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• 4.0 out of 5 stars Collection

  Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2024

  Johnathan Winters one of Robin Williams idols. Collection of some of his best routines and early tv appearances. Very entertaining
  

• 3.0 out of 5 stars KID STUFF !

  Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2013

  I gave this DVD three stars instead of two because I love Jonathan Winters. But I found the included skits a bit droll. When I was an early teen and first saw Jonathan, I cracked my sides so hard I almost bled. Rather than think I've grown too sophisticated to enjoy Jonathan's humor anymore, I'd rather think that the producers of this DVD didn't get their hands on the right stuff. If I'd seen it before buying it, I wouldn't have bought it. And I don't recommend it.
  

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• 4.0 out of 5 stars Jonathon Winters boulderized (or however you spell it!)

  Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2009

  An incredibly gifted humorist from Bellbrook, Ohio, Jonathon's most memorable improvisations were a bit on the risque side. Too bad this material has been sanatized to General Audience level, as he was at his funniest in "no holds barred" performance situations. I have a reel to reel tape I got from a fellow admirer of Mr. Winters in the 1960's that is delightfully irreverant and off color. Future generations may never know, with this DVD alone, how truly incandescent he was.
  

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• 5.0 out of 5 stars LYAO!

  Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2017

  Tribute to one of the finest comedians of our time. The DVD was well organized, especially the shorts about eggs,
  

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• 2.0 out of 5 stars Winters wonderful, frustrating documentary

  Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2001

  Jonathan Winters is really a treasure and it is amazing how many people do not know about him. He is clearly Robin Williams's progenitor, starting out in his television career with sound effects and impersonations, but eventually moving into original characters and amazing improvisations, often based on random objects thrown to him.
  This documentary, however, is constantly teasing the viewer who is eager to watch the master. Seldom does a segment or vignette go uninterrupted by cuts from interviews which are sparse, heavy on adoration and low on information. The subjects of these interviews are limited to Andy Williams, Robin Williams (who seems to have little to say about his hero), and family members who tell few stories. Winters himself makes a statement about his nervous breakdown and hospitalization that is firm and uninformative. There is talk about the work on IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD and MORK AND MINDY but no clips. Even when we watch him at play in public places, the camera holds so closely on him, rarely showing the setting or the people he is catching off-guard, that the spontaneity of what we are witnessing is hidden.
  A little of Winters is vastly better than none, but this disappoints as a documentary.
  

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• 1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I thought

  Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2013

  I thought I was getting a Jonathan Winters performance. I got a DVD of useless commentary from others telling me what a great comedian he was. I knew that.....Jim Perdue
  

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