The Tim Conway Show

Season 2 (22 Episodes)

2 Seasons1980NR1h 00m7.5

Tim Conway hosted a variety show so closely modeled on the successful Carol Burnett Show, even using some of the same sketches. Interpersed were dance routines where all the performers were youngsters and musical numbers.

Tim Conway's second attempt at a variety show is a bit more polished than his first. The focus is primarily on sketches interspersed with black-outs often spoofing commercials familiar in 1980. Some reoccurring routines through out season one include having three members of the audience come on stage and perform a sketch with Tim using cue cards. The humor comes from the misreading of lines or reading the wrong lines. A continuing story line sketch has convict Tim coaching his not-so-smart wife into helping him to escape. The regular Don Crichton Dancers are Junior High aged kids who dance in costume pretending to be adults, they aren't very good and bordering on creepy as under-aged kids try to be sexy. The guest stars in season one are singers who usually only sing one song in the first five minutes, Tim interrupts them at first before letting them continue. Season two cuts the show down to 30 minutes and pretty much limits the guest stars to Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman, hoping to re-capture the magic Tim had on Carol's show.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 2 Superguy

2. Superguy

Aired: Sep 27, 1980

Tonight: Tim shops for a waterbed, gets taken in by a "hidden camera" show, a...

Episode 3 Carol Burnett

3. Carol Burnett

Aired: Oct 4, 1980

Returning soldier Tim has mixed feelings when he overhears his love writing a...

Episode 5 The Gun Mole

5. The Gun Mole

Aired: Oct 18, 1980

Tim gets laughs as a derelict who sits in with a jazz band, and utilizes audi...

Episode 7 Don Knotts

7. Don Knotts

Aired: Oct 31, 1980

Don Knotts reunites with Tim Conway for a silent movie spoof.

Episode 9 Jonathan Winters

9. Jonathan Winters

Aired: Nov 14, 1980

Tim is a football coach and Jonathan is the dim-witted quarterback who only k...

Episode 11 Vicki Lawrence

11. Vicki Lawrence

Aired: Dec 5, 1980

Vicki and Tim play a married couple at a shoe store where he insists on buyin...

Episode 23 Final Show

23. Final Show

Aired: Mar 6, 1981

Harvey visits a barber asking for a shave, their expert shaver is Old-Man Tim...

Info about The Tim Conway Show

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy