Winters' Tales
by Jonathan Winters
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Unusual stories: Artist -- I miss dancing with you -- Stolen flowers -- Wedding --Hijacker -- Well-kept secret -- Roll in the hay -- Conductor -- Black tie -- King who had to be Queen too -- Face-lift -- Table for two -- Niagara Falls -- Halloween -- Snowman --Old Indian buries an old friend -- Postcard -- My hometown is gone-I mean gone -- Money preacher -- Black lunch box -- Cardboard man -- Fisherman -- Lost valley of the Gods -- Marathon runner -- Campers -- Animal tales: Visitor -- show more Thanksgiving -- Last day the circus came to town -- My bird doesn't sing anymore -- Did anyone see my doggie? -- Ode to a baby robin -- Ode to a sea gull -- Little bear who didn't know who he was -- Easter bunny -- Bird that couldn't fly -- Stung -- My last flight south -- Faces -- Children's voices: Blinding windstorm -- What do you want to be when you grow up? -- Mirage -- I was behind the couch all the time -- Dr. John Wookey to surgery -- How much money did you make today, little man? -- Little boy's Christmas list -- Baby-sitter and why they're weird or turn weird -- Costume -- What are you frightened of, Johnny? -- Of men and war: Blue Hill massacre -- Rebels -- I want to be a soldier -- Ivy-covered castle -- I stand alone -- Observations: We're going out for two whole days -- What it must've been like -- War paint -- Shadows -- My hobby -- Summer -- My definition of love. show lessTags
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Winters’ Tales: Stories and Observations for the Unusual (1987) by Jonathan Winters. This book is more than 45 years old so do not expect to see it in your local book store. It is a collection of the famed comedian’s writings on a variety of different topics, broken into five different sections. Those sections are: Unusual Stories, Animal Tales, Children’s Voices, Of Men And War and Observations. Each section averages about nine stories loosely based on the section title. A few of the stories are slightly humorous, some deeply ironic, a few interesting to some degree, a couple may be very self-reflective, but there is nothing here that is absolutely stellar.
If you come looking for Winters’ trademark broad, weird humor, look show more other places. These stories feel more like personal notes to oneself than an actual attempt at a cohesive book. Taken as a whole, they sadly do not add up to a very entertaining book. Individually you may find some of them striking, while almost all can be noted for their skewed perspective on life.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. If you want to know about the comedian, look to his vast list of performances or the record albums he produced. Don’t judge the performer by the writer.
I give it three stars just for the look into the non-performance portion of Jonathan Winters’ brain. show less
If you come looking for Winters’ trademark broad, weird humor, look show more other places. These stories feel more like personal notes to oneself than an actual attempt at a cohesive book. Taken as a whole, they sadly do not add up to a very entertaining book. Individually you may find some of them striking, while almost all can be noted for their skewed perspective on life.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. If you want to know about the comedian, look to his vast list of performances or the record albums he produced. Don’t judge the performer by the writer.
I give it three stars just for the look into the non-performance portion of Jonathan Winters’ brain. show less
Winter's Tale by Jonathan Winters
Collection of winter stories that are quite unusual.
Short stories about winter months and related from the comic who made Mork and Mindy.
Liked the dance one and the pheasant hunting with his grandfather the best.
Military ones were quite somber and sad.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
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Collection of winter stories that are quite unusual.
Short stories about winter months and related from the comic who made Mork and Mindy.
Liked the dance one and the pheasant hunting with his grandfather the best.
Military ones were quite somber and sad.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
0394564243
Rough - more like Drabbles than like little gems. Some were awfully dark, others were awfully sappy. But a few were worth the minute to read. If you like flash fiction, you might want to see if this is in your library. I got mine as a donation to my OBCZ.
Poignant and humorous essays by the comedian.
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- Canonical title
- Winters' Tales
- Original publication date
- 1987
- Dedication
- To Eileen, Jay, and Lucinda, who listened to my stories over and over again. To George Spota, who encouraged me to do this book. And thanks to David Rosenthal,who gave me a key to Random House.
- First words
- Introduction: This book, the pieces of which I've written over the last twenty-five years, is for adults.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I want the word, selfishly, to be huge.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
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