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The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Mon, Sep 11, 196760 mins
Carol's series premiere guest is Jim Nabors. Highlights of this inaugural edition include: a "V.I.P." interview with Shirley Dimple; Jim and Carol as two misfit skiers in "The Ski Lodge"; the first "Carol and Sis" sketch; and a Broadway medley. Jim sings "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" in Italian, and Carol as the Charwoman sings "Georgy Girl".
Episode 2
Sid Caesar and Liza Minelli
Mon, Sep 18, 196760 mins
Highlights include: a "V.I.P." interview sketch satirizing Luci Baines Johnson; Carol and Vicki do a "Sleeping Beauty" skit; guest Sid Caesar as a father awaiting the birth of his child; Carol and Lyle do a "How Tall Is Your Announcer" segment; a parody of "Star Trek"; guest Liza Minnelli performs "The Debutante's Ball", and duets with Carol on a medley of songs including "Just In Time"; and Sid and the cast in a spoof of the Ziegfeld Follies.
Episode 3
Eddie Albert and Jonathan Winters
Mon, Sep 25, 196760 mins
Highlights of this edition with guests Jonathan Winters and Eddie Albert include: Carol and Harvey perform a "fat sketch" with the dancers; Eddie performs "Like Animals"; Jonathan does his Maudie Frickert characterization, and is a college freshman in an airport interview sketch; Carol and Lyle perform a "stiff neck" sketch; Carol as "Goo Goo Gabor" and Jonathan as a police chief; and a musical number set to "Talk to the Animals".
Episode 4
Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring
Mon, Oct 2, 196760 mins
Highlights include: two women (Carol and guest Lucille Ball) go to the "Café Argentine" whose staff includes a goose-stepping maitre d' (Harvey); Carol as a housewife fighting off a recalcitrant washing machine and attacking pigeons, only to end up impaled by a medieval lance; "Carol and Sis" sing a rendition of "I Dig Rock and Roll Music"; guest Tim Conway plays a bumbling TV news anchor; two rent-a-car employees (Carol, Lucy) vie for the attentions of a traveler (Tim); guest Gloria Loring performs "Goin' Out of My Head" and "Try to Remember"; a woman (Carol) experiences the downside of marrying a superhero (Harvey); and Carol and Lucy sing and dance to a barroom medley.
Episode 5
Imogene Coca and Lainie Kazan
Mon, Oct 9, 196760 mins
Highlights include: a "V.I.P." sketch about Miss America; Carol, Harvey and guest Imogene Coca perform a coffee commercial sketch; guest Lainie Kazan performs a "Sunnyside"/"Silver Lining" medley, and duets with Carol on "Watch What Happens"; Carol and Harvey as "Bonnie and Clod"; a "Little Pianos" production number with the cast and dancers; and the Charwoman does a striptease pantomime and sings "There's No Business Like Show Business".
Episode 6
Phyllis Diller, Bobbie Gentry, and Gwen Verdon
Mon, Oct 16, 196760 mins
Highlights include: "Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde"; a routine from guest Phyllis Diller; musical numbers from guests Gwen Verdon ("The 59th Street Bridge Song") and Bobbie Gentry ("The Look of Love"); Carol and Vicki in a foreign exchange sketch; and a "Sgt. Pepper" production number.
Episode 7
Diahann Carroll, Richard Kiley, and the Smothers Brothers
Mon, Oct 23, 196760 mins
Highlights include: Carol and Lyle performing exercises; the Smothers Brothers doing a sketch, singing "John Henry" and joined by Carol on "Pretoria"; guest Richard Kiley sings "The Impossible Dream" (from "Man of La Mancha"); guest Diahann Carroll sings "The Rules of the Road" and "Where Am I Going?", and duets with Richard on "The Sweetest Sound I Never Heard"; and Carol and Diahann perform a haunted house production number.
Episode 8
Nanette Fabray and Sonny & Cher
Mon, Nov 6, 196760 mins
Highlights of this show with guests Nanette Fabray and Sonny & Chér include: a "V.I.P." interview sketch with Carol as a nudist; an office triangle sketch; Chér performs "You Better Sit Down Kids", and Sonny & Chér sing "Living for You"; and a sketch about different airlines in different countries.
Episode 9
Richard Chamberlain and Gloria Loring
Mon, Nov 13, 196760 mins
Highlights include: Carol and guest Richard Chamberlain attempt to make Lyle jealous; an airport interview with a "Mother of the Year"; musical numbers from Carol and the dancers ("Everybody's Gotta Be Someplace"), Richard with the dancers and singers ("Lazy Day"), and guest Gloria Loring ("A Taste of Honey" and "I've Gotta Be Me"); Carol and Vicki perform "Sisters Galore" sketch, and they and the dancers perform "Ballin' the Jack".
Episode 10
Juliet Prowse and Martha Raye
Mon, Nov 20, 196760 mins
Highlights include: a "Sleeping Beauty" production number; a legs and mouth sketch; a "V.I.P." sketch satirizing Lynda Bird Johnson's wedding; musical numbers from guests Juliet Prowse ("The Fleet's In") and Martha Raye ("After You've Gone"); a sketch about ESP; and Carol as the Charwoman sings "Young and Foolish".
Episode 11
Don Adams and Lesley Ann Warren
Mon, Nov 27, 196760 mins
Highlights include: "Jolly Green Thing" sketch; guest Lesley Ann Warren and the dancers perform "The Best Is Yet to Come"; a strike sketch parodying Joey Bishop's and Johnny Carson's talk shows; Harvey and guest Don Adams perform a "two feathers" sketch; Carol performs "Enter Laughing"; and a production number set to "All God's Children".
Episode 12
Barbara Eden, Leonard Nimoy, & Jonathan Winters
Mon, Dec 4, 196760 mins
Highlights include: guests Jonathan Winters and Barbara Eden join Carol for the opening question-and-answer segment; a "V.I.P." interview segment with Jonathan as Santa Claus; Carol and Vicki in a sketch about a surprise party; Barbara and dancers perform "Bend It"; guest Leonard Nimoy in a sketch about "Mrs. Invisible Man"; Carol and Barbara perform a duet about magic ("Prestidigitation"); Carol as the Charwoman in a playground sketch, and singing "I Believed It All".
Episode 13
John Davidson and Mickey Rooney
Mon, Dec 11, 196760 mins
Highlights of this show with guests Mickey Rooney and John Davidson include: "The Rat Race" (a spoof of "The Dating Game"); and "The Funn Family".
Episode 14
Sid Caesar and Ella Fitzgerald
Mon, Dec 25, 196760 mins
Highlights of this Christmas edition include: guest Sid Caesar demonstrating self-defense; Carol and Sid as a couple who quarrel on Christmas night; Sid, Carol and Harvey in a sketch that takes place in ancient Rome; guest Ella Fitzgerald sings "A Foggy Day" and "Always True to You in My Fashion"; Carol performs "Bare Necessities", and as the Charwoman sings "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; and a cameo by Jonathan Winters.
Episode 15
Mike Douglas and Lynn Redgrave
Mon, Jan 1, 196860 mins
Highlights of this show with guests Lynn Redgrave and Mike Douglas include: a sketch about a tourist couple at an airport; Carol and Vicki duetting on "Puppy Love"; Mike singing "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" and "Born Free"; and a Shakespeare production number.
Episode 16
Frank Gorshin and Lana Turner
Mon, Jan 8, 196860 mins
Carol's guest Lana Turner sings "Heavenly Music" while dancing with the Ernie Flatt troop. Frank Gorshin does impressions then becomes Bluebeard with Carol his 13th wife. Carol and Harvey are a bickering couple on a game show.
Episode 17
Ken Berry and Trini Lopez
Mon, Jan 15, 196860 mins
Highlights include: "The Swinging 6 O'Clock News"; a "V.I.P." interview with the wife of the Jolly Green Giant; and musical numbers from guests Trini López ("Sally Was a Good Old Girl" and "Sonny") and Ken Berry ("Mack the Knife"); and a takeoff of "Show Boat".
Episode 18
Jack Cassidy, George Chakiris, and Shirley Jones
Mon, Jan 22, 196860 mins
Guest, Shirley Jones and George Chakiris
Episode 19
Dionne Warwick and Jonathan Winters
Mon, Jan 29, 196860 mins
Jonathan Winters joins with Carol in a couple of skits while Dionne Warwick performs the theme from the Valley of the Dolls.
Episode 20
Liza Minnelli and Jack Palance
Mon, Feb 5, 196860 mins
Other skits include a "Carol and Sis" skit where Chris is irritating Roger for talking too long on the phone. She hangs up and says that "Sidney" is picking her up to go out. Who shows up while Chris is getting ready is a young hippie who tells them "you can call me anything you want". Finally Carol tells Roger they should pretend to like him so Chris wouldn't date him. Chris finally comes downstairs and calls the man "Sickie" and tells Carol that he is a kid from school. Roger throws him out. A minute later the doorbell rings and Carol opens the door to a tall man wearing a motorcycle jacket. She faints. Another skit involves Carol being secretary to a crime boss played by Jack Palace. She informs hi of his schedule which includes "going shopping" -- picking up a judge and detective. When rival goons arrive and a shoot-out begins, Carol takes notes.
Episode 21
Betty Grable/Martha Raye
Mon, Feb 12, 196860 mins
Highlights of this show with guests Martha Raye and Betty Grable include: Harvey interviewing Queen Elizabeth (Carol) in another "V.I.P." segment; Betty performing "Hello, Dolly!" with the dancers in a barn dance motif; the first in a series of recurring "As the Stomach Turns" sketches, with Betty as an amnesiac and Martha as a widow about to marry the town athlete (Lyle); five finalists compete for the First Annual Beautiful Legs contest; "Carol and Sis" get a visit from Uncle Burt and Aunt Molly (Carol in a dual role); Carol and Martha duet on "Just One of Those Things", and for the close they and Betty perform a musical number as members of the "Mobsters' Molls Society", with "That Old Gang of Mine" as the centerpiece and the dancers as policemen.
Episode 22
Nanette Fabray & Art Carney
Mon, Feb 19, 196860 mins
Highlights include: Gary singing "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"; in "Science Fiction Playhouse," two Martians come to Earth to learn about the new "secret weapon" of television; "That Wonderful Year," reenacting key moments from the year 1937; Gary sings "The Night is Young and You're So Beautiful"; the Broadway musical "Golden Boy" is parodied, featuring a powerful boxer with very poor aim; a parody of South-Sea island melodramas in which Burnett is a captured island native set to be sacrificed.
Episode 23
John Gary, Durward Kirby, and Garry Moore
Mon, Feb 26, 196860 mins
Highlights include: Gary singing "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"; in "Science Fiction Playhouse," two Martians come to Earth to learn about the new "secret weapon" of television; "That Wonderful Year," reenacting key moments from the year 1937; Gary sings "The Night is Young and You're So Beautiful"; the Broadway musical "Golden Boy" is parodied, featuring a powerful boxer with very poor aim; a parody of South-Sea island melodramas in which Burnett is a captured island native set to be sacrificed.
Episode 24
Imogene Coca and Mel Torme
Mon, Mar 4, 196860 mins
Carol and guest Imogene join together to portray Congressional wives, astronauts in space still dealing with earthly romances and Olympic athletes with different approaches concerning men. Korman is the neglectful husband Dracula. Mel solos "That's All"
Episode 25
Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway, and Jack Jones
Mon, Mar 18, 196860 mins
Jack Jones and Lyle Waggoner try to subdue a couple of Amazons (Carol and Ruth Buzzi) with kisses. Jack sings "I Can't Get Started With You" and "Cause I Got So Much Lovin' In Me". Tim Conway and Carol play a computer-matched couple. The hit of the show has Jones and Burnett in a bouncy production number titled "Hoe- down Time".
Episode 26
Gloria Loring and Soupy Sales
Mon, Mar 25, 196860 mins
Newlywed sketch; Miss Loring sings "Little Girl Blue" and "Don't Tie Me Down." Soupy Sales is featured in a musical comedy production number, built around "Real Live Girl".
Episode 27
Peter Lawford and Minnie Pearl
Mon, Apr 15, 196860 mins
Highlights of this edition with guests Peter Lawford and Minnie Pearl include: a "Carol and Sis" sketch; a comedy routine from Minnie; Carol and Minnie as two country women visiting Paris; a spoof of "Bonnie and Clyde"; and a medley of songs from MGM musicals.
Episode 28
Tim Conway and Shani Wallis
Mon, Apr 29, 196860 mins
Highlights include Conway playing an Apache chief, the first Indian president of the United States; Shani Wallis and Miss Burnett appear as bloomer girls in song-and-dance production "Good Enough for Grandma's Fancy"; Miss Wallis sings "It Had To Be You"; Miss Burnett sings "Meantime"; Burnett and Korman play a 90-year-old couple taking an after-dinner breather on their patio.
Episode 29
Sid Caesar and Barbara McNair
Mon, May 6, 196860 mins
Highlights of this edition with guests Sid Caesar and Barbara McNair include: a feminine spoof of "I Spy"; Sid, Carol and Harvey as gypsies attempting to untangle various personal complications; Harvey interviewing silent movie stars Pico and Rivera; Carol and Harvey as soap opera stars plagued by a drunken sound effects man; and musical numbers including Carol as the charwoman singing "If I Ruled the World", and Barbara performing "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face" and "The Second Time Around".
Episode 30
Family Show without Guest Stars
Mon, May 13, 196860 mins
Highlights include: Carol as a housewife driven mad by TV commercials; Carol and Harvey carry on as the 90-year-old couple; Harvey plays an elegant bachelor in a musical comedy; a satire of a Rock 'n Roll band named the Banana Wristwatch.