Talk:Tim Conway/Archive 1

old comment
Hi how do you know tim conway lives in gallatin,tn? User:64.12.116.204 01:07, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Weasel Words
"made any of his lines funny" is not exactly objective--68.194.44.141 17:00, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * This is a comedian we're talking about, not Darwin. Humor is always subjective. Wahkeenah 17:26, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, but the page comes across like half encyclopedia, half fan page 66.148.168.154 (talk) 20:18, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

The Tim Conway Show
I recall him being in a show, also co-starring with Joe Flynn, right after McHale's Navy ended. I think it was called the "Tim Conway Show"; he and Joe played airplane pilots. Does anybody have anything on this? 147.240.236.9 21:22, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I just added something on the show. Unfortunately, I think my audio recordings are now unplayable. --Penrose


 * What about the 1980's "The Tim Conway Show"? I remember watching it (and recording it with my tape recorder...and listening to it over and over--I might even be able to dig up that old cassette...). It had Maggie Roswell, Miriam Flynn, and some other guy.... I think it only lasted one season, but I thought it was great.Yelocab (talk) 22:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Hermie & Friends
Why no mention of his starring role on the animated series Hermie and Friends in this article?

Questions
"This was actually a fake bust" (Carol Burnett exposing bosom to audience): How did you find this out? I have this sequence on a blooper tape; it sure looks real. Dougie monty 22:00, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

stuffed up elephant
I will never forget the sketch on the Carol Burnett show, where Tim imitated the poor elephant trying to trumpet: "fmork." He literally had the cast rolling around on stage laughing themselves sick, and the audience too. I don't remember the end of the sketch, they probably just rang down the curtain or whatever. 71.163.117.143 (talk) 20:51, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Dorf
I believe Dorf FIRST appeared on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show and was such a big hit that Johnny brought Tim back two or three times before Tim was inspired to do a video using the Dorf character. Someone would have to track down a reference for that, which is why I didn't add it to the article. Conway did several other appearances on Carson, including one where he appeared as a retiring football player in a stadium with bad (read: hilarious) echoes, supplied by his son, Tim Conway, Jr. Again, references. Also there's no mention of the Dentist sketch, one of the best from Carol Burnett, and as someone mentioned below, the Siamese elephant bit, which was pure Tim Conway ad-lib, with Vicki Lawrence supplying the "punch" at the end that made everyone fall down laughing, including Tim. 69.69.22.84 (talk) 07:42, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Minor edit needed
Regarding this bit: "his role as the bumbling, naive Ensign Charles Parker, Executive Officer of the PT-73, in the 1960s sitcom McHale's Navy, alongside Ernest Borgnine and Joe Flynn, where the two had gotten along well."

Which two? The addition of Conway makes three. Eplater (talk) 11:20, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Military service
There is an egregious error in this section. It states Conway was in the army from 1958 to 1962, but also states under "battles/wars" that he served during the Korean War. That's impossible, as the Korean War active hostilities ended in 1953.

Once again we see the fundamental defect of Wikipedia: anyone can write anything. To illustrate the point, I half-feel like adding a section to the main article under "Military service" and write that he succeeded Douglas MacArthur as the commander of UN forces, and see how long it stays up. Being an ethical person, I won't do it. Jonball52 (talk) 19:37, 28 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I've removed what I couldn't verify quickly, and added a ref for being in the army. — Ched : ?  20:52, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Barnacle Boy
His voice credit for Barnacle Boy in SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-2012) is not listed in the television section of his filmography. Not good at editing tables so can someone add this please? PlanetDeadwing (talk) 18:33, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. RIP, Tim. ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia  ᐐT₳LKᐬ  21:06, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Complete filmography
There's a hidden comment in the "Other Television" section that reads:

(Hide for now until Filmography is finished and can be rewritten) His other TV roles include:
 * 1963: Channing, playing a job applicant
 * 1973: The New Scooby Doo Movies, voiced himself in the episode "The Spirited Spooked Sports Show"
 * 1991: Carol & Company; a cameo appearance as audience member in the episode "That Little Extra Something"
 * 1995–96: Married... with Children as Ephraim Wanker, hillbilly father of Peg Bundy in four episodes
 * 1997/99: Diagnosis: Murder, appears in two episodes; in "Comedy is Murder", he and Harvey Korman play former comedy partners Tim Conrad and Harvey Huckaby (A clip of the well-known dentist sketch from The Carol Burnett Show was used to illustrate their partnership)
 * 1999–2012: SpongeBob SquarePants, voiced the character "Barnacle Boy" (14 episodes), a recurring role pairing up as the sidekick to his old McHale's Navy co-star, Ernest Borgnine (as Mermaid Man). Conway has not appeared on the show since Borgnine's death on July 8, 2012, but he did have a brief role as the voice of a seagull in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water in 2015. In September 2018, SpongeBob showrunner Vincent Waller confirmed that Conway would not reprise his role as Barnacle Boy again.
 * 2001–05: Yes Dear, a recurring role as Tom Warner, the father of Greg, with Carol Burnett Show co-star Vicki Lawrence playing his wife
 * 2003: On The Spot, short-lived WB Network comedy, as Mr. Henderson
 * 2003–10: Hermie and Friends, Max Lucado's animated video series, providing the voice of the title character in eight episodes
 * 2008: Garfield's Fun Fest, voicing Freddy Frog and other characters
 * 2008: 30 Rock, as Bucky Bright, a washed up star from the 1940s and 1950s
 * 2010: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, as legendary Vegas comic Knuckles Pratt, in the episode "Take My Life, Please"
 * 2010, 2013: Hot in Cleveland, in the episodes "It's Not That Complicated" and "Canoga Falls" (in which he is reunited with Carol Burnett)
 * 2010–11: WordGirl, voicing Bampy Botsford and Museum Security Guard
 * 2011: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voicing the Weeper in the episode "Joker: The Vile and the Villainous!"
 * 2011: Wizards of Waverly Place, as Cragmont in the episode "Justin's Back In"
 * 2013: Mike & Molly, as Brian in the episode "School Recital"
 * 2013: Major Crimes, as a tenant of Shangri-La Apartments in "There's No Place Like Home"
 * 2014: Two and a Half Men, as a guest at Marty's stag party in "Bite Me, Supreme Court"
 * 2014: Glee, as an old man who plays in Peter Pan in "Old Dog New Tricks"

Some of these roles are in the current filmography, but some are missing. If someone's got time to add them today, that would be great. (If not, I can get to them tonight or tomorrow.) ChiaLynn (talk) 18:27, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

✅ However, there's now some redundancy between the television and video sections, specifically related to Hermie and Friends, and I'm not sure of the best way to deal with it. Would appreciate input/edits. ChiaLynn (talk) 00:25, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Tributes
Does anyone think we should add tributes he received after he passed away? Matt Campbell (talk) 01:11, 16 May 2019 (UTC)