THIS WASN’T A SKIT — IT WAS A COMEDY ACCIDENT. One straight face. That’s all Tim Conway needed. In the legendary cannonball sketch, he didn’t rush. He didn’t push. He just stood there, calm as a statue, letting the silence do the damage. Harvey Korman tried to hold it together. His face gave up first. Carol Burnett bent forward, shaking, breath gone. You could feel the room slipping. There were no punchlines. No chaos. Just absurdity delivered so gently it broke everyone anyway. Even Tim couldn’t stay standing by the end. Some comedy doesn’t fade with time. It waits. Then hits harder every time you come back to it.
A Timeless Laugh: Remembering Tim Conway’s Unforgettable Humor I’ll never forget the first time I watched this sketch with my…