First Time Hearing | 3 Generation Reaction | The Carol Burnett Show | Tim Conway's Elephant Story 

Tim Conway is a legend 😂😂😂😂 The dentist is another very funny one. Enjoy these 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

"Fnork!" gets me every time.

What I love is that Vicki Lawrence stayed in character as Mama when she made her comment.

Tim conway as the new dentist is pure gold! Or any of the old man skits are extremely funny too. He was great!!

Conway used to get Korman to break up on purpose. Once it came to the point they were going to fire him, but Carol stepped in and said, "No way, this is gold".

The card was a prop. They were supposedly playing a home version of the TV game show Password. The guy on the right, next to Mama, was Dick Van Dyke. He replaced Harvey Korman towards the end of the Carol Burnet show.

Harvey was the best, he never got through a single skit with Tim without busting up. Loved that show.

Tim Conway was a comedic genius! His timing was impeccable and his imagination was out of this world! The man was just funny and he didn't have to go to the gutter and to me that's part of his genius. The whole cast really was great.

The show was filmed in front of a live audience, so basically what you are seeing is a live performance. Tim was famous for cracking the other ones up and making them break charcter during the skit. Carol was the star, but Tim Conway was REALLY the star of this show.

No matter how many times I watch this, I still cry with laughter. One of the very best from Tim Conway!

Any skit with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman is a winner, particularly when Tim plays "the world's oldest man".

There was SO MUCH great entertainment in the 1970s..... TV, music

The gentleman at the end was Dick Van Dyke another comedy legend

The Tim Conway skit of the Dentist is legendary!

It doesn't matter how many times you watch it, it's just as funny as the first time. Tim and Harvey Korman were always trying to crack each other up like in the Dentist skit. Another hilarious skit was their parody of Gone With the Wind. Tim also had an alter-ego named Dorf and made several videos of him playing different sports. He was a true comedic genius.

The World’s Oldest Man sketches were great. I’m gonna act like that when I get that age 😂

Tim Conway had it in for Harvey Korman. Anytime he could crack Harvey up he went to town. So much so that when Harvey Korman won an Emmy for the Carol Burnett Show one year Tim Conway went right up with him. He didn't say a word but stood right next to Harvey Korman. It was just hilarious since Harvey had no idea Tim was going to do that. It's on You Tube. Also any time Tim Conway was on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson he was hilarious. My favorite Carol Burnett skit is when she is the cleaning woman backstage at a theater. I cried each time she played that woman. Especially when she did it with Lucille Ball. Tugged at the heartstrings.

Tim Conway's timing was impeccable!

The first part of this skit was the dress rehearsal . Before the show Vickie was warned that Tim had made some changes to his part . Well she decided that she'd had enough of his nonsense and got her revenge on " that little shit " , without saying anything to the others . The rest is comedy gold history . Dick Van Dyke and Tim , both almost hurt themselves falling off of that couch . Sipping on a drink while watching Carol Burnett is NOT a very good idea . Watching the three of you watching this was very enjoyable .

Carol Burnett is incredibly gifted. I loved her show growing up, and loved her again in "Noises Off". Brilliant comedian.

Vicky Lawrence playing the mother in the skit was actually younger than the other actors (Tim Conway, Carol Burnett, and Dick VanDyke). Vicky was so grateful to Carol Burnett and the rest of the cast for giving her the big start that she needed in acting that she would never let herself break character and tried to keep every skit professional, that is until this skit when Tim Conway just wouldn't give up. This time, Vicky got in the last word. The Carol Burnett Show showcased so many big names and a lot of new and upcoming performers. Jim Nabors was a very special friend of Carol's and would be on the first show of each season. Jim Nabors had his own show "Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C." where he would play a young, clumsy, but good hearted Marine, but Carol would appear on his show as a female Marine. All of these people are classics from a time when life was simpler.

As mentioned elsewhere in he comments, you should definitely do "the dentist". And if you'd like to go back further in time for a comedy classic, please consider Abbott and Costello doing "Who's on First?"

The Tim Conway and Harvey Korman skits were always hilarious. Harvey could never get through one without Tim making him laugh.

Cool. A good change of pace. My brother's favorite show was McHale's Navy starring Tim Conway as Ensign Parker. We grew up with that show. My brother ended up dying the same year that Tim Conway died. 2019. Funny old world. I adore Carol Burnett. Bob Mackie furnished all of Carol's clothes. The other guy is Dick Van Dyke.

This is one of the funniest skits. I grew up watching the Carol Burnett show. Tim Conway was my favorite. He would change & improvise the skits & get everyone to crack up. They did the show live, so whatever direction Tim would take it, they had to just go along with it & hope for the best.

Tim Conway was brilliant, not only were the stories he came up with hilarious, but his timing, making everyone bust up then just sitting there until just before they went to try to go on before dropping the next hilarious line. They used to do 2 takes at different times, and in the first show he would typically go with the script, but they never knew what he'd say during the second because he'd change it up.

Ladies, you have just witnessed PURE COMEDY GOLD!!!!! No matter how many times I've seen this bit before, I can NEVER keep a straight face!!!!! The first time I saw it, I was CRYING from laughing so hard and so long that my sides were hurting!!!!! LMAO

The story Vickie tells about this is hilarious!

RIP Tim Conway😢❤🎉😢😮❤

I always thought it was cool how Carol always tugged on her ear to say I love you Mom.

Vicki Lawrence (Momma) has said all the producers said to her, Carol, and Dick was Tim's elephant story "will be a little longer than in rehearsal". She came up with her retort based on just that, and just hoped she'd be able to deliver it in character.

Speaking of laughing, Foster Brooks roasting Don Rickles is one of the funniest things you will ever see.

Tim Conway was not part of the original cast but was brought on as a guest. Originally Korman and Conway did not get along until Burnett told Korman to stop. If you didn't notice the man at the end was Dick Van Dyke who was a frequent guest

Lulu, baby girl...just to let you & your family know...I grew up watching these old television shows!! I wish that they were still on the air!! ❤ ❤

Tim Conway's "Dorf on Golf" is hilarious

All of Carol Burnett shows were live . Just like Saturday Night Live. Anything goes if they break character 😂😂😂

It never gets old.

I'm glad you enjoyed this. Everyone needs laughter in their lives

Tim Conway was a treasure!

This is the best sketch comedy there’s ever been. Miss them all so much.

Tim and Harvey at the hotdog stand is classic!!

Although she was playing Mama, Vicki Lawrence was quite a bit younger than Carol Burnett. Lawrence also had a huge hit song called The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia. The other man in this skit is comedy legend Dick Van Dyke.

Tim Conway was hilarious on "The Carol Burnett Show" as well as on "McHale's Navy," a sitcom set in World War 2. There were four attempts to give him his own show, but none of them lasted a full season. In more recent times, he was the voice of Barnacle Boy on "Spongebob Squarepants."

Many of today's shows are also filmed in front of a live audience. The difference is the the Carol Burnett show was filmed without cuts or takes. Once a skit was started, it did not stop. It was recorded as if it was being broadcast live.

There are two skits I can (and do) watch over and over again: The Elephant Story and Whose On First. Classic, funny, and totally original.

Conway would work in the word 'Koala' in skits with Harvey and make him break, pretty funny. This was the show to watch back then.

Highly recommend you find and react to from the Carol Burnett Show "The Family: Sorry." Mama is prominently featured in that one and the sketch is gut=busting hilarious.

The card was part of a board game they were supposed to be playing but never got to it.

Carol burnett was always my favorite female comedian. And for the guys George Carlin was the master Comedian.R.I.P.

Tim was the master! There will never be another like him. They were trying to play a word game and it was Mama's turn.

Tim Conway got his big start/break on the 1960's comedy McHale's Navy [1962 to 1966].

This was pure gold, Tim went off script and just rambled this story as you can tell by Carol's reaction in front of a live audience and was broadcasted live so there was way to filter anything he did.

Loved this show. Tim Conway was my favorite as a little kid. Carol,Tim, and Harvey together is about as good as it gets.A lot is just improv too. Hilarious. Theres a dentist skit too, you should check out, id you get a chance. Tims a dentist and Harvey is in the chair.

You all are killing me!!! The Siamese elephant bit gets me every time. Snork!!!

These Burnett Show bloopers are the greatest

I actually witnessed this episode, while watching 'The Carol Burnett Show' with my parents, on our little 19" B/W Zenith TV (Complete with aluminum foil rabbit ear extensions). We'd watch 'Hee Haw,' 'I Love Lucy' 'Sanford and Son' and OH so many other wonderful TV productions, on the whole THREE CHANNELS available at the time! (If you were REALLY lucky, you also got the PBS Channel) Ahhhh, those were indeed the days! ;-)

As many have mentioned, there is a huge library of classic sketches from this iconic show (Carol playing Mrs. Wiggins and Tim is her boss Mr. Tudball; Tim playing the old man in many different situations; Tim as a dentist with his very first patient - Harvey Korman; and the famous "Went with the Wind - a spoof of Gone with the Wind - Harvey, Carol, Vicki, and Dinah Shore are outstanding!) You will love going down this amazing rabbit hole!

They were playing Password in that skit.

Tim Conway was brilliant, and Lulu's facial expressions are awesome. 😀

The "haircut" and the "No Frills Airline" skits were hilarious.

Tim Conway is among the greatest comedians of all time. I loved Tim and Harvey Korman's skit on The Carol Burnett show.

Carol Burnett Show “The Dentist” is a must watch. Tim Conway is comedic gold with Harvey Korman.

Carol didn't break up often, which makes this so much more memorable. And Tim NEVER broke up on camera, so this was a big surprise for the audience. Yeah, they always taped in front of a live audience. I love that he changed the story on the next take, and got them all again.

Brilliant skit. Watched that show every week too. Tim Conway Harvey Korman were the best together.

Tim Conway always did rehearsals. Learned the script, but when it came time to film, he would do it his own way with the sole purpose of making the rest of the cast break character. Tim Conway and Harvey Korman were the best duo. RIP Tim Conway and Harvey Korman!!!

This was like 1975-ish, the Carol Burnett show, the last season, Mama's family didn't start until the 1980's or so. The sketch was of them playing a home version of the show PASSWORD, where you give a clue and your partner has to guess the correct answer. So, Carol and Tim were partners and she gave a clue and Tim guessed elephants and it became "WHAT, elephants?". This was Tim's explanation of his answer. The thing to remember is that they did TWO tapings of the show, a taped dress rehearsal where Tim would GENERALLY stick to the script, or as close as he could and then they would take a break for lunch and let in a live studio audience where they would tape it live for later broadcast. Also, Carol as the star of the show always stressed to NEVER break character and to hold it together. So that is the background info you need to know. Each time Carol turns to Vicki and push the card towards her, she is supposed to say her line and advance the scene, but as she is gathering herself to speak, Tim continues with his improv speech cracking everyone up AGAIN! Watch how many times Carol turns to Vicki to try to advance the scene and often Vicki would turn her head away from Carol so she couldn't say the line. Again, this is about 1975, you are NOT SUPPOSED to swear on TV at that time and this part did not make the broadcast or was bleeped, i don't remember which.

There's a clip from another episode of the same show - Carol Burnett got Tim back for this! In another sketch Tim's playing an old, disabled man on a park bench (stuck there). Carol comes up as a homeless woman who's a little off her rocker. She starts telling him about a pair of Siamese elephants.

I just saw the Vicki Lawrence/Mama Show this past Saturday in my hometown. Meet and greet and a pic with her. She was hilarious. Terrific show. Sold out and she got a standing ovation.

The Gone with the wind staircase/ curtains skit !😅😅

Here’s the deal. They filmed the skits in front of a live audience twice. The 1st time they do a skit with Conway it was done strictly by the script. At the 2nd filming Conway was allowed to adlib. Most of the time, when they piece the show together in the editing room for TV broadcast, they went with the Conway adlib version of a skit. The presence of Dick Van Dyke in this skit means that the episode took place in late 1977. In the “Mama’s Family” skits Harvey Korman played Carol Burnett’s husband. Korman left after the 1976-77 season. Van Dyke was his replacement for the 1977-78 season however he left after the 1st 10 episodes.

The man at the end is Dick Van Dyke. If you could make DVD crack up you're a comedy genius. The other actor you were thinking of is Harvey Korman.

Tim Conway and Harvey Korman are really hilarious in the bit about the dentist. My dad use to laugh so hard watching this. Thank you and enjoy. 😂

Loved how none of them could keep a straight face, he always made the cast break character and laugh. He is a legend, esp. in the movies he did with Don Knotts. The Apple Dumpling Gang movies and Private Eyes

Well done ladies! Bringing back the greats and classics! Also the man on the right was Dick Van Dyke!:a legend..

Just in case you didn't know, Vicky Lawrence started out as a singer. She had a top 40 hit called The night the lights went out in Georgia

No body was better than tim conway!!!

The other cast members are trying hard not to bust out laughing

9:12 "What was that card?" The premise of the skit was that Eunice and Momma were going to be on the game show "Password", so they were practicing with the home game version. Eunice was trying to give Momma a clue about the word on the card. A previous clue given to Tim Conway's character caused him to reply "elephant" despite the clue having nothing to do with elephants, and that's what started the elephant stories.

Tim Conway had his own comedy variety show briefly. A weekly skit alternated between one featuring German commanders during WWII plotting strategy around a map, and one of a football team at half time. One week, it was the football team and the first half hadn't gone well. One of the players mentioned that the coach wasn't going to be too happy. Then Conway walked into the scene, dressed as a coach, but wearing a Hitler mustache. The other cast members saw him and collapsed onto the floor laughing hysterically. No one managed to get out a line before the next commercial break. Dad and I nearly suffocated because we were laughing so hard.

It was Vickie husband who was behind the scenes cast who warned Vickie of the script change to the elephant story and told Vickie to get Tim back and she let the lion out of the cage Carol knew something was brewing but did not know how lol until she said that

Another favorite Momma episode when they played a "Sorry," game. That's the name of the skit.

This show was outstanding. If the ‘normal’ part of the skit wasn’t funny enough, they were for sure gonna start falling apart and that laughter was always highly contagious! 😂 I was born in 1974, so I watched it mostly as re-runs in the early and mid 1980s. Always loved it. 🙂

😹Mama with the kill shot!! Just want to say how much I love watching y'all, Donna you look like you could be my sister I'm guessing we're about the same age , I'm a green-eyed redhead, and if I would have had daughters and granddaughters I would imagine the three of us sitting together would look a lot like you❤😊

I love this one. Dick Van Dyke is still going strong at 99! You must see Tim and Harvey in The Dentist sketch.

The dentist skit from the Carol Burnett show with Tim Conway and Harvey Corman is a must.

The producers actually told tim conway to do anything he wanted and told the cast to let him run woth whatever cuz he was so funny. All great professionals loved them

I love how Conway has them ready to crack and barely holding on the entire time, he's a master at what he does...but in the end it's Vicki that comes in with the triplekill with that single line in response. Just one-shots the entire group. Even Tim stood no chance.

Vicki Lawrence was the 1st to sing the Reba song The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia and did an amazing job!!

I actually remember watching this episode live when it first aired. It made that much of an impression on me I never forgot it. It never gets old! Tim Conway was a comedic genius, and Vicki Lawrence's final comeback was epic.

The best part of it for me is that Carol keeps trying to get things back on track and every time she tries Tim starts back up again. 😂

They were playing the home game of Password. An old game show. Vicki was still new to the show and would get frustrated by Tim's antics and she was told before the second take of that skit that Tim was changing the Elephant Story. She was expressing her frustration to her husband and he told to just "Get him". The now famous line of, "Are you sure that little asshole's finished?" was perfect!

What is also special is that it was Dick Van Dyke on the right side of the couch. A comic genius in his own right and even he can't stop laughing.

The comedian who played Momma was the youngest member of the show and always felt insecure in her role, so she always stayed on script and in character. However on this day she finally cut loose with that famous line to everyone's tremendous surprise which brought everyone to their knees in a laughter and Tim Conway himself was overcome with laughter at the outrageous joke. This episode cemented her role as Mama.

i was watching mchale's navy when tim conway started up in it.

The Dentist Sketch is really worth a watch!

Tim Conway and Harvey Corman were hilarious together !

I remember watching this episode live. And yes, mama's question came through loud and clear. Carol was struggling to keep character. That's Dick Van Dyke on the other end of the couch. Well, on the floor. Tim took pride in being able to make people break character. The card was just a prop. We rarely missed this show.

Ladies, you have just seen one of the funniest moments in TV history. (Also, this was the moment Vicki Lawrence's character "Mama" really took shape.)

Was real young when this happened, sure tore our house up with laughter, I was to young to get it, but my parents and older siblings did, now I know why😂😂😊👍✌️🇺🇸

Conway's deadpan improv was always amazing. I'm an Xer who watched the show there were so many great sketches.