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The Best Episodes of The Carol Burnett Show Season 1

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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
    The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 4 - with Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring
    8.2/10(146 votes)

    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.

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  2. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 11 - with Don Adams, Lesley Ann Warren
    8.1/10(102 votes)

    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.

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  3. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 12 - with Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden, and Leonard Nimoy
    8.1/10(85 votes)

    S1:E12

    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".

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  4. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 3 - with Jonathan Winters, Eddie Albert
    8.0/10(100 votes)

    S1:E3

    Comic Winters mimics Jackie Gieason; Carol plays a movie star attempting a comeback and a model playing in her first jungle film; in a husband-and-wife routine Carol and Harvey can't seem to remember the names of their guests.

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  5. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 19 - with Jonathan Winters, Dionne Warwick
    8.0/10(71 votes)

    S1:E19

    Winters and Carol play television fans who talk like TV commercials. Recording star Dionne Warwick sings the theme from "Valley of the Dolls" and "This Little Light of Mine". A "Carol and Sis" sketch spoofs women's current hair-dos. In a hospital sketch, Korman interviews a medical administrator, looks in on a doctor-nurse romance and gets a report from a rare maternity case. In other musical numbers, Miss Warwick joins Miss Burnett in a duet, "T'morra, T'morra" and Miss Burnett solos "Come Rain or Come Shine".

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  6. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 30 - Family Show
    8.0/10(42 votes)

    S1:E30

    Carol plays 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.

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  7. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 2 - with Sid Caesar, Liza Minnelli
    7.8/10(119 votes)

    S1:E2

    A "V.I.P." interview sketch satirizing Luci Baines Johnson; Carol and Vicki do a "Sleeping Beauty" skit; guest Sid Caesar plays 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 do a spoof of the Ziegfeld Follies.

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  8. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 6 - with Phyllis Diller, Gwen Verdon, and Bobbie Gentry
    7.8/10(91 votes)

    S1:E6

    Carol plays the wife of a monster in "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. This episode is noted as Show #008 in the Lost Episodes DVD set.

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  9. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 8 - with Nanette Fabray, Sonny & Cher
    7.8/10(86 votes)

    S1:E8

    A spoof of French, Polish and Japanese airline service; A "V.I.P." interview sketch with Carol as a nudist; an office triangle sketch; Carol and Nanette perform "Bosom Buddies"; Cher performs "You Better Sit Down Kids"; Sonny & Cher sing "Living for You"; and the whole cast performs "Take Me Along".

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  10. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 22 - with Nanette Fabray, Art Carney
    7.8/10(59 votes)

    S1:E22

    Carney plays a garbage collector who has a jealous wife (Burnett), with Nanette rounding out the triangle in one skit. In another, Carney and Carol play stunned parents when son Harvey Korman brings a mermaid home to meet the folks. In a musical number Burnett, Fabray and Carney scoot about on roller skates. Also, Carol and Nanette mimic child movie stars at the Academy Awards, Carol interviews Korman for a change, and Vicki Lawrence does a song and dance.

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  11. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 27 - with Peter Lawford, Minnie Pearl
    7.8/10(57 votes)

    S1:E27

    In "Carol and Sis", the girls are panic-stricken after watching a horror movie late at night; Carol and Minnie play two country women visiting Paris; a spoof of "Bonnie and Clyde"; Carol plays a Mary Poppin's style mail order bride for an Amazon plantation owner; and a medley of songs from MGM musicals.

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  12. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 1 - with Jim Nabors
    7.7/10(164 votes)

    S1:E1

    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". This episode is noted as Show #003 in the Lost Episodes DVD set.

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  13. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 9 - with Richard Chamberlin, Gloria Loring
    7.7/10(86 votes)

    S1:E9

    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".

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  14. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 10 - with Juliet Prowse, Martha Raye
    7.7/10(72 votes)

    S1:E10

    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".

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  15. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 21 - with Betty Grable, Martha Raye
    7.7/10(69 votes)

    S1:E21

    Harvey interviews Queen Elizabeth (Carol) in another "V.I.P." segment; Betty performs "Hello, Dolly!" with the dancers in a barn dance motif; in the first episode of recurring "As the Stomach Turns" sketches, Betty plays an amnesiac and Martha is 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 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.

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  16. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 5 - with Imogene Coca, Lainie Kazan
    7.6/10(82 votes)

    S1:E5

    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 play "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".

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  17. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 23 - with Garry Moore, Durward Kirby, John Gary
    7.6/10(51 votes)

    S1:E23

    Gary sings "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; in "That Wonderful Year", a reenactment of 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.

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  18. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 29 - with Sid Caesar, Barbara McNair
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    S1:E29

    A feminine spoof of "I Spy"; Sid, Carol and Harvey play gypsies attempting to untangle various personal complications; Harvey interviews silent movie stars Pico and Rivera; Carol and Harvey play 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".

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  19. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 7 - with Smothers Brothers, Diahann Carroll, Richard Kiley
    7.5/10(84 votes)

    S1:E7

    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"; 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.

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  20. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 18 - with George Chakiris, Shirley Jones
    7.5/10(67 votes)

    S1:E18

    In a hospital sketch, Nurse Carol gives the heave-ho (again out a window) to her idol, entitled "international sex symbol" Harvey. Oscar winners Shirley Jones and George Chakiris offer classy musical interludes -- Shirley with a Broadway medley of "When Did I Fall in Love" and "Somebody Somewhere", and sleek George performing a smoldering Greek love dance.

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  21. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 25 - Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway, and Jack Jones
    7.5/10(51 votes)

    S1:E25

    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 finale has Jones and Burnett in a bouncy production number titled "Hoe-down Time". This episode is noted as Show #016 in the Lost Episodes DVD set.

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  22. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 14 - with Sid Caesar, Ella Fitzgerald
    7.4/10(58 votes)

    S1:E14

    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.

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  23. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 28 - with Tim Conway, Shani Wallis
    7.4/10(48 votes)

    S1:E28

    Conway plays 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.

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  24. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 13 - with Mickey Rooney, John Davidson
    7.3/10(78 votes)

    S1:E13

    A husband-wife sketch, with Carol and Mickey as a rich and bored twosome; a slapstick skit about a western filmed in Germany; Carol becomes a TV cooking expert high on wine; a spoof on "The Dating Game"; John Davidson sings "There's a Kind of Hush"; and the whole cast cavorts in a takeoff of old movie musicals.

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  25. The Carol Burnett Show Season 1 Episode 15 - with Lynn Redgrave, Mike Douglas
    7.3/10(46 votes)

    S1:E15

    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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"with Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring" is the best rated episode of "The Carol Burnett Show" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 146 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/2/1967. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "with Don Adams, Lesley Ann Warren".