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The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E13 - Alan Alda

Comedy

TV-G

22

Dec 20, 1974

Attention, all personnel: incoming guest star...Alan Alda! This festive episode features Alda as a department store Santa, and as Eunice's brother Larry, visiting Mama and The Family for Christmas.

Season 8, 24 episodes

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E1 - Family Show,

In this episode, Mama, Eunice, and Ed return from an inspiring Sunday sermon--but struggle to maintain a feeling of "brotherly love." Also: Carol and Harvey are a couple sharing "Bedtime Honesty."

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E2 - Steve Lawrence,

Guest star Steve Lawrence is your MC for a roast of faded star Nora Desmond. And in "Carol & Sis", Vicki attempts to sober up a tipsy Carol after a bridge club meeting before Harvey returns home.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E3 - James Coco,

Guest James Coco takes a slow boat to romance in the Saturday Night Tearjerker movie spoof, "One Way Ticket," while Carol gets into a tempestuous argument with a container of margarine. (No, really.)

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E4 - Jack Weston, Michele Lee,

Jack Weston and Michele Lee guest star, joining Carol and Harvey for a sketch juxtaposing a bickering married couple and a newly-engaged one. Also: a doctor's visit is an emotional rollercoaster.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E5 - Telly Savalas,

Who loves ya, Carol? Guest star Telly Savalas, that's who! Telly and Harvey play businessmen whose broken merger plays like a broken relationship. Also: TV commercials, and Telly as "Poopi Le Moko."

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E6 - Rich Little, Eydie Gorme,

Good evening...tonight, guest stars Rich Little and Eydie Gorme join in a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock! Also: Carol and Harvey play a couple not speaking to each other in a largely pantomimed sketch.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E7 - Alan King, Lena Zavaroni,

Tonight's guest stars are Alan King and Lena Zavaroni! In sketches set on Hollywood Boulevard, a baseball game, and a bus stop, Carol and company prove that big laughs can be found everywhere.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E8 - John Byner, Helen Reddy,

Guests John Byner and Helen Reddy join Carol and Harvey in a sketch about swingers looking for the ladies. And over at Mama's house, The Family get into an unapologetically hilarious game of "Sorry!"

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E9 - Kenneth Mars, John Byner,

Kenneth Mars and John Byner guest star! Sketches include: Carol as an obsessed and oblivious soap opera fanatic, John enlisting Kenneth's coaching in a breakup, and the dreams of a married couple.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E10 - Tim Conway,

Tim Conway returns to the Carol show! Tim plays a lion who wants to be anything but Born Free, then teams with Harvey as a pair of military aircraft spotters stuck with each other on an island.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E11 - Steve Lawrence, Tim Conway,

Carol's guests are Steve Lawrence and Tim Conway for this episode, which features another chapter in the "As The Stomach Turns" saga, and Harvey getting unsolicited medical advice in a waiting room.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E12 - Carl Reiner, Ken Berry,

Guest stars Ken Berry and Carl Reiner fly the funny skies in "Disaster '75!" Fasten your seat belts for one of Carol's all-time classic movie spoof sketches that soars on wings of laughter.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E13 - Alan Alda,

Attention, all personnel: incoming guest star...Alan Alda! This festive episode features Alda as a department store Santa, and as Eunice's brother Larry, visiting Mama and The Family for Christmas.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E14 - Vincent Price, Joan Rivers,

Carol welcomes Vincent Price and Joan Rivers! Sketches include Vincent crossing paths with Alice Portnoy and understudying for Ham Actor Harvey, then saying "goodnight, Joan Boy" in "The Walnuts."

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E15 - Tim Conway,

Tim Conway is back again as guest star in this episode, highlighted by his turn as a hapless bus boy at a "Beniha-ha" restaurant who steps into an absent chef's role...with very messy results.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E16 - William Conrad,

Guest star William Conrad appears in the latest "The Family" sketch, as a gentleman caller for Mama (Vicki). Also: Harvey's uncomfortable news for his wife (Carol) gives her a bad case of twitches.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E17 - Tim Conway, The Pointer Sisters,

Tim Conway and The Pointer Sisters guest star! Sketches include the game show "Up Your Income", with Carol's Stella Toddler character as a contestant, and Tim as Nora Desmond's new butler.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E18 - Rock Hudson, Nancy Walker,

Carol's guests tonight are Rock Hudson and Nancy Walker! The two join Carol and company for sketch set in the grand old days of vaudeville, entitled: "When My Baby Laughs At Me."

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E19 - Family Show,

Tonight's episode features Harvey and Carol encountering a wishing well, and another installment of "The Family", with Eunice and Ed suffering through Mama's recuperation after an accident.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E20 - Buddy Ebsen, Wayne Rogers,

Buddy Ebsen and Wayne Rogers guest star! Sketches include: "The West Dakota County Fair", the World War II movie spoof, "War Is Heck", and another visit with "The Old Folks."

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E21 - Roddy McDowall,

Roddy McDowall guest stars! He plays a successful member of "The Family"--who fails to impress Mama when she visits his Hollywood home. Also: movie spoof "The Lady Heir" (a take-off on "The Heiress.")

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E22 - Steve Lawrence, Sally Struthers,

Tonight, guest stars Steve Lawrence and Sally Struthers join in one of Carol's patented "Late, Late Movie" spoofs. This time up, flappers and floozies abound in "The Boring Twenties."

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E23 - Phil Silvers, Jean Stapleton,

Television icons Phil Silvers (Sgt. Bilko) and Jean Stapleton (Edith Bunker) guest star! Sketches include "The Old Folks", commercial parodies, and a musical number by Carol in the style of Cher.

The Carol Burnett Show: S8 E24 - Tim Conway,

Tim Conway is back again as tonight's guest! Tim will leave you in stitches as the World's Oldest Clockmaker, and as a pal of Ed's in the latest visit with "The Family."

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