RIP You Funny Funny Man Tim Conway

[RockyMTblue2]

Magnificent sense of delivery and timing.

 

[eebmg]

making heaven laugh.

My favorite core script.

'Mrs. Wiggins'.

 

[pspr11]

I will really miss his “Dorf” character.. He will be missed.

 

[meyers7]

One of the funniest ever. RIP.

 

[VAMike23]

Tributes starting to roll in (as they should) --- once on the page, keep scrolling down for twitter messages from different folks:

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[Zorro]

 

[Gabbyfan]

The dentist skit is one of the funniest ever done. Harvey, as usual can't keep a straight face.

 

[lne001]

The dentist skit is one of the funniest ever done. Harvey, as usual can't keep a straight face.

Supposedly he couldn't control his bladder either.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

When he sticks the needle in his forehead that is when Harvey Korman gives up any attempt to stay in character!

 

[Bigboote]

The amazing thing about these is I've seen them a dozen times, and even though I know what's coming, I still crack up. He just had something about him that very few have. For me, Victor Borge and to a lesser extent, John Candy and Rodney Dangerfield had it, too. You just WANT to laugh at Tim Conway.

Here's the end (and highlight) of a much longer skit:

 

[RockyMTblue2]

The dentist skit is one of the funniest ever done. Harvey, as usual can't keep a straight face.

Those two had a wonderful collaboration. Improv too. Like when Harvey won the Emmy and Tim took it upon himself to offer assistance. First take a gander at Tim's acceptance speach another year - so darn clever.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

The amazing thing about these is I've seen them a dozen times, and even though I know what's coming, I still crack up. He just had something about him that very few have. For me, Victor Borge and to a lesser extent, John Candy and Rodney Dangerfield had it, too. You just WANT to laugh at Tim Conway.

Here's the end (and highlight) of a much longer skit:

Sort of reminds me of Vic Shaeffer after a certain game.

 

[Woof 101]

Two down one to go, sadly these things seem to come in threes....................
Great entertainer and one of only a few along with Carol and Harvey that could be laughing so hard at their own jokes / mistakes, go off script and never lose the audience. A cardinal sin for most comedians actually turned into laughter fuel for them. Masters of the craft.......

 

[Zorro]

It was a truly marveous cast. Vicki Lawrence was also very good at deadpan humor. She caused a lot of breakups!!

 

[Bama fan]

One of the best comedy shows ever, great cast, played off each other brilliantly. The writers just had to point them in the right direction. They did the rest. The old Honeymooners cast was marvelous, as were Seinfeld's bunch, and Mash's, and Cheers.

How a group can come together to become so much more than the sum of its parts is a mystery , but such a joyous one. RIP Mr Conway.

 

[terif831]

One of the best comedy shows ever, great cast, played off each other brilliantly. The writers just had to point them in the right direction. They did the rest. The old Honeymooners cast was marvelous, as were Seinfeld's bunch, and Mash's, and Cheers.

How a group can come together to become so much more than the sum of its parts is a mystery , but such a joyous one. RIP Mr Conway.

Yes, that show was one of TV's "moments in the sun." How they could just constantly crack each other up, and it never ruined what they were doing; they just brought us all along for the ride, so we could laugh right along with them.
I would add to your list, St. Elsewhere and All in the Family. Marvelous casts, writers, and directors working together to break ground and entertain.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I just ran across an interview of Vicki Lawrence where she is asked about the Elephant Story Blooper. She reveals what she said that was bleeped out and put Tim Conway and Dick VanDyke on the floor. Interesting dynamic behind it all. Carol had just told all that they had to have more control, so what Vicki says about her during that sketch is too rich.

 

[Bama fan]

Magnificent sense of delivery and timing.

I think it is funnier now than it was then, and I could not stop laughing the first time. I also love the Gone With The Wind takeoff where Carol ,as Scarlett O'Hara, is literally wearing the curtains, rod and all. I generally find it off-putting when comedians laugh at their own stuff, but Tim and the others got away with it again and again.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I think it is funnier now than it was then, and I could not stop laughing the first time. I also love the Gone With The Wind takeoff where Carol ,as Scarlett O'Hara, is literally wearing the curtains, rod and all. I generally find it off-putting when comedians laugh at their own stuff, but Tim and the others got away with it again and again.

 

[JellyBean]

The dentist skit is one of the funniest ever done. Harvey, as usual can't keep a straight face.

Totally agree. That skit and the Elephant story from the Mama's Family sketch.. comedy gold. Just a joy watching season vets like Harvey and Carol break character. RIH, Mr. Conway. Blessed us in the late 70s with some of the best comedy ever.

 

[Bama fan]

Going back a little ways, he was pretty good as Ensign Parker in "McHale's Navy" too.

 

[terif831]

I think it is funnier now than it was then, and I could not stop laughing the first time. I also love the Gone With The Wind takeoff where Carol ,as Scarlett O'Hara, is literally wearing the curtains, rod and all. I generally find it off-putting when comedians laugh at their own stuff, but Tim and the others got away with it again and again.

There was also another skit in which Carol was hungover in a robe at the kitchen table, and she started hallucinating scenes from TV commericals that were popular at the time. I remember the chuck wagon from Purina dog food rolling across the floor, and several others. Her reactions were priceless. It ended with a guy topless in her bed (I think it was Harvey Korman?) saying, "I didn't use my antipersperant yesterday, and I may not today." Carol, of course, answers, "Who cares?" and jumps in with him. My mom and I were rolling on the floor watching this one - but you have to be old enough to remember those ads to think it's funny!

 

[bantamlaker]

Going back a little ways, he was pretty good as Ensign Parker in "McHale's Navy" too.

I was wondering if there were any other fans of McHale’s Navy on the BY. I remember looking forward to a few good laughs when it was on from 1964-66.
Here in episode 1 Ensign Parker meets McHale played by Ernest Borgnine. Those two worked very well together.