Recently Dead

Although this sketch from the Carol Burnett Show would seem to belong to Tim Conway's dentist, it wouldn't be half as hilarious if it weren't for Harvey Korman's inability to keep a straight face as the patient. The frequent pairing of these two men was comic genius on television during the '60s and '70s. Korman died today at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago and undergoing several major operations. He was 81

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