Harvey Korman - RIP
 

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Thanks for all the laughs. :(

:(

bye harvey...thanks. you were always one of my faves

KNow that we loved you.... and you solved the mystery of the Huck Finn movie for us.
Rest well. :cheers:

In his honor I will break character and double over in laughter.

There goes any hope of a Star Wars Christmas Special reunion.

Oh, this makes me sooo sad.


But Harvey ... I'm so glad we had this time together, just to have a laugh or sing a song. Seems we just get started, yada yada yada.







And yeah, I'll pull the same schtik when Carol dies.

Hedley Lamarr: Meeting adjourned. Oh, I am sorry, sir; I didn't mean to overstep my bounds. *You* say that.
Governor William J. Le Petomane: What?
Hedley Lamarr: "Meeting is adjourned."
Governor William J. Le Petomane: It is?
Hedley Lamarr: No, *you* say that, governor.
Governor William J. Le Petomane: What?
Hedley Lamarr: "Meeting is adjourned."
Governor William J. Le Petomane: It is?
Hedley Lamarr: Here, sir; play with this.
[hands the governor a paddleball]

Very sad, but a great excuse for me to break out Blazing Saddles for a late night viewnig. Thanks for the many laughs, Harv!

Truly and sincerely, Korman was one of my very favorites. I can't tell you how many times I have quoted his character in Blazing Saddles. I can still recall seeing him at the Hyatt Hotel cafe in Burlingame, sitting by himself at a table; each time the waitress would walk by, he would hold up his finger and open his mouth as if to speak, his finger tracing her movement past the table. It is sort of hard to explain, but it was very funny, and each time he did it the tables nearby would break out in a quiet sort of titter. When she finally did notice, he smiled and waved her off, acknowledging that it was all indeed just a little show put on for anybody who had noticed.

He may not have been a giant in comedy, but his portrayal as Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles sealed his place in movie history.

I wish he could have stuck around a little longer.

I think I'm rare for my generation of Korman fans in that I know him better from Carol Burnett than Blazing Saddles. My parents were fans of the Burnett Show, enough that they'd always catch the anniversary specials or when they'd syndicate the episodes. That, and they wouldn't have let me near a rated R Mel Brooks movie.

He made me laugh. I'll miss him.