It was supposed to be a gritty 1940s noir crime scene. Harvey Korman, the steely detective, stood over the lifeless body of Tim Conway. The script was simple: Tim plays dead. But this “corpse” had a chaotic agenda. As Harvey reached down for evidence, the body twitched. A stifled giggle broke the tension. Then, while Korman delivered his serious monologue, Tim’s “dead” hand struck with ninja-like precision, secretly knotting the detective’s shoelaces together! Harvey stood up and instantly stumbled, nearly face-planting onto the victim. But the ultimate betrayal wasn’t the fall—it was the shocking personal item Tim revealed in his hand. You won’t believe how the “dead” man outsmarted the detective and broke Harvey completely…
If there was one golden rule in television comedy during the 1970s, it was this: Harvey Korman was the consummate…