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Harvey Korman was a very funny man who knew how to make people laugh -- both by himself and as half of the unbelievable Korman-Conway teamup.

There was a bizarre but oddly funny John Ritter movie called Americathon, in which Harvey played America's most popular actor, Monty Rushmore. In the movie, he played a transvestite who was the star of America's most popular TV show, "Both Mother and Father" -- classic Korman. This pill-popping, over-the-top character was the natural choice to host a telethon (with the world's worst entertainment acts) to try to prevent America from going bankrupt and being taken over by the United Heb-Rab Republic.... You have to see this movie!

My favorite Carol Burnett memory of Harvey was the episode where he and Tim Conway were galley slaves on an ancient ship -- Tim, of course, being the oldest living galley slave in the world. When it came to feeding time, the ship master threw bread to all of the slaves -- Conway couldn't reach it, so he dug his toes in and picked it up with his foot. There were practically tears coming out of Korman's eyes, he cracked up so badly.

Will miss you, Harvey.

My favorite Carol Burnett skit was when the two men were in the cockpit as pilot and co-pilot. Carol was of course the flight attendant. She enters the cockpit (in those days you could), and says that the passengers are all served and she is so bored. The pilot and co-pilot are bored, too. Then Korman as the pilot gets an idea, winks at the others, and picks up the mike for the cabin announcements.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. There is absolutely no reason to panic. I repeat: there is NO CAUSE FOR ALARM."

Then the three are buckled over with laughter as the cabin naturally erupts in utter pandemonium.

I haven't seen that since I was probably 10 and I have never forgotten it.

There’s a scene from HIGH ANXIETY which has always stuck with me, where Mel Brooks is evaluating a patient with a fear of vampires, and Korman ( as a doctor ) hovers over them and does these lightning transformations with the teeth and everything, while Brooks looks back and forth between him and the patient. Pure genius.