Okay, he was in his 80s and didn't get cheated. Plus he supposedly served from dementia so his death is probably a blessing.
Truth be told, I never watched him on "McHale's Navy" and I certainly didn't see any of those Disney flicks he made with Don Knotts.
But "The Carol Burnett Show?" My Lord, they should teach Tim Conway's work there in every college acting class there is. Sheer genius.
I hear that the Burnett troop did two performances of every episode. One was the dress rehearsal and Tim followed the script to the letter. But, for the air show, all bets were off. He veered off the page and literally dared the rest of the cast to follow him. The end result was the kind of spontaneous entertainment you never ever get on television these days.
Check out this famed "outtake." Watch Carol try to keep it together as Conway continues with his "elephant story."
Naturally, no mention of Conway in this forum is complete without the famed "Dentist" sketch. Marvel at how quickly Harvey Korman loses it. You just know that 75% of this was conceived on the spot.
Yep, all the nice things we have don't last forever. But we should not lament that we don't have them anymore. Instead, we smile because we had them at all.
Dinner last night: Leftover barbecue Chinese pork.
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