The Meltdown That Shook Live TV — And Comedy History Forever. What Happened on the Carol Burnett Show That Night Wasn’t Planned, Rehearsed, or Survivable. Tim Conway’s “Old Sheriff” Entered the Scene Moving in Excruciating Slow Motion, and With Every Delayed Step, Blink, and Pause, Harvey Korman’s Fate Was Sealed. You Can Watch the Exact Moment Korman Realizes Resistance Is Useless — His Jaw Tightens, His Eyes Dart Away, His Body Betrays Him. Laughter Erupts, Uncontrollable and Physical, Spreading Like Wildfire Across the Cast. Carol Burnett Bends, the Crew Loses Composure, and Live Television Teeters on Collapse. The Audience Isn’t Just Laughing — They’re Witnessing a Breakdown So Pure It Becomes Art. Decades Later, Nothing Has Topped It. Not Because It Was Written Well — But Because It Wasn’t Written at All.
It began as nothing more than a harmless throwback sketch — a dusty Old West saloon, a jittery piano, a slow-walking sheriff with fewer brain cells than…