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. In television history,few entertainers have captured as many hearts and made as many people laugh as Tim Conway. There’s nothing in the world that Tim Conway would rather do than entertain — and in his first-ever memoir, What’s So Funny?, that’s exactly what he does. From his pranks in small Ohio classrooms to his performances on national television and movies, Tim has been cracking people up for more than seventy years. Long regarded as one of the funniest comedians around, Tim also boasts an inspiring rags-to-riches story. What’s So Funny? captures 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 and household name. By tracing his early path, this audiobook reveals the origins of many of Tim’s unforgettable characters — from Mr. Tudball and the Oldest Man to Mickey Hart to everyone’s favorite, Dorf. What’s So Funny? shares the hilarious accounts of the glory days of The Carol Burnett Show and his famous partnerships with entertainment greats like Harvey Korman, Don Knotts, Dick Van Dyke, Betty White, Vicki Lawrence, Bob Newhart, and of course, Carol Burnett. As a bonus, listeners will enjoy never-before-shared stories of hilarious behind-the-scenes antics on McHale’s Navy and The Carol Burnett Show.
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funny on TV, funny in this book Funny. This book is funny.You’ve seen him on The Carol Burnett Show and in McHale’s Navy. You know he’s funny on TV but what is he like at home?Conway shares his life with us. He had an Irish dad and a Romanian mother and grew up in a small town in Ohio. Being a friend of his dad’s was dangerous (let’s see, a broom handle in the eye, a hand shut in a car door, and more). Conway’s stories about his parents will have you laughing out loud.And then he went to…
Entertaining and Funny During the heyday of the variety show, Tim Conway was one of the funniest men on television. He loved to make people laugh, and it came easily to him. The way he tells his story, a script was just a suggestion. Conway was a pro at ad-libbing and impromptu humor.I grew up in the age of the variety show, and The Carol Burnett Show was one of my favorites. Tim Conway and Harvey Korman could really liven up the stage. In his memoir, “What’s So Funny? My Hilarious Life”, Conway…