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chrispkorman
Reviews
The Nutt House (1989)
As the son of Harvey Korman I want to add my two cents.
First off one of the reviewers suggest that the Nutt House was on ABC it wasn't it was on NBC after Night Court.I would also like to add had it been a sitcom with 3 cameras the jokes/premise of the plots would have worked better.IMy father Harvey Korman who was a exceptional comedian/actor on Burnett worked better with the immediacy of having the audience react naturally.When you do a 1 camera sitcom like say Sledge Hammer another Alan Spencer production the actors are forced to have to take a beat venture a guess how long a laugh would normally take had there been a audience there. Site gags and physical comedy only works when there is a immediate response from the audience.The only thing I can say about my fathers deft comedic talents and Cloris's was they range every laugh they could out of those scripts because they had a inate ability to know how long to wait for a laugh to desolve in their heads because speaking.Again this show would have been more successfull had it been done infront of a studio audience.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
the Burnett for my money had one of the best ensemble ever
To all those who hated Harvey Korman breaking up I say bravo!So Did I and I'm his son.My dad took pride in the fact that he was a serious actor out of Goodman.He hated that Tim broke him up,Tim never did the same performance in rehearsal as he did in the tapings.He often sabotaged his own writing or someone elses to crack my dad up.As much as I love Tim and respect his partnership with my father I wished he would stayed on script more often.I will say my wife never knew when something was funny until my dad broke up.My dad was one of the finest sketch comedians around along with Carl Reiner when he wasn't breaking up.Carol Burnett was one of those rare stars who were secure in her status to showcase others.