Jerry Lewis...dead.

[Miss B]

Oh, duuuuuuuuuuuuuh!

Talk about having a blank memory moment. ~Sheesh~

 

[eclark1894]

Harvey Korman and Tim Conway... Carol Burnett show.

They weren't an actual comedic duo though. Tim Conway was just funny as hell and was always trying to get Harvey to crack up. Korman tried his damnest not to , but Conway was a comedic genius and merciless. The whole cast had trouble keeping a straight face around him.

Some of their best shows was when everyone just lost it around Conway. Including Carol.

 

[James R.]

They weren't an actual comedic duo though. Tim Conway was just funny as hell and was always trying to get Harvey to crack up. Korman tried his damnest not to , but Conway was a comedic genius and merciless. The whole cast had trouble keeping a straight face around him.

I think you're splitting hairs, but yes, they were never an "official" duo.

Regardless, in their sketches, Korman almost inevitably played the straight role to Conway's clown. This was my point. Comedic duo: straight man and funny man.

And good choice in calling Conway merciless in trying to crack Korman up. He was, wasn't he! He'd often just go for broke, go right over the top. The dentist skit... just thinking about it... lol

 

[Miss B]

I know, I used to laugh myself silly when I watched those two. I just never considered them a "duo", so when you mentioned their names together earlier, it just didn't hit me that's who you were referring to.

 

[James R.]

I know, I used to laugh myself silly when I watched those two. I just never considered them a "duo", so when you mentioned their names together earlier, it just didn't hit me that's who you were referring to.

No, they were never (as far as I recall) an official duo. But people have associated them together since Carol Burnett. Certainly no one ever referred to them as "Korman and Conway" like I did. I was just naming names.

 

[Satira Capriccio]

When I was a preteen, I loved Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy ... as well as the Three Stooges. But, I didn't find Martin and Lewis as funny. Perhaps because I didn't like Dean Martin. As I grew older, I found subtle comedy more appealing and slapstick comedy too grating. Still, I did love the interaction between C-3PO and R2-D2. But then too, everything in Star Wars didn't revolve around C-3PO and R2-D2, so maybe that's the difference.

Funny thing about that... I didn't really like them as a team. I think he did his best when he was on his own and allowed to go nuts.

 

[Miss B]

Yes, Abbott and Costello were probably my favorites back in my youth. Not so much Laurel and Hardy, or the Three Stooges.

 

[eclark1894]

When I was a preteen, I loved Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy ... as well as the Three Stooges. But, I didn't find Martin and Lewis as funny. Perhaps because I didn't like Dean Martin. As I grew older, I found subtle comedy more appealing and slapstick comedy too grating. Still, I did love the interaction between C-3PO and R2-D2. But then too, everything in Star Wars didn't revolve around C-3PO and R2-D2, so maybe that's the difference.

I loved the three Stooges as a kid, but as I got older, they just got more stupid. On the other hand, I didn't like Dean Martin when he was with Jerry, probably because he was always the mean one... but Martin could be hilarious on his own. I loved him in the Matt Helm movies, and he's also pretty good in a few westerns. I also liked his variety show.

 

[James R.]

Over time I've really come to enjoy Dean Martin's singing. His voice has got a natural, unpretentious quality to it that I quite like.

 

[JOdel]

When I was a kid, Disney films and Jerry Lewis were the only ones that my parents would take me to. I still enjoy the Disney films. But '50s style humor in general soon struck me as more silly than funny.

But it is an impressive body of work. (And he was certainly "a genius in France".)