The Carol Burnett Show

Jim Nabors once again joins Carol on her opening show and they look back at his very first appearance; a spoof of "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" with Carol in the title role; Jim solos "Let Me Be There"; Conway plays an exhausted businessman in a noisy motel; "The Family" sits down for a game of "Monopoly" that ends up anything but friendly; and for the finale, a musical number, "Shipwreck in Tahiti".

Sammy plays a loan shark attempting to collect from uppity royalty, and in another skit is an oarsman on a slave ship. The company satirizes kitchen commercials, and Carol plays a spoiled socialite having her latest nervous breakdown. Sammy sings "What Became of Me?" and joins the cast for a medley of Broadway show tunes.

The major skit is a spoof of the 1944 film "National Velvet" with Carol as the girl who loves horses and Tim Conway as a trainer. Burnett and Lawrence do the musical numbers "I'm Not at All in Love", "A Wonderful Guy", and "I'm Not Getting Married Today". For the finale, a salute to Las Vegas with Carol as a snooty Hollywood actress, Harvey Korman a famous pianist, and Tim Conway as a bumbling escape artist.

Guest Madeline Kahn plays a director/actress rehearsing with Eunice for a part in a play in another installment of "The Family"; Mr. Tudball does battle with a recalcitrant coffee vending machine; Carol and Madeline duet on "Friend", and take part in the "That's Showbiz" parody of "That's Entertainment".

Steve Lawrence plays an unfunny nightclub comic with Carol as his wife, heckling him into being funny. Steve also sings "I Write the Songs." The finale is a medley comparing old standards (Carol and Steve) with new hits (Vicki Lawrence and a rock group).

Mr. Tudball (Tim) gets into trouble with a newly-installed door buzzer system, and Mrs. Wiggins (Carol) is no help; a filmmaker (guest Roddy McDowall) wreaks havoc while attempting to film a documentary about a live operation in a hospital; Vicki sings "Hollywood Seven"; two Brits (Carol, Roddy) have an encounter in a London elevator where they speak in one-word sentences; and Carol, Harvey and Roddy perform a musical salute to silent movie comedians.

A distraught driver visits the man she'd backed over in a parking lot. Kay performs "Boys and Girls Like You and Me". In "The Family" sketch, Mickey celebrates five years working with Ed by inviting everyone to his apartment for a Chinese dinner. Carol and Kay sing a medley of songs about rain.

Business professionals (Carol and Harvey) discuss his marriage proposal in the style of a business meeting. Dinah Shore sings "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover". Tim's plays the oldest living butcher with Harvey as an impatient customer. "Went With The Wind," a "Gone With The Wind" spoof features Carol as Starlet O'Hara, Vicki as Sissy, Tim as Brashley Wilkes, Dinah as Melody, and Harvey as Capt. Rat Butler. A musical salute to New Orleans with "Basin Street Blues" as the centerpiece.

Tim plays the world's oldest hot dog vendor; Ken Berry sings "Love Stolen"; Carol plays "Mildred Fierce" (a takeoff on the 1945 Joan Crawford film "Mildred Pierce"), with Vicki as her daughter and Harvey as her suitor; for the finale, a musical salute to Johnny Mercer.

Sketches include: a love-triangle set in England; a Mrs. Wiggins sketch; Tim Conway plays a doddering violin repairman. The Pointer Sisters perform "Havin' a Party". For the finale, a salute to Ray Charles.

The opening sketch, "Sleep No More My Lady", casts Tim Conway as a klutzy husband trying to keep the kitchen quiet for his sleep-deprived wife (Carol). Then Carol returns for "The Session" with Alan King playing her psychiatrist. The episode's grand finale is a musical-comedy salute to Warner Bros. films and choreographer Busby Berkeley.

In another installment of "The Family", Betty White plays Eunice's snooty sister who comes to help clean out the attic and ends up telling Eunice what became of her beloved pet rabbit, Fluffy. Betty also appears with Carol in a sketch abut two former cheerleaders attending a "Class of '32" reunion. She then joins the cast in a tribute to the Ziegfeld Follies.

Tim Conway plays a "tough" police detective interrogating a couple of suspects (Harvey and Vicki Lawrence). Carol, dressed completely in white, then sings "My Coloring Book," with Dick Van Dyke sloshing paint on her as she mentions an emotion and its appropriate color. The highlight of the show is "Little Miss Show Biz," a song-and-dance parody of 20th Century Fox musicals with Shirley Temple.

Mr. Tudball treats Mrs. Wiggins to a lunch in honor of National Secretary Week; Harvey tries to pick up a chick in a swinging singles bar, and Carol is looking for a man in the same bar; miniseries parody "Rich Lady, Broke Lady"; the musical highlight is a special lyrics version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas".

A takeoff on the Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson version of "A Star Is Born"; a group of scientists working on a vaccine for swine flu; and a sketch about a marriage with no romance left; Campbell sings "Southern Nights".

A couple bicker over a late-night "wrong number" phone call; a woman tries to liven up her life as a party is going on at the next apartment; the dancers perform a ballet to the music of "Nadia's Theme"; an inept, out-of-tune trio of musicians accompany an opera singer at a recital; a vacuum-cleaner salesman tries to peddle his wares to a housewife; and a "Late Late Late Show" presentation of "Torchy Song" (a spoof of the 1953 Joan Crawford film "Torch Song").

Mrs. Wiggins (Carol) has a millionaire date (guest Rock Hudson) for lunch, but she wants to dump him; Steve Lawrence sings "You Take My Heart Away"; a husband-and-wife news team bicker while anchoring a newscast; and a salute to the music of composer Jule Styne including including "People", "Together", "Small World" and "Everything's Coming up Roses".

In a "Tudball and Wiggins" skit, jealous Mrs. Tudball pays a surprise visit to her husband at the office; a man takes his wife out to dinner too soon after her recent nervous breakdown; two small-town girls arrive in the big city by bus and meet swingers posing as Hollywood moguls at the depot; Helen Reddy sings "Feelin' Too Good Today Blues" and does a medley of 1960s pop tunes with the cast.

Eunice prepares for an appearance on "The Gong Show" and bickers with Ed and Mama over the clothes she should wear for her appearance; Mr. Tudball tries to teach Mrs. Wiggins the ropes about Las Vegas gambling; a wealthy woman whose husband has been kidnapped is coached by a TV reporter who is interviewing her about the abduction; guest Eydie Gorme sings "What I Did for Love" and, for the finale, participates in a medley of movie music featuring such numbers as "Hooray for Hollywood", "Over the Rainbow", "San Francisco", "Born Free", "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "The Way We Were".

Guest Ben Vereen introduces his family during the opening question-and-answer segment; plays a divorce lawyer being courted in a restaurant by a bickering couple (Carol, Harvey); performs a musical number, "If You Believe"; and participates with the cast in a salute to composer Harold Arlen.

Ham actors Funt and Mundane's latest play is such a success that they're booked into larger and larger venues until they wind up in the massive "Astro-Bowl"; Tim plays the world's oldest ship skipper whose vessel crashes into everything; Hal performs "I Won't Last a Day Without You"; and a musical takeoff of "Show Boat".

Neil Sedaka takes part in another sketch of "kitchen commercials"; Tim plays the world's oldest-living airline baggage handler; a businessman summoned to an IRS meeting brags about how he outsmarted the government; and a sleepy housewife tries to get rid of late-staying guests.

Mr. Tudball has a hard time coordinating a fire-safety plan with Mrs. Wiggins before an inspector arrives; Tim plays a soldier stranded in a desert with a commanding officer who has a militant approach toward mirages; guest Ken Berry taps his way through "I Got Rhythm", and joins the cast in "Babes in Barns", a parody of 1930s Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland musicals.

Highlights of this 10th anniversary retrospective include: clips from prior shows, including the question-and-answer session of Carol's first show in 1967; her numerous array of characters including the Charwoman and Zelda; and vintage movie parodies and musical numbers with such guest stars as Mel Torme, Don Rickles, Vince Edwards, Steve Lawrence, Rock Hudson, Ken Berry, Mickey Rooney and Jim Nabors.