Longtime funny man and Emmy award-winning actor Tim Conway graced the stage after lunch and brought laughter and comedy to a mostly somber business conference.
Conway entertained the crowd with his take of the airline industry, growing old, dieting and visiting the doctor’s office – all things he said he’s experienced recently.
He poked fun at pilots who talk over the intercom.
“Can you ever hear exactly what they’re saying? … The only time you can understand them is when you’re in that bathroom and you hear, `Please return to your seat for landing.’ ”
He had his own suggestion to improve airline safely.
“Why can’t they put seat belts on the toilet so you can sit back and relax?” he said.
The comedian didn’t just discuss bowel movements, but performed skits with a another actor, who resembled comedian Jonathan Winters.
His skits included the elderly working at airline counters and not-so-great baseball players.
Conway began his acting career in Cleveland, Ohio.
He soon became a regular on shows like “The Steve Allen Show.”
Soon, Conway gained regular roles on “McHale’s Navy” and later on, “The Carol Burnett Show.”
He’s earned several Emmy awards, most recently in 1997 for his guest appearance on the ABC sitcom “Coach.”
Conway is also known for his Dorf home video series.
Dorf, played by Conway, is a character who is not so bright.
Several videos, including “Dorf Goes Fishing” and “Dorf on Golf,” have become best-sellers.
During his routine, Conway explained that in the past few months he and his wife, “mostly the wife” have started dieting and trying alternative foods.
“We tried that Jenny Craig frozen foods … my wife ate those so often that she stopped cooking them … we licked pork chops for dinner the other night … breaking off pieces of gravy was good, too.”
Another diet idea: eating more roughage or as he put it a diet of more “lettuce, cabbage, hay and straw.”
“I’ve had so much roughage, I’m starting to pass wicker furniture,” he said.