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debm55

(54,960 posts)
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:37 AM Mar 2025

What was your favorite variety show? My first favorite was Ed SullivanShow, then as I got older it changed , Edited

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What was your favorite variety show? My first favorite was Ed SullivanShow, then as I got older it changed , Edited (Original Post) debm55 Mar 2025 OP
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In... wcmagumba Mar 2025 #1
Thank you very much wcmaguumba. debm55 Mar 2025 #3
Loved this bit from Hee Haw... wcmagumba Mar 2025 #9
Thank you wcmagumba. I remember that show. debm55 Mar 2025 #14
The minute I saw MuseRider Mar 2025 #26
It was without much competition at the time. pandr32 Mar 2025 #2
I agree. As time went on there were a lot more.shows with different varieties of acts. debm55 Mar 2025 #5
Ed had great guests TexLaProgressive Mar 2025 #4
Oh, Carol"s show was my second. I so enjoyed the comedy clips. debm55 Mar 2025 #6
Never missed Ed...but that really was my parents show... MiHale Mar 2025 #7
I agree with you MiHale. Loved watching Carol's show. Ed Sullivan was my parent's show. debm55 Mar 2025 #10
The Smothers Brothers show Deuxcents Mar 2025 #8
Oh yes, great show. Thank you Deuxcents. debm55 Mar 2025 #11
winner rampartd Mar 2025 #16
The Carol Burnett Show Eugene Mar 2025 #12
I had a thing for The Hollywood Palace EYESORE 9001 Mar 2025 #13
The Steve allen show The Blue Flower Mar 2025 #15
Oh yeah. boonecreek Mar 2025 #23
Those were all Ernie Kovac's creations The Blue Flower Mar 2025 #25
I was a big fan of The Flip Wilson Show JoseBalow Mar 2025 #17
Me too! FM123 Mar 2025 #28
Smothers Brothers displacedvermoter Mar 2025 #18
muppets variety hour . AllaN01Bear Mar 2025 #19
Mickey Mouse Club RoadRunner Mar 2025 #20
I loved The Carol Burnett Show LogDog75 Mar 2025 #21
We never missed Ed Sullivan! Dorothy V Mar 2025 #22
We had a few. boonecreek Mar 2025 #24
We gotta include "Saturday Night Live", todays version of a variety show... brush Mar 2025 #27
I used to watch Carole Burnett reruns after highschool applegrove Mar 2025 #29
Favorites Squeaky41 Mar 2025 #30
Ed Sullivan Show for me. Different Drummer Mar 2025 #31

pandr32

(13,737 posts)
2. It was without much competition at the time.
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:40 AM
Mar 2025

There was something for everyone in the family.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
5. I agree. As time went on there were a lot more.shows with different varieties of acts.
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:42 AM
Mar 2025

TexLaProgressive

(12,660 posts)
4. Ed had great guests
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:41 AM
Mar 2025

But Carol has my heart. Yes it was a different format than the Really good shoe. But it was loads of fun with the regulars and guests.

MiHale

(12,542 posts)
7. Never missed Ed...but that really was my parents show...
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:46 AM
Mar 2025

Carol Burnett and laugh-in along with Hee-Haw…rural roots are hard to shake.

debm55

(54,960 posts)
10. I agree with you MiHale. Loved watching Carol's show. Ed Sullivan was my parent's show.
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:51 AM
Mar 2025

Eugene

(66,732 posts)
12. The Carol Burnett Show
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:54 AM
Mar 2025

That's the show I watched most regularly.
I also liked Flip Wilson and the short-lived
Captain and Tennille show

EYESORE 9001

(29,421 posts)
13. I had a thing for The Hollywood Palace
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 11:54 AM
Mar 2025

Ran on Saturday nights on ABC, to the best of my recollection.

The Blue Flower

(6,305 posts)
15. The Steve allen show
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:00 PM
Mar 2025

It was on opposite Ed Sullivan. Always funnier. I also like Ernie Kovacs. Anyone remember his show?

displacedvermoter

(4,080 posts)
18. Smothers Brothers
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:42 PM
Mar 2025

Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell also really good.

Sullivan was great, though. Beatles, Stones, Doors, Topo Gigot, Jose Jimenez (Bill Dana).

LogDog75

(1,061 posts)
21. I loved The Carol Burnett Show
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 01:51 PM
Mar 2025

Ed Sullivan was good for the variety of acts and it was probably the TV version of Vaudeville. However, The Carol Burnett Show had a set cast of talented actors who would appear every week.

Dorothy V

(451 posts)
22. We never missed Ed Sullivan!
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 02:13 PM
Mar 2025

I loved Carol Burnett and the Smothers Brothers. Sad to say, nowadays most things on TV are regrettable.

boonecreek

(1,364 posts)
24. We had a few.
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 05:27 PM
Mar 2025

The Danny Kaye Show, The Johnathon Winters Show and later the Carol Burnett Show.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
27. We gotta include "Saturday Night Live", todays version of a variety show...
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 03:17 PM
Mar 2025

with a cast of repeating stars and guests. There was also "Second City" too.

Squeaky41

(421 posts)
30. Favorites
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 03:40 PM
Mar 2025

Show of Shows with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Howie Morris, Carl Reiner.

Summer replacement was Ernie Kovacs.

Red Skelton was very funny.

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