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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:24 PM
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The official Carol Burnett Show Thread
Tell me allllll about it, friends.

Carol kept me sane as a kid.

Your thoughts, please.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:27 PM
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1. Harvey Korman & Tim Conway rocked together...
:thumbsup:

I loved it when they'd lose it in the middle of a sketch...:D
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:28 PM
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3. Harvey would lose it
Tim was always cool as a cucumber
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:34 PM
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10. Korman and Conway
will be in concert here on March 5.

I have tickets.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:27 PM
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2. I'm so glad we had this timmmmmme together!
That show was a staple of my childhood.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:40 PM
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14. Seems we just get started and before you know it...
Comes the time we have to say "So Long"....
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:50 PM
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26. That was just a good show
I enjoy shows like "Who's line is it Anyway", it seems really the only type of show comparable to Carol Burnett. I used to like Sonny and Cher as well. And Monty Python. :)
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Sperk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:28 PM
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4. One of the most enjoyable hour of television ever! I used to watch as a
kid and think, "What a great job, they're having so much fun and getting paid too!!"
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:31 PM
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5. "Thanks. I saw it in the window and just had to have it!"
Bob Mackie's costumes helped make the movie parodies what they were.

What an incredible assemblage of writing and casting talent.
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:36 PM
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11. did you know...
that gag in Went With the Wind was the longest recorded live laugh in television history? According to Guiness Book of World Records, that sustained laugh lasted over 7 minutes...

I'm a freak for knowing that
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:39 PM
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13. I thought my mom would have a stroke she laughed so hard.
I'm snickering just thinking about it. How she managed to get that line out without cracking up is beyond me. I was howling!
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:45 PM
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21. True story...
My mom and I were living in a trailer, not doing extremely well financially, but we watched Carol every Sat night like clockwork.

Anyway, I remember so clearly that skit, it was so freaking funny, my mom's youngest sister called LONG DISTANCE from South Carolina (we were here in NC) just to talk about the Went With the Wind skit...this was back when calling long distance was a HUGE deal. I'll never forget my mom giggling on the phone with her little sister...

good times.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:42 PM
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18. How fitting
It was the funniest gag of all time. Only WKRP's turkey stunt came close for laughs.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:55 PM
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23. Another classic line that just thinking about it makes me giggle.
I can still see the look on Nessman's face!
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:31 PM
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6. CBS had the best Saturday night lineup when I was a kid.
All In The Family
M*A*S*H
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Carol Burnett Show

I loved Tim Conway and Carol's Mrs. Huh-Wiggins sketches. The movie parodies, especially Nora Desmond, were hilarious.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:34 PM
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8. Ah, nostalgia. The whole family would sit together and watch
with a bowl of popcorn and ice-cold sodas.
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:37 PM
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12. that's one helluva lineup
the only thing comparable in my childhood is NBC:

The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Cheers
Night Court
Hill Street Blues
--

Carol Burnet was before my time, but I always enjoyed the reruns when I saw them. Sadly they have been few and far between.

BTW, my Aunt Joan is a dead ringer for Carol Burnet. Tall, skinny and just a very similar personality. I have had more than one brain fart double-take in my head just watching that show.
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Sperk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:41 PM
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17. 5 great shows in one night! Now you're lucky to find 5 a month!
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:44 PM
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20. Wow, that's exactly what my parents watched.
Blast from the past. I grew up on that stuff.
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:33 PM
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7. the DVDs are awesome
Edited on Wed Feb-23-05 10:34 PM by libnnc
but I hate the Columbia House thing.

Am I wrong to have canceled after 9 DVDs?

I'll regret it won't I?
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:34 PM
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9. Somebody Here Told Me MADTV Was Best
Well, it's all SKETCH comedy and I ODed on MADTV, and when I saw Carol-especially-KORMAN again, it was WAY BETTER than MADTV.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:43 PM
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19. SCTV >>>> MADTV. 'nuf said.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 11:09 PM
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25. & Carol/KORMAN?--------the BEST!!!!!! n/t
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:41 PM
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15. Momma's family on the Gong Show was classic too. Brutal, but classic.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:41 PM
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16. I miss her show
She had IMO the most successful long running variety show. I have some of them on DVD and it is some of the most hilarious material I have ever seen.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:49 PM
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22. Didn't Carol star as the rich raisin matriarch in "Fresno", a parody done
Edited on Wed Feb-23-05 10:50 PM by Mayberry Machiavelli
when "Dallas" and "Dynasty" fever were at their height?

Or did I just dream that?

Am I dreaming now? :shrug:
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 10:57 PM
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24. Norma Desmond.
I love those bits.
I can't add any more to the GWTW parody. Classic.
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 09:13 PM
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27. Great Ensemble
I miss the pre-show talks she gave to the audience, including the Tarzan yell.

And what about Lyle Waggoner!:kick:
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