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Born: February 15, 1927

Remembering a favorite funny man!

In the 1960's he was a regular on "The Danny Kaye Show" - when that job ended in 1967 he immediately began work on "The Carol Burnett Show", a job that lasted for 10 years.  One of the show's more popular sketches was called "The Family" in which he played Ed Higgins opposite Carol Burnett as Eunice Higgins and Vicki Lawrence as Eunice's mean old mother "Mama."  When the sketch was turned into the sitcom "Mama's Family" the actor reprised the role of Ed Higgins in three 1983 episodes.  Also in the 1960's he lent his voice to "The Flintstones" playing The Great Gazoo in 13 episodes.  In 2000 he would return to that universe in the feature film The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas playing Wilma's father Colonel Slaghoople with Joan Collins as his wife Pearl.

Also on television he could be seen on "The Hollywood Sqaures", "The Donna Reed Show", "Perry Mason", "The Red Skelton Hour", "Hennesey", "Dennis the Menace", "The Jack Benny Program", "The Lucy Show", "The Love Boat", "Burke's Law" (1990's version) and "Diagnosis Murder" (in which he teamed up with his Burnett show co-star Tim Conway).  His film appearances include Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety and Dracula: Dead and Loving It just to name a few.

A legend that left us on May 29, 2008 at the age of 81...

In Memoriam Remembers:
Harvey Korman       


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