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.
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.
@@moonlanding-69 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
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."
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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 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.
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.
love how the word 'ass' is too hot for TV then - like with the Johnny Carson show, i think with Dino - Johnny says something like 'you bet your sweet ass' and it's bleeped all over, with Bob Hope joking that they'll all be taking a trip downtown
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?
"I'm folks, I'm people...understand." Brilliant! Class act!
Simple props, no rehearsal, far too much talent.....then just laugh your butt off. That entire generation of entertainers were absolutely golden!!!
Jonathan has endless tons of jokes that easily melts away the coldness of winter. I always come back to these videos to cheer myself.
GREATNESS: two wooden chairs, two live entertainers and too much comedy to keep composure. Truly got tears in my eyes from laughing.
🙃
It makes me so happy for some reason to see the joy on dean’s face during this.
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.
Grew up with these shows, thankful I did, very.
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.
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.
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.
@@moonlanding-69 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
Jonathan winter , the best improvisationist comedian ever !!
Har har hardy har har.
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
One of the Golden Age of television. Those days are gone.... and we are the worse for it.
Ahh it’s so great to see Dean genuinely laughing so hard that he can’t contain himself 😂 Jonathan Winters is just amazing.
Jonathan Winters was second to none.He was the best.
Bobby .Downs
The Who you tube
They're cracking each other up😂😂😂 Jonathon Winters was such an instigator 😂😂😂😂😂
I loved watching how long Dean Martin trying to keep a straight face around Jonathan Winters is an Art of Comedy in itself🤣🤣
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
What a great post. Just fantastic to see the king of comedy and his wit and come backs. RIP JW.
Jonathan Winters, not just a great comedian, but the best John Wayne impersonator I've heard.
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.
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.
Oh, my God, it is so funny! Especially Dean's reaction!
Two icons that shall never be replaced .. greatest improv guy and the greatest rat pack member and King of cool 😎
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”.
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.
It is wildly funny, Dean can't stop laughing!
Two of my favorite people!!! It's heaven!❤️
Miss them so very much🎉🎉🎉 that was real comedy and NOBODY ever got offended 👌
Dean was the greatest audience any comic could wish for and especially for the amazingly improvised brilliance of the unique Jonathon Winters.
Sometimes I wish I was born back in this era ❤
I miss these guys, and also another Dean Martin favorite, Foster Brooks.
Jonathan always cracked Dean up !! I loved to watch that !!!! 😜😆😂🙈
Winters’ facial expressions are genius!
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.
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!
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!
My God what a genius!!
You have got to love JW. Dean was always the best!
Dean got so cracked up 😂 Same here
This is so darned funny! Johnathan Winters was a genius!
It just doesn't get any better .... timeless
This was pure comedy I laughed till I cried....they just do not make them like this any more...sadly missed.
Something tells me Winters could have been the best impressionist, ever.
But he decided to stick with comedy. And was the funniest, ever.
Two Ohio "boys"...what can you expect, except GENIUS!?!
Such a delightful man. Am still a fan. September, 2024.
Pure legendary comic genius!!
I'm crying, poor Dean!
That was the only time I heard Dean Martin say that he was a veteran.
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.
must of watched this 30 times love it
Must HAVE.
Pure gold
this is what comedy was all about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LAUGHING loved this guys
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.
Bloody bloody BRILLIANT
Two of the greatest greats that ever lived so funny.
Deans like oh my goodness, now what's he gonna say?
Jonathan Winters was a genius ad-libber!
Masters of improv.
Indeed. Greg Garrison giving some background: th-cam.com/video/1hcgXXJk_nw/w-d-xo.html
Priceless 🤗🌅🇺🇸🇩🇰📬🦅
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.
We need comedians like this again.
TY for sharing, i adore Jonathan Winters !
I wish there was an uncensored version of this
Who needs todays wannabe comedy when you have these guys!! 2 chairs and two great entertainers it’s all we need😂
There just never was nor ever will be anyone just like Jonathan Winters. He is the all time best at improvisation - bar none.
Incredible !
DM starts laughing then checks in with the audience. He was always doing that. A great relationship.
Dean Martin……..Great Voice and Actor……….What else can I say ?………
Dean Martin said at one point: "Boy, you just don't stop, do you? You just keep going!" Who does that sound like?
What an opportunity….Dean and Jonathan could have made a version of Trains Plane’s and Automobiles….If Dean could stop laughing.🚂✈️🚗
The funnest guy whoever lived johnathan winters ✌️
One of the best comedy routines ever and all adlib!
Martin who hated to rehearse and winters the master of ad lib together. Great
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!
Brilliant,just brilliant 👍😂
At 6:27 Dino puts his hand up to his mouth and forgets he doesn’t have a cigarette in it! Lol
I'm Howard Steffelfinger, the American Kindling company.
Honestly THE BEST
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.
Loved them Both!!! 💔🎤🎬👍
“Chain of time” 😂
True American icons....
Lol... "We had a guy like that in my outfit..."
This is why Robin Williams admired Jonathan.
Soooooo funny! Love them, forever comedy.
I saw him and Robin Williams on Johnny Carson and you can see the love Robin had for Jonathan.
Dean was and still is the best❤❤
Mom and I loved Jonathan Winters.
The funniest ever
priceless
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.
I LOVE DEAN MARTIN ♥ ❤ 💕 😍 💙
He was in the mental ward in real life and then doing gags with dean martin. Good job Johnathan !
Amazing.
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.
love how the word 'ass' is too hot for TV then - like with the Johnny Carson show, i think with Dino - Johnny says something like 'you bet your sweet ass' and it's bleeped all over, with Bob Hope joking that they'll all be taking a trip downtown
6:26 Dean wants a smoke but there is no cigar in his hand. :)))))
Good eyes.
You’re absolutely right, pally-he goes to take a drag off a cigarette that he’d forgotten isn’t even there!