Harvey Korman could always laugh at himself

Harvey Korman, one of the stars of "The Carol Burnett Show," died today at the age of 81, four months after suffering an aortic aneurysm. He worked a lot, from "Blazing Saddles" to voicing the Great Gazoo in "The Flintstones," but he was most celebrated for his unusual rapport with Tim Conway in particular on Burnett's show. (After their TV gigs became few and far between, they still toured together with a sketch-comedy act.)

Here's one of Korman and Conway's most famous bits. Korman is utterly incapable of keeping a straight face amidst Conway's slapstick; he positively melts in the face of such lunacy. It's always harder to stop laughing when you're not supposed to; Korman's fruitless efforts to keep it together is at least as funny as Conway's character's ineptitude.