“NEARLY 200 PEOPLE LOST CONTROL — AND IT ALL STARTED WITH ONE RIDICULOUSLY SLOW STEP. TIM CONWAY WALKED ONTO THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW STAGE AND MOVED SO SLOWLY IT LOOKED LIKE TIME HAD STOPPED, LEAVING CAROL BURNETT DESPERATELY TRYING NOT TO LAUGH WHILE THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE COLLAPSED INTO HYSTERICS.”
Tim Conway’s slow-motion entrance that shattered a studio — and left Carol Burnett fighting back laughter on The Carol Burnett Show For six unforgettable minutes on American television, it looked as though an entire studio audience — and half the cast — simply fell apart. The culprit wasn’t a punchline. It wasn’t a slapstick fall or a perfectly … Read more