Kidnapping from The Carol Burnett Show (full sketch)

[@piustwelfth]

It's the timeless subject of 15 minutes of fame, even more relevant now which makes this skit so funny.

[@LifeinAnalog]

Something about the line "are we still rolling?" gets me every time!

[@craigappelbaum9533]

Carol Burnett has said this is her personal favorite sketch. Brilliant.

[@countrymonkOSB]

I can see why... although I'd have guessed it would rather be "Went with the Wind"

[@willyboy6126]

Yes, it is brilliant....she started off by giving a very poignant and heartfelt performance to an over-the-top, *HYSTERICALLY FUNNY* performance. Carol sure was a genius at both comedy and drama! : )

[@margotdourand2507]

I like the scarlet O'Hara scene better

[@toddanthony6664]

This sketch was LIGHT YEARS ahead of its time but boy is it spot on. Not all news media is bad but in this day and age of people thinking everyone wants to hear what they have to say, this unfortunately happens too often. Remember, Balloon boy?

[@trustinyeshua5966]

This confirms that Carol Burnett is a Superb Actress and Comedian...no one today can match her Talent !

[@countrymonkOSB]

What's brilliant about this sketch is how touching she actually is the first time she recounts the story and how brilliantly she hams it up later, when she gets the chance. Carol Burnett can be touching and incredibly hysterical in the same five minutes span. Just watch the "Family" sketches and you see how she can do both

[@ClarenceFisher]

No doubt - Carol is one of the best there is.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Not easy to do I imagine.

[@kencox8160]

Just like democRats

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

She was great as a guest star on Get Smart.

[@mjlejer3241]

Carol was simply a brilliant comedienne, who has NOT yet seen anyone of her caliber this day and age! The whole cast was just hilarious, brilliantly acted, and I haven't seen even one episode that wasn't just stellar in acting ability. Of course i had my favorites in the cast, but they were all very good. Same with "Mama's Family" and that cast, although not quite as good as the CBS, still great clean comedy that has NO competition today!

[@ImagedaeusVideoProductions]

Carol and Harvey are pure comic/melodrama gold. "Mrs. Ferguson" no doubt gleaned her acting chops from watching Bette Davis on the late, late movie. Marvelous Carol Burnett, thank you so very much.

[@ericbeaulieu4843]

These skecthes were infinetly brilliant.They rival anything SNL or ScTV ever did,hilarious.

[@zarifkhanofficial]

Carol Burnett is a such master actor. She can do any character.

[@alleykitty2131]

This is one of my favorite skits, next to her randition of Nora Desmond. No one can overact like Carol! Love Harvey too!

[@divaslive6953]

Carol's talent and brilliance as a natural born actor will never be equalled by thebso called actors of today in Hollywood, especially those who claim they are comedians...Carol is in a league of her own, a masterclass of her own...💜💜💜

[@pocodfe]

This skit is one of the more unique ones on the show. And it holds up to today's standards of how everyone wants their 5 minutes of fame and how they grandstand when they know they are on camera...like today's supposed reality shows that are anything but reality. This skit pokes fun at that, some 40 years ahead of it's time. AMAZING, and freaking hilariously funny!

[@SavingHistory]

LOL - the range of her acting - from the sincerity at the beginning to the hyperbolic affectations at the end. That’s why she’s the icon! Plus she saw right where we were headed! LOL

[@mel_bee]

She's brilliant. Just untouchable.

[@brendathompson2288]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Oh my God!!! She is the most hilarious actress that I've every seen. I'm not exaggerating. She is a freaking classic.

[@juniorcruzjr.8885]

Genius comedienne, no one today even comes close to her like. ❤

[@chriskorman6790]

I think of all the moments Carol and my dad shared outside of Went with the Wind and Torchy Song this was one of their best moments together in their 10 years, If they gave emmys for 1 performance from the academy Carol would have won.The Cop is actually my uncle/family friend of ours Brad Trumbull who was a golfing bud of my dada along with Mclean Stevenson.This sketch proved that Carol had no limitations as a performer which is what she said about my dad on the last show.

[@ActionMediaProductions]

Chris Korman How cool that you commented; I’m sitting here and cracking up as I did when the shows first aired. Your father laughing was contagious, and could turn a bad day around. Thank you for sharing and his wonderful that you have these gems to watch over and over.

[@paulgary5035]

Chris Korman your dad was so talented.

[@hughhaefner5486]

I always lived how Harvey Korman would laugh during Tim Conways antics. Priceless.

[@crystalheart9]

I always loved your dad's performances on the Carol Burnet Show.

[@PamelaJLamon]

They were all truly brilliant performers. I miss the show a lot. Thanks for sharing part of your life.

[@angelman51266]

Shows that she really is a great actress as well as comedienne.

[@lennysvibe]

I'm dying over here...THIS WAS TOO FUNNY ...I LOVED IT!...NONE OF THESE COMEDIANS HAVE ANYTHING ON ...CAROL!!!

[@QueerOkie]

This says a lot for Carol's and Harvey's acting abilities. I was beginning to wonder if this was supposed to be funny or not when he says 'no sound'!

[@gigiw.7650]

Camera man was trying not to crack up! LOL 😂😂😂😂

[@snowonder024]

Thanks for pointing that out, I missed that! too funny!

[@hoagie1978]

The camera man was one of the real ones on her show. In some of the early seasons (late 60's), when she is doing her Q&A at the start of the show, he will holler something off in the distance and she and him would trade hilarious barbs back and forth. One time he said something to her and then a little girl in the audience said to Carol " If he's such a smart mouth, why don't you just fire him" Carol and the cameraman both lost it laughing and the camera guys said " Because she still hasn't paid me" and Carol said " That's because your not sober enough to count it". The whole cast and crew of the Burnett show were like family and loved each other.

[@clarkgable4113]

This just shows that Carol is a great actress!!!!!!!!!

[@lloydrobert6182]

Genius level acting! I'm rolling on the floor laughing!!! Wish I'd been in that live audience, I'd have gone crazy, though!

[@SkepticalChris]

Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, two legendary comic icons who personified the first rule of comedy: Always be able to laugh at yourself

[@margotdourand2507]

Ones going to heaven and another signed a deal with the devil along with others like Bob Dillon. So 😢 the earthquake hadn't happened yet. Most people miss that too

[@janetmccoy7945]

@@margotdourand2507 Who signed the deal?

[@dfa3366]

That look she gave when she said.."The phone rang".

[@blanchedevereaux5403]

Carol Burnett is such a wonderful actress! These videos have pulled me through some of the worst of times. 💕

[@johnsmith7911]

The greatest show that ever aired.

[@shanedeleon5376]

I love that this sketch takes its time picking up steam, and really just lands that one big punchline neatly in your lap. It's so simple... so deliciously simple! It gives you plenty of time to wonder, "where are they going with this?" And then right when you think it's nowhere, boom.

[@willyboy6126]

So true.....and wonderfully stated! :)

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

It's so deceptly simple, but I bet it's pretty hard to do.

[@willyboy6126]

Pure comedy BRILLIANCE!!!! I will always love Carol and her show! Such great chemistry with her cast...and I can't tell you how many times Carol & crew have kept me laughing! She certainly deserved her recent life achievement award at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards! 😊❤

[@lucyballesteros8560]

Carol Bernett is an ARTIST, her show was the Best, I never missed it and today I’m still enjoying it. Thank you for all the laughs.

[@RicoRedRooster]

Miss Burnett is one of a kind. I love comedy back in a days, so clean, hilarious and super funny.

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

One of Burnett's most brilliant performances.

[@MsJoyce31202]

When you tell something once that was pretty much it. Makes me wonder what happens for real when people are asked questions over again.😧😂

[@Timmerjax]

Carol is so amazing in this sketch.

[@NICKNAC2110]

this is how the news does it sometimes to make it more dramatic this is real..

[@987apple77]

I have that problem. When I gave a tip. My former and present bishop's had been stalking me and conspiring with a news station. They are turning my life upside down.

[@GetTheGrandFunkOut]

Interview went from somberly sublime to sublimely fantastic! That's some writing right there!

[@rtususian]

I remember watching this when it originally aired - I was a regular Carol Burnett Show watcher and thought to myself at the time, WOW this sketch really displays Carol's acting range and it kind of foretold Carol's forays into dramatic acting like Friendly Fire.

[@timbuege2624]

I love how much carol gets into the sketch! 😂😂😂😂

[@Riogi]

This skit is hilarious and pure brilliance!

[@christhomas5761]

I laughed so hard I cried.

[@jakelibo8721]

That's how I'd be if I was being interviewed haha!

[@gilbertmartinez1504]

I bought a copy of Carol's All My Best on VHS from a yard sale about 15 years ago and this sketch was on it. Man! Did I laugh at this!!! I still have it!! Carol is absolutely brilliant in this sketch. She goes from a fine dramatic actress to a horrible ham in minutes!!! I love her!!! She has me guffawing at "that....MMAAaann!..." everytime!!

[@itstheburnz]

Her line readings were genius....she could probably read the phone book and bring the house down!!

[@babyrenee6537]

as teens in 1970's, my friends and I used to watch every week and cried laughing at Carol's shows ♡

[@adometegegne4680]

I can't get enough.... Carol's a phenomenal woman!!! & the team is gifted & talented

[@fgfg633]

Love her! She's amazing.

[@regie957]

Great acting!...how about an Academy Award for Carol!! And the over acting was so funny!

[@corinneyaworski5274]

Love, love this show!

[@idontcare59]

“I thought maybe it was my mother” 😂😂

[@wotan10950]

5:06 OMG 🤣 I remember this skit like it was yesterday! I don’t know what made me think of it. But Carol and the cast were absolutely brilliant!

[@987apple77]

I love this skit and the rest of them.

[@jays1198]

Slow build to fall down funny!! Thank you Carol, for making so many laugh for so many years! :-)

[@दोस्तमित्र]

Miss Carol surpasses me with every performance. 👍🏽✨💫

[@lelabaum8875]

They are all great!I love it when they bust out laughing during the sketches!

[@alinalacubana.5450]

Miss.carol is an incredible actres how she stars out so hard broken and just builds up those emotions brilliant.

[@rev.stephena.cakouros948]

This is talent.

[@contraryMV]

That was the longest set up for a joke of genius proportions.

[@TheBee87bee]

Carol is a very fine actress!

[@StrongnBeautiful]

I *really* enjoyed her drama actually. I was feeling it.

[@marcusv7881]

I remember seeing this when it first aired... Hilarious then as it is now!!

[@itstheburnz]

Best mash up of writing and casting you can hope for in a little sketch like this.. Brilliantly written, played to the hilt by the QUEEN..

[@vesper9547]

Gosh... She is THE actress!

[@pocodfe]

A fav of mine as well. And it's really mimics today's so called media hounders...all about getting attention and drama...their five minutes of fame. Carol is so good in this.

[@MezzoMamma1]

Way before her time. Genius.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

"It was this *man* "!!

[@jakelibo8721]

"He look like a man!"

[@dottiedogdiscovers]

Amazing piece of television history

[@dchatoian]

I can watch this over and over again and laugh my arse off!

[@howardk6031]

lots of chuckles

[@davidpetersen6425]

Brilliant as always!

[@kgmaj]

Brilliant! One of the best sketches of all time.

[@staceygriebsch9507]

One of my favorite skits I still lmao!! Love this show !!

[@J.Evans_Official]

5:45- 6:48 I almost pissed my pants😅😢🤣😂😭 Carol is a pure talent and a genius

[@RevMarket]

jay2luv Depends?

[@Billie_Marie_]

I love her so much!!!

[@RecommendedChannels]

*Please, please, PLEEEEEEEASE!* LMFAO😂

[@dinafloyd6838]

Pure perfection!!

[@JuanNunez2023]

The way she says "mmaannnnnnnnn" in the final take is hilarous.

[@jayarajjohnson2476]

Exceptionally Great Comedy.

[@irinakermong1217]

Is it just me or did Carol Burnett invent acting?

[@mariabarker2036]

No, She was a consummate actor, truly wonderful. But she did NOT invent acting.

[@donnamiller5222]

Can't wait to see Carol May 8th

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

She turned into Nora Desmond at the end.

[@RunningGrass-we7tm]

That was hilarious

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

Absolute classic. Carol's acting in that skit should be shown in acting schools.

[@debracampbell1802]

Carol awesome 💖

[@100yrds]

Back when TV was worth watching.

[@manna8899]

Where can we get another Carol!!!!

[@fakerating]

HYSTERICAL!!

[@greghough7302]

"Could I try that one more time..." LMAO

[@oddsandends950]

could we do that one more time

[@sirensong7956]

I lost it at 5:10

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

Ah how i LOVED THAT SHOW!! nothing like it on today drat...

[@TheBeverly7]

Brilliant!!!!!

[@valeriebursiaga253]

How can Harvey KORMAN Not laugh at this ?? BUT TIM CONWAY, CAN'T EVEN BLINK,, WITHOUT MR CORMAN LAUGHING HIS HEAD OFF....Wow...😀

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Well, they did say that Tim would do it one way in rehersal and spring new things on them during the show

[@fairyfreak57]

I hadnt seen these funny skits since i was a little kid! Lolol i forgot just how funny those were! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 ha ha ha

[@debracampbell1802]

This is 😃😃 great 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hansvonrittern9168]

Genius!

[@robertward8130]

Hilarious.

[@susanstancliff2937]

So funny! Hope Arthur was found……it’s been quite a long time ago!

[@kleinthomas8267]

Please! PLEEEEEEASE!!!!! BRING BACK MY ARTHUR!

[@frankparent463]

Damn Carol is a great actress.

[@mariabarker2036]

If the husband was watching the final product of this, he's saying, "Please, PLEASE! I'll give you everything I own! Just promise to kill me and not send me home to THAT!"

[@scootergurl48]

After the first time throw them out! LOL

[@sheilamore3261]

Terrible net she’s a crazy girl I always like Carol Burnett

[@user-onyoutube868]

"Can I just try that again?"