ThiefHott Too much of everything

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

sallydes I agree. Carol Burnett was one of a kind. I personally like her the best of all the comedians I have ever seen. I don't understand why they keep replaying "I love Lucy", and not "The Carol Burnett Show". There's no contest Carol is best hands down! There was one episode with Tim Conway I really liked. He was at a pulpit, and after each sentence he said, "cause it don't matter". I laughed so hard. I wish I could see it again. The only other comedian (impressionist) that made me laugh so hard,is the up and coming, Gordy Brown, but I still love Carol. I don't however like the show stopper DVD's, because they don't show the whole skits. Neither does the Carol Burnett reunion tape. I hope they bring the shows out on DVD, so I can purchase them. I really want to see the original shows before "Carol Burnett & Friends". The one's with just Carol, Vickie, Harvey, and Lyle. When Tim joined I think the show lost something, as he wouldn't stick to his lines, and it became very unprofessional with them cracking up, and messing up their lines, but I still want to see them again, especially the one with Tim at the pulpit. He was alone, so he played it straight!

chrispkorman To all those who hated Harvey Korman breaking up I say bravo!So Did I and I'm his son.My dad took pride in the fact that he was a serious actor out of Goodman.He hated that Tim broke him up,Tim never did the same performance in rehearsal as he did in the tapings.He often sabotaged his own writing or someone elses to crack my dad up.As much as I love Tim and respect his partnership with my father I wished he would stayed on script more often.I will say my wife never knew when something was funny until my dad broke up.My dad was one of the finest sketch comedians around along with Carl Reiner when he wasn't breaking up.Carol Burnett was one of those rare stars who were secure in her status to showcase others.

TxMike Carol Burnett is a talented singer and comic actress, and I don't doubt that she could have had a successful one-woman TV show. But she didn't try. Her variety show was wildly successful because of her supporting cast. Before Saturday Night Live ever existed, Carol and her regulars were putting on hilarious short skits.Tim Conway was arguably the most inventive and funniest guy on TV back then, and maybe even in the history of TV. He had this way of crawling into the character he was playing and make it completely off beat. Add to that all the ad libbing he did, and in many episodes you could see the others on stage with him barely restraining their laughter. Harvey Korman was also a jewel in the crown of her show. He was not as inventive as Conway, but was mostly effective as an ensemble player, and often the butt of Conway's humor.Vicki Lawrence was an interesting cast member. I remember when she was added. Carol was looking for a 'look alike' to play her sister, and Vicki was chosen from among a group being considered. She was not new to show business and even has a hit record on her own. She joined the troupe and became a TV success eventually with her own show.The list of funny and talented personalities that joined Carol on her show at various times is almost endless, but some of my favorites were Ken Berry, Joel Grey, Dick Van Dyke, Lyle Waggoner, Nanette Fabray, and Jim Nabors, trained operatic singer who became famous as Gomer Pyle.

Brian Washington This was definitely the finest variety show of the 1970's. The thing that made it great besides the cast were the various recurring sketches that were very expertly created. Sketches like Tudball and Wiggins, the Old Folks, As the Stomach Turns, the kid sister and, of course, Eunice, which was the inspiration for the series "Mama's Family", helped to make this variety hour a classic. Besides "Mama and Eunice" any one of these shows could have become a series on its own. The only thing that caused the show to go downhill though was when Harvey Korman left. He was probably the best player among the supporting cast and when he left the show declined from there. Still, Saturday nights for me would always climax with this classic show.