Talk:Paul Winchell
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I heard on the radio that Paul Winchell won a court case against some media company for destroying all the existing copies of the Winchell-Mahoney Time show (probably because it was in black and white and thought not to be of value). Does anyone have details?
[edit] April Winchell Quote
I'm not sure how appropriate the quote from April Winchell is for this article. It hints at deeper private issues in Winchell's life, which should be addressed in the article, although not in this way (biased POV). In an attempt to better work the quote into the article I added some additional information to preface the quote, providing minimal background hinting at the estrangement of his children. To me it still doesn't quite seem to fit, perhaps because it is a reactionary, event-based statement. --Dan East June 28, 2005 16:32 (UTC)
[edit] Negative aspects of his life
There are multiple items covered in his autobiography that should be mentioned in the article; family problems, drug addiction, mental and emotional problems, stuttering, etc. His mother was quite harsh with him as a child, and put the "fear of God" in him at an early age. Winchell's recent theological quest, resulting in an online book and the defunct protectgod.com website, are indications that he never resolved the religious "trauma" he experienced as a child. I find it interesting that his official website [1] biography dedicated a few paragraphs to his theological ideas in 2003 [2] (last three paragraphs on the page), which were completely removed in 2004 [3], about the time he relinquished his protectgod.com website. I'm rather curious why his theological statements were removed. Did he have a change in beliefs? Did it negatively affect his public image? Did his health deteriorate to the point he no longer controlled his website, and his wife or someone else decided to remove them? There is some evidence his health had been gradually deteriorating over the last year. Winchell stated on protectgod.com website (as archived at archive.org) that he doubted he would live to see 90, so it is possible he was aware of some terminal disease process.
--Dan East June 28, 2005 17:12 (UTC)
[edit] Photo
Sorry i didnt mean to replace this image i accidently saved it under the same file name
