num_pages: 272
description: Six-time Emmy award-winning funny man Tim Conway best known for his characters on The Carol Burnett Show  offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian.Six-time Emmy Awardwinning funnyman Tim Conway best known for his characters on The Carol Burnett Show  offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian.In television history few entertainers have captured as many hearts and made as many people laugh as Tim Conway. Theres nothing in the world that Tim Conway would rather do than entertainand in his first-ever memoir Whats So Funny?  thats exactly what he does. From his pranks in small Ohio classrooms to his performances on national television and movies Tim has been cracking people up for more than seventy years. Long regarded as one of the funniest comedians around Tim also boasts an inspiring rags-to-riches story.Whats So Funny? captures Tims journey from life as an only child raised by loving but outrageous parents in small-town Ohio during the Great Depression to his tour of duty in the Armywhich would become training for his later role in McHales Navy to his ascent as a national star and household name. By tracing his early path this book reveals the origins of many of Tims unforgettable charactersfrom Mr. Tudball and the Oldest Man to Mickey Hart to everyones favorite Dorf.Whats So Funny? shares the hilarious accounts of the glory days of The Carol Burnett Show and his famous partnerships with entertainment greats like Harvey Korman Don Knotts Dick Van Dyke Betty White Vicki Lawrence Bob Newhart and of course Carol Burnett. As a bonus readers will enjoy never-before-shared stories of hilarious behind-the-scenes antics on McHales Navy and The Carol Burnett Show .
language: English
title: What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life
publisher: Howard Books