Tim Conway Plays a 35-Year-Old Orphan — And Leaves Harvey Korman and Carol Burnett Helpless With Laughter
Few things in television history are as reliably funny as Tim Conway deciding to go off-script. In one of The Carol Burnett Show’s most beloved sketches, Conway appears as a 35-year-old “orphan” hoping to be adopted — and within minutes, he has Harvey Korman and Carol Burnett fighting for their composure, losing that battle more than once.
The sketch begins innocently enough: Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman play a married couple visiting an adoption agency. They explain that they’ve always dreamed of bringing a little boy into their family. What they don’t expect is the “child” who walks through the door — Tim Conway, fully grown, suit and tie, embodying a desperate 35-year-old who still longs for a mom and dad.
And from the moment he speaks, the scene is over.
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