He finally gets his wings… and heaven instantly regrets it. In this classic sketch, Tim Conway arrives as the newest angel in paradise — sweet, curious, and completely unprepared for eternity. Harvey Korman plays the weary veteran assigned to train him, and from the very first instruction you can see the panic set in. Every simple task turns into a misunderstanding, every explanation makes things worse, and paradise slowly unravels one innocent mistake at a time. Harvey struggles to keep his composure, but Conway’s slow, perfectly timed delivery chips away at him until he collapses into laughter. It’s not loud comedy — it’s precision. Gentle, patient chaos that builds until nobody on screen can hold it together. Two angels enter heaven. Only one survives the shift.

As a rookie angel, Tim Conway has Harvey Korman in stitches in a hysterical sketch. These two comedic legends delivered an absolutely hilarious and iconic sketch while playing a couple of heavenly beings. Watch the short clip to see how Tim’s laugh-out-loud antics caused Harvey to burst into laughter on multiple occasions.

The Carol Burnett Show is a program that continues to keep people rolling with laughter. Even though the show has been off the air for decades, its endless lineup of classic, memorable skits will still have you laughing from beginning to end. It’s a show that anyone and everyone can and will enjoy.

As great as the show was, arguably the best part of The Carol Burnett Show was any skits with Tim and Harvey in them. Tim’s hilarious antics were often too much for Harvey. More often than not, Tim would do or say something that caused Harvey to break character and burst into laughter.

A clip posted on YouTube has Tim playing a rookie angel. Harvey is the veteran heavenly being who has just been informed that he is being assigned a cloudmate. Harvey is not pleased about the news likely because he has a sneaking suspicion that he’ll have to show the new guy the ropes. He was most certainly correct!

Tim exits the elevator with his luggage and immediately begins circling Harvey. This move quickly sets off Harvey, who is moments away from striking Tim. Quickly getting over his anger and rage, Harvey welcomes his cloudmate to his new living area.

Tim, with only a few words and a look of unease and discomfort, causes Harvey to burst into laughter.

But things only get worse for Harvey’s character. Tim tries and tries to fit in, doing what he can to help, but he fails miserably and hilariously every time.

Job 8:21 “The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.”

 

 

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The second Tim Conway stepped into that scene, you could already feel it coming. That slow walk, the squint, the pauses that stretched just a little too long — it was like watching a setup you knew was about to explode. And right there next to him, Harvey is doing everything he can to hold it together… and failing spectacularly. The outlaw’s already cracking, the room starts to shake with laughter, and Conway just keeps pushing it further — slower, quieter, more ridiculous with every second. That’s what made it magic. No rush, no noise — just perfect timing and the kind of control that turns silence into chaos. By the end, nobody’s in character anymore. Not Harvey. Not the cast. Not even the audience. Just pure, unstoppable laughter.

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