
Autograph and photo courtesy of the G Archives. Jonathan Winters Happy birthday to actor and comedian Jonathan Winters. He is one of the few people that has consistently made me laugh out loud every time I see one of his appearances. His zany characters and genius facial expressions are one of the many reasons, he is considered to be one of the funniest people of all time. Also born on this day of great numerical structure: actor Leonard DiCaprio, actress Demi Moore and writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. [...]
![Movie Review: Certifiably Jonathan [2007, Jim Pasternak]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1570409_lg.jpg)
I'm not really sure what I think about Certifiably Jonathan. There's things I like about it. It's genuinely funny in parts, and Jonathan Winters is certainly interesting enough to warrant being the subject of a film. But something's off about it. At the World of Comedy Film Festival this weekend on the University of Toronto campus, the "Canadian Premiere" of Certifiably Jonathan was the centrepiece of the fest's Saturday lineup. In the afternoon we took in one of the many short films programs the fest was putting on. Without going into detail, the best [...]

In what I consider a major "coup" for this blog, I've received permission from the great Al Kooper (if you don't know who he is go read this ) to post MP3s of his infamous "Kapusta Kristmas Albums". I'm starting with number 3 as I've only got Volumes 3, 4 and 5. Trying to get my mitts on the other two. Tapes of these records have been a massive influence and source of amusement to me and all my musician friends over the last 20 years or so, since my buddy Mark Spencer [...]