Carol Burnett, an ensemble cast and guest stars entertain their audience; includes VIP Colonel Flanders, American Boys, The Painters, and The Night They Raided Rimsky's.
Harvey is a psychiatrist trying to unlock the secret of patient Carol's crying jags; a mugging victim tries to report the incident to a tough police sergeant.
The Rat Pack meets The Burnett Bunch when Peter Lawford guests; sketches include Lawford wooing his mail order bride, Carol, on an Amazonian plantation; Minnie Pearl delivers her down-home country style of comedy.
Carl Reiner joins Carol; Carl appears in two sketches: as the husband of an accident-prone woman, and as a marriage counselor to a comedienne and her spouse.
Highlights include Liza Minnelli singing "Butterfly McHeart" and "The Happy Time;" Carol, Liza and the dancers perform "Big Beautiful Ball;" Jack Palance plays a gangland boss with Carol as his secretary.
Mr. Tudball nudges Mrs. Wiggins to clean up her desk before a prospective client arrives; an office girl introduces her two best friends to one another during a lunch; a series of skits about doctors advertising on TV; guest Bernadette Peters.
Carol's guests are Mickey Rooney and John Davidson; Davidson sings "Somewhere"; Rooney takes part in a wild, wild Western; Carol must choose between the two (and Lyle) on The Rat Race.
Jonathan Winters returns as Carol's guest, highlighted by a dual role in The Wonderful World of Hospitals; fellow guest Dionne Warwick takes the stage solo and with Carol for a musical treat.
Mama drops in on a newly divorced Eunice in "The Family"; Mr. Tudball offers to pay for the funeral of Mrs. Wiggins' deceased canary and then regrets it; guest Nancy Dussault.
Betty White hits the stage; Betty plays Eunice's sister as The Family celebrates Mama's birthday; elsewhere, vacationers Carol and Tim lose sleep over a bug in their hotel room.
Tim must write a eulogy for his late best friend, who may not have been that good of a friend to him; on "As the Stomach Turns," things turn totally bionic.
Guest star Richard Chamberlain gives it his all in "Gone With The Breeze"; fellow guest Gloria Loring takes center stage for an impressive musical performance.
Guest Stars Mel Tormé, Nanette Fabray, and Don Rickles pitch in to help tell The Tin Pan Alley Story; Mel and Carol are songwriting team Potts and Panz on their road to -- and from -- stardom.
A married country music singing duo announce their impending divorce; new regular Dick Van Dyke plays Ed's old Army buddy in "The Family"; two bumbling workmen install a plate-glass window in a boutique; guest Jim Nabors.
Carol salutes MGM with the help of guest stars Chita Rivera and Bob Newhart; spoofs of classic movies abound, including Ninotchka, Blackboard Jungle, Gone With The Wind, and more.
John Byner and Petula Clark head downtown to the show; along with classic characters, The Old Folks and Alice Portnoy, TV commercial spoofs and the firing of Donald Duck are on tap tonight.