Cat and The Greatest Story Ever Told both 1965. RIP Ed Wynn 1886-1966. In all five of these films he had small parts but I love him in all five of them. I'm 22 going on 23 and Ed Wynn is one of my Favorite Actors/Comedians.
Ed was incredible in the Twilight episode where he had to make a one last "pitch for the angels" to save a little girl's life. ( name of the episode... please check it out! You will not be sorry!) And he did save her life from the Grim Reaper. Sacrificing his own life. It was a beautiful episode. Fabulous incredible dramatic actor.
Thanx for the information. Makes perfect sense in a corny sort of way. This is one of the most funny mystery guest spots I ever saw on WML. Ed Wynn was a genius at making audiences laugh a lot. The violin answers are inspired comedy. What a life Bennett Cerf had -- picking and choosing from all those interesting actors, writers, composers he knew for lunch dates.
As a kid, I didn't know Ed Wynn's face, but I sure knew that voice, courtesy of Paul Frees hilarious impression on Bullwinkle and Super Chicken cartoons. It always cracked me up. So what do you think was the first film that I actually saw the face behind the voice? The Diary of Anne Frank, which is not exactly known as a laugh fest. Every time he opened his mouth, I'd start laughing uncontrollably. My mother thought that I was profoundly disturbed, and to this day I feel so ashamed.
Simply because Disney often modeled their characters to look like their voice actors, I knew EXACTLY who he was the moment John Daly jump started my brain by saying he has a distinct voice.
Ed Wynn ... love his comedy ...and that voice. But, he also did some serious stuff. Rod Serling wrote a tear-jerker episode of Twilight Zone (One for the Angels) just for Wynn, and he was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the movie Diary of Anne Frank.
A genius, genius, comic. Seemed like the kindest, and most genteel performer. Wish they had time to interview Mr. Wynn in his own voice. (I'll leave you with one thought: he was one of the contenders for the title role of "The Wizard of Oz.")
The first time I heard about this man, was from The Daydreamer. And to my surprise when I heard that voice of his from the movie I was like, "Hey, he sounds exactly like The Mad Hatter from the old school version of Alice in Wonderland!" When I told my dad about this he's like, "He IS The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland!" That's when I started liking this guy.
One of the Grand Vaudeville Greats- Best Movie to see Ed in is Mary poppins when he has tea with the children and they float laughing around the ceiling- that was perhaps his last Film role
GSN showed this episode on 1 June 2008. Before the commercial break, Daly told the panel to put on their masks: audience howled and applauded. Before that Arlene Francis identified a Ringling Brothers knife-thrower [married to sword-swallower] How did the WML producers find all those interesting people every week? Still funny! At the end, the panelists said goodnight holding their masks. Kilgallen to Allen: "Good night Bugs Bunny." Allen to Kilgallen: "Good night Peter Cottontail."
"Are you an actor or actress"? XDD Yeahh TRY to explain that with the violin?! XDDDD O.o His face tough after she ask that XDD btw. in slow motion is this scene 4:35 even funnier! XD
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He was a precious human being
His laugh makes him beautiful. He's just so darn happy.
He didn't say a word and everyone's laughing.
"... somebody I like and admire very deeply... ", describes Ed Wynn to a lot of fans, including myself.
I just love Ed Wynn's voice!!!
The person who does the best Ed Wynn impression would be Howard Morris, someone who actually wrote for his show! He employed Wynn’s voice for The Fox on Garfield and Friends, Mayor McCheese on the Ronald McDonald cartoon, and, oddly enough, The Mummy/Imhotep on Groovie Goolies. Probably the most random voice for the character, but it totally works!
A wonderful disney legend.
Yes me too very memorable voice and laugh of himself
And also a Great Entertainer That Goes Back From His Vaudeville Days.
Haha he laughed! Ed wynn laughed! He totally got that one. Mr wynn you gave yourself away! Hahaha 😆
That payoff was glorious. "Are you a baggy-pants type of comedian?"
"*UNMISTAKABLE ED-WYNN-GIGGLE* Yes!"
"Are you Ed Wynn?"
I wish I could've heard the cut questions, but, still, this was fantastic.
verdatum Why were some of those questions cut out was it just a bad master copy?
God bless this man! Nobody could instantaneously make me feel such warm, overflowing joy, as well as awe and wonder for the craft of comedy as Uncle Albert. The man was superbly, expertly, and wonderfully MAGICAL. Even while executing his masterful schtick, he plays it off so beautiful, as if it was a mistake, and you BELIEVE it so. Right up there with Chaplin, Skelton and Keaton's sense of pantomime, and with that unforgettable voice, his gentle charm, and that child-like sense of wit.
One of the best Twilight Zone episodes ever was when Ed Wynn cheats death for a little girl's life. Just great.
Yes!
@robertdiotalevi285 the best things in life are worth waiting for.
I laughed so much!! What a wonderful show from the great golden age of television! NOTHING on TV now can compare to this Classic INTELLIGENT show!
Ed Wynn, the voice of the Mad Hatter in Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland, the animated 1951 version that is.
You gotta love Ed Wynn!! A comedic genius.
HAHAHAHA~!!! This is my favorite mystery guest appearance! I thought John Daly (whom I adore!) was going to end up on the floor from sheer laughter...absolutely wonderful. THIS is a *real* reality show.
RIP ED WYNN. You were great! KEPT ME LAUGHING WHEN I WAS A KID.
I’ve never seen craziest comedians like Ed before in my life
Lol, his laugh gave it away!!
I love every one of these funny, sweet, debonair people.
not a huge superstar like some but a lot of people knew Ed Wynn and how nice to see so many comments here. a super star in MY mind
Oh, I disagree. In his day Ed Wynn was very much a huge superstar.
If I was part of the panel, all I would have needed was that legendary giggle of his lol:-)
Tonimarie Mohs I think that's what did it actually
he was always smiling! Ed was adorable! :)
I enjoyed watching this!
1. I love that he accidentally slaps himself in the face with his violin on live television and you can see him visibly embarrassed and laughing at himself about it.
2. He giggles and answers in his own voice and then promptly apologizes while everyone else laughs and cheers.
I love this man.
Ed was in Vincennes, Indiana during his vaudeville days and he asked the seven-year-old boy in front of the theater, who was selling newspapers, if he was going to see him perform. The boy said he couldn't; he didn't have the money of his own to buy a ticket and he had to stay outside and sell papers. Ed grabbed up all of his papers, paid for them, and gave the kid a pass to see the show from backstage. The boy loved the show, and the idea of making so many hard working people forget their troubles and laugh, made the kid decide he wanted to be a comic performer too. His name was Richard "Red" Skelton. True story.
It must have been around Easter.
Ed Wynn was one of our great comics, a man who made at least three generations laugh. And if that weren't enough, he demonstrated his talents, late in his career, as a serious actor, as well, earning an Oscar nomination in 1959 for his work in "The Diary of Anne Frank."
A true master of comedy.
No matter how many times I watch these various WML clips,I'm dumbfounded by the number of legendary entertainers,athletes,politicians,et. al that appeared on this show. It was a veritable who's who of the 50's & 60's.
I have five of his films on DVD Alice In Wonderland 1951 Babes In Toyland 1961 Mary Poppins 1964 That Darn Cat and The Greatest Story Ever Told both 1965. RIP Ed Wynn 1886-1966. In all five of these films he had small parts but I love him in all five of them. I'm 22 going on 23 and Ed Wynn is one of my Favorite Actors/Comedians.
Ed was incredible in the Twilight episode where he had to make a one last "pitch for the angels" to save a little girl's life. ( name of the episode... please check it out! You will not be sorry!)
And he did save her life from the Grim Reaper. Sacrificing his own life. It was a beautiful episode.
Fabulous incredible dramatic actor.
Thanx for the information. Makes perfect sense in a corny sort of way. This is one of the most funny mystery guest spots I ever saw on WML. Ed Wynn was a genius at making audiences laugh a lot. The violin answers are inspired comedy. What a life Bennett Cerf had -- picking and choosing from all those interesting actors, writers, composers he knew for lunch dates.
Mr. Wynn was one of those guys you've seen in a thousand places but you couldn't remember his name. Wonderful funnyman!
No mistaking that laugh. Iconic
I'm not sure whether or not to say "A panel of Easter Bunnies, March Hares vs the Mad Hatter, or Bugs Bunny triplets".
4:35 is the funniest part!!
The laugh is what got him
He doesn't have to do or say anything funny - he just IS funny.
Oh god this is so wonderful
I had fun watching Bennett Cerf. Obviously very amused by the whole thing. WONDERFUL!!!
As a kid, I didn't know Ed Wynn's face, but I sure knew that voice, courtesy of Paul Frees hilarious impression on Bullwinkle and Super Chicken cartoons. It always cracked me up. So what do you think was the first film that I actually saw the face behind the voice? The Diary of Anne Frank, which is not exactly known as a laugh fest. Every time he opened his mouth, I'd start laughing uncontrollably. My mother thought that I was profoundly disturbed, and to this day I feel so ashamed.
Simply because Disney often modeled their characters to look like their voice actors, I knew EXACTLY who he was the moment John Daly jump started my brain by saying he has a distinct voice.
What an incredibly lovely man.
This had me giggling so hard i thought ide cry :) hes hillarious!
Mr Wynn was a very funny man! I'll always remember him as the fairy godfather in Cinderfella.
This genuinely funny! I wish we spoke this way now...sounds so proper.
My right ear has enjoyed this.
Ed Wynn ... love his comedy ...and that voice. But, he also did some serious stuff. Rod Serling wrote a tear-jerker episode of Twilight Zone (One for the Angels) just for Wynn, and he was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the movie Diary of Anne Frank.
steve allen was awesome
I swear when Ed first uses his voice. I swear to you that I heard Ed McMahon laughing in the background.
Should have kept going with the violin. A wonderful actor and very gentle man. Will never forget his role in Mary Poppins (Uncle Albert).
His laugh gave him away!
4:35 slaps himself with the violin LOL...
Eric Longenecker I busted out laughing, and when he made that sound for are you a comedian
Bennett: "most fun I've ever had on this program" - yes, the panelists missed so much ...
MUSTARD?! Don't let's be silly
A genius, genius, comic. Seemed like the kindest, and most genteel performer. Wish they had time to interview Mr. Wynn in his own voice. (I'll leave you with one thought: he was one of the contenders for the title role of "The Wizard of Oz.")
I never knew Ed Wynn's name,but when I saw him,I knew his voice.
The first time I heard about this man, was from The Daydreamer. And to my surprise when I heard that voice of his from the movie I was like, "Hey, he sounds exactly like The Mad Hatter from the old school version of Alice in Wonderland!" When I told my dad about this he's like, "He IS The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland!" That's when I started liking this guy.
He was also the father of actor Keenan Wynn
as soon as he started to talk they get it lol
my left ear liked this, my right, not so much
He certainly knew how to make people laugh at the right moment
I loved him in Mary Poppins. He was very different in personality and looks from his son, Keenan Wynn. Hard to believe they were father and son.
What the heck with those masks? Easter gimic?> Holy mackeral. Thanx for posting. What a funny classic clip.
MUSTARD?!
Don't let's be silly...
I know him as Uncle Albert from "Mary Poppins" and the Toymaker in the 1960s "Babes in Toyland."
04:36 jajajajajajaaj OMG JAJAJAJA XD
"I think I got a way we can get it."
"How?"
"Next time Dorothy's on, Arlene, you ask Bennett."
I love this show. :D
What a wonderful phrase for an Ed Wynn-type of comedian - "baggy pants comedian". (7:22)
MUSTARD?!!! Don't let's be silly...
"Oh was that a violin?"
lol XD
4:36.... brilliance.....
King candy lol ... but this is funny
Aw, he's cute! XD
Ed merely bumps his glasses with his violin and it's funny!
One of the Grand Vaudeville Greats- Best Movie to see Ed in is Mary poppins when he has tea with the children and they float laughing around the ceiling- that was perhaps his last Film role
Classic Ed Wynn
This is probably the greatest mystery guest
Mustard yes! Mus-....MUSTARD! Don't let's be silly.
4:35 😂😂😂
“Who works alone?”
The Batman.
wooden leg named smith...hehehehehe
Is this where they got the idea for What's My Crime in 101 Dalmatians
Keenan Wynn is his son.
GSN showed this episode on 1 June 2008. Before the commercial break, Daly told the panel to put on their masks: audience howled and applauded. Before that Arlene Francis identified a Ringling Brothers knife-thrower [married to sword-swallower] How did the WML producers find all those interesting people every week? Still funny!
At the end, the panelists said goodnight holding their masks.
Kilgallen to Allen: "Good night Bugs Bunny."
Allen to Kilgallen: "Good night Peter Cottontail."
Agree!
i am 20 years old and the very first time i saw him was in mary poppins lol
4:37: LOL
Isaiah Edwin Leopold (November 9, 1886 - June 19, 1966)
Mad Hatter himself!
Just LOOK at him at 4:46. What an incredibly funny man.
Shortly after the splicers took over Rapture.
Does anyone know why the rabbit masks? Was it Easter?
Bennett betrays in New York roots at 0:47 and 0:49 when he says "impwession" and "pwogress".
I wonder if this was inspiration for the rabbit masks in Bioshock?
it looks like the Mad Hatter is choosing his new henchman Marchhare......
So funny.
Those masks are too funny! Great clip!!!
"Are you an actor or actress"? XDD
Yeahh TRY to explain that with the violin?! XDDDD O.o His face tough after she ask that XDD
btw. in slow motion is this scene 4:35 even funnier! XD
I take it this episode aired on Easter Sunday?
@MTPippin His eyes!
Where did the volumn go? I could barely hear what was being said!
His brother, Keenan, is lesser known but did lot of Hawaii 5 0 type shows.
*son
lol at 4:37 i think he did it on purpose but its funny
Ed used his middle name "Edwin" as his stage name, hence, Ed Wynn (his real name: Isaiah Edwin Leopold)
No, the Gnome-Mobile was his last film role.