Carol Burnett: Funt & Mundane - Sydney Opera House

Only one time to my knowledge that The Carol Burnett show filmed an episode outside of the United States. The year was 1973 right after Sydney Opera House opened. Enjoy this rare footage of another sabotaged play by the talented Thespians of Funt and Mundane.

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

The Carol Burnett Show had a live 28-piece orchestra throughout but it’s never shown in the television episodes. This is the first time I’ve seen it.

[@sonnydean3187]

As a child of the 70's, I grew up watching the Carol Burnett show. I took a high school sweetheart to a movie in 79 and then brought her to my place. My dad was doing burgers on the grill. We watched the Carol Burnett Show in my den after dinner. That was almost 40-years ago. Today. my wife still looks like she did when he were watching the Carol Burnett Show in my den as high school sweet hearts.

[@AdelaideBeemanWhite]

Sonny Dean - Awww, that’s sweet!

[@rosemariemann1719]

That's so romantic ! So happy to know your marriage is so successful. 🇬🇧👍😊💙🥃🇺🇲

[@annrogers8129]

Dear Carol Burnet et al this had me crying with laughter! Wonderful…

[@greenlee7smythe]

“She’s dead!” “She’s not dead! There’s no bullet hole in me, how can she be dead?! I was standing right there!” Lmao 😂 fuck I can’t breathe from laughing so hard! My sides hurt!!!!!

[@joeburinskas8672]

The whole Sydney show was great

[@lindaeasley4336]

It's great to be able to see this .Carol Burnett was funny where ever she went

[@wmbrown6]

Actually, she made one other show outside the U.S. - for the BBC in Britain, aired June 28, 1970. (It aired on CBS on Nov. 9, 1970.) The producer was John Street who had worked on and off with Benny Hill over the decades. The guest on that one was Juliet Prowse. That edition may have had an early pre-"Funt & Mundane" sketch - with the ham actors as Leslie (Harvey Korman) and Linda Amherst (Carol) - according to the IMDb synopsis: "Harvey as a flamboyant actor battling the respiratory ailments of his co-star (Carol)." Besides that and this, there was one other "Carol Burnett Show" made outside her "comfort zone" of Television City in Hollywood - with David Frost, Eileen Farrell and Marilyn Horne as the guests, made at the Ed Sullivan Theater (formerly CBS Studio 50) on (in Lyle Waggoner's words) "Broadway in New York City," aired March 22, 1971.

[@barbarasowers2895]

Outstanding lol

[@sonjatait4089]

They were the funniest lot ever!!!! Love them to bits!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@rosemariemann1719]

9:21 : Carol's flight over the sofa : expertly done ! 😊👍 What a star !⭐ 🇬🇧😊⭐💙👍🇺🇲

[@preetakumar6593]

Well, I thought Funt and Mundane cared for each other, turns out they didn't. Carol acting drunk is always a treat to watch.

[@rubysparrow479]

"Let our four lips become as one," cracks me up. When I was nine it was icky, lol. Funny, no matter how many times I watch Carol and the gang as I call them I always find something new to laugh about. Thank you for uploading, a truly entertaining time each and every time. Happy Friday... 😁 Ruby*

[@rosemariemann1719]

2:55: Harvey's dance before sitting on the couch was very well done : deserved the applause ! And the " business" with the toupee was funny. 👍😊 🇬🇧💙👍⭐😊🇺🇲

[@CleopatraWon]

Thank you SO MUCH for this lovely and rare treat!!! 💛💛💛

[@carolburnettcomedyqueen521]

Glad you liked it. It is blocked most countries😂

[@Lianel402]

I have not seen this skit before. Thx so much for uploading.

[@ItsIdaho]

LN same. Surprised there are people sitting behind

[@perrywalton2464]

Harvey Korman and that silly walk and bow in the beginning...Hilarious. Rest in Peace.

[@marionmarino1616]

Terrific skit!

[@MaskedMan66]

Thank you so much for posting this! For years I've only seen the butchered version of this skit that they put on "Carol Burnett and Friends."

[@spookyhead1]

...the opera house is finished🤣🤣🤣...carol stole the show all the way

[@vdavis4785]

For those not old enough to remember, the Sydney Opera House was finished 10 YEARS later than promised, as well as drastically over budget. The Carol Burnett Show was taped there not long after it opened, so this would have been fresh in the Australian audience's minds. Absolutely brilliant bit of writing, and they even got the phone ring correct!

[@spookyhead1]

@@vdavis4785 true...knowing the background story is what made that line so epic

[@alldog222]

That was awesome, we got to hear a real audience .TY for posting

[@paulineg20024]

wahahah Carol is simply hilarious! ;DDDD

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

How fantastic! I had no idea the show had appeared there.

[@deborahchadbourne6113]

I can't stop laughing and have forgotten about my pain

[@MaskedMan66]

Whenever they show this on T.V., it's in a mercilessly butchered edition; it's so wonderful to see it in its complete form here.

[@Mark-hc8ek]

I love Funt and Mundane. Not sure why CB felt the need to go to australia, guess it's like the NFL playing all over europe.

[@jasminecook8442]

This is awesome. Thank you for uploading. Do you have any more from the Sydney show?

[@jasonsmith5295]

Genius

[@janedoe5229]

So hilarious! How do her writers keep coming up with such zany stuff?

[@jayneterry8701]

Funny! Tfs 💖

[@myserious_record2774]

Do you have any more from the Sydney Opera House?

[@carolburnettcomedyqueen521]

I have this whole episode. I get strike and block.

[@spookyhead1]

If you have prime , it's all there

[@h.l.asolomonov7674]

I think he was a good dancer

[@qoripinkley812]

What Season and Episode is this

[@marymagdalene3004]

In fact, The Carol Burnett Show had some really crappy shows. But, we seem to think of the ones that were really good and that overshadows all the badly written ones. The show was big on getting the look of a move they were spoofing, but forgot about getting the writing clever and on point. That's where the rubber hits the road, so to speak.

[@BrunetteOnTheCouch]

I couldn't disagree more. Speak for yourself

[@drewski1535]

7:38 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@artisan06]

HPLMAO!

[@paulagwhyte1720]

I absolutely adore Harvey Korman. I hope he got to live his sexuality in the open, as in those days STILL it was not accepted. So sadly. It is even still frowned upon today by so many stupid people.

[@zimjun7]

Harvey was heterosexual. He was just good at doing those silly pronunciations. He did imitations of actors from the past in some of his sketches.

[@paulagwhyte1720]

@@zimjun7 You sure about that?!

[@zimjun7]

I haven't heard otherwise. He had 2 marriages with women and has a son. Possibly another. That's what I know.....

[@paulagwhyte1720]

@@zimjun7 Do you have any IDEA how many male celebrities got married while gay and had kids? Elton John was married to Renate Blauel. Peter Marc Jacobson married Fran Drescher Rock Hudson married Phyllis Gates. Anthony Perkins married Berry Berenson. Richard Cromwell married Angela Lansbury. Alan Cumming Married Hillary Lyon. Cole Porter married Linda Lee Thomas. Peter Allen married Liza Minelli. Oscar Wilde married Constance Lloyd. Tony Richardson married Vanessa Redgrave. Brian Lourd married Carrie Fisher. Freddie Mercury was married to Mary Austin. Yeah, a lot of them got married and yeah, some had kids. Being married and having kids does not have a thing to do with whether or not someone is gay. Especially 30 and 40 years ago and more.

[@peace-yv4qd]

He was straight. I didn't know him personally, but never heard or read anything to indicate he was gay, not that there anything wrong with it. Seinfeld.