Tim Conway’s Elephant Story

July 24, 2010 by Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

If I’m ever feeling weary or blue, I watch this clip. It always makes me laugh, no matter how many times I’ve seen it before.

It’s an out-take from the Carol Burnett Show of the 1970s, with Tim Conway reducing his colleagues to hysterical tears with his completely ad-libbed lines. I’m posting it here so that I can find it again easily, but also in the hope that it gives you all a good belly-laugh this weekend!

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Posted in Food & Friends, Musings | 10 Comments

10 Responses

on July 24, 2010 at 5:20 pm Gillian

Ha ha I will remember this next time I see an elephant I’m sure!

PS Am loving your Snippets sidebar :-)
on July 24, 2010 at 5:58 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

It’s just so funny….I love the bit where he says, “the other’s eyes get REAL big..” :)

Glad you’re enjoying the snippets – I’m having fun with them! I wish all my other blogging friends would do something similar – I love knowing how someone’s day is going. Kind of like twitter without actually tweeting. :)
on July 24, 2010 at 6:31 pm Joanna @ Zeb Bakes

Ok what do they say just before they all fall on the floor… yo mama….????

That’s set me up for the day though ! Thanks x
on July 24, 2010 at 6:38 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

I think the skit is the family playing a card game, and Carol Burnett says, “go on, mama..” just before Vicki Laurence says her line… :)
on July 24, 2010 at 8:13 pm Sarah - For the Love of Food

Celia – thanks for the laugh!

I’m so glad you said that about the snippets. I was really wanting to copy your idea but I thought it was a bit rude :) Now I’m so going to have a snippets corner too! I can’t get my head around tweeting :(
on July 24, 2010 at 11:27 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

Sarah, absolutely! Look forward to following what you’re up to in real time! Joanna at Zeb Bakes and I both started snippetting at the same time, only her titbits are known as “Witterings”.. :)

Here’s my tip – in WordPress, type your text into a “comments reply” box on the admin pages, and then cut and paste it into a widget text box. That way you can add images and hyperlinks as well. :)
on July 25, 2010 at 1:09 am Sarah - For the Love of Food

Thanks for the tip Celia – do you have a way of keeping your snippets or do you have to delete as you go to replace them with the next instalment?
- on July 25, 2010 at 6:38 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Sarah, I just delete them as I go – anything I really want to save I put into a post. :)
on July 26, 2010 at 9:30 am InTolerantChef

I love the sound the siamese elephants are supposed to make when they trumpet, A kind of ‘snorkelly’ noise!
on July 26, 2010 at 8:26 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

*snorkell* hehe