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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
(5,629 posts)debm55
(55,703 posts)wcmagumba
(5,629 posts)debm55
(55,703 posts)MuseRider
(35,130 posts)what you wrote I knew it had to be that...ooOOOOwwwwww
pandr32
(13,772 posts)There was something for everyone in the family.
debm55
(55,703 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,670 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
(55,703 posts)MiHale
(12,620 posts)Carol Burnett and laugh-in along with Hee-Haw
rural roots are hard to shake.
debm55
(55,703 posts)Deuxcents
(25,501 posts)debm55
(55,703 posts)Eugene
(66,793 posts)That's the show I watched most regularly.
I also liked Flip Wilson and the short-lived
Captain and Tennille show
EYESORE 9001
(29,450 posts)Ran on Saturday nights on ABC, to the best of my recollection.
The Blue Flower
(6,349 posts)It was on opposite Ed Sullivan. Always funnier. I also like Ernie Kovacs. Anyone remember his show?
boonecreek
(1,390 posts)The Nairobi Trio, Percy Dovetonsills, Eugene and those Dutch Masters spots.
The Blue Flower
(6,349 posts)He was way before his time.
JoseBalow
(9,163 posts)
"The devil made me do it"
displacedvermoter
(4,129 posts)Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell also really good.
Sullivan was great, though. Beatles, Stones, Doors, Topo Gigot, Jose Jimenez (Bill Dana).
AllaN01Bear
(28,594 posts)RoadRunner
(4,710 posts)That Annette Funicello still haunts me to this day.
LogDog75
(1,103 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
(460 posts)I loved Carol Burnett and the Smothers Brothers. Sad to say, nowadays most things on TV are regrettable.
boonecreek
(1,390 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
(130,258 posts)when I was 18. Such a light.
Squeaky41
(424 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.