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Carol Burnett

Harvey Korman (1967-1977)

Lyle Waggoner (1967-1974)

Vicki Lawrence

Tim Conway (1975-1979)

The Ernest Platt Dancers

The Harry Zimmerman Orchestra (1967-1971)

The Peter Matz Orchestra (1971-1978)

Dick Van Dyke (1977)

Kenneth Mars (1979)

Craig Richard Nelson (1979)

United States

Ed Simmons - 90 episodes, 1971-1978

Arnie Rosen - 33 episodes, 1970-1973

Bill Angelos - 11 episodes, 1972-1973

Buz Kohan - 11 episodes, 1972-1973

Chris Jenkyns - unknown episodes

Dave Powers | Clark Jones

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September 11, 1967- September 8, 1979

Carol And Company

The Carol Burnett Show (1991)

"Carol's Theme" by Joe Hamilton

"It's Time to Say Goodbye"

Season 1 (1967–1968)

Jim Nabors | Sid Caesar | Liza Minnelli | Jonathan Winters | Eddie Albert | Lucille Ball | Tim Conway | Gloria Loring | Imogene Coca | Lainie Kazan | Phyllis Diller | Gwen Verdon | Bobbie Gentry | The Smothers Brothers | Diahann Carroll | Richard Kiley | Nanette Fabray | Sonny & Cher | Richard Chamberlain | Juliet Prowse | Martha Raye | Don Adams | Lesley Ann Warren | Barbara Eden | Leonard Nimoy | Mickey Rooney | John Davidson | Ella Fitzgerald | Lynn Redgrave | Mike Douglas | Lana Turner | Frank Gorshin | Trini Lopez | Ken Berry | George Chakiris | Shirley Jones | Dionne Warwick | Jack Palance | Betty Grable | Art Carney | Garry Moore | Durward Kirby | John Gary | Mel Tormé | Jack Jones | Soupy Sales | Peter Lawford | Minnie Pearl | Shani Wallis | Barbara McNair

Season 2 (1968–1969)

Jim Nabors | Martin Landau | Barbara Bain | Carol Channing | Nanette Fabray | Trini Lopez | George Gobel | Bobbie Gentry | Edie Adams | Tim Conway | Lucille Ball | Eddie Albert | Nancy Wilson | Mel Tormé | Don Rickles | Sid Caesar | Ella Fitzgerald | Garry Moore | Durward Kirby | Michele Lee | Flip Wilson | Imogene Coca | Vic Damone | Eileen Farrell | Marilyn Horne | Mickey Rooney | Emmaline Henry | Roland Winters | Perry Como | Martha Raye | Chita Rivera | Ken Berry | Shirley Jones | Soupy Sales | Barbara McNair | Ethel Merman | Ross Martin | John Davidson | Mike Douglas | Barrie Chase | Larry Hovis | Ronnie Schell | Vikki Carr | Robert Goulet | Jimmie Rodgers

Season 3 (1969–1970)

Jim Nabors | Nancy Wilson | Bernadette Peters | Steve Lawrence | Edward Villella | Bobbie Gentry | Ken Berry | Tim Conway | Kay Medford | Gwen Verdon| Pat Boone | Bing Crosby | Ella Fitzgerald | Rowan and Martin | Andy Griffith | Merv Griffin | Lucille Ball | George Carlin | Martha Raye | Garry Moore | Durward Kirby | Donald O'Connor | Kaye Stevens | Audrey Meadows | Nanette Fabray | Flip Wilson | Vikki Carr | Soupy Sales | Mel Tormé | Ronald Reagan | Barbara Feldon | Joan Rivers | Pat Carroll | Jack Jones | Jane Connell | Trini Lopez | Ronnie Schell | Peggy Lee | Michele Lee

Season 4 (1970–1971)

Jim Nabors| Cass Elliot | Pat Paulsen | Nanette Fabray | Steve Lawrence | Eydie Gormé | Joan Rivers | Ken Berry | Lucille Ball | Mel Tormé | Donald O'Connor | Bernadette Peters | Ricardo Montalban | Juliet Prowse | Martha Raye | Ross Martin | Dyan Cannon | Paul Lynde | Debbie Reynolds | Don Rickles | Durward Kirby | Pat Carroll | Robert Goulet | Rich Little | Art Carney | Jerry Lewis | Leslie Uggams | Michele Lee | Edward Villella | Violette Verdy | Rita Hayworth | Jim Bailey | Totie Fields | Chita Rivera | Bob Newhart | Tim Conway | Mike Douglas | David Frost | Eileen Farrell | Marilyn Horne

Season 5 (1971–1972)

Jim Nabors | Tim Conway | The Carpenters | Steve Lawrence | Carol Channing | Ken Berry | Cass Elliot | Peggy Lee | Dom DeLuise | Diahann Carroll | Bing Crosby | Paul Lynde | Bernadette Peters | Nanette Fabray | Mel Tormé | Eydie Gormé | Shecky Greene | Andy Griffith | Barbara McNair | Dionne Warwick | Dick Martin | Ray Charles | Vincent Price | Kaye Ballard | Burt-Reynolds | Jack Klugman | Tony Randall | Karen Black

Season 6 (1972–1973)

Jim Nabors | Carol Channing | Marty Feldman | Andy Griffith | Helen Reddy | Steve Lawrence | Paul Sand | Eydie Gormé | Jack Gilford | Joel Grey | Cass Elliot | Tim Conway | Pearl Bailey | Peggy Lee | Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara | Lily Tomlin | Ruth Buzzi | John Davidson | Ray Charles | Vincent Price | Carl Reiner | Melba Moore | Anthony Newley | Bernadette Peters | Jack Cassidy | Kaye Ballard | Petula Clark | John Byner | Valerie Harper | Ken Berry| | David Hartman | Paula Kelly | William Conrad

Season 7 (1973–1974)

Jim Nabors | Tim Conway | Charo | Petula Clark | Gloria Swanson | Helen Reddy | John Byner | Eydie Gormé | Paul Sand | Jack Weston | Ruth Buzzi | Richard Crenna | Anthony Newley | Dick Martin | Carl Reiner | Vincent Price | Joel Grey | Bernadette Peters | Roddy McDowall | The Jackson 5

Season 8 (1974–1975)

Jim Nabors | Steve Lawrence | James Coco | Jack Weston | Michele Lee | Telly Savalas | The Smothers Brothers | Eydie Gormé | Rich Little | Alan King | Lena Zavaroni | John Byner | Kenneth Mars | Helen Reddy | Maggie Smith | Tim Conway | Carl Reiner | Ken Berry | Alan Alda | Vincent Price | Joan Rivers | William Conrad | The Jackson 5 | The Pointer Sisters | Rock Hudson | Nancy Walker | Wayne Rogers | Buddy Ebsen | Roddy McDowall | Bernadette Peters | Sally Struthers | Jean Stapleton | Phil Silvers

Season 9 (1975–1976)

Jim Nabors | Sammy Davis Jr. | Cher | Shirley MacLaine | Bernadette Peters | Maggie Smith | The Pointer Sisters | Roddy McDowall | Betty White | Eydie Gormé | Jessica Walter | Steve Lawrence | Rita Moreno | Emmett Kelly | The Jacksons | Joanne Woodward | Dick Van Dyke | Tony Randall | Jack Klugman

Season 10 (1976–1977)

Jim Nabors | Sammy Davis Jr. | Madeline Kahn | Steve Lawrence | Roddy McDowall | Dinah Shore | Ken Berry | The Pointer Sisters | Alan King | Betty White | Dick Van Dyke | Glen Campbell | Rock Hudson | Helen Reddy | Eydie Gormé | Ben Vereen | Hal Linden | Neil Sedaka

Season 11 (1977–1978)

Jim Nabors | Steve Lawrence | Nancy Dussault | Ken Berry | Ben Vereen | Bernadette Peters | Rock Hudson |Helen Reddy | Roddy McDowall | Eydie Gormé | Captain and Tennille | Natalie Cole | Betty White | Steve Martin | James Garner

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Directors Guild of America, USA

1974 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety Dave Powers

1968 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Clark Jones

Emmy Awards

1978 Won Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Special Musical Material Stan Freeman & Arthur Malvin (music/lyrics) for: the mini-musical "Hi-Hat" (episode on 8 January 1978)

1978 Won Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Series Tucker Wiard (Editor) for: episode "The Final Show" (29 March 1978)

1978 Won Emmy Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music Tim Conway

1978 Won Emmy Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Dave Powers (Director) for: episode with Steve Martin and Betty White (5 March 1978)

1978 Won Emmy Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Ed Simmons | Roger Beatty | Rick Hawkins | Liz Sage | Bob Illes | James R. Stein | Franelle Silver | Larry Siegel | Tim Conway | Bill Richmond | Gene Perret | Dick Clair | Jenna McMahon (Writers) for: episode with Steve Martin, Betty White (5 March 1978)

1978 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Ernie Flatt (choreographer) for: episode "The Final Show" (29 March 1978)

1978 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Art Direction for a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Paul Barnes | Bob Sansom (Art Directors) | Bill Harp (Set Decorator) for: episode "The Final Show" (29 March 1978)

1978 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series Joe Hamilton (Executive Producer) | Ed Simmons (Producer) | Carol Burnett (Star)

1978 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Ed Simmons | Roger Beatty | Elias Davis | David Pollock | Rick Hawkins | Liz Sage | Adele Styler | Burt Styler | Tim Conway | Bill Richmond | Gene Perret | Dick Clair | Jenna McMahon (Writers) - For episode with Ken Berry (26 March 1977)

1977 Won Emmy Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music Tim Conway

1977 Won Emmy Outstanding Directing in a Comedy - Variety or Music Series Dave Powers (Director) for: episode with Eydie Gormé on 12 February 1977

1977 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Ernie Flatt (Choreographer) for: episode with The Pointer Sisters

1977 Won Emmy Outstanding Art Direction or Scenic Design for a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Paul Barnes & Bob Sansom (Art Directors) | Bill Harp (Set Decorator) for: episode with Glen Campbell

1977 Won Emmy Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series Joe Hamilton (Executive Producer) | Ed Simmons (Producer) | Carol Burnett (Star)

1977 Won Emmy Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music Harvey Korman

1977 Won Emmy Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music Vicki Lawrence

1977 Won Emmy Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Ed Simmons | Roger Beatty | Elias Davis | David Pollock | Rick Hawkins | Liz Sage | Adele Styler | Burt Styler | Tim Conway | Bill Richmond | Gene Perret | Dick Clair | Jenna McMahon (Writers) for: episode with Eydie Gormé

1976 Won Emmy Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music Vicki Lawrence for: the episode on 7 February 1976

1976 Won Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Musical Material Ken Welch | Mitzie Welch | Arthur Malvin for: "Cinderella Gets It On" for: episode on 29 November 1975 (with The Pointer Sisters)

1976 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - Single Episode of a Comedy-Variety or Music Series or a Comedy-Variety or Music Special Paul Barnes & Bob Sansom (Art Directors) | Bill Harp (Set Decorator) for: the episode on 31 January 1976 (with The Pointer Sisters)

1976 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Ernie Flatt for: the episode on 25 March 1975 (with Roddy McDowall and Bernadette Peters)

1976 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series Joe Hamilton (Writer Producer) | Ed Simmons (Producer) | Carol Burnett (Host)

1976 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music Tim Conway for: the episode on 15 November 1975

1976 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music Harvey Korman

1976 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Dave Powers for: episode on 18 October 1975

1976 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Ed Simmons | Gary Belkin | Roger Beatty | Bill Richmond | Gene Perret | Arnie Kogen | Ray Jessel | Rudy De Luca | Barry Levinson | Dick Clair | Jenna McMahon - for: episode on 13 September 1975 with Jim Nabors

1976 Nominated Emmy Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement Arthur Malvin | Ken Welch | Mitzie Welchfor: the mini musical in the Irvin Berlin finale on 11 October 1975

1975 Won Emmy Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series - Joe Hamilton (Writer Producer) | Ed Simmons (Producer) | Carol Burnett (Star)

1975 Won Emmy Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Dave Powers for: episode with Alan Alda

1975 Won Emmy Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Ed Simmons | Gary Belkin | Roger Beatty | Bill Richmond | Gene Perret | Arnie Kogen | Ray Jessel | Rudy De Luca | Barry Levinson | Dick Clair | Jenna McMahon - For episode with Alan Alda - Ed Simmons | Gary Belkin | Roger Beatty | Bill Richmond | Gene Perret | Arnie Kogen | Ray Jessel | Rudy De Luca | Barry Levinson | Dick Clair | Jenna McMahon

1975 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music Tim Conway

1975 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music Vicki Lawrence for: episode on 9 November 1974

1974 Won Emmy Best Directing in Variety or Music Dave Powers for: "The Australia Show"

1974 Won Emmy Best Supporting Actor in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Harvey Korman

1974 Won Emmy Best Writing in Variety or Music Ed Simmons | Gary Belkin | Roger Beatty | Arnie Kogen | Bill Richmond | Gene Perret | Rudy De Luca | Barry Levinson | Dick Clair | Jenna McMahon | Barry Harman for: episode with Tim Conway and Bernadette Peters

1974 Won Emmy Outstanding Music-Variety Series Joe Hamilton (Writer Producer) | Ed Simmons | Carol Burnett (Star)

1974 Nominated Emmy Best Music Direction of a Variety, Music or Dramatic Program Peter Matzfor: episode "The Australia Show"

1974 Nominated Emmy Best Supporting Actor in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Tim Conway for: episode with Tim Conway and 'Petula Clark'

1974 Nominated Emmy Best Supporting Actress in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Vicki Lawrence

1974 Nominated Emmy Best Writing in Variety or Music Stan Hart | Larry Siegel | Gail Parent | Heywood Kling | Roger Beatty | Tom Patchett | Jay Tarses | Robert Hilliard | Arnie Kogen | Buz Kohan | Bill Angelos for: "The Family Show"

1974 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Ernie Flatt for: episode "The Australia Show"

1973 Won Emmy Outstanding Achievement by a Supporting Performer in Music or Variety Tim Conway

1973 Won Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction of a Variety, Musical or Dramatic Program - Peter Matz for: episode with 'Anthony Newley' and Bernadette Peters

1973 Won Emmy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music Stan Hart | Larry Siegel | Gail Parent | Heywood Kling | Roger Beatty | Tom Patchett | Jay Tarses | Robert Hilliard | Arnie Kogen | Bill Angelos | Buz Kohan for: episode with Steve Lawrence and Lily Tomlin

1973 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement by a Supporting Performer in Music or Variety Harvey Korman

1973 Won Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Ernie Flatt (choreographer) for: episode "Family Show"

197 Won Emmy Outstanding Variety Musical Series Joe Hamilton (Writer Producer) | Bill Angelos, Buz Kohan, Arnie Rosen (Producers) | Carol Burnett (Star)

1972 Won Emmy Outstanding Achievement by a Performer in Music or Variety Harvey Korman

1972 Won Emmy Outstanding Variety Series – Musical Joe Hamilton (Writer Producer) | Arnie Rosen (Producer) | Carol Burnett (Star)

1972 Won Emmy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music Don Hinkley | Stan Hart | Larry Siegel | Roger Beatty | Heywood Kling | Art Baer | Ben Joelson | Stan Burns | Mike Marmer | Arnie Rosen for: episode with Tim Conway and Ray Charles

1972 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Musical or Variety Single Program of a Series or a Special Program Paul Barnes & Bob Sansom (art Directors) | Bill Harp (set decorator) for: episode with Vincent Price and Eydie Gormé

1972 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Ernie Flatt (Choreographer)for: episode with Mel Tormé and Nanette Fabray

1972 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music Dave Powers for: episode with Carol Channing and Steve Lawrence

1971 Won Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Ernie Flatt for: episode with Nanette Fabray and Ken Berry

1971 Won Emmy Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement – Individuals Harvey Korman

1971 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Variety Series – Musical Joe Hamilton & Arnie Rosen (Producers) | Carol Burnett (Star)

1971 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music Arthur Julian, Don Hinkley, Jack Mendelsohn, Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Heywood Kling, Roger Beatty, Arnie Rosen, Kenny Solms & Gail Parent (Writers) for: episode with Rita Hayworth

1970 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design for a Variety Single Program of a Series or a Special Program Paul Barnes & Bob Sansom (Art Directors) | Bill Harp (Set Decorator) for: episode with Steve Lawrence and Edward Villella

1970 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Variety or Musical Series Joe Hamilton (Producer) | Carol Burnett (Star)

1969 Won Emmy Special Classification Achievements - Individuals (Variety Performances) Harvey Korman

1969 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Visual Arts Bob Mackie (Costume Designer)

1969 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Variety or Musical Series Joe Hamilton (Producer) | Carol Burnett (Star)

1969 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music Arnie Rosen | Stan Burns | Mike Marmer | Hal Goldman | Al Gordon | Don Hinkley | Gail Parent | Kenny Solms | Bill Angelos | Buz Kohan

1968 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Musical or Variety Series Joe Hamilton (Producer)

1968 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Music or Variety Bill Angelos | Stan Burns | Don Hinkley | Buz Kohan | Mike Marmer | Gail Parent | Arnie Rosen | Kenny Solms | Saul Turteltaub

Golden Globes, USA

1979 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy Carol Burnett

1978 Won Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy Carol Burnett

1978 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV-Series - Musical/Comedy

1977 Won Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy Carol Burnett

1977 Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor – Television Tim Conway

1977 Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress – Television Vicki Lawrence

1977 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV-Series - Musical/Comedy

1976 on Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor – Television Tim Conway. Tied with Edward Asner for: "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970)

1976 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy Carol Burnett

1975 Won Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor – Television Harvey Korman

1975 Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress – Television Vicki Lawrence

1975 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy Carol Burnett

1975 ominated Golden Globe Best TV Show - Musical/Comedy

1974 Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor – Television Harvey Korman

1974 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy Carol Burnett

1974 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Show - Musical/Comedy

1973 Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor – Television Harvey Korman

1973 Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress – Television Vicki Lawrence

1973 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy Carol Burnett

1972 Won Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy Carol Burnett

1972 Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor – Television Harvey Korman

1972 – Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Show - Musical/Comedy

1971 Won Golden Globe Best TV Show - Musical/Comedy

1971 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy Carol Burnett

1970 Won Golden Globe Best TV Actress - Musical/Comedy Carol Burnett. Tied with Julie Sommars for: The Governor & J.J. (1969)

1970 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Show - Musical/Comedy

1969 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Show

1968 Won Golden Globe Best TV Star – Female Carol Burnett

1968 Nominated Golden Globe Best TV Show

People’s Choice Awards

1978 Won People's Choice Award Favorite TV Variety Program

1977 Won People's Choice Award Favorite TV Variety Program

1975 Won People's Choice Award Favorite TV Variety Program

TV Land Awards

2005 Won Legend Award Carol Burnett | Tim Conway | Harvey Korman | Vicki Lawrence | Lyle Waggoner | Bob Mackie (Costume Designer)

2003 Won TV Land Award Favorite Variety Show

2003 Nominated TV Land Award Favorite Second Banana - Tim Conway | Harvey Korman

Writers Guild of America, USA

1979 Nominated WGA Award (TV) Variety Script, Musical or Comedy Roger Beatty | Rick Hawkins | Liz Sage | Bob Illes | James R. Stein | Franelle Silver | Larry Siegel | Tim Conway | Bill Richmond | Gene Perret | Dick Clair | Jenna McMahon | Ed Simmons (Supervising) for: episode with Steve Martin and Betty White

1978 Nominated WGA Award (TV) Variety: Series or Special: Musical or Comedy Ed Simmons | Roger Beatty | Rick Hawkins | Liz Sage | Bob Illes | James R. Stein | Franelle Silver | Larry Siegel | Tim Conway | Bill Richmond | Gene Perret | Dick Clair | Jenna McMahon

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In an era in which variety shows were rapidly disappearing from television, The Carol Burnett Show survived for more than a decade. The life span for other variety series in the 1970s rarely exceeded two seasons, and their total number had dwindled substantially from the heyday of variety shows in the 1950s. Only Carol managed to remain popular and successful. The small nucleus of her regular cast remained constant for several years, with none of her original supporting troupes leaving until 1974. Their chemistry helped hold the show together. The binding force, however, was Carol, one of television's most versatile variety performers, who could sing, dance, act, clown, and mime with equal facility.

Over the years certain basic aspects of the show remained the same. There was one point in each telecast, usually at the beginning, when Carol and the evening's guest star would answer questions from the studio audience. There were comedy sketches that spoofed TV series, popular movies, or other forms of mass entertainment. Among Carol's extensive repertoire of comic characterizations were a few recurring sketches that persisted for years. In "Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins" she played an inept, blonde office worker with a frustrated, ever-suffering boss played by Tim Conway. In "Ed & Eunice" (which several years later ran as a series titled Mama's Family on NBC) she and Harvey Korman were an uptight married couple constantly at odds with Eunice's mother, played by Vicki Lawrence. In "Old Folks at Home" Carol and Roger played by Miss Burnett and Harvey Korman, were an unhappily married couple who fought almost all the time and had problems with Carol's kid sister Chrissy, played by Vicki Lawrence (who, disconcertingly, looked enough like Carol to really have been her sister). "As the Stomach Turns" was a continuing soap-opera satire.

Jim Nabors, one of Carol's close friends, was her good-luck charm and always appeared as the guest star on the opening telecast of each season. Tim Conway, who had been a frequent guest in The Carol Burnett Show’s early years, joined the regular cast in the fall of 1975. Harvey Korman decided to leave the series in the spring of 1977, a loss that was felt deeply by Carol, who had worked so well with him for so long: The resulting need for a strong lead actor-comic was met by Dick Van Dyke, who was assigned to be Carol's co-star that fall.

The chemistry that had existed between Carol and Harvey Korman was not present with her new co-star and Dick Van Dyke left the show only three months after he had arrived. For the first time in years, Carol's ratings faltered, forcing the move to Sunday nights in December of 1977. Semi-regular guest stars Ken Berry and Steve Lawrence tried to help fin the void caused by the lack of a strong male lead, but by the following spring, after eleven years on the air, Carol decided to give up the weekly grind. In a special two-hour finale, on March 29, 1978, highlights from past shows were intermixed with new material.

This was not quite the end, however. Re-runs were aired during the summer of 1978 and during the summer of 1979 four new episodes were produced for ABC featuring two new regulars, and aired under the title Carol Burnett & Company. Also in 1979, the comedy sketches (only) from the original CBS programs were edited into a series of half-hour shows and syndicated to local stations to be re-run under the title Carol Burnett and Friends.

The show was taped twice each week and the best of both were edited together.

After Jim Nabors appearance on the premiere episode, Carol Burnett had him as the guest for each seasons first show as she considered him her "good luck charm".

At the end of the final show of the first season, Carol Burnett appeared as her "washerwoman" character, and walked out of the theater, every seat empty save for a bald man who had fallen asleep in his seat. In a touching gesture, she stopped by him, leaned over, kissed him on his scalp, and walked out the doors of the back of the theater. It was so well-received that every subsequent season ending, the scene was repeated with a bald actor in the audience. At the end of the last show of the series, she walked out to the back of the stage (amid the wild applause of the audience) and kissed a similarly "sleeping" security guard.

Harvey Korman can briefly be seen at the end of the final episode as he is leaving the theater even though he left the cast the previous season.

Carol Burnett is perhaps best remembered however, ending the show by tugging on her ear, which was a way to say "hello" to her grandmother, who had raised her.

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Lyrics from the closing theme song:

I'm so glad we had this time together
Just to have a laugh or sing a song
Seems we just got started and before you know it
Comes the time we have to say, 'So long.'

Carol Bradford: When we were first married you wanted my meatloaf five nights a week.
Roger Bradford: When we were first married there were a lot of things I wanted five nights a week.

Reginald: Ms. Marble, I really must insist you stop snooping around. I simply will not tolerate a busybody.
Ms. Marble: Busybody? Busybody, you say? My body hasn't been busy in over 40 years.

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