“The moment Tim Conway opened his mouth… Harvey Korman was finished.” Tim Conway didn’t just make Harvey Korman laugh — he absolutely dismantled him. One line. One glance. One perfectly timed detour, and Harvey spiraled into that uncontrollable, can’t-keep-it-together laughter fans still rave about decades later. The sketch explodes into total chaos: the script is abandoned, the cast is gasping for air, and the audience is losing it. No filters. No do-overs. Just pure, unstoppable comedy from Tim Conway and Harvey Korman at the absolute peak of their powers.

There’s never been a comedy duo like this, nor will there ever be, but thankfully the Internet has preserved it for all time, and thank God for that. Dean Martin, Flip Wilson, and Carol Burnett are all just a click away in today’s world. I feel so fortunate to have grown up watching the Carol Burnett Show. Even more fortunate that now, thanks to the Internet, I can watch it whenever I want.

Everyone who appeared on this show was a heavy hitter and, in my eyes, comic geniuses. I still find myself laughing out loud at these sketches. Although the sets and wardrobe date the shows, the comedy still feels fresh, funny and really hits every note. I don’t think I’ll ever grow tired of watching Tim and Harvey compete to make the other break character to laugh.

 

 

Tim Conway always cracked me up McHale’s Navy, but he was at his best in comedy when he teamed up with Harvey Korman on The Carol Burnett Show. There were many, many times where both of them left my father and me laughing in stitches with tears coming out of our eyes. They were the best comic duo. Their sketches were second to none. His hilarious “Dog Sketch” is an example masterpiece.

This video you’re about to watch is one of Tim Conway’s very first appearances on The Carol Burnett show back in the 1970s. He totally must have been a dog lover. He’s got it down to a science. It is pure joy watching Harvey Korman trying, and failing, to keep it together. Those two gentlemen were as perfect a comedy duo as there’s ever been or will be. WATCH them in action again below.

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“IT’S HARD TO WALK WITH DIGNITY.” Saturday night. One TV in the house. Everyone gathered like it was an event — because it was. The Sydney Opera House appeared on screen looking elegant and untouchable… and within minutes, Tim Conway turned it into the stage for perfectly unplanned chaos. Tim didn’t chase the joke. He inhabited it. He walked into it slowly. Painfully. As if gravity itself had a personal grudge against him. Carol Burnett fought to stay professional — truly fought — but Tim treated professionalism like a polite suggestion. One pause. One innocent glance. And suddenly the cast was gasping for air. This wasn’t scripted funny. This was “we might not survive this scene” funny. The kind where the audience laughs harder because the performers are losing control right in front of them. Harvey Korman starts shaking. Carol bends over, defeated. Tim just stands there, baffled, like he’s only trying to be helpful.

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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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