The Family that Doesn't Belong in a Fancy Restaurant | The Carol Burnett Show Clip

The family is a little out of their element here. Sketch from season 9, episode 20 of The Carol Burnett Show.
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[@soozshooz]

Sometimes they hit too close to home & it hurts to watch😂😭🤣

[@debramedina5756]

I'd forgotten about this one. Funny but just a bit too true. My mom thought ordering a daiquiri was a guilty pleasure and used to look around like she was afraid someone from church would see her, and my dad once stole a salt shaker as if it made up for what he thought were outrageous prices.

[@greatadventures7378]

Exactly. This is my family in a nutshell

[@sandyblue4235]

Yep

[@myleshagar9722]

In French Northern Ontario, Dad asked for a steak. The waitress said, "My name is Margot. We has the chicken. Take or leave it." and blew smoke at him.

[@wesleycook7687]

@@greatadventures7378 same here. Their idea of a fancy restaurant was the Mom and Pop's in town. But, actually the home cooked food was better than the exotic overpriced food the fancy restaurants had. And it didn't give you diarrhea.

[@sunnyscott4876]

Poor Eunice... she just can't catch a break. That last look as she was leaving was worth a million words.

[@NiecieSavo]

​@@cajun5957 she didn't bring it on herself, they drove her crazy with their crass behavior

[@cajun5957]

@@NiecieSavo first we all have to remember this is a comedy skit made for entertainment.second I did acknowledge her family bringing on a bit of her misery. Third when someone tries living above their means, their status in the world and believing you’re the queen of the prom. You’re setting yourself up for a world of disappointments.

[@flu4pdmt]

So true, all Eunice wanted to do was fit in and try to have a special meal. She was humiliated 😢.

[@STho205]

However Eunice and her loud voilent temper (and singing) was what ended the meal. She could have really enjoyed it if she had simply ignored them or quietly asked them to cooperate. Yes it is a sketch, and this is how it always ends up, but this time you do feel a bit sorry for Eunice.

[@NiecieSavo]

@@cajun5957 first of all, huh? I don't even see your previous comment, you must have deleted it. And who tf doesn't know it's a comedy? I commented on *this show* not real life so spare us your drivel. You don't know me to be assuming anything at all. They still embarrassed *her* 🤷‍♀️

[@Swampzoid]

Poor Eunice. She just wants something nice now and then.

[@joanneesposito3295]

Still funny after all these years. The quality of comedy from that era will never be repeated again.

[@scottgrunow5201]

She gets so excited about getting a Pink Lady

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I'd get a margarita myself, or maybe a martini.

[@NewlifeNewbeginnings2]

🤣🤣🤣

[@gabrielwatson7721]

What do Pink Ladies taste like?🤔

[@GalaxyTheCrazyQuilt]

Pink ladies look like Pepto bismol

[@Cheezitnator]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels bad for Eunice.

[@Dayy-zy1qw]

She got mad because her husband is poor

[@frankvitier6086]

No she got mad because her husband is classless...you can be poor, and still know how to behave​@@Dayy-zy1qw

[@miriamhavard7621]

​@@Dayy-zy1qw and cheap and blithely gauche.

[@ChildofGodforevr]

You really have not watched this show much. Eunice is the problem. She enables her mother and she married that lose*. But she is just like them. She has a nasty personality and bad attitude . I wouldn’t want to live in the same State as ppl like her and her family. Typical liberals .

[@rodolfoerdogan4983]

@Dayy-zy1qw it goes deeper than that. She's surrounded by a family who appreciates nothing she does. Her mother is a bitter woman who takes her unhappiness out on Eunice. She has a sister who was Mama's favorite, yet the sister takes zero interest in Mama, leaving Eunice to take care of the old woman. And that's only the beginning

[@phxkross]

Carol Burnett clearly and touchingly portrays Eunice's disappointment in her life and lot, yes she is obnoxious but she is also deeply sad and because of it, loveable. What a talent.

[@Perfectpearl]

I know. I truly felt sorry for her at 12:25 The disappointment on her face 😢😢😮

[@ChildofGodforevr]

She’s an incredible talent, she even got me hating her character . Actually they are all amazing talents . Truly amazing and American royalty for sure .

[@scottgrunow5201]

"It's a pepper mill, and you griiiind it!" Shades of Tennesee Williams

[@ddmck1972]

These sketches were so good and hit so close to reality on dysfunctional families. I always felt bad for Eunice despite the mean streak she often had. Life just never turned out the way she wanted and all she wanted to do was better herself.

[@isabelsatala-ln2ru]

After dealing with the mom and her husband you understand why she get so upset.

[@julietantonio1049]

These family sketches always felt like a Tennessee Williams play, they're basically mini dramas if you remove the laughter. And this one was no exception, especially when Eunice's heart shatters at the end

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

Perfect comparison.

[@patriciabarton6373]

Yes.

[@sunnyscott4876]

Well said.

[@pntbtr]

Vicki Lawrence looks just like how an old lady would look, clutching her purse with her lower lip pouted up!😂🤣

[@sdlock83]

Vicki Lawrence is the youngest and least experienced of the three. She's clenching her lips to prevent herself from laughing.

[@Viracocha88]

For many of us, this was disturbingly true-to-life.

[@jamesniezgoda5454]

Eunice trying to sing with the violinist is hilarious

[@christopherkraft1327]

Carol, Harvey & Vicki at their best!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@jazzinit4u]

I lost it when she started singing to the violin 😂

[@Mmax389]

Pure Eunice. She tried so hard to just be accepted.

[@cindyjacob6562]

What amazes me is the length of the sketch! So much longer than we are used to today. Brilliant and touching comedy……and that look by Carol at the end….heartbreaking

[@slasherdope8065]

Because this is a real Sketch. Actually gives time to build up a comedy. A mini movie

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

These days commercials are all that count.

[@stupidsmart-phone6911]

Yeah, it was too long because youtube decided I needed TWO commercial breaks for a TWELVE minute skit.

[@st.michael4511]

@cindyjacob6562 Actually, this sketch is heavily edited (probably for syndication, to allow for more commercials). I saw it when it originally aired and there is a lot missing here. I've been trying for years to find the full (unedited) version of this sketch but haven't had any luck. I was hoping that this one would be the complete one. My favorite part was/is also the pepper mill tirade.

[@oldladyfarmer7211]

Eunice's sad face made me cry.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Ed Higgins must have been designed with my own father in mind.. he acted out like that in restaurants all the time!

[@sheilayoung8007]

When did they film my family at a restaurant!😂😂😂

[@BlueSky-gu2bx]

I think this episode is from the 1970's

[@ijamaica1052]

😄😄😄😄

[@michaelmiller1215]

After seeing all the people at the local Walmarts, that’s how I believe they would act!

[@candacecrocker352]

Hilarious when she yells at Mama regarding the pepper mill!

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Hooray, a Family sketch! Love those. Eunice's meltdown over the pepper mill is priceless. But I do get a little blue at the end, because she had a taste of a better world, and it was suddenly cut short. Carol can pull our heart-strings very well with just an expression. She's such a great talent, especially when playing Eunice Higgins.

[@KoshN]

My favorite Family skits are Sorry (Harvey took Eunice's little yella fellas.) and Monopoly (Mama telling Eunice that she ain't playing with a full deck, etc., etc., "You wait, there's more." warped puck). 😂🤣😂

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@KoshN I never get tired of those two games sketches. They're so good. In "Monopoly" I love it when Philip calls Mama from Italy and during their exchange she asks about Rome, "Is there anything there worth seein'?" 😆 Another one I like is when they played Charades, with Mickey. How Eunice ever expected to have a fun time playing that game with Mama as her team mate is a mystery!

[@scottgrunow5201]

Same here, and the tragic climax of Eunice's aspirations is her getting gonged on The Gong Show.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@scottgrunow5201 Yes!

[@lynnturman8157]

Do you keep in touch with Elaine?

[@joeswartz6181]

Carol was really born to act especially on the carol Burnett show .she's so natural

[@XiaoGuanYin104]

Duh. It's her show. She invented it.

[@bradstoner7226]

This episode reminds me so much of an actual event that happened on my mothers side of the family. My grandmother was a little old country woman who grew up in rural North Carolina. She had a garden, chicken coup, a couple hogs, canned her own foods, hung her cloths on line out back to dry, shelled butter bean and picked corn and many other things that country folks did. She was a tough old lady who spoke her mind freely and didn't care about fancy things. My mother was dating a man at the time who was from New Jersey originally named Jim. Grandma was leery about Jim when she found out he was a "yankee" as she put it but in a short time, he won her over and she came to genuinely respect him. Jim was a very kind and good man and he never met a stranger. Anyway, for grandmas 78th birthday, Jim took me, mom and grandma out of town to a swanky Italian restaurant. Oh my goodness, here walks in a little old woman who prior to this her fanciest meal was one trip to a Golden Coral. Right from the start she saw the menu and asked Jim was the price for a glass of tea four a pitcher because it was one glass, she would go home and make some tea and save him the money. Then she studied over the menu complaining about the choices. The waiter comes up and says "hello, my name is Franco and I will be your server today." She said, "Franco, where you from fellow?" Mom said, "momma, stop." He told her where he was from and grandma said, "how on Earth did you get here"? Anyway, the server didn't know what to make of grandma but they hit it off. Well, Jim ordered for me and mom and it came time for grandma and she said "I got it, I know what I want". She told Franco, "I'll have some fried chicken, collard greens with fatback, some black-eyed peas and corn bread..please". Franco's face was one of confusion and he said, "madam, we do not serve those items that you requested, might I suggest something for you?" Grandma said, "you don't serve what I wanted?" He said, "no". She said "what kinda of place is this, can't even get fried chicken"? Jim stepped in and ordered something for her and mom was about to crawl under the table in embarrassment. I was only 9 years old at the time and was about to kill myself laughing. The food came and grandma ate about half of it, said it gave her gas....out loud of coarse. Then she asked for a take-out box and mom said "mother, you don't do that here, leave it." Grandma said, that's what's wrong with this generation today, your wasteful!" Anyway, after many strange looks from the customers around us and mom turning red as a beet, it was time to pay the bill and leave. Then the manager came out and wanted to speak to grandma. He said, "I heard that you were not satisfied with your food, I am so sorry is there anything that I can do for you?" Grandma said, "Well....its my birthday and Jim wanted to impress me and spent allot of money on this and I appreciate it, I just ain't never ate out much, I didn't mean to make a fuss." The manager who was very nice said, "I understand, I want all my customers to leave happy so if there is anything I can do for you please do not hesitate to tell me." He shouldn't said that. Grandma said, "Ok, now that you asked, she said try learning how to cook some real food, like chitterlings, collards, fried chicken, etc. I think it will help draw in more business for you." Then she said bye and out the door she went. Mama said that she would never take grandma out to eat again. Boy what a day that was. Grandma has been dead for years and now mom is in her late 70's. Jim passed away about 5 years after that day of a massive heart attack at work. That "fancy" restaurant went out of business long ago and the lot was redeveloped. Today, a vape store sits there. Go figure.

[@angiemansfield9381]

What a fun story …. I loved reading this! Thanks for sharing!!

[@vanessazannis5523]

They should have invited your grandma back so that she could give them a cooking lesson. BTW why didn’t they have chicken cutlet parm on the menu. Thank you for sharing.

[@kingthunderstar3302]

Great story to read 💙

[@jessicaparker374]

Being from North Carolina, I am very well acquainted with many wonderful people just like your Grandma!!!! Thank you for this story! ❤

[@zaram131]

Thank you for the story 😂

[@craigbenz4835]

All three in white shoes is precious.

[@barbaramilone2800]

That's not the first time I felt bad for Eunice. Another time was when she competed on the Gong Show. I think I cried that night...

[@julijakeit]

yes, poor Eunice, but she's responsible over her life too, she complains about other people not meeting her expectations but never does anything better herself.

[@EmilyLavinder-lv1bb]

She complained about money but refused to get a job, she complained about her marriage but never tried to make it better.

[@conniegordon2465]

I think it would be "in character" that she wouldn't know how to make it better.

[@crawfishgumbo7762]

I used to pretend to be asleep, and watch this show, I just loved it.

[@discobikerAndRosie]

Poor Eunice. She could never catch a break. I feel her pain. 😅

[@scottgrunow5201]

When carpet was a status symbol ...

[@FuHackers-wx9lq]

So many Mothers and Daughters... Have this dysfunctional relationship! 🙏

[@rickyestevez4698]

Yes, it was Eunice acting out and yelling that ultimately go them thrown out but all she wanted was to have a nice experience in that miserable life of hers and those two human anchors were hell bent on making sure she didn't have it by griping endlessly about everything and anything. I always felt sorry for Eunice because as funny as the character is and as brilliant as Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman and Vickie Lawrence in their respective roles are, Ed and Mama would not take their feet off her neck. Eunice reminds me of many people I know who so desperately yearn for a better life yet are always torn down by their alleged loved ones. They truly are a toxic brew. But again, how brilliant are those actors and everyone involved in The Carol Burnett Show? I will never grow tired of watching it.

[@STho205]

If she knew better, then the sin was hers. It is a Keeping Up Appearances style skit.

[@LA_HA]

​@@STho205 Really? I dunno. I thought it was just that Eunice had this really great opportunity -- to have a free meal at an upscale restaurant; something they would Never be able to afford otherwise -- and just wanted to just be able to truly enjoy it. That's not keeping up appearances to me. She just wanted to have a great night out and her frustration that her mother and husband were being Debbie Downers was frustrating her to no end. I felt bad for her because there are people in the comments saying she should know her place. There's nothing wrong with wanting better. We all want that

[@AmyLSacks]

@@LA_HA Yep. They were going to wear on her until they hit her last nerve. It was just how they were.

[@LA_HA]

@@AmyLSacks Sometimes, people just mess with you just to mess with you. If a comedy skit, so it's not super serious. I just don't understand people who are saying she's too country to have expectations of better experiences. That's so bigoted against people like Eunice to say they're lower class with Southern accents, so being in an upscale restaurant in the city is not for the likes of her. Like, What?

[@AmyLSacks]

@@LA_HA Yeah. It's not the accent that's the problem with this family. :)

[@maryk446]

Vicki Lawrence was so convincing as "Mama" that you almost forgot she is not a real person and just Vicki Lawrence dressed up as a fictional person. It's like when Flip Wilson pretended to be Geraldine (for those of you who are old enough to remember who Flip Wilson was!)

[@briestosick]

Emblematic of my youth- southern, constant put downs and twisted euphemisms that have digs and double meanings. All of these folks are brilliant and so spot on. When Tim Conway was in the mix it was beyond next level funny.

[@jimmymccoy967]

I remember when these shows were on the air back in the day, in a time when we all could take a joke and laugh even if it was at our expense. That’s the problem with the world today everyone so serious and offended over nothing… I miss these days of old.

[@delta212cpd]

"Well I got even with her" out comes the roll of toilet paper. LMAO!!!

[@eugenefirebird8938]

They can make an argument out of anything. There's a lot of truth in that comedy. I've seen the real thing out there.

[@MoneyFashow]

When Eunice started signing omg

[@patriciarobledo3954]

It's always funny, but desperately sad at the same time. I feel sorry for Eunice.

[@priscamolotsi]

Carol Burnett was brilliant! Fabulous actress and so funny!

[@jtg3765]

It's funny how Eunice is the only one who wants to follow rules of etiquette and dining out with sophistication but then becomes the sole cause of their being kicked out of the restaurant.

[@irenelathrop8062]

It’s her abrasive nature that is offensive

[@blockcl]

At 7:20...love the look that Vicki gives Harvey when he toasts L' Chaim!

[@Goalsold]

I love these old comedies and Carol Burnett show. They don't make quality sitcoms like they did in the 70's

[@gvalley07]

Ed saying "lehayim" for the toast had to be an ad-lib by the late-great Harvey Korman - RIP

[@XiaoGuanYin104]

L'chaim!

[@XiaoGuanYin104]

By the way, it. Is a traditional toast.

[@johnheart6890]

Hilarious and Heartbreaking!

[@slasherdope8065]

Mama, definitely my grandmother. LMFAO 😅😂

[@runner2008]

Brilliant. The Carol Burnett show never disappoints. These three are top notch.

[@SnarkyLady]

The green wrap under her dress sleeves 😂😂

[@lowbridge7070]

In the 1970s I was being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home (parents had split up, mother had custody of us kids. She was a mentally ill, abusive monster). As a result, I turned towards watching LOTS of tv as a way to provide myself with escape and comfort from my misery. The Carol Burnett show was one of many tv shows I watched regularly in daily syndicated reruns. More than just entertained me, it really helped me to preserve what few shreds of sanity I had as well as provided me with much needed happiness, laughter and joy in an otherwise joyless existence. The Carol Burnett show was the one and only tv show whose sketches had me and my sister literally rolling on the floor, clutching our sides with laughter (especially if the sketch had Tim Conway in it. He was the best). EXCEPT for these "The Family" sketches. When Eunice yelled and/or scrunched up her face in anger, she was the exact spitting image of our mother. It was just too painful. My sister and I would sit completely stone faced through these "Family" sketches. I don't recall them eliciting a single laugh from either one of us (not even the occasional presence of Tim Conway helped).

[@miriamhavard7621]

So sorry to hear that. 💗🫂

[@kathleencove]

I hear you 🫂 This kind of bickering is awful. The southernisms are about the only thing getting a giggle out of me, but I agree, I don’t like people who behave like this. Rich or poor, people who hate on each other ruin every nice outing or holiday. I know how you feel. 🫂

[@vixxcottage]

It was very common at that time for women to get custody. There was no oversight by child protective services. My childhood was very similar at that time. Instead of TV I read books.Makes me so grateful I had a very different life once I became an adult. Survivor to thriver.

[@brendaflo4033]

I can't believe I watched this when it was on network TV! I didn't realize how good those days were!

[@johngrantham5508]

This is timeless and still revelant among some families today.

[@korbella]

When they was asked to leave the restaurant and Eunice look back and gave the most saddest smile. I felt that. 😞

[@user-fy9jv8pt8o]

This show is 1 of my very fondest memories with my now deceased Mother & Father back in the 1970’s! ❤️🥰❤️

[@rexspence9657]

POOR POOR EUNICE! THAT LAST LOOK BROKE MY HEART FOR HER!

[@sallytedesco2192]

Mama's Family the funniest Show ever! Still as funny 😁 today as when on TV back in the day. 🤣🤣🤣

[@laurenceshtull6777]

My Grandmother use to laugh when Mama stole the role of toilet paper

[@ceeceesrevenge33]

One of my favorite skits!

[@sandyblue4235]

My uncle embarrassed my mother at our favorite restaurant chewed out the waitress and made her cry.

[@brendarayford6304]

I love Mama's family but the best episodes are when Carol Burnett stars as Eunice. Eunice is sad, disappointed with life. Knowone gives her a break or respect. I think we all relate to her. She is a comic genius. I have this show on dvd and enjoy watching it.❤

[@XiaoGuanYin104]

No one.

[@lisafink98]

The Mama skits are hysterical but they’re also deeply tragic, which is why sometimes they literally make me cry. For example, the episode of Mama’s funeral we find out that Mama cooked Eunice’s beloved bunny, Fluffy. To me that was shocking and I literally felt Eunice’s pain. Imagine a mother so awful, I just can’t.

[@XiaoGuanYin104]

Oh that was revealed in an earlier episode, "the attic"

[@irenelathrop8062]

My mother grew up in rural Europe…she had a rabbit she was raising, a pet, and one day she comes home from from school and smells meat cooking, first time in weeks, and realized the rabbit cage was empty. Life’s not fair, yet we need to be thankful for what we have, even rabbit stew.

[@lisafink98]

@@irenelathrop8062 Wow, to know that happened in real life is upsetting. Your poor mother, no child should have to suffer that! I guess I am grateful that my mother would never do such a horrid thing!

[@matta8931]

Mamma, Eunice and Ed are hilarious, always screaming at each other. I am suprised they did not end up in a brawl. They remined me of a family that had a big family reunion that they advertised at a mountain park in our area. Later, as evening appoarched the rangers and cops were heading in their direction. They all ended up a big fight.

[@lonnieclemens8028]

This is a good skit. Carol Burnette is always good. But the way her and the mother are talking to each other is reality. That is why I like hobbies that get me away from people.

[@normajeancaballero7959]

Eunice always had high aspersions. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😥

[@julijakeit]

too bad she did not keep better relationship with Ellen, surely her sister married up and moved up in the society and could have helped Eunice if Eunice was aware of her own shortcomings instead of nitpicking at everyone else's.

[@sunnyscott4876]

***aspirations ***

[@cajun5957]

@@julijakeit but then is anyone really aware of their shortcomings

[@greatvaluechoppedonions8130]

@@julijakeit Ellen wasn't a nice person. Once when her brother needed money and asked her for it she refused right in his face. This was on an episode of mama's family.

[@lindajohnsonkaplan647]

@@julijakeit Ellen didn’t want a better relationship. She gets joy from feeling superior and putting Eunice down.

[@CoopyKat]

I used to laugh so hard at these skits, I was only 12 when they introduced the Harpers. Mama pulling the stolen toilet paper out of her purse made me laugh so hard 50 years ago, it still makes me laugh to this day! 🤣😅

[@Lifeafterthedarknarc]

Wow what talent and humor , I haven’t been entertained like that in decades lol 😂

[@cheryldemetreus3531]

The level of cheap is priceless!

[@cecilymackey5640]

I loved Mama’s Family 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-kb4od4fg5s]

I yelled at my grandma about Santa not being real and she gave in but she sure convinced me that the girl scouts went and set up and bought my jungle gym in back yard waiting for me...o M g those sweet Angle's!

[@francinejones2524]

When she stole the toilet paper 😂

[@coretruehiphophead540]

I can still hear my grandma 😂 laughing while we all watched this Together… a lot of the classics on KZbin is a bitter sweet for a lot of us 😢 rip to my “Ma” I ll definitely can’t wait to hear that laugh & see that smile

[@daylehudson6810]

I feel the same about my mom. She loved the Beverly Hillbilly's. I was a teenager. On my way out the door to no where she would say "oh, I wish you would sit down and watch this with us" I thought it was the dumbest show ever. I would give anything to be able to watch the Beverly Hillbilly's with mom and dad again.

[@torrisimoneaux872]

That was my mama when she started using Equal. She would tell me to grab the blue ones. I would say stop, I’ll buy you a box and she had several boxes at home. Something about older women and the sugar packs😂😂😂

[@IrishAnnie]

Every sketch is a classic. I love it. So funny!!! They really immerse themselves in a roll.

[@cynthiaward4512]

How could they keep a straight face when they were doing skits is amazing..❤❤❤❤❤

[@officeboy89]

When Eunice starts to sing lol

[@Viracocha88]

The irony here is that while Eunice is criticizing her mother and husband for their negativity, she's more full of rage than anybody.

[@user-nf9ik6zo3c]

The craziness gets to her unfortunately flying off the handle is the cross she has to bear for not finding the courage to leave .

[@Gia-mg5nx]

@@user-nf9ik6zo3c This has NOTHING to do with courage. She is there with others, its not like she is there alone. Her actions directly impact them. She cant just get up and walk out.

[@Gia-mg5nx]

But you say nothing about their crass behavior. Those 2 can drive anyone to "rage". Her rage is justifiable. The fact that you defend their crass behavior and chastise her for having a response to it is telling.

[@Viracocha88]

@@Gia-mg5nx if you have a boyfriend, husband, or son, I feel deeply sorry for them.

[@kathleencove]

Exactly. On the one hand, I feel for Eunice that she’s frustrated that her husband is a cheapskate towards her but spends on himself generously, and she just wants to do nice things sometimes. But, while on a few occasions the mother was being a little too finicky and difficult, Eunice was also being pretty toxic by criticizing her husband’s choice of food, and being way too rude to her mother over and over and over again. Every single person in this group was unpleasant. Just… ugh.

[@kimhisham6033]

I hate it when you already arrive in a fancy place and you fight over how expensive it is IF YOU KNOW YOU CANT AFFORD IT JUST DONT COME AT THE FIRST PLACE.

[@wardarcade7452]

I agree! I had one relative who took me out to a restaurant, then tried to insist I order the cheapest thing on the menu! Un-uhn! Should have thought of that BEFORE taking us out!

[@landomilknhoney]

They had a coupon for 2 free dinners!!!😂😂😂

[@lisabartolo2644]

This was when tv was worth watching 😂

[@jayceew.rabbit9358]

Later through the years another episode like this in " married with Children" was a lot like this and just as hilarious!

[@akrenwinkle]

Maybe a little off topic, but I'm reminded of this old joke about George W. Bush. He told the waitress, pointing to the menu, "I don't have much time for lunch so I'll have the quickie." Waitress: "That's quiche."

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

You can take the family out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the family.

[@cajun5957]

Them being from the country would ‘HAVE’ been a big improvement. Don’t put down country people like that they are some of the best around.

[@hensonlaura]

That's a very ignorant comment. There are as as many levels of income, educational and social strata in the country as there is in any city.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

​@@cajun5957 Not in NC....they suck

[@jessebacon817]

@@hensonlaurano there are some Bubba and Jethros who act like that.

[@loyevangelists]

$15 for a meal in fancy restaurant, That is pretty cheap compared to todays prices

[@angrydalek]

Thats $80 in todays money. So pretty standard fare for a ritzy place.

[@richardea4223]

Sure is. However, back in the mid-70s, minimum wage was less than $2.50 an hour, house payment was $175 to $250 monthly, average income per household was $12,000 a year. Inflation is always higher than a blue collar worker's wages. Women, sadly, always been paid less than men and bare the blunt in a lot of cases, including being single parents. 😎

[@exexalien]

$15 will barely buy you a meal at McDonald's these days!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

​@@exexalien Sad but true!

[@charlenepinola4310]

It cost that much for a meal at the fast food place.

[@shirleyarmstrong418]

I could be Eunice!!!singing with the violinist! Sad but hysterically true !

[@carolmattison3549]

Never stopped being so funny 😂

[@greenthumbmary5970]

Mama taking the toilet paper!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@susancartright9657]

One of the funniest episodes!

[@angelagoodwin5758]

Next time Eunice should leave them home.

[@ijamaica1052]

The skit wouldn’t be funny if mamma and ed were left at home 😂

[@mackpines]

7:25 “What the hell is this?” You’re telling me. Looks like they’re drinking Pepto. 9:17 Eunice finally cracks! 🤣🤣🤣

[@kmstins]

😆😅😂🤣 Oh my gosh! I can't stop laughing! We always watched The Carol Burnett Show when I was a kid, but I don't remember this particular skit. It's so hilarious! 🤗👏👍😁

[@tommieaustin6532]

I love it hilarious I remember going to Buffett some of family would pull out baggies fill up and place in purse😂😂😂

[@vanessadobbins2963]

Carol and crew had the best show back then!!! Too funny😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-ob7jk6fi4s]

Im surprised mama does not have a bigger purse

[@angieyauger295]

I love carol Burnett show it's my favorite scatch

[@EmilyLavinder-bp7so]

They should have left that mother at home.

[@debbielockhart7762]

Well, that mother was the main star of these "family" skits - so kind of pointless to leave her out.

[@michaelmiller1215]

They should have put her IN a home!

[@jacquelineortiz128]

Well at least it wasn't a CAN of beer....🥰

[@berjaboy]

Too funny! Eunice wanted everyone to behave with class and dignity, but in the end, her big mouth ended up getting everyone thrown out.

[@dominickdirienzo8266]

Ed Higgins should’ve stayed in the Army!

[@lindajohnsonkaplan647]

And never gotten married. Just shared an apartment with Mickey Hart.

[@Portugal2025]

These are totally wonderful. Like a combination of Tennessee Williams and Tracy Letts

[@pattibrooks1907]

Great video ! I love watching Carol Burnett on cable Tv

[@cajun5957]

Yea and a channel that shows these old shows has only 1/2 an hour for Carol Burnett and friends coming on at 11:00 pm what a sin. Had my way she would be on for three or four hours a night starting at 7:00 pm

[@junegreen9789]

Awesome it's the truth back in the day not saying it's okay I'm so glad today it's a little better much love ❤️

[@GalaxyTheCrazyQuilt]

Mama acts like my 20 year old son every time we go eat😅

[@ggeorge4144]

When I was younger my mother used to embarrass me something awful. If they filled her coffee cup to the brim she would start making a scene about no room for cream. I grabbed the cup and drank some to make room. I'm saying will you be quiet, I made room for your cream. The thing is she always wanted to be the center of attraction everywhere we went and would always make a scene about something.