The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
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The Carol Burnett Show

7.7 / 10
1967
11 seasons
279 episodes
ComedyFamily

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."

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Cast

Seasons

  • with Jim Nabors

    1.with Jim Nabors

    11-09-196754m

    Carol's series premiere guest is Jim Nabors. Highlights of this inaugural edition include: a "V.I.P." interview with Shirley Dimple; Jim and Carol as two misfit skiers in "The Ski...

  • with Sid Caesar, Liza Minnelli

    2.with Sid Caesar, Liza Minnelli

    18-09-196754m

    A "V.I.P." interview sketch satirizing Luci Baines Johnson; Carol and Vicki do a "Sleeping Beauty" skit; guest Sid Caesar plays a father awaiting the birth of his child; Carol and...

  • with Jonathan Winters, Eddie Albert

    3.with Jonathan Winters, Eddie Albert

    25-09-196754m

    Comic Winters mimics Jackie Gieason; Carol plays a movie star attempting a comeback and a model playing in her first jungle film; in a husband-and-wife routine Carol and Harvey can...

  • with Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring

    4.with Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring

    02-10-196754m

    Two women (Carol and guest Lucille Ball) go to the "Café Argentine" whose staff includes a goose-stepping maitre d' (Harvey); Carol plays a housewife fighting off a recalcitrant wa...

  • with Imogene Coca, Lainie Kazan

    5.with Imogene Coca, Lainie Kazan

    09-10-196754m

    A "V.I.P." sketch about Miss America; Carol, Harvey and guest Imogene Coca perform a coffee commercial sketch; guest Lainie Kazan performs a "Sunnyside"/"Silver Lining" medley, and...

  • with Phyllis Diller, Gwen Verdon, and Bobbie Gentry

    6.with Phyllis Diller, Gwen Verdon, and Bobbie Gentry

    16-10-196754m

    Carol plays the wife of a monster in "Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde"; a routine from guest Phyllis Diller; musical numbers from guests Gwen Verdon ("The 59th Street Bridge Song") and Bo...

  • with Smothers Brothers, Diahann Carroll, Richard Kiley

    7.with Smothers Brothers, Diahann Carroll, Richard Kiley

    23-10-196754m

    Carol and Lyle performing exercises; the Smothers Brothers doing a sketch, singing "John Henry" and joined by Carol on "Pretoria"; guest Richard Kiley sings "The Impossible Dream";...

  • with Nanette Fabray, Sonny & Cher

    8.with Nanette Fabray, Sonny & Cher

    06-11-196754m

    A spoof of French, Polish and Japanese airline service; A "V.I.P." interview sketch with Carol as a nudist; an office triangle sketch; Carol and Nanette perform "Bosom Buddies"; Ch...

  • with Richard Chamberlin, Gloria Loring

    9.with Richard Chamberlin, Gloria Loring

    13-11-196754m

    Carol and guest Richard Chamberlain attempt to make Lyle jealous; an airport interview with a "Mother of the Year"; musical numbers from Carol and the dancers ("Everybody's Gotta B...

  • with Juliet Prowse, Martha Raye

    10.with Juliet Prowse, Martha Raye

    20-11-196754m

    A "Sleeping Beauty" production number; a legs and mouth sketch; a "V.I.P." sketch satirizing Lynda Bird Johnson's wedding; musical numbers from guests Juliet Prowse ("The Fleet's I...

  • with Don Adams, Lesley Ann Warren

    11.with Don Adams, Lesley Ann Warren

    27-11-196754m

    A "Jolly Green Thing" sketch; guest Lesley Ann Warren and the dancers perform "The Best Is Yet to Come"; a strike sketch parodying Joey Bishop's and Johnny Carson's talk shows; Har...

  • Ep 12

    12.with Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden, and Leonard Nimoy

    04-12-196745m

    Guests Jonathan Winters and Barbara Eden join Carol for the opening question-and-answer segment; a "V.I.P." interview segment with Jonathan as Santa Claus; Carol and Vicki in a ske...

  • Ep 13

    13.with Mickey Rooney, John Davidson

    11-12-196754m

    A husband-wife sketch, with Carol and Mickey as a rich and bored twosome; a slapstick skit about a western filmed in Germany; Carol becomes a TV cooking expert high on wine; a spoo...

  • Ep 14

    14.with Sid Caesar, Ella Fitzgerald

    25-12-196754m

    Highlights of this Christmas edition include: guest Sid Caesar demonstrating self-defense; Carol and Sid as a couple who quarrel on Christmas night; Sid, Carol and Harvey in a sket...

  • Ep 15

    15.with Lynn Redgrave, Mike Douglas

    01-01-196854m

    A sketch about a tourist couple at an airport; Carol and Vicki duetting on "Puppy Love"; Mike singing "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" and "Born Free"; and a Shakespeare prod...

  • Ep 16

    16.with Lana Turner, Frank Gorshin

    08-01-196854m

    Carol's guest Lana Turner sings "Heavenly Music" while dancing with the Lester Flatt troop. Frank Gorshin does impressions then becomes Bluebeard with Carol his 13th wife. Carol an...

  • Ep 17

    17.with Trini López, Ken Berry

    15-01-196854m

    Highlights include: "The Swinging 6 O'Clock News"; a "V.I.P." interview with the wife of the Jolly Green Giant; and musical numbers from guests Trini López ("Sally Was a Good Old G...

  • Ep 18

    18.with George Chakiris, Shirley Jones

    22-01-196854m

    In a hospital sketch, Nurse Carol gives the heave-ho (again out a window) to her idol, entitled "international sex symbol" Harvey. Oscar winners Shirley Jones and George Chakiris o...

  • Ep 19

    19.with Jonathan Winters, Dionne Warwick

    29-01-196854m

    Winters and Carol play television fans who talk like TV commercials. Recording star Dionne Warwick sings the theme from "Valley of the Dolls" and "This Little Light of Mine". A "Ca...

  • Ep 20

    20.with Jack Palance, Liza Minnelli

    05-02-196854m

    In a musical sketch, Jack Palance plays a Svengali turning Trilby (Carol) into a star; in another skit, Jack presides over a Mafia meeting with Carol as his secretary; Liza Minnell...

  • Ep 21

    21.with Betty Grable, Martha Raye

    12-02-196854m

    Harvey interviews Queen Elizabeth (Carol) in another "V.I.P." segment; Betty performs "Hello, Dolly!" with the dancers in a barn dance motif; in the first episode of recurring "As...

  • Ep 22

    22.with Nanette Fabray, Art Carney

    19-02-196854m

    Carney plays a garbage collector who has a jealous wife (Burnett), with Nanette rounding out the triangle in one skit. In another, Carney and Carol play stunned parents when son Ha...

  • Ep 23

    23.with Garry Moore, Durward Kirby, John Gary

    26-02-196854m

    Gary sings "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"; in "Science Fiction Playhouse," two Martians come to Earth to learn about the new "secret weapon" of television; in "That Wonderf...

  • Ep 24

    24.with Imogene Coca, Mel Torme

    04-03-196854m

    Carol and guest Imogene join together to portray Congressional wives, astronauts in space still dealing with earthly romances and Olympic athletes with different approaches concern...

  • Ep 25

    25.Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway, and Jack Jones

    18-03-196854m

    Jack Jones and Lyle Waggoner try to subdue a couple of Amazons (Carol and Ruth Buzzi) with kisses. Jack sings "I Can't Get Started With You" and "Cause I Got So Much Lovin' In Me"....

  • Ep 26

    26.with Soupy Sales, Gloria Loring

    25-03-196854m

    Newlywed sketch; Miss Loring sings "Little Girl Blue" and "Don’t Tie Me Down." Soupy Sales is featured in a musical comedy production number, built around "Real Live Girl".

  • Ep 27

    27.with Peter Lawford, Minnie Pearl

    15-04-196854m

    In "Carol and Sis", the girls are panic-stricken after watching a horror movie late at night; Carol and Minnie play two country women visiting Paris; a spoof of "Bonnie and Clyde";...

  • Ep 28

    28.with Tim Conway, Shani Wallis

    29-04-196854m

    Conway plays an Apache chief, the first Indian president of the United States; Shani Wallis and Miss Burnett appear as bloomer girls in song-and-dance production "Good Enough for G...

  • Ep 29

    29.with Sid Caesar, Barbara McNair

    06-05-196854m

    A feminine spoof of "I Spy"; Sid, Carol and Harvey play gypsies attempting to untangle various personal complications; Harvey interviews silent movie stars Pico and Rivera; Carol a...

  • Ep 30

    30.Family Show

    13-05-196854m

    Carol plays a housewife driven mad by TV commercials; Carol and Harvey carry on as the 90-year-old couple; Harvey plays an elegant bachelor in a musical comedy; a satire of a Rock...

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