You are absolutely right. Just decided to throw John a curveball mid-sketch. Tim Conway often did the same to Harvey Korman and Lyle Waggoner. I believe the Hitler puppet with the pencil was one that was not rehearsed. “He’s gonna hit you with that club”.
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I don’t mean to sound like my Dad, but they really don’t make ‘em like that anymore. Tim Conway allegedly made Harvey Korman wet himself with laughter when Conway improvised some things during a dentist sketch on the Carol Burnett Show. It’s on YouTube.