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aleister_greynight [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 6:21:46 PM  
Who?
 
grokca [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 6:27:09 PM  

aleister_greynight: Who?


I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 6:41:40 PM  

aleister_greynight: Who?


One of the greatest comedians ever.  She was even on a Twilight Zone episode.
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-26 6:49:45 PM  

grokca: aleister_greynight: Who?

I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"


*tugs ear*
 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 6:53:23 PM  

grokca: aleister_greynight: Who?

I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"


The Carol Burnett Show was required viewing for the family when I was growing up, as was Laugh In, The Flip Wilson Show, Sonny and Cher and All in the Family. Probably missing a few but it was a time of great comedy shows.
 
elvisaintdead [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-26 9:19:01 PM  

aleister_greynight: Who?


bless your heart.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 9:23:58 PM  
You could pee yourself at any age watching her show in the day, and it was forgivable.
 
BorgiaGinz
2023-01-26 10:28:46 PM  
Watchcing The Carol Burnett Show was like watching a Broadway show in your living room on Saturday night. The show had a resident dance troupe and a live orchestra and terrific guest stars. 
Cinderella Gets It On From The Carol Burnett Show (full sketch)
Youtube sYFprizVGh0
 
aleister_greynight [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 10:31:57 PM  

grokca: aleister_greynight: Who?

I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"


I'll stay off your lawn, but I also think sports are idiotic...
 
moothemagiccow
2023-01-26 10:32:07 PM  

aleister_greynight: Who?


old lady from better call saul
cdn.images.express.co.ukView Full Size
 
Unsung_Hero
2023-01-26 10:33:51 PM  
While Carol's a treasure, and certainly very talented... for me she the prime reason she's special is she put Tim Conway on her variety show.

My wife and I watch all the classic Conway sketches every year.  We can lip sync with the Elephant Sketch until we inevitably break down in laughter.
 
Unsung_Hero
2023-01-26 10:34:49 PM  
Also... if you're reading this and you have yet to see the Elephant Sketch, find it on YouTube or something.  If you don't at least crack a big grin you're not entirely human.
 
Peter von Nostrand
2023-01-26 10:38:14 PM  
I'm honestly not sure you can find a better supporting cast. Up and down, the line up. Harvey korman, Tim Conway, etc. Just top notch comedy. And it was genuine. You could watch the show and realize they thought it was as funny as everyone else and could tell they were having just as much fun as anyone else.
 
Unsung_Hero
2023-01-26 10:39:56 PM  

Peter von Nostrand: I'm honestly not sure you can find a better supporting cast. Up and down, the line up. Harvey korman, Tim Conway, etc. Just top notch comedy. And it was genuine. You could watch the show and realize they thought it was as funny as everyone else and could tell they were having just as much fun as anyone else.


I think at least 10% of my enjoyment of the show came from watching them try to crack each other up mid-skit, and all the biggest laughs came when someone succeeded.
 
Peter von Nostrand
2023-01-26 10:42:39 PM  

Unsung_Hero: Peter von Nostrand: I'm honestly not sure you can find a better supporting cast. Up and down, the line up. Harvey korman, Tim Conway, etc. Just top notch comedy. And it was genuine. You could watch the show and realize they thought it was as funny as everyone else and could tell they were having just as much fun as anyone else.

I think at least 10% of my enjoyment of the show came from watching them try to crack each other up mid-skit, and all the biggest laughs came when someone succeeded.


Oh yeah. You could tell they spent time figuring out how to fark with each other but stay within the boundaries of the script and show.
 
Mikey1969 [OhFark]
2023-01-26 10:47:27 PM  

aleister_greynight: grokca: aleister_greynight: Who?

I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"

I'll stay off your lawn, but I also think sports are idiotic...


Fine, this isn't sports, try and stay on farking topic. This isn't even CLOSE to sports, so if that's your biatch, why bring it up here. We get it, you're edgy, you don't have BT like sports. Nobody farking cares, because nobody here is farking TALKING about sports, athletes, nothing sports related. Get it? Do you need someone to hold your hand and walk you through the scary world of the difference between a comedienne and a farking football player?
 
chitownmike
2023-01-26 10:48:25 PM  

vudukungfu: You could pee yourself at any age watching her show in the day, and it was forgivable.


The show was on at night
 
Mikey1969 [OhFark]
2023-01-26 10:51:57 PM  

Peter von Nostrand: I'm honestly not sure you can find a better supporting cast. Up and down, the line up. Harvey korman, Tim Conway, etc. Just top notch comedy. And it was genuine. You could watch the show and realize they thought it was as funny as everyone else and could tell they were having just as much fun as anyone else.


Variety shows were huge in the 60s and 70s because all of the true talent was either originally a vaudevilian, or were brought up studying the same.

We've lost that. I mentioned this a few years ago, and someine pointed to Joseph Gordon Leavitt and Justin Timberlake, but that's about it. They could do comedy, straight acting, sing, dance, all right there, and all switching from one to the other live.

We don't have that any more, and I miss it. And when the Osbournes tried one, it flopped. Carol Burnett was spectacular, and she's still an awesome talent. We have actors who can sing or dance as well as act, but it's not the same.
 
moothemagiccow
2023-01-26 10:52:05 PM  

Mikey1969: aleister_greynight: grokca: aleister_greynight: Who?

I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"

I'll stay off your lawn, but I also think sports are idiotic...

Fine, this isn't sports, try and stay on farking topic. This isn't even CLOSE to sports, so if that's your biatch, why bring it up here. We get it, you're edgy, you don't have BT like sports. Nobody farking cares, because nobody here is farking TALKING about sports, athletes, nothing sports related. Get it? Do you need someone to hold your hand and walk you through the scary world of the difference between a comedienne and a farking football player?


It's not thanksgiving, grandpa, calm the fark down
 
chitownmike
2023-01-26 11:03:17 PM  

Mikey1969: aleister_greynight: grokca: aleister_greynight: Who?

I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"

I'll stay off your lawn, but I also think sports are idiotic...

Fine, this isn't sports, try and stay on farking topic. This isn't even CLOSE to sports, so if that's your biatch, why bring it up here. We get it, you're edgy, you don't have BT like sports. Nobody farking cares, because nobody here is farking TALKING about sports, athletes, nothing sports related. Get it? Do you need someone to hold your hand and walk you through the scary world of the difference between a comedienne and a farking football player?


Well, now it's about sports. You said sports a lot
 
saturn badger [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-26 11:03:53 PM  

AlwaysRightBoy: grokca: aleister_greynight: Who?

I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"

The Carol Burnett Show was required viewing for the family when I was growing up, as was Laugh In, The Flip Wilson Show, Sonny and Cher and All in the Family. Probably missing a few but it was a time of great comedy shows.


Don't forget The Smothers Brothers!

/they were great when I saw them live
 
rc3ntexas
2023-01-26 11:06:06 PM  

aleister_greynight: grokca: aleister_greynight: Who?

I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"

I'll stay off your lawn, but I also think sports are idiotic...


Then why do you have the Weeners in a thread over on the sports tab?
 
Jeebus Saves
2023-01-26 11:06:33 PM  

Mikey1969: Peter von Nostrand: I'm honestly not sure you can find a better supporting cast. Up and down, the line up. Harvey korman, Tim Conway, etc. Just top notch comedy. And it was genuine. You could watch the show and realize they thought it was as funny as everyone else and could tell they were having just as much fun as anyone else.

Variety shows were huge in the 60s and 70s because all of the true talent was either originally a vaudevilian, or were brought up studying the same.

We've lost that. I mentioned this a few years ago, and someine pointed to Joseph Gordon Leavitt and Justin Timberlake, but that's about it. They could do comedy, straight acting, sing, dance, all right there, and all switching from one to the other live.

We don't have that any more, and I miss it. And when the Osbournes tried one, it flopped. Carol Burnett was spectacular, and she's still an awesome talent. We have actors who can sing or dance as well as act, but it's not the same.


There's a subtle, intelligent humor that's pretty much gone.  You had to think a second to get the joke.  Carol Burnett and the rest of the cast knew how to do it.  At the same time, they could telegraph a joke and still make it funny.  People like that are timeless.  When you saw them crack, you knew it was going to be good.

We need more 3 Stooges.

Whatever.
 
Mikey1969 [OhFark]
2023-01-26 11:24:10 PM  

moothemagiccow: Mikey1969: aleister_greynight: grokca: aleister_greynight: Who?

I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"

I'll stay off your lawn, but I also think sports are idiotic...

Fine, this isn't sports, try and stay on farking topic. This isn't even CLOSE to sports, so if that's your biatch, why bring it up here. We get it, you're edgy, you don't have BT like sports. Nobody farking cares, because nobody here is farking TALKING about sports, athletes, nothing sports related. Get it? Do you need someone to hold your hand and walk you through the scary world of the difference between a comedienne and a farking football player?

It's not thanksgiving, grandpa, calm the fark down


That's right. Threadjacking is totes cool. Carry on...
 
Magnus Eisengrim
2023-01-26 11:25:09 PM  

aleister_greynight: Who?


Unlike the others, I just feel profound sadness and pity for you.
 
BorgiaGinz
2023-01-26 11:26:48 PM  

Unsung_Hero: While Carol's a treasure, and certainly very talented... for me she the prime reason she's special is she put Tim Conway on her variety show.

My wife and I watch all the classic Conway sketches every year.  We can lip sync with the Elephant Sketch until we inevitably break down in laughter.


Carol Burnett Show outtakes - Tim Conway's Elephant Story
Youtube 3qqE_WmagjY
 
Mikey1969 [OhFark]
2023-01-26 11:26:50 PM  

Jeebus Saves: Mikey1969: Peter von Nostrand: I'm honestly not sure you can find a better supporting cast. Up and down, the line up. Harvey korman, Tim Conway, etc. Just top notch comedy. And it was genuine. You could watch the show and realize they thought it was as funny as everyone else and could tell they were having just as much fun as anyone else.

Variety shows were huge in the 60s and 70s because all of the true talent was either originally a vaudevilian, or were brought up studying the same.

We've lost that. I mentioned this a few years ago, and someine pointed to Joseph Gordon Leavitt and Justin Timberlake, but that's about it. They could do comedy, straight acting, sing, dance, all right there, and all switching from one to the other live.

We don't have that any more, and I miss it. And when the Osbournes tried one, it flopped. Carol Burnett was spectacular, and she's still an awesome talent. We have actors who can sing or dance as well as act, but it's not the same.

There's a subtle, intelligent humor that's pretty much gone.  You had to think a second to get the joke.  Carol Burnett and the rest of the cast knew how to do it.  At the same time, they could telegraph a joke and still make it funny.  People like that are timeless.  When you saw them crack, you knew it was going to be good.

We need more 3 Stooges.

Whatever.


No, 3 Stooges weren't intellectual comedy. Marx Brothers, sure, but 3 stooges were just slapstick.

But it still takes talent to tell stupid jokes and actually be good at it. That's what the Stooges could do. But I don't think there was a single Stooges bit that made you think about the joke for a second... Even then, they were better than most modern comedy.
 
Missicat [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 11:39:36 PM  

Unsung_Hero: Also... if you're reading this and you have yet to see the Elephant Sketch, find it on YouTube or something.  If you don't at least crack a big grin you're not entirely human.


Also watch the Gone With the wind episode (Went with the Wind?). Still laugh so hard I cry at that one.
"I just saw it in the window "
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 11:41:07 PM  

aleister_greynight: Who?


Really?  She was on Mama's Family...she played Mama:

Fark user imageView Full Size
 
bingethinker [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 12:01:20 AM  
TIL Carol Burnett is still alive. Cool.
 
ozarkmatt
2023-01-27 12:04:40 AM  
BorgiaGinz:

My wife and I watch all the classic Conway sketches every year.  We can lip sync with the Elephant Sketch until we inevitably break down in laughter.

Who gets the line "Is that little asshole done yet?"
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 12:07:21 AM  

Mikey1969: Jeebus Saves: Mikey1969: Peter von Nostrand: I'm honestly not sure you can find a better supporting cast. Up and down, the line up. Harvey korman, Tim Conway, etc. Just top notch comedy. And it was genuine. You could watch the show and realize they thought it was as funny as everyone else and could tell they were having just as much fun as anyone else.

Variety shows were huge in the 60s and 70s because all of the true talent was either originally a vaudevilian, or were brought up studying the same.

We've lost that. I mentioned this a few years ago, and someine pointed to Joseph Gordon Leavitt and Justin Timberlake, but that's about it. They could do comedy, straight acting, sing, dance, all right there, and all switching from one to the other live.

We don't have that any more, and I miss it. And when the Osbournes tried one, it flopped. Carol Burnett was spectacular, and she's still an awesome talent. We have actors who can sing or dance as well as act, but it's not the same.

There's a subtle, intelligent humor that's pretty much gone.  You had to think a second to get the joke.  Carol Burnett and the rest of the cast knew how to do it.  At the same time, they could telegraph a joke and still make it funny.  People like that are timeless.  When you saw them crack, you knew it was going to be good.

We need more 3 Stooges.

Whatever.

No, 3 Stooges weren't intellectual comedy. Marx Brothers, sure, but 3 stooges were just slapstick.

But it still takes talent to tell stupid jokes and actually be good at it. That's what the Stooges could do. But I don't think there was a single Stooges bit that made you think about the joke for a second... Even then, they were better than most modern comedy.


And it is definitely possible to enjoy the Three Stooges and smart comedy....glad that I do.
 
frankb00th
2023-01-27 12:24:52 AM  
Q and A with Carol Burnett
Youtube ar3BCMhjn4A

The real article.
I find her insanely attractive as well.
 
Truthman
2023-01-27 1:30:51 AM  
This is one of those things that I feel is pointless to try and explain to anyone to young to have seen the show at the time.

Its essentially vaudeville, with humor that's a combination of Borscht Belt and  Mel Brooks (for reference, C. Burnett was NOT riding on anyone's coattails).

The show was, and is, hilarious, but definitely of its time.
 
BorgiaGinz
2023-01-27 1:44:16 AM  

Mikey1969: Peter von Nostrand: I'm honestly not sure you can find a better supporting cast. Up and down, the line up. Harvey korman, Tim Conway, etc. Just top notch comedy. And it was genuine. You could watch the show and realize they thought it was as funny as everyone else and could tell they were having just as much fun as anyone else.

Variety shows were huge in the 60s and 70s because all of the true talent was either originally a vaudevilian, or were brought up studying the same.

We've lost that. I mentioned this a few years ago, and someine pointed to Joseph Gordon Leavitt and Justin Timberlake, but that's about it. They could do comedy, straight acting, sing, dance, all right there, and all switching from one to the other live.

We don't have that any more, and I miss it. And when the Osbournes tried one, it flopped. Carol Burnett was spectacular, and she's still an awesome talent. We have actors who can sing or dance as well as act, but it's not the same.


I think it also helped that there only 3 channels back then so the audience would be familiar with the guest stars because they were usually drawn from pop music or TV shows. "Tonight's guests are Bette White, Vincent Price, and  Bernadette Peters!" That well of talent just doesn't exist today.

Also, the costs of producing a weekly variety show would be prohibitively expensive today, especially considering that broadcast TV is essentially a dying medium with a much diminished audience.
 
jerryskid [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-01-27 1:57:55 AM  

aleister_greynight: Who?


Are you an owl or just someone who's ignorant of real comedians? Perhaps you years of dane cook have just taught you what humor is not.
 
Pfighting Polish
2023-01-27 2:04:54 AM  
I know there's a lot of love for the elephant story, but the best version of it was an outtake.

My favorite Tim Conway moment is the dentist sketch. Conway himself cracks near the end, but for him to get Korman to crack as much as he does feels like one of comedy's greatest accomplishments. Conway just sells it so damn well. Amazing stuff.

The Dentist from The Carol Burnett Show (full sketch)
Youtube 9IUSM4EKcRI
 
BizarreMan [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 2:21:05 AM  

Truthman: This is one of those things that I feel is pointless to try and explain to anyone to young to have seen the show at the time.

Its essentially vaudeville, with humor that's a combination of Borscht Belt and  Mel Brooks (for reference, C. Burnett was NOT riding on anyone's coattails).

The show was, and is, hilarious, but definitely of its time.


Chicago PBS airs episodes weekly.  We skip the song and dance numbers, but the sketches are still funny as hell.
 
hammerswork
2023-01-27 2:30:04 AM  

The_Sponge: aleister_greynight: Who?

Really?  She was on Mama's Family...she played Mama:

[Fark user image 425x576]


Wasn't that Vicki Lawrence?
 
skybird659 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 3:04:41 AM  

aleister_greynight: grokca: aleister_greynight: Who?

I think I speak for most of us when I say "Get off our farking lawns!"

I'll stay off your lawn, but I also think sports are idiotic...


Of course they are! They tear up your lawn!
 
Alphax
2023-01-27 3:10:39 AM  
Only if she wants it to happen, of course.
 
Huck And Molly Ziegler
2023-01-27 3:28:51 AM  
I, for one, will not be satisfied until she does her Tarzan Yell.

And how come NBC is doing it? I thought you couldn't spell "Carol Burnett Show" without C B S. Was the Tiffany Network uninterested, or is this some ecumenical thing where NBC doesn't mind touting a CBS legend?
 
Badafuco [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 3:46:46 AM  

BorgiaGinz: Unsung_Hero: While Carol's a treasure, and certainly very talented... for me she the prime reason she's special is she put Tim Conway on her variety show.

My wife and I watch all the classic Conway sketches every year.  We can lip sync with the Elephant Sketch until we inevitably break down in laughter.

[YouTube video: Carol Burnett Show outtakes - Tim Conway's Elephant Story]


Came for the Tim Conway elephant story.

Leaving satisfied.
 
Badafuco [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 3:57:12 AM  

ozarkmatt: BorgiaGinz:

My wife and I watch all the classic Conway sketches every year.  We can lip sync with the Elephant Sketch until we inevitably break down in laughter.

Who gets the line "Is that little asshole done yet?"


Because Mama was trying to say her lines but Conway just kept talking about elephants. So when Carol says, "C'mon Mama" for her to read her lines, Mama says, "You sure that little asshole is through?" Meaning is he done talking about elephants yet??
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 5:21:43 AM  

hammerswork: The_Sponge: aleister_greynight: Who?

Really?  She was on Mama's Family...she played Mama:

[Fark user image 425x576]

Wasn't that Vicki Lawrence?


Correct.  But IIRC, quite a few people would get them mixed up.
 
Unsung_Hero
2023-01-27 7:14:46 AM  

Badafuco: Came for the Tim Conway elephant story.

Leaving satisfied.


Without commenting on whether the rumour are true... I assume there are plans to bury you in the same plot?
 
Jeebus Saves
2023-01-27 8:18:15 AM  

Mikey1969: Jeebus Saves: Mikey1969: Peter von Nostrand: I'm honestly not sure you can find a better supporting cast. Up and down, the line up. Harvey korman, Tim Conway, etc. Just top notch comedy. And it was genuine. You could watch the show and realize they thought it was as funny as everyone else and could tell they were having just as much fun as anyone else.

Variety shows were huge in the 60s and 70s because all of the true talent was either originally a vaudevilian, or were brought up studying the same.

We've lost that. I mentioned this a few years ago, and someine pointed to Joseph Gordon Leavitt and Justin Timberlake, but that's about it. They could do comedy, straight acting, sing, dance, all right there, and all switching from one to the other live.

We don't have that any more, and I miss it. And when the Osbournes tried one, it flopped. Carol Burnett was spectacular, and she's still an awesome talent. We have actors who can sing or dance as well as act, but it's not the same.

There's a subtle, intelligent humor that's pretty much gone.  You had to think a second to get the joke.  Carol Burnett and the rest of the cast knew how to do it.  At the same time, they could telegraph a joke and still make it funny.  People like that are timeless.  When you saw them crack, you knew it was going to be good.

We need more 3 Stooges.

Whatever.

No, 3 Stooges weren't intellectual comedy. Marx Brothers, sure, but 3 stooges were just slapstick.

But it still takes talent to tell stupid jokes and actually be good at it. That's what the Stooges could do. But I don't think there was a single Stooges bit that made you think about the joke for a second... Even then, they were better than most modern comedy.


The Stooges did a lot of word play.  Which usually led to an eye poke.

"I'm in a terrible dilemma"
"Yeah, I don't care much for these foreign cars either."
 
Hawk24
2023-01-27 8:29:49 AM  
Interesting that NBC is airing the special since The Carol Burnett Show was a CBS mainstay.

On Saturday nights in 1973, you never had to change the channel:
All in The Family
MASH
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Carol Burnett Show
 
moothemagiccow
2023-01-27 8:32:03 AM  

BorgiaGinz: Unsung_Hero: While Carol's a treasure, and certainly very talented... for me she the prime reason she's special is she put Tim Conway on her variety show.

My wife and I watch all the classic Conway sketches every year.  We can lip sync with the Elephant Sketch until we inevitably break down in laughter.

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oh g-d is this where mama's family came from
you old people should all be ashamed of yourselves
 
Mad_Radhu
2023-01-27 9:06:29 AM  

aleister_greynight: Who?


The person that took down Saul Goodman.
 
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