Apartment Sketch- Cass Elliot on The Carol Burnett Show

[@Kaboomboo]

Mama Cass had excellent comedic timing.

[@CoachTiffanyAnderson]

Seriously, Mama should have been a regular!

[@priscillachapman9145]

Omg!!!!! Case could have been a comedic actress. Her timing and everything was perfect. I save this and I’m so glad this exists.

[@BOLLOCKS1968]

I recently saw an interview with Cass's daughter. Very similar in looks and mannerisms.

[@MaskedMan66]

Comedic and dramatic; she did an episode of _Young Dr. Kildare._ Among her comedy work, she was Witch Hazel in _Pufnstuf: The Movie,_ Mary Beth Plotkin on _The Red Skelton Hour,_ and herself in an episode of _The New Scooby-Doo Movies._ 🙂

[@judithhand4987]

Cass's sense of humour comes through naturally on every talk show, every performance, this was just fabulous. This is a woman who can do anything! So totally sad that she died when she did. How neat to be able to see these videos. Thanks for keeping them and sharing them!

[@seanh514]

I think that she could have been an EGOT if given more time here.

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

Cass was a treasure. She is missed! 💙🌻🌈

[@Menyou1962]

Cass was a natural at acting

[@thelastjohnwayne]

I did not know that Cass was such a great actress

[@virginiamoss7045]

Neither did I; she was superb in this sketch! I must search out more. Still, that voice; it echoes in my brain forever, how strong and confident it was. I think of it whenever I feel weak or intimidated to this day and It helps me step up to face whatever it is.

[@uwsgrrrl9981]

This skit is priceless. Mama Cass, what a treat to see her comedic talent. What a voice. She was one in a million.

[@Ursdemars]

Mama cass is so funny, i love her. She seemed to be a nice persone

[@johnmainwaring6556]

Genuinely so.

[@alexandriamarie5666]

Carol Burnett was such a genius this sketch with Mama Cass was so wonderful

[@katlynsparks477]

This is kinda cool to see Cass showing off her acting abilities, but kinda sad at the same time. So many jokes were made at her expense.

[@briancordova1299]

She tried to hide her pain, but it was always there.

[@julietvelarde3816]

I believe she took a lot of responses and set ups at her expense. It shouldn't have been. I only knew that her beautiful singing voice and harmonious collaborations with the other members of the Mamas and Papas are great memories of my early childhood.

[@ifoundmyavalon]

On the other hand, the husband in this sketch was into bigger girls and called carol twiggy lol. Also she had four husbands and looked like she was onto her fifth, it didn’t seem like the jokes were at her expense much :)

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@RA82828 I think she was just a food addict and couldn't get out of it. It's caused by addictive reactions to flour and sugar. I don't know I'd say that about an obvious drug addict or alcoholic. They ARE sad in that way. I'm neither in the ridiculously obtuse embrace your fat, nor you need to be crucified and starved for it camps. But the more you eat, the more you wanna eat. Particularly when it's addictive.

[@lorimiller4301]

If she was happy she wouldn't have been up and down with her weight. She dieted because she was unhappy with being heavy. Just ask Michelle Phillips. She would go on fasts and eventually her heart gave out. She wasn't happy until she had her own show two weeks before she died.

[@sweett1996]

Cass a true delight!

[@monkeyboss2321]

CASS WAS SUCH A PHENOMENAL LADY!!! She had more talent in her big toe than all of Hollywood today! Fantastic singer, drop dead gorgeous, extremely intelligent, a truly funny women with perfect timing. Cass was a class act the whole way! It's so devastating that she was taken so soon from us. What I wouldn't have give just to meet her once😊

[@georgereynolds3422]

Just over five and a half minutes, a little slice of life for five people, and it is so well written and performed. Cass Elliot was wonderful and gone way too soon.

[@debnicometo232]

So cute. She would have been great had she lived and had her own show

[@sashek8451]

She did actually have her own variety show for a time; I think

[@victoriadunnett4745]

Cass was so amazing and clearly commanded the room.grew up with the music but seeing her onscreen... She'd be so amazing now❤️

[@lovvingd]

Hello Victoria How are you doing today?

[@kellyparker2188]

Mama Cass was such a natural,miss her!!

[@tiffanyroseangeles7517]

Loved them both! CASS you were a real star!!!A real great natural comedian! Kudos to CAROL BURNETT FOR HAVING OUR SWEET CASS ON HER AMAZING SHOW!!!!

[@gregman1715]

Love Cass Always

[@indica737]

Cass was so pretty and incredible talented.

[@HannaARTzink]

Oh my, MCass was such a great entertainer. i have just learned she had s daughter. Rest in Peace Mama.

[@di4085]

Chynna Phillips this past week just did an interview with Cass's daughter. Check out her channel.

[@leeleroux9092]

I've never seen this before. I love Cass❤

[@a.j.manning5313]

I Love to see MaMaCass in these skits..!! THANX for Sharing this with us..!!

[@crusty21]

Wow never knew this existed.....Mama takes me right out of the present slump and into to a warm cozy place.

[@tyn833]

Cass was beautiful

[@AllinGold2]

Cass was one of a kind.

[@michaelgaynor6866]

I Love you Cass Elliott from a Hometown Baltimore Maryland Man!

[@terr777]

Wow, she'd have made a fine actress too!

[@doghairdontcarelindaniel7531]

She is delightful!!!!

[@robertvest9686]

So much fun amd so NY! Love to all this talent and oh how it inspires me

[@briancordova1299]

Cass was brilliant.

[@jamesyates1432]

Who knew she was a GREAT comedic actress???

[@MaskedMan66]

Anybody who saw this show! ;-)

[@honeybunch5765]

"Hey what you gonna have for dinner tonight, chicken, pot roast or ham?" "Yeah"

[@robbylong2748]

I think she would had done more had she lived, quite the comic actress, such a natural

[@nottthereyet4872]

MC was a natural actress. She could have gone much further.

[@hollywoodharriet13]

This was great and then Pat Paulsen shows up!! Perfect.

[@mikeelek9713]

Cass Elliot was a genuine talent with the ability to effortless sing and act. She had a tremendous voice and really sought to distance herself from her hippie past. Like all people, she had her weaknesses, and it's likely that her weight eroded her sense of self and led her to make some poor decisions. We all do that. For the most part, ours don't end up in the newspaper or on TV.

[@anonamasnoname9098]

Mama cass - great actress!!!

[@ourtravelingzoo3740]

People thought she was sooooo fat. Today she could model

[@edwin11373]

I don't know but it seems that comedy back then was better than today. It feels more natural.

[@5dkauhanespiritualarts775]

Thank you

[@ah7910]

Thanks for uploading this gem Reese! It’s an absolute revelation who fantastic Cass is as an actress, her comic timing is excellent! I wonder if someone would explain Vicki’s costume to me? As soon as she walked out I thought she looked like a grown-up orphan Annie, but it didn’t seem to get a huge laugh from the audience so then I thought it might have been an unintentional coincidence. I assume this was filmed in the mid-70s from the look of the film, a while before Carol starred in the motion picture Annie. I wonder if I am right?

[@bobinaleigh]

Cass passed away in 1974, so yes

[@bobs5596]

skit was a honeymooners take off. instead of gleason they used cass. same apt and fire escape and dysfunctional marriage. very nice.

[@elissafox3265]

God bless her, Cass Elliot. I just hate to hear the puns regarding to her weight. That must have been really tough. She was an absolutely gorgeous woman and living in today life would have been a lot easier for her. I really mourned the day that she died. She was a fantastic woman. And her daughter is so much like her. Even talks like her. Rest in eternal peace, Cass

[@MaskedMan66]

By all accounts, she had a good attitude about her build and was able to handle such dialogue. Knowing how sensitive Carol is, she would not have wanted Cass to be uncomfortable.

[@gregsmith9299]

Awesome

[@jameswillett7186]

In this sketch Vicki Lawrence looks like Victoria Principal in Earthquake (1974)

[@baconbap]

Cass was a good actress.

[@nataliep.9047]

Harry Gorman MADE the Burnett show. After he left, the show went on life support.

[@lorimiller4301]

Harvey Korman*

[@loopylou6841]

I feel being born in 82 means I lost out on this beautiful lady 👏 Rest in Peace Cass

[@MaskedMan66]

Dulcie looks like Orphan Annie's disreputable older sister.

[@cosmic7027]

💥 WOW Cass was a natural for acting, 😎 my respects - very Smart lady 🤓 ; 4:00... "yeah" 🤣🤣

[@cindy-hz2xb]

Funniest part was when harvey got beer all over carol 😂

[@johnnynephrite6147]

The lines in this were funny as hell. The audience must have been on drugs. Cass was a natural, and funny too.

[@ldchappell1]

I don't know how the rumor got started that Cass Elliot choked to death on a chicken sandwich in 1974 but it's not true. I don't know how many times I heard that rumor or something similar in the following years. I heard it was a hamburger. A hot dog. A bologna sandwich. Cass Elliot had a bad heart and died from a heart attack.

[@Nova_Avalon]

When I was a kid my sister told me Cass choked to death on a ham sandwhich. I didn't know until much later that it wasn't her true cause of death. Cass crashed dieted and lost 100 lbs and she burned her candle on both ends too much and all of it wore her body out at such a young age and her heart gave out.

[@chantelmccullough5264]

Gone too soon, rest in peace Cass. We still get to appreciate, enjoy your talents.

[@johnmainwaring6556]

There’s an interview with Cass’ daughter on California Preachin where the ham sandwich myth’s origin is explained.

[@ADDrecords]

The rumor was ham. Not chicken. Not pot roast. I think in reality she relapsed and it was covered up. Her heart was very enlarged and couldn't take it

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@Nova_Avalon She's not 100 pounds over here, though. Maybe 40 or so.

[@rogersargent6453]

Thanks Reece. Appreciate you sharing these. I love anything with Cass Elliot in it. I loved Carol Burnett. Don’t know how I missed so many of these. I was out of the country between September 1973 and April 1974. Was that when this was broadcast?

[@wotan10950]

Cass made several appearances on the Carol Burnett Show. There was a great rapport between them. I remember seeing a picture of Carol going to Cass’s funeral, and she looked absolutely stricken with grief.

[@bigroy38]

She was so sassy!

[@garyfayman5976]

Is it my imagination, or is there a chunk missing from this clip? It jumps around the 4:23 mark.

[@reesescott8781]

Gary Fayman There is. I couldn’t upload the whole sketch due to copyright so I just put up the parts with Cass.

[@mares3841]

💛

[@markyboy214]

Damn Vicki 1:30 😮

[@SewardWriter]

What was the character on Dulcie's/Vicki's tattoo? It's familiar, but I can't quite remember it.

[@1besieged]

Cass was ahead of her time, innovative, super intelligent, she did all the things women are doing now (having babies w/ out active fathers around), single motherhood, career / work, all while keeping her integrity, class & humor. You Ms. Cass passed away way before you should have. I am now understanding after watching the bio. on her, she was 'asleep' sitting up and choked to death on her sandwich, well the SLEEPING PILLS prescribed to her , killed her ultimately... & untimely, unfairly. I believe Ms. Cass was eating a sandwich for dinner and maybe fell asleep while eating cause the pill knocked her out and she was unable to swallow her food .... I am so sorry Ms. Cass. I hope your daughter reads this. I wonder if you daughter sings as beautifully as you did, I bet so. Freedom of speech & press USA copyrighted.

[@di4085]

Cass's daughter was recently interviewed by Chynna Phillips/Baldwin. Check out Chynna's channel.

[@LB-1122]

@@di4085 I am a big fan of Cal preach too ! I saw the video Owen is so gifted with storytelling of her mom & the group ! It was an awesome video!

[@rhondamorse2669]

She died of a heart attack, not on her sandwich.

[@JardoniJovonovich]

She had congestive heart failure. She died of a heart attack

[@cynthiad3023]

The choking-on-a-sandwich myth was somebody's lame idea of a fat joke. It's a shame, because Cass Elliott deserves more respect than that.

[@kimberlycole6505]

Who was the politician in this skit?

[@lovvingd]

Hello Kimberly How are you doing today?

[@rjpg]

yowzah, vicki lawrence!!!

[@cm1642]

The daughter was supposed to be 11? This is horrific! What were they thinking‽

[@cm1642]

@@RA82828 sure, normal... More like blind to reality. People became morre aware of reality and stopped laughing at this kind of crap and looked at it for what it was and what it was promoting. Not funny and neither is worshipping statues that represent hate.

[@honeybunch5765]

They were making fun of backwards communities where girls married young. If the actress was really 11 it would have been disgusting but she isn't. Its just an exaggeration no need to get yourself in a tiffy and scream cancel!

[@poetcomic1]

I'm so glad this skit was a little more repsectful of Cass - on Burnett and other shows they overdid the fat jokes and it was kind of cruel. She never complasined.

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

i never knew mama cass.. did this

[@Thomas11611]

I love Cass Elliot. I wish they didn’t do weight jokes everytime.

[@vogelfrau2425]

Die amerikanische Version von Pippi.

[@davidvalenta9394]

all this before Shameless was ever a Brit' hit, let alone americanized

[@steelermia]

never knew she was jewish

[@OdinMan64]

Cass is always looking for food and second’s and thirds and fourths and fifths and etc. PLEASE NO HAM SANDWICHES

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I dislike the gum smacking into the mics, but jmo.

[@rski1036]

Difficult to watch as that was probably by far the WORST "comedy."

[@steviejohn9502]

lame