Elephant Story Explained
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2023
- I don't know if anyone else has ever posted these together, but I wanted the full story to be together so I merged the videos. I hope you enjoy this. I do not own these video, I just wanted the full story to be seen together
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"Are you sure that litte azzhole's through?" To see Tim total break character, that was so worth it. 😅
IKR. He would smile or giggle but never broke character. Nobody expected that out of sweet little Vicki.
I was always tickled that she got him so good!! And I was always impressed how he could keep a straight face during his antics and the rest of the cast busting up laughing.
Thakyou! I could never make out what Mama says.
@@SimonQX Are you kidding? Sweet little Vicki is one heck of an actress, and I was not ONE BIT surprised when she came out with that legendary line! And now that we know the whole story, it's even funnier! Loved ALL the cast on that show, every one of them, but I especially identified with Vicki because she's closest in age to me. I never missed a single Carol Burnett or Mama's Family episode!
@@DigitDesign She said, "Did you hear that little asshole sneeze?" about an audience member who sneezed just after Tim talked about one of the siamese elephants sneezing.
The beauty of this skit is watching Tim time his delivery based solely on the actions of his fellow cast members. This is a masterclass on delivering a monologue.
The artistry in these things is often overlooked. If you watch Tim close, you can see him assessing everything. All of them knew how to do it, but I agree, Tim was a master!
@@kennethgoin628 Exactly!
He waits for the audience to stop laughing
@@ronferguson4495and for Carol to make another desperate (and futile) attempt to get the sketch back on script.
Cracking up Dick Van Dyke🤣
Tim was well known for keeping a straight face. For her to have him fall over laughing was quite an accomplishment.
True, although I loved that he started cracking up prior to his punchline/imitation of the Siamese elephants. (He starts smiling at around 4:09 and eventually starts laughing at 4:28.) But to see him completely lose it after her ad-lib was the icing on the cake.
@@kareninalabama I know, right? But he's laughing because he thinks he's getting ready to put one over on the rest of the cast. He didn't know that Vicki had been warned beforehand that the little devil was going to shake things up! 😀
Though Vicki was almost his equal at keeping a straight face. She was doing the best of the other three at managing to keep a halfway appropriate expression (in this case, "WTF is he talking about?") during his story, and manages to keep IN CHARACTER to deliver her killing blow before finally losing it. 😂
Vicki had a talent for staying in character when reacting to Tim's shenanigans, she claimed it was because she was mostly too terrified to break. There's an early rehearsal of Mr. Tudball where Vicki plays Tim's wife, and she got him to break there.
Back in the 70's this was one show that nobody ever wanted to miss and nobody was ever disappointed. 😂😂😂
And we had maybe only 3 channels to watch. Nowadays we have hundreds of channels and there's not a damned thing on.
Wish there was a show like this now.
OMG, my husband & I remember watching Carol, Vickie, Tim, & Harvey!!! I know Dick Van Dyke was on the other end of the couch & I'm amused that he couldn't get his composure either. I loved this show so much!!! RIP Tim Conway, you were loved by many!!! 🤣🤣🤣❤❤❤
Always liked the intro when she comes out greets the audience and gets them to ask questions...and of course her iconic Tarzan yell...
We watched them all!
Probably the absolute funniest piece of television history ever recorded!!🤣 When Tim went "Norrk!" I completely lost it! Then when Vicki as 'Momma' said "Ya think that little as*hole's about through?" I lost it again!😂😆 Tim was one of a kind! R.I.P.!😉
Conway is a master of knowing just how long to wait before delivering his next line.
His timing and delivery were simply GENIUS!
I love the evil little glint in his eye during those pauses.
Tim was a comedic predator! He knew just the right time to break his fellow performers and then mama delivered the absolute best line of all time!
Conway kept stoking the fire until he had that pot at a boil. Then Vicki turned it up just 1°. 🤣🤣🤣
Pretty sure she turned it up to 11 :p
Tim Conway... Heros get remembered but legends never die.
Vicki's deadpan, ticked-off delivery sold the final punchline! Fans of the show will remember how her character in the recurring Family sketches was the crotchety old Mama, Carol's character's mother, although Vicki was 16 years younger. Here, Carol is 45, Vicki is 29, and it's the show's last season in 1978. The two enjoyed a long friendship, starting when a 17-year-old Vicki sent Carol a fan letter, and Carol decided to cast the teen as her younger sister on the show, in 1967 after Vicki turned 18. Now aged 90 and 74 respectively, these two great ladies will always be lovingly remembered by the fans.
We've re-run the end of that sketch a bunch of times & just CAN'T figure out what Vicki/Mama's punchline was! Somebody please help! We're a few yrs shy of 80, so watched this great ensemble on TV many times - classic stuff! 🤩🙋
@@Sssmaug Well, the sketch had them playing a game, it was Mama's turn, and Carol was holding the game card up and saying, "Go ahead, Mama, go ahead," trying to steer the thing away from Tim's cracking everyone up. To which Vicki replied, in her unsmiling, thorny, Mama way, "Sure that little a**hole's through?" 😎
@@billparrish4385 Hi Bill, thanks so much - HILARIOUS! No wonder it was their last season, you didn't say things like that on air back then. 😅😁 ... Did anyone ever tell you, you look just like Anthony Hopkins! 😜👍🙋
@@Sssmaug "65 years. Don't they go by in a blink?"
Such a deep line, and true.... 🙂
They sure do! I get a shock every time I think about it! Well they say laughing helps you stay healthy & love longer, so let's keep watching the good stuff. 😊
That line she ad libbed was totally within the character of Mama. Props to Vicki for delivering such a perfect line!
I remember watching the show during it's original run, with my parents.
Tim was always my favorite.
And the "elephant story" has always been tied with "the dentist" as my favorite.
They're good, but the Gone With The Wind parody is right up with them.
The WWII sketch with Tim as a German officer interrogating Lyle Waggoner using a little Hitler puppet is also up there. it is SO funny to see Waggoner's surprised expression when Tim Conway suddenly whips out that puppet.
@@trainliker100 I don't recall that one.
The old man character, and the man with no internal organs were two more winners. In all cases, Conway tortured Harvey Korman.
@@trainliker100 Another favorite. I also liked the werewolf one with Vicki as the gypsy woman.
No matter how many times I see this sketch - and know what's coming...- it's ALWAYS hilarious. Vicki's/Mama's response was PRICELESS!!!
I'm always rolling with the "G'nert" and then the inability to breathe follows immediately with Vicki's retort.
@@DDS029 Oh, yes! That cracks me up EVERY time!
Tim Conway asked for it, it was time somebody got him and Vicki did an outstanding job of it. I can't stop laughing
OOH -- what WAS Vickie`s response? Could not understand it.
@@paulmartin7535 I couldn’t either unless it was “did the monkey make all the way the elephant’s asshole?” Something like that…🤷🤷
The way Tim let's the joke ferment and it just gets funnier the more you think about it. Comic genius.
Sadly we will never see another show or group to compare to them again. Tim and Harvey were brilliantly funny as was the whole cast. Every week without special effects, or anything else everyone else seems to rely on, they made us laugh and have this time together
I totally agree. Tim Conway was absolutely the funniest one on the show. So many sketches where the cast totally lose it because of Conway. It was comedy at its best!
I would so love to see another verity show like the Carol Bernet show. Unfortunately, it just wouldn't work today, comedians would be worried about saying something that would offend someone and then the show would be 'canceled'.
@@Jimmy110459I could not agree more.
@@OneIssueVoterhe was a master at improvisation. He could come up with things on the spot and keep such a straight face when doing it.
All time one of kind entertainment. Always decent, always brought tears to my eyes from laughter. Very few entertainers have their class today.
I love the little devil grin on Tim's face during this skit.
So you are onstage with three of the funniest people in the business and with one sentence she dropped the two men to the floor and had Carol face planting into the couch. Not just another pretty face.
I call that a takedown. In wrestling I think it’s two points.
I don’t know how they keep score in comedy. She got at least a double.
I damn near wet myself every time I watch this 🤣🤣🤣
@@lynnehenderson4140 ...when the elephant story pops up on my homepage I always watch it. I was surprised to see this explanation of the story. I also come to tears of laughter every time I watch it. Certainly one of the funniest moments in television history.
What did Mama say? We could only understand part of it.
She said " Are you sure that little asshole's done ?" Shocking in that period of time, and after that build-up that was the equivalent of knocking it out of the park.
That rumbling in the heavens you hear on a clear day is simply Tim Conway and Harvey Korman hanging out 😂
I always remember that when Tim and Harvey went at it, Tim almost always winning, Carol and Vicki would just step back as a Greek Chorus and just become part of the audience. The strength of Carol to let that happen on her show was one of the things that make it so great.
That's just good management and collaboration. When you have someone who's amazing at something, just point them in the direction you need and watch them run.
Robin Williams was the same: "here's a character and where the story goes (like Genie). ...And now we have HOURS of gold on film that we won't even have time to use."
Yes! It was like Andy letting Barney go! So gracious! So funny!
One of the funniest sketches ever! 2nd favorite "went with the wind" when Carol comes out wearing the curtain rod! Then there's Tim and Harvey's dentist sketch when Tim gives himself novicane 3x! Havent laughed so hard since show went off the air!
Yes, a great one -😂- which Mr Bean re-created years later. Good comedy lasts forever. 👍 (Novocaine)
Went with the Wind was CLASSIC! I also love "No Frills Airline," "Rancid Harvest," "Putrified Forest" and "Rebecky." The shows were funny and pure class, no vulgarity.
“I saw it in the window and I just couldn’t resist” ties with Tim’s “gnsnorky” for best lines ever! 😂 🤣 God, when cracked each other up it was just pure heaven for me. How I loved that show! They should remaster the whole thing and replay it all!
This is kind of a bittersweet thing to watch. My mother loved that show, and that bit was her all-time favorite T.V. Moments. She loved to tell people about it. In fact, that was the last thing she ever did. She was in the hospital recovering from a major heart attack. My brother and a family friend were visiting her and she was talking about that skit. When she finished the story, she laid back and she was gone. It hurt to see her go, but a few months later I was discussing her passing with a coworker and I said, "she finished her story and then she was gone." There's just something beautiful about that realization and the fact that this was the last story she wanted to tell.
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She wanted to bring laughter instead of tears. She seemed like a great lady. ❤❤❤
That is so beautiful. My cousin was 33 me the same when he died . He was a jim carrey type before jim carrey. He kept me rolling. I miss him so. That gave her so much joy. Laughter is thd best medicine. Sorry for your loss.
You should find a way to let Vickie Lawrence or Carol Burnett know about that. That's a wonderful story, and I'll bet they would appreciate hearing it!!
Sorry to hear, but not a bad way to remember her!
I wish they still had sketch comedy like this today, the world could sure use it!
If they did it wouldn't be funny
@@trope5105Sadly, if they had these same comedy sketch shows today, they would be cancelled instantly.
@@trope5105 Maybe not to you , but to the rest of us it could be.
@@trope5105You’re right. It wouldn’t be funny. It would be hilarious.
@@longshot398 we do have it, its called saturday night live........guess what, its not funny......more like sad. guess thats why nobody watches it, people dont like to be sad on saturday night. now sunday night maybe cause they have to go to work in the morning.....its that monday morning blues.
I’ve heard that Tim almost NEVER broke character (in other sketches he has this mischievous glint in his eye when he makes others laugh, but won’t do it himself). This is one of the rare instances in which he totally lost it.
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5:39 - "snork" - that part always gets me.
Still one of my favorite memories in television. I miss that kind of show so much.
One of the all-time funniest things I've ever seen. Tim Conway was a genius, but it was great to see Vickie put it out there. Amazing. Great show too - lots of classics.
And she did it IN Character to top it off!
Tim Conway could destroy an audience -- not to mention everybody in the crew -- just by a raised eyebrow at the right time. Pure genius, never to be replicated.
Tim was one of the greats, but if u want to see him in his prime watch the movie "the apple dumpling gang" he starred along don Knott's and both of them together..iconic
Mr Tudball and Mrs Wiggins, so freaking hilarious
I must have seen “The Elephant Story” 50 times over the years and EVERY TIME it just about kills me laughing!
no matter how many times I see this I still laugh hysterically. Thanks to all.
Same here. I've seen it so many times that I caught myself saying Tim's lines right along with him.
Me too. Absolute comedy gold. Sometimes I do the arm motion and just say "G'nert" and my wife just loses it. Just that simple reminder is all it takes and she's off and running for a least five minutes (or so it seems).
@@DDS029- The “g’nert” makes me roar every time!
Getting Carol to break character was difficult, but could be done. Getting Tim to break character was next to impossible; to see him lose it was just so awesome! Loved this show!
The man had all three of his costars- including Dick Van Dyke for crying out loud- literally crying during this sketch. Not to mention Lawrence’s epic one line delivery sealed the entire thing. One of the funniest impromptu moments in live sketch show comedy history. Carol and this entire cast were beyond epically talented and man are shows like this missed today
Amen 😂
Truely one of the greatest, funniest moments in TV history. I still get rolling every time I see it. Heck - I have tears in my eyes right now after watching it!
Unfortunately people today would not think any of Carols skits are funny. Generations lost out on thee funniest t.v. in history.❤
@@kevinmcgiffin10I grew up watching the show with my family, and I think all of us that did are very fortunate. Comedy is very subjective and is also dependent on context. Not just in the immediate, but the culture and the times that people live in. Compared to today, the seventies were a more innocent time and there was a place for this kind of humor. However and quite unfortunately, we live in a much different world today. As a result, humor, which to a large degree exists as a form of relief from stressful circumstances, has also changed dramatically and there is very little place for this more innocent form of comedy.
Sorry but that's not even remotely true. I grew up watching the Carol Burnett show and Mama's Family and I always hit up RUclips every few months to watch cast bust ups during some of the funniest sketches to ever hit television audiences and I know a ton of people my age and younger who do the same. Gene Wilder, Tim Conway and Harvey Korman were Gods of sketch comedy and comedic timing and you can plainly see their influence in shows like Madtv and SNL and they are terribly missed by millions even in this age of Netflix "comedy" specials and social media content creators. Also can't forget about the absolute legends who are still with us in Carol, Vicki, Mel Brooks and Dick Van Dyke.
From the start of Tim's elephant story to Mama's grumpy "..figure that little asshole's through?" is certainly falling-off-the-seat comedy's best of all times!
The look on Carol’s face at the very beginning like ‘oh Lord, where’s he going with this?’
Oh shit Vicki got me good .
6:11 She broke three of the funniest people in comedy in one fell swoop. Impressive.
I had the priviledge of growing up with this show. Every Saturday night. Always funny.
One of the greatest 5 minutes in history of TV. I have watched this 1,000 times and I laugh each time. Conway starts talking the dwarf & his elephant lover. Carol is like OMG! He's doing it again! VanDyke is trashed from the start. So they struggle reset. Then off he goes again w/ the Siamese elephant stuff, Carol his toast, Van Dyke is trashed. I could be dying of cancer and I still laugh!
The best part is how Tim never breaks when everyone else is, he just keeps on waiting, in character, ready to drop the next slice...
Every time he makes that elephant noise, I lose it! I LOVED the Carol Burnette Show!
I remember seeing it when it aired - the funniest damned skit in television history. Thanks for posting both versions.
Great story to hear. Carol had so many funny skits. That one is definitely in my top 5 list as number one. RIP Tim Conway you made all of us laugh so hard. From a Canadian fan 🙏🕊🇨🇦❤️🇺🇸
OMG, I have always, always wondered what was going on with that sketch and if Tim was just off in his own little world of ad lib. Love the "notes" of just "good luck." Thank you a million times for posting this fabulous explanation. Yep, priceless.
Priceless. I can only imagine what would have happened if Harvey had still been on the show.
If that was him instead of Dick Van Dyke, Harvey would have wet his pants again.
Harvey would have bern howling laughing so hard
I will always admire Vicky's ability to hold a straight face when all around her is chaos.
She almost loses it a couple times in this one. You can see her clutching her hands and knees trying to force composure. Which she does quite quickly but still he almost had her too. But to turn all that tension he had built up back in his face like she did.. that was next level and you can tell Tim loved every second.
This is wonderful. Tim was known for this superb improvisational stuff, so I think he collapsed because he thought he was the one in control of the situation, and when Vicky reacted perfectly in character with a perfect putdown, it iced his comedy cake! :-)
“If anyone remembers that sketch…”. Oh, Vicky, that sketch was UNFORGETTABLE! And every new generation that discovers it holds it as the funniest moment on television 😂😂😂
I don’t know how Vicki kept it together. I’ve seen this video so many times and I still laugh so much that I have tears rolling down my face.
Best blooper ever!!❤
Watch Vicki closely. The dress rehearsal she has her head down. The second time through, as soon as Carol looks at her, she has to turn her head away. 😅😅
@@SimonQX thank you. I wasn’t always looking at the screen. I’m going to watch again
@@SimonQX I really wasn’t paying attention I guess. I didn’t realize there was a rehearsal then the one I’ve always seen. Thank you. I guess my attention span is going away just like my youth did behind my back 😆
I think what saves Vicki this time, is that Mama is supposed to have a scowl and a pursed lip. It probably made it easier for her to keep her straight (ish) face.
Just wish we had this clean humor again. They were awesome
I love the way Conway paced his narrative. He was watching to see Carol recover and start to ask her question of Momma when he would hit her with the next line forcing her to stop again. I remember seeing this on TV as a child and it is still one of the funniest stories ever shown on television. People will still be laughing at this 50 years from now, a fitting tribute to Tim Conway and the cast of the show.
First saw this about 40 years ago while still living in Saudi Arabia. I still remember laughing so hard that I actually broke into a sweat AND fell off the couch as well. Will never, ever forget it.
Tim was an ADLIB Genius, how they kept straight faces the whole time was hilarious.
In my opinion the elephant story might just be the funniest moment in television history. If not, certainly in the top five.
Tim is so straight faced through all his sketches. The fact he can be so funny and look so serious is what made him so funny. Just glad they were able to get him in this sketch.
My faves were the elephant story, the dentist and the gone with the wind one. When Carol wore the curtsin dress...and her line...makes me laugh to this day!
Harvey Korman said that all Tim Conway had to do was look at him and he’d break down. You can see it if you watch the show. I’m in awe of Vickie Lawrence keeping a straight face. Amazing. I’m so glad these bloopers were archived!
That one line gave Vicky Lawrence immortality!
All these years later (after seeing the original air) still funniest thing I ever saw. Being able to cap that off like that? Genius all around. Still has it. Thank you for the compilation. Well done.
One of the funniest skits ever. Four people sitting on a couch. Pure talent.
This show *literally* had you cracking up every single week!! *HILARIOUS!!!*
Comedy gold! What great times they all had working together back in that Golden Age of Comedy when stars didn’t have to curse every two words to get a laugh! Thanks for sharing this footage!
Literally one of the funniest things I have ever seen on television!!!
This series equals the best of the funny people of legend. May they never fade.
I love this story for two reasons:
1) Vicki's final line, breaking up Tim and Dick and Carol (Carol was already broken up, but still) is one of the funniest moments in TV history, right up there with "As god is my witness I thought turkeys could fly!", "What does a yellow light mean?", and "I had this dream where I was an innkeeper in Vermont!"
2) I have slayed by repeating Tim's elephant story. It still lays 'em in the aisles, decades later.
They were one of the best shows on TV.
I watched this sketch on TV, live. and was crippled with laughter. EVERY time I see it again, I double-up with convulsive laughter. EVERY TIME. Got to be one of the funniest skits ever recorded.
those days are gone
Maybe the funniest moment in the history of television?
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Tim was a comedy genius. They all were, really.
Absolute comedic GOLD !! We went to see Vicki/Mama last month in North Tonawanda, NY. She is STILL a comedy treasure !! We thoroughly enjoyed the show. Had it been twice or three times as long, we would have GLADLY drunk in the talent and comedy ! Vicki and Carol were an iconic TEAM.
One of the best sketches in TV history!!!!
What exactly does mama say when everyone busts up laughing at the end, I keep listening to it over and over and can't figure it out...although it's still hilarious 😂
“Are you sure that little azzhole’s through”
"Do you figure that little asshole's through?"
I did the same..could never figure out what Vicki said..thank you for letting us know! I thought if it could make Tim Conway lose it..must had been hilarious and it is!
My gosh… Vicky Lawrence was the centerpiece of any & every screen she appeared on. She was an absolute joy to watch. 👏🏼
Tim did all the set up and Vicki provided the classic punchline.
Tim laughed so hard because he clearly did not expect Vicki to say what she did. She got him!
I lost it at "Fnerk!"
Everything after that was gravy.
Carol and Dick losing it and Vivki sitting there just TRYING not to LOL!
EDIT: Well, her hubby DID say "Get him!" LOL!!!
Hands down this is the funniest moment of any show ever!! ♥️🙏🏻👏🤣
Ive seen it a million times and still die laughing
Conway caused convulsions and enjoyed the hell out of it, as did the viewers.
I don't believe any one person has ever been a source of more laughter than he was.
One of the truly great moments in TV history. It never gets old.
Vicki's deadpan ad-lib in this bit is the stuff of legend.
Tim Conway was the best animal impressionist , the first time I saw him was McHale 's navy.
The timing! The timing! Perfection! Oh, Carol, how we loved your band of players!
Why can't comedy be this good again? Why do we as viewers have to suffer through the most atrocious "comedy" today where EVERYTHING has to be some perverted (how many wiener or muff jokes do "writers" have to have to get a laugh?), sick, toilet humor? This is why The Carol Burnett Show is such a cherished classic. This was the best of the best in sketch comedy and shows the level of talent that we will NEVER see again. Carol, Vicki, Tim, and Harvey are legends amongst legends! I'm sad that Tim and Harvey are gone, but we all can still enjoy this great show and laugh until we cry! 🙂
A mention of this sketch would have my son rolling on the floor in laughter.
What an amazing show. What a time to be alive
that is by far the best comedy break up by far .... the simple fact that Vickie even did it in MAMA'S voice and manner was spot on perfect ...
I remember watching this show from the couch with my grandma, volume up because she couldn’t hear well. Vicki delivered her punchline and besides the uproar on the screen, mom, dad and brother came running because they heard Miss Vicki too. Gran nearly slid out of her chair laughing so hard, mom spilled her coffee and dad nearly swallowed his pipe. It was wonderful. Thanks for the memory.
My grandma and me would watch this show together. Such a wonderful show. A beautiful memory❤
Tim Conway was on the show solely to drive everyone insane. If Harvey were still on the show at this point, he would have died.... 🤣
And in the end, not even Vicki could keep her composure. Gotcha, Tim!!
T.V. will never be that way again ! I really miss that show !
My all time favorite skit with "The Dentist" skit a close second!! Lol This show is by far better than any show today (2023).
One of the funniest things ever to air on tv
We need more TV like the old TV shows. This reality programming is for the birds.
TV has been crap the last 10-15 years. Even prior to that, it was slipping!
This is GOLD!!!🤣🤣🤣
@@user-pb2vo4pt3t Klassik Gold!!
This was indeed one of the most rib-splitting scenes of all time. 😂😂😂
I never get tired of watching it. Four comedic genius’s on a sofa.
I watched Carol Burnett when I was a kid and I always watch this sketch when I'm in a bad mood, I always feel better after. I love how Vicki just lay in wait like an assassin and when he had the shot, she took it and destroyed everyone. 1000% funnier than most crap on TV now.
This was one of my favourites! I love watching it over and over. The cast was awesome in every show but this went above and beyond. Too bad we didn't have shows like that today.
this is my favorite Tim Conway so funny. and its so funny how the others try so hard not to get out of character.
There will never be anything more funny than Tim Conway, and Carol Burnett, with Vicki Lawrence and the Carol Burnette show, SERIOUSLY
That scene and the dental sketch are the funniest from the 11 seasons of The Carol Burnett show, but that list is very vey long!
my dad LOVED this one!
Tim’s deadpan delivery was spot on. I know that I could never deliver those lines without cracking up myself 😂