requiescat in pace jonathan winters
A friend of mine died Thursday – friend I never met.
He was someone I watched on TV and whose creativity I wished I had (even a little bit of it).
When I was young, the up and coming comedian was a fellow named Robin Williams who used to do a lot of improvisation in his comedy routine. I thought it was daring, creative and lots of fun.
As his career took off, Williams was interviewed often and when he was asked who were the performers he looked up to…always one name: Jonathan Winters.
Me too. Very much, me too. He was funny, imperfect, he spent time in Dayton, OH. The similarities are there, somewhere.
When asked “what famous person would you like to meet?”, people often say somebody historic – a religious person, maybe a political figure or sports legend.
My choice died today. I think we might have enjoyed each others company.
My guys – Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams
