It wasn’t acting. It was survival. Every time Tim Conway stepped into a sketch on The Carol Burnett Show, Harvey Korman braced himself — because he knew chaos was coming. Tim had that quiet grin, that dangerous glimmer in his eyes that said, “I’m about to ruin your composure on live television.”… From the iconic “Dentist Sketch”, where Tim accidentally injects himself with Novocain, to the absurd “Siamese Elephants” story, Harvey would try — desperately — to stay in character. But every pause, every sideways glance from Tim, was a countdown to Harvey’s total collapse. He’d start trembling, turning red, tears forming as the laughter consumed him. The audience wasn’t just watching a show — they were watching two masters lose control together. Even Carol Burnett, usually the queen of poise, couldn’t always hold it in. There were moments she’d bend over, clutching her stomach, unable to say her next line. “Those weren’t rehearsed laughs,” she once admitted. “That was real joy. Tim made all of us forget we were working.”