What's So Funny?
My Hilarious Life
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4.2 • 139 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Six-time Emmy Award-winning funny man Tim Conway—best known for his roles on The Carol Burnett Show—offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian.
In television history, few entertainers have captured as many hearts and made as many people laugh as Tim Conway. What’s So Funny? follows Tim’s journey from life as an only child raised by loving but outrageous parents, to his tour of duty in the army, to his ascent as a national star.
Conway’s often-improvised humor, razor-sharp timing, and hilarious characters have made him one of the funniest and most authentic performers to grace the stage and studio. As Carol Burnett, who also provides an intimate foreword to the book, has said, “there’s no one funnier” than Tim Conway.
What’s So Funny? shares hilarious accounts and never-before-shared stories of behind-the-scenes antics on McHale’s Navy and The Carol Burnett Show as well as his famous partnerships with entertainment greats like Harvey Korman, Don Knotts, and Dick Van Dyke; and his friendships with stars like Betty White and Bob Newhart.
Filled with warmth, humor, and heart, What’s So Funny will delight and inspire fans everywhere.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Devotees of Tim Conway will revel in this heartfelt and sweetly revealing memoir. The actor and comedian begins by recounting what he knows about his family history, though Conway admits that he's quite short on specifics. The humorous memoir proceeds more or less chronologically through his childhood, college years, time spent in the army, and his endeavors to break into show business. Conway's first stint as an assistant on a Cleveland radio show led to work in the new field of television, and a chance meeting with actor Rose Marie a star on the Dick Van Dyke Show proved fortuitous. "Her visit literally launched my career," Conway writes. By 1966 he had relocated to Los Angeles and began appearing on the Carol Burnett Show. Conway discusses his many professional relationships, which provide the scaffolding for this delightful minicourse in early television history, touching on actors like Don Knotts, Steve Allen, Garry Moore, Harvey Korman, and Burnett. The author writes candidly about his two marriages; his feelings on parenting; his love of horses; his professional ups and downs; as well as his recent work in theater. This is a warm-hearted tribute to Conway's professional and personal life, with endearing peeks behind the television camera.
Customer Reviews
What’s So Funny - Enlightening
Funny as well as an enlightening look into the life of Tim Conway. He was able to make ordinary life funny.
So funny!
I loved watching him on The Carol Burnett Show, but I realize now that only was a small glimpse of the funny he shared! I had to read this through in one setting!
SO funny!
The first half of the book was hilarious with him talking about growing up as an only child of somewhat colorful, eccentric, but adoring parents. I laughed so hard, I could hardly breathe. The second half was more about his career and successful practical jokes on his friends in show business, which was a who's who of 1970's TV shows. This is a great light read.