Season 6

1972–1973

Sep 15, 1972 · 54m

The sixth season begins with Jim Nabors, as in past seasons, being Carol's first guest. Carol and Harvey introduce two new characters, Fred and Marge -- "just plain folks" -- who sit in the audience and talk about contemporary life. Nabors sings "The Way of Love"; Carol and Nabors duet "The Maggie Blues"; Carol solos "If I Could Write a Song"; the finale is "Star Spangled Jive", a take-off on World War II movie musicals.

E2. Carol Channing and Marty Feldman

Sep 20, 1972 · 54m

Feldman plays a slightly mad plastic surgeon whose patients include Harvey Korman and the two Carols. Carol and guests spoof TV commercials. In a "Carol and Sis" segment, a "girly" magazine is found in Roger's briefcase. The cast takes part in a musical salute to Johnny Mercer.

E3. Andy Griffith and Helen Reddy

Sep 27, 1972 · 54m

Griffith plays a warden who welcomes a nervous wife coming to visit her imprisoned husband; Miss Reddy teaches Carol to sing "Australian"; the cast spoofs the movie "Rebecky"; Griffith and the Ernie Flatt dancers do "Turn Your Radio On"; Miss Reddy sings "I Am Woman".

E4. Steve Lawrence and Paul Sand

Oct 4, 1972 · 54m

A man (Paul) listens to a record on how to win friends; a sketch about a friendly news team; Steve sings "In the Wee Small Hours"; in "Carol and Sis", Carol thinks Chrissy is going away for a wild weekend; and "The Putrified Forest" (a spoof of "The Petrified Forest").

E5. Jack Gilford and Eydie Gorme

Oct 11, 1972 · 54m

A henpecked man buys a hat; an installment of "Terminal Hospital" where the head nurse has her hands full with a singer who lost her voice; in "Carol and Sis", Carol assumes Chrissy has been abducted and held for ransom; and a sketch about a writer who changes his plots faster than his characters can act them out; Eydie Gorme sings "But Not For Me"; Carol and Eydie sing a Harold Arlen medley.

E6. Joel Grey, "Mama" Cass Elliot

Oct 18, 1972 · 54m

A political candidate's wife speaks for him while he's afflicted with laryngitis on the campaign trail; in "Mary McClusky", a woman mistakes a total stranger for an old high-school chum; Joel and Lyle Waggoner masquerade as puppies in a pet shop window vying for customers' attention; and a salute to foreign films with spoofs of such flicks as "The Bicycle Thief", "And God Created Woman" and "Seven Samurai".

E7. Pearl Bailey and Tim Conway

Oct 25, 1972 · 54m

Nora Desmond: The Commercial; Where Is Love; The Oldest Man: Galley Slaves; The Psychiatrist: A Good Man is Hard to Find; F. Lee Bunny; Salute to 20th Century Fox: Do-Re-Mi / You've Gotta See Mama Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) / Hound Dog / I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much); Alexander's Ragtime Band

E8. Peggy Lee, Anne Meara, and Jerry Stiller

Nov 1, 1972 · 54m

Sunday Comics: Mary Worthless; A Song For You; Comedy Spot: Mr. and Mrs. Chou En-lai; Girl Talk; As the Stomach Turns: Circus Soap; The Auto Accident; Street Wedding: The Rhythm of Life

E9. Steve Lawrence and Lily Tomlin

Nov 8, 1972 · 54m

We're All Playing in the Same Band / I Believe in Music; Comedy Spot: Restaurant Monologue; Carol and Sis: The Gay Divorcee; I Get Along Without You Very Well / Without You; The Godfather; Caged Dames; Charwoman: If My Friends Could See Me Now / Baby Dream Your Dream

E10. John Davidson, Ruth Buzzi

Nov 15, 1972 · 54m

A musical comedy salute to the great Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movies, including "Lust for Life", "National Velvet" and "Camille". In another skit, two women are members of the studio audience in a taping of "The Carol Burnett Show". Also, Miss Buzzi appears as a retiring beauty queen who is making her last appearance before relinquishing her crown and, much to the embarrassment of the emcee, she tells it like it is.

E11. Ray Charles and Vincent Price

Nov 22, 1972 · 54m

A salute to horror movies, with Harvey Korman as Frankenstein's monster and Lyle Waggoner as Count Dracula. In "Carol and Sis", Carol thinks Chrissy is pregnant; in "George and Zelda", George dreams he's a riverboat gambler. Ray Charles and the Raelettes sing "Every Saturday Night" and Ray plays piano in a cocktail lounge, singing tunes for a sentimental customer (Carol). Price plays Fagin in a bit from "Oliver" and the cast concludes with a production number, "The Transylvania Trot".

E12. Carl Reiner, Melba Moore

Nov 29, 1972 · 54m

Carol and cast do another installment of "Terminal Hospital", spoof non-violent TV in "The Plot To Hurt Hitler", and take part in musical production "The Rip-Off". Miss Moore sings "You've Got a Friend".

E13. Anthony Newley and Bernadette Peters

Dec 16, 1972 · 54m

In "The Englishman" skit, we see how a man's accent affects women. In another skit, Carol is the mother of an invisible man. The musical saga of "Little Miss Showbiz" has a child star of the 1930s going from an orphanage to stardom. Newley and Carol sing "Where Is Love?". Newley solos "Overchewer".

E14. Tim Conway and Steve Lawrence

Dec 23, 1972 · 54m

Steve Lawrence and Tim Conway do a spoof of "Columbo." Also, Steve plays a TV talk show host and Tim is a chicken-hearted paratrooper. Lawrence performs "The Good Life". The cast does a medley of bell songs.

E15. Jack Cassidy and Tim Conway

Jan 6, 1973 · 54m

In skits, Conway is a new angel in Heaven whose roomie, Harvey Korman, can't stand him because he can't do anything right; Carol and Korman go to an adoption agency where one of the four eligible children is 36-year-old Conway. The cast takes part in a movie spoof, "Story of a Star", starring Carol as Esther Crotchett; Cassidy as Norman Swain; Conway as Miles Mogul; Korman as agent Glibby.

E16. Ruth Buzzi, Jack Gilford

Jan 20, 1973 · 54m

Censorship; Tina T; Carol and Sis: The Accident; The Wedding Day: I'm Calm / More I Cannot Wish You; The Nudge: The Pirate; Love's the Only Game in Town; Snow White: 15 Years Later

E17. Tim Conway, Kaye Ballard

Jan 27, 1973 · 54m

Kay Ballard and Tim Conway appear for a salute to the old Palace Theater and a preview of Miss Ballard's forthcoming Broadway musical, "Molly's World". As Molly Goldberg, Kay sings the title song, then joins Carol and Vicki Lawrence in a spoof of "The Dating Game". Conway plays a too-attentive gas station attendant. Miss Ballard sings "Go in the Best of Health" and "I Love the Old Times. The whole cast performs "Tea for Two".

E18. Family Show without Guests

Feb 3, 1973 · 54m

In a spoof of the 1940 film "Waterloo Bridge", Carol plays the showgirl who meets her upper class hero during a London air raid. In the "Carol and Sis" sketch, Carol's high school flame has her husband burning. Carol sings "I've Got You Under My Skin". Lawrence performs "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia". The cast closes with a hoedown dance number.

E19. John Byner and Petula Clark

Feb 10, 1973 · 54m

Two men attempt to pick up women at a singles bar; in "The Family", pandemonium breaks out when Eunice, Ed and Mama play the board game "Sorry"; and a musical salute to women songwriters.

E20. Tim Conway and Valerie Harper

Feb 17, 1973 · 54m

Skits include: a blind date sketch with Korman and Harper as swingers and Burnett and Conway as wallflowers; Conway as the world's oldest fireman; and another installment of "As the Stomach Turns". Valerie Harper solos "The Last Blues Song". Carol, Valerie and Vicki sing "The Ladies Who Lunch". The whole cast performs "The Good Old, Bad Old Days".

E21. Ken Berry and Eydie Gorme

Feb 24, 1973 · 54m

A salute to RKO Studios includes spoofs of "Pride of the Yankees", "Notorious", "The Outlaw" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Ken delivers a dancing tribute to his hero, Fred Astaire. In "Carol and Sis", Roger needs peace and quiet to do his taxes. Miss Burnett joins Harvey Korman and Berry for a slapstick Three Stooges routine. Eydie sings "I Am Woman"; Ken performs "Love Me Blues".

E22. David Hartman, Paula Kelly

Mar 10, 1973 · 54m

Skits in this show include: "This Is Your Lifetime" (a spoof of "This Is Your Life"); George is sick in "George and Zelda"; a political production number; and Carol ironically sings "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" but her car has many issues. Paula solos "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Other musical numbers include "I Ain't Down Yet" and "We Could Be Close".

E23. William Conrad and Peggy Lee

Mar 17, 1973 · 54m

Spoofs of TV shows such as "The Golddiggers", "Maude", "Sonny and Cher", and "Password". In "Carol and Sis", Roger gets mugged; Peggy Lee solos "When I Found You" and duets "It's a Good Day" with Carol. William Conrad performs "A Quiet Girl" and "A Married Man".

E24. Family Show without Guests

Mar 24, 1973 · 54m

Keep It In the Family; Barbary and Ben; Dueling Banjos / Arkansas Traveler; The Getaway; The Elbow: Dem Bones / The Elbow; The Old Old Movie: Rancid Harvest; Charwoman: Without Me She is Nothing