tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post549675129155125116..comments2024-03-04T17:06:55.232-08:00Comments on Classic Television Showbiz: An Interview with Will Jordan - Part TwoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-86487892059195405552017-04-19T18:17:57.740-07:002017-04-19T18:17:57.740-07:00chip on his shoulder is right, he sounds very bitt...chip on his shoulder is right, he sounds very bitter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-74485953125497277502011-11-26T02:00:50.926-08:002011-11-26T02:00:50.926-08:00It's interesting reading Will Jordan's rem...It's interesting reading Will Jordan's remarks about how the Ed Sullivan impression is built but one thing he doesn't say is brought out in the clip that's embedded here where you see Ed introduce him. I remember once seeing someone - maybe it was George Carlin - doing Ed Sullivan and he said he does the "John Byner Ed Sullivan" which meant that it wasn't about the mannerisms but rather the outrageousness of the acts he was introducing. Case in point: Ed's *actual* introduction of "going out to the coast to present Jayne Mansfield making her violin debut before the country."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-86870312821769257352011-07-15T18:15:31.163-07:002011-07-15T18:15:31.163-07:00Mr.Jordan also played Ed Sullivan in the 1978 Bob ...Mr.Jordan also played Ed Sullivan in the 1978 Bob Zemeckis movie "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", in long shots. He did manage to plug a funny comedian named Will Jordan, in Sullivan's voice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-45486944016787233712011-07-12T00:19:21.461-07:002011-07-12T00:19:21.461-07:00Arnold Dover? I never heard of him...and I'm ...Arnold Dover? I never heard of him...and I'm shocked that I haven't. I thought I remembered them all (like the great comedian Timmy Thomas... "oh yeah", etc.). But I cannot for the life of me remember Arnold Dover. <br /><br />Anyhow, getting to this interview. What comes first to mind is "chip on his shoulder." Boy oh boy does Will Jordan have some chip on his shoulder. To him, he was inventive and everyone stole his ideas. I'm not certain that all his observations on are the mark at all. I feel the same way about Jack Carter. My feeling is that both Will Jordan and Jack Carter were not great comedians. Don't get me wrong -- they were good -- but not exceptional -- the way that, say, Jonathan Winters or Jackie Mason were. Jonathan's mimicry and characterizations were brilliant. And Jackie Mason's impression of Ed Sullivan was much funnier than Will Jordan's. Jackie took it to another level. And you certainly couldn't put Will Jordan in the league of a Buddy Hackett or a Shecky Greene. I read this interview and actually feel sorry for Will Jordan. John Byner and Frank Gorshin had better routines than Will Jordan did. Comedians do steal, no doubt about it. Johnny Carson's Aunt Blabby was a total ripoff of Jonathan Winters' Maude Frickert. Winters even said it. But you get over it. But Will Jordan comes across as a very embittered man, IMHO. But it was another wonderful inteview just the same.Bobby Wallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-91647145160885683822011-07-11T10:51:16.874-07:002011-07-11T10:51:16.874-07:00Great interview; a breezy read!
Jordan's take...Great interview; a breezy read!<br /><br />Jordan's take on "prodigy" Rich Little was most surprising, but his observations are (mostly) on the mark. <br /><br />You ought to consider interviewing Little for a rebuttal!R.A.M.'67https://www.blogger.com/profile/12817535165296807817noreply@blogger.com