HARVEY KORMAN ONCE SAID TIM CONWAY WAS “THE BRIGHTEST PERSON HE EVER MET” — BUT THE MAN COULDN’T TIE HIS OWN SHOES. CONWAY SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT HIM. For 11 years on The Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway and Harvey Korman built something rare — a friendship so deep that it turned live television into chaos every single week. Conway once told a reporter: “Harvey was one of the brightest people I’ve ever met, but the man could not tie his own shoes.” Then he proudly added that he tied them for him. Korman fired back in his own way — he told an interviewer that when they toured together, Conway “writes the material, builds the scenery, makes the props, and sews the costumes. He’d make a very good wife.” They never competed. Never fought for the spotlight. Korman once explained it simply: “We don’t operate on that level. We operate on the level that comes from love and respect. And we each think the other guy’s real funny.” When Korman passed away in 2008, Conway posted a message on what would’ve been Harvey’s birthday: “I bet not a day goes by he doesn’t miss me.” That was Tim Conway. Even in grief, the punchline came first — because that’s exactly what Harvey would’ve wanted. But what Carol Burnett revealed about the very last time she saw them together on stage — that’s the part of the story almost no one talks about…
Harvey Korman Once Said Tim Conway Was “The Brightest Person He Ever Met” — And Tim Conway Said the Same…