Carol burnett

[RickN]

We just watched Carol Burnett receive the Mark Twain award and I have to wonder, are there any modern comics that can be that funny with every other word being a cuss word? I remember growing up watching her and others like her with the whole family laughing. Nothing off color except for when one of them would loose it or it was a gag. (elephant sketch or fake boobs) Now days it seems they can not get a laugh without shocking you into it.

What was your favorite Carol Burnett sketch? Mine was Tim Conway as the dentist and watching Harvey try not to crack up, he failed.

 

[Shadowrider]

Man that's a tough one. Hard to top the dentist but Mama cracks me up. I think that show was a once in a lifetime thing. Cosby was a great showman too.

 

[RickN]

Man that's a tough one. Hard to top the dentist but Mama cracks me up. I think that show was a once in a lifetime thing. Cosby was a great showman too.

Agreed. We all used to set around seeing how long it took Harvey to loose it and what Conway would come up with next. To me one of the best things about Burnett is that she could play off anybody it seemed.

For those of you to young to know, they used to let Tim Conway ad-lib a lot and he was always trying to get everyone else to crack up. Here is the one time Carol got him. It is an out take and the closest the show ever got to being naughty.



The boobs are fake.

 

[CastleB]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qT9j

My Favorite!!

 

[CastleB]

Darn it! It didn't go through.

It was the one with Tim Conway telling the elephant story.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

That is funny.

 

[twotonevert]

We love those, have many DVD's of Carol and the show. We also have quite a bit of Dean Martin's variety show. That was good TV.

 

[Hoov]

Favorite? Wow, tough one. The buffalo ice cream cone? I just loved the show. The Dean Martin Roasts were awesome, too. I am a huge Don Rickles fan, too. Yep, most TV shows now, you could film in the Red Dog and save your production money.

 

[Okie4570]

Too many to list. "Fire at Will" and the "Oldest Fireman" are great.

 

[cmhbob]

The elephant story from Mama's Family and The Dentist sketch are my two favorites. Absolutely classic stuff.