Winters,Jonathan Complete Albums 1959-62 CD

Jonathan Winters was an American comedian, actor, broadcaster, TV presenter, artist and author who received eight Grammy nominations for Best Comedy Album during his career. He had a troubled childhood and developed his comedy persona as a response to his emotional traumas, and won a talent competition which led to a job as a DJ where his comedy gradually took over the show. He was a constant sufferer from nervous breakdowns and bi-polar disorder, which contributed to his approach as a pioneer of improvisational stand-up comedy, with a gift for impressions and mimicry, developing a range of characters that he used in his act - as he said himself: "I was fighting for the fact that you could be funny without telling jokes". This 3-CD set comprises the complete contents of his first five albums, all on the Verve label - "The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters", "Down To Earth", "Jonathan Winters In Concert: Here's Jonathan", "Another Day, Another World" and "Humor Seen through the Eyes of Jonathan Winters", all of them recorded in front of a 'live' audience. It naturally includes many of the routines which made him famous on TV. For those unfamiliar with his work, it's a great introduction to a highly individual entertainer, and for those revisiting his work from those times, it's a feast of comedy very much of it's era, but which laid the groundwork for later performers

1. Medley: Introduction, Flying Saucers 2. Western 3. Football Game 4. Airline Pilots 5. Used Pet Shop 6. Hip Robin Hood 7. Medley: Super Service Station, Marine Corps 8. Introduction, Horror Movies, Amateur Show, Commercials, Great White Hunter 9. Introduction, Scratchy, Broadway Musical, Interviews, Prison Scene 10. Opening 11. Test Flight 12. Billy The Kid 13. New Flying Saucer 14. Opening - Portugese Pirate Ship 15. Oldest Airline Stewardess - Maude Frickert 16. Child Psychiatrist 17. Driving On The Turnpike - Thoughts Of A Turtle 18. Opening - California 19. The Lost Island 20. Igor And The Monster 21. New Frontiers, Civil War 22. TV Commercials, American In Paris 23. Moon Map / Ivy Leaguer 24. Human Torpedo 25. Sail Cat 26. My School Days 27. Hungry 'i' Opening 28. Moby Dick ; Capt. Arnold 29. Elwood P. Suggins' Automobile 30. Dr. Werner: German Scientist 31. S.S. Robert E. Lee 32. Chief Running Fox 33. Maude Frickett ; The Funeral 34. International Folk Singers - Terry Thai (Thailand) 35. International Folk Singers - Lonesome Tom (Western) 36. International Folk Singers - Ivan Korkoffskinovki (Russian)