What’s So Funny
by Tim Conway with Jane Scovell

My rating: 5 / 5
Genre: Autobiography

In this book, Tim Conway discusses his life, both before and after he broke into show business. Though his time in show business is most likely what most people want to know about, the chapters about his home life and his time in the Army were enjoyable to read about as well. Conway’s depiction of his father as a well-meaning but somewhat clumsy/dangerous man and his mother’s Romani ways are fun to read about, and it’s great insight to what made Conway the funny man he was.

I may be a bit too young to have watched The Carol Burnett Show, but I’ve seen clips, and I saw Tim Conway in movies and other things, especially growing up. I’ve always felt he was a true comic, and I loved reading about how he would purposely go off-script during The Carol Burnett Show just to make the others crack up. He even mentions a similar moment in the movie The Private Eyes, which holds a special place in my heart, since I watched that movie many, many times when I was younger. Conway manages to strike a balance between modest, kind, and funny in this autobiography that made it a joy to read. I recommend it for all of his fans, as well as anyone who is interested in celebrity memoirs in general.

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