Yes, there is a murder but was it the wrong victim? This episode is basically an hour-long sketch for comedy genius Tim Conway (Tim Conrad) and the best straight man in the business Harvey Korman (Harvey Huckaby). Harvey made a movie deal for millions by selling off the rights to the comedy of Huckaby and Conrad just after he bought those rights from Conrad for $25,000. Conrad is off to kill his partner by a) shooting him (fails) b) poisoning (him fails) c) drowning him (fails). But Conrad's ex-wife who is now Huckaby's current wife ends up dead. So, who did her in? Conway gets all the best bits, and we even get to see a smidgen of the old dentist/patient bit from the Carol Burnett show. Mark doesn't believe Tim has the ability or smarts to have actually rewired the pool cover which was the murder weapon; but somebody did. For most of the episode the Huckaby character is selfish and self-absorbed, such that he cheats everyone so there are possible suspects. Forget who did it, it's really not important; and Susan Huckaby isn't around long enough for viewers to care about her. What you want is more Tim bumbling his way through the episode to the inevitable happy ending. Always liked Diagnosis Murder when it poked fun at its own premise. Here you keep looking to see if Carol Burnett will show up like Hitchcock, just a passing glance. If she did then you have sharper eyes than me.
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