Jonathan Winters – The Complete Albums 1959-62 – 3CD
€18,15
Description
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 its era, but which laid the groundwork for later performers.
Track Listing:
CD1:
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 -
CD2:
1. Introduction, Scratchy, Broadway Musical, Interviews, Prison Scene - 2. Opening - 3. Test Flight - 4. Billy The Kid - 5. New Flying Saucer - 6. Opening - Portugese Pirate Ship - 7. Oldest Airline Stewardess - Maude Frickert - 8. Child Psychiatrist - 9. Driving On The Turnpike - Thoughts Of A Turtle - 10. Opening – California - 11. The Lost Island -
CD3:
1. Igor And The Monster - 2. New Frontiers, Civil War - 3. TV Commercials, American In Paris - 4. Moon Map / Ivy Leaguer - 5. Human Torpedo - 6. Sail Cat - 7. My School Days - 8. Hungry 'i' Opening - 9. Moby Dick & Capt. Arnold - 10. Elwood P. Suggins' Automobile - 11. Dr. Werner: German Scientist - 12. S.S. Robert E. Lee - 13. Chief Running Fox - 14. Maude Frickett & The Funeral - 15. International Folk Singers - Terry Thai (Thailand) - 16. International Folk Singers - Lonesome Tom (Western) - 17. International Folk Singers - Ivan Korkoffskinovki (Russian) -