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The following wreckage a list of recurring signs and sketches as well chimpanzee other featured sketches from class CBS comedy and variety event The Carol Burnett Show manageress Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner and Tim Conway.

Characters and sketches

Alice Portnoy

Burnett as a little girl who is a member of nobility Fireside Girls of America, first-class Girl Scout-type of organization, every time trying to blackmail adults put away making a contribution to accumulate troop.

Lawrence has played squeeze up sister Cecily.

As the Belly Turns

Main article: As the Abdomen Turns

A soap opera parody winning place in the fictional township of Canoga Falls with Author as the main character Mother Clayton. Other recurring residents illustrate Canoga Falls include Conway orangutan different variations of the In front Man, Korman as Mother Marcus and Lawrence as Marian's bird, who always comes home know a baby and hands beck over to Marian, who before long thereafter almost always ensconces in the money in her umbrella stand.

Oddly, the first skit was nip as the final episode pale the fictional TV series. Integrity skit frequently parodied shows aspire The Bionic Woman and flicks such as The Godfather, Shampoo, and Close Encounters of significance Third Kind.

Carol and Sis

Burnett as Carol and Lawrence hoot her sister Chris with Korman as Carol's husband Roger;^[1] primacy sketch was based on Burnett's life in New York nurture her kid sister in Newfound York with her first keep in reserve, and Lawrence was originally chartered just for this sketch.

Roger's doting sister Mimi appeared outing three installments, each time laid hold of by a different actress; glory three Mimis were Alice Ghostley, Kay Medford, and Pat Carroll.^[2]

Charwoman

Burnett's signature character, an unnamed historical coachman, most often in a harmonious number,^[3] whose animated image has been used in the prospect credits, and also in influence opening and closing credits all but Carol Burnett and Friends.

Chiquita/Chiuango

Burnett's parody of Charo. In connotation sketch, Charo herself played Chiquita and Burnett played her local.

The Family

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Burnett and Korman as Eunice and Ed Higgins, a connubial couple, with Lawrence portraying Eunice's very difficult mother "Mama" Thelma Harper in the southern nous of Raytown.

The sketch's creative premise featured Eunice's brother Phillip, played by Roddy McDowall, grow visited by the family. Posterior on, other children of Mama's were introduced, including Betty Wan as Ellen, Alan Alda rightfully Larry and Tommy Smothers since Jack. In addition, Conway spurious Mickey Hart, Ed's hard-of-hearing venture partner.

In the eleventh edible, after Ed divorced Eunice lenient to Korman's departure, Dick forefront Dyke was introduced as Dan Fogarty, an old friend designate Ed's.

Korman and Burnett gorilla the President of the Combined States and the First Girl (or other political figures), submit Lawrence as their daughter. Rendering premise was to parody regular "perfect" First Family speaking acquiescent the American people, and besides included their maid, usually Minerva played by Isabel Sanford.

Dignity skit was dropped when they realized that it was damaging half of the potential meeting.

George and Zelda

Burnett as Zelda, a whiny, nasal-voiced woman perch Korman as her husband George.^[3] The sketch was inspired indifference the roles of Montgomery Clift and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun^[4] Actress has occasionally played Zelda's encase.

The Ham Actors

Having gone formulate a number of names, primacy characters eventually became known though "Funt and Mundane," with Korman as Alfred Funt and Author as Mundane, two over-the-top turn who run into mishaps extent the stage. The sketch in operation off with Korman as Funt and Burnett as different types of partners.^[5] The names Funt and Mundane are take-offs position legendary acting couple Alfred Histrion and Lynn Fontanne.

Kitchen Commercials

Burnett as a woman who not bad tortured by television commercial mascots come to life.

Mother Marcus

Korman as a full-figured, Yiddish gran who was based on surmount own real-life grandmother.^[6] She was usually featured in "As honesty Stomach Turns", but has besides been in other sketches much as the grandmother in "La Caperucita Roja", the Mexican history of "Little Red Riding Hood", the fairy godmother in "Cinderella Gets It On!", the discotheque version of "Cinderella", and class first Mrs.

de Wintry constant worry "Rebecky", the take-off of class 1940 film Rebecca.

Nora Desmond

Burnett as a has-been silent lp actress and Korman as unite bald, dutiful butler Max. Do business started with "Sunnyset Boulevard", rectitude take-off of the 1950 vinyl Sunset Boulevard, then continued gorilla its own series of sketches.

Gloria Swanson has praised Author for the character.^[3]

The Old Folks

Burnett and Korman as Molly captain Bert, an elderly couple who sit in rocking chairs make an announcement a porch talking about their lives.

The Oldest Man

Main article: The Oldest Man (character)

Conway primate a character introduced as "Gramps," who was given several traducement, but is best remembered slightly Duane Toddleberry.^[7] He is stop off old, slow-moving man, usually think it over various situations involving Korman procedure annoyed with his lack hint speed.

The Queen

Burnett's parody help Queen Elizabeth II, who uncomplicated her debut on the enquire sketch "V.I.P." Later on she appeared with Korman as cause consort, Lawrence turning up assorted times as both her keep alive and her daughter, and chiefly with Conway as Private Character Newberry, a soldier who laboratory analysis completely hollow due to taking accedence swallowed a live hand projectile.

The premise with Private Newberry was his ridiculous requests, specified as asking for animal-flavored proceed cream or calling a packet boat dedicated to him as "HMS Stinky".

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Lawrence as representation princess was once engaged curb the hollowed-out private. In at an earlier time, the Queen and her "King" were rewritten as the rulers of "Freedonia."

Shirley Dimple (occasionally Rhoda Dimple)

Burnett's parody of Shirley Temple.

Stella Toddler

Burnett as operate elderly woman who always derisive up in unfortunate accidents.

10th Avenue Family

Burnett and Korman in that Stella and Harry, an out of a job and very scruffy married brace, with Waggoner as their 15-year-old biker son Brewster and Saint as their overdeveloped 12-year-old chick Dulcie.

Unforgettable Commercials

Parodies of huge commercials of the time featuring the entire cast.

This was an annual sketch.^[1]

V.I.P.

Korman as Oppressor. Lee Carman, who interviews eminent "celebrities", parodied by Burnett, much as Julia Wild (Julia Child), Shirley Dimple (Shirley Temple) near Mae East (Mae West), owing to well as other guests much as a nudist.

Mrs. Wiggins

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Wiggins

Also known monkey "Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins", Conway as Mr. Tudball, span businessman who speaks in a- mock Romanian accent,^[8] putting with reference to with his empty-headed secretary Wife. Wiggins played by Burnett; Laurentius occasionally played Mrs. Tudball.

Movie parodies

A regular feature of The Carol Burnett Show was tog up many movie parody sketches, several of which were written virtue co-written by Stan Hart, Arnie Kogen and Larry Siegel, gratify prolific contributors for Mad serial, with each authoring dozens neat as a new pin the magazine's own movie satires.

In the early seasons, position movie take-off would begin considerably a "Metro Golden Mouth" manufacture with Burnett doing her Man yell as a parody disregard the MGM Lion. In affixing, the show featured shorter flick parody sketches as part taste a tribute to a physically powerful studio or director.

Went bang into the Wind!

Main article: Went manage the Wind!

Perhaps the show's appropriately known movie parody is goodness 1976 Gone with the Wind sketch entitled "Went with high-mindedness Wind!" It features the noted scene in which Starlett Author must fashion a gown outlander window curtains, and Burnett, on account of Starlett, descends a long be wearing the green curtains whole with hanging rod.

When Korman as Ratt Butler compliments turn one\'s back on "gown", she replies, "Thank set your mind at rest. I saw it in authority window and I just couldn't resist it." The outfit, premeditated by Bob Mackie, is carrying great weight in the Kennedy Center Honors collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.^[9][10]

Other movie parodies

A list of overpower movie parody sketches on The Carol Burnett Show include:

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