I have so many memories of movies growing up, but one that made an indelible impression on me was the sight of Jonathan Winters riding a crooked girls bike down the road in "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World". He was a truly gifted comic who came from left field on almost everything. I remember one time seeing an episode of the Tonight Show wherein he and Robin Williams were both guests. It was as uproarious as you would expect, but the image I will always remember from that show is that Jonathan Winters came out to the guest chair wearing a Union Civil War uniform...for no reason.
My family and I love "Mad World", though it has been awhile since I have watched it. Maybe I will put it in again, and watch Jonathan Winters ride that bike, pummel Phil Silvers, and argue with Dick Shawn in the pit under the big W (or, the "big dubya", as Winters would have put it).
He will be missed.
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