Very few comedians had the ability to make me laugh until I cried when I was a kid...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/legendary-comic-tim-conway-dead-85-n1005486

 

Very few comedians had the ability to make me laugh until I cried when I was a kid...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/legendary-comic-tim-conway-dead-85-n1005486

I loved Tim Conway’s humor. And so did my Dad. An indelible memory of Tim Conway was of my Dad in the hospital after he was hit as a pedestrian), wrapped up in intensive care, laughing st Tim Conway in a movie even though it caused excruciating pain!

 

I grew up watching him on McHales Navy and later the Carol Burnett show and other projects. He just had a way about him, a naturally funny guy.

 

It was really hard not to like something Tim did. He had such a reach. Too many comedians today, just play a different version of the same character. But not Tim. Each character he played was unique. Probably one of the most talented comedians in history.

 

Tim Conway just had so many faces and each was perfect. He was a local kid and grew up here in the Cleveland, Ohio suburbs. He never forgot his roots and visited often. I admired that but again, his endless expressions were nothing short of great. When he did many skits he literally had those who worked with him laughing when he would just ad lib things, The Carol Burnette Show was a good example of how he would just come up with things. His expressions as Ensign Parker in McHale's Navy were priceless also. May he rest in peace, he left us with a lot of laughs.

Ron

 

A Willoughby boy. Very early in his career he worked with Ernie Anderson (better known as Ghoulardi in those parts). His humor was exceptional and always wholesome. Now days we expect a lot of F-bombs and gross talk in a comedian - he was of a different school.

The most memorable of all of his work for me was the dentist scene...(Harvey Korman could not hold it together).

 

A Willoughby boy. Very early in his career he worked with Ernie Anderson (better known as Ghoulardi in those parts). His humor was exceptional and always wholesome. Now days we expect a lot of F-bombs and gross talk in a comedian - he was of a different school.

The most memorable of all of his work for me was the dentist scene...(Harvey Korman could not hold it together).

Korman was just losing it. The morning news segments were doing some old interviews with Tim Conway. Back in the beginnings when he worked with Big Chuck and Ghoulardi Conway when asked, with a perfect straight face comments how he hated those shows and skits. Goes on, with a straight face to say he never even watched them on TV. then with a straight face he goes on to say he couldn't even look at the TV when it was off... long pause... because he knew those shows were on someplace.

Good point also how in his comedy he never had a need or desire to use foul language. He could just make laughter happen.

Ron

 

We should all be that lucky to leave behind such a legacy. To delight millions of people and he will continue to do it long after my death.

Most of us here are engineers to techs of some sort. Who is going to remeber our work after we are gone?

 

Who is going to remeber our work after we are gone?

Our work does and will make a difference ... it doesn't matter who remembers it. The important thing is that it makes a positive difference for people today. That is enough to also make a difference in the future.

 

If you are like most of us, when you see what's coming, you won't want to remember any work done here.

Dust, only makes you sneeze.

 

Most of us here are engineers to techs of some sort. Who is going to remeber our work after we are gone?

My work is already being remembered by those who followed up on my drawings and projects after I retired. I can sometimes hear their obscenities as they wonder, what the heck did he have in mind with this?

On a serious note you make a good point, he left behind a heck of a legacy and it's nice to be remembered in so many nice ways.

Ron

 

Hi,

Yeah him and Harvey made a really great team. I hated to see the latter pass on too.

RIP both you great guys.