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Just to have a laugh or sing a song
Seems we just get started and before you know it
Comes the time we have to say, 'So long
A hit sketch comedy show on [[CBS]], running for 11 seasons. The show followed a very simple format of comedy sketches, TV and movie parodies, and musical numbers. What set it apart was how off the wall the actors and writers would take things. Basically anything went as long as it was funny (and could air on TV, of course).
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* [[The Chew Toy]]: Most of Tim's and many of Carol's characters, mainly the Oldest Man and Stella Toddler, respectively. [[The Tape Knew You Would Say That|And yes]], the two characters ''did'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOwmSbD20aQ cross over].
* [[Chroma Key]]: Used (and [[Played for Laughs]]) in some closing mini-musicals from later seasons, like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eYvZ7_RZdM&feature=player_detailpage#t=300s "Beach Blanket Boo-Boo"].
* [[Corpsing]]: Tim Conway was notorious for breaking up the others on the show. In many of the sketches featuring Conway and Harvey Korman, it was all Korman could do to get through it without collapsing. Causing Carol Burnett herself to lose it was a major feat, but Tim Conway accomplished it several times
** It got to the point that the cast would have a weekly pool to see how long it would take Tim Conway to make someone (mainly Harvey Korman) break character.
* [[Costume Porn]]: Bob Mackie did virtually all the outfits on the show, from the grand to the silly.
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'''Director''': ...and the chest protector!
''(Rhoda angrily bites his hand)''
'''Director''': And also Dr. Dondelhoit for the ''rabies shot''!
* [[Crossover]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmoXO1Yg6s One "Family" sketch] had Eunice be a contestant on ''[[The Gong Show]]'', with appearances by Chuck Barris, [[M*A*S*H (television)|Jamie Farr]], Jaye P. Morgan, and '''Allen Ludden'''. This is especially brilliant when you remember that Ludden's wife (now-widow) is [[Betty White]], who played Eunice's sister Ellen in the "Family" sketches and on ''[[Mama's Family]]''.
** [http://pull.imgfave.netdna-cdn.com/image_cache/1318644377600457.jpg This] [[Crossover Punchline]], thanks to [[Name's the Same]].
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* [[Curtain Clothing]]: The famous parody of the "curtain dress" from ''[[Gone with the Wind]]''.
{{quote|'''Rhett''': That gown is gorgeous.
'''Scarlett''': Thank you, I saw it in the window and just couldn't resist it.
* [[Disaster Movie]]: [[Parodied Trope|Parodied]] in several sketches, most notably [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-IvqubH4lY "Disaster '75"], which skewers the ''[[Airport]]'' series ''six years'' before ''[[Airplane!]]''.
** In addition, "Disaster '75" features Nora Desmond and her servant Max among the passengers (alluding to [[Sunset Boulevard|Gloria Swanson]]'s role in ''[[Airport|Airport 1975]]'') in a mild [[Crisis Crossover]].
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* [[Shotgun Wedding]]: Eunice and Ed are implied to have had this:
{{quote|'''Eunice''': ''(to Ed)'' It is time we satisfied [Mama's] curiosity! Go on! Go on, just tell her what happened that night that I went with you and then later on, we ''had'' to get married!
'''Mama''': I get your drift, Eunice. ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Welcome to the club]]''.
* [[Significant Monogram]]: At least one version of the [[Animated Credits Opening]] took the CBS in "From CBS Television City" and used the letters to write ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]''.
* [[Soap Opera]]: [[Parodied Trope|Parodied]] in the recurring sketch "As the Stomach Turns".
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