Carol Burnett Show - The Family "Charades" (Uncut)

Mama, Eunice, Ed, and Mickey Hart play a friendly game of Charades. Unedited as it originally aired 10/25/75.

[@AuLily1]

Vicki Lawrence being only in her 20s showed so much talent in her craft.

[@pegbutwin7189]

Saturday nights in the 70’s.... you did not move from that television! You laughed from 8 to 11. Carol was on at 10 and it was 60 mins of pure joy!

[@rock-ym3uf]

@@djavidianmx1832 correct.

[@keithsnider1958]

Carol is a national treasure ❤️

[@mowerdan8133]

Saturday night CBS lineup was gold. All in the Family, MASH, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, then Carol.

[@randywhite531]

The Carol Burnett show was the funniest show ever!

[@vivianjones9749]

The original ‘Must See TV’

[@S_La7272]

There will never be another Carol Burnett. Comedic brilliance.

[@bethwalker335]

Carol Burnett is so funny and talented. But the extra layer of poignancy she adds to Eunice is pure dramatic genius.

[@xletragedyx]

Gosh, she's annoying but also so endearing.

[@forcedtosignup2]

And today's actors can't do what they did. An almost 18 minute skit, unbroken.

[@teribacon22]

I sooo agree! I wish someone would bring back live stage like this...

[@xletragedyx]

They don't even seem like 18 minutes. Goes so fast, but so fulfilling.

[@kevindelaurentis8666]

After all these years, these are still hysterically funny.

[@ChasingRainbows67]

I still watch them on MeTV every night at 10 pm central time

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

​@@ChasingRainbows67 I only watch when the family skits are on

[@theUrbanJoe]

Carol didn’t just try to be funny. She was honestly hilarious.

[@emiliaescobar7652]

She is awesome, they all were!

[@tanyaedwards4574]

SHE IS!! She's still alive, and still incredibly funny! Bless her, thankheavens we still have one of the greats with us- I think she's in a current movie.

[@theUrbanJoe]

@@tanyaedwards4574 Yes! Such a beautiful soul. Just love her!! ❤️ 🤗

[@BOLLOCKS1968]

I can't believe that Carol Burnett is 87, Betty White is 98 and Vicki Lawrence just turned 71! I always thought she was the oldest when I was a kid watching this in the 70s. Please bring back great TV. Cheers ☺

[@trysometenderness7466]

Carol always put a hundred percent into her skits.

[@danielrice5474]

I was just thinking the same thing. She prob. burnt up 1000 calories in this one.

[@davidroache8655]

To say the least!!

[@ericrivera8410]

I read she really enjoyed eunices character..

[@ericrivera8410]

@Michael Riley Eunice is Carol Burnet a woman not a man

[@ericrivera8410]

@Michael Riley I Know..are you one of those non binary people who don't know what gender they are ?

[@melaniepalmer5288]

Carol Burnett is hilarious... and Vicky Lawrence is the best. What a great combination the perfect comedy team. That’s when Television was worth watching!!

[@rodneyplayer5785]

I concur 😊

[@leesher1845]

For sure.

[@vanessacallahan3759]

That was the A team of comedy. They were so funny they’d crack each other up.

[@victoriajohnson5461]

😂 Yes!

[@mendezinatorful]

RITE AWWNNN!!!!!!!!!!!! REAL FUNNY COMEDY!!!!!!!!

[@maxwellraboin5345]

Tim Conway and Harvey Korman were pure comedy geniuses for their time. Their talent is certainly missed in today's pop culture

[@aliceflanagan3672]

Vicki Lawrence was just incredible.

[@ericrivera8410]

She only breaks character when Micky hart is shouting in her ear

[@coffeeandtruecrime2754]

Mamas facial expressions get me every time 😂

[@neneppete4737]

Tears are falling as I laugh so hard 😂😂😂😂. I’m 56 years old and remember watching this show and it’s still hilarious.

[@ericrivera8410]

I'm 59 and thanks to KZbin I watch this every night..

[@swish6282]

@@ericrivera8410 57 still loving it

[@NyxSpirit]

I’m 24 and y’all were lucky to have experienced such a magnificent show like this and I’m honored to be able to see it for myself. I laugh so hard every time I watch and this is by far my favorite episode.

[@NyxSpirit]

@ilkldme ew a mental case

[@gemstar7286]

This show is before my time , but i'm laughing watching it on youtube now 😂.

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Eunice was actually a really good charades player! I love her dance of joy and "Woo!"

[@themaggattack]

Yeah, poor Eunice got a bad rep. She was just a bright gal having a natural reaction to being stuck with a bunch of duds. 😂

[@ericrivera8410]

Charades I notice is alot like improv when I took drama lessons..

[@michaelambrosano938]

Carol Burnett was insanely talented

[@shanemontgomery1358]

Michael Ambrosano you mean “is”

[@michaelambrosano938]

@@shanemontgomery1358 I get it,..she is still alive,..Lol I know this,.. but she doesnt perform like she used to ,..I loathe nitpickers like you on youtube

[@nataliaoconnell1286]

@@michaelambrosano938 well speak properly she is still alive and "is" is correct. "was" sounds like she is passed away.

[@christhomas5761]

@purplinko lol

[@nataliaoconnell1286]

@purplinko I AM ALIVE AND WELL THANKS

[@leonadams1942]

Vicki Lawrence is the best as Mama. God bless her.

[@ericrivera8410]

I always wanted to be an actor on stage with their cast ..I wrote a letter to Vicki Lawrence got back an autograph picture of her with the words good luck to you ..taped it on my wall ...I later went on to get a small part in a German movie do some modeling and dancing in a commercial for a Brazilian soft drink thankfully the can was empty .i was expecting an I love Lucy vitavetavegamin moment .

[@JustanotherLisa]

They all were a treasure. Not one of them was a slouch.

[@ericrivera8410]

In an interview she said they told her she had to endure alot of screaming ...she didn't think she could pull it off but she nailed her role ..

[@rebekkad.2092]

This skit was perfection! The timing, the nuances, and the subject.

[@ericrivera8410]

That dramatic movie goddess look on eunices face when they figured out the Scarlett pumpernill was hysterical

[@donnaholt8268]

It is a very good show

[@ryankelly2851]

Happy 90th birthday young lady. You're name will be etched in the TV libraries for evermore and in 100 years we will still be enjoying your comedy.🎂

[@Borg9]

I lived for Saturday nights to watch Carol's show!!! The Family brought me to tears!!

[@lindaeasley4336]

Carol is an American treasure .Her show is among the top 20 greatest in tv history

[@colleenknapp8626]

Top 5

[@ericrivera8410]

That dress should me in.the Smithsonian

[@tanyajantz6376]

@@ericrivera8410 her curtain rod dress is!

[@martingarcia4373]

This show ranks right up there with All in The Family

[@ericrivera8410]

She's ninety years old now love her

[@alexadam353]

"Eunice" is a Classic but this episode is a Priceless CLASSIC. It totally Distroys DEPRESSION. A person CANNOT be depressed watching this.

[@carrieq8911]

unfortunately a funny show cant make something serious like depression just disappear...

[@shokojimhollingsworth3940]

Eunice’s look when they said “Supplemental Hardware Guide”.... lol 😂

[@clieding]

when I watched the „Carol Burnett Show“ as a boy, the „Eunice“ skits were my favorite. In time I began to see that there was a tragic undercurrent running throughout these skits. Carol Burnett said herself „that humor comes from a place of pain“. There was an episode once that I watched together with my mother and at the conclusion we both agreed the story was so real and pathetic that it was not funny anymore. They had gone over a delicate line from farce to pathos. It was pure genius, both the writing and of course Carol‘s heartfelt performance.

[@mosesaguirre2392]

These are memories from her own life growing up and family dynamics common to many.

[@pocodfe]

Of all the Family skits, this one is a favorite of mine. Hysterically funny, and the way Eunice cringes to try to get Mama to get the charade out, and Carol Burnett's facial expressions...my gosh...hilarious!

[@forcedtosignup2]

Come on, brain! Bubble, bubble, bubble. 😀

[@debbiemullen2574]

The one where they play "Sorry!" is also excellent.

[@intothewoods_dave]

These writers were geniuses. These performances were brilliant. I was laughing my head off.

[@Phish1995]

Right on!

[@m.e.d.7997]

Honestly, they were funnier than the SNL skits! They sure were genius!

[@Kurt77777]

@@m.e.d.7997 The Carol Burnett show was a LOT funnier than anything on SNL with the exception of Steve Martin and a couple of parodies.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@Kurt77777 Some were very good but they never had anything on Carol’s show.

[@ataraw.6142]

The comedies of the 70s 80s and 90s stand the test of time that's the Hallmark of a genius comedy. I highly doubt any of the so-called comedic programs today will stand the same test of time. Seinfeld, Golden Girls, The Nanny, Carol Burnett Show and I can go on and on they stood the test of time and people will laugh

[@hairylarry6167]

When this show was on every week, my mother used to watch these and just howl laughing. Now after all these years, I see why she did. This was back when TV was really good.

[@judys37]

Your name made me chuckle!!! Have a great day!

[@runner2008]

Omgosh I don't know if we will see this good of comedy again. Carol, Vicki, Harvey and Tim... they were so very talented. It's a different era now so writers are of a different generation. What was funny to us 40 years ago may not be funny to the younger folks today. No filters back in the day, I love this.

[@Bloombaby99]

I'm part of the "younger folks" and you all were so lucky to have experienced this genius show and its actors firsthand.

[@misslee3700]

I love Carol Burnett!!

[@randychavez1979]

Fucking obvious that comedy changes over decades, references and specific humor changes

[@Guitarman7133]

When i was a kid i couldn't wait till this show came on, and we were allowed to eat our dinner in the living room. Either on the carpet, OR ON THOSE METAL FOLDING TV TRAY TABLES WITH THE CHEESY FLOWERS ON THEM. LOL

[@hankaustin7091]

LOL!! we had the exact same ones! Got them with our collection of S & H Green stamps!

[@tommymcweedface229]

Dang. I saw it in my mind immediately!

[@bilbil7331]

@Andy.…."the best of times"....sadly might be gone forever.

[@pam1574]

It was just about the same at our house😃 Can u imagine kids these days getting excited about a TV show?? I’m so glad that I grew up when I did!

[@pam1574]

Hank Austin S & H Green Stamps ! 😃 When I was a kid we’d get them at the local A & P store. Then as a young 18 yr old, I was a cashier and gave them out at another local grocery store chain. In fact, I still have a small table lamp that I got with those stamps and it still works!! Thanks for the memories 😊

[@hawaiianbudd]

That was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life I am crying from laughing so hard. Wow, did I miss an era of comedy....

[@tipofday]

LOL!!! These never get old and the older I get the more I appreciate these hilarious skits!! ❤ the Carol Burnett Show!! Thanks!

[@janethenry3259]

Same here

[@tipofday]

@@janethenry3259 And the way they turned on each other...saying their partners were too dumb or dumb clucks... I'm a 70s baby and we had so many great shows to watch back then!! :)

[@hana.the.writer5074]

One of life's greatest things I'm going to miss after I'm gone. Is the tv in heaven? 😅

[@bernicesmith1173]

😂❤

[@erichwyatt6554]

Eunice hopping all about in them shoes . This is true comedy here . Thank you Carol Burnett and gang for so so much .

[@ericrivera8410]

Her dress was found in a Goodwill from ,1940s the designer of the show wanted to remake it but she asked him to just patch it up to continue all the skits she wanted to look authentic

[@sookie4195]

Always white shoes!! Winter, spring, summer or fall.

[@110654GREAT]

I love how Eunice takes games so seriously!

[@HAL-dm1eh]

It's the only thing she's got going in life. On top of her being hilarious she's extremely tragic. I don't know how to feel about her, but it's a genius character.

[@andrearobinson2512]

The episode where they play Monopoly is so funny

[@110654GREAT]

@@andrearobinson2512 That's for sure. I need to watch that episode today!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@andrearobinson2512]

@@110654GREAT 😹 I did a little research on the writers of the family sketch. And sure enough one of the writers is from Missouri. I knew whoever wrote it had to have grown up in an environment similar to Raytown. Because it's too spot-on for someone to just come up with off the top of their head. Absolutely brilliant

[@110654GREAT]

@@andrearobinson2512 Great! You're so smart to have picked up on that. It makes total sense bec. some big city writer wouldn't have it all so spot on.

[@sdkerby]

The effort put into the characters, and the ability to stay in character here is amazing. SNL players could learn from this.

[@Samiyo]

This never gets old. Comedy at it's very best!!

[@KW-gb9cd]

One of my favorite lines from all my years of watching TV: "Supplemental Hardware Guide."

[@allansbullet]

HILARIOUS doesn't do Carol Burnett and the rest of her cast justice! I was well acquainted with it in Canada from 1967 until 1973 when I moved to New Zealand. I didn't see any of her shows from the last 5 years it was on TV in North America - it was never shown in NZ - but THANK YOU KZbin!! Everything I've seen on here has been wonderfully ridiculous!! All of them had a marvellous talent!

[@ericrivera8410]

Eunices dress should be in a museum...imagine a Eunice doll with the hair made out of Play-Doh .

[@winniethepoohandeeyore2]

Vickie Lawrence was only 23 when she started doing Mama Harper.

[@claudettemason1649]

And Vicky did a Great job 👏

[@DarkSkies72]

This show needs to be put back on television. The world needs more laughter and happiness right now. I love Carol Burnett and Vicky Lawrence and I loved watching them with my momma, we still watch them & cry with laughter. Thank-you, so much.

[@allamericanwiseass2794]

Seriously. TV Land introduced me to CB, but now they only do The Jeffersons and Sanford.

[@unique_dutchess]

Its on MeTv @ 5pm central time

[@MistyWoman4]

Insomniac I agree. The garbage that is on TV now isn’t worth watching. And we won’t talk about what it’s teaching the younger generations.

[@ericrivera8410]

They don't make variety shows anymore it's all reality TV now.

[@DavidRomero-hj2wx]

Heart warming & oh so funny

[@chasenip2]

As a brand new 50 yo….I realize my childhood in the 80’s was literally Mama’s Family every day. We were all completely effed up 😂🤪

[@naty2530]

They make a heck of a dysfunctional family look like so much fun! Now that's an art form.

[@JustManuelT]

😂 hahaha..right

[@laraoneal7284]

If only my dysfunctional family of origin was this funny?

[@nataliaoconnell1286]

@@laraoneal7284 mine too ha ha ha

[@ericrivera8410]

And Micky wants so bad to be part of that family

[@jonathanroberts6434]

LOL omy

[@soloblue01]

I love the different speech inflections Eunice has. She is a real gem.

[@ericrivera8410]

OOOOHHH..the scarlet pimpernel..

[@masterofsparkshwy6974]

My dad was not big on t.v. no t.v. in our house til after dinner, usually only an hour a night, on an old b/w set from Rink's, but he absolutely adored Carol Burnett, said she " wasn't like the rest of Hollywood flakes, she was a good woman". I could put most everything he said aloud in 20 years on an hour long tape, minus while he was watching this show. He'd laugh, it was great. Sounds like I grew up in the 40s, but, I was born in 68. Just grew up on an old farm, with a simple family, that believed in simple life. The Carol Burnett Show was a big part of it in the evenings.

[@ericrivera8410]

City boy here but my parents had the same vibes.

[@zabadazidit]

@@ericrivera8410 Ditto here, buddy! I grew up in a big city in Texas but this was typical of people in my neck of the woods.

[@ericrivera8410]

@@zabadazidit good humor is universal

[@dawnbowman7902]

LP

[@masterofsparkshwy6974]

@@zabadazidit I didn't grow up in TX, but, lived there for a short time but all my life everyone has sworn I'm from the bayou, and lying to them. " nope, KY, and Ohio, until the military." Guess I sound that way.

[@bradkoski]

Carol Burnett is so awesome......loved watching her growing up😂

[@m.e.d.7997]

I was depressed as hell when her show went off the air. Last show March 1978, I was utterly deflated. I knew Saturday nights were never going to be the same. They weren't. We then had "The Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island". Sadness personified.

[@routeman680]

@@m.e.d.7997 Fantasy Island with Ricardo Montalban was high quality compared to most of the pap today! Carol Burnett was at a a whole other level.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@routeman680 After the wonderful television we had it was depressing.

[@Guitarman7133]

SO YOU LOVED WATCHING HER GROWING UP ( or loved watching her while YOU were growing up?) Cos the first one is kinda on the pedo side, if ya know what i mean.

[@brunoav6999]

Eunice's facial expressions would make great memes!

[@sxm76]

They sure would! That would be awesome! No one can do it better!

[@laraoneal7284]

So true.

[@jaymesguy239]

They do! There is even a gif or two out there!

[@reneebraxton1032]

Oh yeah!

[@ericrivera8410]

she's so loud for such a skinny woman.

[@vickywiseman3950]

Every time I need to laugh 😃 I play this one. When TV shows were normal for me

[@thompsonsmith7798]

Hello 👋 How are you doing today?

[@marthamagruder3698]

I never get tired of watching these! They're hysterically funny! 😂 In the early 70's Saturday nights had the best shows on- The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Bob Newhart, and Carol Burnett! We called it "laugh night!" lol!

[@tavibrace3781]

...and then snl, lol

[@justynjonn]

There was no representation of transgendered people of color and that offends me .

[@richardpayton9671]

And the night was lead off with All in the Family! 😁

[@zimjun7]

@@richardpayton9671 Yes! Oh, Lordy, Lordy, LORDY!!!

[@phylliscruz7090]

OMG, those were the days!!!🤣👏

[@pattibrooks1907]

Love all of the family skits they did !RIP Tim and Harvey

[@randosandora]

"Don't ask me, I don't know what the hells going on". Omg I died, she's soo good 😅

[@kimberlygagnon-rix-sletten1443]

LMAOOOOO

[@bolotabr12]

Just watching them playing, it gives me anxiety. 🤣😅😂

[@rock-ym3uf]

Hitting someone in the neck with that Chinese stuff....what does that mean?

[@ericrivera8410]

It was the opposite of signal.

[@fredmore6214]

@@rock-ym3uf She means the bamboo from the song Under the Bamboo Tree.

[@tthom2459]

I have always loved these Eunice/Mama sketches. I guess we all can relate to one degree or another. I think the "Sorry" episode was my fav. They're so hysterical . . . yet . . . darkly relatable at the same time.

[@christophermiller159]

Tthom2 I know I loved when they played sorry. It’s still so freakin funny man. How about Eunice’s face

[@shawtatl]

Sooooooorry. It about cracked me up 😂

[@lauriemccain5040]

Mama's Accident was hilarious too.

[@ericrivera8410]

@@shawtatl I don't think the game sorry had a bell I think they added it in the skit for laughs

[@washkoskat]

Its hard to find but When they go to a restaurant so funny yet so painful

[@ccowley2740]

There's no ensemble like these guys anymore! Just priceless!

[@leonadams1942]

I love how Mickey talks to Mama Harper. He talks to her like she's deaf.

[@ericrivera8410]

She tends to smirk when he does that

[@sweetcaroline2060]

Yeah. And she's not very happy about that. Lol.

[@ericrivera8410]

My parents used to dress me like Hart I noticed .short sleeve shirt sweater vest and baseball cap...even the same pattern on the shirt .

[@loisdgilbert8639]

@@ericrivera8410 🤣🤣🤣

[@msc8663]

My favorite was the elephant story. I still laugh so hard. They all break out laughing. The absolute best show EVER!

[@ericrivera8410]

I read that Tim Conway ad libbed that himself..

[@DyrianLightbringer]

@@ericrivera8410 Tim ad libbed a lot on that show. According to interviews, he did rehearsals by the script, then when they were shooting, he started ad libbing. That's why everyone was always caught off guard around him.

[@allansbullet]

@@DyrianLightbringer And he NAILED THEM - EVERY TIME!!

[@mrmustangman]

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[@bobg6638]

Best skit on the show. That poodle hair style 😂😂

[@xletragedyx]

And she always wears those little white sandals 😂

[@chaundawalker6741]

The real deal, comedy at its best! I watched the Carol Burnett show as a child. Episodes are still funny.

[@thompsonsmith7798]

Hello 👋 How are you doing?

[@paulgary5035]

Show this at the Oscars so they know what true comedy is.

[@kathasaritsagara]

I agree!

[@tomatenpaprika6323]

and stop further cinema and tv productions - brain polluters!

[@robertburtch6409]

@@kathasaritsagara 969

[@fineneighborhood]

Why, I think that's a deplorable idea.

[@chrisirving4735]

Oh good one!!!!! Those no talents of today. Iiiiicccckkkk!

[@donquihote6023]

Notice the talent was clean, funny, and uplifting. A special time.

[@ncavlleguy]

This is some of the best comedic performances in tv history unforgettable!!!!

[@cherrellcampbell-street9500]

I am so blessed to have had these types of shows as a part of my childhood😀

[@nchinth]

if i ever play charades i'm totally using "supplemental hardware guide"

[@tomhaskett5161]

What about "Wait 'til the Sun Shines Belly!"

[@conniejacks7485]

I remember trying so hard to stay awake so I could watch Carol every week.

[@lucylove4514]

Nothing funnier than the family. Love these.

[@thompsonsmith7798]

Hello Lucy How are you doing?

[@robh3007]

I never once saw Vicki Lawrence break character and bust up laughing in any of their skits. She may have done, but I only saw Tim, Carol and Harvey do that. Still, it was always funny as hell any time they did.

[@Praise___YaH]

HERE is The Savior YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins, NOT jesus, and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic Scroll: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

[@richardyoung9024]

What was great about this show and others back then is it was all live, unlike shows today.

[@ericrivera8410]

I notice she holds in a smirk when Micky talks like she's the deaf one

[@rogerrendzak8055]

@@Praise___YaH When can we start shooting, these people 🔫🏹??? We need, a 'Purge'!!!

[@michael9052]

@@richardyoung9024 The Carol Burnett show was taped before a liive audience.

[@tanyajantz6376]

Watched this live in the 70s as a kid born in 67. Loved her show and Maude, Jefferson's, all in the family, facts of life, Brady bunch etc

[@lesterhall5145]

Carol you ruled this sketch.

[@jamesryan6008]

Remember when they played "Sorry" and how that turned out?

[@diazjr1975]

The cotton pony 🤣

[@rodneylyte8792]

I just love Carol Burnett when she played Eunice with Mom and this day and time this what I need to listen this really makes me laughthis helps me to get through the lonely nights and days with the corona going on thank you Carol Burnett love your show.

[@Brinah]

The part where Ed figured out 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' was funny! lol

[@suegardner9907]

I laughed so so hard when Ed said "The Scarlet Pimpernel"!!!

[@ericrivera8410]

That look on her face.

[@sweetcaroline2060]

@@suegardner9907 Yeah. That was hilarious. Ed goes: SCARLETT PIMPERNILL. 😆 🤣 😂.

[@Guitarman7133]

I just love it when mama freaks out and yells out: I dont kniow what the HELL is going on! and AAAAWL RAAAAAT!!!

[@bc-yc3yc]

Never gets old....priceless.💫

[@allamericanwiseass2794]

If ever there was a fictional family intended to play Charades, it's the Higgins.

[@edkennedy7952]

Amazing how they can remember all of their lines!

[@nataliaoconnell1286]

they did have prompting boards they could glace at from time to time .

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

What a comedy team. This was a sketch they got through without cracking up. The ones that were so funny they couldn't hold it were unbelievable. The audience absolutely lost it, then one of them did, but it didn't matter. Laughter is the binder of our soul. These people could bind your soul.

[@imagaybanana2004]

15:58 *“IM GONNA KILL YOU!!!!!”* Gets me every time!!! 😂

[@winstonlarue]

It feels like a bipolar disorder it makes me uncomfortable to watch!! 😂

[@stang8160]

These Family sketches were some of the funniest things they ever did on The Carol Burnett Show. No matter how many times I see them repeated on TV, or here on KZbin, they never fail to crack me up. What an incredible cast--they were truly amazing!

[@j.smith1631]

We were allowed to stay up later to watch this show when I was a kid. We had to be ready for bed so right after we hit the sack. The Family, Mr Tudball and Mrs Wiggins, and Tim Conway making the cast crack up on the skits he was in were the high lights of the show. It is amazing that they only had less than a week to learn all the skits, the musical numbers and productions and execute it in front of a live audience. Great acting and great comedy.

[@edwardlutfy9811]

God bless the 70s

[@catman3552]

The Family was my favorite part of the show. That and the old movie take offs.

[@duncansdav]

I met Carol Burnett once backstage at the Long Beach Civic Light Opera, and beforehand had envisaged being able to chat and tell her all about how these sketches - these brilliant one act plays - had impacted my life. She was friendly of course but then I was interrupted by some show business producer type, so I was immediately rendered invisible.

[@billielittle]

Grew up watching this show. Carol Burnett was amazing. So funny. She also had such wonderful, talented people working with her. Today's comedians with all their vulgarity and swear words don't even come close to this talented lady. Burnett's show was hilarious week after week after week. My mom was such a fan as was I. So funny.

[@ericrivera8410]

I was shocked when I heard mama say hell

[@jeremycarpenter2731]

Vickie Lawrence and Carrol burnette they are just so funny.

[@blockcl]

"Oh, shut up, you uninvited little moocher!"...hilarious!

[@user-sh2nr2gd7y]

Me talking to my adult children

[@nicoleh.6352]

😅😅

[@teamtinyturtle9103]

It's always a good time to be involved in situations with families like this. But only if you're the Micky, where you're not actually related to any of them.

[@ericrivera8410]

Poor Micky.

[@MrUltralight55]

They never get old, clean humor!

[@ericrivera8410]

Not really mama was racist , Ed was homophobic and it's about a family of alcoholics...still funny

[@tiffanyholden8383]

This show and Mama's Family are very hilarious.😆😂😃🤣

[@thompsonsmith7798]

Hello 👋 How are you doing today?

[@poppybell8217]

was this all ONE TAKE?!!! This is nothing short of genius.

[@maaarleisha]

Poppy Bell it’s like a theater play lol

[@Dogcatlover2432]

Poppy Bell it’s live

[@maaarleisha]

Sarah O'Toole people act like it’s never been done before lol

[@j.smith1631]

Yes, this was all taped in front of a live audience. Carol started each showing engaging the audience in a Q&A before the show started. There was a morning show and an evening show.

[@poppybell8217]

@@maaarleisha i was just not aware! please forgive me. geesh!

[@scottw9318]

I was just like Eunice with games when I was a kid, with all the rules and everything...then a temper tantrum when I lost lol

[@carleitapage1399]

I grew up watching mama's family. This was one of my favorite shows. I was born in 79 so I didn't know until years later that carol Burnett had her own show and Mama's family was part of it.

[@BrunetteOnTheCouch]

Mama was part of it. If anything The Family would be Eunice's Family.

[@fatimacabral1777]

I freaking love Carol Burnett 🤣🤣😂🤣 Mama’s family was the best! 😂😂😂

[@ericrivera8410]

I always wanted to be on stage with them..as a teen I sent a letter to Vicki Lawrence told her mama looked just like my grandma and I wanted to be an actor ..they mailed me back a photostill of Vicky and the words good luck..I taped it on my wall then my aunt told he about a bit part paying 300 cash..I got the job playing a concentration camp victim and I only had five German words to say.. we didn't have googled translate then but I recently found out it meant we breathe deeply in fear..I went on to do some modeling shoots after that..I. kinda understand Eunice wanting to be an actress .I felt her pain during the gong show sketch.

[@X7393]

Absolutely hilarious 🤣 😂it’s still one of my favorite shows especially when I was a child growing up in the middle 70’s to the 80’s 😂The Carol Burnett show was cool to watch especially when parents sat down to watch this on tv 📺 👍🏻😎

[@JamieKitchens6]

"Don't ask me, I don't know what the hell is going on." LOL

[@janethenry3259]

Lol

[@user-sh2nr2gd7y]

That's my everyday work answer😂🤣

[@ericrivera8410]

I'm.like Mama..well then let's not play

[@mattwarrensocal]

Cheers to the OGs who remember the great variety shows. Beats the stuffing out of “reality” shows

[@X7393]

I was a child of the middle 70’s yup but now I’m hoping that they get this remastered on Blu-ray 😎👍🏻

[@tinadailey1297]

Omg I just luv Carol an Vickie,two of the funniest ladies on planet earth, I bet their great friends!🎇✨✨🎆💫😁💞

[@nataliaoconnell1286]

hopefully.

[@Guitarman7133]

Tina, we don't live on a planet. There is NO space, NO globe.

[@olie171]

@@Guitarman7133 Okay Mr. Flat Earther.

[@OttoByOgraffey]

*they're

[@sperrie973]

“Well you’re one to talk after those dumb clues you give me. What the hell was all that POINTIN’, POINTIN’, POINTIN’?!?!?!” 😂🤣😂🤣😂☺️😂 I get the giggles everytime! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@RachelSDay1982]

This show makes me miss my grandma, and all the fun my family had at her home. Thank you, Carol Burnett, for placing value on family... even when your own childhood was so difficult. You're a class act, my lady!! 😁💕💯

[@thompsonsmith7798]

Hello Rachel How are you doing today?

[@eduardo_corrochio]

This gem is my favorite family sketch that they made. Poor Eunice should know better than to try and get a fun game going with these people. Thanks so much for sharing this video. There's a lot of comedy TV stuff that I enjoy, but the Eunice sketches are absolutely top drawer entertainment for me. The writing, the acting, the timing-- it's impeccable stuff, and a complete original.

[@bioscorp6178]

Always come away from these skits feeling so sorry for Eunice!!

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@bioscorp6178 Completely! The poor thing just wants to have a bit of fun, to temporarily forget the doldrums.

[@ericrivera8410]

@@bioscorp6178 as a frustrated actor I felt her pain during the gong show skit

[@hardren101]

Hysterical!…Classic TV at it’s all time best….Enjoyed it 30+yrs ago….N enjoy it present day!!!!

[@duckmangoes]

BAMBOO.....BAMBOO.,,,,..BAMBOO!!! LMAO You're pointing.,, you're pointing.., you're pointing!!!

[@jeffscott8323]

Carol never gets old.

[@TheShrededward]

I've watched this at least ten times in the last month, and it still leaves me in tears.

[@larethiaprince-woods9664]

Me too.

[@ericrivera8410]

My go to feel happy place...what do you do besides point?!!..lol