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The Tim Conway Show - Episode Guide

Season 1

Michele Lee & Burt Reynolds

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1980 (60 min)

Michele Lee & Burt Reynolds

Tim interviews a macho superstar, and uses members of the studio audience in a sketch set in a restaurant.

Note: Burt Reynolds does not appear in this episode, only archive footage from his movie, Starting Over.

K.C. and the Sunshine Band

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1980 (60 min)

K.C. and the Sunshine Band

Tim welcomes KC and the Sunshine Band to the show; also, he receives a visit from an old friend during his opening monologue.

Melba Moore

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1980 (60 min)

Melba Moore

Featuring sketches such as an intelligent, Lassie-like dog that can't convince his owner that a barn is on fire and Tim trying to apply for an auto loan.

Susan Anton & Suzanne Somers

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 12, 1980 (60 min)

Susan Anton & Suzanne Somers

Susan Anton performs a duet with Tim that gets a little awkward for everybody involved; also, some hilarious sketches.

Barbara Mandrell & Dick Martin

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 19, 1980 (60 min)

Barbara Mandrell & Dick Martin

Dick Martin interrupts the start of the show to do his version of an introduction to Tim Conway. Tim enlists several members of the audience to join him in performing a Western-themed sketch; also, Tim suits up to test a hot tub. Barbara Mandrell, solo, sings "Darling".

Bernadette Peters

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1980 (60 min)

Bernadette Peters

Bernadette catches Tim pretending to make love to her behind a closed door to impress the audience. Later she sings "Gee Whiz". Bernadette later dances with the Don Crichton Dancers.

Helen Reddy & David Copperfield

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: May 3, 1980 (60 min)

Helen Reddy & David Copperfield

David Copperfield tears up Tim's cue-card then magically puts it back together when they decide to use it. Mr. Tudball tries to eat a horrible diner breakfast. Helen Reddy sings "Take What You Find".

The Village People

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: May 10, 1980 (60 min)

The Village People

Featuring sketches such as Mr Tudball encountering an uncooperative waitress; also, Tim can't stop the music once the Village People begin performing.

Mel Tillis

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: May 17, 1980 (60 min)

Mel Tillis

Featuring a sketch in which a poor traveler headed to the airport in a hurry suffers by having Tim's Old Man character as his cabbie. Stuttering Mel Tillis always gives a perfect performance when singing. Later Tim engages the entire audience in a Frankenstein Sketch.

Season 2

Dallas

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 20, 1980 (30 min)

Dallas

Tim strikes comedic oil in a rich spoof of the hit series "Dallas." Then Tim and audience members put on a sketch about "The Titanic".

Superguy

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1980 (30 min)

Superguy

Tim shops for a waterbed, gets taken in by a "hidden camera" show, and takes to the sky as Superguy.

Carol Burnett

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1980 (30 min)

Carol Burnett

Tim plays a soldier home from war, who overhears his love writing him a letter that leaves him with mixed feelings about her.

Satire on TV Commercials

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1980 (30 min)

Satire on TV Commercials

Tim finds that a restaurant table next to the kitchen reveals just how fresh his meal is.

The Gun Moll

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1980 (30 min)

The Gun Moll

Tim gets laughs as a derelict who sits in with a jazz band, and the audience participates in The Gun Moll, a sketch about a gangster's girl who finds herself on the wrong side of the law.

Coping with Teenage Girls

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1980 (30 min)

Coping with Teenage Girls

Tim struggles to connect when he takes it upon himself to take his teenage daughter and her friend out for dinner.

Don Knotts

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1980 (30 min)

Don Knotts

Two big-time comedy legends join forces when the hilarious Don Knotts joins host Tim for a silent movie parody.

Surprise Guest Harvey Korman

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1980 (30 min)

Surprise Guest Harvey Korman

Tim will not be sidelined when he appears in his Oldest Man persona as a football team doctor.

Jonathan Winters

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1980 (30 min)

Jonathan Winters

Tim is a football coach and Jonathan is the dim-witted quarterback who only knows one play.

Harvey Korman & Carol Burnett

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1980 (30 min)

Harvey Korman & Carol Burnett

For a stage play Tim fills in as the waitress for customers Harvey and Carol. Carol and Harvey then dance with Harvey doing all of the moving.

Vicki Lawrence

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1980 (30 min)

Vicki Lawrence

Vicki and Tim play a married couple at a shoe store, where he insists on buying her shoes that don't fit.

Washington Crossing The Delaware

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1980 (30 min)

Washington Crossing The Delaware

Audience participates in Washington Crossing the Delaware; a bank customer discovers crime does pay.

The Trial of Captain John Smith

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1980 (30 min)

The Trial of Captain John Smith

Audience participates in The Trial of Captain John Smith; Fantasy Island skit; Tim Conway breaks out of prison; Godfather spoof.

The Courtroom

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Dec 27, 1980 (30 min)

The Courtroom

Tim causes havoc at a recital, then brings members of the audience onstage to take part in a courtroom sketch.

The Empire Strikes Out

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1981 (30 min)

The Empire Strikes Out

Tim uses the Force and audience members for the sci-fi spoof "The Empire Strikes Out"; Harvey and Tim as shipwreck survivors.

Vampire with Bad Aim

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1981 (30 min)

Vampire with Bad Aim

Maggie demonstrates how to use a bug fogger to Harvey. Tim plays a vampire with a bad aim and an ex President looking for used cars.

Harvey Korman Dances Cheek to Cheek

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1981 (30 min)

Harvey Korman Dances Cheek to Cheek

Old Man Tim is the Bellhop for Harvey and his new bride who attempts to bring their luggage in and prepare the room for them. Broadway singer Harvey comes down with "Parrott Fever" when trying to sing and dance.

Prison Warden

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1981 (30 min)

Prison Warden

Harvey Korman is a stern prison warden and Tim Conway is an inmate soon to be released on parole, but Tim's talkative wife may prevent his release. Accident prone Tim goes to the Emergency Clinic for a splinter, but he has a Knack for things to go wrong.

Vortex Industries Mightee Glue

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1981 (30 min)

Vortex Industries Mightee Glue

Vortex Industries introduces Mightee Glue; Tim and Harvey perform a sketch about an explorer that has spent far too much time studying gorillas.

Murder on the Accidental Express

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1981 (30 min)

Murder on the Accidental Express

The Amateur Theater "ShowTime" puts on a mystery "Murder on the Accidental Express" using members of the audience, with Tim playing Sheerluck Holmes.

Final Show

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1981 (30 min)

Final Show

Harvey visits a barber asking for a shave, their expert shaver is Old-Man Tim who gets into a battle with a hair dryer, tangles with the hot tile machine and shaving cream dispenser. Also a brief second appearance of "Fantastic Island".

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