I just hit upon this on youtube and it brought back fond memories of the Carol Burnett show. Great, hilarious compilation here showing them cracking up at eachother. http://youtube.com/watch?v=9PTewIbT1Y4
Wow, thanks. That brings back memories.
That show was a riot. I’ve been getting my free TV from www.in2tv.com so I’m up with some of the Babylon 5 episodes and slowly working through the Kung Fu episodes.
Those were stars that shined.
Welcome to the “old people thread” 
But the great thing is, Classic comedy never gets old!
Wow. That brought back memories. The comedy on the Carol Burnett show is timeless! I remember we’d get a big bowl of popcorn (you know the jiffy pop that you do right there on the stove… the aluminum foil rising with each new pop … )… um anyhow…
We’d get a big bowl of popcorn ready before the show started and just have a blast. The show and the popcorn seemed to end oh too quickly. 
So true! I miss those good old days. Carol Burnett. Guy Lombardo (“wonaful, wonaful”). Liberace. Even the Captain and Tenille Show. Merv Griffin. Laugh-In. I know I’m forgetting some obvious ones, too.
Variety shows are gone, aren’t they?
(also, I predict that no one under the age of 40 will post in this thread…)
Does anyone understand the song “Muskrat Love?”
Sonny and Cher was another one from the same era.
Do any of you old folks need help moving the Bingo chips?
Get Smart. Corny, ancient jokes galore, but my dad would always laugh. In an interview about the show many years later, Don Adams talked about how the show was basically a bunch of loosely strung-together vaudeville bits. Now on those rare occasions when I see it, this is so obvious!
No, they’re just out of style. They seem to go in waves, and they’ll surely be back again. That’s one of the reasons I miss Johnny Carson. He always had variety acts here & there. In fact, after a performance by Russel Feig in the mid-80s he said “That was a marvelous turn, wasn’t it? I love variety.” What great kudos! His stage name today is Russ Merlin. Last time I saw him he was performing on the show “V” (for Variety) in Las Vegas, doing a hilarious hypnosis act with audience volunteers.
I don’t watch TV much these days, but TV Land is definitely one of my favorite channels…I Love Lucy, Andy Griffith, the Brady Bunch…all those old shows are simply wonderful.
Hey Dave, I think you meant Lawrence Welk.
Peter (45)
tv baaaaad… bad tv bad.
that being said, i love andy griffith and reaaaly love the twilight zone!! it’s sooo freakn’ awesome!! other then that, tv baaaaaaaaad…
Ah, I guess I did. I’ll have to take your word for it, because I was quite young at that time and can’t remember it clearly (you are quite a bit older than I am). But I do remember Guy Lombardo also.
YES! Wikipedia says you are right. They mention this book –
I loved the Cone of Silence! And Agent 99, ohhhhhh Max!
Nostalgia
Carol Burnett was easily one of my favorite shows. For variety shows I also really liked Shields and Yarnell and The Hudson Brothers (remember Rod Hull and his Emu?).
In the mid 1950s my dad was stationed in Germany and we had to keep our TV in storage in the states (it was a Motorola we bought in 1952). To keep us entertained we listened to vintage radio shows on the Armed Forces Network. I was hooked on Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Guildersleeve, The Life of Riley, and The Lone Ranger.
Speaking of vintage TV shows, I was on one! I appeared five days a week from 1973 to 1976.
The one show that literally changed my life was “Winchell-Mahoney Time!” I learned how to be a ventriloquist and went on to perform in comedy clubs, cruise ships, commercials and guest shots on TV.
Paul Winchell was my idol and not too many pp know that he was also the original inventor of the artificial heart, and many other inventions, including the disposable razor! HE also voiced Winnie the Pooh’s “Tigger”.
His ultra-popular Kids TV show, “Winchell-Mahoney Time”, Which ran in the late 50’s into the early 60’s, will never bee seen again, even in re-runs because all original taped episodes were DESTROYED by the Metromedia.
In July, 1986, a jury awarded Winchell’s company $17.8 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
I tried to add this but my time limit expired! This is the only known episode remaining of the “Winchell-Mahoney Time” TV show. If you’re in your mid 40’s or older, you should remember this…I sure did and it brought back great memories! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4859009505931682589&q=paul+winchell&hl=en
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