Daily Inspiration Quote by Tim Conway

The line lands like a friendly shrug, but it’s really a love letter to a disappearing kind of showbiz intimacy: the long-haul partnership that isn’t branded as a duo because it doesn’t need the marketing. Tim Conway frames his bond with Harvey Korman in the most Conway way possible - understated, modest, almost tossed off - and that restraint is the point. Instead of declaring “we’re legends,” he lets duration do the flex: 40 years, 11 years, the kind of sustained creative proximity that only happens when two people keep choosing each other across changing tastes, networks, and careers.

“I guess you could say” functions as comic misdirection. It downplays what’s essentially a serious claim: they were a de facto comedy team, even if the billing didn’t say so. The subtext is craft-based loyalty. Conway is pointing to an on-camera chemistry built from trust, timing, and a shared understanding of how far you can push a bit before it breaks - or before your partner breaks, which was famously part of their magic on The Carol Burnett Show. Korman’s losing it was never just a gag; it was evidence of a backstage relationship strong enough to survive public failure in real time.

Context matters: variety TV rewarded ensembles, not “brands,” and Conway’s wording honors that ecosystem. It’s nostalgia without sentimentality - an actor’s way of saying the work was fun because the partnership was real.