The Carol Burnett Show — Season 1, Episode 21: with Betty Grable, Martha Raye
Comedy, Family • 54 min • 11 seasons, 279 episodes • ★ 7.7/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About The Carol Burnett Show
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, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."
More episodes from Season 1
- E1with Jim Nabors
- E2with Sid Caesar, Liza Minnelli
- E3with Jonathan Winters, Eddie Albert
- E4with Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring
- E5with Imogene Coca, Lainie Kazan
- E6with Phyllis Diller, Gwen Verdon, and Bobbie Gentry
- E7with Smothers Brothers, Diahann Carroll, Richard Kiley
- E8with Nanette Fabray, Sonny & Cher
- E9with Richard Chamberlin, Gloria Loring
- E10with Juliet Prowse, Martha Raye
- E11with Don Adams, Lesley Ann Warren
- E12with Jonathan Winters, Barbara Eden, and Leonard Nimoy