Will this be a case of each side of the Atlantic not knowing half of what I'm talking about?
― kenan, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:25 (eighteen years ago)
it will be a case of "anyone but catherine tate"
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:36 (eighteen years ago)
Kind of one of the reasons I ask is, I've always fondly remembered Carol Burnett from my childhood, and she's beloved and all, and of course she had funny spots. But have you tried to watch an old ep of The Carol Burnett show lately? It can be v v painful. I spent a lot of the time thinking, somebody shoot Tim Conway.
― kenan, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:41 (eighteen years ago)
-- Just got offed, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:36 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)
Burnett is (OK, was) a great clown. You have a point about her henchmen, possibly.
No, I dunno who Tate is.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:57 (eighteen years ago)
Ray is not down with this thread, either.
http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/autaux?b=M%5ea11f09b8576e606bcb5038dfdb92fb821&u=http%3A%2F%2Fachewood.com%2Fcomic.php%3Fdate%3D12132007
― kenan, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:59 (eighteen years ago)
having seen about 30 seconds of catherine tate, carol burnett wins by a landslide.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:17 (eighteen years ago)
same answer for carol burnett vs. achewood
Mattel goes for the 40+ market:
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/03/went-with-wind-barbie.html
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 12 March 2009 17:39 (seventeen years ago)
Burnett gets Mark Twain Prize.
next year, Elane May, please.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:05 (thirteen years ago)
Did Carol Burnett write much or create her own material? I only know her as a comedic actor.
― Aimless, Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:36 (thirteen years ago)
re the TV show, as w/ most classic variety hours (of which hers was pretty much the last) she had a large writing staff, including some guys who also wrote Mel Brooks films (Rudy DeLuca), and the budding Barry Levinson. She likely had plenty of input.
She started out in nightclubs where I assume she wrote much of the material -- maybe this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgTN13_bfXQ
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 May 2013 01:02 (thirteen years ago)
This classic has finally appeared (I think it helps a little if you know the Crawford movie; the sketch really should be in b&w):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yVSNlNM77c
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 April 2015 14:04 (eleven years ago)
Yes. As usual.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Friday, 17 April 2015 14:10 (eleven years ago)
did Carol completely omit Lyle Waggoner from thanks in her Globes speech?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 January 2019 04:39 (seven years ago)
Because she never forgave him for jumping ship to work on Wonder Woman?
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 January 2019 04:45 (seven years ago)
apparently I was mistaken
he was such a stiff ... ironically, re Y-Bron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Waggoner#Later_career
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 January 2019 04:52 (seven years ago)
He was a finalist for the title role in the TV series version of Batman, but lost the role to Adam West.lol at this
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 January 2019 05:02 (seven years ago)
^^His screentest is on the DVD box. West later claimed he won the role because his jaw was sqaurer than Waggoner's.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 January 2019 05:07 (seven years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLfSiKI3DsM
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 16 June 2019 04:25 (six years ago)
No Martin Ritt thread...Was surprised by how mediocre (sometimes worse) Pete 'n' Tillie is. Seems like a film that should have been a layup for Ritt. Like Cactus Flower, I have to believe the stuff that was hopelessly dated must have made people wince in 1972, too. Classic case of misguidedly reining in and wasting a hugely successful television comedian/nne (like Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People). I'll have to read Kael's review tomorrow.
― clemenza, Monday, 28 April 2025 06:05 (one year ago)
My recollection is that Burnett kind of underplayed the role, perhaps in an attempt to ground the dated corniness of the jokes. And/or to be more of a contrast with Matthau's character.
Do you really think MTM was wasted in Ordinary People?
― Josefa, Monday, 28 April 2025 12:00 (one year ago)
speaking of MTM, a friend of mine is currently in Palm Springs for a work trip and has befriended Joyce Bulifant, still going strong at 87 (and I would imagine one of the last survivors of the MTM show?)
― henry s, Monday, 28 April 2025 12:25 (one year ago)
(xpost) I do--not a fan of the movie at all.
― clemenza, Monday, 28 April 2025 13:42 (one year ago)
Tangent here, but was thrilled to see Burnett pop up on Hacks, she looks and sounds amazing for 92!
― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 28 April 2025 13:44 (one year ago)
Her birthday two days ago--lot of posts on my FB wall.
― clemenza, Monday, 28 April 2025 13:46 (one year ago)
I like Catherine Tate.
Carol Burnett is a comedy legend.
― my favorite herbs are fennel and Drake (DJP), Monday, 28 April 2025 14:40 (one year ago)
The Carol Burnett Show had the best body-falling-down sound effect ever.
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 28 April 2025 18:37 (one year ago)
She was so good on the Larry Sanders episode (third one) with the spiders.
― clemenza, Monday, 28 April 2025 19:56 (one year ago)
She was recently on TCM with Dave Karger. They would discuss a film, show it and then come back and show the relevant parody from her show. Good stuff. The parodies also seem to be available on Peacock. Just watched "High Hat," now onto Morbs favorite "Mildred Fierce."
― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 December 2025 06:19 (five months ago)
I'm also with Kenan that Tim Conway's shtick is mostly annoying.
― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 December 2025 06:23 (five months ago)
Placing Part One of the Showboat parody, "Riverboat," here for future reference.
― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 December 2025 06:43 (five months ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcaydMwCHtU
― Eric Blore Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 December 2025 06:47 (five months ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYrsuNh0DPA
― Dr. Winston O RLY? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 June 2026 16:24 (two days ago)
wow that's amazing... they went to a lot of effort
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 3 June 2026 17:30 (two days ago)
They always did.
― Dr. Winston O RLY? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 4 June 2026 19:57 (yesterday)
I was just listening to the first Harpers Bizarre album with this song on it and I ended up here quite by accident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImaANiRjNfo
― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 June 2026 21:10 (yesterday)