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RIP Harvey Korman

LOVED him in History of the World Part 1.

"Don't get saucy with me, Bearnaise."

"Count de money! Count de money!"
"That's Count de Monet." :lol:
 
One of my favorite Korman bits from Blazing Saddles..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km7WD8wkb1c&feature=related

"I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists."
:guffaw:
 
He was a brilliant comedian for sure. A sad loss, but his library of work is a great legacy. :(
 
That's sad to hear..His bits with Tim Conway were some of the funniest things on TV and his role on Blazing Saddles was classic.

Especialy when they would start laughing and it was not in the script, a truly funny and gifted comic, thanks for all the laughs Harvey may you rest in peace.
 
One of my favorite Korman bits from Blazing Saddles..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km7WD8wkb1c&feature=related

"I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists."
:guffaw:

The Dentist Sketch, with Tim Conway, almost put Harvey in tears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9T8i4FkNVo

:guffaw:
 
The great Hedy Lamar will be missed.

That's "Hedley!"

Some of my earliest memories were of Harvey, Tim and Carol-dear old friends of my childhood-Harvey, there may be other funnymen but watching you lose it as Tim Conway wandered off-script is a memory no one can replace.

RIP:(
 
I just watched the dentist skit and the elephant story skit. I have tears in my eyes from laughing. Brings back great memories from watching with my parents.

It's weird, people just aren't that kind of funny anymore very often. People seem to depend more on writing and less on just being hilarious like these guys all were. I'm not that old but I certainly feel like it after saying something like that. :lol:
 
I just watched the dentist skit and the elephant story skit. I have tears in my eyes from laughing. Brings back great memories from watching with my parents.

It's weird, people just aren't that kind of funny anymore very often. People seem to depend more on writing and less on just being hilarious like these guys all were. I'm not that old but I certainly feel like it after saying something like that. :lol:

Today, they depend on put-downs, potty humor, and profanity to be funny. Comedians like Korman, Conway, and Burnette were all class acts with tongue in cheek humor. Their shtick is better than anything Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, Vince Vaughn, or any of today's "top talent" could ever produce.
 
:( I got to meet Mr. Korman once, when he came into the tv station I was working at. He and Mr. Conway were in town for a couple of shows. I am pleased to report that he was warm, funny, smart, a true gentleman & everything you want your stars to be, but too often they are not. The world is less funny today & I am much sadder. RIP, Sir & thank you for the :guffaw:.
 
So very sad to see this. Harvey was was a great, funny actor. I so loved him in everything he ever did.
 
I wish they'd release my all-time favorite movie of his to DVD! SOMEONE has mastered the VHS tape to DVD and is selling it on line, but I want it ANAMORPHIC, dammit!

Besides, I've mastered the tape to DVD for my own self already.


"Americathon" (1979), with appearances by: Elvis Costello, Jay Leno, Meat Loaf, Cybill Shepherd, Fred Willard, Zane Buzby, Peter Riegert, Nancy Morgan, George Carlin, and others. Co-written by 2 members of The Firesign Theatre.

The co-stars of the movie? Harvey Korman and John Ritter, may they both RIP. :( I'm going to watch it tomorrow just because I can.
 
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