Editing Jonathan Winters (section)

==1980s and 1990s career==
Jonathan Winters was a [[Guest appearance|guest star]] on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' in 1980. That same year, he also appeared in ''[[I Go Pogo (film)|I Go Pogo]]'' (a.k.a. ''Pogo for President''). In 1981, he was a guest on the short-lived comedy series ''[[Aloha Paradise]]''.

In the [[Mork & Mindy#Fourth season|fourth and final season]] of the [[Science fiction|sci-fi]]-styled TV comedy ''[[Mork & Mindy]]'', Winters (one of [[Robin Williams]]'s idols) was brought in as Mork & Mindy's child, Mearth. Due to the different Orkan physiology, [[Mork & Mindy|Mork]] laid an egg, which grew and hatched into the much older Winters. It had been previously explained that Orkans aged "backwards," thus explaining Mearth's appearance and that of his teacher, Miss Geezba (portrayed by a then-11-year-old actress [[Louanne Sirota]]). Mork's infant son Mearth in ''Mork & Mindy'' was created in hopes of improving ratings and as an attempt to capitalize on Williams's comedic talents. Winters had previously guest-starred in Season 3, Episode 18, as Dave McConnell, Mindy's uncle. However, after multiple scheduling and cast changes, ''Mork & Mindy'''s fourth season was already quite low in the ratings and ended up being the show's last season.
[[File:Jonathan-Winters 1986.JPEG|thumb|upright|Winters performing at a [[USO]] show in 1986]]
Winters became a regular on ''[[Hee Haw]]'' during the 1983–1984 season. He was later the voice of [[Grandpa Smurf]] from 1986 to 1990 on the television series ''[[The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|The Smurfs]]''. Additionally, he did the [[voice acting|voice]] of Bigelow in the 1985 TV film ''[[Pound Puppies (TV special)|Pound Puppies]]'' and voice-acted on ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]'' in 1985, among other voice roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

In 1987, Winters was featured in [[NFL Films]]' ''[[Football Follies|The NFL TV Follies]]''. That same year he published ''Winters' Tales: Stories and Observations for the Unusual''. In 1991 and 1992, he had a supporting role on ''[[Davis Rules]]'', a sitcom that lasted two seasons (25 episodes), for which he won a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]]. He played Gunny Davis, an eccentric grandfather helping raise his grandchildren after his son lost his wife.

In addition to his live-action roles, he was a guest star on ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'' (in an episode where he also voiced an animated version of his "Maude Frickert" character) and as the narrator in ''[[Frosty Returns]]'' which [[Frosty the Snowman (TV program)#Television rights|airs annually]] during the [[Christmas and holiday season|Christmas season]]. Winters also provided the voice for the thief in ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]''.

In 1994, Winters appeared as a fired factory worker (credited as "Grizzled Man") in ''[[The Flintstones]]''. In an interesting role reversal, he was the serious-minded secular police chief and uncle of the character Lamont Cranston (played by [[Alec Baldwin]]) in ''[[The Shadow (1994 film)|The Shadow]]''. That same year he voiced Stinkbomb D. Basset in the episode "Smell Ya Later" on ''[[Animaniacs]]''.

Winters received eleven Grammy nominations during his career, including eight for the [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album]]; he won the [[Grammy Awards of 1996#Spoken|Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album]] for ''Crank(y) Calls'' in 1996.<ref>Dagan, Carmel.
[https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/jonathan-winters-dead-at-87-1200354170/#1/jonathan-winters-in-1965/ “Comedian Jonathan Winters Dead at 87”], ''Variety'', April 12, 2013.</ref>

In 1996, Winters played himself in ''Bloopy's Buddies'', a children's TV series on [[PBS]] designed to teach children about health and nutrition and to encourage them to exercise.<ref>{{IMDb title|0403731|Bloopy's Buddies}}</ref>

In 1999, he was awarded the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]]'s [[Mark Twain Prize for American Humor]], becoming the second recipient.