Tim Conway...85 years old. RIP
A name from my childhood. Used to watch The Carol Burnett Show with my grandparents and uncles on Saturday nights. One of the first three movies I remember seeing was The Apple Dumpling Gang....at the drive in....
Physical comedy:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...=1557939598654
The master of deadpan and timing:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour..._p4GkCFr33I_YP
Backstory: Carol was insisting on a straight, as scripted performance. Had warned the staff that this needed to be shot correctly. Tim Conway stopped by Vickie Lawrence's dressing room, where she was having her makeup done by her husband. Tim wished her luck with "the elephant story" and walked out. The video where Vickie Lawrence called him an asshole was the final dress rehearsal, and both Carol and Vickie look really pissed at times, between their fits of laughter. It was released as a blooper years later, as it clearly could not air in the 70s.
Classic 70s variety show. In the 80s it was in syndication in my area during the day, and anytime I was sick from school or had a snow day or vacation day I tuned into channel 13, at 12:30. So I could watch the show, followed by The Price Is Right...you know, when we had only four broadcast TV channels, and VCRs were rented by the day on special occasions.
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