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Harvey Korman, RIP

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Off Topic
Posted on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:06:40 PM EST
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All of us old, low information voters remember Harvey Korman. He passed away today. He was 81.

This is not his best scene in Blazing Saddles, a movie I love, but it is funny and somewhat political:

Harrumph! RIP, Harvey Korman.

Here's one of those Carol Burnett Show skits when Tim Conway and Harvey Korman crack each other up:

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    Harvey Korman, RIP | 47 comments (47 topical)

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    How sad....nothing made me laff more than (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by PssttCmere08 on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:08:57 PM EST
    Harvey and Tim Conway when they would get to laffing during a skit...he will be missed...rest in peace Harvey!

    Oh what a bummer (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by txpolitico67 on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:11:40 PM EST
    I loved him on the Carol Burnett Show.  Man I grew up with Harvey Korman.  May he rest...thanks for the awesome laughs and the great memories.  Surely Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, Lyle Waggoner and Betty White are truly heartbroken this evening.

    Here's a fave of mine: Korman as Rhett Butler (5.00 / 2) (#6)
    by Cream City on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:17:22 PM EST
    to Carol Burnett's Scarlett O'Hara in their version of Gone With the Wind.  Only recently did I read the backstory of those curtain rods across her back!


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    I LOVE that scene. (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by masslib on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:18:56 PM EST


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    One of the best lines ever: (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by txpolitico67 on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:19:43 PM EST
    "Scarlett, where did you get that dress?"  "I don't know, I saw it in a window and I couldn't resist!"

    ONE OF THE BEST LINES EVER ON TV!

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    Oops, wrong one -- but a good one, too (none / 0) (#12)
    by Cream City on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:20:24 PM EST
    Here's Korman as Rhett Butler and Burnett as, well, a window treatment.

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    The drapes... (none / 0) (#13)
    by masslib on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:25:30 PM EST
    fabulous.  

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    "I saw it in the window. . . (none / 0) (#16)
    by andgarden on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:27:44 PM EST
    and I couldn't resist"

    heh.

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    That is exactly (none / 0) (#25)
    by waldenpond on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:38:20 PM EST
    what came in to my mind when I saw Harvey's name!        Rest well Harvey Korman.

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    That scene is a bright memory from childhood (none / 0) (#26)
    by davnee on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:38:53 PM EST
    I have mostly vague memories of tv from that period, but that gem burns brightly in my memory.

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    Yep...."Went With The Wind" is a classic (none / 0) (#36)
    by PssttCmere08 on Thu May 29, 2008 at 11:08:40 PM EST
    as is the dentist skit with Tim and Harvey....those were good times.

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    I have met both Carol Burnett and Tim Conway (none / 0) (#37)
    by PssttCmere08 on Thu May 29, 2008 at 11:14:00 PM EST
    and they could not have been nicer.  In the comedy realm The Carol Burnett Show came in a close second to I Love Lucy...vitavetavegamin is my absolute favorite episode.

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    Loved Harvey...went to see the Carol (5.00 / 2) (#3)
    by zfran on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:13:04 PM EST
    Burnett show in its heyday. What a hoot. Thanks for all the laughs!

    Aw, the Scarlett O'Hara drape scene (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by BarnBabe on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:17:11 PM EST
    He played Rhett Butler and she wore the drape dress. It was so funny and he just kept breaking up. Loved that. Actually saw Blazing Saddles on a 'date' night when it originally opened. Had me in stiches. He was so good in that when and how it ended was cool. Jumping into a limo and telling the driver to drive him off this movie. And of course, the pie fight. Silly but a good movie and he had great timing. He was always one of my favorites.  

    Yep, just posted the GWTW scene above (none / 0) (#7)
    by Cream City on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:18:16 PM EST
    B.Babe.  First that came to mind for me, too.  Enjoy.

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    Thanks, (5.00 / 0) (#30)
    by BarnBabe on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:55:11 PM EST
    I just watched both scenes. I also watched that dentist scene posted by BTD and I laughed right along with Harvey. And he did not even have a line. It was pretty funny. We need a laugh and memory once in a while. The Carol Burnett Show was really good. And Vickie Lawrence played Sissy really well too.

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    "I didn't get a harumph out of that guy" (none / 0) (#42)
    by Daryl24 on Fri May 30, 2008 at 01:45:00 PM EST
    "Give the governor a harumph!" Love it.

    Harvey was amazing.

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    harvey and tim really enjoyed what they (5.00 / 0) (#9)
    by hellothere on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:18:45 PM EST
    did and so did we. rest in peace!

    Dr. Charles Montague! (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by andgarden on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:26:51 PM EST
    High Anxiety! is one of my favorite movies. I will miss Korman.

    RIP, Harvey. (5.00 / 1) (#23)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:34:45 PM EST
    Seriously, can we picture anyone in the role of Blazing Saddles' forever-scheming Attorney General, "That's Hedley!" Lamarr? I think not.

    My favorite scene with him was the moment of his character's revelation to appoint a black man as sherriff of Rock Ridge, the unabashed look of sinister relish as he tossed his head back and let loose with an over-the-top, diabolical laugh -- only to choke on that piece of hard candy he had in his mouth.

    It was pure and unadulterated corn, the kind that only Harvey Korman could have played with ribald flair and aplomb.

    Thanks for posting that ! (none / 0) (#43)
    by Daryl24 on Fri May 30, 2008 at 01:46:27 PM EST
    Made me laugh just thinking about it.

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    He will be missed (none / 0) (#4)
    by Saul on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:13:28 PM EST


    Damn, damn, damn.... (none / 0) (#8)
    by oldpro on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:18:30 PM EST
    ...and just when we're going to need a lotta laffs just to survive.

    Thank @%$?%& for tapes, CDs and reruns.

    From the I did not know that file (none / 0) (#15)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:27:41 PM EST
    "After subsisting as a car salesman and movie doorman, in the mid-1960s Korman began getting minor movie parts, doing voice-overs as the Great Gazoo on "The Flintstones" . . "

    Korman was the Great Gazoo. Who knew?

    Hey, it's a living! (none / 0) (#18)
    by andgarden on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:28:10 PM EST
    :D

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    Says the recent college grad (5.00 / 1) (#19)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:29:42 PM EST
    who probably never saw the Carol Burnett Show in his entire life.

    You fell in with a bunch of geezers youngun.

    In my day . . .

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    heh (5.00 / 1) (#20)
    by andgarden on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:33:03 PM EST
    Well, I've watched plenty of Flintstones.

    Willllllllmmmaaa!

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    Heh (5.00 / 2) (#24)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:37:09 PM EST
    Cartoon Channel?

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    Whichever of the UHF stations in Philly (5.00 / 1) (#27)
    by andgarden on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:41:38 PM EST
    that had it on at 6:30AM when I ate my cereal before elementary school in the early 90s.

    I'm just old enough to have lived for a time without cable!

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    I believe it was Ch48 before they were sold (none / 0) (#28)
    by Rhouse on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:46:50 PM EST
    to the Trinity Network.

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    Nope, I'm certain it isn't that one (none / 0) (#29)
    by andgarden on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:48:55 PM EST
    either 17 or 57.

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    You sure? Then I'd say 57 (none / 0) (#31)
    by Rhouse on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:58:04 PM EST


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    Probably 57, yes (none / 0) (#33)
    by andgarden on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:59:57 PM EST
    48 almost never had anything worth watching. Dorothy Brunson didn't have a lot of money to put into programming.

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    Remember (none / 0) (#44)
    by Daryl24 on Fri May 30, 2008 at 01:51:44 PM EST
    when Saturday morning and afternoon was for kids? You could literally watch cartoons from 6:30AM to 3:00PM and still top it off with a couple of good westerns or a Jungle Jim adventure serial.

    Umm not that I remember things like that...I think...well...  

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    BTD, bless ya for the 2nd video, too (none / 0) (#22)
    by Cream City on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:33:33 PM EST
    as I had been waiting for Youtube time to see if I could find one of those -- what also came to mind for me were those wonderful episodes when the cast cracked up.  And I read later about how much they made it their mission to do so.  What an ensemble it was.

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    Everyone knows that (none / 0) (#40)
    by Warren Terrer on Fri May 30, 2008 at 08:04:08 AM EST
    dum-dum.

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    Harvey Korman (none / 0) (#17)
    by cal1942 on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:28:01 PM EST
    was one of a kind.  I understand that Conway deliberately tried to crack Korman up. So sad that so many great entertainers from our younger days (in my 30s then) are passing away. So many great talents. Sometimes it's a bit too much a reminder of passing time.

    Happy you loved Blazing Saddles BTD.  Probably one of my 50 or so favorites. The opening scene made me laugh so hard I had trouble stopping. I embarrassed my wife and the people we were with to the extent that they tried to make it look as if they didn't know me.

    Ohhh, this is so sad to hear - Korman was such (none / 0) (#21)
    by Anne on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:33:30 PM EST
    a class act, always guaranteed to crack me up, and watching Korman and Conway to see which one would break the other up first was always a hoot.

    Loved the GWTW sketch - truly a classic.

    He will be missed.

    Harvey Korman & Slim Pickens (none / 0) (#32)
    by wurman on Thu May 29, 2008 at 10:58:16 PM EST
    . . . we'll do a number six, boss,
    [snip]
    Ride into town, a whoppin' & a hollern'
    ---------------------------------------
    And it was Mel Brooks that put the whole thing together.

    What a tour de force that showcased Korman so thoroughly.

    Requiescat in pace.

    "You will be risking your lives, (none / 0) (#45)
    by Daryl24 on Fri May 30, 2008 at 01:57:31 PM EST
    while I will be risking an almost-certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor!"

    And imo he should have won.

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    YUP. n/t (none / 0) (#46)
    by wurman on Fri May 30, 2008 at 03:30:54 PM EST


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    I'd say something about his role in (none / 0) (#34)
    by Rhouse on Thu May 29, 2008 at 11:03:02 PM EST
    "Americathon" as Monty Rushmore hosting a telethon to save an America run out of oil.  Not a great film, but had some topical points to it.

    As great as he was making people laugh (none / 0) (#35)
    by JavaCityPal on Thu May 29, 2008 at 11:08:21 PM EST
    some of the best things he did were those skits with Tim Conway where he could not keep from laughing.

    Blessed Be (none / 0) (#38)
    by themomcat on Thu May 29, 2008 at 11:34:22 PM EST
    May the Goddess guide him on his journey to the Summerlands. May his family, friends and everyone he made laugh find peace.

    Thanks for the gut busting laughs Harvey! (none / 0) (#39)
    by OxyCon on Thu May 29, 2008 at 11:39:55 PM EST
    I remember when I was about 10 staying up to watch Carol Burnett with my family, all five of us, and we all used to laugh until it hurt. Everyone on that cast was so hilarious. Harvey Korman and Tim Conway were my favorites. We all looked forward to the day when that show was on.
    Those were good days. Thanks for giving us that, Harvey!
    He was also really funny in High Anxiety.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4kcEuRgXwI

    Blazing Saddles scene. (none / 0) (#41)
    by QuakerInABasement on Fri May 30, 2008 at 10:45:24 AM EST
    I like this one.

    Good call Quaker.... (none / 0) (#47)
    by kdog on Fri May 30, 2008 at 05:28:35 PM EST
    "And Methodists!"

    How bout the Pledge of Aleegiance to Hedley Lamarr

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