This Week...Saying Goodbye to An Innocent Age

Morning Kathy.

With the talk shows and movies coming out today, those good ole times are long gone.  My favorites were Red Skelton and Carol Burnett.  

Hi Kathy, these were icons in a glorious past.  Doris and Rock movies are hilarious.  The stereotypes and banter, the often wide-eyed look in Doris, and the even-handed responses by Rock, who is often stymied, are classic.

I used to come home from work in the early 80s to watch reruns of Carol Burnett at about 6:30.  When Conway was on it was a total giggle fest by the cast they just created roaringly hilarious skits.  He was a great foil to everyone else.  We will miss all of them.

I think the last sitcom we watched on schedule was Frasier, also in reruns.  Wait, no, it was King of Queens.  Very innocently hilarious as well. 
Thanks Kathy.

Kathy, I don't remember much about these actors. I'd say I know a little about Tim Conway. We saw Carol Burnett Friday night at the performing arts center and she paid tribute to Tim Conway. I barely remember her and mostly via reruns. It was very sweet. Someone asked her how she feels about reality tv. She gave a thumbs down and said it is cheap laughs. Anyone can make people laugh using foul language and doing stupid things. It takes a real artist to make people laugh the way they did in the old days.

Que sera....

Tim Conway was the one that struck me this week.  I used to watch The Carol Burnett Show as a kid.  He was always there to make someone laugh.  That's the way to live.  Don't sweat the small stuff and have fun.

Kathy, There is something about deaths coming in threes. Doris Day was Movie Star!  She transitioned to tv when she got too old for the movies and found a new following. Tim Conway was funnier than all get out. He could crack-up the Pope - any of them. 

Beautiful.... really beautiful

Doris Day the girl next door was a a bright spot in America movies even though my favorite was her Alfred Hitchcock movie and her singing the haunting Ksara Song... whatever will be will be 

Tim Conway was hilarious and he did that all on the move off the cuff He would make the cast all break down. They don't make them like that anymore

Peggy Lipton... she was just too cool for school... funny how we never had a clue she didnt know it... 

thank you for your very lovely post

Not many left fro those days of yesteryear. Olivia de havilland and Kirk Douglas are still with us.

Peggy Lipton (I LOVED Mod Squad) and Susan Dey were the two actresses I idolized as a young girl.

Tim Conway was one of my favorites....Not only Carol Burnett Show, Mchale's Navy was such a great show too. Rick and I were just watching episodes recently...such a talented and funny man. And so darn cute too!

I completely agree that it's sad that we've lost the innocence of a better time (to me). Isn't it funny how animals are, for the most part, so much easier to like than people? LOL!

Hi Kathy, I enjoyed reading your blog. I only know Doris Day and her voice is still in ears from my childhood years.

Tim Conway was so funny! I just loved watching him.