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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
(5,964 posts)debm55
(59,130 posts)wcmagumba
(5,964 posts)debm55
(59,130 posts)MuseRider
(35,176 posts)what you wrote I knew it had to be that...ooOOOOwwwwww
pandr32
(14,127 posts)There was something for everyone in the family.
debm55
(59,130 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,711 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
(59,130 posts)MiHale
(12,883 posts)Carol Burnett and laugh-in along with Hee-Haw
rural roots are hard to shake.
debm55
(59,130 posts)Deuxcents
(26,399 posts)debm55
(59,130 posts)Eugene
(67,020 posts)That's the show I watched most regularly.
I also liked Flip Wilson and the short-lived
Captain and Tennille show
EYESORE 9001
(29,594 posts)Ran on Saturday nights on ABC, to the best of my recollection.
The Blue Flower
(6,442 posts)It was on opposite Ed Sullivan. Always funnier. I also like Ernie Kovacs. Anyone remember his show?
boonecreek
(1,478 posts)The Nairobi Trio, Percy Dovetonsills, Eugene and those Dutch Masters spots.
The Blue Flower
(6,442 posts)He was way before his time.
JoseBalow
(9,412 posts)
"The devil made me do it"
displacedvermoter
(4,186 posts)Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell also really good.
Sullivan was great, though. Beatles, Stones, Doors, Topo Gigot, Jose Jimenez (Bill Dana).
AllaN01Bear
(29,157 posts)RoadRunner
(4,715 posts)That Annette Funicello still haunts me to this day.
LogDog75
(1,228 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
(501 posts)I loved Carol Burnett and the Smothers Brothers. Sad to say, nowadays most things on TV are regrettable.
boonecreek
(1,478 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
(131,575 posts)when I was 18. Such a light.
Squeaky41
(431 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.