Season 3

1969–1970

Sep 22, 1969 · 54m

Another look at the most memorable TV commercials of the year; a spoof of the 1948 musical "When My Baby Smiles at Me"; Korman plays a ventriloquist who wants to break up with his dummy; Rock and Nancy duet on "Mine".

E2. Bernadette Peters, Nancy Wilson, & the Burgundy Street Singers

Sep 29, 1969 · 54m

"They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore" spoofs 1930s films; musical performances by guests Nancy Wilson ("Can't Take My Eyes Off You"), Bernadette Peters ("Poor Butterfly") and the Burgundy Street Singers ("Marrakesh Express"); and Carol, Harvey, Vicki and Lyle in a satirical TV show from the California White House.

E3. Steve Lawrence and Edward Villella

Oct 6, 1969 · 54m

Ballet dancer Edward Villella performs to music from the opera "Prince Igor," after which Charwoman Carol comes on for a dream dance with her hero. Steve and Carol take off on a medley of songs with numbers in their titles and Steve sings "The Drifter" on his own. Other segments include a bit with Carol and Harvey as the old folks on the porch, and another with the two of them as the married couple who hire decorator Lyle Waggoner.

E4. Bobbie Gentry and Scoey Mitchell

Oct 13, 1969 · 54m

Comedy sketches concern the first Negro president, royalty, old folks and a "sample" family. The show was originally scheduled for October 13, 1969 but was preempted, and aired on October 19, 1969.

E5. Ken Berry, Tim Conway, and Kay Medford

Oct 20, 1969 · 54m

In a vaudeville segment, Tim Conway plays a bumbling acrobat. Carol is a dance hall Mom to daughter Vicki Lawrence in a tearful melodrama. Ken Berry dances to "Down By the Winegar Woiks". Also, Carol and Ken Berry play a computer-matched couple singing love songs. Tim and Harvey do a skit about a homesick truck driver. Kay Medford pops up as a sister-in-law in the weekly "Carol and Sis" routine.

E6. Pat Boone, Gwen Verdon

Nov 3, 1969 · 54m

Miss Verdon's feature number is a production of "Hurry On Down". Pat Boone duets "Real True Lovin' " with Carol and then joins Gwen and the entire company in a spoof on TV commercials.

E7. Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Rowan & Martin

Nov 10, 1969 · 54m

with Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin

E8. Merv Griffin and Andy Griffith

Nov 17, 1969 · 54m

Aesop's Fable; V.I.P.: The King Family; I Believed It All; Mr. Law and Order; Mah-Na-Mah-Na; Carol and Sis; Cinderellie

E9. Lucille Ball and George Carlin

Nov 24, 1969 · 54m

Entire cast spoofs a modern folk-pop-rock-soul concert; Carol and Lucille portray airline stewardesses competing for the good-service bonus; Miss Burnett sings "Just Talkin'".

E10. Tim Conway and Martha Raye

Dec 8, 1969 · 54m

A couple (Carol and Harvey) is visited by an old college chum who has become famous; and a spoof of "Born Free" with guest Tim Conway as a lion who doesn't want to go back to the wild; Carol performs "You Oughta Be in Pictures" and "Oh, to Be a Movie Star"; Carol and guest Maggie Smith duet on "You're So London".

E11. Durward Kirby and Garry Moore

Dec 15, 1969 · 54m

The accent is on the holiday season when Carol Burnett's old friends Garry Moore and Durward Kirby drop in for their annual visit. Carol and Harvey play the old folks as they reminisce about their marriage. Moore and Kirby play opposing attorneys in the courtroom trial of Mrs. Peter Piper, whose husband picked a peck of pickled peppers. Miss Burnett recites an original Christmas poem and solos "Make Your Own Kind of Music" and later joins the Bob Mitchell Boys Choir in singing "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" Garry Moore assists Durward Kirby in delivering some "commercials" merchandising gifts for kids. In the "Carol and Sis" sketch, Carol throws a tantrum when husband Korman hosts his poker club.

E12. Donald O'Connor and Nancy Wilson

Dec 29, 1969 · 54m

The entire company joins in for a salute to MGM; O'Connor sings and dances to "Without a Song"; Miss Wilson solos "The Girl's a Woman Now"; Carol portrays a housewife haunted by characters from TV commercials.

E13. Audrey Meadows and Kaye Stevens

Jan 5, 1970 · 54m

Miss Stevens solos "Eli's Coming" and joins Carol for "Games People Play"; a daytime serial spoof; cast regulars satirize television weddings.

E14. Nanette Fabray, Steve Lawrence, and Nancy Wilson

Jan 12, 1970 · 54m

Nancy Wilson solos "Spinning Wheel"; Carol and guests explore the generation gap in song and dance; Miss Burnett stars in the show's recurring daytime soap opera spoof.

E15. Vikki Carr and Flip Wilson

Jan 19, 1970 · 54m

The Offenders; Go (Vois); Comedy Spot; Carol and Sis; Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head; Mission: Improbable; There's Enough to Go Around

E16. Ronald Reagan, Soupy Sales, and Mel Torme

Jan 26, 1970 · 54m

Gov. Reagan helps Carol field questions from the studio audience; Miss Burnett and guests salute Warner Bros. Studios; Torme sings "Hurry On Down" and joins Carol for "Within You"; Sales portrays a phony accident victim blackmailed by precocious Fireside Girl Alice Portnoy (Carol).

E17. Barbara Feldon and Joan Rivers

Feb 2, 1970 · 54m

Miss Burnett and guests spoof beauty contests and portray success-seeking sisters in New York; Miss Feldon sings and dances "If You've Got the Money" and "Yakety Sax"; Miss Rivers delivers a comedy monologue; Carol (as the Charwoman) sings "Where Did My Childhood Go?".

E18. Tim Conway, Steve Lawrence, and Kay Medford

Feb 9, 1970 · 54m

The entire cast take part in a vaudeville spoof; Miss Burnett and Berry play a mismatched couple and perform a love-song medley.

E19. Family Show

Feb 16, 1970 · 54m

Non-guest edition spotlights show regulars in comedy and song. Miss Burnett and Harvey Korman play shy school teachers reviewing the material for a sex-education class; Carol teaches Lyle Waggoner to sing.

E20. Pat Carroll, Jack Jones

Feb 23, 1970 · 54m

Pat and Carol portray TV commercial actresses and housewives who flirt with their golf instructor (Lyle Waggoner); Jones sings "I Love You More Today Than I Did Yesterday" and "God Bless the Child". The soap opera chapter focuses on a housewife (Pat) with a weight problem, who takes advice from best friend Burnett and divorce lawyer Harvey Korman. Harvey later returns as a hypochondriac dealing with wife Carol.

E21. Jane Connell/Tim Conway

Mar 2, 1970 · 54m

Cast salute to Universal Studios; Miss Connell appears in a "Thoroughly Modern Millie" number and sings "Pollution"; Vicki Lawrence offers "Leaving on a Jet Plane"; Conway and Harvey Korman portray tipsy pals trying to sober up, and Burnett and Korman appear as the Old Folks chatting on the back porch. Carol and Lyle Waggoner mimic Doris Day and Rock Hudson.

E22. Nanette Fabray and Trini Lopez

Mar 9, 1970 · 54m

Lopez sings "Lemon Tree" with Carol and solos "Yesterday I Heard the Rain"; Miss Fabray performs "Good Old Sounds" and dances the soft shoe with Carol and Trini. She also plays a secret drinker who outwits Carol in the soap opera chapter of the show. Carol and Harvey Korman celebrate a 70th wedding anniversary in the Old Folks sketch, and Carol comes close to hysteria suspecting husband Korman of running off with another woman in the "Carol and Sis" portion.

E23. Ronnie Schell and Nancy Wilson

Mar 16, 1970 · 54m

Miss Wilson solos and joins Carol and the dancers in production numbers; Schell portrays a nightclub comic with a wife who's out of laughs; Miss Burnett recites "Being Alone", a poem by a 13-year-old fan, and follows up by singing "Where Is Love?". Carol and sister Vicki Lawrence badger a hung-over Harvey Korman, and Carol returns for a slapstick husband-and-wife routine, becoming locked in a ball and chain.

E24. Martha Raye and Mel Torme

Mar 23, 1970 · 54m

with Martha Raye, Mel Tormé

E25. Tim Conway and Peggy Lee

Mar 30, 1970 · 54m

Skits feature Conway as a misfit bachelor on a vacation cruise, and as an imbibing office worker asking for a raise; Miss Lee solos "Love Story" and joins Carol for "Doodling Song".

E26. Nanette Fabray and Michele Lee

Apr 13, 1970 · 54m

A movie censor sketch; TV commercial spoofs; and another episode of "As the Stomach Turns". Fabray performs "One Little Brick at a Time". Lee performs "What about Today?" A musical finale where the cast brings comic strip characters to life, with Burnett as Olive Oyl, Lawrence as Little Iodine and Korman as Superman.

E27. Family Sketch Show

Apr 27, 1970 · 54m

A husband-wife team struggle over their income tax forms. In a takeoff on home interior magazines, Carol and Harvey Korman lead photographer Waggoner around their immaculate house. A comparison of movies to real life with the song "Cheek to Cheek". Carol plays an ingenue who ruins a big dramatic scene for great actor Harvey Korman.