When Dame Maggie Smith is Your Teacher... | The Carol Burnett Show Clip

It would be hard not to get an A if Dame Maggie Smith was the one teaching you! Sketch from season 9, episode 9 of The Carol Burnett Show.
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[@maudeboggins9834]

Carol Burnett & Dame Maggie Smith are still going strong & entertaining us. Lovely talented ladies.

[@DanielSelk]

Maggie Smith is a BOSS! Her delivery of ordering them back to their desks and "We've come here today to discuss YOUR BRAT!" made me laugh so hard!

[@katherinkeegan8601]

Can you imagine them facing McGonagall? Smith's character got tougher as she got older.

[@jroo272011]

As of today, she has passed...

[@RelearningPeace]

Dame Maggie Smith has passed away. 9/27/2024

[@ajayfacts81]

She is Professor McGonagall

[@stevenray8737]

I feel that I've discovered Carol Burnett far too late in my life, and enjoying every sketch. Maggie is brilliant in this one!

[@redacted2275]

Never too late... I discovered Carol Burnett on "Mad About You" some two decades after her show ended... her guest appearance was one of a kind among the entire cast... such finesse and then a slapstick right across my face lol

[@ellariel7457]

This is one reason that so many of the greats were happy to work with her and appear on her show. Pure genius. Glad you’ve found her - if it was a little later than you’d hoped, you just have more delightful first-time surprises coming your way than we old hands. Enjoy!

[@ropolso]

Oh, but it's never too late. You must see her version of Gone with the Wind (which is here on KZbin). Sadly, there are so many TV shows and presentations that cannot be found anywhere.

[@stevenray8737]

@@ropolso Just finished watching it and it was absolute class. Melanie finally settles the score!

[@stevenray8737]

@@redacted2275 Just watched the clip where she's serving food in a camper van and they're cramped in together, but the younger man wants to go to the toilet. Bloody marvelous!

[@sharcerv74]

This comedy sketch is a depiction of what goes on in the real world even today. Teachers have to deal with disruptive behavior from kids all the time, and their behavior is a reflection of what goes on at home. The kids are seeking an outlet for their frustrations, and unfortunately, it spills out at school. The poor dears. 😢

[@markreed111]

I was in the audience seeing this taped at CBS in 1976, a few months after moving to Los Angeles. Alice Ghostley was in the audience, and she stood up when Carol introduced her. It was only in the last few years that I was able to view it as it was shown on TV. It's more meaningful to me today than when I watched the live performance.

[@KimberlyBartee-v5o]

Lucky

[@hooligan2005]

I was going to write that I remember the original broadcast of this. You more than one-upped me on that comment. My family would have considered you some type of celebrity for being in the audience!!!

[@Texaslawhorn]

Awesome! What a treat that must have been.

[@zapkvr]

Ghostley was actually funny. Burnett was disgusting

[@kericue2065]

We moved to l.a. back in 1979 I loved going to the different shows. We lived across the street from Paramount studios it was fun being part of the audience. I always wanted to go to this show but I was too young.

[@marilynrosen4608]

So many of these problems exist in reality, that I find myself nearer to tears than laughter. As a longtime teacher, I’ve seen how children are affected by their home lives.

[@brmam1385]

YES & thank you for saying this as a “long term teacher!” ❤

[@kevinholcomb292]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@LynneMarieSheppard]

As another long-time teacher, I also found this close to the problems that exist for many students and for the adults they grow up into. While I admire all the actors in the skit, this was not funny for me.

[@frakte]

Carol Burnett has said that when they were rehearsing this sketch, they decided to try it out without the accents and “country bumpkin” mannerisms, and she said it was heartbreaking. Without the comedic trappings, it was more tragic than anything else.

[@nsjx]

@@frakteIntriguing. Well, therein lies the age old wonder of comedy. Even "court" jesters helped dampen many stressful volatile situations by "making light" of them, but always with wisdom and good intention as well. Appointed court jesters were Allowed to poke fun at their nobles because in the end everyone became the wiser after a good laugh.

[@patriciamcclelland7466]

As an educator, I find this too real.

[@mananimal3644]

Agreed👏🏿💯

[@imeanithonest5704]

The fact that this was about 50 years ago and is worse now...terrifying.@@mananimal3644

[@paulkeefe2304]

I thought the same thing.

[@Eowyn3Pride]

Former EA here...on career change now.

[@brmam1385]

What was “comedy” decades ago has turned into far too prescient of our current times.😢

[@makinapacal]

The Mama Family skits on the Carol Burnett Show were a combination of very, very funny and truly brutal realism and this is one of the best of them.

[@marthawoodworth]

Three of the greatest comics meet one of the greatest actors of all time. This set was miraculous. It describes the dysfunctional, child-neglected family to a "T".

[@mizb.7777]

I taught school for 17 yrs well…this pretty much sums up most of the parents

[@ionabarker]

This sketch is heartbreaking. Dysfunctional families are very real. I’m grateful I live in a time where we recognise it, and can now work towards more healthy parenting, re-parenting, and lives. The amount of work it takes to re-parent. Sending love to everyone who watched this and felt the reality of this growing up. (Only one parent ever went to my parents evenings, and it always became about them). Lots of love from one “ungrateful child” x

[@johnpaulandaquig691]

I agree, this first time I watched this, I was laughing at the audience but at the same time feeling sad. sort of like 70-30. now, i'm watching this again I only laughed at a few points, but was feeling sad and miserable the rest. I can feel Maggie's exasperation

[@HappyLife693]

I was a child in the 70's and was not exposed to horrible adult behavior such as demonstrated in the skit. In fact, I stopped watching Carol Burnett and the sequential spin-off of these characters because it was not funny. At this age, and now that I lived through the period of The Rosanne Show and Malcom in the Middle, not to mention countless others, I am offended and blame this type of humor that was fed on mainstream media in partial responsibility for the degradation of polite society and the appreciation of kindness. You can see my full response to the video on the main thread.

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

@@HappyLife693nonsense - you were just one of the lucky ones. Dysfunction in family is as old as civilization itself and those stories have been woven into our narrative eternal. Just look at the most widely read book of all time, the Bible! Don’t be “offended” - become aware, and try to nurture a new generation to be a little more open to talking about it than the last.

[@themaggattack]

​@@HappyLife693Well aren't you just a little ray of toxic positivity? Those shows exposed the TRUTH. Sorry we can't all be perfect Stepford people like yourself. 🙄

[@Elfsinger]

I barely laughed - it's all too painful and realistic really to be funny.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

Maggie Smith must have been a stunning appearance on American TV with her beauty, class, English accent and all.

[@mousemd]

The way Maggie acted like they were children 😂😅

[@mananimal3644]

The way Maggie Smith plaid it straight to create a greater contrast to the comedy. Everyone on that stage gave a master class in performance. Brilliant 💯👍🏿❤️

[@LegionIvory]

Because they were children. lol

[@lizcollinson2692]

This is a speech, I'm sure many teachers wish they could give.

[@patrick-lt2nv]

Good for Maggie Smith! She put The Family in their place while displaying great fashion sense!

[@PeanutsMommy]

"My precious little angel would NEVER do anything wrong."

[@janiejenkins9037]

HaHa!!

[@lynnetudor863]

Maggie Smith is fabulous!!!!

[@simonjones7727]

What a beautiful voice Maggie Smith has. That accent! Great performances from all concerned but the way Maggie Smith indicates a growing irritation through her gestures alone is just wonderful, all building up to that amazing "Class Dismissed!". I guess that is what they call acting.

[@sharonbowers9929]

No one can cut those eyes like Carol. 😂😂😂

[@PearlsandRoses]

omg, YES!!😂😂😂

[@VladSicoe]

Maggie Smith has been absolutely brilliant in every part she's played!

[@aisadal2521]

Before there was McGonagall, there was Miss Jean Brodie, and this character, Miss Collins 😂

[@eduardo_corrochio]

And after Harry Potter, she was the Dowager Violet. They gave that character some of the best lines in Downton Abbey.

[@samanthanickson6478]

@@eduardo_corrochio don’t forget her take as constance trent in gosford park. she absolutely stole every scene she was in in that masterpiece of a movie, but doesn’t she always? RIP michael gambon.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

@@samanthanickson6478 Gosford Park, oh, I need to watch that again, been too long. Yes, she is always so good.

[@betht60]

Yes, Dame Maggie was a veteran long before the younger generation discovered her! I remember her in Hook, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and so many others. Plus, she's a marvelous Shakespearean actor. Truly a treasure!

[@xthefordx]

@@eduardo_corrochio she got harry potter first than DA

[@leslietarkin5705]

I didn't know Dame Maggie Smith was in Carol Burnett!! This is such a great sketch. Mama & Eunice are spot on my mom.

[@puzzletherapy4u]

Oh no how dreadful. Did you become a bully like Bubba?

[@leslietarkin5705]

@@puzzletherapy4u No. I became the quiet kid that folks were leery about.

[@77NARF]

Dame Maggie, once and always divine!!

[@chickensandwich3398]

I appreciate Maggie Smith in a whole new light. How elegant she was in her younger years as well as her senior years. I'm starting to look up to her as a role model.

[@johammond9359]

I didn’t notice Maggie Smith's name first..i recognized HER right away. Beautiful. I just knew it was her. I had never seen her so young. Just remember mostly from Harry Potter movies. Wow!!😊😊😊 First time seeing this stretch. Love it. 💙

[@Dindasayswhynot]

Oooh. This was really painful to watch. Really nice to see a much younger Dame Maggie Smith than I am used to, but the subject, the interactions - well they left me in tears and my stomach in knots. Too real for some if us. Thank heavens I had teachers along the way who cared.

[@kevinholcomb292]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ktburger659]

Yep, my friends and family in teaching have seen and heard some horrible stuff

[@LynneMarieSheppard]

I had the same reaction.

[@annazaman9657]

When a parent teacher meeting becomes all about the parents and the child is lost in the blame game. I've known parents like these

[@kateealer7]

The original inspiration for Professor McGonagall maybe? Maggie Smith is pure gold.

[@Nick-ty9us]

Although, I don’t remember professor McGonagle losing her cool like that

[@davidimhoff2118]

Love love love Maggie Smith with her angry/sweet demeanor lol. I love her too much

[@MultiverseAsheville]

Vicki Lawrence, the legend, playing mother to another legend 16 years her senior.

[@steelers6titles]

Eunice has a photographic memory of every imagined slight done to her since childhood, and has never forgiven any of them. We all know people like that.

[@sfyc]

She was also never, ever, enough for Momma. So much psychology going on in these characters!

[@gloriaf6971]

I loved Vicki Lawrence 's portrayal of Mama. She did a great job playing that old woman.

[@roisinhart]

This show is so much older than me but i remember watching them as reruns as a kid. I friggen loved Mommas House. This was hilarious 😂

[@themaggattack]

It was called Mama's Family.

[@streetsmart73]

Magpie Smith is exquisite and class👍👍👍👍👍

[@steelers6titles]

Smith won an Oscar as Scottish teacher Jean Brodie.

[@maudeboggins9834]

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie was brilliant. I loved it. Smith was the 3rd choice

[@steelers6titles]

@@maudeboggins9834 Actually, Geraldine McEwan was even better in the TV version.

[@patrick-lt2nv]

Along with that really splendid song "Jean", a #2 hit in the fall of 1969, sung by Oliver (William Oliver Swofford), who died of cancer on February 12, 2000 at the age of 54.

[@sahasrarachakra1]

I adore Maggie and the cast. The Prime of Miss Jean Brody is one of the best movies I've seen.

[@noneleevaleros2090]

As a teacher, I can relate....some parents are in denial or on defensive mode when receiving feedbacks from teachers...

[@marijkeblok6975]

Maggie Smith - doing what every teacher has dreamed of doing -- at least once!

[@mikestroud9969]

Oh no the whole Clan has arrived 😂😂. Soon that Teacher is going to need some Xanax. Hehehe 😂

[@tanyahudson2156]

Maggie Smith was so beautiful. She still is I love her.

[@cherylbralick7110]

I miss shows like this! I loved and still love this show. This is true quality TV

[@chae226]

12:40 It must've been an honor to be either yelled at or slapped by *THE* Dame Maggie Smith.

[@Nick-ty9us]

Professor McGonagle definitely lost her cool

[@CarlyUTube]

Wonderful to see these two legends working together! Maggie Smith at this age reminds me of when she was in the movie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie❤

[@tgd9477]

Bubba's drawing gets me everytime. 🤣🤣😂 and poor Ed didnt stand a chance with them two. 😂🤣😂😂

[@theappraiserlady]

Those two

[@tgd9477]

​@@theappraiserladyThanks teach 😇 'those two'.

[@theappraiserlady]

Or have it your way

[@tgd9477]

​@@theappraiserladyI actually like being corrected. Keeps me on my toes. Thank you.

[@theappraiserlady]

I like being corrected as well.

[@call2872]

Maggie Smith in her prime was stunning. She also played a teacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and won an Oscar.

[@Sillybillyilly]

She's still stunning

[@karlavlieger4441]

Dame Maggie is amazing.

[@78625amginE]

Her prime? 😒

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

Miss Brodie A TRIUMPH

[@kasetophono]

Maggie Smith is always in her prime

[@TheMouse-gc9ft]

I can’t even laugh it’s all so real!

[@Agapy8888]

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. A must watch.

[@shubhuful]

Beloved Dowager Countess 💜💜💜

[@PeanutsMommy]

I am the BIGGEST FAN of Dame Maggie Smith. Love her ❤ Love her ❤️ Love her

[@christopherkraft1327]

Poor Bubba!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@olivegreenpants7153]

Bubba actually turns out to be a good kid.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Depending on which Family sketch you see, the boys were named Bubba and Billy Joe or Bubba and Raymond.

[@Marchant2]

Fantastic, Emmy-level performances.

[@BamBam_5]

This scene I love it a lot Maggie is the Queen 👑💯👍🩷💐

[@DanielSelk]

"That's the way I raised all of my kids." "...WUUUT???" XD ROFL!!! This family is a RIOT!!!

[@bst6791]

Maggie Smith was simply spellbinding. Magical really. She really went whole hog, warts and all.

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

“I will have order!” Hmmmm… she really took umbrage. 😉

[@fantasyprincessgirl]

It’s Maggie Smith from Harry Potter and Downton Abbey!

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

She was already legendary before those roles

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

"Why does every day involve a fight with an American?" 😂 Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey clip kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5yYp5adpqadeKssi=4t3KUwCrCa08NG7O

[@thegreencat9947]

@@Kirsten_is_cursed10 " Clash of the Titans "

[@alexakl6445]

Love the Eunice skits! And a huge fan of Dame Maggie Smith. This skit reminds me of my brother who's been a 4th grade teacher for almost 30 years and he has felt this way about some of his students and their parents. When the parents barely care about their child's well-being who has troubles in class, the teacher feels helpless while doing the best they can with the kid - teaching manners, teaching life skills, teaching kindness. Hats off to all the caring teachers out there!

[@lorenrenee1]

I feel so lucky to be able to watch this I’m glad Carol Burnett has been re-discovered but for me that’s always brings me back to watching the show with my mom she had a great sense of humor and we love the show

[@Portugal2025]

The Family sketch is like a wonderful blend of Tennessee Williams and Tracy Letts

[@molliemoxie5276]

... "and both times I got these big, fat awful boys!" I'm crying 😭

[@Lucylou7070]

She cried because she wanted a sweet little girl (oh how awful!) , and what do we have today!

[@paulzeus7783]

Wow, she was young here. She was so beautiful, but she's still a great actress.

[@FannyPlusvi]

Carol Burnet was fantastic!!!!

[@eileenfrank3686]

Our family watched the Carol Burnett Show weekly; it was some of the very best sketch comedy on television [1967-1978]. I'm thinking this particular show was probably shown around the time that Dame Maggie Smith had been awarded the Oscar for Best Actress in 1969 for her outstanding work in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

[@DovZeev]

We all need a Miss Collins in our lives

[@AbhishekBilkanAind]

This skit ia the embodiment of "Every child deserve parents; but every parent do not deserve kids."

[@marthaw7664]

No way I missed this episode!! Love Dane Maggie Smith!!!

[@Texaslawhorn]

Hearing Maggie Smith say Bubba is hilarious. Maggie and Thelma Harper?! I love this!

[@rockyAQ04]

This is my first time seeing a younger Maggie Smith. She pretty remarkable. This clip is heartbreaking though.

[@jayarajjohnson2476]

Fantastic comedy.

[@NanaAmySpectreSeeker1111]

O..M..G...I didn't recognize her, but the voice!!! ❤❤❤ Professor Donagle and The Dowager were always in there! 😊

[@markbogan7869]

Such a supremely talent cast!!!! Bravo!!

[@TremontonNurseMJ]

Maggie Smith... Amazing..!

[@davidcolumbia5792]

The original desfunctional tv family! So funny!

[@thegreencat9947]

Carol had a difficult upbring...these skits brought up many feelings " to close to home".

[@susanwest8239]

I'm a lot older and there isn't anymore comedy like this anymore

[@AlbertaRose94]

That’s because people have come to realize it’s not funny, it’s sad.

[@SteveBluescemi]

This sort of "dramedy" is among the most popular kinds of comedy on tv these days. You just have to look beyond network tv...

[@meropale]

I loved her in A Room with a View. She did not have a huge part but made an impression.

[@eamonndeane587]

"I Shall Never Forgive Myself..." "You Always say that Charlotte, but You Always Do..."

[@meropale]

Oh, her character was obnoxious!

[@fransmith3255]

Wow! There must have been spies in my house growing up to make such an accurate portrayal!! 🤣🤣

[@LiLaoda9]

I’m here for Maggie Smith!👏👏👏

[@marurosado9722]

LOL!! I love it!! Excellent comedy !! 😆😂🤣

[@andymassingham]

If you read this as a transcript you would find zero jokes. In the hands of these actors it becomes satire. Funny? Of it’s time. And quite crucial to watch in 2023. Maggie is ON POINT playing it very nearly straight, dropping in her pauses with a surgeon’s precision. Carol, Vicky and Harvey are top notch comic performers who understood the difference between making light and shedding light. The audience reaction is probably sweetened a touch but this is timeless, character-driven comedy which feels distinctly uncomfortable and necessarily so. The nature of comedy is to sometimes agitate to laughter and hold up a mirror to the audience. THAT’S WHAT MAKES IT FUNNY. And I do love me some Tim Conway as the (played for laughs but unthinkable now) near-deaf relative or the Nazi interrogator with a puppet fetish, but look at the dialogue a sketch like this inspires. Plus…touches like the set/costume colours and choices are so in keeping with the tone of the scene.

[@carolinegray7510]

The most brilliant skit of all. 😂

[@mikeyd946]

This is GOLD ✨

[@presshart]

Every time she says Bubba I chuckle lol

[@ibeetellingya5683]

My goodness, she's brilliant. They're all brilliant.

[@blisscick]

Yes this is a lot better TV than the shows today

[@thequeen321]

Someone who isn’t a teacher: hahaha funny Me who IS a teacher: gets PTSD just from watching this Not to mention growing up in an abusive family watching this hearing the laughter is like salt to my wounds, I know it’s just a comedy sketch but damn is it realistic, only people who knows what it’s like will understand it

[@judydoyle1124]

Sweet to see a young Maggie

[@serenityq26]

Grandma isnt bitter and seems to be the only responsible sensible one.

[@pattidifusa4363]

I love them both. ❤❤

[@ElizabethMarshall-jb8mm]

That composition was in its own way brilliant.

[@jaredcassikent2286]

I love how Bubba was still the name of her son on mamas house

[@ClaudiaKZ]

I remember watching the Carol Burnett show when it was broadcast on TV. Also loved her in "Once Upon a Mattress".

[@lordnmaster2]

Professor McGonagall was just the same when she was young, I see.

[@anitabond2184]

Wonderful actors

[@carolyninman90]

I love Carol Burnett! I enjoyed this Skit and inwardly cringed at the same time. I'm thinking that's because I actually know some people like this - and that's a very sad thing.

[@bojack40]

Maggie is a Goddess

[@Tarzan91303]

Brilliant. She almost broke character.

[@sharibrown2003]

Carol Burnett show. 👏🏻😂Carol Burnett 👏🏻😂Carol Burnett cast👏🏻😂 Dame Maggie Smith 😂👏🏻 Ty

[@sufyanlowel4631]

Am I right in thinking that these are the same times that people usually talk about as the Good Old Days when children respected their elders?

[@PatrickPrejusa]

THIS WAS MIND BLOWING TO SEE

[@dansby37]

Wow, even Ed at times said to Mama "Youre really on thin ice OLD WOMAN!!", usually that is Eunice's line, LOL.

[@montananerd8244]

I was never crazy about the scripts, i was too little to understand much, but i still loved the show! My parents were very strict about tv, but we could even watch Carol Burnett at my grandparents, even tho there is a LOTof double entendre in some skits haha. Mama's Family (a spinoff, but i think it was just a recurring skit on the show, it was kind of like SNL for the Greatest Gen) was a bit too OTT for me, but these three are actually old school physical comics & they were killing it.

[@da96103]

Poor Miss Brodie. After she got fired from Marcia Blaine, she ended up in this American school. This is like the last scene from Tar.

[@lolabella5574]

"My hair doesn't look like this."😹😹😹