Thanks for the memories!

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Crappy film

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This is a show that I remember as a 10, but when reviewed 30 years later is a 7 with occasional eights. If you erase the nostalgia and purely focus on the writing it is a 6, but the brilliance of the performers raises it to a 7 and sometimes an 8 - Tim Conway and Carol are always at a nine level. I watched it every Saturday, but it was the best of what was on and not an 8.8 by itself. If you are rating by memory and not by today, get copies of back programs and see if your opinions hold, If you've never seen it, it is definitely worth watching to see some extraordinary characters, but it is not an 8.8. Apparently the line police needs more. How about...Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth;

The Carol Burnett Show (whose initials are the same as the network it aired on) was a very funny variety show that was so successful thanks to Carol Burnett and her supporting cast of Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman and Lyle Waggoner. When Tim Conway became a regular, the show became more hilarious. Guest stars also were a part of the festivities each week, including Jim Nabors, who was the show's first guest, and continued in the same role at the start of each season. Of all the sketches that aired, my all-time favorite was "Went With the Wind." I saw it on a retrospective and it was still extremely funny, especially the outfits used. What also made the show's successful was the way Carol interacted with the studio audience, treating them as a participant by taking questions in the opening segment. She also showed her versatility in playing different roles, including the washerwoman who closed down the show at season's end. If you haven't bought the DVD'S or seen the reruns under the title "Carol Burnett and Friends", it's highly recommended to see Carol and company in action as well as to see the sketches that spawned the sitcom "Mama's Family." You'll be glad you had that time together.

This show was an amazing hit due to the fine comedic talents of Carol Burnett and a terrific supporting cast of Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman and Lyle Waggoner.Those sketches of Burnett will be forever etched in the minds of television viewers. Who can forget Mrs. Wiggins or Nora Desmond, the latter a take off on the brilliant performance of Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in 1950's "Sunset Boulevard?" Swanson, at one time, guest starred on the Burnett show and stated that she never realized that Norma Desmond was such a comical rather than tragic figure.I'm so glad we had this time together.

"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.