num_pages: 280
description: Comic and television star Tim Conway (The Carol Burnett Show McHale's Navy Dorf) enjoyed enormous popular appeal. In this humorous loving and surprising memoir Tim's eldest of his six children Kelly reveals that the Conway home life was as riotous as some of her father's legendary comedy sketches. Kelly Conway allows readers an intimate look at an American childhood set in 1970s and 80s Los Angeles from the studios of CBS to the racetrack of Santa Anita Park where her father taught his kids the art of horse betting. Tim Conway took his hilarious creativity off the set to the family home where he acted as the ringmaster to six unruly lion cubsand often lit the fuse of their short-tempered mother Mary Anne. Kelly takes us through the fascinating world of entertainment from the lens of her dads television stardom to her own career in costume design and wardrobe styling using the lessons her father taught her about holding her own in the often cruel world of show business. But its not until Kelly realizes that she must find the courage to fight for her dad when he faces a devastating life change that her steadfast commitment to him becomes clearalthough it will mean losing lifelong relationships and at times facing harsh criticism. My Dad's Funnier Than Your Dad is Kellys love letter to her father an account of the warm laugh-filled world of her childhood. And when life brings sadness instead of smiles its the mutual respect and fierce devotion that Kelly shares with her famous father which ultimately defines the true meaning of love.
language: English
title: My Dad's Funnier than Your Dad: Growing Up with Tim Conway in the Funniest House in America
publisher: Lyons Press