Now go and do that vodoo that you do so well!

RIP.

Mongo sad. B-(

a very funny man. RIP

Blazing Saddles was probably the funniest movie of all time.

Rest in peace, sir. God bless.

You have given me more hours laughter than I can count.

"Don't be saucy with me, Bearnaise!"

Who else could deliver that line?

A Classic. He made me laugh so often. RIP

Rest in peace, Heddy - er, Headley.

Our loss is Heaven's gain. Rest in Peace, Mr. Korman. Thanks for the laughs.

The ultimate man movie. Blazing Saddles.
Funny man. I hope he had a nice life.

2008 has been a very sad year for Hollywood. All of the greats are passing; We won't see their likes again. Truly a golden age is fading away.

I fell in love with him on Carol Burnett's show when I was a little girl.

Blazing Saddles is one of the funniest movies made ever. And, in our PC world nothing will be made like it again. Harvey Korman will live forever thanks to this movie.

Mm.

Fond childhood memories of sitting on the floor in front of my parents' console television, watching Korman on Carol Burnette's show, slowly letting a laugh leak out like steam.

He made my parents laugh, which made me laugh. Rest in peace.

"Gosh darn Mr. Lamar. You talk pretier than a twenty dollar whore."

Harvey was a great actor. I loved his work on the Carol Burnett Show. They just don't make them like him these days. Thanks for the memories.

re: #12 MandyManners

I loved the way he made me laugh!:)

Godspeed, Harvey.

Perhaps we'll see you in heaven once the whole gang reunites, drawing gales of laughter, for eternity.
/Crossposted

Could you repeat that, sir?

LMAO!

/that's "HEDLEY"!
//miss him already

Way OT, but in the spirit of the previous KOS thread, DUmmies postulating the theory that marines conducting urban training in Indiana is preparation (false flag operation, in lunatic lingo) for marines to kill Americans, and presumably install martial law, no doubt at the behest of Darth Cheney, leading to the impending cancellation of November elections, coronation of King McBush...well, you get the picture.

Oh, and the %u0447%u0435%u043B%u043E%u0432%u0435%u043A who started the tin foil hat thread has a Barack picture as its symbol. Shocking, I know.

link

"He'll be dead for three days, and Tim Conway will come up to the coffin, look at the body for a second too long, and Harvey Korman will start to laugh."

-earguy, Fark.com

Ya gotta' watch!

Okay, okay. So the clip features Tim Conway; but it's wonderful to see the two work together and to watch Harvey try to keep from cracking up!

watching comedy with him in it was like eating comfort food when I was a kid. it allways made you feel good.

he played a con man in a movie version of huck fin I beleive.

One of my favorite Korman/Conway sketches. :)

Korman couldn't stop laughing!

I posted this earlier but it bears repeating: Tim Conway and Harvey Korman were perfect together. When Conway would do or say something unexpected, Korman would just start laughing. He could not control himself. Those scenes were absolutely priceless.

re: #20 PSGInfinity

Perfect.

re: #21 yitzy

GMTA :)

re: #25 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Perfect.

Thank you; I thought so too, so I shamelessly lifted it.

re: #13 dahveed

Blazing Saddles is one of the funniest movies made ever. And, in our PC world nothing will be made like it again. Harvey Korman will live forever thanks to this movie.

The thing is Blazing Saddles lampooned everything and everyone, it was particularly sharp at lampooning racism with it's over the top bits.

He and Tim Conway on the Carol Burnett show -- they were absolutely hilarious.

/sad to see the real comedians of the past passing

re: #29 jcm

The thing is Blazing Saddles lampooned everything and everyone, it was particularly sharp at lampooning racism with it's over the top bits.

No one does that any more except for South Park.

re: #26 gop_patriot

GMTA :)

I saw! However, I don't think I qualify as a "GM" since I just had to look up "GMTA"! Hats off to you though sir!

#19

DOh! I guess the the KossKids just exposed the evil plan and blew the element of surprize!

Darn you Koskids! Now we have to go to plan B and wait for Haloween...

I never said that. You did not read this.

A truly great and funny man has left us for the heavens above. RIP Harvey.

re: #33 dak

#19

DOh! I guess the the KossKids just exposed the evil plan and blew the element of surprize!

Darn you Koskids! Now we have to go to plan B and wait for Haloween...

I never said that. You did not read this.

Wait a minute...does this change the Channukah Op?...cuz I already bought my plane tickets. Let me know.

The worst dregs to ever soil the face of the West...

You rang?

RIP Harvey Korman. My favorite thing you ever did was the Carol Burnette show that I watched just about every week when I was a kid. I especially loved the stuff with Tim Conway. Oh geeze, how many times I thought my dad was gonna have a cardiac laughing so hard at that show. Ha. Man the guy can laugh! and I saw all the great Mel Brooks movies All classics. Man, what happened to comedy? Seems like so many people are too bored to ever laugh or maybe they just forgot how.

But its not just the passing of Harvey Korman but the passing of the whole genre of variety-comedy TV. Harvey Korman was the perfect guy for that scene. Sing, dance, act, improvise, the stars back then could do it all. Now, not so much.

I went to elementary school with Tim Conway's kids back in the early 1970's. I remember playing with Harvey Korman in the Conway's yard as a kid.

He was brilliant in Blazing Saddles and High Anxiety.

I can't believe he was 81....Bless is soul.

R.I.P Mr Korman.And thank you for the many laughs you gave a lot of joy to this world.

re: #33 dak

Trust me on this, the DUmmies are 10 times more insane and clueless than anyone on KOS or HuffPo can ever hope to be. There is one Marine on that thread who is quite patiently trying to explain why it is that marines need to conduct training in American cities in preparation for urban combat overseas. He is getting called every name in the book, and these are hard core Obama supporters. And many communists (admittedly) as well. I love these guys.

re: #37 Ringo the Gringo

That's reallllly cool. Lucky you!

my favorite:

"hollywood WAX museum"

dam!
this calls for a toast lizards!
hats off!
pour me a double!

But oh for the touch of a vanished hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
Author: Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Break, Break, Break

RIP Mr. Korman, RIP

re: #37 Ringo the Gringo

I remember playing with Harvey Korman in the Conway's yard as a kid.

C'mon. How come you never told us that before? Too weird. I was a huge fan of Mel Brooks movies when I was a kid and I still remember cracking up like an idiot during "Silent Movie" when the pregnant lady got into the back seat of the Volkswagen Thing and the car did a wheelie and went down the road on the rear wheels only.

re: #32 yitzy

I saw! However, I don't think I qualify as a "GM" since I just had to look up "GMTA"! Hats off to you though sir!

Georgia Motor Trucking Association?

RIp Harvey Korman ad thanks for all the laughs. You will surely be missed.

re: #31 Alouette

No one does that any more except for South Park.

Sometimes the best thing is a acerbic wit, not sensitivity, just skewer the issue with sarcasm.

How sad. He was one of the last truly funny great comediens.

Good night Lizards.

G'night Harvey. Godspeed.

re: #11 jamsler

2008 has been a very sad year for Hollywood. All of the greats are passing; We won't see their likes again. Truly a golden age is fading away.

Very true. Still, Harvey gave us some great times. RIP

re: #37 Ringo the Gringo

I went to elementary school with Tim Conway's kids back in the early 1970's. I remember playing with Harvey Korman in the Conway's yard as a kid.

He was brilliant in Blazing Saddles and High Anxiety.

I can't believe he was 81....Bless is soul.

Oh, wow. What a memory to treasure.

Bless him.

re: #36 Mich-again

You rang?

RIP Harvey Korman. My favorite thing you ever did was the Carol Burnette show that I watched just about every week when I was a kid. I especially loved the stuff with Tim Conway. Oh geeze, how many times I thought my dad was gonna have a cardiac laughing so hard at that show. Ha. Man the guy can laugh! and I saw all the great Mel Brooks movies All classics. Man, what happened to comedy? Seems like so many people are too bored to ever laugh or maybe they just forgot how.
But its not just the passing of Harvey Korman but the passing of the whole genre of variety-comedy TV. Harvey Korman was the perfect guy for that scene. Sing, dance, act, improvise, the stars back then could do it all. Now, not so much.

The problem today is that we are so ready to laugh at others, that we have forgotten to laugh at ourselves. Being human means that we are going to make mistakes, going to be stupid from time to time, going to do dumb things.
Being human is just funny. Even if we are the ones being funny...

Goodness, there is about 1/2 the world that hasn't learned to laugh at themselves....and that is really the problem with the world.

funny will be miss, Dan rollen from laugh in just died to the last week.

re: #20 PSGInfinity

"He'll be dead for three days, and Tim Conway will come up to the coffin, look at the body for a second too long, and Harvey Korman will start to laugh."

-earguy, Fark.com

LOL!

That almost makes up for the waist-deep BS earlier today.

O/T, but O'Reilly just said on his radio show that Ari Fleisher told him (O'Reilly) that McClellan told Fleisher 6 months ago that his book would show President Bush in a good way.

/I guess money talks, bullshit walks. McClellan- Sellout scumbag wuss.

Interesting quotes here.

He was a genuinely funny guy, and a star who brought many happy memories. I hope TV Land does a marathon or something. I used to wait for the Burnette show every weekend. It was great being a kid and being able to actually watch comedy! Today, you just can't watch comedy with your young kids.

He was more of a legend then he ever realized.

re: #55 tblot

funny will be miss, Dan rollen from laugh in just died to the last week.

Dick Martin, you mean. Dan Rowan died about 20 years ago.

re: #54 yesandno

Goodness, there is about 1/2 the world that hasn't learned to laugh at themselves....and that is really the problem with the world.

If you can't laugh you can't love.

There was never anything better than waiting for Harvey Korman to lose it on stage. And he almost always lost it. It was a comedy two-fer.

Rest in peace, Mr. Korman.

re: #57 Bob in Breckenridge

O/T, but O'Reilly just said on his radio show that Ari Fleisher told him (O'Reilly) that McClellan told Fleisher 6 months ago that his book would show President Bush in a good way.

/I guess money talks, bullshit walks. McClellan- Sellout scumbag wuss.

Soros made him an offer he couldn't refuse?

re: #56 Spiny Norman

LOL!

That almost makes up for the waist-deep BS earlier today.

?
I didn't read much today. What did I miss?

re: #60 Mich-again

If you can't laugh you can't love.

Well Put!

Reviewing his career, Harvey took a gamble with Blazing Saddles.

What a payoff. Funniest damn movie ever!

And still really "out there" in a lot of ways even today.

re: #62 Spiny Norman

Soros made him an offer he couldn't refuse?

Seems that way, Norman...

re: #57 Bob in Breckenridge

Bill said on TV tonight that McClellan talked to Fleischer again and told him the publisher responded to his draft and asked that he "gin up" ("jinn up"?) the negative portions.

I linked this Muppet Show clip earlier today, may as well do so again here.

R.I.P. Harvey Korman.

Is Scotty competing with Wright and Pflemgler (I know) to be Obama's next press secretary?

RIP Harvey Korman

Interview with him an Tim Conway funny as to be expected.

I really hate seeing the icons of old Hollywood succumb.

I think about the old guard, and their devotion to country, visiting troops, and carrying a genuine patriotic message.

The current crop, are largely not fit to hold the dressing room door for the,

Goodbye sir.

I can't count the number of times Harvey has made me laugh. From movies to TV, he always delivered that laughter you can only describe as healing.

Thank you Harvey. I hope to meet you upstairs many years from now to shake your hand.

Styrsman

I was at the Renaissance Center in Detroit on a work related road trip and got to stand on the riverfront and watch airplanes practice for the Red Bull race thats taking place on the River this weekend. It was Spiritual.

Dudes were flying through the targets flipping their planes in circles and making hard turns. Way badass. One guy climbed straight up almost out of sight and then just shut it down and flopped down to Earth like a sheet of loose leaf for about 30 seconds before he regained control by going straight down pulling up within 30 feet of the water.

I am old enough to remember the F1 cars racing on the streets of Detroit every year they did it. But the Red Bull cropduster racing looks way cooler.

re: #69 unclassifiable

Is Scotty competing with Wright and Pflemgler (I know) to be Obama's next press secretary?

If so, he's delusional. Nobody wants to hire someone who shows disloyalty. After all, Obamajebus may be next on the backstab list.

re: #45 Mich-again
Don't know why I would havem mentioned it before...

In fact, at the same time Lyle Wagner lived on my street.

I grew up in Encino during the 1970's....There were quite a few kids of famous parents at my school.

re: #59 Spiny Norman

thanks I know when I wrote that it did not seem right

re: #32 yitzy

I saw! However, I don't think I qualify as a "GM" since I just had to look up "GMTA"! Hats off to you though sir!

LOL! That's one of the skits that my dad would call us in to watch whenever it was on in reruns. He's say "just keep watching Harvey Korman, he can't stop cracking up!" :)

PS- ma'am, not sir, I know it's kind of hard to tell over the internet... ;)

Harvey being the straight man to one of the funniest sick jokes in Blazing Saddles.

"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!"

A funny, funny man. Rest in peace, Mr. Korman.

re: #58 CTUCandyVendor

Interesting quotes here.

He was a genuinely funny guy, and a star who brought many happy memories. I hope TV Land does a marathon or something. I used to wait for the Burnette show every weekend. It was great being a kid and being able to actually watch comedy! Today, you just can't watch comedy with your young kids.

He was more of a legend then he ever realized.

He was so versatile and always funny. And the Burnette show ensemble proved you can be funny without cursing every other word. I loved watching that show when I was a kid-it was on right after Bob Newhart.

The take-off they did on Gone with the Wind was priceless.

Korman standing in front of Heaven's Gates, waiting to enter:

"Here's your badge"

Mr. Korman's not featured much in this bit, but I couldn't resist a clip named Stinky.

re: #75 Ringo the Gringo

I grew up in Encino during the 1970's...

Encino Man?

Bet Harvey Korman and Mel Brooks are sitting having a beer somewhere in Heaven.

re: #13 dahveed

Blazing Saddles is one of the funniest movies made ever. And, in our PC world nothing will be made like it again. Harvey Korman will live forever thanks to this movie.

I hope that it isn't after this election that I hear "The President is a n(loud noise)."

re: #77 gop_patriot

PS- ma'am, not sir, I know it's kind of hard to tell over the internet... ;)

My apologies about my gender confusion...er...that came out wrong...uh...so did that. Anyhoo, it's funny, I was thinking that "sir" was an assumption as I was typing it, but thought bringing it up would detract from the important message I was trying to convey....I forget what exactly that was now, but it must've been important.

So, pleasure to meet you ma'am. And let me assure you that there's no way this will turn into a BOOB THREAD!

Lizards Rock!

One of the funniest things about the "Carol Burnett Show" was watching the three of them make each other laugh during the skits.
It was a great show, with 3 great comediens who were perfect together. Great stuff.

re: #81 solomonpanting

Korman standing in front of Heaven's Gates, waiting to enter:

"Here's your badge"

He doesn't need no stinking badges.

OT

Even a calamity the size of Cyclone Nargis hasn't stopped construction in the newly built capital of Naypyitaw (nay-pee-DAW), Senior Gen. Than Shwe's extravagant vanity project. The junta leader and his team of generals have overseen its making since 2005.

A rare glimpse into the Myanmar capital

Any comments I might have would earn me a whack from Stinky's Stick.

re: #78 unclassifiable

Harvey being the straight man to one of the funniest sick jokes in Blazing Saddles.

Stampeding cattle?

Through the Vatican?

Kinky

Someone up-thread mentioned that his Dad laughed out loud at Harvey. I have similar memories of watching The Carol Burnett Show with my folks. My Dad would laugh so hard he'd turn red, couldn't speak, and sometimes spilled his beer!

re: #84 RememberSekhmet?

Bet Harvey Korman and Mel Brooks are sitting having a beer somewhere in Heaven.

I hope not, Mel Brooks is still alive.

re: #91 yitzy

Someone up-thread mentioned that his Dad laughed out loud at Harvey. I have similar memories of watching The Carol Burnett Show with my folks. My Dad would laugh so hard he'd turn red, couldn't speak, and sometimes spilled his beer!

My dad laughed so hard he would make the neighbors dog bark.

re: #92 DesertSage

I hope not, Mel Brooks is still alive.

ROFLMAO!

re: #88 Kosh's Shadow

He doesn't need no stinking badges.

Doesn't?

re: #92 DesertSage

I hope not, Mel Brooks is still alive.

My bad. I plead post-migraine let-down. Sorry.

So many good ones gone.

Many coming up to take their place, but none in the same class.

re: #97 markie

Many coming up to take their place, but none in the same class.

I bet Will Ferrel could learn to dance and do skits with Tim Conway.

re: #92 DesertSage

I hope not, Mel Brooks is still alive.

I'm having a vision of Harvey, Cleavon Little, and Slim Pickens sharing some yucks at the Great Comedy Club in the Sky.

You have to have a certain persona to be a star, you know, and I don't have that. I'm a banana.
Harvey Korman

Rest in peace Mr. Korman, and God Speed!

Ah. We finally hit post #100 so I feel I can ask this OT question:

Has Mark Steyn appeared before the Canadian court yet?

re: #92 DesertSage
Hey Sage! Yup, Mel Brooks is still alive, LOL! It is a real shame about Harvey Korman though. He was a masterful straightman and funny even on his own.
And most of the stuff he did with Tim Conway was absolutely fall down hilarious!

yes, this is sad

I will play Blazing Saddles in his honor at the grand opening of my saloon next month

re: #101 hermeneutics

Ah. We finally hit post #100 so I feel I can ask this OT question:

Has Mark Steyn appeared before the Canadian court yet?

Canadianally was posting updates early I think he was going down to the court house.

Carol Burnett Show, Mel Brooks movies.....Harvey Korman was one of a kind and we will never see the likes of him again....RIP from a longtime and permanent fan.......

re: #104 jcm It's still not clear to me if Steyn is going to court or if this is still a beef before Canada's "Human Rights" commission, do you know?

re: #104 jcm

Thanks.

re: #67 Bacchus's daddy

Bill said on TV tonight that McClellan talked to Fleischer again and told him the publisher responded to his draft and asked that he "gin up" ("jinn up"?) the negative portions.

The publisher, who is in George Soros' back pocket. Surprise, surprise, surprise!

/Channeling Gomer Pyle.

re: #103 Adrenalyn Hey, you're opening a saloon next month? Whereabouts is it gonna be?

re: #84 RememberSekhmet?

Bet Harvey Korman and Mel Brooks are sitting having a beer somewhere in Heaven.

I hope not, Mel Brooks isn't dead yet.

up in the Sierras

been working on it in my spare time for a year

re: #101 hermeneutics

Ah. We finally hit post #100 so I feel I can ask this OT question:

Has Mark Steyn appeared before the Canadian court yet?

I believe his first day is tomorrow.

re: #111 Adrenalyn In the Sierra Madre Mountains?!?
Sorry, N.C. lizard here and don't know much about the "Sierras"!

Sigh.

re: #92 DesertSage

I hope not, Mel Brooks is still alive.

Ya beat me to it!

re: #112 solomonpanting
Qould y'all please take a look at my #106 and let me know if you know the answer?

I remember watching Carol Burnett with my folks. Some of those skits with Conway and Korman would make Mom laugh so hard she cired. They were just perfect as a comedy team

re: #109 realwest

Realwest, Regarding Steyn, what powers does a court have that a commission does not have? If it is a commission, does Steyn defend himself (presumed guilty?) with a phalanx of lawyers, just as in a court?

Also, Realwest, if Steyn LOSES before the commission, to whom does he appeal, if he can?

re: #116 realwest

Hi realwest.

"On June 2, Steyn and Maclean’s magazine — the nation’s oldest newsweekly — are obliged to defend themselves against charges of “flagrant Islamophobia” at a British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal."

[Link: pajamasmedia.com...]

re: #113 realwest

In the Sierra Madre Mountains?!?
Sorry, N.C. lizard here and don't know much about the "Sierras"!

sorry....the Sierra Nevada's in Northern California
Placer County to be specific

the county with more CCW's in Ca than all others
I think more than all others combined if I am not mistaken
many of my neighbors have them
one has a daughter who happens to do the background checks for the Sheriff
it's a very polite area I tell you
not sure if there is a correlation
but folks are just plain good to one another
if they are not
we call them "tourists" and wish them be on their way

re: #120 jaunte

Thanks, Jaunte. Monday is the day, then.

re: #116 realwest

Qould y'all please take a look at my #106 and let me know if you know the answer?

The Human Rights Commission

Truly one of the greats. His Clark Gable impression was the best, and who can forget him struggling not to laugh as Conway went off the chain in the skits?

God speed, sir..you were truly one of the best..thank you for all the good times..

re: #113 realwest

In the Sierra Madre Mountains?!?
Sorry, N.C. lizard here and don't know much about the "Sierras"!

Hey RW! Want me to show you where the Sierra Madre mountains are?
Come on out, we'll go hiking.

"That's Hedley!", what a class act. Won't see him preachin from his soapbox ala Sharon Stone. I like to think of Madeline Kahn as a fine republican as well.

It's twoo it's twoo

Nice work, Mr. Korman. Thank you for the laughs.

From Jaunte's reference:

Canadian Human Rights Tribunals have a 100% conviction rate on “hate speech” charges. According to the BC Human Rights Code, decisions brought down by that province’s Human Rights Tribunals have “the same force and effect” as “a judgment of the Supreme Court.”

So, “when the British Columbia ‘Human Rights’ Tribunal finds us guilty,” writes Steyn, “they are statutorily obligated to issue a cease-and-desist order that will have the effect of preventing Maclean’s running any writing on Islam by me or anybody of a similar bent — even though the plaintiffs have not challenged the accuracy of a single fact or statistic or quotation.”
[Link: pajamasmedia.com...]

He did his job very well, made me laugh hard. RIP.

re: #118 hermeneutics

re: #119 hermeneutics

re: #120 jaunte
AND
re: #129 hermeneutics

LOL!
I think Steyn does indeed have a right to appeal from the Human Rights Commission to a Canadian Court, though I don't know what powers a Canadian Court would have regarding the findings of the the Commission - don't know if they could overturn that decision or not.

RIP, Harvey. Loved the Carol Bunett show as a kid.

re: #23 gop_patriot Ditto

I think his "trying" not to laugh was half the fun of watching him and Tim Coway, Carol Burnett, et.al, work.

RIP Mr Korman. Thanks for the lite laughs on slow nights.

I miss all that comedy in all those skits and no foul language. Great!

RIP Harvey Korman....Thanks for the laughs.

Lol.. I must be too young. Never heard of the guy, but after watching that clip I'm gonna have to see some of his work.

Now go do that voodoo that you do so WELL!

Goodbye, Hedley!

I am crushed and so sad : ( He was one of the funniest persons ever! Him and Mel were hilarious! Him on the Carol Burnett show KILLED me!

Didn't he always call for the "Piss Boy" in History of the World? ROFLMAO w/Harvey in Heaven.

It's long...but be patient : )

I'd start a Slim Pickins keffiyeh/bandanna arguement but I've inflamed enough of ya'll tonight.

Lets just say god rest ya funny bastard ,keep the party rolling til I get there; you'll be missed in the meantime.

"How did he do such fantastic stunts with such little feet?"  (About Douglas Fairbanks' footprints and handprints at Graumann's Chinese Theater.) -- Hedley Lamar's last words.

}:)     [Hope you got a set there youself, Harvey.  R.I.P. ... ]

Mr Korman I will always miss you. You made my day more than once and I'll always love you for that. I hope you find peace

re: #139 UberInfidel67

Didn't he always call for the "Piss Boy" in History of the World?

"Sire, you look like the Piss Boy!"

"And you look like a sack of shit!"

re: #12 MandyManners

I fell in love with him on Carol Burnett's show when I was a little girl.

Really? He used to drive me nuts. Loved carol and Tim, but Harvey was just that good. While working to aggravate the hell out of the others in their skits, it'd just come through and get me too, I guess.

But it didn't seem to bother me too much when Carol and Tim would do it to him when he was playing it straight. Go Figure.

He played a great Bud Abbot to Buddy Hackett's Lou Costello in a TV movie.

Harvey could make people laugh just by making an expression, he was that talented and not many actors/comedians could pull it off.

Other actors who could do this were Jackie Gleason, Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Archie Bunker.

"Head 'em off at the pass?! I hate that cliche!"

Harvey Korman was one of the greats. He will be missed.

Thanks for posting this, Harvey was always my favorite.

He's playing super straight here but this is hilarious.

Man, I remember seeing him as a kid on the Carol Burnett show. He was always trying to keep a straight face while Tim Conway was going off on some ad-libbed tangent.... Watching him "not laugh" was usually funnier than whatever was going on in the skit.

He'll be missed.

BTW
Abe Vigoda is still alive!

Blazing Saddles is in my Netflix queue!

A funny man, a class act, and some of the best comedy of my childhood years.

Thanks for all the laughs.
R.I.P.

Some of my fondest childhood memories involved watching him & the rest of the nuts on the Carol Burnette show with my family. Goodbye Harvey. sigh.....

My formative years were spent laughing along with "The Carol Burnett Show". Thanks for everything, Harvey. You will be missed.

Harvey Korman was also the voice of the Great Gazoo on the Flintstones!

Rest well Mr. Korman -- what a wonderful talent he was.

This sucks. Harvey Korman was an amazing comedic actor. His work on The Carrol Burnett show, his roles in those classic Mel Brooks comedies like Blazing Saddles and History Of The World Part 1 were awesome comedy. He was a genuinely funny man and will be missed.

Rest in Peace, Harvey, and many thanks for the laughs.

How come I never see the Carol Burnett show on cable TV?

Just watched Blazing Saddles the other day. DVD Widescreen he was so damn funny. In fact the whole movie had me laughing all the way through. We all know the possibility of making that movie today is zero LOL

One of the funniest people of our time. Thank you for the laughs, harvey. You will be sorely missed.

Sorry, I forgot to capitalize Harvey.

#121
Placer County, huh? I'm in Sacramento County! Good luck on your venture: whereabouts is it?

Thanks for paying tribute to a great comedian. I spent some time on Youtube this morning reliving some great moments. I do remember Tim Conway cracking him up on the Carol Burnett show and his laugh was contagious.

May he be blessed with plenty of fruit cup in the world to come.

Alas for the Great Gazoo. Nobody could say "dum-dum" like him.

...definitely one of the funniest ever...

Thanks for the laughs, break a leg up there.

He is greatly missed. They don't make them like this anymore. One of the best!

re: #15 BIG

"Gosh darn Mr. Lamar. You talk pretier use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore."

Harvey was a great actor. I loved his work on the Carol Burnett Show. They just don't make them like him these days. Thanks for the memories.

Some of Harvey's best lines from "Blazing Saddles":

Taggart: I got it! I know how we can run everyone out of Rock Ridge.
Hedley Lamarr: How?
Taggart: We'll kill the first born male child in every household.
Hedley Lamarr: [after some intrigued consideration] ... Too Jewish.

Taggart: What do you want me to do, sir?
Hedley Lamarr: I want you to round up every vicious criminal and gunslinger in the west. Take this down.
[Taggart looks for a pen and paper while Hedley talks]
Hedley Lamarr: 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.
Taggart: [finding pen and paper] Could you repeat that, sir?

He did an awesome Robert Shaw impersonation in Carol Burnett's "Jaws" take-off...loved him as Rhett Butler too...and Ed, Eunice's husband...and who can forget the fat lady medium from "As the Stomach Turns"...and the director of the "Institute for the Very Very Nervous" in Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety"...

'Sir you look just like the piss boy!'

'And you look like a bucket of sh*t!'

Great line. Great actor. He will be missed.

He defined 'teh funny' for so many years, "Blazing Saddles" was his best imho.
I'm sad that he's gone but know that God just picked up one of the best comedians out there.

I'm so sorry to hear about Harvey Korman's death. A few months ago, I happened to see a program-length commercial for a special release of the best of the Carol Burnett Show on dvd. Korman, Burnett and Tim Conway were all together reminiscing about making the show, and they showed some extensive clips from it too. I was struck by the fact that this was a weekly variety show, and they employed a full-size dancing chorus. Just watching some clips of the musical finales they'd end the show with, I was stunned by the huge, elaborate sets, the costumes, the choreography - it was so lavish, where do you EVER see something like that on TV anymore? And they did it every week during their season.

I remember Harvey in drag in 'As The Stomach Churns', though I remembered him as a Jewish yenta, not a medium. Just thinking of him lumbering about with those enormous boobs, then sitting down on the couch and half-lying there like a beached walrus, makes me want to laugh. And I clearly remember some Western drama they were spoofing, where Vikki Lawrence suddenly pulls a gun on him and orders him to draw. "I can't draw on a woman - it's the Code of the West!" BANG! "WHAT A STUPID CODE!"