The original cast in 1967.

The cast in 1991.

The Carol Burnett Show was a sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner. 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 Bob Barker studio). For information about The Sketch Show TV programme, see The Sketch Show. ... Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is a successful comedienne mostly on American television, thanks largely to her eponymous variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. ... Conway on the cover of Dorf Goes Fishing Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American comedic actor. ... Actor Harvey Korman in the 1974 comedy Blazing Saddles. ... Vicki Lawrence Vicki Lawrence (born Vicki Ann Axelrad on March 26, 1949, in Inglewood, California) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. ... Lyle Waggoner (born April 13, 1935 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American actor best known for his television work in the 1970s. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... This article is about the date September 11 in general. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Image File history File links Carol_burnett_show_1. ... Image File history File links Carol_burnett_show_1. ... Image File history File links Carol_burnett_show_2. ... Image File history File links Carol_burnett_show_2. ... For information about The Sketch Show TV programme, see The Sketch Show. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is a successful comedienne mostly on American television, thanks largely to her eponymous variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. ... Conway on the cover of Dorf Goes Fishing Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American comedic actor. ... Actor Harvey Korman in the 1974 comedy Blazing Saddles. ... Vicki Lawrence Vicki Lawrence (born Vicki Ann Axelrad on March 26, 1949, in Inglewood, California) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. ... Lyle Waggoner (born April 13, 1935 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American actor best known for his television work in the 1970s. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... This article is about the date September 11 in general. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Robert William Bob Barker (born December 12, 1923) is a seventeen-time Emmy Award-winning American television game show host. ...

The popular variety show made the stars household names with such sketches as "As the Stomach Turns", "Went with the Wind" (a parody of Gone with the Wind featuring a scene with Burnett as Scarlett O'Hara in the dress made from a window curtain, complete with rod), "Carol & Sis", "Mrs. Wiggins", "The Family" (which would become Mama's Family), "Nora Desmond" (Burnett's send-up of Gloria Swanson's character in Sunset Boulevard), and "Stella Toddler." With such guest stars as Lucille Ball, Shirley MacLaine, Lily Tomlin, Liza Minnelli, Sonny and Cher, Vincent Price, Dinah Shore, the Jackson 5, Gloria Swanson, and many more (see below) appearing weekly to bring entertainment into the living rooms of Americans all over the country, the long-running show was nominated for many Emmys and won quite a few. A variety show is a show with a variety of acts, often including music and comedy skits, especially on television. ... As the Stomach Turns was a parody of soap operas, most notably a pun on the title of a very popular soap at the time, As the World Turns, and was featured on The Carol Burnett Show. ... Gone with the Wind, one of the most popular films of all time, and the most enduring symbol of the golden age of Hollywood, is a 1939 film adapted from Margaret Mitchells 1936 novel of the same name. ... Scarlett OHara (full name Katie Scarlett OHara Hamilton Kennedy Butler) is the protagonist in Margaret Mitchells 1936 novel, Gone with the Wind, and in the later film of the same name. ... Mamas Family is an American television sitcom which premiered on January 22, 1983, on the NBC television network, where it aired for two seasons, until its cancellation in May 1984. ... Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1897 - April 4, 1983), an American Hollywood actress, was prolific during the silent film era, but saw her career go into decline with the advent of talkies. She is now best known for her comeback role in the film (1950), in which -- mirroring her own life... It has been suggested that Norma Desmond be merged into this article or section. ... Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actor, comedian and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, a four time Emmy Award winner (awarded 1953, 1956, 1967, 1968) and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame. ... Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actress, well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ... Lily Tomlin (born Mary Jean Tomlin on September 1, 1939), is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and comedian. ... Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ... Sonny and Cher were an American rock and roll duo, made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Vincent Leonard Price Jr. ... Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994) was an American singer and actress. ... The cover to the Jackson 5s first LP, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5, released on Motown Records in 1969. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Vicki Lawrence was the only cast member, other than Burnett, to remain with the series for its entire run. Tim Conway, though well remembered for his appearances on the show, didn't become a full-time cast member until 1975. Harvey Korman left the show prior to its final season; he was temporarily replaced in the fall of 1977 by Dick Van Dyke. Original cast member Lyle Waggoner left the series in 1974 to pursue a dramatic acting career and the next year was cast in Wonder Woman. Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an Emmy-Award winning American television and movie actor, comedian and dancer. ... DVD release of the first season. ...

Burnett went on to star in movies, write a Broadway play, and continues to make appearances. Conway and Korman travel to do comedy routines all over the country. Vicki Lawrence had a U.S. #1 hit record in 1973 ("The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia") and went on to star in several shows of her own (the popular spin-off Mama's Family, the NBC daytime edition of Win, Lose or Draw and her short-lived talk show, Vicki) and continues to perform around America doing comedy sketches of her own. Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Front cover The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia is a song by songwriter Bobby Russell and performed in 1973 by Vicki Lawrence; Reba McEntire later covered it in the early 1990s. ... Mamas Family is an American television sitcom which premiered on January 22, 1983, on the NBC television network, where it aired for two seasons, until its cancellation in May 1984. ... Win, Lose or Draw was an American television game show that aired from 1987 to 1990. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ...

Continuations and revivals

The comedy sketches of the show were reedited into freestanding programs; the resulting show enjoyed success for many years in syndicated reruns (as Carol Burnett and Friends). In the early 2000s, certain full-length episodes of The Carol Burnett Show were released on VHS and DVD by Columbia House on a subscription basis (now discontinued). In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... Rerun van Pelt is the name of Linus and Lucys younger brother in the comic strip Peanuts. ... Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Vertical Helical Scan, better known by its abbreviation VHS (and often confused to be Video Home System) is a recording and playing standard for analog video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by... DVD (commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Columbia House operates a music club and DVD club, and as such is a direct seller of DVD movies and box sets, offering its selections through “club membership” agreements. ...

Following repeats of The Carol Burnett Show on CBS from June to August 1978, 4 new shows were aired between August and September 1979 on ABC as Carol Burnett & Company, just prior to the beginning of the regular fall season and plans were announced for this to become an annual event but it did not. NBC aired a comedy anthology called Carol & Company between March 1990 and July 1991. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Carol & Company was a comedy program airing on NBC-TV in the United States during 1990 and 1991. ...

CBS brought back The Carol Burnett Show for another run in the fall of 1991; new regulars included Meagan Fay and Richard Kind (brought over from the NBC show), and Chris Barnes, Roger Kabler and Jessica Lundy. Only nine episodes of this revival were aired. Richard Kind as Lou Albertini on Head Cases Richard Kind (b. ... Musician named Chris Barnes Chris Barnes was the original lead singer of the death metal band Cannibal Corpse. ...

In the fall of 2001, the cast of The Carol Burnett Show reunited for a special broadcast entitled Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers, which consisted mostly of bloopers and outtakes from the series. The program was a major ratings success; the media credited its timing, being broadcast not long after the September 11, 2001 attacks, with contributing to its success. A blooper usually refers to a faux pas made by an actor while filming a television show or movie. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

In 2004 Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman and Lyle Waggoner made another reunion special featuring one of Carol's favorite ongoing bits, turning up the house lights and then taking questions from members of the studio audience. Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is a successful comedienne mostly on American television, thanks largely to her eponymous variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. ... Conway on the cover of Dorf Goes Fishing Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American comedic actor. ... Vicki Lawrence Vicki Lawrence (born Vicki Ann Axelrad on March 26, 1949, in Inglewood, California) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. ... Actor Harvey Korman in the 1974 comedy Blazing Saddles. ... Lyle Waggoner (born April 13, 1935 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American actor best known for his television work in the 1970s. ...

Guest stars

Jim Nabors traditionally appeared in the first episode of every season. In addition to those mentioned above, other notable guest stars were a who's who of performers of that era, including such diverse names as Edward Villella, Marilyn Horne, Eileen Farrell, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis, Jr., Pearl Bailey, Mel Torme, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, then Gov. Ronald Reagan, Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Art Carney, Emmett Kelly, Jonathan Winters, Flip Wilson, Roddy McDowall, Nanette Fabray, Joanne Woodward, Richard Kiley, Ethel Merman, Martha Raye, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Alan King, Phyllis Diller, Totie Fields, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Dom DeLuise, Nancy Walker, Pat Carroll, the Smothers Brothers, Shecky Green, Scoey Mitchlll, George Carlin, Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, Steve Martin, Minnie Pearl, Glen Campbell, Maggie Smith (making her American television debut), Lynn Redgrave, Betty Grable, Lana Turner, Rock Hudson, Mickey Rooney, Betty White, Buddy Ebsen, Jack Palance, Alan Alda, Martin Landau, Leonard Nimoy, Jack Klugman, Tony Randall, Madeline Kahn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Joel Grey, Chita Rivera, Gwen Verdon, Ben Vereen, Bernadette Peters, Diahann Carroll, Cass Elliot, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, the Pointer Sisters, and the Carpenters. 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Mel Tormé (September 13, 1925 - June 5, 1999) was a jazz singer with a light, velvety, high-tenor voice. ... Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Jazz and Traditional Pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. ... Pierino Ronaldo Perry Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian American crooner during the latter half of the 20th century. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was a singer, dancer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred with Francis the Talking Mule. ... Debbie Reynolds (born April 1, 1932) is an American actress, dancer and singer. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. ... Sid Caesar (born Isaac Sidney Caesar on September 8, 1922) is an Emmy-winning comic actor and writer, best known as the leading man on the 1950s television sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows. ... Imogene Coca (November 18, 1908 - June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress. ... Art Carney (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was an Academy Award winning American actor in film, stage, television, and radio. ... Emmett Kelly (1898 – March 28, 1979), a native of Sedan, Kansas, was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure Weary Willie, based on the hobos of the Depression era. ... Jonathan Winters (born November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American comedic actor. ... Clerow Flip Wilson (December 8, 1933 – November 25, 1998) was an African-American comedian and actor. ... McDowall as a child actor Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (September 17, 1928 – October 3, 1998) was a British actor. ... Nanette Fabray (born October 27, 1920 in San Diego, California) is an American actress. ... Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an Emmy Award and Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, television, and film actor, though he is best known for his voice work, as narrator of various documentary series. ... Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Steve Lawrence (born July 8, 1935) is an American singer, perhaps best known as a member of a duo with his wife Eydie Gormé. The two have appeared together since appearing regularly on Steve Allens The Tonight Show in the mid 1950s[1][2]. Lawrence is an actor as... Eydie Gorme (real name Edith Gormezano) (born August 16, 1931 in The Bronx, New York City, United States), is an American singer, and wife of Steve Lawrence. ... Alan King Alan King (December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004), born Irwin Alan Kniberg, was an American comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. ... Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Ada Driver on July 17, 1917) is an American comedian who is considered one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy. ... Totie Fields (May 7, 1930 - August 2, 1978) was a zaftig American comedian who was not afraid to poke fun at her own weight problems. ... Donald Jay Rickles (born May 8, 1926 in New York City, New York) is an American comedian, film actor, and voice actor. ... Joan Rivers (born June 8, 1933) is an American comedian, talk show host, businesswoman, and celebrity. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nancy Walker (May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress. ... Patricia Ann Carroll (born May 5, 1927 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. ... The Smothers Brothers are an American music-and-comedy team, formed by real-life brothers Tom Smothers (born 1937) and Dick Smothers (born 1939). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... George Dennis Carlin (born May 12, 1937 in New York, New York)[1] is a Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. ... Rich Little performing in 2004 Rich Little (born Richard Caruthers Little on November 26, 1938 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian comedian best known for his celebrity impersonations. ... Frank Gorshin as the Riddler, from the Batman TV series. ... Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, musician and composer. ... Minnie Pearl Minnie Pearl was the stage name of Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (October 25, 1912 – March 4, 1996). ... Glen Campbell, December 2004 This article is about the singer. ... Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born 28 December 1934), better known as Dame Maggie Smith, is a two-time Academy Award, and Emmy-winning English film, stage, and television actress. ... Lynn Rachel Redgrave OBE (born 8 March 1943 in London) is an English actress born into the famous acting Redgrave family. ... Betty Grable Ruth Elizabeth Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 3, 1973) was an American actress, singer, and pin-up girl whose famous bathing-suit poster was an icon of the World War II era. ... Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an Academy award-nominated American film actress. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Actor Mickey Rooney speaks at the Pentagon in 2000 during a ceremony honoring the USO. Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr. ... Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an Emmy Award-winning television actress with a career spanning 60 years, often referred to as The first lady of Television and Americas Sweetheart. She also appeared in radio programs, in movies and the theater, in commercials... Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett Buddy Ebsen (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was an American actor and dancer, who is best-remembered for his role as Jed Clampett in the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies. ... Jack Palance, (born Volodymyr Palanyuk (Ukr: Володимир Паланюк))on February 18, 1919, in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, USA), is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Alan Alda (b. ... Martin Landau in North by Northwest. ... Leonard Simon Nimoy (born March 26, 1931) is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. ... Jack Klugman (born Jacob Joachim Klugman on April 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American television and movie actor. ... Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American comic actor. ... Madeline Kahn (September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an Academy Award-nominated Jewish American actress of movie, television, and theater distinguished by an unusual gift for comedy. ... Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931 in Humacao, Puerto Rico) is an Academy Award-winning actress and the first and only Hispanic actress in history (as well as one of only nine people) to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. ... George Chakiris (born September 16, 1934 in Norwood, Ohio) is a Greek-American dancer and film actor. ... Joel Grey (born 11 April 1932 as Joel Katz in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is a Jewish-American stage and screen actor. ... Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical actress and dancer of Puerto Rican heritage, and the first Hispanic woman to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. ... Gwen Evelyn Verdon (January 13, 1925 in Culver City, California – October 18, 2000 in Woodstock, Vermont) was an acclaimed Tony Award winning American dancer and actress. ... Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor. ... Bernadette Peters is an American Tony Award-winning actress and singer. ... Diahann Carroll, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Diahann Carroll (born July 17, 1935) is an American actress and singer. ... Cass Elliot (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & the Papas. ... Marie Dionne Warrick (born December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey), known professionally as Dionne Warwick, is an African-American singer best known for her work with Hal David and Burt Bacharach as songwriters and producers. ... Natalie Cole (born Stephanie Natalie Maria Cole on February 6, 1950), is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. ... The Pointer Sisters was an American vocal group and recording act that achieved great success during the 1970s and 1980s. ... The Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter. ...

Reference

Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows is a trade paperback reference work by the American television researchers Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh , published by Ballantine Books. ...

External links

• The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Carol Burnett Show
• It's The Carol Burnett Show!
• The Museum Of Broadcast Communications: The Carol Burnett Show
• Tim's TV Showcase: The Carol Burnett Show
• The Carol Burnett Show TV Show - The Carol Burnett Show Television Show - TV.com
• The Carol Burnett Show - 10/2/67 - cached copy from Internet Archives
• THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW EPISODE GUIDE by: Ed Slonina - cached copy from Internet Archives