CAROL BURNETT SHOW, THE {NANETTE FABRAY, TRINI LOPEZ} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of comedy/variety programs starring Carol Burnett. This program features special guests Nanette Fabray and Trini Lopez.
The episode begins as Burnett takes the stage and chats with the audience, discussing whether she plans to run for office, like Shirley Temple; a gift from a young fan; greetings to director Dave Power's sister, then to Burnett's own sister, Lyle Waggoner's parents and wife, and actor John Ericson and wife Milly Coury, all present in the audience; and Burnett's advice for how to make it in Hollywood as a dancer.
In the first sketch, Burnett and Fabray portray kindergartners Louse and Bobbi, who become instant best friends and then share some enticing adult gossip, including the truth about where babies come from. Lopez performs "Mental Journey" and "Mountain Dew," and Burnett joins him for a duet of "Gonna Get Along Without You Now." Next, in an installment of "As the Stomach Turns," Ruth tells Marian, who is apparently her sister, that she has only six months to live after contracting malaria at the library. Marian's daughter announces that she's running away from home, and single mother Sheila Jones arrives at the door looking for a place to live. When the elderly town doctor announces his retirement, his handsome young replacement, Dr. Baker, informs Ruth that she doesn't have malaria -- but some other mystery illness.
In another sketch, Young Louise challenges a man in the park to "just eat one" potato chip, after which Fabray sings "On the Sunny Side of the Street" in the style of opera stare "Patrice Callas." Next, Burnett portrays lonely spinster Agnes, whose boring night at home alone is interrupted by "hoodlum" Bernard, who has just robbed a local bank of $7,000; she is thrilled by the arrival of the eligible bachelor and tries to charm him into staying. Bernard attempts to take her hostage, but by the time the cops arrive to arrest him, he's relieved to have an escape from the eccentric woman.
Finally, cowboy Lopez introduces a segment in which several dancehall girls take refuge in a deserted outpost in the Old West and are joined by a young Native American woman, played by Burnett, who is desperate to escape an arranged marriage to a "medicine man." The girls invite her to hide with them and enjoy the "very good life" of a dancehall performer. The chief and his warriors soon arrive and, revealing that they have killed General George Armstrong Custer, carry off most of the girls. The chief tries to force the remaining dancer and the Native American girl to try on a moccasin, Cinderella-style, to confirm which of them is the runaway bride. The Native American girl immediately changes her mind about the marriage upon seeing the handsome medicine man. However, he declares himself "a brave, but not that brave" and flees. Disappointed, the girl agrees to join the dancers for good.
Burnett then closes the show by singing her signature good-night song and adding her guests’ autographs to her guest book. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: October 7, 1968 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:51:34
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:59473
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy/Variety; Music; Hispanic Collection - Music
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series 1967-1978
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Baggies plastic bags
- TV - Commercials - Ultra Brite toothpaste
CREDITS
- Joe Hamilton … Producer
- Robert Wright … Associate Producer
- Dave Powers … Director
- Stan Burns … Writer
- Mike Marmer … Writer
- Hal Goldman … Writer
- Al Gordon … Writer
- Don Hinkley … Writer
- Kenny Solms … Writer
- Gail Parent … Writer
- Bill Angelos … Writer
- Buz Kohan … Writer
- Ernest Flatt … Choreographer
- Carol Burnett … Host, Cast
- Lyle Waggoner … Cast
- Vicki Lawrence … Cast
- Harvey Korman … Cast
- Trini Lopez … Guest, Performer
- Nanette Fabray … Guest, Performer
- Milly Coury
- George Armstrong Custer
- John Ericson
- Shirley Temple