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Was Tim Conway the greatest comedic actor?
Posted on 4/6/24 at 11:35 pm
Posted on 4/6/24 at 11:35 pm
I think hes overlooked in the greatest ever category. If you watch the old Carol Burnet Show he couldn't keep Harvey Korman from laughing and breaking character every scene they were in.
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 11:44 pm to YNWA
No.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 12:13 am to YNWA
No, but I like him.
People who worked with him say he was 10x funnier off camera, when he wasnt held down by a script and could do whatever popped into his head
People who worked with him say he was 10x funnier off camera, when he wasnt held down by a script and could do whatever popped into his head
Posted on 4/7/24 at 12:32 am to YNWA
He certainly found his niche on the Burnet show but he didn’t excel anywhere else and we live in a world that’s seen Charlie Chaplin, Peter Sellers, and Jim Carey.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 12:46 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:he was funny on McHales Navy but strangely enough, I think Joe Flynn was actually funnier.
He certainly found his niche on the Burnet show but he didn’t excel anywhere else
They made quite an effective team
quote:I think you mean Jerry Lewis
we live in a world that’s seen Charlie Chaplin, Peter Sellers, and Jim Carey
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:10 am to Kafka
quote:
I think you mean Jerry Lewis
Do 23andMe...you probably have French ancestry.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:37 am to YNWA
Don Knotts was pretty good also. Leslie Nielsen should also be in the conversation.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:11 am to Auburn80
There's Peter Sellers and then there is everyone else. I practically idolize Monty Python but none of them individually can hold Sellers whoopie cushion.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 6:41 am to YNWA
Steve Martin is underrated
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:00 am to YNWA
Not the greatest but underrated.
We need to pump the brakes on calling everything from the past The Greatest. Nostalgia is blurring some people’s memories.
We need to pump the brakes on calling everything from the past The Greatest. Nostalgia is blurring some people’s memories.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:11 am to YNWA
Saw him and Corman in Vegas. He was a great comedian.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:19 am to YNWA
As a child, I enjoyed the Tim Conway/Don Knotts movies. They were always a fall back at the VHS rental store.
This post was edited on 4/7/24 at 9:09 am
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:27 am to YNWA
quote:
Was Tim Conway the greatest comedic actor?
Probably not ‘greatest’, but he was excellent and hillarious
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:53 am to YNWA
No, but he was very good and funny.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 11:27 am to YNWA
How could one create the Dorf on Golf series and not be considered tGOAT?
Posted on 4/7/24 at 12:08 pm to shutterspeed
Jonathan Winters maybe. But also not all there.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 12:48 pm to YNWA
I loved the guy, but no. He was funny in the niche he carved out for himself, especially doing those skits on the Carol Burnett Show as a regular on there.
The fact he was quick witted and was often off script adlibbing his parts made it all the more funny, but painful for some of his stage partners to deal with by never knowing what would come out his mouth next.
That is why he often had his fellow actors breaking role and losing it on set.
The fact he was quick witted and was often off script adlibbing his parts made it all the more funny, but painful for some of his stage partners to deal with by never knowing what would come out his mouth next.
That is why he often had his fellow actors breaking role and losing it on set.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 12:58 pm to gumbo2176
The Elephant Story
Watch it all the way until the end just to see Vicki Lawrence's reaction.
Watch it all the way until the end just to see Vicki Lawrence's reaction.
This post was edited on 4/7/24 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 4/7/24 at 1:27 pm to YNWA
Jim Varney
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:10 pm to MemphisGuy
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Watch it all the way until the end just to see Vicki Lawrence's reaction.
I've seen it several times already. One of my favorites is where Tim plays the new dentist with Harvey Korman as a patient in pain.
Korman probably pissed himself trying to keep from laughing in that one.
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