Editing Tim Conway (section)

==Collaborators==
Conway collaborated with many notable performers and maintained long-term professional relationships with many of them.

===Ernie Anderson===
Conway first pitched the idea of [[Ernie Anderson]] and himself doing a late night show together in Cleveland during the 1960s. That is where [[Rose Marie]] found Conway and got him a role on ''The Steve Allen Show''. Before that, the duo recorded two comedy albums together: ''Are We On?'' (1966) and ''Bull'' (1967).<ref name="Dawidziak">{{cite news|url=https://www.cleveland.com/tv/2019/05/tim-conway-cleveland-legend-and-six-time-emmy-winner-dies-at-85.html|first=Mark|last=Dawidziak|title=Tim Conway, Cleveland legend and six-time Emmy winner, dies at 85|work=[[The Plain Dealer#cleveland.com|Cleveland.com]]|date=May 14, 2019|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref> Anderson turned to doing voiceovers after Conway moved on, but their collaborations continued with Conway's string of shows and Anderson's career as "The Voice of ABC". Anderson performed on sketches and was the voiceover talent for ''The Carol Burnett Show''.<ref name="Strauss">{{cite news|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2019/05/14/from-mchales-navy-and-the-carol-burnett-show-to-dorf-spongebob-and-30-rock-tim-conway-was-like-everybodys-favorite-goofy-uncle-just-way-more-talented/|title=From 'McHale's Navy' and 'The Carol Burnett Show' to 'Dorf,' 'SpongeBob' and '30 Rock,' Tim Conway was like everybody's favorite, goofy uncle. Just way more talented.|first=Bob|last=Strauss|work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=May 14, 2019|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref>

Anderson become a cult icon in Cleveland as the character Ghoulardi during his own late night television show, where he showed horror [[B movie]]s to viewers. In 2013, Conway went to the Ghoulardi Fest to promote his book and show his love for his friend Anderson.<ref name="Mark">{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2013/10/tim_conway_talks_about_ghoulardi_his_new_book_and_a_ghoulardifest_appearance.html|title=Tim Conway talks about Ghoulardi, his new book and a GhoulardiFest appearance|first=Mark|last=Dawidziak|work=[[The Plain Dealer#cleveland.com|Cleveland.com]]|date=October 31, 2013|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2018/10/cleveland_tv_legend_ghoulardi_1.html|first=John|last=Petkovic|title=Cleveland TV legend Ghoulardi: Cool ghoul lives on with cult of followers (photos)|work=[[The Plain Dealer#cleveland.com|Cleveland.com]]|date=October 1, 2018|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref>

===Harvey Korman===
Conway first met [[Harvey Korman]] in 1966 during the first of Conway's three appearances on ''[[The Danny Kaye Show]]''. Korman was a four-year series regular on Kaye's CBS variety hour. 1967 saw the end of the Kaye show and the debut of ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]''. With Korman available, he stepped into a regular role there. Conway appeared as a guest during that first Burnett season and the two men immediately became friends starting a lifetime of working together until Korman's death in 2008. One of their most famous sketches was from ''The Carol Burnett Show'' called "The Dentist Sketch." In this sketch, Korman goes to the just-graduated dentist Conway for a toothache. Conway proceeds to remove Korman's tooth, but before he can inject the [[novocaine]] into Korman, he injects it into himself, causing his hand, leg, and head to go numb.<ref name="Berman"/>

Korman and Conway performed together for 10 years on ''The Carol Burnett Show'' before Korman left to pursue his own show. Korman joined Conway on Conway's shows and then later on in the 1986 film ''[[The Longshot]]'', which Conway wrote for the two men.<ref name="Dawidziak"/> Conway also wrote the direct-to-video films ''Tim and Harvey in The Great Outdoors'' and ''Together Again with Tim and Harvey'', which the comedy pair starred in together. The duo also toured the U.S. performing together.  The DVD ''Together Again with Tim and Harvey'' is a recording of their touring stage show that ran over 10 years to sold out markets until Korman's death in 2008.<ref name="Berman">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2019/05/14/im-so-glad-we-had-this-time-together-tim-conway/#ad12ff331a8e|title=I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together, Tim Conway|first=Marc|last=Berman|magazine=[[Forbes]]|location=United States|date=May 14, 2019|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.knbc.com/entertainment/16430024/detail.html|title=Entertainment News, Celebrity News, and Arts & Entertainment|work=[[KNBC]]|publisher=NBC Telemundo License LLC ([[NBCUniversal]])|location=Los Angeles|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_en_tv/obit_korman|title='Carol Burnett' star Harvey Korman dies at 81 (similar to the above)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603000723/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_en_tv/obit_korman|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|publisher=[[Oath Inc.]] ([[Verizon Communications]])|location=United States|date=May 29, 2008|archive-date=June 3, 2008|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref> When interviewed in 2004, Conway said of Korman, "We're friends; He's a bright guy; he can do The New York Times crossword puzzle in about five minutes, but he can't tie his shoes."<ref>{{citation |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/2019/05/14/comedian-tim-conway-promised-make-carol-burnett-show-fans-feel-home-during-sc-performance/3667921002/ |author=Donna Isbell Walker |newspaper=The Greenville News |date=February 9, 2004 |title=When the late Tim Conway promised to make 'Carol Burnett Show' fans in SC feel at home}}</ref>

===Don Knotts===
When Conway was starting his career in Hollywood, so was [[Don Knotts]]. Both men were regulars on ''[[The Steve Allen Show]]'', though at different times. They didn't have the chance to work together until [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney Studios]] paired the two men on the Apple Dumpling Gang series of films, and their comedy clicked; Knotts's boisterous, [[Barney Fife]]-style bungling both contrasted and meshed with Conway's quieter form of physical comedy. The first film starred [[Bill Bixby]] and [[Susan Clark]] in 1975 and was called ''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang (film)|The Apple Dumpling Gang]]''. In it, Bixby is tricked into taking care of a trio of orphans as a pair of lovable holdup men named Amos Tucker (Conway) and Theodore Ogelvie (Knotts) attempts to steal a gold nugget the children find. The film was a commercial success and a sequel, starring the pair, was made in 1979, called ''[[The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again]]''. The sequel did not have the other cast members but was hugely profitable for Disney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=appledumplinggangridesagain.htm |title=The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) |website=Box Office Mojo |date=January 1, 1982 |access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref>

Conway wrote two other films for the pair to star in together starting with ''[[The Prize Fighter]]'' in 1979 and ''[[The Private Eyes (1980 film)|The Private Eyes]]'' in 1980. Both were independently produced and the highest grossing independent films of those years. They had a cameo in the ''[[Cannonball Run II]]'' film together and in later years voiced the characters of Hermie and Wormie the [[caterpillars]] in numerous shows from [[Max Lucado]]'s Christian children's series, "[[Hermie and Friends]]".<ref name="Dawidziak1">{{cite news|url=https://www.cleveland.com/tv/2019/05/tim-conway-time-line-comedy-stars-life-and-career.html|first=Mark|last=Dawidziak|title=Tim Conway time line: comedy star's life and career|work=[[The Plain Dealer#cleveland.com|Cleveland.com]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=May 14, 2019|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref>

===Pasquale Murena===
In 2007, Conway met filmmaker Pasquale Murena when Murena was brought in to direct additional scenes and edit the direct-to-DVD film ''Legend of the Paddle'', starring Conway.<ref>{{Citation|title=Legend of the Paddle: The Oldie Hollis Story|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1773539/|access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref> The two men subsequently worked together on numerous productions, including Murena producing the DVD releases of ''Together Again with Tim and Harvey'', the re-releases of ''Tim and Harvey in The Great Outdoors'', ''[[Dorf on Golf]]'', and ''[[Dorf Goes Fishing]]''. Murena directed, produced and co-wrote with Conway six ''Dorf'' comedy sketches for the DVD release of ''The Ultimate Dorf DVD Collection'', which has sold over 3 million copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sowrongbutfunny.com/my-new-dvd-release-of-tim-conway-in-the-ultimate-dorf-dvd-collection/|title=My New Dvd Release of Tim Conway in "The Ultimate Dorf Dvd Collection"|website=Pasquale Murena|access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref>

Starting in 2009, the two men collaborated on their first sketches for the website iSpotSanta, where Dorf helps Santa deliver presents, and works at the North Pole as Santa's #1 elf. The two men did over 25 comedy sketches and three short films for the website, while garnering over 35 million viewers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ispotsanta.com/dorf.html|title=ISpotSanta|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429112547/http://www.ispotsanta.com/dorf.html|archive-date=April 29, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=August 12, 2015}}</ref> Conway was quoted in an interview on the Disney Channel, stating that, "Pasquale has done more with Dorf than I ever imagined. We love making these films for kids." Continuing their success, Murena cast Conway as Professor VanVanGuard in his award-winning first feature film in 2014 called, ''Chip & Bernie's Zomance'', with Conway adding his unique humor to this zombie film.<ref name=":0" />