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OBIT: HARVEY KORMAN AT 81 STARRED ON THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW & MAMA'S fAMILY
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Re: OBIT: HARVEY KORMAN AT 81 STARRED ON THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW & MAMA'S fAMIL
...one of the funniest things ever to appear on TV was watching Korman try, in vain, to keep from cracking up at some piece of business that Tim Conway would perform on the Burnett show. It should also be reminded that Korman was part of Danny Kaye's support team on Kaye's mid-'60s CBS variety hour before hooking up with Burnett...
...one of the funniest things ever to appear on TV was watching Korman try, in vain, to keep from cracking up at some piece of business that Tim Conway would perform on the Burnett show. It should also be reminded that Korman was part of Danny Kaye's support team on Kaye's mid-'60s CBS variety hour before hooking up with Burnett...
Re: OBIT: HARVEY KORMAN AT 81 STARRED ON THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW & MAMA'S fAMIL
A very talented man.
Korman appeared in a number of Mel Brooks films, and was always brilliant. I have to take this opportunity to plug my favorite Brooks film - the underrated and critically un-acclaimed High Anxiety. It was a parody of Hitchcock films. Korman played Mel's nemesis - the murderous Dr. Charles Montague, who was secretly an S&M "bottom" into being tied up and flogged by fellow nemesis Cloris Leachman as Nurse Charlotte Diesel.
A very talented man.
Korman appeared in a number of Mel Brooks films, and was always brilliant. I have to take this opportunity to plug my favorite Brooks film - the underrated and critically un-acclaimed High Anxiety. It was a parody of Hitchcock films. Korman played Mel's nemesis - the murderous Dr. Charles Montague, who was secretly an S&M "bottom" into being tied up and flogged by fellow nemesis Cloris Leachman as Nurse Charlotte Diesel.
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Re: OBIT: HARVEY KORMAN AT 81 STARRED ON THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW & MAMA'S fAMIL
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"HEDLEY!!!"
Lkeller said:
"Hey look theres Heddy Lamarr!"
"HEDLEY!!!"
Re: OBIT: HARVEY KORMAN AT 81 STARRED ON THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW & MAMA'S fAMIL
The word "Brilliant" lost a touch of its brightness with the passing of this legendary comedic actor.
Now, if he can only try to not break-up at anything funny at the Pearly Gates, that would make Heaven an even better place because no one could be funnier than Harvey Korman by his trying not to break-up.
RIP, Harvey ... and millions of us "are so glad we had this time ... together" through many years.
Condolences to the Korman family.
The word "Brilliant" lost a touch of its brightness with the passing of this legendary comedic actor.
Now, if he can only try to not break-up at anything funny at the Pearly Gates, that would make Heaven an even better place because no one could be funnier than Harvey Korman by his trying not to break-up.
RIP, Harvey ... and millions of us "are so glad we had this time ... together" through many years.
Condolences to the Korman family.
Re: OBIT: HARVEY KORMAN AT 81 STARRED ON THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW & MAMA'S fAMIL
I thought it was ironic that I was posting a
North Carolina schedule from 1978 which included
his short-lived ABC sitcom at just about the time
one of you was posting that he'd passed away.
I wish I'd had the chance to see Harvey and Tim
performing together at the Greensboro Coliseum a
few months back. I've heard they were hilarious,
as always.
Speaking of which, if you're waiting for hilarity at
the Pearly Gates, wait until Tim gets there.
Carol Burnett's best years were 1975-77, when
Tim and Harvey were together on her show.
I, too, send my condolences to the Korman family.
I thought it was ironic that I was posting a
North Carolina schedule from 1978 which included
his short-lived ABC sitcom at just about the time
one of you was posting that he'd passed away.
I wish I'd had the chance to see Harvey and Tim
performing together at the Greensboro Coliseum a
few months back. I've heard they were hilarious,
as always.
Speaking of which, if you're waiting for hilarity at
the Pearly Gates, wait until Tim gets there.
Carol Burnett's best years were 1975-77, when
Tim and Harvey were together on her show.
I, too, send my condolences to the Korman family.
Thoughts and prayers go out to the Korman family at this time..
A story, which I've alluded to in the past but never really saw in print till recently about Tim Conway:
In 1961 He had been working with Erine Anderson on movie show "Ernie's Place" on WJW-TV 8 in Cleveland....Rose Marie of the Dick Van Dyke Show was in Cleveland to do local promos for channel 8 and saw Tim and was impressed with him. Impressed enough to send material out to Steve Allen..Allen sent for Conway and he went to Hollywood to appear on the Steve Allen Show on ABC, but was commuting tp Cleveland..Here is an excerpt from the Ghoulardi book by Tom Feran and RD Heldenfels:
Quote:
"Conway did not leave town permanently after the first time he did the Allen Show, choosing to go back and forth when Allen called, still living in Chagrin Falls. (Cleveland Suburb) And he didnt really want to leave.."I was having that good a time with Ernie" he said. "I also thought, "Steve Allen, That's the end"......"So if you get on Steve Allen, what else is left?"
"For Conway, there was an offer to work with Oscar-Winning actor Ernest Borgnine on a new situation comedy, McHale's Navy which had begun preparations for its premiere in Fall 1962..(It would run for four seasons). Still, Conway wasntt sure, and shared his uncertainty with the station manager at Channel 8, who said, "Well, maybe this will help you:You're fired. If you don't go out (To Hollywood) you're nuts. So you're fired." Conway then went with the TV navy and Ernie tried to soldier on in Cleveland"
End Quote
One wonders if Conway would have stayed at Channel 8 as he wanted to..A lot of history would be different today. And Conway mght not have met up with Harvey Korman... their comic genius together would never have been discovered..
Excerpt from "Ghoulardi:Inside Cleveland's Wildest Ride" By Tom Feran and R. D. Heldenfels Copyright 1997 Gray annd Company Publishers Cleveland, Ohio
A story, which I've alluded to in the past but never really saw in print till recently about Tim Conway:
In 1961 He had been working with Erine Anderson on movie show "Ernie's Place" on WJW-TV 8 in Cleveland....Rose Marie of the Dick Van Dyke Show was in Cleveland to do local promos for channel 8 and saw Tim and was impressed with him. Impressed enough to send material out to Steve Allen..Allen sent for Conway and he went to Hollywood to appear on the Steve Allen Show on ABC, but was commuting tp Cleveland..Here is an excerpt from the Ghoulardi book by Tom Feran and RD Heldenfels:
Quote:
"Conway did not leave town permanently after the first time he did the Allen Show, choosing to go back and forth when Allen called, still living in Chagrin Falls. (Cleveland Suburb) And he didnt really want to leave.."I was having that good a time with Ernie" he said. "I also thought, "Steve Allen, That's the end"......"So if you get on Steve Allen, what else is left?"
"For Conway, there was an offer to work with Oscar-Winning actor Ernest Borgnine on a new situation comedy, McHale's Navy which had begun preparations for its premiere in Fall 1962..(It would run for four seasons). Still, Conway wasntt sure, and shared his uncertainty with the station manager at Channel 8, who said, "Well, maybe this will help you:You're fired. If you don't go out (To Hollywood) you're nuts. So you're fired." Conway then went with the TV navy and Ernie tried to soldier on in Cleveland"
End Quote
One wonders if Conway would have stayed at Channel 8 as he wanted to..A lot of history would be different today. And Conway mght not have met up with Harvey Korman... their comic genius together would never have been discovered..
Excerpt from "Ghoulardi:Inside Cleveland's Wildest Ride" By Tom Feran and R. D. Heldenfels Copyright 1997 Gray annd Company Publishers Cleveland, Ohio
Re: OBIT: HARVEY KORMAN AT 81 STARRED ON THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW & MAMA'S fAMIL
Very sad day.....Korman was a great comic. Yes, Tim Conway really had his number and took sadistic glee in cracking him up, resulting in some precious and very funny scenes. (It is a tribute to Carol Burnett and the producers of her show that they allowed Conway so much latitude in ad-libbing like that!) Me, I always remember him in hideous drag as the Jewish mother in those "As the Stomach Turns" parodies, or as Max in the "Nora Desmond" sketches. ;D
Pre-Burnett, he was sort of typecast on TV. Doesn't it seem like he turned up on a lot of 60's sitcoms doing his German schtick, usually as a psychiatrist or professor or whatever? ???
Very sad day.....Korman was a great comic. Yes, Tim Conway really had his number and took sadistic glee in cracking him up, resulting in some precious and very funny scenes. (It is a tribute to Carol Burnett and the producers of her show that they allowed Conway so much latitude in ad-libbing like that!) Me, I always remember him in hideous drag as the Jewish mother in those "As the Stomach Turns" parodies, or as Max in the "Nora Desmond" sketches. ;D
Pre-Burnett, he was sort of typecast on TV. Doesn't it seem like he turned up on a lot of 60's sitcoms doing his German schtick, usually as a psychiatrist or professor or whatever? ???
Another oversight some of us have left off. If you were watching The Flintstones on ABC during the 1965-1966 season, he also voiced a little green alien character in which everytime Fred & Barney get caught up in bad situations, they call on The Great Gazoo. Now who would forget about that contribution?
Re: OBIT: HARVEY KORMAN AT 81 STARRED ON THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW & MAMA'S fAMIL
" 'Those who are tardy don't get fruit cup.' Great movie. Wasn't that the one where Dick Van Patton gets himself locked in a car and dies from an overdose of loud rock music?"
Yes. Nurse Diesel and Dr. Montague (Korman) have him murdered because he knows too much about the illegal activities at the Institute for the Very VERY Nervous.
I was never a Van Patten fan (Eight is Enough...retch!), but he gets my undying respect for that cameo part. There's an earlier scene where he yells "I feel like I'm caught in a web." It's a totally visual scene - a take off on Hitchcockian lighting techniques that doesn't describe well in print, but look for it next time you see the movie.
The other fun cameo is director Barry Levinson (Diner, Good Morning Vietnam, Homicide: Life on the Streets on TV) playing a bellhop at the Hyatt Regency - it's a hysterical spot-on parody of the famous Psycho shower scene.
Also, Howie Morris deserved some kudos for his performance as Professor Lilloman (little old man).
" 'Those who are tardy don't get fruit cup.' Great movie. Wasn't that the one where Dick Van Patton gets himself locked in a car and dies from an overdose of loud rock music?"
Yes. Nurse Diesel and Dr. Montague (Korman) have him murdered because he knows too much about the illegal activities at the Institute for the Very VERY Nervous.
I was never a Van Patten fan (Eight is Enough...retch!), but he gets my undying respect for that cameo part. There's an earlier scene where he yells "I feel like I'm caught in a web." It's a totally visual scene - a take off on Hitchcockian lighting techniques that doesn't describe well in print, but look for it next time you see the movie.
The other fun cameo is director Barry Levinson (Diner, Good Morning Vietnam, Homicide: Life on the Streets on TV) playing a bellhop at the Hyatt Regency - it's a hysterical spot-on parody of the famous Psycho shower scene.
Also, Howie Morris deserved some kudos for his performance as Professor Lilloman (little old man).
LABreeze said:
I didn't, and neither did the editors at CBS Radio. I'll always associate Korman with Gazoo (who was from Zaytox [sp]). In fact on CBS Radio's 8:00a ET update on Fri. 5/30 (heard by me on WCBS New York), there actually aired a soundbite of Korman intoning, "I am the Great Gazoo!"
The especially hilarious part about Gazoo was that no one could see him except Fred, Barney, Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, Dino, Hoppy - and viewers. Not even Betty and Wilma could see him. That made those situations even more outrageous. Gazoo was one of the most whimisical characters passing through Bedrock.
Rest in peace, Harvey, and thank you.
ixnay
Ed Higgins has to be my favorite of Harvey's characters. Where I come from, there are probably half a dozen "Eds" in every town, and I pretty much qualify for the position myself ;D. After one of Mama Harper's insults, when he would glare and say "Yer skatin' on thin ice, old woman!!" 
I haven't seen those in so long, gotta find me some videos....
I haven't seen those in so long, gotta find me some videos....
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a brilliant career marred by one very notable flop....the ill-fated attempt to Americanize "Fawlty Towers".
Certainly not Harvey's fault, I doubt anyone else could have made that work either.
Certainly not Harvey's fault, I doubt anyone else could have made that work either.
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