# Tim Conway breaks up David Janssen

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 18, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198 "2021-03-18T18:39:45Z")\
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**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:** [March 18, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198/1 "2021-03-18T18:39:46Z")

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It appears no-one could keep a straight face when dealing with Tim Conway:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XJANVuPt3D4/hqdefault.jpg "The comedy team of David Janssen and Tim Conway 1965 - Exclusive NEW TO YOUTUBE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJANVuPt3D4)

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198/2 "2021-03-18T20:25:20Z")

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conway is brilliant.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198/3 "2021-03-19T21:06:10Z")

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He is. A big part of that is he rarely breaks character, and he doesn’t mug at all… everything is approached in dead earnest.

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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198/4 "2021-03-19T21:36:54Z")

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That was very funny. I love him. One of my favorite bits is the siamese elephants.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198/5 "2021-03-19T21:40:16Z")

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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> That was very funny. I love him. One of my favorite bits is the siamese elephants. -

\< snorkle \>

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**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198/6 "2021-03-19T21:43:58Z")

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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> That was very funny. I love him. One of my favorite bits is the siamese elephants.

That’s my favorite!

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**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:** [March 19, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198/7 "2021-03-19T22:36:26Z")

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I would have loved to see a bit between him and Bob Newhart.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198/8 "2021-03-20T00:09:50Z")

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“You sure that little asshole’s through?”

Kills me, every time. Especially the way Tim and Dick Van Dyke both wound up on the floor.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198/9 "2021-03-20T00:33:21Z")

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Look at the way he uses eye contact to pull Janssen in. I’ll bet he’s going off script or just changing what they did in rehearsal just to throw Janssen off.