OMG! It's Harvey Korman's Son! : BearManor Media : 9781629336183 : 1629336181 : 12 Sep 2020 : CAROL BURNETT: Danny Kaye's show went off the air in 1967 and The Carol Burnett Show was premiering that fall. All I could think about was, We need a Harvey Korman. We need a consummate actor with comedy chops to spare. I believe we had a call in to his agent when one afternoon I happened to see Harvey himself headed for his car in the CBS parking lot. I shouted, "Harvey!" And then proceeded to jump him. I seem to remember leaning him back over a car hood. "Please, please be on our show! You're the very best! PLEASE?" It wasn't exactly the most professional way to offer someone a job, but it worked. Harvey signed on, and I was in heaven. BURT LANCASTER (OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR): "Chris, your father is a brilliant actor. He creates these incredibly believable human characters. On live television, no less." PETER MARSHALL (Emmy-Award-winning host of Hollywood Squares) "I always tell pe