{"id":196,"date":"2026-02-11T23:14:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wizbiz.press\/?p=196"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:14:59","slug":"a-sketch-that-never-gets-old-tim-conway-once-revealed-the-story-behind-the-moment-that-made-harvey-korman-laugh-so-hard-he-literally-lost-control-on-the-carol-burnett-show-it-happened-durin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizbiz.press\/?p=196","title":{"rendered":"A SKETCH THAT NEVER GETS OLD \u2014 Tim Conway once revealed the story behind the moment that made Harvey Korman laugh so hard he literally lost control on The Carol Burnett Show. It happened during the now-iconic \u201cDentist Sketch,\u201d when Conway\u2014playing a painfully nervous dentist who accidentally injects himself with Novocain\u2014began improvising in ways no one could predict. As his arm went numb, his leg collapsed, and his face froze in place, Korman fought to stay in character\u2026 and failed. \u201cYou could see him shaking,\u201d Conway later recalled. \u201cThen I heard it \u2014 he completely lost it.\u201d The studio exploded. Carol Burnett ran offstage to keep herself from breaking, the audience roared, and the sketch teetered on the edge of total collapse. That unscripted moment became comedy history\u2014a perfect storm of chaos, laughter, and brilliance, proving that when Tim Conway and Harvey Korman shared a stage, absolutely nobody was safe from cracking up."},"content":{"rendered":"

The duo had the audience in stitches as Harvey Korman played a nervous patient and Conway played the role of the dentist.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t make comedians like Tim Conway and Harvey Korman anymore. The duo was a laugh riot every time they were on screen, and the best example of that was \u201cThe Dentist\u201d sketch on \u201cThe Carol Burnett Show.\u201d Conway revealed to Conan O\u2019Brien that Korman wet his pants from laughing. Conway played the role of the dentist while Korman played a nervous patient who had the audience in stitches. The sketch starts with Korman arriving at the dentist\u2019s place to find out that the regular dentist isn\u2019t available. The nurse insists the new dentist is qualified, but adds that he just graduated.<\/p>\n

Conway is equally, if not more, nervous about attending to a patient. He musters the courage and decides to pull out Korman\u2019s tooth as requested. What follows is a comedy of errors, starting with the incompetent dentist sticking the novocaine needle into his own skin, briefly paralyzing his right hand. Conway insists on going through with the procedure, and Korman begs to be relieved of his toothache. Conway then accidentally jabs his right foot and is comically trying to go through with the procedure with a briefly paralyzed right hand and foot. Halfway through the sketch, Korman can\u2019t hold a straight face anymore and starts to laugh. He has simply given up as he watches Conway deliver a lesson in physical comedy. The audience is roaring with laughter throughout the sketch.<\/p>\n

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