Season 10

1976–1977

Sep 25, 1976 · 54m

The Rain in Spain; Mary Mary, Quite Contrary, Mary Mary, Quite Contrary; Let Me Be There; Do Not Disturb; The Family: Monopoly

E2. with Sammy Davis, Jr.

Oct 2, 1976 · 54m

Sammy plays a loan shark attempting to collect from uppity royalty, and in another skit is an oarsman on a slave ship. The company satirizes kitchen commercials, and Carol plays a spoiled socialite having her latest nervous breakdown. Sammy sings "What Became of Me?" and joins the cast for a medley of Broadway show tunes.

E3. Family Show

Oct 9, 1976 · 54m

The major skit is a spoof of the 1944 film "National Velvet" with Carol as the girl who loves horses and Tim Conway as a trainer. Burnett and Lawrence do the musical numbers "I'm Not at All in Love", "A Wonderful Guy", and "I'm Not Getting Married Today". For the finale, a salute to Las Vegas with Carol as a snooty Hollywood actress, Harvey Korman a famous pianist, and Tim Conway as a bumbling escape artist.

E4. Episode 235 (#1001)

Oct 16, 1976 · 54m

The Family: The Rehearsal; Talk and Duet: Friend; Mrs. Wiggins: The Vending Machine; That's Entertainment, Part 86: That's Showbiz / Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo / Slippery When Wet

E5. with Steve Lawrence

Oct 23, 1976 · 54m

Steve Lawrence plays an unfunny nightclub comic with Carol as his wife, heckling him into being funny. Steve also sings "I Write the Songs." The finale is a medley comparing old standards (Carol and Steve) with new hits (Vicki Lawrence and a rock group).

E6. Episode 237 (#1007)

Oct 30, 1976 · 54m

Mrs. Wiggins: Buzz Off; Medical Documentary; Hollywood Seven; The Lift; The Morning After; Salute to Silent Movies: Without a Word, Without a Sound

E7. with Kay Cole

Nov 6, 1976 · 54m

A distraught driver visits the man she'd backed over in a parking lot. Kay performs "Boys and Girls Like You and Me". In "The Family" sketch, Mickey celebrates five years working with Ed by inviting everyone to his apartment for a Chinese dinner. Carol and Kay sing a medley of songs about rain.

E8. Episode 239 (#1002)

Nov 13, 1976 · 54m

Business Lunch; 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover; The Oldest Man: The Butcher; Went with the Wind!; Basin Street: Basin Street Blues / That's How I Love the Blues / The Birth of the Blues / Mad About Him Blues / A Good Man is Hard to Find / I Ain't Got Nobody / St. Louis Blues / Wang Wang Blues

E9. Episode 240 (#1009)

Nov 20, 1976 · 54m

The Oldest Man: The Hot Dog Vendor; Love Stolen; Mildred Fierce; Mercer Mini-Musical: Laura / Not Mine / Tangerine / Namely You / This is My Night to Howl / Any Place I Can Hang My Hat is Home / Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive

E10. with The Pointer Sisters

Nov 27, 1976 · 54m

Sketches include: a love-triangle set in England; a Mrs. Wiggins sketch; Tim Conway plays a doddering violin repairman. The Pointer Sisters perform "Havin' a Party". For the finale, a salute to Ray Charles.

E11. with Alan King

Dec 4, 1976 · 54m

The opening sketch, "Sleep No More My Lady", casts Tim Conway as a klutzy husband trying to keep the kitchen quiet for his sleep-deprived wife (Carol). Then Carol returns for "The Session" with Alan King playing her psychiatrist. The episode's grand finale is a musical-comedy salute to Warner Bros. films and choreographer Busby Berkeley.

E12. Episode 243 (#1012)

Dec 11, 1976 · 54m

The Family: The Attic; Pom Pom Girls: Ready to Begin Again; Counterfeit Bill; Salute to the Ziegfeld Follies

E13. with Dick Van Dyke

Dec 18, 1976 · 54m

Tim Conway plays a "tough" police detective interrogating a couple of suspects (Harvey and Vicki Lawrence). Carol, dressed completely in white, then sings "My Coloring Book," with Dick Van Dyke sloshing paint on her as she mentions an emotion and its appropriate color. The highlight of the show is "Little Miss Show Biz," a song-and-dance parody of 20th Century Fox musicals with Shirley Temple.

E14. Family Show

Dec 25, 1976 · 54m

Mr. Tudball treats Mrs. Wiggins to a lunch in honor of National Secretary Week; Harvey tries to pick up a chick in a swinging singles bar, and Carol is looking for a man in the same bar; miniseries parody "Rich Lady, Broke Lady"; the musical highlight is a special lyrics version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas".

E15. with Glen Campbell

Jan 15, 1977 · 54m

A takeoff on the Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson version of "A Star Is Born"; a group of scientists working on a vaccine for swine flu; and a sketch about a marriage with no romance left; Campbell sings "Southern Nights".

E16. Episode 247 (#1017)

Jan 22, 1977 · 54m

Wrong Number; Saturday Night; Nadia's Theme; The Recital; Vacuum Salesman; The Late Late Late Show: Torchy Song

E17. Episode 248 (#1018)

Jan 29, 1977 · 54m

Mrs. Wiggins (Carol) has a millionaire date (guest Rock Hudson) for lunch, but she wants to dump him; Steve Lawrence sings "You Take My Heart Away"; a husband-and-wife news team bicker while anchoring a newscast; and a salute to the music of composer Jule Styne including including "People", "Together", "Small World" and "Everything's Coming up Roses".

E18. with Helen Reddy

Feb 5, 1977 · 54m

In a "Tudball and Wiggins" skit, jealous Mrs. Tudball pays a surprise visit to her husband at the office; a man takes his wife out to dinner too soon after her recent nervous breakdown; two small-town girls arrive in the big city by bus and meet swingers posing as Hollywood moguls at the depot; Helen Reddy sings "Feelin' Too Good Today Blues" and does a medley of 1960s pop tunes with the cast.

E19. Episode 250 (#1020)

Feb 12, 1977 · 54m

Mrs. Wiggins: The Vacation; What I Did for Love; Talk; Kidnapping; The Family: The Gong Show

E20. with Ben Vereen

Feb 26, 1977 · 54m

Guest Ben Vereen introduces his family during the opening question-and-answer segment; plays a divorce lawyer being courted in a restaurant by a bickering couple (Carol, Harvey); performs a musical number, "If You Believe"; and participates with the cast in a salute to composer Harold Arlen.

E21. Episode 252 (#1019)

Mar 5, 1977 · 54m

The Ham Actor: Astro-Bowl; I Won't Last a Day Without You; Talk; The Oldest Man: The Captain; Riverboat Mini-Musical

E22. with Neil Sedaka

Mar 19, 1977 · 54m

Neil Sedaka takes part in another sketch of "kitchen commercials"; Tim plays the world's oldest-living airline baggage handler; a businessman summoned to an IRS meeting brags about how he outsmarted the government; and a sleepy housewife tries to get rid of late-staying guests.

E23. Episode 254 (#1022)

Mar 26, 1977 · 54m

Mrs. Wiggins: The Fire Drill; I Got Rhythm; Harry's Mirage and Grill; Salute to MGM Musicals: Babes in Barns

E24. Tenth Anniversary Show

Apr 2, 1977 · 54m

Highlights of this 10th anniversary retrospective include: clips from prior shows, including the question-and-answer session of Carol's first show in 1967; her numerous array of characters including the Charwoman and Zelda; and vintage movie parodies and musical numbers with such guest stars as Mel Torme, Don Rickles, Vince Edwards, Steve Lawrence, Rock Hudson, Ken Berry, Mickey Rooney and Jim Nabors.