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Show the top second banana i' ,ff $t$ - IkdDHnimsiiim ,i fjl) v ,t tVi .'t ,tt M staangBail pEays ! by Jerry Buck- - Yssociated Press Writer I BEING A straight man to a comedian can be a little bit like setting a friend up in business and letting him make the profit. and burlesque. But only up to a point. Korman is the funniest straight man in the business. He is televisions top second banana. The term straight man means just that, to play it straight and let the comedian be funny, says Harvey Carol Korman of CBS Burnett Show. . When he accepted an award last year for Carol Burnett, he said, First of all, Id like to thank Harvey Korman. In his own rights, however, Korman has won three Emmy awards. Its hard. You cant just get any good actor. You need a chemistry you must fit together. I seem to have the knack for fitting with well just about anybody. KORMAN, 46, follows in the tradition of straight or second banana man dating back to vaudeville I never get them on the awards telecast, he said. I pick them up at a gas station later. His close friend and freTim Conquent way, said, In sketch comedy I dont think anybody touches him. Its like a finely tuned racing car. Theres no way you can beat him. HARVLY HAS done close to 1,000 sketches with Carol, and Danny Kaye before that. Its not always a different character in each one, but its certainly a dif- ferent attitude. Something has to happen to make people laugh every time, and hes done it. Korman, who had four years of formal dramatic said, training, The principal thing to know and do is what turns the star on. How to spark them. Danny and Carol do comedy. My role is to be an actor so they can feed off me. Not to do my thing, but to react to them. Most comedians need that. Some stars cant tolerate anyone good around thetn. 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But thats mainly because' Carol is a woman, and I can play opposite her more. He said he has thought often of having his own show. There are a lot of actors, he said. Psychological. After 10 years of supporting someone else. You know, even if you overcome that part of it and take a chance, its tough to find the right thing. I havent been able to find Shop Cottonwood Mall FREE Shop Today SPRING GARDEN SHOW Presented by Utah Association of Nurserymen inside the dimatized it. completely installed 6.E. gas heating system for only A shades. A rainbow of colors to choose from. decorative we other. .MS price see our display of lovely Come KORMAN SAID he enjoys setting up a situation so that someone else gets the If the setup is not laugh. right, if the timing is off even a beat, the star is left with no laugh. Carol and I have been together so long that Awning Co. 57 E. Truman Ave. 4 Phone ... -- 466-876- (Between Main & State on 2330 So.) 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