Carol burnett born free skit
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Tim Conway and Dame Maggie Smith
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Maggie Smith's First Appearance On The Show
Tim Conway also guests on this one. During the Q&A, Carol introduces Alice Ghostley (Esmeralda on "Bewitched") in the audience.
There is a "Born Free" sketch with Carol and Harvey as the British couple raising a lion. Tim plays Simba the lion. He does it all in pantomine.
Carol introduces Maggie Smith and they sing a duett about the differences between the English and the Americans.
Harvey and Tim do a sketch about two Army sergeants watching for enemy planes. They get mail and Harvey finds out he is promoted to lieutenant and starts ordering Tim around.
Carol and Harvey then play a married couple visited by an old friend who is now a movie star (Maggie). They try to get gossip and sordid details from her about Hollywood.
Harvey and Vicki get a rare sketch to themselves with Harvey as a cop interrogating a blonde and she just goes through the story of Go
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She got her uppstart as the “funny dame” on the old Gary Moore variety show. She had major success on Broadway in Once Upon a Mattress. Befriended by Julie Andrews and Lucille Ball, she rose rapidly, soon seeing herself cast in sitcoms and touring the talk show circuit. But it wasn’t until 1967 that Carol Burnett became a true household name. Surrounding herself with a cast that included Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Lyle Waggoner, and Vicki Lawrence, the groundbreaking sketch comedy show lasted 11 years on CBS, garnering 23 Emmy Awards and a permanent place in the memory banks of millions of devoted fans. Few can forget her perky personality, the moments of misguided “laughter,” or characters such as Mrs. Wiggins, Eunice and the rest of her firebrand family, or the kind hearted cleaning lady. Today, she is a comic legend. Then, she was major league must-see TV.
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Carol Burnett Show, The (1967-78): "Went with the Wind!" Sketch
"I saw it in the window and I just couldn't resist it."
That plush green velvet, those stringy gold tassels, that sturdy curtain rod... "Starlet O'Hara's" make-shift drapery dress is one of THE most recognizable ensembles in all of television. And Starlet sashaying down the grand staircase, proud as punch of her outfit, garnered one of TV's biggest laughs. The Carol Burnett Show's "Went with the Wind!" sketch aired as part of episode 10.8 on November 13, 1976 on CBS. Carol Burnett starred as Starlet, Harvey Korman as "Rat Butler," Vicki Lawrence as "Sissy," Tim Conway as "Brashley Wilkes," and Dinah Shore as Brashley's devoted wife, "Melody Hamilton." Though the curtain-rod dress is the scene-stealer, the full sketch is almost 20 minutes long and pays homage to many of Gone with the Wind's most memorable moments, including Scarlett's closing monologue, her perilous fall down the stairs, Prissy's