Television show featuring skits by Carol Burnett and her comedy troupe.Television show featuring skits by Carol Burnett and her comedy troupe.Television show featuring skits by Carol Burnett and her comedy troupe.
- Won 25 Primetime Emmys
- 41 wins & 69 nominations total
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- TriviaTim Conway improvised during much of his appearances on the show which would cause the other cast members - especially Harvey Korman - to laugh during taping. The cast breaking character became a popular part of the series.
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as Thelma "Mama" Harper: You ain't playing with a full deck, Eunice. I think somebody blew your pilot light out!
Carol Bradford: Oh, boy. That's a new one, Mama!
as Thelma "Mama" Harper: You wait, there's more, Eunice!
Carol Bradford: Oh, no!
as Thelma "Mama" Harper: You know what? You've got splinters in the windmills of your mind! You're playing hockey with a warped puck!
- Crazy creditsIn the closing credits, the charwoman (an animated caricature of Carol Burnett) is seen in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen mopping the floor. As the credits roll she suddenly turns and notices them and for the rest of the sequence she leans on her mop and watches them move from bottom to top (except for a brief pause to scratch her behind).
- Alternate versions1972-78 episodes were re-packaged in a half-hour format (with the comedy sketches ONLY) and sold to local stations in syndication as "Carol Burnett and Friends."
- ConnectionsEdited into Diagnosis Murder: Comedy Is Murder (1997)
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"THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW",was an eleven year staple of CBS Television. During its run on the air,the show was the second-oldest prime-time series in the history of television,and the third longest-running musical-variety-comedy show on the air,which premiered on the network September 11,1967 and ending its astounding run on April 12,1978. It is in an era in which variety shows were rapidly disappearing from television,THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW,survived for more than a decade. The life span for other variety series in the 1970's rarely exceeded two or three seasons,and their total number had dwindled substantially from the heyday of variety shows in the 1950's and well into the 1960's. Only Carol Burnett managed to remain popular and successful which prove to be a solid ratings winner for CBS. The small nucleus of her regular cast remained constant for several years,with none of her original supporting troupes leaving until 1974(which consisted of actors Harvey Korman,Lyle Waggoner,and Vicki Lawrence). It was their chemistry that helped hold the show together. The binding force,however,was Carol Burnett herself,who was one of television's most versatile performers,who could sing,dance,act,clown,and mime with equal facility. Over the years,certain basic aspects of the show remained the same. There was in one point in each telecast,usually at the beginning,when Carol and the evening's guest star would answer questions from the studio audience,which was based from CBS Television City Studios in Hollywood. The comedy sketches to this day are considered "comedy classics" and let me explained way.
From comedy sketches that spoof TV shows,I do mean shows from the decade of the 1970's,popular movies,or other forms of mass entertainment that made THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW one of the most loved variety shows of all time. One of the most loved comediennes performers to this day. Several sketches are consider classics including "As The Stomach Turns","Went With The Wind","Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins",and lets not forget the classic sketch of "Ed and Eunice"(which several years later ran as a series titled "Mama's Family" during the 1980's),which starred Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman as an uptight married couple constantly at odds with Eunice's mother,played brilliantly by Vicki Lawrence. Many more sketches were just as hilarious and were uplandishly funny.
Speaking about the cast,only actors Vicki Lawrence and Carol Burnett remained throughout the show's entire 11-year run. Lyle Waggoner left the series in 1974 to pursue other interests,particularly starring opposite Lynda Carter in the "Wonder Woman" series of the 1970's. It was there that after Waggoner left the show in 1974,other frequent guests included Jim Nabors,one of Carol's closest friends,and also actor Ken Berry. However,during the show's 1975-1976 season,that guest star Tim Conway joined the regular cast in the fall of that year and would remained until the show's final season,ending in 1978. The heartbreak came during the show's final season(1977-1978)that actor Harvey Korman decided to leave the series,which was a loss that was felt deeply by the entire cast. He was replaced by long time guest star Dick Van Dyke,who left the show three months after he had arrived. He was replaced by semi-regular guest stars Ken Berry and Steve Lawrence,but the ratings were beginning to slip dramatically. By the fall of 1978,after eleven years on the air,the show was about to face an upcoming end. The series final episode was a two-hour finale that premiered on April 12,1978. However,repeats were aired during the summer of 1978,and during the summer of 1979,and later into syndication under the title,"CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS",which were edited into a series of half-hour shows from the original series to be repeated for local stations.
From comedy sketches that spoof TV shows,I do mean shows from the decade of the 1970's,popular movies,or other forms of mass entertainment that made THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW one of the most loved variety shows of all time. One of the most loved comediennes performers to this day. Several sketches are consider classics including "As The Stomach Turns","Went With The Wind","Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins",and lets not forget the classic sketch of "Ed and Eunice"(which several years later ran as a series titled "Mama's Family" during the 1980's),which starred Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman as an uptight married couple constantly at odds with Eunice's mother,played brilliantly by Vicki Lawrence. Many more sketches were just as hilarious and were uplandishly funny.
Speaking about the cast,only actors Vicki Lawrence and Carol Burnett remained throughout the show's entire 11-year run. Lyle Waggoner left the series in 1974 to pursue other interests,particularly starring opposite Lynda Carter in the "Wonder Woman" series of the 1970's. It was there that after Waggoner left the show in 1974,other frequent guests included Jim Nabors,one of Carol's closest friends,and also actor Ken Berry. However,during the show's 1975-1976 season,that guest star Tim Conway joined the regular cast in the fall of that year and would remained until the show's final season,ending in 1978. The heartbreak came during the show's final season(1977-1978)that actor Harvey Korman decided to leave the series,which was a loss that was felt deeply by the entire cast. He was replaced by long time guest star Dick Van Dyke,who left the show three months after he had arrived. He was replaced by semi-regular guest stars Ken Berry and Steve Lawrence,but the ratings were beginning to slip dramatically. By the fall of 1978,after eleven years on the air,the show was about to face an upcoming end. The series final episode was a two-hour finale that premiered on April 12,1978. However,repeats were aired during the summer of 1978,and during the summer of 1979,and later into syndication under the title,"CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS",which were edited into a series of half-hour shows from the original series to be repeated for local stations.
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