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The Best Episodes of The Carol Burnett Show

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The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Carol Burnett Show Season 10 Episode 8 - Episode 239 (#1002)
    9.0/10(142 votes)

    #1 - Episode 239 (#1002)

    S10:E8

    Business Lunch; 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover; The Oldest Man: The Butcher; Went with the Wind!; Basin Street: Basin Street Blues / That's How I Love the Blues / The Birth of the Blues / Mad About Him Blues / A Good Man is Hard to Find / I Ain't Got Nobody / St. Louis Blues / Wang Wang Blues

    Director:Unknown
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  2. The Carol Burnett Show Season 11 Episode 24 - Episode 279
    8.9/10(79 votes)

    #2 - Episode 279

    S11:E24

    A Special Evening with Carol Burnett

    Director:Unknown
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  3. The Carol Burnett Show Season 4 Episode 20 - Rita Hayworth, Jim Bailey, Glen Campbell
    8.6/10(100 votes)

    #3 - Rita Hayworth, Jim Bailey, Glen Campbell

    S4:E20

    with Rita Hayworth, Jim Bailey

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Carol Burnett Show Season 8 Episode 10 - Episode 193 (#810)
    8.4/10(64 votes)

    #4 - Episode 193 (#810)

    S8:E10

    Born Free; Talk and Duet: You're So London; My Buddy; A Visit from Karen; The Third Degree; Charwoman Medley: Oh, to Be a Movie Star / Cuddle Up a Little Closer

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Carol Burnett Show Season 10 Episode 6 - Episode 237 (#1007)
    8.4/10(48 votes)

    #5 - Episode 237 (#1007)

    S10:E6

    Mrs. Wiggins: Buzz Off; Medical Documentary; Hollywood Seven; The Lift; The Morning After; Salute to Silent Movies: Without a Word, Without a Sound

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Carol Burnett Show Season 10 Episode 15 - Episode 246
    8.4/10(38 votes)

    #6 - Episode 246

    S10:E15

    with Glen Campbell

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Carol Burnett Show Season 3 Episode 27 - Family Sketch Show
    8.3/10(42 votes)

    #7 - Family Sketch Show

    S3:E27

    Family Show

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Carol Burnett Show Season 8 Episode 21 - Episode 204 (#821)
    8.3/10(74 votes)

    #8 - Episode 204 (#821)

    S8:E21

    The Family: Visit to Phillip; All That Jazz; The Typists; The Late, Late Movie: The Lady Heir; Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock Paris '90s Mini-Musical: Good Clean Fun / Dear Friend / Matchmaker, Matchmaker / Will He Like Me / Sunrise, Sunset / Days Gone By / The Very Next Man / If I Were a Rich Man / Do You Love Me / She Loves Me

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  9. The Carol Burnett Show Season 9 Episode 21 - Episode 228 (#921)
    8.3/10(66 votes)

    #9 - Episode 228 (#921)

    S9:E21

    The Family: Friend from the Past; The Butler and the Maid; Wallflowers Duet: Why Can't I / Let's Be Buddies; Mrs. Wiggins: The Intercom...Again; Everything Old is New Again

    Director:Unknown
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  10. The Carol Burnett Show Season 10 Episode 4 - Episode 235 (#1001)
    8.3/10(59 votes)

    #10 - Episode 235 (#1001)

    S10:E4

    The Family: The Rehearsal; Talk and Duet: Friend; Mrs. Wiggins: The Vending Machine; That's Entertainment, Part 86: That's Showbiz / Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo / Slippery When Wet

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 4 - with Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring
    8.2/10(153 votes)

    #11 - with Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring

    S1:E4

    Two women (Carol and guest Lucille Ball) go to the "Café Argentine" whose staff includes a goose-stepping maitre d' (Harvey); Carol plays 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. This episode is noted as Show #006 in the Lost Episodes DVD set.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Carol Burnett Show Season 4 Episode 25 - Eileen Farrell, David Frost, & Marilyn Horne
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #12 - Eileen Farrell, David Frost, & Marilyn Horne

    S4:E25

    with David Frost, Eileen Farrell, Marilyn Horne

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Carol Burnett Show Season 5 Episode 22 - Jack Klugman, Tony Randall
    8.2/10(38 votes)

    #13 - Jack Klugman, Tony Randall

    S5:E22

    with Jack Klugman, Tony Randall

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Carol Burnett Show Season 6 Episode 24 - Family Show without Guests
    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #14 - Family Show without Guests

    S6:E24

    Keep It In the Family; Barbary and Ben; Dueling Banjos / Arkansas Traveler; The Getaway; The Elbow: Dem Bones / The Elbow; The Old Old Movie: Rancid Harvest; Charwoman: Without Me She is Nothing

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The Carol Burnett Show Season 7 Episode 9 - Petula Clark and Tim Conway
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #15 - Petula Clark and Tim Conway

    S7:E9

    The Ham Actor: Contact Lenses; Silver Spoon; Airline Security; The Old Flame; As the Stomach Turns: Marian's Problem; Salute to the '50s and '60s: Yesterday Once More / Born to Hand Jive / Peppermint Twist

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  16. The Carol Burnett Show Season 8 Episode 6 - Episode 189
    8.2/10(40 votes)

    #16 - Episode 189

    S8:E6

    with Eydie Gorme and Rich Little

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Carol Burnett Show Season 8 Episode 12 - Episode 195 (#812)
    8.2/10(52 votes)

    #17 - Episode 195 (#812)

    S8:E12

    Razzle-Dazzle; The Biggest Movie of the Week: Disaster '75; Song Blackouts: I've Gotta Be Me / Something / Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! / A Baby is Coming; Bedtime Honesty II; Hold Me, Hamlet

    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Carol Burnett Show Season 8 Episode 19 - Episode 202
    8.2/10(40 votes)

    #18 - Episode 202

    S8:E19

    with Tim Conway and Dick Patterson

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Carol Burnett Show Season 8 Episode 24 - Episode 207 (#824)
    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #19 - Episode 207 (#824)

    S8:E24

    The Family: Hardware Store; Mama's Hit Parade Medley; Shower Blackout: When Your Lover Has Gone; The Oldest Man: Clock Repair; Ain't That Nothin'; Charwoman: The Two of Us / Carol's Theme

    Director:Unknown
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  20. The Carol Burnett Show Season 9 Episode 2 - Episode 209 (#901)
    8.2/10(55 votes)

    #20 - Episode 209 (#901)

    S9:E2

    Backstage; Medley: Yes I Can / Too Close for Comfort / Something's Gotta Give / Hey There / The Birth of the Blues / Candy Man / What Kind of Fool am I; No-Frills Airline; The Deputy; Salute to Harold Arlen Mini-Musical: Happiness is a Thing Called Joe / Two Ladies in De Shade of De Banana Tree / Get Happy / Come Rain or Come Shine / Gotta Have Me Go With You / Hooray for Love / Follow the Yellow Brick Road / The Man That Got Away / Down with Love / Moanin' in the Mornin' / When the Sun Comes Out / I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues / Stormy Weather / Over the Rainbow / Let's Fall in Love / Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

    Director:Unknown
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  21. The Carol Burnett Show Season 9 Episode 6 - Episode 213
    8.2/10(78 votes)

    #21 - Episode 213

    S9:E6

    with Maggie Smith

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Carol Burnett Show Season 9 Episode 8 - Episode 215 (#902)
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    #22 - Episode 215 (#902)

    S9:E8

    Laughter is the Best Medicine; Tongue Twisters / Moses Supposes; The Truck Drivers; Assembly Line; The Swinger: For Once in My Life; The Late, Late Movie: The Little Foxies

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Carol Burnett Show Season 9 Episode 10 - Episode 217 (#909)
    8.2/10(54 votes)

    #23 - Episode 217 (#909)

    S9:E10

    That's the Way the Kitchen Crumbles; The Cockney Lesson; The Oldest Man: The Doctor; The Family: Teacher's Dilemma; Show Biz: That's Showbiz / Comedy Tonight / Be a Clown / Let Me Entertain You / There's No Business Like Show Business

    Director:Unknown
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  24. The Carol Burnett Show Season 10 Episode 24 - Episode 255
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #24 - Episode 255

    S10:E24

    Tenth Anniversary Show

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 11 - with Don Adams, Lesley Ann Warren
    8.1/10(96 votes)

    #25 - with Don Adams, Lesley Ann Warren

    S1:E11

    A "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". This episode is noted as Show #013 in the Lost Episodes DVD set.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 239 (#1002)" is the best rated episode of "The Carol Burnett Show". It scored 9/10 based on 142 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/13/1976. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 279".