2,234 views

4:09

Watch
- Search Videos
  
  Advanced search »
- Submit a New Video
Discuss
About
- Try clicking on the various channels to see videos posted to that channel - if you're into music you can click the Music channel to get more music sifts - go on and explore! Use the "hotness" when you have opened the channel link to get videos that have gotten a lot of votes, or use "newness" to have a look at the new sifts.
  When browsing sifts you like, have a look at the Related Posts list to see other related videos, click the tags under the video title to see more sifts tagged with the same tags or have a look at other sifts from the same user in the More Posts By list. If the sifted video is in a play list, have a look at the play list to see other interesting videos the Sift users have linked together.
  Enter the Sift Lounge to chat with online sifters about anything and everything, or read interesting posts in the Sift Talk forum.
  The Top New Videos list is always full of interesting, current videos. It is always recommended that you have a look through the Top New Videos, but also have a look at these:
  - Upcoming Unsifted Videos - active video submissions that neither are published to the front page nor archived to the submitter's personal queue
- Have you seen a really funny, surprising, scary, interesting, cute or in any other way extra good quality video?
  Post and share it here - VideoSift is the best video aggregator on the Web, where we share, discuss, promote, and interact with the best videos out there on the web. Post it here, and share it with the large community of video-interested users. And - you are guaranteed to find more very good videos here already!
  Mind you, we only share videos you discover that someone else has made; if you "self link," by posting a video you have made, have posted or have interests in, you risk the ban hammer - read the posting guidelines before posting. The sift is NOT for promoting your own videos - it is for sharing videos others have made.
  Submit a Video Now »
Login

Jonathan Winters "The Stick"

submitted by Grimm

1 decade 4 years 2 months ago

Comic genius and legend Jonathan Winters doing 4 minutes of improv with a stick on The Jack Paar Program in 1964. Jonathan Winters was a huge influence on comedians like Robin Williams and you can really see it here.

13 Comments

Moving this video to Grimm's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

*beg

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter Grimm.

*promote

Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued - promote requested by original submitter Grimm.

That Bing impression was dead on!

Another one of the all-time-greats.

good thing there's a film being made about him in 2011.

Opus_Moderandi says...

Jonathan Winters... holy shit, I haven't heard that name in forever.

Can't wait to see it.>> ^Trancecoach:

Another one of the all-time-greats.
good thing there's a film being made about him in 2011.

ant

*vintage

Adding video to channels (Vintage) - requested by ant.

We lack this kind of genius today because let's face it, when's the last time a "talk" show gave a guest 4 minutes that wasn't previously scripted or approved by a publicist?

Yes, he was great. But, do you really think that was unscripted improv? Why does Jack just happen to have a stick?
I was at an improv theater last weekend, I witnessed the performers regurgitating rehearsed schtick to the beat of topics thrown out by audience plants or groupies saying the right words to trigger the obvious and easy jokes, and the props around the stage looked like they had been there for years, the performers searched for them.
It was a lot of fun, but it wasnt improvised.

Discuss...

🗨️ Emojis & HTML

Enable JavaScript to submit a comment.

This website uses cookies.

This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using this website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy.