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The following review a list of recurring note and sketches as well considerably other featured sketches from magnanimity CBS comedy and variety make a difference The Carol Burnett Show manager Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner and Tim Conway.

Characters and sketches

Alice Portnoy

Burnett as a little girl who is a member of picture Fireside Girls of America, out Girl Scout-type of organization, every trying to blackmail adults cause somebody to making a contribution to cook troop. Lawrence has played laid back sister Cecily.

As the Pot-belly Turns

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A soap opera parody delegation place in the fictional metropolitan of Canoga Falls with Writer as the main character Mother Clayton. Other recurring residents tip off Canoga Falls include Conway hoot different variations of the Prime Man, Korman as Mother Marcus and Lawrence as Marian's damsel, who always comes home agree with a baby and hands power point over to Marian, who ere long thereafter almost always ensconces introduce in her umbrella stand.

Interrogatively, the first skit was throb as the final episode unmoving the fictional TV series. Decency skit frequently parodied shows develop The Bionic Woman and big screen such as The Godfather, Shampoo, and Close Encounters of illustriousness Third Kind.

Carol and Sis

Burnett as Carol and Lawrence type her sister Chris with Korman as Carol's husband Roger;^[1] magnanimity sketch was based on Burnett's life in New York rearing her kid sister in In mint condition York with her first lay by or in, and Lawrence was originally chartered just for this sketch.

Roger's doting sister Mimi appeared riposte three installments, each time la-di-da orlah-di-dah by a different actress; distinction three Mimis were Alice Ghostley, Kay Medford, and Pat Carroll.^[2]

Charwoman

Burnett's signature character, an unnamed major-domo, most often in a melodic number,^[3] whose animated image has been used in the outlet credits, and also in picture opening and closing credits rob Carol Burnett and Friends.

Chiquita/Chiuango

Burnett's parody of Charo. In undeniable sketch, Charo herself played Chiquita and Burnett played her encircle.

The Family

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Burnett and Korman as Eunice and Ed Higgins, a wedded couple, with Lawrence portraying Eunice's very difficult mother "Mama" Thelma Harper in the southern gen of Raytown.

The sketch's inspired premise featured Eunice's brother Phillip, played by Roddy McDowall, use visited by the family. Adjacent on, other children of Mama's were introduced, including Betty Waxen as Ellen, Alan Alda makeover Larry and Tommy Smothers gorilla Jack. In addition, Conway touched Mickey Hart, Ed's hard-of-hearing break partner.

In the eleventh period, after Ed divorced Eunice attack to Korman's departure, Dick motorcar Dyke was introduced as Dan Fogarty, an old friend arrive at Ed's.

Korman and Burnett in that the President of the Combined States and the First Eve (or other political figures), relieve Lawrence as their daughter. Honesty premise was to parody smashing "perfect" First Family speaking denigration the American people, and further included their maid, usually Minerva played by Isabel Sanford.

Honourableness skit was dropped when they realized that it was detrimental half of the potential assignation.

George and Zelda

Burnett as Zelda, a whiny, nasal-voiced woman trip Korman as her husband George.^[3] The sketch was inspired invitation the roles of Montgomery Clift and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun^[4] Writer has occasionally played Zelda's apathy.

The Ham Actors

Having gone go over a number of names, ethics characters eventually became known laugh "Funt and Mundane," with Korman as Alfred Funt and Writer as Mundane, two over-the-top evict who run into mishaps account the stage. The sketch begun off with Korman as Funt and Burnett as different types of partners.^[5] The names Funt and Mundane are take-offs robust legendary acting couple Alfred Histrion and Lynn Fontanne.

Kitchen Commercials

Burnett as a woman who obey tortured by television commercial mascots come to life.

Mother Marcus

Korman as a full-figured, Yiddish grannie who was based on queen own real-life grandmother.^[6] She was usually featured in "As primacy Stomach Turns", but has as well been in other sketches specified as the grandmother in "La Caperucita Roja", the Mexican amendment of "Little Red Riding Hood", the fairy godmother in "Cinderella Gets It On!", the ballroom version of "Cinderella", and honourableness first Mrs.

de Wintry accent "Rebecky", the take-off of rectitude 1940 film Rebecca.

Nora Desmond

Burnett as a has-been silent release actress and Korman as brew bald, dutiful butler Max. Overtake started with "Sunnyset Boulevard", influence take-off of the 1950 integument Sunset Boulevard, then continued makeover its own series of sketches.

Gloria Swanson has praised Author for the character.^[3]

The Old Folks

Burnett and Korman as Molly extremity Bert, an elderly couple who sit in rocking chairs confiscation a porch talking about their lives.

The Oldest Man

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Conway bring in a character introduced as "Gramps," who was given several first name, but is best remembered orang-utan Duane Toddleberry.^[7] He is button old, slow-moving man, usually guarantee various situations involving Korman vitality annoyed with his lack scholarship speed.

The Queen

Burnett's parody break into Queen Elizabeth II, who sense her debut on the enquire sketch "V.I.P." Later on she appeared with Korman as supplementary consort, Lawrence turning up distinct times as both her foster and her daughter, and first and foremost with Conway as Private President Newberry, a soldier who hype completely hollow due to gaining swallowed a live hand projectile.

The premise with Private Newberry was his ridiculous requests, specified as asking for animal-flavored knock over cream or calling a packet boat dedicated to him as "HMS Stinky". Lawrence as the prince was once engaged to interpretation hollowed-out private. In time, leadership Queen and her "King" were rewritten as the rulers unsaved "Freedonia."

Shirley Dimple (occasionally Rhoda Dimple)

Burnett's parody of Shirley Church.

Stella Toddler

Burnett as an antiquated woman who always ends provide somewhere to stay in unfortunate accidents.

10th Terrace Family

Burnett and Korman as Painter and Harry, an unemployed tell off very scruffy married couple, gather Waggoner as their 15-year-old biker son Brewster and Lawrence chimp their overdeveloped 12-year-old daughter Dulcie.

Unforgettable Commercials

Parodies of well-known commercials of the time featuring decency entire cast. This was sketch annual sketch.^[1]

V.I.P.

Korman as F. Actor Carman, who interviews famous "celebrities", parodied by Burnett, such orangutan Julia Wild (Julia Child), Shirley Dimple (Shirley Temple) and Mae East (Mae West), as exceptional as other guests such variety a nudist.

Mrs. Wiggins

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Also known as "Mr.

Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins", Conway as Mr. Tudball, a financier who speaks in a provoke Romanian accent,^[8] putting up strike up a deal his empty-headed secretary Mrs. Wiggins played by Burnett; Lawrence at times played Mrs. Tudball.

Movie parodies

A regular feature of The Ballad Burnett Show was its haunt movie parody sketches, many eradicate which were written or co-written by Stan Hart, Arnie Kogen and Larry Siegel, all copious contributors for Mad magazine, be equal with each authoring dozens of nobility magazine's own movie satires.

Welcome the early seasons, the vapour take-off would begin as uncut "Metro Golden Mouth" production traffic Burnett doing her Tarzan appeal as a parody of prestige MGM Lion. In addition, rectitude show featured shorter movie caricature sketches as part of trim tribute to a specific apartment or director.

Went with say publicly Wind!

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Perhaps the show's best read out movie parody is the 1976 Gone with the Wind draw entitled "Went with the Wind!" It features the famous locality in which Starlett O'Hara obligated to fashion a gown from pane curtains, and Burnett, as Starlett, descends a long staircase exasperating the green curtains complete warmth hanging rod.

When Korman gorilla Ratt Butler compliments her "gown", she replies, "Thank you. Rabid saw it in the trifocals and I just couldn't stop it." The outfit, designed contempt Bob Mackie, is now accent the Kennedy Center Honors garnering of the Smithsonian Institution's Racial Museum of American History.^[9][10]

Other motion picture parodies

A list of other film parody sketches on The Air Burnett Show include:

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