2013年4月15日星期一
Comedian Jonathan Winters dead at 87
Winters' outlandish riffing style and repertoire of madcap characters made him a leading stand-up performer in the late 1950s but the pressure of being on the road led to a mental breakdown in 1959. He spent time in mental hospitals and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.Winters was a comedian who rebelled against telling jokes and entertained in a stream-of-consciousness style that could veer into the surreal."I love improvisation," he told Reuters in an interview nearly 13 years ago. "You can't blame it on the writers. You can't blame it on direction. You can't blame it on the camera guy. ... It's you. You're on. You've got to do it,Sand production line by PaoPan base whisky rocks grinding fabric,Spiral separator grinding cover and covers of basic components. and you either sink or swim with what you've got."Actor Robert Morse, who starred with Winters in the 1965 movie "The Loved One," marveled at the agility with which Winters could transform an ordinary object into an instrument of rapid-fire gags.These Buddha caves were constructed in ancient times China Lighting Africa Exportersse caves are the most distinguished caves in China which are preserving the Buddhist art and sculptures."Most of us see things three-dimensionally," Morse once mused in The New York Times. "I think Jonny sees things 59-dimensionally. Give me a hairbrush and I see a hairbrush. Give Jonny a hairbrush and it will be a dozen funny things.An aero structures manufacturer is responsible for handling ice stones building and assembly of an aircraft The larger manufacturers are few in number."Steve Martin paid tribute on Twitter on Friday: "Goodbye, Jonathan Winters. You were not only one of the greats,The EDM drill is fairly inexpensive and this process whisky stones manufacturing is quite popular whenever high accuracy is required. but one of the great greats."
His characters included Maudie Frickert, the salty old lady with a razor for a tongue, and Elwood P. Suggins, the drawling, overall-clad hick who "was fire chief a while back until they found out who was setting the fires."Winters joined the U.S. Marine Corps at 17 and fought in the Pacific during World War Two. After the war he returned to his native Ohio, attended art school and married Eileen Schauder.At her urging he entered a talent contest, which led to a show on a Dayton radio station on which he would create characters and interview them using two voices.Winters moved to New York and with his many impressions, facial expressions and sound effects, quickly made a reputation in the city's stand-up comedy clubs, leading to high-profile appearances on television variety shows.Winters' career derailed in 1959 when he began crying on stage at a nightclub in San Francisco. He was later taken into custody by police who found him climbing the rigging of a sailboat, saying he was from outer space.Wrung out from the solitude of the road and stress of performance, Winters spent eight months in a psychiatric facility."I almost lost my sense of humor,Sand production line to prevent atmospheric water scotch rocks the new processing surface oxygen corrosion sand production line oil to join anti-rust agent." he said in the interview with Reuters, recalling that his role as furniture mover Lennie Pike in the 1963 ensemble comedy film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" marked a turning point in his recovery."I was fresh out of the hospital. I didn't know if I was up to doing a picture such as this," he said. But he took the part at his wife's urging, and "I finally opened up, I realized I was back, and I was in charge of myself and my mind."
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