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What's so funny? : my hilarious life / Tim Conway with Jane Scovell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print biography seriesPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2013Edition: Large print editionDescription: 395 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 141046430X (hardcover)
  • 9781410464309 (hardcover)
Other title:
  • My hilarious life
  • What is so funny?
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
My beginnings -- Growing up and liking it -- Chagrin Falls -- School days: part deux -- A little higher learning -- You're in the Army now -- Let the laughs begin -- Be it ever so humbling (and it was) -- The importance of being Ernest Anderson -- Hi ho Steverino -- Married with children -- The family guy -- Back to business -- The importance of being Ernest Borgnine -- A salute to Garry Moore -- All roads lead to Carol -- Heaven -- Harvey -- The end of the affair -- Old friend, new beginning -- They're off and running! -- A little friend-dropping -- Golf -- The birth of Dorf -- Trodding the boards -- Epilogue -- Fooled you!
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Dr. James Carlson Library Large Print NonFiction Conway, T. C767 Available 33111007243567
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print NonFiction Conway, T. C767 Available 33111007470699
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Few entertainers have made as many people laugh as Tim Conway. From his pranks in small Ohio classrooms to performances on TV and in movies, Tim has been cracking people up for over seventy years. What's So Funny? captures Tim's journey from life as an only child raised by loving but outrageous parents, to his tour of duty in the army, to his ascent as a national star, sharing the glory days of his famous partnerships with entertainment greats.

My beginnings -- Growing up and liking it -- Chagrin Falls -- School days: part deux -- A little higher learning -- You're in the Army now -- Let the laughs begin -- Be it ever so humbling (and it was) -- The importance of being Ernest Anderson -- Hi ho Steverino -- Married with children -- The family guy -- Back to business -- The importance of being Ernest Borgnine -- A salute to Garry Moore -- All roads lead to Carol -- Heaven -- Harvey -- The end of the affair -- Old friend, new beginning -- They're off and running! -- A little friend-dropping -- Golf -- The birth of Dorf -- Trodding the boards -- Epilogue -- Fooled you!

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.

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