The Carol Burnett Show
Season 2
TV-G
Legendary long-running television variety show featuring skits and songs by Carol Burnett, her comedy troupe, and their celebrity guests. Stars Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway.
27 Episodes
- Barbara Bain, Carol Channing, and Martin Landau
E2Barbara Bain, Carol Channing, and Martin LandauMiss Channing sings and plays a gold digger out to nab wealthy old Harvey Korman while nurse Burnett looks on. Martin Landau plays a presidential nominee and his wife checking out Southern governor Korman and mate Carol Burnett for the vice presidential spot on the ticket. The whole cast appears in an astrology sketch on the sign of Taurus with Carol as movie-land's favorite authority. - Nanette Fabray, Trini Lopez
E3Nanette Fabray, Trini LopezHighlights include: Five-year-olds discussing their parents and the world in general; Peyton Place spoof; Trini Lopez in production number of "Mountain Dew"; Lopez kids Western musicals and joins Carol in a fast-paced "Sunny Side of the Street". - Edie Adams and Tim Conway
E5Edie Adams and Tim ConwayEdie Adams livens and lovelies up The Carol Burnett Show, appearing with the star as two mothers-in-law contemplating their kiddies' wedding. They also team up with Vicki Lawrence and The Ernie Flatt Dancers for a bouncy rendition of "Those Were the Days," and Miss Adams sings "I Stayed Too Long At The Fair" on her own. Tim Conway is also featured in several skits, including one that features him as a nervous holdup man on his first job. - Nanette Fabray, Don Rickles, and Mel Torme
E7Nanette Fabray, Don Rickles, and Mel TormeCarol's guests are singer Mel Torme, comic Don Rickles, and sketch actress Nanette Fabray. Carol and Nanette play pregnant women happy to find a hot young intern at their doctor's office Don chews scenery as an abrasive shoe salesman at Harvey's store. The finale, the "The Tin Pan Alley Story," stars Carol and Mel as a songwriting duo (Potts and Panz) that climbs to the top and promptly falls to the bottom again.. - Durward Kirby and Garry Moore
E9Durward Kirby and Garry MooreMiss Burnett welcomes two old friends, Garry Moore and Durward Kirby, for a nostalgic (and funny) repetition of some of the comedy sketches that made them all famous. In one sequence Moore interviews Carol who's playing a dignified princess rehearsing a television toast to a noted humanitarian. - Michele Lee and Flip Wilson
E10Michele Lee and Flip WilsonCarol's into practically everything tonight. She's a sexy Hollywood star one moment, a drab spinster who loses her date to roommate Michele Lee in the next. She's handcuffed to a Southern Sheriff in a sketch that's interrupted by outer-space visitor Flip Wilson. She tries the housewife routine again talking to her neighbor in the next window. Michele dances and sings with Carol and Vicki Lawrence. Flip Wilson slips in a monologue. - Eileen Farrell, Bob Hope, and Marilyn Horne
E12Eileen Farrell, Bob Hope, and Marilyn HorneSegments include: Q and A; a presidential fireside chat with his family (and look for Isabel Sanford); a song by Eileen Farrell; a skit with Carol as an interviewer interviewing Lyle Wagonner as a famous actor; an operatic song (in Italian) by Marilyn Horne; a musical skit based on The Three Little Pigs; another musical skit with Eileen, Marilyn and Carol singing "Big Spender" and ending with a Christmas carol medley. - Mickey Rooney and Nancy Wilson
E13Mickey Rooney and Nancy WilsonNancy Wilson and Mickey Rooney join in the music and comedy. Nancy and Carol get their parts confused during an audition. Carol, as the outgoing First Lady, gives her successor a tour of the White House. "Boys' Town" sketch with Rooney. Amnesia victim Carol doesn't remember husband Harvey. - Vince Edwards and Chita Rivera
E17Vince Edwards and Chita RiveraHighlights include: Carol as a rich, unattractive spinster who meets matinee idol Vince Edwards on a ship voyage; an inhibited botany teacher who turns into a ham on a TV show; and the Charwoman singing "Young at Heart." Edwards sings "I Got the World To Hold Me Up," and joins Burnett and Rivera in a production number, "I Love To Cry at Weddings" - Martha Raye, Mike Douglas
E22Martha Raye, Mike DouglasCarol and guest Martha Raye appear as dance marathon contestants while crooner Mike Douglas sings "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries". Miss Burnett and Douglas try an Irish medley; Carol becomes a lady jockey; Martha Ray and Carol play housewives visiting a topless waiter place; Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Burnett try to get out of their snowbound cabin in the final sketch. - Ronnie Schell and Vikki Carr
E24Ronnie Schell and Vikki CarrHousewife Carol tries to cure husband Korman of gambling. In another sketch, Carol plays an apprentice actress who steals the show from Broadway ham Korman without uttering a line of dialogue. In other spots, Ronnie Schell is an inebriated lawyer in a "Carol and Sis" routine, and Vikki Carr sings her latest hit "With Pen in Hand," before joining her hostess in a scarecrow dance number. - Imogene Coca and Robert Goulet
E25Imogene Coca and Robert GouletImogene Coca and Miss Burnett play American school teachers in Rome, rhapsodizing to "If Love were All". The main sketch is a fairy tale spoof with Carol Burnett as Cinderumplewhite. Imogene Coca is the wicked witch and Robert Goulet is the handsome prince. Harvey Korman and Lyle Waggoner play the two-headed dragon that Goulet battles. Goulet solos "Didn't We" and Miss Cora sings "If Love Were All". - Edie Adams, Tim Conway, and Jimmie Rodgers
E27Edie Adams, Tim Conway, and Jimmie RodgersA newly taped segment is inserted into this repeat of the October 21, 1968 episode, where Rodgers sings his new hit record, "Today," and discusses his new series, "Carol Burnett Presents the Jimmie Rodgers Show," which premiered Monday, June 16, 1969.
