I can't think of a man, woman, child or animal alive today who's funnier than Tim Conway. Okay, you all know that. What some folks don't know is that Mr. Conway has a thriving business, playing all over the country with a wonderful live show. He used to do it with Harvey Korman or sometimes with Don Knotts. Now, he tours with the equally-mirthful Chuck McCann…and the only downside to that is that whenever Chuck and I talk about getting together for lunch, he says, "I'd love to…but I have to go to Jerkwater, Alabama [or wherever] with Tim and do two shows." My loss is your gain, Jerkwater.
Also touring with them is Louise DuArt, a terrific impressionist I met whilst working for Sid and Marty Krofft. Louise was our all-purpose actress/impressionist. She was amazing. We'd go to her and say, "We have an idea for a sketch — you as Cher and Billy Barty (another member of the Krofft Repertory Company) as Sonny Bono." And Louise, who at the time had never tried to impersonate Cher, would say, "Okay, I'll work on it." She'd go home and then the next day, Cher would walk into my office. I always thought we could have asked her to learn to do Billy Barty and the next day, Louise would have figured out some way to make herself three-foot-nine.
She appears with Tim and Chuck, doing her own stand-up and playing what one might call the "Carol Burnett" roles in some of their sketches…and it's really a wonderful evening in the theater. You might want to check this schedule to see if they're coming your way soon. You have to watch carefully because when they're there, they're only there for a night or two and those tend to sell out rapidly. Tomorrow night, they're at the Pechanga Casino in Temecula and then late in April, they hit Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri and Mississippi. Here's a little commercial that Tim recorded that various cities use to promote their appearances…