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
- 41 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)
Featured review
Conway and Mama's Family Are Still Amazing
The opening, with Carol spontaneously joking with the audience, is the funniest part. Burnett even did a popular tour just before the pandemic, recreating that.
Conway remains the next most reliably funniest part of the show. There are also some amazing guest stars like Steven Martin and Robin Williams very early in their careers.
Some parts have aged poorly, the musical numbers that were already corny in the 70s. Some of the guest stars like Ken Berry seem trapped in that time.
But the crown jewels in the series were all the Eunice and Mama's Family skits. Somehow, in an at times corny show, the most popular characters were like watching Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf. Abrasive and raw, a deeply dysfunctional family tearing each other apart, yet still funny and touching.
Can you imagine an audience watching an old time musical number suddenly hearing a woman telling her mother that she married her husband because she "had to"? That she got pregnant. And her mother answering "Welcome to the club." And the most midde America audience laughing loud, in recognition of how many of them it happened to.
Conway remains the next most reliably funniest part of the show. There are also some amazing guest stars like Steven Martin and Robin Williams very early in their careers.
Some parts have aged poorly, the musical numbers that were already corny in the 70s. Some of the guest stars like Ken Berry seem trapped in that time.
But the crown jewels in the series were all the Eunice and Mama's Family skits. Somehow, in an at times corny show, the most popular characters were like watching Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf. Abrasive and raw, a deeply dysfunctional family tearing each other apart, yet still funny and touching.
Can you imagine an audience watching an old time musical number suddenly hearing a woman telling her mother that she married her husband because she "had to"? That she got pregnant. And her mother answering "Welcome to the club." And the most midde America audience laughing loud, in recognition of how many of them it happened to.
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- Apr 17, 2022
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