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The Carol Burnett Show: Season 1

30 episodes Premiered Sep 11, 1967 Updated Jul 19, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

with Jim Nabors

Sep 11, 1967 · 54 min

Carol's series premiere guest is Jim Nabors. Highlights of this inaugural edition include: a "V.I.P." interview with Shirley Dimple; Jim and Carol as two misfit skiers in "The Ski

S1·E2

with Sid Caesar, Liza Minnelli

Sep 18, 1967 · 54 min

A "V.I.P." interview sketch satirizing Luci Baines Johnson; Carol and Vicki do a "Sleeping Beauty" skit; guest Sid Caesar plays a father awaiting the birth of his child; Carol and

S1·E3

with Jonathan Winters, Eddie Albert

Sep 25, 1967 · 54 min

Comic Winters mimics Jackie Gieason; Carol plays a movie star attempting a comeback and a model playing in her first jungle film; in a husband-and-wife routine Carol and Harvey can

S1·E4

with Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring

Oct 2, 1967 · 54 min

Two women (Carol and guest Lucille Ball) go to the "Café Argentine" whose staff includes a goose-stepping maitre d' (Harvey); Carol plays a housewife fighting off a recalcitrant wa

S1·E5

with Imogene Coca, Lainie Kazan

Oct 9, 1967 · 54 min

A "V.I.P." sketch about Miss America; Carol, Harvey and guest Imogene Coca perform a coffee commercial sketch; guest Lainie Kazan performs a "Sunnyside"/"Silver Lining" medley, and

S1·E6

with Phyllis Diller, Gwen Verdon, and Bobbie Gentry

Oct 16, 1967 · 54 min

Carol plays the wife of a monster in "Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde"; a routine from guest Phyllis Diller; musical numbers from guests Gwen Verdon ("The 59th Street Bridge Song") and Bo

S1·E8

with Nanette Fabray, Sonny & Cher

Nov 6, 1967 · 54 min

A spoof of French, Polish and Japanese airline service; A "V.I.P." interview sketch with Carol as a nudist; an office triangle sketch; Carol and Nanette perform "Bosom Buddies"; Ch

S1·E9

with Richard Chamberlin, Gloria Loring

Nov 13, 1967 · 54 min

Carol and guest Richard Chamberlain attempt to make Lyle jealous; an airport interview with a "Mother of the Year"; musical numbers from Carol and the dancers ("Everybody's Gotta B

S1·E10

with Juliet Prowse, Martha Raye

Nov 20, 1967 · 54 min

A "Sleeping Beauty" production number; a legs and mouth sketch; a "V.I.P." sketch satirizing Lynda Bird Johnson's wedding; musical numbers from guests Juliet Prowse ("The Fleet's I

S1·E11

with Don Adams, Lesley Ann Warren

Nov 27, 1967 · 54 min

A "Jolly Green Thing" sketch; guest Lesley Ann Warren and the dancers perform "The Best Is Yet to Come"; a strike sketch parodying Joey Bishop's and Johnny Carson's talk shows; Har

S1·E13

with Mickey Rooney, John Davidson

Dec 11, 1967 · 54 min

A husband-wife sketch, with Carol and Mickey as a rich and bored twosome; a slapstick skit about a western filmed in Germany; Carol becomes a TV cooking expert high on wine; a spoo

S1·E14

with Sid Caesar, Ella Fitzgerald

Dec 25, 1967 · 54 min

Highlights of this Christmas edition include: guest Sid Caesar demonstrating self-defense; Carol and Sid as a couple who quarrel on Christmas night; Sid, Carol and Harvey in a sket

S1·E15

with Lynn Redgrave, Mike Douglas

Jan 1, 1968 · 54 min

A sketch about a tourist couple at an airport; Carol and Vicki duetting on "Puppy Love"; Mike singing "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" and "Born Free"; and a Shakespeare prod

S1·E16

with Lana Turner, Frank Gorshin

Jan 8, 1968 · 54 min

Carol's guest Lana Turner sings "Heavenly Music" while dancing with the Lester Flatt troop. Frank Gorshin does impressions then becomes Bluebeard with Carol his 13th wife. Carol an

S1·E17

with Trini López, Ken Berry

Jan 15, 1968 · 54 min

Highlights include: "The Swinging 6 O'Clock News"; a "V.I.P." interview with the wife of the Jolly Green Giant; and musical numbers from guests Trini López ("Sally Was a Good Old G

S1·E18

with George Chakiris, Shirley Jones

Jan 22, 1968 · 54 min

In a hospital sketch, Nurse Carol gives the heave-ho (again out a window) to her idol, entitled "international sex symbol" Harvey. Oscar winners Shirley Jones and George Chakiris o

S1·E19

with Jonathan Winters, Dionne Warwick

Jan 29, 1968 · 54 min

Winters and Carol play television fans who talk like TV commercials. Recording star Dionne Warwick sings the theme from "Valley of the Dolls" and "This Little Light of Mine". A "Ca

S1·E20

with Jack Palance, Liza Minnelli

Feb 5, 1968 · 54 min

In a musical sketch, Jack Palance plays a Svengali turning Trilby (Carol) into a star; in another skit, Jack presides over a Mafia meeting with Carol as his secretary; Liza Minnell

S1·E21

with Betty Grable, Martha Raye

Feb 12, 1968 · 54 min

Harvey interviews Queen Elizabeth (Carol) in another "V.I.P." segment; Betty performs "Hello, Dolly!" with the dancers in a barn dance motif; in the first episode of recurring "As

S1·E22

with Nanette Fabray, Art Carney

Feb 19, 1968 · 54 min

Carney plays a garbage collector who has a jealous wife (Burnett), with Nanette rounding out the triangle in one skit. In another, Carney and Carol play stunned parents when son Ha

S1·E23

with Garry Moore, Durward Kirby, John Gary

Feb 26, 1968 · 54 min

Gary sings "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"; in "Science Fiction Playhouse," two Martians come to Earth to learn about the new "secret weapon" of television; in "That Wonderf

S1·E24

with Imogene Coca, Mel Torme

Mar 4, 1968 · 54 min

Carol and guest Imogene join together to portray Congressional wives, astronauts in space still dealing with earthly romances and Olympic athletes with different approaches concern

S1·E25

Ruth Buzzi, Tim Conway, and Jack Jones

Mar 18, 1968 · 54 min

Jack Jones and Lyle Waggoner try to subdue a couple of Amazons (Carol and Ruth Buzzi) with kisses. Jack sings "I Can't Get Started With You" and "Cause I Got So Much Lovin' In Me".

S1·E26

with Soupy Sales, Gloria Loring

Mar 25, 1968 · 54 min

Newlywed sketch; Miss Loring sings "Little Girl Blue" and "Don’t Tie Me Down." Soupy Sales is featured in a musical comedy production number, built around "Real Live Girl".

S1·E27

with Peter Lawford, Minnie Pearl

Apr 15, 1968 · 54 min

In "Carol and Sis", the girls are panic-stricken after watching a horror movie late at night; Carol and Minnie play two country women visiting Paris; a spoof of "Bonnie and Clyde";

S1·E28

with Tim Conway, Shani Wallis

Apr 29, 1968 · 54 min

Conway plays an Apache chief, the first Indian president of the United States; Shani Wallis and Miss Burnett appear as bloomer girls in song-and-dance production "Good Enough for G

S1·E29

with Sid Caesar, Barbara McNair

May 6, 1968 · 54 min

A feminine spoof of "I Spy"; Sid, Carol and Harvey play gypsies attempting to untangle various personal complications; Harvey interviews silent movie stars Pico and Rivera; Carol a

S1·E30

Family Show

May 13, 1968 · 54 min

Carol plays a housewife driven mad by TV commercials; Carol and Harvey carry on as the 90-year-old couple; Harvey plays an elegant bachelor in a musical comedy; a satire of a Rock