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Television show featuring skits by Carol Burnett and her comedy troupe. Each episode would feature a variety of sketches, which would often parody stuff found in pop culture. Besides playing various characters Lyle Waggoner was also the Announcer from 1967 to 1974 when Ernie Anderson took over until the close. In 1991, a new version of the series was created (see the link below).

The Carol Burnett Show (1967) - 11x24 A Special Evening with Carol Burnett Screenshot
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11x24 A Special Evening with Carol Burnett Aired: Mar. 29, 1978

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The Carol Burnett Show (1967) is Canceled/Ended
The show had 11 seasons and 278 episodes air between 1967 and 1978.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Sep. 11, 1967
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Aired:
1967 - 1978
To-Date:
11 Seasons
278 Episodes
Network
CBS TV Network
AKA:
Carol Burnett and Friends (syndicated title)
Genre

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Series Fun Facts

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  • It was revealed years later that each week's show was taped twice in front of different audiences and the best parts from each taping were edited together.
  • At the end of the final show of the first season, Carol Burnett appeared as her "washerwoman" character, and walked out of the theater, every seat empty save for a bald man who had fallen…
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    At the end of the final show of the first season, Carol Burnett appeared as her "washerwoman" character, and walked out of the theater, every seat empty save for a bald man who had fallen asleep in his seat. In a touching gesture, she stopped by him, leaned over, kissed him on his scalp, and walked out the doors of the back of the theater. It was so well-received that every subsequent season ending, the scene was repeated with a bald actor in the audience. At the end of the last show of the series, she walked out to the back of the stage (amid the wild applause of the audience) and kissed a similarly "sleeping" security guard.
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  • Even though he left the cast the previous season, Harvey Korman can briefly be seen at the end of the final episode as he is leaving the theater.