Outsight Book Reader Diary: June 2022

What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life by Tim Conway
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It's not unusual to me to read of a comedian burdened by the strain and pressure to always be "on". Indeed, Conway appears to be the other way; always on and wouldn't have it any other way. His on, apparently, is about pranking friends and family, sometimes in elaborate ways. He relates these tales as seeming his chief contributions through making people laugh, but I came away thinking I would feel he was being a jerk. Indeed, if someone would not speak to him "for weeks" after such a prank or otherwise demonstrably give evidence of being embarrassed or angered, that seems only to increase his "score" by how 'sore' they are.

I loved his appearances on the The Carol Burnett Show and watching him crack up Harvey Korman. Carol Burnett narrates her own lauding Introduction here and Korman is extensively recalled and eulogized by Conway. Well, Conway is of course entitled to all his depth and personality, and I'll recall the Show episodes and leave it at that.

Narrator Dick Hill does a great job, diving into voices and comedic emphasis with gusto.

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