Bob Newhart tweets RE: Tim Conway ("he is receiving the most devoted care")

[Miles Archer]

Bob Newhart
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@BobNewhart

To the many fans and friends of Tim Conway,

We have been friends with Charlene and Tim for many years and want to assure you that he is receiving the most devoted care.

Sincerely,
Ginnie and Bob Newhart

Link to tweet

[handmade34]

1. serious issue

after having taken care of my father for a few years I understand how people's ideas and emotions can come into play about the care of a loved one (or not so loved one) toward the end...

sometimes insurance/inheritance money muddies people's ideas, sometimes it is just conflict of interest...


I hope for all elderly/infirmed persons to get the very best care possible

[Auggie]

15. +1. Dementia / Alzheimer's care care can get astronomically expensive

[JuJuYoshida]

2. Bob Newhart and Tim Conway are funny guys

Hope Mr. Conway gets well

[yuiyoshida]

4. Yup

Great Comedians along with carol burnett!

[deurbano]

8. And Betty White!

[yuiyoshida]

19. and vicki lawrence!

[sarge43]

28. Thank you for posting this.

[yuiyoshida]

30. Thought it was pretty

hilarious

[sarge43]

31. Conway was a master of comedic timing n/t

[George II]

10. Low key, understated very funny guys.

[Dave Starsky]

13. I don't know if I would call Conway understated.

But he is one of the funniest men who ever lived. He is THE Grand Master of improv comedy.

[pangaia]

14. I grew up watching these guys on B&W TV ! And Listening to Newhart on LPs.

I can't believe they are even still alive

brilliant comedians, both

[Soxfan58]

3. Wouldn't it be great

To hang out with those two. I would literally laugh my ass off, it would be gone

[MiniMe]

5. Did something happen to Tim Conway?

Love that man. Wondering if I missed something

[deurbano]

6. Comedian Tim Conway suffering from dementia; family feuds in court over care

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/08/27/tim-conway-suffering-dementia-daughter-seeks-guardianship/1110694002/

[MiniMe]

9. Thanks

Sorry to hear this. Dementia has to be one of the worst things.

[Hulk]

11. Certainly is a tragic way to leave this life.

An old best friend is suffering from the disease. Awful! So hard on everyone.

[grantcart]

12. Tim is a comedic genius

His son (jr) is semi successful right wing jock on KFI

only listened a few times when he praised Trump.

[Totally Tunsie]

16. Adding in my thread posted yesterday in the "TV Chat" thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103711901

All good wishes and hopes to Tim Conway for years of fun and laugher.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Oh wow. So sorry to hear about this.

The guy is just iconic and his comic style make him a unique fixture on whatever he showed up in.



I hope the familial issues can be resolved but I'm afraid it may be too late.

[world wide wally]

18. The Carol Burnett Show on Saturday nights was always laugh out loud time for me and my family

and Tim Conway stole the show more often than not although they were all very funny.

Thanks for all the laughs. There is not much more someone can do.

[colorado_ufo]

21. Yes . . . family time.

Joy. TV today is all violence, sex, and excess.

How we looked forward to spending that hour together, laughing! We always got all the jokes - even the kids understood the jokes and laughed!

[tazkcmo]

26. My mother loved Carol Burnett so much

She sent me to the same drug abuse program the Carol's daughter went to. Now that's a fan!

[mountain grammy]

20. All my good wishes to the great Tim Conway

One of the funniest men alive. His dentist scene with Harvey Korman put me into labor.. April 30, 1968. My son was born the next morning..

[llmart]

23. That scene is at the top of my very favorite ones.

I still can't watch it without laughing so hard I can't catch my breath. He and Harvey Korman were perfect together.

[mountain grammy]

25. I went to the hospital a little after midnight

the night shift had just started. We were all talking and laughing about that skit. One of the most hilarious moments on tv.. LIVE!

My son has a great sense of humor.. all he heard was laughter when he was born..

[llmart]

29. That is a very funny story.

What a great memory for you and a great story for your son to hand down.

[2naSalit]

22. That's nice of Bob to let us know...

and that Tim should probably be where he's at.

I may have become a teevee addict during those days, still living with family age, watching that show and related shows of the day. I laughed so hard... given the script format that was industry standard back then, he was a masterful genius in coloring way outside the lines while obeying the rules when he wasn't outright breaking them. And we were fortunate that he ended up in that troupe when he did. There were so many breaking new ground back then, a transition from Vaudeville... he is one of the leaders in his profession.

I hope this problem is resolved soon, for the better.

[keithbvadu2]

24. They tried to make each other laugh.

When they messed up, they made it just as funny by making fun of the screwups.

[Frustratedlady]

27. Another of my favorites, but I'll have to wait until my sides quit hurting from the elephant video.

Tim was a one-on. He had control of the skit and must have beat any records of the time they had to delay the progress of the skit because the audience AND actors were laughing so hard, the skit would have lost its effect if they'd continued. I always believed those skits weren't written as presented, but he embellished them as he went along. Perfect timing.

I dearly loved him and the others in that cast. However, I'm being kind in that if Tim has dementia or Alzheimer's, it would be hard to separate from some of his characters. He was that good. May he be able to find some humor wherever he now resides. So unfortunate that the family is feuding over his care. He wouldn't like that.

[a kennedy]

32. Heard Carol say that they would run through the skits for time and were set

but when they did the real skit in front of the live audience Tim Conway was ALWAYS the first to run off script......then Harvey would do something to “outdo” Tim and all would just start laughing and it was great if the skit did go to a megshift plan.

[Frustratedlady]

33. Just imagine the fun they had in all those years. It would be fun to go to "work" each day.

I never heard of any in-fighting with the cast and you never saw any tension between the members. Carol had to be fun to work with, as well. I think I have a CD of out-takes somewhere. I need to dig it out and get my mind off Trump.