# Tim Conway suffering from dementia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276 "2018-08-25T22:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/21 "2018-08-26T11:38:31Z")
What’s a Tim Conway? Oh, about 120 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/22 "2018-08-26T11:49:56Z")
I figured it was something like this when he wasn’t on the recent Carol Burnett reunion show. Carol made some excuse about him not feeling well. _The Aristocrats!_ ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/23 "2018-08-26T13:44:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > We recently lost Jerry Van Dyke. All the classic physical comics are gone. Except for Dick van Dyke, who you inexplicably overlooked. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/24 "2018-08-26T13:47:40Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I forgive him for luring Ernie Anderson (aka Ghoulardi) from Cleveland to Los Angeles in the early ‘60s to make the big bucks — Ernie ended up as the announcer on the Carol Burnett show. > > Tim was a comic genius, as you can see from “The Elephant Story.” Can anyone find a link to “Bunny Lawyer,” which could be his finest moment? It used to be easily available on YouTube, but I haven’t seen it in years. I think the “Bunny Lawyer” must have fallen victim to a take-down notice. But I recently discovered the “Dog’s Life” sketch, which in many ways is every bit as good, and maybe even better. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibsleUFe7qw) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/25 "2018-08-26T18:38:01Z")
The bit I remember was when he was playing his Little Ol’ Man character in the hospital or something. He’s stumbling around and winds up by the window which, of course, he flips out of. After a second there’s a branch-snapping crash then a good three seconds after that, “I’m fa-a-a-ling!” I would use that when I was slow on the uptake of something. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/26 "2018-08-26T21:55:26Z")
One of Conway’s funniest moments. [Dunk Dorf from the L. A. Lakers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR-EzL0tzKk&app=desktop) ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/27 "2018-08-26T23:10:05Z")
I’m so sorry to hear this. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/28 "2018-08-26T23:48:58Z")
I’m sure Mrs. Wiggums is upset. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/29 "2018-08-27T13:22:49Z")
I remember him more recently on 30 Rock. Couldn’t find a clip, and that was already 10 years ago or so. He played a retired employee and had real perverted stories about what used to happen behind the scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/30 "2018-08-27T13:33:02Z")
> [@Mikemike2](#): > > I remember him more recently on 30 Rock. Couldn’t find a clip, and that was already 10 years ago or so. He played a retired employee and had real perverted stories about what used to happen behind the scenes. [It was 10 years ago and here it is.](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2e1a15) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/31 "2018-08-27T13:36:48Z")
Carol Burnett had a special some months ago, which reunited some of the surviving cast. She did make a passing comment that Conway couldn’t attend because he was ‘under the weather’ or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/32 "2018-08-27T15:16:30Z")
My parents actually knew Tim Conway. I wish I knew how. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/33 "2018-08-27T16:35:10Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [It was 10 years ago and here it is.](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2e1a15) Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/34 "2018-08-27T17:28:41Z")
> [@Mikemike2](#): > > I remember him more recently on 30 Rock. Couldn’t find a clip, and that was already 10 years ago or so. He played a retired employee and had real perverted stories about what used to happen behind the scenes. He won an Emmy for that role. ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276/35 "2018-08-27T20:55:18Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I forgive him for luring Ernie Anderson (aka Ghoulardi) from Cleveland to Los Angeles in the early ‘60s to make the big bucks — Ernie ended up as the announcer on the Carol Burnett show. As an aside, Ernie Anderson not only announced for the Carol Burnett Show, but moved on to be the prime-time announcer for the entire ABC network. You’ll remember him as the “On the next LUUUUUVE BOAT!” guy, one of the most famous TV announcers of all time. [Here’s a sample](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXfysVrIT-s) On the plus side **Ukulele Ike** , Ghoulardi’s departure left a void that would eventually be filled by the greatest Parma-based horror movie host ever, [The Ghoul.](https://www.pinterest.com/cyanko777/the-ghoul-cleveland/) Ah, my childhood memories of good old channel 61. BTW Ernie Anderson gave Ron Sweed permission to use a variation of “Ghoulardi” for his character name. Sure, Big Chuck and Houlihan ruled Friday nights, but Saturday belonged to The Ghoul. Come for the [expensive sets and high-tech special effects](https://youtu.be/MdM8Wl2A-VU?t=353), but stay for the exploding model cars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-suffering-from-dementia/820276.md?page=1)