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  • @Janewski11
    @Janewski11 Před 4 lety +243

    "You sure that little asshole's through?" is one of the all time funniest lines in television history!

    • @Wicced1028
      @Wicced1028 Před 3 lety +5

      Watch everyone's reaction when she said it and you understand why "killing it" means a comedian being on point.

    • @rickr442
      @rickr442 Před 3 lety +2

      Neat view, first te I've seen the serious part.
      Look for Neil Diamond's HELL YEAH.

    • @davidleatherneck
      @davidleatherneck Před 3 lety +3

      In an interview, Carol said when Tim started in we just let him go.

    • @davidleatherneck
      @davidleatherneck Před 3 lety +5

      @@rickr442 ,, That's Dick Vandyke.

    • @carlosvasquezvasquez2845
      @carlosvasquezvasquez2845 Před 2 lety

      😆😂🤣💯🙏🌟👍✌️🏅

  • @powoodworker1751
    @powoodworker1751 Před 4 lety +91

    Tim Conway is a severely underrated comedic legend.

    • @marshacaperton5315
      @marshacaperton5315 Před rokem +3

      If you like Tim Conway's style try Dorf on Golf.

    • @andrewweldy7508
      @andrewweldy7508 Před rokem +1

      Underrated he most certainly is not. In the years he acted both on TV shows and in movies he won several awards for his acting talent. He and Harvey Korman while friends were also fierce rivals when it came to the academy awards. There is even a video of them being interviewed together. Tim Conway had a career that spanned several decades. So no he is not an "underrated" performer.

    • @lindaibarra5614
      @lindaibarra5614 Před 6 měsíci

      Yeah, he was

  • @dillodefense
    @dillodefense Před 4 lety +632

    Tim Conway was the Robin Williams of his generation. A genius comedian. He is missed.

    • @_S.D._
      @_S.D._ Před 4 lety +6

      Exactly what I was thinking.

    • @amandaparkeradams7965
      @amandaparkeradams7965 Před 4 lety +13

      His comedic timing was so perfect.

    • @dangelo1369
      @dangelo1369 Před 4 lety +5

      He was very underrated as an improv. Check out his skit on "The Hollywood Palace" with David Janssen: czcams.com/video/GV1AZYWA0R8/video.html

    • @queenultimablackwolflewis5381
      @queenultimablackwolflewis5381 Před 3 lety +3

      Totally

    • @maryannswanson3832
      @maryannswanson3832 Před 3 lety

      Something went wrong with that video. He just told the end of the elephant story. The whole beginning is missing. It looks like you got the password show.

  • @jaynorris3722
    @jaynorris3722 Před 4 lety +47

    An entire generation grew up watching this stuff. It was brilliant.

  • @billlonee9470
    @billlonee9470 Před 4 lety +47

    Tim was such a devious genius. His mind was always going, but he always saved the good ad-libs for the tapings. His mission in life was to make his co-stars break character. And he would do different things at each of the two tapings. Most everything you see and hear from him, they were seeing and hearing if for the first time, too. But Vicki's comeback at the end is absolutely perfect.

  • @tomaennis9415
    @tomaennis9415 Před 4 lety +53

    I love this show because it was live ! There was a live studio audience for all of her shows. Plus there were so many skits and live performances! This show was everything!

  • @keebler5064
    @keebler5064 Před rokem +12

    Tim always did what he could to crack everyone up. It was filmed in front of a live audience so they never knew what he would do.

  • @Diskoboy1974
    @Diskoboy1974 Před 4 lety +33

    That's one thing that's missing from today's comedy. The ability to make the other cast members try to keep a straight face has always seemed to make a comedy sketch even more amusing, in my opinion.

  • @bookwoman53
    @bookwoman53 Před 4 lety +282

    The lady who plays Mama is the youngest person sitting on the sofa.

    • @annettemint
      @annettemint Před 4 lety +4

      @Bull Jordan LLC She really is..I follow Vicki on Instagram and she looks great!!

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 Před 4 lety +5

      That'd be Vickie Lawrence

    • @bookwoman53
      @bookwoman53 Před 4 lety

      Karl Smith Exactly. 🙂

    • @robertmobley7678
      @robertmobley7678 Před 4 lety +2

      @@karlsmith2570 Carol Burnett's husband Dan was played by Dick Van Dyke!

    • @RLMARMEN
      @RLMARMEN Před 4 lety

      Vicki Lawrence.

  • @richdiddens4059
    @richdiddens4059 Před 4 lety +321

    The incredible part was that Vickie Lawrence was able to remain in character for her last line.

    • @racerfink
      @racerfink Před 4 lety +12

      There’s an interview on CZcams with Vickie about her producer coming to her dressing room and telling her, there’s been a change to the Mama’s Family sketch, good luck.

    • @MelicaEighty8
      @MelicaEighty8 Před 4 lety +14

      Then she was complaining to her manager/husband who was with her when her producer came in. He told her "Get him" meaning Tim Conway.

    • @BelindaTN
      @BelindaTN Před 4 lety +34

      Vickie's last line was not on the script. It was her way of going off script too. Which she never did. Thats why it broke all of them. Vickie was still new to the group at this time. And was often frustrated because Tim was always going off script and got away with it. It made her confused as to how she could stay on script and make it work. So it all built up and she went off script too. As you can see, it took all of them by surprise. Even the stage and film crew lost it. Tim loved it and this off script skit is considered an epic blooper, to this very day.

    • @DashcamRiprock
      @DashcamRiprock Před 4 lety +2

      czcams.com/video/aA7bxTc0AJw/video.html

    • @oldyellerschannel4676
      @oldyellerschannel4676 Před 4 lety +9

      And, the censors didn't bleep what she said either...they were probably on the floor laughing as well. But Vicki got EVEN that day!!!

  • @slakr7555
    @slakr7555 Před 4 lety +448

    You need to watch his dentist skit. He made his costar piss himself laughing

    • @eddavis9704
      @eddavis9704 Před 4 lety +15

      Yup, Harvey wet himself on that one.

    • @c.s.7266
      @c.s.7266 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes!!

    • @ntvtexan5015
      @ntvtexan5015 Před 4 lety +14

      Yeah, I saw all this when it originally aired, it was HILARIOUS ! But the Dentist sketch is better...try this one ! czcams.com/video/9IUSM4EKcRI/video.html

    • @cjoglesby
      @cjoglesby Před 4 lety +2

      Truth!

    • @karenbuhrdesigns
      @karenbuhrdesigns Před 4 lety +4

      Yes please watch the full dentist skit ♥ Probably my very favorite ever!

  • @lolanelson9634
    @lolanelson9634 Před 4 lety +210

    I struggle as a stoke victim, and had a particularly difficult day today. I noticed that you had a video up, so I was excited to watch it. I lmao! This is 4 great comedians on this couch. Thank you so very much for playing this. It changed my day🤣!

    • @Modern-Renaissance-Man
      @Modern-Renaissance-Man  Před 4 lety +19

      I'm so glad I was able to .

    • @christineriley6928
      @christineriley6928 Před 4 lety +12

      Watched Carol Burnett as a tween and teenager every Saturday night. Still HILARIOUS!!!

    • @soulpowerful
      @soulpowerful Před 4 lety +9

      Just stopping by to send you some love and hope you’re having a better day.

    • @carolw24
      @carolw24 Před 3 lety +7

      They need to bring back this kind of comedy to TV again. Good clean fun with no politics.

    • @mariananesi3963
      @mariananesi3963 Před 3 lety +4

      I just read your post. I hope you are doing better.

  • @92548dannyt
    @92548dannyt Před 4 lety +202

    RIP Tim Conway. The comedians comedian.

    • @user-vm5ud4xw6n
      @user-vm5ud4xw6n Před 3 lety +2

      No one did comedy like Tim. His skits on Carol’s show could make any miserable day better!

  • @debsreno911
    @debsreno911 Před 4 lety +180

    Tim Conway always found ways to break up his co-stars, especially Harvey Korman. Just an epic show!

    • @kaseythompson4670
      @kaseythompson4670 Před 4 lety +8

      Tim wouldn't stop until he make Harvey crack up. Genius comic!

    • @delennamachoo
      @delennamachoo Před 4 lety +7

      They performed each of the shows twice, and the second one was when they were really free to go off book. A lot of the best bits come from those shows.

    • @mikewrasman5103
      @mikewrasman5103 Před 3 lety +1

      @@delennamachoo Carol Burnett said during rehearsal, Conway would stick to the script. When they did it in front of the studio audience, watch out.😎

    • @stephensoltau2823
      @stephensoltau2823 Před 3 lety +1

      I was thinking about Harvey at work today in Blazing Saddle's.
      " Where's my froggy" with Slim Pickings.Classic stuff in that movie.
      Oh man with Dick van Dyke!

  • @badplay156
    @badplay156 Před 4 lety +28

    I remember hearing an old story about Tim Conway on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. Carson had an extremely boring guest on but he had to have this person on for a certain amount of time. When Carson wasn't watching Conway would get up and turn back the clock. Carson was dying trying to figure out what to say to the guest. A result of this was they put a cage over the clock so it couldn't happrn again

  • @NorthAveBeachBum
    @NorthAveBeachBum Před 4 lety +7

    Carol Burnett's show was classic. It was In Living Color before In Living Color. Tim Conway was infamous for going off skit to get the cast to laugh. It was a personal challenge for himself to make everyone bust out laughing every skit.

  • @heidifedor
    @heidifedor Před 4 lety +537

    Tim Conway was going off script on the story, that’s why everyone is losing it.

    • @debsreno911
      @debsreno911 Před 4 lety +26

      Going wayyyy off script lol.

    • @jhemmingway806
      @jhemmingway806 Před 4 lety +18

      Even off script, everyone loved it

    • @dawnbailey910
      @dawnbailey910 Před 4 lety +31

      He never stayed on script. Sometimes he didn't have a script

    • @amythehuntress
      @amythehuntress Před 4 lety +39

      @@dawnbailey910 Actually, he stayed on script during the first taping, but he'd always let loose on the second one. He was constantly trying to bust up his castmates. He's part of the reason it lasted 11 years.

    • @rogerscollier7424
      @rogerscollier7424 Před 4 lety +31

      Tim Conway what a master of the ad lib. He and Harvey Korman rarely stayed on script. The genius of it all. No foul language just sheer comedy

  • @1cajun59
    @1cajun59 Před 4 lety +78

    Part of the fun is watching the performers try to keep a straight face around Tim Conway. He was one of the funniest clean comedians I've ever seen.

    • @almostfm
      @almostfm Před 4 lety +2

      His specialty was getting other cast members to break. If you watch just the elephant part, it's like a master class in comedy timing and ratcheting up the pressure.

    • @mikewrasman5103
      @mikewrasman5103 Před 3 lety +1

      Especially Harvey Korman. He could crack Harvey up like anything.

    • @dangelo1369
      @dangelo1369 Před 3 lety +1

      @@almostfm We remember him mostly from "McHale's Navy" and Carol Burnett. But he was VERY GOOD at improvisation and ad libbing to crack up people (from his radio days and the Army).Watch how he destroys David Janssen on "The Hollywood Palace": czcams.com/video/XJANVuPt3D4/video.html

    • @Katzztar
      @Katzztar Před 2 lety

      HE was nortorious of doing the unexpected and going off-skit, taking hos co-stars by surprise.

  • @mlong1958
    @mlong1958 Před 4 lety +24

    WKRP, Thanksgiving episode, and this skit are two of the funniest TV sketches ever.

    • @angus4463
      @angus4463 Před rokem

      "Oh my god, theyre turkeys!"

    • @slipknot6789
      @slipknot6789 Před rokem +3

      I swear as God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

    • @LadyIarConnacht
      @LadyIarConnacht Před rokem

      @@slipknot6789 I thought my mom was going to choke to death she laughed so hard.

    • @slipknot6789
      @slipknot6789 Před rokem

      @Katherine Chapman ... oh I bet. My brother and I were talking about wkrp today because they're running a marathon of their shows on the decades Channel. It'll never get old!

  • @marcos7801
    @marcos7801 Před 2 lety +11

    It's so funny how they break character so much on this show 😂☺️😂

  • @j_muller
    @j_muller Před 4 lety +178

    The siamese elephant story. ....... an all-time classic and favourite. "all they could do was just blow and go 'fnort' ...... if they'd sneeze the other's eyes'd get real big. "

    • @elizabethsullivan7176
      @elizabethsullivan7176 Před 4 lety +3

      There was another blooper version I heard that said when one elephant sneezed it blew the other elephant's brains out. That's the one that nearly killed me from laughing.

    • @eleni33koro88
      @eleni33koro88 Před 4 lety +5

      “shnorky”:)

    • @jojoelf1
      @jojoelf1 Před 4 lety +6

      The Siamese elephant is the funniest version. I still laugh so hard at that one. There were several versions of this skit, all the elephant story was ad lib. They never knew what was gonna come out of Tim's mouth. Please find the Siamese elephant story. "The Dentist" is another ad libbed gem of a skit.

    • @jojoelf1
      @jojoelf1 Před 4 lety +1

      Wrote that before he got to it. Oops.

    • @JakkFrost1
      @JakkFrost1 Před 3 lety +1

      @@eleni33koro88 I hear it as "fnorket" 😜😂

  • @canadiantimberwolf1
    @canadiantimberwolf1 Před 4 lety +118

    A lot of time Tim would never show up at the rehearsals. So when these scripts came into play, they never knew what he was gonna say or do, and why Harvey Korman laughed so much. That particular script is a classic blooper from Vicki Lawrence. She was told to just get him back, play his game and that was when she finally drew up enough courage to say " Is that little asshole finished" was her moment to shine. She still talks about that to this day as does Carol Burnett with her show she has. Tim Conway, was a class act.. Rest In Peace and thanks for the laughs...

    • @iarocks44
      @iarocks44 Před 4 lety +18

      Actually this is not really true. Tim was always at rehearsal. Never missed. What he did was go through the script exactly as written. But then when they went live, he would ad lib and that's why they never knew what he was going to do. In this particular case they were told just before shooting live that the elephant story would be different but not how. Here is a clip from VIckie Lawrence talking about it and talking about Tim - who I do agree with you there he was a comedic genius and true class act. czcams.com/video/aA7bxTc0AJw/video.html

  • @ebenclukey7293
    @ebenclukey7293 Před 3 lety +12

    Those of us who were kids in the seventies were blessed. That show had some of the longest laughs from some of the most iconic linens uttered in comedy. You should react their version of Gone With The Wind. I think there's a laugh in there that rivals this and it's not such a long skit.

  • @janicemccowan4369
    @janicemccowan4369 Před 4 lety +5

    The Carol Burnette show. Funniest show ever! Back in the innocence of the 70's. I always loved how the cast members were so good that they cracked each other up and they did not cut it out. They showed the cast member trying so hard to not show they were cracking up! RIP Tim Conway.

  • @porflepopnecker4376
    @porflepopnecker4376 Před 4 lety +22

    When Mama got her own show, "Mama's Family", Carol Burnett would sometimes guest star as Eunice with Harvey Korman as her husband Ed during the first season, and there were some really great moments like this one. There was also an entire TV-movie called "Eunice" that was performed live on tape before a studio audience like a stage play, which was excellent. It covers the time between when Eunice was a teenager in the 50s to the day of Mama's funeral.
    Vicki Lawrence started out as the new kid on the show, and usually played Carol's kid sister or a Valley Girl type. It was when she took on the Mama character to such an amazing degree that she really came into her own on the show.

  • @sunsungoaway
    @sunsungoaway Před 4 lety +200

    There were times when the producers would tell Tim, we need to stay on schedule tonight, so no extra silliness. And that's all Tim needed to hear

    • @josephhickman7244
      @josephhickman7244 Před 4 lety +13

      Tim Conways comic timing is ledgend

    • @jeffking291
      @jeffking291 Před 4 lety +5

      Joseph Hickman
      Yes he was‼️

    • @JamesBarcus
      @JamesBarcus Před 4 lety +5

      Yeah, he'd hear them, but go off this beaten path.

    • @Frst2nxt
      @Frst2nxt Před 4 lety +3

      That's all he'd need to hear, and opposite of what we would see.

  • @vixxmama861
    @vixxmama861 Před 3 lety +5

    2nd elephant story is I.C.O.N.I.C!!! Funniest clip in TV history for me! I love how Tim Conway cracked himself up, as well as everyone else!

  • @bitcoinbelle
    @bitcoinbelle Před 3 lety +9

    The live audience and improv are so fabulous.

  • @TrueBornNana
    @TrueBornNana Před 4 lety +65

    The outtakes version is the one everyone was referring to. I’m glad they included the Siamese elephant story at the end. That makes the clip.

    • @Modern-Renaissance-Man
      @Modern-Renaissance-Man  Před 4 lety +8

      Me too because I was wondering while I was watching this " Hmmmmm what's supposed to be so funny about the elephant story" then the end came and of course you seen my reaction.

    • @pearlejam7115
      @pearlejam7115 Před 4 lety +4

      Right bc you really don't get Tim's full hilariousness from that one sketch. He especially cracked up Harvey Korman. They have some classic clips the dentist and an Adolf Hitler spoof w/ Lyle Wagoner. I mean doesn't sound funny but...

    • @christinegelabert1651
      @christinegelabert1651 Před 4 lety +7

      @@Modern-Renaissance-Man This show was so great because it was shot with a live audience! That's why whenever they lose it...you hear ppl in the audience starting to go a bit crazier and it's not just canned laughter. Carol Burnett also used to come onstage sometimes right before the show started and speak with the audience and take questions directly from them. Her signature move before she began her show after she was done speaking to her audience was to tug very quickly on 1 of her earlobes. THAT was her signal back to her family if ggey were watching so they'd know that she was okay. She also used to do what's known as a "Tarzan yell"! Research her a bit~I'm a huge fan because I grew up as a KID watching this show every week. She's one of my favorite comediennes and her story really is quite remarkable. 😎

    • @texaspatriot4215
      @texaspatriot4215 Před 3 lety

      Right, what you want to see is the out take blooper clip.

  • @anessalyn1035
    @anessalyn1035 Před 4 lety +32

    In an interview Carol Burnett said they did 2 takes, first one would be straight on but 2nd one he ad libbed like crazy....

  • @leelourose6111
    @leelourose6111 Před 4 lety +7

    That last part around the 20min mark was the part everyone wanted you to watch. The thing to remember about Tim Conway was he loved to ad lib, the other no one on the set knew when he was going to do it and when he started it was always funny as hell.

  • @cathybrown7559
    @cathybrown7559 Před 4 lety +14

    Did anyone notice how wonderful Carol Burnett looked at the Golden Globes.

  • @HRConsultant_Jeff
    @HRConsultant_Jeff Před 4 lety +30

    Tim was so creative and I miss him a lot. His son has a daily radio show in Los Angeles on KFI radio.

  • @Duck420Ag
    @Duck420Ag Před 4 lety +15

    One of my all time favorites ever! Back when 4 generations of a family could watch the same show and ALL laugh out loud.

  • @oneafter9095
    @oneafter9095 Před 4 lety +5

    That was a golden reaction...Carol’s show which was highly and critically acclaimed embodies the earlier Show of Shows and predates Saturday Night Live.

  • @odiebryer2144
    @odiebryer2144 Před 2 lety +2

    Tim Conway-- the funniest man on live TV! 🤣 I used to watch this show every Sat night. You never knew what was going to happen but you always knew it was going to be funny! Like someone said, all of those people on that couch were top notch comedians, Dick van Dyke, Vicky Lawrence, Carol Burnett and Tim Conway. All of them are legends in comedy, but Tim Conway just had a special way about him where he could crack anybody up with a crazy line until they just couldn't do anything but laugh hysterically and forget their lines, etc. This show was live so you just never knew what someone was gonna say or do. I've heard Carol say in interviews that they would rehearse but then in the live show, the skit never played out the same. RIP Tim Conway 😢. We're loosing all the greats from the past. Dick van Dyke is in his 90's, Carol Burnett is in her 80's but I think Vicky Lawrence is probably in her 60's. 😂 it was a great time for TV. Lots of people in the entertainment business got to be on live TV for a few minutes to keep the public interested in what they were up to in life. Keep their name relevant. Nowadays, all we see is a CZcams video when they say or do something stupid or criminal.
    Anyhow, I'm really glad somebody has posted things like these clips of the Carol Burnett Show so the younger generations can see the great stuff we got to see on TV every week. 😀!

  • @ilovemusicmovies1789
    @ilovemusicmovies1789 Před 4 lety +29

    Vicki said her husband suggested she say something and at the end she did and got them all losing it. Was perfect!

    • @kschestnut
      @kschestnut Před 4 lety +8

      This was Vicki's first ad-lib. Up to this point she, being much younger than the rest, always stayed on script.

    • @robertmobley7678
      @robertmobley7678 Před 4 lety

      She said "Is that asshole done", which no one was expecting!

  • @duckduckgoismuchbetter
    @duckduckgoismuchbetter Před 4 lety +44

    The famous "elephant skit" was the part from 22 minutes on. It was Tim Conway going off script and ending with "Mama" using the "A" word, which was an unthinkable TV and "live TV audience "no-no" in those days.
    They had been told earlier that Tim had cooked up something, and to just roll with it, but they didn't know what it was. And NOBODY including Tim Conway could have anticipated that Vicki Lawrence was going to say what she did.

    • @KNPrince
      @KNPrince Před 4 lety +3

      but what made it all the more funny was that Vicki Lawrence stayed in character when she said it.. Listen carefully that's "Mama" talking not the actress herself...

    • @almostfm
      @almostfm Před 4 lety +1

      I've heard her tell the story. Her husband was in the dressing room with her when someone tipped her off that Conway had something planned, and her husband just said to her "Get him". And did she ever-it's one of the best examples of a verbal "kneecapping" I've seen.

  • @civillady13
    @civillady13 Před 4 lety +29

    You must do “Went With the Wind”, a Gone With the Wind parody from Carol Burnett Show.

    • @gatorbuilt
      @gatorbuilt Před 4 lety +3

      FUN FACT:Bob Mackie- world famous dress designer- was the costume designer/maker at the Carol Burnett Show.

    • @civillady13
      @civillady13 Před 4 lety +5

      Carol Burnett said it was Bob Mackie who came up with the idea of the curtain rod.

    • @kimdavid4406
      @kimdavid4406 Před 4 lety

      Yes! That was the best!!

    • @brianstewart3897
      @brianstewart3897 Před 2 lety

      There's a lot more to that skit than just the curtain dress, but that's the only thing anybody remembers about it.

  • @DriveHead
    @DriveHead Před 4 lety +5

    Whenever I'm having a bad day, this Carol Burnett clip is the clip I play. Hands down, never fails to get me in a good mood. Truth.

  • @gahrie
    @gahrie Před 4 lety +156

    first time I've ever seen the whole skit.

  • @melanieviselli9706
    @melanieviselli9706 Před 4 lety +34

    The Siamese Elephants kill every time.

  • @StalkerMomRosie
    @StalkerMomRosie Před 4 lety +1

    Loved when shows had live audiences! Mistakes were made, people ad libed! It was hysterical!

  • @mikewrasman5103
    @mikewrasman5103 Před 3 lety +1

    Great skit. The whole ensemble were comic geniuses.
    Every Saturday night, this was must see TV , before NBC got the saying.

  • @gregsteele806
    @gregsteele806 Před 4 lety +23

    The thing I find the most funny here is that Vicki Lawrence (who plays Momma) was by FAR the youngest cast member on the show! =)

    • @timconway7860
      @timconway7860 Před 3 lety +1

      She was 19 years old when she first started on the show.

  • @bethrow2002
    @bethrow2002 Před 4 lety +13

    Tim Conway was always going off script and sending them into fits of laughter. Lol Also, Vicki Lawrence who plays Mama...she is only 26 years old when she played that part. She was perfect.

  • @derekspace
    @derekspace Před 4 lety +1

    Carol and Tom...comic genius. I put them and many of other cast in the Johnny Carson and Dangerfield category. Pure genius.

  • @MyMagic111
    @MyMagic111 Před 4 lety +2

    Tim Conway was like this in every skit. He took great delight in getting Harvey Korman to lose it. Carol and Vicky were pretty good at keeping it together but this skit was the one that blew them all out of the water. Before going on stage, Vicky's husband who worked behind the scenes, told her to turn the tables on Tim, and she did.

  • @Justyna_N
    @Justyna_N Před 4 lety +36

    The guy from Frasier had a completely different voice and he wasn’t famous back then. This is Dick Van Dyke. Mary Poppins

    • @truthisnine4650
      @truthisnine4650 Před 4 lety

      What guy from Frasier? I don't understand what you're talking about.

    • @try2bcool
      @try2bcool Před 4 lety +2

      @@truthisnine4650 4:52 He asks is that the guy from Frasier.

    • @gatorbuilt
      @gatorbuilt Před 4 lety +2

      Maybe you're confusing COACH, where Jerry Van Dyke- Dick's brother- played the assistant coach Luther van Dam

    • @kellybrasda6398
      @kellybrasda6398 Před 4 lety +2

      oh boy... to clear up those that are completely confused, in the reaction video, Modern Renaissance Man briefly says "is that the guy from Frasier". It is not. The two guys in the video are Tim Conway - the guy telling the elephant story, and Dick Van Dyke - the drunk. Dick Van Dyke was only in half of the last season this sketch aired.

  • @johncartermusic5777
    @johncartermusic5777 Před 4 lety +87

    You should definitely watch carol Burnett's skit went with the wind

  • @arthurscott4467
    @arthurscott4467 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank the Lord for people who are not afraid to be Christian ,God Blss you.

  • @TonyM1961
    @TonyM1961 Před rokem +1

    Tim Conway was a comic genius. He admitted that he did everything he could to make them break character each week. This was back in the days of a true live audience. Originally, they showed it live, but once he joined, they began having to tape it so that they could get all of the skits on air. He was famous for absolutely breaking everyone up on stage. This elephant story is a classic example. He told the director that he planned to go off script, but nobody told the actors. It became one of the funniest outtakes of all time for ANY show. Of course that last sentence by Vicky Lawrence would never have made it past the censors of the day. She was much younger than the rest of the cast and had been being very shy about being with them. This is counted as the first time she ever asserted herself on the show and the timing of it was comic gold

  • @richardcase3786
    @richardcase3786 Před 4 lety +23

    For the few that didn't know, the Mama skits lead to the series Mama's Family starring Vickie Lawrence.

    • @membel
      @membel Před 4 lety

      She just recently had a new series which I thought was great but did not last long called "The Cool Kids".

    • @lw3443
      @lw3443 Před 4 lety

      We knoooooow> in my Eunice voice 😬😬🤣

    • @kevinpayton2664
      @kevinpayton2664 Před rokem

      @@membel I liked that show too. Shame it didn't last though

  • @Tuesdays_Gone
    @Tuesdays_Gone Před 4 lety +17

    Love it! I like him and Carol in the “Mrs. Awiggins” skits too. The boy was crazy.

    • @remedy9648
      @remedy9648 Před 4 lety +1

      Lisa Michelle kills me every time, and his lil ole man skits...incredible physical comedy.

    • @timconway7860
      @timconway7860 Před 3 lety +1

      Mr. Tudball! I started a trucking company and named it Tudball Transportation after my favorite Tim Conway character.

    • @Tuesdays_Gone
      @Tuesdays_Gone Před 3 lety +1

      @@timconway7860 LOL. I like that!

  • @ronbeam5707
    @ronbeam5707 Před 4 lety +1

    The band is called POCO, the song is called the heart of the night. Great song.

  • @shellyjackson3887
    @shellyjackson3887 Před 3 lety +2

    Tim Conway set the bar for all other comedians! And, he set that sucker high!!! R.I.P. Tim. Thank you for all the laughs!

  • @williamjamesayers7719
    @williamjamesayers7719 Před 4 lety +45

    This was possibly the first time, or a long time, seeing the entire skit of the elephant story. I've only watched the portion that was adlibbed by Tim Conway.

  • @richardcase3786
    @richardcase3786 Před 4 lety +4

    The Carol Burnett Show was the ultimate don't laugh challenge and Tim Conway was the main source of the challenge. He was such a great improviser.

  • @laural.enright4780
    @laural.enright4780 Před 4 lety +1

    It is said that Carol Burnett rarely ever broke but this was one of the few times he could keep it together.

  • @jeffking291
    @jeffking291 Před 4 lety +14

    Vicky Lawrence also has a #1 hit song:
    “ The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia “
    After watching her, check out the song.
    📻🙂

    • @76bllewis
      @76bllewis Před 4 lety

      That song is from Reba McIntyre.

    • @brendadonaldsonsarty2325
      @brendadonaldsonsarty2325 Před 4 lety +5

      @@76bllewis Jeff is right. Reba covered it later. :)

    • @jeffking291
      @jeffking291 Před 4 lety +5

      Bridget Lewis
      Vicki Lawrence
      1973:
      Reba McEntire
      1991( cover)
      Also vic Chessnut
      1994 ( cover)
      (And others).
      Was written by :
      Bobby Russell,
      (Lyrics and score),
      Who was the husband of Vicki Lawrence.
      The song was a #1
      smash hit on the Pop charts as well as Country.
      📻🙂

  • @erichfellehner7449
    @erichfellehner7449 Před 4 lety +36

    Tim Conway doing his old man skits

    • @bethrow2002
      @bethrow2002 Před 4 lety +2

      Erich Fellehner Those are hilarious.

    • @genghis1971
      @genghis1971 Před 4 lety +1

      Yep, The old man in the clock repair shop. Wanna see a quarter til three? It also had the "koala" running joke.

    • @MeOhMyOh2324
      @MeOhMyOh2324 Před 4 lety

      The best

  • @unseenentity326
    @unseenentity326 Před 4 lety +3

    Carol Burnett was one of my favorite shows growing up. It was always hilarious when Tim Conway would say some off the wall stuff and the other players would try their darndest to not bust out laughing. The laughter from the audience was contagious and I'd be laughing so hard my side hurt.

  • @Angelsilhouette
    @Angelsilhouette Před 4 lety +2

    The Carol Burnett Show was recorded twice each night. They'd record once for broadcast then record again later in the evening and Tim took it upon himself every second recording to try to make everyone break character. Conway was one of the funniest people of his time.

  • @grumpyvet7670
    @grumpyvet7670 Před 4 lety

    That's one of the greatest skits of all time. Your reactions were priceless. God bless you!

  • @chainsawlady
    @chainsawlady Před 4 lety +31

    try to dig up the mary tyler moore episode where chuckles the clown dies - he was dressed as a peanut and elephant - well...……. - and then the funeral later -

    • @chainsawlady
      @chainsawlady Před 4 lety +2

      czcams.com/video/TJny78bpsgo/video.html

    • @sourisvoleur4854
      @sourisvoleur4854 Před 3 lety

      Awesome comedy. She was also great at the physical comedy like Carol and cast were.

  • @jilmarychastainclowers6712
    @jilmarychastainclowers6712 Před 4 lety +14

    There is a shorter version of this on CZcams that cuts out all of the Password stuff. Tim Conway went off script and made up whatever he wanted.

  • @mlhesler68
    @mlhesler68 Před 4 lety +1

    He said he always tried to crack up Carol. She was the ultimate professional.

  • @canfriendly34
    @canfriendly34 Před 2 lety +1

    I was 16 in 1977 when this aired, My mom and my dad and my sisters were watching. We laughed out loud, the prices in 1977 were remarkably low. Wages were 3.75 per hour for general labor, this is why 20 dollars for rent was not un common, a bag of chips was 25 cents chocolate bar 50 cents. The pure comedy with no political sidebar, priceless. Thank you for bringing a heartfelt memory, I am glad you enjoyed it now as much as its first airing. Dick Van Dyke Mary Poppins

  • @kimberlinibambini1968
    @kimberlinibambini1968 Před 4 lety +8

    The show was already an improv show- and when Tim Conway wld go off on his own, it was even more hilarious! Improv-ing the improv- so to speak- I’m ready for you to see Tim and Carol do the “old man” and “old woman” characters as well- and Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Swiggins!🤣 There’s so many great skits, and those are just some that stuck out in my mind as a kid growing up, looking forward to seeing them every show- There’s a special with the 4 of them onstage discussing the show, their characters, etc.. Even it’s funny and fantastic watching them do that! Great cast of folks! Such memories! Sending love always Ty- ❤️🤘🏼✌️

    • @unseenentity326
      @unseenentity326 Před 4 lety +1

      Mr. Tudball after it took Mrs. Wiggins a full couple of minutes to shuffle a few feet, "Wow. Better watch out for the Sonic boom!"

    • @sarahkinsey5434
      @sarahkinsey5434 Před 4 lety +1

      @@unseenentity326 My favorite has to be "You know from the side you look like Africa" And Carol had to turn away from the audience! XD

    • @kimberlinibambini1968
      @kimberlinibambini1968 Před 4 lety

      And Mrs. Swiggins always sharpening her pencil-👀😳🤣

  • @debsreno911
    @debsreno911 Před 4 lety +27

    This was requested already below but react to the Went with the Wind, that one is an absolute classic.

  • @Sunny-jz3dy
    @Sunny-jz3dy Před rokem +1

    I had forgotten how many comedians were on here! Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence & Dick Van Dyke as a guest for this one! lol. Vicki Lawrence younger than them all ...playing Mama!!! lol.

  • @gsilcox
    @gsilcox Před 4 lety +2

    Tim Conway was a master at getting them to break character. RIP Tim Conway.

  • @thewickedchicken82
    @thewickedchicken82 Před 4 lety +5

    Vicki Lawrence, the one who played Mama, rarely ever broke character or goofed around. That's why they they all completely lost it when she made the "asshole" comment.

  • @GaOutlawVinyl
    @GaOutlawVinyl Před 4 lety +21

    Tim Conway is the GOAT. Outside the reaction videos you should checkout his movie with Don Knots The Private Eyes. It’s a bit hard to find but well worth it.

    • @bowwowbuddy
      @bowwowbuddy Před 4 lety +2

      Now that Disney+ has released their whole catalog, you can also catch Tim Conway and Don Knotts in The Apple Dumpling Gang. I still have fond memories of them from childhood.

    • @AD-rp8xw
      @AD-rp8xw Před 4 lety

      One of my favorite movies of all time to watch with my dad :)

  • @amber689
    @amber689 Před 4 lety +1

    Carol Burnett is so funny! Watching the actors giggle at themselves is the best. Jeannie Robertson is a speaker who tells great stories you might like.

  • @yolandadelazerda207
    @yolandadelazerda207 Před 4 lety

    Hi I'm new! That was a great reaction!! This sketch/blooper is my favorite from Carol Burnett! I've seen a Vicki Lawrence(mama) interview on the subject and she said they were forewarned by the stage manager that "the elephant routine has changed and good luck!" That meant as you said they knew something was coming! Vicki's husband, who was the makeup man, told her "Get him!" And BOY did she!! She says Up till that point she hadn't rocked the boat by doing improv cause she was young and still new to the show. In doing so she really unleashed the Mama character from there on!

  • @lemhanback9595
    @lemhanback9595 Před 4 lety +4

    What I think is hilarious only Tim can keep a straight face when he does those Elephant bits. Btw Ty that was Dick Van Dyke in case no one else caught your question.

  • @sourisvoleur4854
    @sourisvoleur4854 Před 3 lety +7

    I never get tired of the elephant story. It's cool to see the whole context, and finally understand why Carol keeps showing that card to Vickie.

  • @michaelpofi2633
    @michaelpofi2633 Před 4 lety +1

    Miss this great TV. Loved it as a child

  • @jonnaborosky8836
    @jonnaborosky8836 Před 2 lety

    I saw that when it was originally broadcast back in the day. My whole family cracked up and could barely breathe for laughing! We watched that show as a family. My mother laughed so hard, she cackled. Her laugh was so extremely funny that we were laughing at her laugh and the skit. We were just about rolling on the floor, too! Since then, every time I see that skit, I still can't help but laugh! My momma's not here for me to hear her happy cackle laugh, but I do remember that was the only time I ever heard her laugh that hard. Thanks for sharing. It was good to see you laughing at it, too!

  • @TitanicTruths
    @TitanicTruths Před 4 lety +3

    Carol burnett got him back in a later skit with her own version of the elephant story.

  • @VTXCageSC
    @VTXCageSC Před 4 lety +3

    Tim Conway was NATORIOUS for doing all rehearsals straight on script, but then go rogue during live taping with ad libs and actions to deliberately try and throw the cast, crew and audience into hysterics!

  • @fototakr
    @fototakr Před 4 lety +1

    There were so many hilarious skits with Tim, especially with Harvey. I also love the fireman sketch with Tim "saving" Harvey.

  • @luckdragongirl
    @luckdragongirl Před 4 lety +1

    I watch "The Elephant Story" whenever I need a laugh. It's hilarious! I wish they still made TV like this.

  • @MrVato53
    @MrVato53 Před 4 lety +12

    When Tim Conway starts that elephant story, he just went off script. Trying to bring the skit on back on script Carol is trying to hold it together. Tim keeps expanding on the elephant story. Carol is trying hard to not laugh and stay in character. But Tim keeps on going on and Carol is trying to get through the skit. But Tim goes on. Vicky(Mama) was kind of in on it. Was told to give it to Tim by, I think the Director. No one knew that part, not even Tim.

    • @goodknight5783
      @goodknight5783 Před 4 lety +1

      It was her husband that warned her that Tim had been given liberty to do his own thing. Tim was know to say one line at the morning run, and something completely different at the later for broadcast run thru.

  • @leolion2944
    @leolion2944 Před 4 lety +12

    The other one you should react to is when they played the game "Sorry". Toooooo funny!!!

    • @knightfly28
      @knightfly28 Před 4 lety

      Leo Lion “IT WAS A SEVEEEEEEEN!!!!!!!!!!” 😂🤣🤣🤣

    • @leolion2944
      @leolion2944 Před 4 lety

      @@knightfly28 😂😂😂😂😂😂 hilarious

    • @longdark4ever
      @longdark4ever Před 4 lety

      Your supposed to say "Sooooooooooooooorrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy!!!!" yeah that was funny as hell.

  • @Sunsetsbeach
    @Sunsetsbeach Před 3 lety

    Classic Carol Burnett Show! They don't make'em like this anymore! Lovin' it!

  • @rzombi666
    @rzombi666 Před 3 lety +1

    This is true comedy. Just look at the line up: Tim Conway, Carol Burnette, Vicki Lawrence and Dick Van Dyke! All legends!

  • @ElizaDolittle
    @ElizaDolittle Před 4 lety +15

    if I'm not mistaken the elephant stories were ad-libbed.

    • @debsreno911
      @debsreno911 Před 4 lety +1

      It was in the aired one which is this one lol.

    • @williamjordan5554
      @williamjordan5554 Před 4 lety

      @@debsreno911 both versions in this video were ad libbed.

  • @klb9142
    @klb9142 Před 4 lety +7

    @Modern Renaissance Man I don't know if anyone mentioned this to you or if you picked up on it. The Carol Burnett Show was filmed live in front of a studio audience.

  • @buckinjb
    @buckinjb Před 3 lety +1

    I love your laugh at this CB clip.....seems like you had fun. It is a classic.....

  • @markcraven8386
    @markcraven8386 Před 3 lety +1

    The first thing I would be interested to know is how familiar were you with Carol Burnett and the ensemble.
    This is so very different from what passes for comedy today in every aspect. I will be watching your video and reactions from this frame of thought.
    Well the clip included both versions of the elephant joke and I am glad neither the humor of them or the pandemonium of the family breaking character escaped your attention. Your reactions met all my expectations.
    Yes, I saw this on the night it originally aired as did the largest segment of the TV viewing audience of the US. This is the formula that put the show and this ongoing family sketch at the top of the ratings and kept it there. I'm glad you could experience it.

  • @PegasusBYU
    @PegasusBYU Před 4 lety +3

    That’s not the guy from Frashier. That’s Dick Van Dyke....had a show called the Dick Van Dyke show in the early 60’s. Was also in the original Mary Poppins, also (more recently) Night At The Museum.

    • @Jinjerella
      @Jinjerella Před 4 lety

      The Dick Van Dyke show set a record and won 8 Emmys for best show 8 years in a row.

  • @brandonthailand2062
    @brandonthailand2062 Před 4 lety +4

    Robin williams and Jonathan Winters together went off the rails together adlibbing.

  • @craighiebert3384
    @craighiebert3384 Před 4 lety +1

    I remember seeing this as a teenager with my parents, we were laughing so hard!! Quality television back then.

  • @kathleentinley1477
    @kathleentinley1477 Před 4 lety

    I used to watch this all the time! I still watch reruns whenever they have them on. I still laugh my butt off watching them. Thanks for posting.

  • @aroundthehouseintennessee587

    Have you seen I Love Lucy, Vitameatavegamin?

    • @alrivers2297
      @alrivers2297 Před 4 lety +1

      That would be a good for him. Also when Lucy works in the chocolate factory.

    • @michellehubbard7865
      @michellehubbard7865 Před 4 lety +1

      My favorite ❤️ TV show of them all,I got DVDs of them and I watch them when Im needing a pick up and just want to laugh,my mom use to tell me , Michelle your driving me nuts with this show, I'm 51,and I started watching I love Lucy, when I was 7reruns after reruns and I still laugh at all of the episodes.lucy will never die in my heart, Lucy and Ethel was me and my mom, were called each other that..

  • @jodan4
    @jodan4 Před 4 lety +45

    If you get a chance react to the Flip Wilson show. Hilarious.

    • @williamowens5542
      @williamowens5542 Před 4 lety +1

      Especially the skits when Flip plays the preacher or Geraldine.

  • @krismartikris4834
    @krismartikris4834 Před 4 lety +1

    The Mole People was made in 1956,starring Hugh Beaumont (Leave It to Beaver)

  • @candilumpkin1196
    @candilumpkin1196 Před rokem

    I love some of these. I remember watching them on reruns growing up with my mom n granddaddy. I’m such a huge carol burnett and Vicky Lawrence fan. I remember when the movie Annie came out I was so happy the character of mrs hanagin was being played by carol. I can not even watch any of the remakes , no one will ever play that part like she did. It was one of my movies growing up. And I always wanted to be as good an actress as carol. I just adore her