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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat was your favorite variety show? My first favorite was Ed SullivanShow, then as I got older it changed , Edited
wcmagumba
(6,312 posts)debm55
(61,016 posts)wcmagumba
(6,312 posts)debm55
(61,016 posts)MuseRider
(35,176 posts)what you wrote I knew it had to be that...ooOOOOwwwwww
pandr32
(14,307 posts)There was something for everyone in the family.
debm55
(61,016 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,743 posts)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.
debm55
(61,016 posts)MiHale
(13,078 posts)Carol Burnett and laugh-in along with Hee-Haw
rural roots are hard to shake.
debm55
(61,016 posts)Deuxcents
(27,113 posts)debm55
(61,016 posts)Eugene
(67,140 posts)That's the show I watched most regularly.
I also liked Flip Wilson and the short-lived
Captain and Tennille show
EYESORE 9001
(29,765 posts)Ran on Saturday nights on ABC, to the best of my recollection.
The Blue Flower
(6,523 posts)It was on opposite Ed Sullivan. Always funnier. I also like Ernie Kovacs. Anyone remember his show?
boonecreek
(1,516 posts)The Nairobi Trio, Percy Dovetonsills, Eugene and those Dutch Masters spots.
The Blue Flower
(6,523 posts)He was way before his time.
JoseBalow
(9,550 posts)
"The devil made me do it"
displacedvermoter
(4,657 posts)Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell also really good.
Sullivan was great, though. Beatles, Stones, Doors, Topo Gigot, Jose Jimenez (Bill Dana).
AllaN01Bear
(29,606 posts)RoadRunner
(4,719 posts)That Annette Funicello still haunts me to this day.
LogDog75
(1,306 posts)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
(510 posts)I loved Carol Burnett and the Smothers Brothers. Sad to say, nowadays most things on TV are regrettable.
boonecreek
(1,516 posts)The Danny Kaye Show, The Johnathon Winters Show and later the Carol Burnett Show.
brush
(61,033 posts)with a cast of repeating stars and guests. There was also "Second City" too.
applegrove
(132,410 posts)when I was 18. Such a light.
Squeaky41
(435 posts)Show of Shows with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Howie Morris, Carl Reiner.
Summer replacement was Ernie Kovacs.
Red Skelton was very funny.
Different Drummer
(9,083 posts)Especially the episodes that featured The Muppets and/or Topo Gigio.