The Tim Conway Comedy Hour Season 1 Episodes

Episode 0

Pilot

Tue, Mar 17, 197060 mins

Episode 1

Guests: Dan Rowan & Lana Turner

Sun, Sep 20, 197060 mins

In this first episode of Tim's new variety show, Tim explains to the audience that none of his previous three starring shows ever made it to Christmas before being canceled. So he has decided to start things off with a Christmas Show in case they get canceled again . The holiday spoof includes his own wife and kids. But after this segment the show gets very "NON-P.C." when Tim and his cast do a skit as World War Two Japanese soldier in a training room. Nobody speaks English, they just mutter fake bad pseudo-Japanese. Today this is just embarrassing and uncomfortable to watch. The show tries to recover with Dan and Lana doing a mystery spoof with drunken detective Tim. Tim is not Dean Martin and the drunk routine falls flat. It is fun to see Sally Struthers as the show's only dancer. This is just months before she would make history on "All In The Family". McLean Stevenson is among the regular cast, just two years before he would also make history in "M*A*S*H".

Episode 2

Guests: Barbara Feldon & David Jansen

Sun, Sep 27, 197052 mins

Tonight's episode features: Janssen as a pirate who kidnaps Tim's princess (Feldon); "Doctor" Conway giving Janssen a check-up.

Episode 3

Guests: Dick Martin & Joan Crawford

Sun, Oct 4, 197060 mins

All aboard for laughter when Tim and his guests take the "Last Choo Choo To China." Also: Ms. Crawford plays a superstar who can't get rid of autograph hound Tim.

Episode 4

Guests: Audrey Meadows & Peter Graves

Sun, Oct 11, 1970

Singers Belland and Somerville perform "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother." Guest Audrey Meadows plays a southern belle trying to choose between two brothers Graves and Conway.

Episode 5

Guests: Jane Powell & Carl Reiner

Sun, Oct 18, 1970

Tim and his guests spoof "Phantom Of The Opera"; and Reiner plays a plastic surgeon who has reconstructed gangster Conway's face.

Episode 6

Guests: Tony Randall & Janet Leigh

Sun, Oct 25, 1970

Leigh plays a sultry German chanteuse who serenades WWI flying aces Conway and Randall.

Episode 7

Guests: Dan Blocker, Imogena Coca, Sergio Mendez and The Brazil 66

Sun, Nov 1, 197051 mins

This seventh show brings about changes to the series. For the first time there is an actual musical guest, Sergio Mendez and The Brazil 66. As the show opens we now see the live audience which Tim interacts with, walking among them. Hearing the laughter and positive reactions from this audience indicates there is a larger audience than the previous shows. Gone is the satirical introduction of the guest stars sitting bored on a small stage. Now there is a large stage and the Tom Hansen Dancers gleefully introduce Imogene Coca, Dan Blocker and Sergio Mendez. Some of the old skits are still here with improvements, The Flying Zucchinis now consist of the guest stars as the Zucchinis. Tim's little old man is more on the mark and Imogene as his wife reminds one of the old Your Show of Shows. White the satirical format is gone the changes make for a better show. Mclean Stevenson is still there but Sally Struthers has left to start preparing for her memorable role as Gloria on All In The Family.

Episode 8

Shelley Winters, John Forsythe, Jackie DeShannon

Sun, Nov 8, 1970

Shelly tries to hide Tooth Fairy Tim from her jealous husband John. Then Tim plays a faithful dog of a Canadian Mountie and the host of a local TV kid's show.

Episode 9

Carol Burnett and Steve Lawrence

Sun, Nov 15, 1970

Carol and Steve join Tim for a sketch about three lions caught up in a love triangle.

Episode 10

Guests: Merv Griffin, Judy Carne

Sun, Nov 22, 1970

Highlights include Merv and Judy as conniving relatives of an old man (Tim); Tim as a teacher to a rough adult education class.

Episode 11

Steve Allen, Eydie Gormé

Sun, Nov 29, 197051 mins

Steve, Eydie, and Tim play surgeons who seek a second opinion... from a witch doctor.

Episode 12

Guests: Mickey Rooney, Dorothy Lamour

Sun, Dec 6, 1970

After CBS had decided to cancel the show two older unaired shows were broadcast. Sally Struthers re-appears in the cast. First Mickey Rooney plays a Judge and Dorothy Lamour is the defendant in a hit-and-run trial which Tim and McLean prosecute. The Tom Hansen Dancers do a marionette number. Then singer Bobby Bloom performs "Montego Bay" on the live audience stage (likely taped when the show had a live audience). Tim demonstrates how McLean can not say a word without cue-cards, even off stage. Tim then takes a serious moment to read a poem which can not be heard over the music. In the Middle Ages, Tim demonstrates his new weapon to his armored knights, a big magnet. Bobby Bloom returns to sing "A Little On The Heavy Side". The car-pool sketch returns with Mickey playing Arnold, a new member of the already overloaded car-pool. In a Chinese restaurant, Tim and Sally Struthers get a fortune in a cookie that brings strange reactions from all of the customers. Bruce Bellon and David Summerville perform "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling'". Tim finds himself doing a jail sentence for a parking ticket with McLean as his lawyer. As the show ends Tim makes no mention of their cancellation or next week's guest stars.

Episode 13

Guests: Walter Brennan & Connie Stevens

Sun, Dec 13, 1970

Up first: "The Old Man", Tim, runs a small diner and tries to catch a hot dog on a rotating cooker. Then Drum Boogie presents The Battle of the Drums featuring John Amos. Walter Brennon is a radio engineer in the announcers box who keeps getting hit by the fowl balls no matter where he sits. The Tom Hansen Dancers perform in the clouds. McLean plays a radio "Guy On The Go" interviewing lighthouse operators Tim, Walter and Connie who only speak like foghorns. Bruce Belland and David Somerville sing a song from Madame Lasagna. Tim then plays a Vegas style card dealer to a winy player. Bruce and David return with "Just A Little More Time To Get It Together". The Carpool Commuters try to keep smiles on their faces to be seen by the "Smile Car" radio contest on the Ventura Freeway. The Great Zucchinis have McLean on a swing trying to catch Tim after being shot out of a cannon. The final sketch has John Amos taking Walter Brennan and Connie Stevens through the jungle where they run across "The Monkey Man", Tim Conway. While this was the last show to be broadcast, it was produced before the 'Live Audience' shows and long before the show was canceled.