The Carol Burnett Show Season 8 Episodes

Episode 0

The Hollow Hero's Bird/Jowls

Fri, Feb 21, 1975

Episode 1

Jim Nabors

Sat, Sep 14, 197450 mins

Highlights of this eighth-season premiere include: guest Jim Nabors as the "Ringo Kid", a gunslinger who challenges the quick-draw machines to a penny arcade; a married couple (Carol, Harvey) get carried away in a binge of honest mutual criticism; musical performances from Jim ("One Life") and Carol ("Just a Gigolo"); and for the finale, a salute to the days of vaudeville.

Episode 2

Steve Lawrence

Sat, Sep 21, 197460 mins

Highlights include guest Steve Lawrence as emcee of a celebrity roast for silent-screen star Nora Desmond.

Episode 3

James Coco and The Pointer Sisters

Sat, Sep 28, 197422 mins

Highlights include: a "Saturday Night Tearjerker" presentation of "One Way Ticket" with Carol as a terminally ill woman and guest James Coco as a condemned murderer with whom she falls in love; a woman (Carol) argues with a tub of margarine in a spoof of Parkay commercials; a man (James) is nervous on a blind date; and a parody of "Kojak". Musical numbers include guests The Pointer Sisters performing "Steam Heat", and being joined by Carol on "Salt Peanuts".

Episode 4

Michele Lee and Jack Weston

Sat, Oct 5, 197460 mins

Highlights of this program with guests Jack Weston and Michele Lee include: a bickering married couple give two newlyweds reason to reconsider; a battered husband gives an elaborate explanation of why he didn't get back home until 4 A.M.; Michele sings "Where Am I Going", and for the finale the guests join the cast in a musical tribute to Stephen Sondheim.

Episode 5

Telly Savalas and The Smothers Brothers

Sat, Oct 12, 197422 mins

Highlights of this edition with guests Telly Savalas and the Smothers Brothers include: "Poopi Le Moko" (a spoof of "Algiers" with Telly in the title role and Carol in the role played by Hedy Lamarr); in "The Family", Eunice, Ed and Mama visit brother Jack (Tom Smothers) in the hospital; and two men discuss a business merger as if it were a love affair.

Episode 6

Eydie Gorme and Rich Little

Sat, Oct 26, 197460 mins

Highlights include: guest Rich Little impersonates Alfred Hitchcock in a salute to the legendary director; a married couple (Carol, Harvey), no longer on speaking terms after a night out, argue through actions; guest Eydie Gormé sings "You'll Remember Me"; and for the finale, a musical salute to composer Jerome Kern.

Episode 7

Alan King and Lena Zavaroni

Sat, Nov 2, 197460 mins

Highlights include: guest Alan King as a baseball fan who is being pestered by a woman who has more interest in him than in the game; two former silent screen stars (Carol, Harvey) are reunited at the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard; a woman claims a package that she found at a bus stop; guest Lena Zavaroni performs "If They Could See Me Now"; and for the close, a salute to the music of DeSylva, Brown and Henderson.

Episode 8

John Byner and Kenneth Mars

Sat, Nov 9, 197422 mins

Highlights of this show with guests John Byner and Kenneth Mars include: Carol as a soap-opera addict; John in a parody of TV record offer ads where he impersonates top pop singers of the day as well as being the announcer; Vicki performs "Rolling Down the Hills"; a woman (Carol) creates a scene in an elegant restaurant while breaking up with her boyfriend (John); a married couple each has dreams of being with other people; and for the close, the "Mr. Globe" contest.

Episode 9

John Byner and Helen Reddy

Sat, Nov 16, 197460 mins

Highlights of this show with guests John Byner and Helen Reddy include: two men attempt to pick up women at a singles bar; in "The Family", pandemonium breaks out when Eunice, Ed and Mama play the board game "Sorry"; and a musical salute to women songwriters.

Episode 10

Tim Conway and Dame Maggie Smith

Sat, Nov 23, 197460 mins

Highlights include: Carol welcomes guest Maggie Smith in her American TV debut, and they duet on "You're So London"; a couple (Carol, Harvey) is visited by an old college chum (Maggie) who has become famous; and a spoof of "Born Free" with guest Tim Conway as Simba the lion.

Episode 11

Tim Conway, Steve Lawrence, and Steven Warner

Sat, Dec 7, 197460 mins

Highlights of this edition with guests Steve Lawrence, Tim Conway and Steven Warner ("The Little Prince") include: Tim as a man who has the surprise of his life when he visits a woman who is actually a cop on a stakeout; Steve as a blackmailer in "As the Stomach Turns"; and for the finale, a salute to the music of Lerner and Loewe.

Episode 12

Ken Berry and Carl Reiner

Sat, Dec 14, 197422 mins

Highlights of this program with guests Ken Berry and Carl Reiner include: "Disaster '75" (a parody of "Airport 1975") with Carol as both the airline stewardess and silent film star Nora Desmond; Ken performs in a late 1800's barbershop number; and a musical spoof of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", with Harvey as both host Alistair Cookie and King Claudius, Ken as the title character, and Carl as the ghost of Hamlet's father.

Episode 13

Alan Alda

Sat, Dec 21, 197422 mins

Highlights include: Eunice's brother (guest Alan Alda) visits "The Family" for a typically tumultuous Christmas; Carol and Alan duet on "Nobody Does It Like Me" in the midst of a department store Christmas rush, and perform in a sketch about "Morton of the Movies"; and for the close the entire cast performs a salute to New York City.

Episode 14

Vincent Price and Joan Rivers

Sat, Jan 4, 197551 mins

Highlights of this program with guests Vincent Price and Joan Rivers include: ham actors Funt and Mundane's (Harvey, Carol) final performance of their latest play is undercut and sabotaged by a pair of aggressively ambitious understudies (Vincent, Vicki); Carol reprises her obnoxiously extortionist "Fireside Girl" character, Alice Portnoy; and spoofs of such TV shows as "The Waltons" and "Young People's Concerts" (with the latter being the showcase for a presentation of "Sarah and the Moose").

Episode 15

Tim Conway

Sat, Jan 11, 197522 mins

Highlights include: a spoof of "The Pirates of Penzance"; guest Tim Conway as a fumbling, bumbling busboy at a Japanese restaurant substituting for their regular chef, and a boxer fighting the world's first female contender (Carol); and Bert tries to convince Molly to see an X-rated movie in "The Old Folks".

Episode 16

William Conrad and The Jackson 5

Sat, Jan 25, 197522 mins

Highlights include: guest William Conrad plays Mama's new beau in "The Family", and sings a number, "Laurel & Hardy Pantomime", about silent movie comedians (with series co-writer Bill Richmond as Stan Laurel); and musical guests The Jackson 5 perform "The Life of the Party".

Episode 17

Tim Conway and the Pointer Sisters

Sat, Feb 8, 197522 mins

Highlights of this show include Stella Toddler as a game show contestant on "Up Your Income"; and Nora Desmond's butler Max finds a substitute for himself.

Episode 18

Rock Hudson and Nancy Walker

Sat, Feb 15, 197551 mins

Highlights of this edition with guests Rock Hudson and Nancy Walker include: another look at the most memorable TV commercials of the year; Rock and Nancy duet on "Mine"; and "When My Baby Laughs at Me" (a spoof of the 1948 musical "When My Baby Smiles at Me".

Episode 19

Tim Conway

Sat, Feb 22, 197560 mins

Highlights include: Mama is recovering from a broken leg after a fall in "The Family", and guest Tim Conway appears in a sketch as the "Old Man"; Carol and Vicki duet on "If Mama Was Married", with Harvey appearing as "Mother Marcus"; and a musical finale about Cleopatra with Carol in the title role, and featuring such songs as "Up a Lazy River" and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".

Episode 20

Buddy Ebsen and Wayne Rogers

Sat, Mar 8, 197543 mins

Highlights of this edition with guests Wayne Rogers and Buddy Ebsen include: spoofs of war movies (including "War Is Heck"); sketches with "The Old Folks" and Carol as the perpetually accident-prone wife; Buddy hoofs to "Rendezvous," for which he wrote the lyrics; and the guests join the cast for the finale, a parody of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "State Fair."

Episode 21

Roddy McDowell and Bernadette Peters

Sat, Mar 15, 197560 mins

Highlights include: Eunice, Ed and Mama visit accomplished younger brother Phillip (guest Roddy McDowall) in his California home in "The Family"; Carol and guest Bernadette Peters play two synchronized secretarial typists who do everything in unison; and "The Lady Heir" (a spoof of the 1949 film "The Heiress").

Episode 22

Steve Lawrence and Sally Struthers

Sat, Mar 22, 197522 mins

Highlights of this edition with guests Steve Lawrence and Sally Struthers include: "The Boring Twenties" (a spoof of the 1939 gangster movie "The Roaring Twenties").

Episode 23

Phil Silvers and Jean Stapleton

Sat, Mar 29, 197551 mins

Highlights of this show with guests Jean Stapleton and Phil Silvers include: another spoof of TV commercials including for Mr. Coffee, sleeping pills and life insurance; and a feminist (Jean) argues with a man (Harvey) who opens a door for her.

Episode 24

Family Show with Tim Conway

Sat, Apr 5, 197522 mins

Highlights of this season-finale "family show" with Tim Conway becoming part of the cast include: Eunice and Mama visit Ed at the hardware store in "The Family"; Carol sings "When Your Lover Has Gone" in the shower, and duets with Vicki on a medley of lullabies; and Tim as the world's oldest living clock maker.