The Carol Burnett Show
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The Carol Burnett Show was a sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner. It ran on CBS from 1967 to 1978.
The popular variety show made the stars household names with such hilarious sketches as "As the Stomach Turns", "Went with the Wind" (a parody of Gone With the Wind featuring a memorable scene with Burnett as Scarlett O'Hara in the dress made from a window curtain, complete with rod), "Computer Date" and "Stella Toddler." With such famous guest stars as Roddy McDowall, Dinah Shore, the Jackson 5, Shirley MacLaine, Lily Tomlin (and many more) 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.
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 of the country. Vicki Lawrence made a golden hit record in 1973 ("The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia") and went on to host her own shows (the popular spin-off Mama's Family and her talk show, Vicki) for a few years and runs around America doing comedy sketches of her own. The cast has just recently re-released their seasons, which are now available on VHS and DVD.
Guest Stars
- Jim Nabors
- Sid Caesar
- Liza Minnelli
- Jonathan Winters
- Eddie Albert
- Lucille Ball
- Gloria Loring
- Lainie Kazan
- Imogene Coca
- Phyllis Diller
- Gwen Verdon
- Bobbie Gentry
- The Smothers Brothers
- Diahann Carroll
- Richard Kiley
- Nanette Fabray
- Sonny and Cher (Cher later guest starred solo)
- Richard Chamberlain
- Juliet Prowse
- Martha Raye
- Don Adams
- Lesley Ann Warren
- Barbara Eden
- Leonard Nimoy
- Mickey Rooney
- John Davidson
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Lynn Redgrave
- Mike Douglas
- Lana Turner
- Frank Gorshin
- Trini Lopez
- George Chakiris
- Shirley Jones
- Dionne Warwick
- Jack Palance
- Betty Grable
- Art Carney
- Mel Torme
- Jack Jones
- Soupy Sales
- Peter Lawford
- Minnie Pearl
- Shani Wallis
- Martin Landau
- Carol Channing
- Barbara Bain
- George Gobel
- Edie Adams
- Nancy Wilson
- Don Rickles
- Michele Lee
- Flip Wilson
- Vic Damone
- Eileen Farrell
- Marilyn Horne
- Perry Como
- Chita Rivera
- Ethel Merman
- Vikki Carr
- Robert Goulet
- Bernadette Peters
- Steve Lawrence
- Pat Boone
- Bing Crosby
- Dan Rowan and Dick Martin
- Andy Griffith
- Merv Griffin
- George Carlin
- Donald O'Connor
- Audrey Meadows
- Ronald Reagan
- Barbara Feldon
- Joan Rivers
- Peggy Lee
- Cass Elliott
- Ricardo Montalban
- Dyan Cannon
- Paul Lynde
- Rich Little
- Rita Hayworth
- Totie Fields
- Bob Newhart
- David Frost
- The Carpenters
- Dom DeLuise
- Eydie Gorme
- Ray Charles
- Vincent Price
- Burt Reynolds
- Jack Klugman
- Tony Randall
- Karen Black
- Marty Feldman
- Helen Reddy
- Joel Grey
- Pearl Bailey
- Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara
- Lily Tomlin
- Ruth Buzzi
- Carl Reiner
- Anthony Newley
- Jack Cassidy
- Petula Clark
- John Byner
- William Conrad
- Charo
- Gloria Swanson
- Richard Crenna
- Roddy McDowall
- The Jackson 5
- James Coco
- Telly Savalas
- Alan King
- Kenneth Mars
- Maggie Smith
- Alan Alda
- The Pointer Sisters
- Rock Hudson
- Nancy Walker
- Wayne Rogers
- Buddy Ebsen
- Sally Struthers
- Jean Stapleton
- Phil Silvers
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Shirley MacLaine
- Betty White
- Jessica Walter
- Rita Moreno
- Emmett Kelly
- Joanne Woodward
- Dick Van Dyke
- Madeline Kahn
- Dinah Shore
- Glen Campbell
- Ben Vereen
- Hal Linden
- Neil Sedaka
- Captain and Tennille
- Natalie Cole
- Steve Martin
- James Garner
- James Stewart
External links
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- The Carol Burnett Show (http://www.crazyabouttv.com/carolburnettshow.html) page at Crazy About TV provides trivia, a description, cast information, and an episodes list for the series.Template:Tvseries-stub