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What's so funny? : my hilarious life / Tim Conway ; with Jane Scovell ; [with a foreword by Carol Burnett].

Conway, Tim. (Author). Scovell, Jane, 1934- (Added Author). Burnett, Carol. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Six-time Emmy Award-winning funnyman Tim Conway, best known for his characters on The Carol Burnett Show, offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian. Few entertainers have captured as many hearts and made as many people laugh as Tim Conway. An inspiring rags-to-riches story. Tim's journey from life as an only child raised by loving but outrageous parents in small-town Ohio during the Great Depression, to his tour of duty in the Army--which would become training for his later role in McHale's Navy--to his ascent as a national star. This book reveals the origins of many of Tim's unforgettable characters--from Mr. Tudball and the Oldest Man to Mickey Hart to everyone<U+2019>s favorite, Dorf. Hilarious accounts of the glory days of The Carol Burnett Show and his famous partnerships with Harvey Korman, Don Knotts, Dick Van Dyke, Betty White, Vicki Lawrence, Bob Newhart, and of course, Carol Burnett"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781476726502 (hc.) :
ISBN: 1476726507 (hc.)
ISBN: 9781476726533 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xxiv, 247 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Howard Books, 2013.

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Formatted Contents Note:

My beginnings -- Growing up and liking it -- Chagrin Falls -- School days: part deux -- A little higher learning -- You're in the Army now -- Let the laughs begin -- Be it ever so humbling (and it was) -- The importance of being Ernest Anderson -- Hi ho Steverino -- Married with children -- The family guy -- Back to business -- The importance of being Ernest Borgnine -- A salute to Garry Moore -- All roads lead to Carol -- Heaven -- Harvey -- The end of the affair -- Old friend, new beginning -- They're off and running! -- A little friend-dropping -- Golf -- The birth of Dorf -- Trodding the boards -- Epilogue -- Fooled you!