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& Mike Winslow - We Are Still Here

Jimmie JJ Walker

Comedy Dynamics · 2018 · 73 min

Two veteran entertainers deliver an unadorned night of throwback road comedy.

Released , on Comedy Dynamics.

Pairing a 1970s sitcom star with an eighties sound-effects technician is an unabashed throwback pitch, and neither performer pretends otherwise. Jimmie JJ Walker works the microphone like a seasoned road comic who never stopped touring, leaning into jokes about aging, reality television, and childhoods where changing the channel meant getting up with a pair of pliers. When Michael Winslow takes over, the stand-up setups exist mostly to uncork vocal impressions, from the chime of an airplane flight attendant call button to the noise of someone rummaging through a leather purse.

Taped in November 2017 at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles and released by Comedy Dynamics in 2018, the 73-minute double bill arrived after Walker had spent forty-five years working the road. Acknowledging that he was no longer drawing arena crowds, Walker kept his set light and strictly apolitical, while Winslow supplied the vocal mimicry and mouth-made guitar solos that made him famous in the Police Academy films.

How it plays

On stage
Michael Winslow performs as the 'human sound effects machine' and 'Man of 10,000 Sound Effects,' utilizing his voice for realistic sounds and noises alongside Good Times veteran Jimmie Walker.

Backstory

Reflecting on their longevity and survival in entertainment, Walker noted the special's title reflected surviving after many great performers had passed away, celebrating that audiences were still welcoming them after decades in comedy.

Details

Released
Taped
2017, Palace Theatre, Los Angeles
Runtime
73 min
Where
Comedy Dynamics
Director
Brian Volk-Weiss
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