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
- 40 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.
- Quotes
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 BEST comedy series of all time!
Half of the fun of watching Carol Burnett and Friends was watching the actors and actresses try to maintain straight faces during their skits, even when on the inside they were dying to burst out laughing. What made this series funny is that the actors and actresses ad-libbed most of their lines. This way, even the other actors didn't know what would be said next. I've seen many episodes of this show and each one of them keeps me laughing. This is comedy at it highest, at a time when humor was based on slapstick humor and the totally unexpected instead of sexual one-liners. If you ever get a chance to see this show, watch it. You won't be disappointed--especially if you're fortunate to see the episode where Lyle Waggoner is a prisoner of war in WWII interrogated by German officers Harvey Korman and Tim Conway.
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- Aug 28, 1999
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By what name was The Carol Burnett Show (1967) officially released in India in English?
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