# How would you rate Tim Conway as a comedian? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2014, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-tim-conway-as-a-comedian/699948 "2014-09-30T07:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-tim-conway-as-a-comedian/699948/81 "2014-10-04T16:25:01Z")
> [@Dustin\_the\_Wind](#): > > There was an episode I swear I remember that I’ve never been able to find on youtube. In it, he plays a midget, I believe with Korman also in the scene. He is straddling a door knob and slowly slips to the side. If anyone knows what I am talking about and can find a link, I’d be ever so grateful. He’s not a midget. He’s a butler, wearing a tuxedo-like outfit. He’s working in a very fancy house. The doors have huge doorknobs. Tim goes to open the door, I think to let Korman out, but realises he can’t get finger marks on it, so he puts on a pair of white gloves. However, the white gloves are too smooth and he can’t get any traction with them. He keeps trying to turn the doorknob but fails. Finally, he gets up on the doorknob, straddling it with his back to the door and facing the audience. He grips the doorknob between his thighs, and gradually rotates sideways, almost horizontal, to open the door, letting Harvey go through the door with his shoulders shaking, from trying not to laugh. That’s my recollection, anyway, from a long time ago. I think it was done almost entirely in silence. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-tim-conway-as-a-comedian/699948/82 "2014-10-04T17:04:52Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > True dat! Wonder if Tim checks in now and then at SDMB. 🙂 I just went to his webpage and sent him an e-mail, telling him about this thread, full of posters remembering all the good times he brought us. I sent him the link and invited him to check in! I got an auto-reply back from Mr Tudbull, thanking me for the e-mail to Tim and explaining that Tim is very busy and cannot reply to every e-mail, but appreciates hearing from his fans. Mr Tudball also mentioned that Tim is in training for the curling event in the next Winter Olympics. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-tim-conway-as-a-comedian/699948/83 "2014-10-04T18:32:28Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > He’s not a midget. He’s a butler, wearing a tuxedo-like outfit. He’s working in a very fancy house. The doors have huge doorknobs. > > Tim goes to open the door, I think to let Korman out, but realises he can’t get finger marks on it, so he puts on a pair of white gloves. > > However, the white gloves are too smooth and he can’t get any traction with them. He keeps trying to turn the doorknob but fails. > > Finally, he gets up on the doorknob, straddling it with his back to the door and facing the audience. He grips the doorknob between his thighs, and gradually rotates sideways, almost horizontal, to open the door, letting Harvey go through the door with his shoulders shaking, from trying not to laugh. > > That’s my recollection, anyway, from a long time ago. I think it was done almost entirely in silence. Video here starts 4:39 in [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bJoEfjHbvc) ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-tim-conway-as-a-comedian/699948/84 "2014-10-04T18:33:26Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > He’s not a midget. He’s a butler, wearing a tuxedo-like outfit. He’s working in a very fancy house. The doors have huge doorknobs. > > Tim goes to open the door, I think to let Korman out, but realises he can’t get finger marks on it, so he puts on a pair of white gloves. > > However, the white gloves are too smooth and he can’t get any traction with them. He keeps trying to turn the doorknob but fails. > > Finally, he gets up on the doorknob, straddling it with his back to the door and facing the audience. He grips the doorknob between his thighs, and gradually rotates sideways, almost horizontal, to open the door, letting Harvey go through the door with his shoulders shaking, from trying not to laugh. > > That’s my recollection, anyway, from a long time ago. I think it was done almost entirely in silence. It is on youtube, I saw it recently, but I can’t remember what it is! Hopefully it will come to me. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-tim-conway-as-a-comedian/699948/85 "2014-10-04T19:01:01Z")
Once his Old Man character fell down the stairs. It felt like it took him fifteen minutes to reach the bottom of one flight. I have never seen anyone fall so sssssslloooowwlllyyyyy ever. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-tim-conway-as-a-comedian/699948/86 "2014-10-04T19:05:21Z")
Tim Conway deserves a place next to Don Knotts in the Unfunny Comedian Hall of Fame. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-tim-conway-as-a-comedian/699948/87 "2014-10-04T19:06:32Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Video here starts 4:39 in > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bJoEfjHbvc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bJoEfjHbvc) that’s it! Not quite as I remembered it, but passage of time and all that. Thanks, **Astro**! ---
**Author:** ![Dustin\_the\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Dustin\_the\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dustin_the_Wind)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-tim-conway-as-a-comedian/699948/88 "2014-10-06T18:52:44Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > He’s not a midget. He’s a butler, wearing a tuxedo-like outfit. He’s working in a very fancy house. The doors have huge doorknobs. > > Tim goes to open the door, I think to let Korman out, but realises he can’t get finger marks on it, so he puts on a pair of white gloves. > > However, the white gloves are too smooth and he can’t get any traction with them. He keeps trying to turn the doorknob but fails. > > Finally, he gets up on the doorknob, straddling it with his back to the door and facing the audience. He grips the doorknob between his thighs, and gradually rotates sideways, almost horizontal, to open the door, letting Harvey go through the door with his shoulders shaking, from trying not to laugh. > > That’s my recollection, anyway, from a long time ago. I think it was done almost entirely in silence. Thanks! That’s it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rate-tim-conway-as-a-comedian/699948.md?page=4)