The Carol Burnett Show Season 10 Episodes

Episode 0

The Pail/The Maiden and the Mugger

Fri, Jan 31, 1975

Episode 1

Jim Nabors: The Family/Soap to Nuts

Sat, Sep 25, 197660 mins

Highlights of this tenth-season premiere with guest Jim Nabors include: a spoof of "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" with Carol in the title role; "The Family" sits down for a little game of "Monopoly" that ends up anything but friendly; Jim sings "Let Me Be There" and duets with Carol on "The Rain in Spain"; and a musical number, "Shipwreck in Tahiti".

Episode 2

Sammy Davis Jr. - The Loan Shark

Sat, Oct 2, 197622 mins

Highlights include: guest Sammy Davis Jr. as a loan shark to whom the King and Queen (Harvey, Carol) are in hock, and as a slave on board a galley ship.

Episode 3

Family Show - Natural Velvet/Salute to Las Vegas

Sat, Oct 9, 197622 mins

Highlights of this "family show" include: a "Late, Late Movie" presentation of "Natural Velvet" (spoof of the 1944 film version of "National Velvet"), with Carol in the Elizabeth Taylor role, Vicki as her mother, Tim as a jockey, and Harvey as a racing official; and for the finale, a salute to Las Vegas.

Episode 4

Madeline Kahn

Sat, Oct 16, 197622 mins

Highlights include: guest Madeline Kahn as a director/actress rehearsing with Eunice for a part in a play in another installment of "The Family"; Mr. Tudball does battle with a recalcitrant coffee vending machine; Carol and Madeline duet on "Friend", and take part in the "That's Showbiz" sketch.

Episode 5

Steve Lawrence - Kitchen Commercials

Sat, Oct 23, 197622 mins

Highlights of this edition include another set of kitchen commercials; and a sketch about a nightclub comic who bombs at home with his wife.

Episode 6

Roddy McDowell - Salute to Silent Film Comics

Sat, Oct 30, 197651 mins

Highlights include: Mr. Tudball (Tim) gets into trouble with a newly-installed door buzzer system, and Mrs. Wiggins (Carol) is no help; a filmmaker (guest Roddy McDowall) wreaks havoc while attempting to film a documentary about a live operation in a hospital; Vicki sings "Hollywood Seven"; two Brits (Carol, Roddy) have an encounter in a London elevator where they speak in one-word sentences; and Carol, Harvey and Roddy perform a musical salute to silent movie comedians.

Episode 7

Kay Cole - Rain Songs Medley

Sat, Nov 6, 197622 mins

Highlights include: a distraught driver visits the man she'd backed over in a parking lot; a parched soldier in the desert tries to convince his commanding officer that the bar and barmaid he sees aren't mirages; and Carol and guest Kay Cole sing a medley of songs about rain.

Episode 8

Dinah Shore - Went with the Wind

Sat, Nov 13, 197652 mins

Highlights include: "Went With the Wind" (a spoof of "Gone with the Wind"). Also: two business professionals (Harvey and Carol) discuss his marriage proposal in a manner not unlike a business meeting; the Old Man (Tim) runs a butcher shop where he wreaks havoc with an impatient customer (Harvey); guest Dinah Shore sings "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"; and a musical salute to New Orleans with "Basin Street Blues" as the centerpiece.

Episode 9

Ken Berry

Sat, Nov 20, 197622 mins

Highlights include: "Mildred Fierce" (a takeoff on the 1945 Joan Crawford film "Mildred Pierce"), with Carol as the title character, Vicki as her daughter and Harvey as her suitor; guest Ken Berry sings and dances to "Love Stolen"; a couple spends one last night together on the eve of their divorce; and Tim as the world's oldest hot dog stand vendor, tending to a customer.

Episode 10

The Pointer Sisters - Salute to Ray Charles

Sat, Nov 27, 197622 mins

Highlights include a salute to "The Genius", Ray Charles. Mother Carol offers daughter Vicki some (unheard) advice before she gets married. Harvey Korman brings a violin to "Mr Fix It" Tim Conway.

Episode 11

Alan King - Salute to Warner Brothers

Sat, Dec 4, 197622 mins

Highlights include: Carol as a patient on her first visit to a psychiatrist (guest Alan King) who is bombarded by phone calls from his family; a salute to Warner Bros., with spoofs of such films as "The Fountainhead", "They Died with Their Boots On", "Casablanca" and "Night and Day"; the Old Man (Tim) works as a repairman of musical instruments who is entrusted with a Stradivarius by a concert violinist (Harvey); and a mother gives last-minute advice to her daughter.

Episode 12

Betty White

Sat, Dec 11, 197651 mins

Highlights include: guest Betty White as Eunice's snooty sister Ellen coming to help her, Ed, and Mama clean out the attic in "The Family"--and telling her what became of her pet rabbit Fluffy; a patron at a bar advises another on how to palm off a counterfeit $20 bill; Carol and Betty as two former cheerleaders attending a "Class of '32" reunion; and the entire cast performs in a salute to the Ziegfeld Follies.

Episode 13

Dick Van Dyke

Sat, Dec 18, 197646 mins

Highlights include: Carol and guest Dick Van Dyke perform "My Coloring Book", with cans of paint to set the lyrics; Tim as a "tough" police detective interrogating a pair of suspects (Harvey, Vicki); and Dick as a penniless uncle who vies with a wealthy uncle (Harvey) to adopt their rotten niece, Honey Bunny (Carol).

Episode 14

Family Show - Mr. Tudball Takes Mrs. Wiggins to Lunch

Sat, Dec 25, 197622 mins

Highlights of this "family show" include Mr. Tudball treating Mrs. Wiggins to a lunch in honor of National Secretary Week.

Episode 15

Glen Campbell

Sat, Jan 15, 197751 mins

Highlights of this show with guest Glen Campbell include: a takeoff on the Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson version of "A Star Is Born"; a group of scientists working on a vaccine for swine flu; and a sketch about a blue-collar worker and his frumpy wife.

Episode 16

Family Show - Torchy Song

Sat, Jan 22, 197722 mins

Highlights of this "family show" include: a couple (Carol, Tim) bicker over a late-night "wrong number" phone call; a woman (Carol) tries to liven up her life as a party is going on at the next apartment; the dancers perform a ballet to the music of "Nadia's Theme"; an inept, out-of-tune trio of musicians (pianist Carol, flautist Harvey and harpist Tim) accompany opera singer Vicki at a recital; a vacuum-cleaner salesman (Tim) tries to peddle his wares to a housewife (Vicki); and a "Late Late Late Show" presentation of "Torchy Song" (a spoof of the 1953 Joan Crawford film "Torch Song").

Episode 17

Rock Hudson and Steve Lawrence - Salute to Jule Styne

Sat, Jan 29, 197722 mins

Highlights include: Mrs. Wiggins (Carol) has a millionaire date (guest Rock Hudson) for lunch, but she wants to dump him; guest Steve Lawrence sings "You Take My Heart Away"; a husband-and-wife news team (Carol, Rock) bicker while anchoring a newscast; and a salute to the music of composer Jule Styne.

Episode 18

Helen Reddy - Salute to Songs of the 1960's

Sat, Feb 5, 197760 mins

Highlights of this show include a salute to songs of the 1960's. Mr. Tudball (Tim Conway) is in hot water with his wife (Vicki Lawrence) because of a late night gambling game. Carol goes crazy at a restaurant.

Episode 19

Eydie Gorme - Eunice Higgins on The Gong Show

Sat, Feb 12, 197760 mins

Highlights include: Eunice prepares for an appearance on "The Gong Show" and, inevitably, bickers with Ed and Mama over the clothes she would wear for her appearance; Mr. Tudball tries to teach Mrs. Wiggins the ropes about Las Vegas gambling; a wealthy woman (Carol) whose husband has been kidnapped is coached by a TV reporter (Harvey) who is interviewing her about the abduction; guest Eydie Gormé sings "What I Did for Love" and, for the finale, participates in a medley of movie music featuring such numbers as "Hooray for Hollywood", "Over the Rainbow", "San Francisco", "Born Free", "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "The Way We Were".

Episode 20

Ben Vereen

Sat, Feb 26, 197760 mins

Highlights include: guest Ben Vereen introduces his family during the opening question-and-answer segment; plays a divorce lawyer being courted in a restaurant by a bickering couple (Carol, Harvey); performs a musical number, "If You Believe"; and participates with the cast in a salute to composer Harold Arlen.

Episode 21

Hal Linden: Ham Actor / Old Man and the Sea / Riverboat

Sat, Mar 5, 197722 mins

Highlights of this edition with guest Hal Linden include: ham actors Funt and Mundane's (Harvey, Carol) latest play is such a success that they're booked into larger and larger venues until they wind up in the massive "Astro-Bowl"; Tim as the world's oldest ship skipper whose vessel crashes into everything; Hal performs "I Won't Last a Day Without You"; and a takeoff of "Show Boat".

Episode 22

Neil Sedaka

Sat, Mar 19, 197722 mins

Highlights of this edition include: guest Neil Sedaka takes part in another sketch of "kitchen commercials"; Tim as the world's oldest-living airline baggage handler; a businessman summoned to an IRS meeting brags about how he outsmarted the government; and a sleepy housewife tries to get rid of late-staying guests.

Episode 23

Ken Berry - Babes in Barns

Sat, Mar 26, 197751 mins

Highlights include: Mr. Tudball has a hard time coordinating a fire-safety plan with Mrs. Wiggins before an inspector (Harvey) arrives; Tim as a soldier stranded in a desert with a commanding officer (Harvey) who has a militant approach toward mirages; guest Ken Berry performs "I Got Rhythm", and co-stars with Carol in "Babes in Barns", a parody of 1930s Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland musicals.

Episode 24

10th Anniversary Show: Goodbye, Harvey

Sat, Apr 2, 197760 mins

Highlights of this 10th anniversary retrospective include: clips from prior shows, including the question-and-answer session of Carol's first show in 1967; her numerous array of characters including the Charwoman and Zelda; and vintage movie parodies and musical numbers with such guest stars as Mel Tormé, Don Rickles, Vince Edwards, Steve Lawrence, Rock Hudson, Ken Berry, Mickey Rooney and Jim Nabors.