Carol embodies the craziness that is Eunice! From her walk, to her wild facial expressions, like at 10:07! It floors me every time I click on these episodes and see her with that hairdo and damn outfit. And then she talks and the accent spews out lol. I often keep my playlist of The Family on repeat. I even prepare meals in preparation for back to back episodes, just as if this were a modern day show. Carol, I truly thank YOU for Eunice! 💚
I wanted to jump up & yell "Go Ed, go!!" when he finally put those two wenches in their place. Love these skits so much. I loved them when they were new, & they're even funnier to me now that I've had more life experience.
Eunice only heard "I don't want you with me cause I want to personally interfere with your life and happiness." even if that's not what was meant or said.
These skits are plays, that any playwright would be proud to pen. They are absolutely brilliant in the scripting and acting. So sad no one is doing such complex skits anymore for TV.
Poor Mickey...cannot keep a secret!! 🤣😂 The innocence of it all! And glad Ed stood his ground! Harvey brought out the pain of that role! 😂 Love how he always looks out for Mickey's feelings and well being. Mickey's the only one who admired him!
@@LEGENDPantherJenningsHe didn't like anything close to him he said. He liked to hide behind his characters. He loved doing Mother Marcus. Interesting he said both he and Carol felt more comfortable hiding behind characters and Eunice is her absolute favorite. Everyone involved said Carol is nothing like Eunice but apparently Ed is Harvey. He didn't care for Roger Bradford either.
I always felt sorry for the Ed character, played so brilliantly by Harvey. He was constantly humiliated and taken for granted by both of those high-strung (a nice way to say it) women, and was always shot down. I think he would have risen to the challenge if he had been given any respect or consideration. He gravitated toward Mickey Hart (another stellar characterization) because he was given respect by his employee. He was probably very effective at the hardware store. The worst insult was when Eunice told her sister Ellen that "Duke Reeves" was the only man she ever loved! And that she ended up "stuck with" Ed!
I just recently learned of The Carol Burnett show. I have never seen a single clip. When I first looked at this my first thought was how can something that goes on for 15 minutes be funny? But I thought I would at least give it a chance. OMG. I feel like I just discovered a gold mine.
Great that Ed found love and friendship with Mickey,bringing Joy into his life considering he had to to deal with his negative wife and mother in-law,and great that he stood up for himself in the end.
Truly the crafting of Mickey and Ed characters was such brilliant stuff. Hearing Korman interviewed about the art of comedy that the masters told him was amazing. It made watching this all the more fun!!
I think Mama, Ed, Philip, and Eunice are tragic characters in their own way. I think Mama had a terrible husband and it caused her to bring up her children in the overbearing manner. Ellen had it good because she was the favorite, but Philip was constantly shut down and, of course, Eunice got it the worst because she was Mama's primary caregiver.
Harvey korman and Tim Conway gave the audiences more than you could imagine in humor and laughter ..I laugh 7 days a week rewatching all these skits....watching Harvey crack up is the epitome of the world of humor...it is so genuine...thank you for all the laughter.....RIP ...
Ed always reminds me of my Dad. He's not anything at all like the character, he just cracks up everytime Korman has anything to say. Tells me Ed is just like his older brother (also named Ed) who passed away many years ago. Thanks for the clip, and thanks to the cast of the Carol Burnett Show.
Wouldn't be able to do this skit about Chico today!!! Businesses are fleeing at an alarming rate, Thanx to those elected officials! Great skit though!!! 👍
"why don't you come on to Chicago with me?? You and me will have a high old time!............IS THAT TOO MUCH TOO ASK!" I love Eunice and her attitude changes!
This plot happened with a lot of other shows as well. If a show was all friendly fine and dandy , fair etc. it wouldn't be funny to others and the WThell did he/she just say wouldn't pull the critics in. Quirky how TV needs to work. Plus if Halloween was only one costume, it would get boring quick just like todays copy cat TV. Oops. TV's alright still.
From what I've read, Carol Burnett's upbringing was much like this. These "Family" sketches must have been therapeutic for her, help her get over the pain of the past.
@@Guttergirl182 yep it’s true. My fam wasn’t this bad, this is more exaggerated but I could relate to sooo much of the phrases that they came back at each other with and all the attitude/tension. If I was watching this when I was younger, I would probably look at this as normal family arguments.
Yes. I do! She wrote to her telling her that she looked like her. After a while Carol phoned. Her mother answered and said, "VICKI!!!!!!!!" yada yada yada
"so that Mutt and Jeff here can go off on a TOOT!" I've used that line about 100 times over the years, in many different situations.. gets a laugh every time!
I once saw the day-before-broadcast dress rehearsal with them all ; they couldn’t say their lines for laughing, especially Tim Conway. It amazed me that only 24 hours later they could deliver their lines, word perfect, and straight faced.
These are one of the episodes where things flip, and Ed becomes a heel and you feel bad for Eunice. That is the beauty of the Family...no heroes here, everyone is flawed.
Money in that case could’ve solved a few and couple closer. I hate to admit it but it is money sometimes that buys happiness. It upset me lots when Eunuce counted her lost hopes of getting a better living but to use that emergency money they keot fir the family was unwise even if Micky deserved a dream breather and Ed could benefit from that trip wider by having an assistant with him. Money and a bit of consideration was to solve that issue but they don’t have much. 🤷🏻♀️
A classic episode of Carol,Vicki, Tim and Harvey, the show was always hilarious, they must've have so much fun making them, their imaginations always ran riot!!
Or the family life Eunice might have had away from Mama's relentless demands, insults and ridicule. And I think you can argue that Ed was successful in his business life, at least. He kept the store going for years.
Carol said many times that she received so much mail bout "The Family" sketch. It really touched people and 4 some it hit 2 close 2 home. That alone is a testament 2 the talents of Vicki, Carol, Harvey and Tim. Today's "talent" cant hold a candle 2 this crew. Glad i can relax, watch this, laugh and enjoy real talent.
well said! I had tears in my eyes that started after he said "two creeps " that whole cast could always bring my feelings to the surface. genius,true genius.
Today's comedy is too politically on one side. It's all about pushing a liberal agenda. Only those who agree with their narrative enjoy it. While half the country is turned off.
Wow! Yeah! Would’ve been great a separate movie! Kinda reminded me of some I seen myself but holding a special one in an image of two happy faces looking around crossing a street going somewhere at sundown! 😌 Lovely image of Ed and Mickey!
@@hana.the.writer5074 Neither of them is all that savvy. I have a feeling their first night in Chicago a couple of enterprising Go-Go-Girls would've picked them clean. :P
lol i love how goofy mickey always rats ed out. emergency fund, gogo girls. and in other skits about the raise and the massage parler . but ol ed still loves him. these guys and gals were so good together. comedy gold, funny with hints of sadness and real life troubles in the family series and the voices and facial expressions they all could do were priceless.
....I apologize, Mr. Korman. I know you are not with us anymore, but I had to write this; I was younger, when I saw this skit (Spring, 1976?) and, I thought the 'Ed' character was rude, simple minded, and just...horny, wanting to see Go-Go girls so badly, that he walks out on his wife & Mother In Law..... (CONT.) ...BUT, now as an Adult, with some of Life's 'knocks' (not to mention a NPD Mother who belittles and consistently demeans my accomplishments...at 51), Mr. Korman's acting here is just....GENIUS. His mannerisms toward the end, with his voice & body language; remember, he's mixing DRAMA with COMEDY, and it shows that he KNOWS what 'Ed' is going through, and, is DESERVING of his outburst. We are ALL aware of Mr. Korman's 4th wall crack-ups, and falling victim to Tim Conway's comedic jabs to the point where it was almost unprofessional, but here, he almost becomes BEAUTIFUL when he stands up for himself; his breathing, the dramatic cracks in his voice at 14:52, and his take off into the night....and THAT, shows talent, pacing, and grace. THIS (along with Carol & Vicki's acting talents) will NEVER be seen again, within COMEDY, so.....I'm sorry, Harv....forgive?! ; )
these are so good, beautifully written and acted. brilliant in it's own unique genre. this one was even darker than most, eunice always wanting to leave ed but would have no way of making ends meet, too set in her ways to do something about her situation, ed just trying to get from one day to the next, hardware his whole life... written in that tragic american middle class struggle.
The bygone days...I feel so fortunate that I was able to grow up in the 70s compared to the madness of our world today. TV was wondrous back then especially with today's reality shows passing for entertainment. This was laugh out loud funny for us gathered around the gigantic console television set. We accepted it for what it was, a comedy show featuring skits. Now the comment section is filled with a bunch of wretches actually bragging that they had a dysfunctional family, grow up! If it triggers you, then move on!
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I never been so happy for a character on my life so glad when ed left her ...he was treated bad.
love it when he rants about how they all ruined his life....he is right
I agree. Ed has earned his trip and Eunice invitng herself was rude.
Here in 2022. Messed up world but THIS IS STILL FUNNY!
Carol embodies the craziness that is Eunice! From her walk, to her wild facial expressions, like at 10:07! It floors me every time I click on these episodes and see her with that hairdo and damn outfit. And then she talks and the accent spews out lol. I often keep my playlist of The Family on repeat. I even prepare meals in preparation for back to back episodes, just as if this were a modern day show. Carol, I truly thank YOU for Eunice! 💚
Thelma and Eunice's shoes🤣🤣🤣
I wanted to jump up & yell "Go Ed, go!!" when he finally put those two wenches in their place. Love these skits so much. I loved them when they were new, & they're even funnier to me now that I've had more life experience.
Yes
Eunice only heard "I don't want you with me cause I want to personally interfere with your life and happiness." even if that's not what was meant or said.
The way Eunice says 'Chicaga' cracks me up every time!
Who could live with a woman like that
And these kinds of women do exist. My single life is looking better with each passing day.
These skits are extraordinary. Everyone is superb. They are also painful to watch. They encapsulate all that is wrong in our families.
It all starts with Mama. "A fish rots from the head down."
I love this running gag about Japanese rabbit traps 😆
They're YELLER!!!
Ed needed someone in his life that believed in him. Someone that doesn't tear him down every chance they get. Mickey was a true friend for him ❤
I geni
My mom used to dress me like Mickey hart..short sleeves and a sweater vest and baseball cap.
Peri Therian
And Ed just up and left him. Yup Mickey's a friend, but Ed? H'mm.
@@scootergurl48 he up and left everybody in the end
We all need a Mickey in our life.
These skits are plays, that any playwright would be proud to pen. They are absolutely brilliant in the scripting and acting. So sad no one is doing such complex skits anymore for TV.
Once they fired scriptwriters to save money they created reality TV ..cheaper to fake drama
I love Carol's occasional flashes of pure viciousness!
What a family! I love all of the family skits.
Golden years of television, 1955 to1975.
I am happy Ed has Mickey for a best friend . They both enjoy hanging out together and accept each other .
Mama and Eunice are brilliant together.
I love Mama's lavender cardigan and pearl necklace. Oh, I forget her shoes!
“You’re NO damn fun!” 🤣🤣
RIP Mr. TIM CONWAY. THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.
Poor Mickey...cannot keep a secret!! 🤣😂 The innocence of it all! And glad Ed stood his ground! Harvey brought out the pain of that role! 😂 Love how he always looks out for Mickey's feelings and well being. Mickey's the only one who admired him!
And Harvey hated the character Ed.
@@scootergurl48 Really? Wow!
@@scootergurl48 why
@@LEGENDPantherJenningsHe didn't like anything close to him he said. He liked to hide behind his characters. He loved doing Mother Marcus. Interesting he said both he and Carol felt more comfortable hiding behind characters and Eunice is her absolute favorite. Everyone involved said Carol is nothing like Eunice but apparently Ed is Harvey. He didn't care for Roger Bradford either.
I love how they kept some kind of continuity. I just watched the skit earlier today about the rabbit traps. 😂😂
March 2024 still my favorite show!!
R.I.P Tim Conway 1933-2019
I always felt sorry for the Ed character, played so brilliantly by Harvey. He was constantly humiliated and taken for granted by both of those high-strung (a nice way to say it) women, and was always shot down. I think he would have risen to the challenge if he had been given any respect or consideration. He gravitated toward Mickey Hart (another stellar characterization) because he was given respect by his employee. He was probably very effective at the hardware store. The worst insult was when Eunice told her sister Ellen that "Duke Reeves" was the only man she ever loved! And that she ended up "stuck with" Ed!
I was glad when Ed finally came to his senses and disinvited Eunice to his trip that she invited herself to.
Then Eunice takes all her anger out on them two.
Sad story....but great way to laugh at the pain of reality
Duke Reeves. duke reeves. DUKE REEVES!
😅😅😅
I just recently learned of The Carol Burnett show. I have never seen a single clip. When I first looked at this my first thought was how can something that goes on for 15 minutes be funny? But I thought I would at least give it a chance. OMG. I feel like I just discovered a gold mine.
Great that Ed found love and friendship with Mickey,bringing Joy into his life considering he had to to deal with his negative wife and mother in-law,and great that he stood up for himself in the end.
Truly the crafting of Mickey and Ed characters was such brilliant stuff. Hearing Korman interviewed about the art of comedy that the masters told him was amazing. It made watching this all the more fun!!
I wish they would come out with a DVD of all of these "Family" skits. Mama was a bit more brutal in these skits than in the "Mama's Family" series.
LOVE how mama's eyes roll every time Mickey shouts in her face.
"Why don't you just get the he'll away from me?!?!"
That HAT!
🤣🤣🤣
I love the boss/employee relationship Ed and Mickey have. They don't make work relationships like those anymore.
I always feel sorry for Ed, he does his best. I love Harvey, he is a wonderful actor.
Harvey Korman was an excellent actor. It's in skits like these that you can see his brilliance.
I think Mama, Ed, Philip, and Eunice are tragic characters in their own way. I think Mama had a terrible husband and it caused her to bring up her children in the overbearing manner. Ellen had it good because she was the favorite, but Philip was constantly shut down and, of course, Eunice got it the worst because she was Mama's primary caregiver.
Nah. He really doesn't. He spends most of his time trying to get away from his wife, one way or another.
I am friends with his son on Facebook.
@@AmyLSacks True.
BRILLIANT!!!!! Great line reading: "Is that too much to ask?"
Harvey korman and Tim Conway gave the audiences more than you could imagine in humor and laughter ..I laugh 7 days a week rewatching all these skits....watching Harvey crack up is the epitome of the world of humor...it is so genuine...thank you for all the laughter.....RIP
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love how Mickey thinks mama's deaf... really great memories of her show!!
…..and I love the old fashioned hearing aid with the cord. Like something from 1917.
kathy mulhern ‘Hi Mother Harper’!
Grandma Harper!!!!!!!!!
@@BETTERWORLDSGT eunice is her daughter.
Good old Ed got his way at the end. These characters were so good at drama, brilliant work.
Ed always reminds me of my Dad. He's not anything at all like the character, he just cracks up everytime Korman has anything to say. Tells me Ed is just like his older brother (also named Ed) who passed away many years ago. Thanks for the clip, and thanks to the cast of the Carol Burnett Show.
I love how Mickey changes his voice when addressing mama.
Mickey assumes Thelma is hard of hearing due to her advanced age, though it's he with the hearing aid-funny!!
he thinks she's deaf.lol.
@@ImagedaeusVideoProductions i think that's a transmitter radio. i always thought it was. lol!
My favorite line: "It's all just a dodge so that Mutt and Jeff here can go off on a TOOT!" LOL
That line is priceless!
😂😂
that's so funny. had a good laugh. 🤣🇿🇦
"Gibberish coming from a man who ordered one thousand Japanese rabbit traps"❓
Mine too! I still use that expression.
"Oh Mickey Mickey Mickey!" Lol!
🤣😃😄😅😃🤣🤔ohhhhh miiicky
😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's about time Ed got some balls!!! Lol
'It's all just a dodge so that Mutt n' Jeff here can go off on a TOOT!' 😂😂😂
Jason Hurd 😂😂😂😂
Wouldn't be able to do this skit about Chico today!!! Businesses are fleeing at an alarming rate, Thanx to those elected officials! Great skit though!!! 👍
I grew up watching Carol Burnett. I always loved Tim Conway.
All the time I am thinking 'Ed, stop arguing and Go! Go! Go!'
"why don't you come on to Chicago with me?? You and me will have a high old time!............IS THAT TOO MUCH TOO ASK!" I love Eunice and her attitude changes!
😂
Rest In Peace Mr. Tim Conway.
Tim Conway died? Well that's a great way to break it to a girl! 😥
Give my regards to the Loop!
The Family is a perfect example of an unhappy and dysfunctional marriage/family and what not to do in a relationship with loved ones
This plot happened with a lot of other shows as well. If a show was all friendly fine and dandy , fair etc. it wouldn't be funny to others and the WThell did he/she just say wouldn't pull the critics in. Quirky how TV needs to work. Plus if Halloween was only one costume, it would get boring quick just like todays copy cat TV. Oops. TV's alright still.
More families, than you know, were like this.
u sound like u'd be a blast at parties!
From what I've read, Carol Burnett's upbringing was much like this. These "Family" sketches must have been therapeutic for her, help her get over the pain of the past.
@@Guttergirl182 yep it’s true. My fam wasn’t this bad, this is more exaggerated but I could relate to sooo much of the phrases that they came back at each other with and all the attitude/tension. If I was watching this when I was younger, I would probably look at this as normal family arguments.
This just never ages 🤣
If I talked constantly to my husband like Eunice does hers, I think 🤔 I'd have to find another place to live, 😂 lol.
Ed & Mickey, the first TV Bromance!
Ed's circumstances in this sketch is just heartbreaking. Harvey really connects to the character's pathos. Carol and cast are exquisite.
Imagedaeus Video Productions I agree
You need professional help.
It is so funny and heartbreaking after all these years
🔹Absolute perfect comment🔹
@@PrankCallsOG and you need a brain.
Is That Too Much To Ask !!!🤣🤣🤣
11:06 "I can see a bunch of lint under your tv right this minute" Vicki was awesome as early Thelma Harper.
Love Eunice...
Yes Vicky was. Do you know the story about how Vicky and Carol Burnett met ❓
I'll tell you if you would like to know ❓
wisdom seeker pose.ven
Your odyssey’s 4
Yes. I do! She wrote to her telling her that she looked like her. After a while Carol phoned. Her mother answered and said, "VICKI!!!!!!!!" yada yada yada
And that look Eunice gives her!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Eunice is so much like her momma. They can kill a dream.
I was about to "thumbs up" this comment, but then I realized that I already did👍
They don't use the same cold cream. lol
Oh hell yeah!
October 2022 this video is still hilarious!! Every actor is awesome, Carol Burnett show is my most favorite comedian
Omg they were just magic together
"so that Mutt and Jeff here can go off on a TOOT!" I've used that line about 100 times over the years, in many different situations.. gets a laugh every time!
"IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!!" Lmfao!!!!
@ 5:45 Eunice really wanted to enhance that statement by saying "damn feet". That pause gave it away 😁😁😁😁😁
I once saw the day-before-broadcast dress rehearsal with them all ; they couldn’t say their lines for laughing, especially Tim Conway. It amazed me that only 24 hours later they could deliver their lines, word perfect, and straight faced.
These are one of the episodes where things flip, and Ed becomes a heel and you feel bad for Eunice. That is the beauty of the Family...no heroes here, everyone is flawed.
Some episodes you feel bad for Ed, some you feel bad for Eunice. Either way they were a messed up family :(
Resembles lot's of Texas families, sadly.😝
Money in that case could’ve solved a few and couple closer. I hate to admit it but it is money sometimes that buys happiness.
It upset me lots when Eunuce counted her lost hopes of getting a better living but to use that emergency money they keot fir the family was unwise even if Micky deserved a dream breather and Ed could benefit from that trip wider by having an assistant with him. Money and a bit of consideration was to solve that issue but they don’t have much. 🤷🏻♀️
A classic episode of Carol,Vicki, Tim and Harvey, the show was always hilarious, they must've have so much fun making them, their imaginations always ran riot!!
This show was pure comedic genius. You just don't get the planets to align like this anymore.
Hat's off to Harvey. It takes a lot of talent to make an audience feel so much headache in a comedy sketch. Comedy really is harder.
Here in 2020 and this is still funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Eleanor Seymore Greatest TV on earth.
It sure is.
The good ole days, but sadly they are gone. There is nothing comparable in 2020.
absolutely.wonderful entertainment.😅🇿🇦😅🇿🇦
@@lizkilpatrick2537 🙌 Thankful for RUclips. It's the closet thing to a time machine !!
Think what a success Ed may have been with a wife who gave him support and admiration like Mickey!! 🤣🤣
Or the family life Eunice might have had away from Mama's relentless demands, insults and ridicule. And I think you can argue that Ed was successful in his business life, at least. He kept the store going for years.
@AmyLSacks True.....Ed loved his work, which made him successful and made a living. ❤
I get the feeling Ed’s departure out of Eunice’s life didn’t happen too long after he got back...
I was thinking the same thing.
There’s a movie on RUclips called Eunice
Poor Ed. It's a WONDER he doesn't WALK INTO TRAFFIC!!!!
Liberty GiveMe
Hilarious comment!!!!!
Poor Eunice
Poor Ed, those crazy women are sucking the life out of him.
Liberty GiveMe That is the truth. If I lived there, there would be no more Family.
Liberty! I literally laughed out loud, good and hard, at your comment.. that is damn funny!
It's always hilarious when Mickey shouts into Mama's ears!
Lol @ Ed calling Mama & Eunice "you two creeps."
Yolanda Grady Yes. That was an odd word to use, wasn't it? Then again, in those days he couldn't use the B word.
I love Carol Burnett!
I loved him, he's a numbnut
Harvey Korman by awesome to
Carol said many times that she received so much mail bout "The Family" sketch. It really touched people and 4 some it hit 2 close 2 home. That alone is a testament 2 the talents of Vicki, Carol, Harvey and Tim. Today's "talent" cant hold a candle 2 this crew. Glad i can relax, watch this, laugh and enjoy real talent.
well said! I had tears in my eyes that started after he said "two creeps " that whole cast could always bring my feelings to the surface. genius,true genius.
Today's comedy is too politically on one side. It's all about pushing a liberal agenda. Only those who agree with their narrative enjoy it. While half the country is turned off.
@@amahra100 Give me a break.
@@ChrisCosat I take it then that you must be on the side of those who enjoy the garbage that poses as entertainment in today's market.
You're totally correct and I agree wholeheartedly Talent like this does not exist today!
I would have liked to have seen Ed and Mickey's adventures ;)
It would have been fun to see more of them.
Wow! Yeah! Would’ve been great a separate movie! Kinda reminded me of some I seen myself but holding a special one in an image of two happy faces looking around crossing a street going somewhere at sundown! 😌 Lovely image of Ed and Mickey!
@@hana.the.writer5074 Neither of them is all that savvy. I have a feeling their first night in Chicago a couple of enterprising Go-Go-Girls would've picked them clean. :P
A time when turning on the box was actually worthwhile.
It is worthwhile now if you choose the right programs. You have choices.
@@Michelle-pn9xt I choose not to watch the choices given me, thank you
loved the way Tim Conway rolled his eyes over at Harvey when he said this is not a business trip, no this IS a business trip, lol
More FAMILY please.
Funniest stuff ever.
@Trust nobody Trustsnuthin only calls when they want money....now that's genuine love if I've ever encountered it.
Diane B yeah it is funny
i love this show used to watch this when i was a kid... lol real talent
Poor Ed, always caught between these 2 nuts. Lol! I always felt sorry for him. They're so mean to him!
Carol Burnett, thank you for all the laughs.
This?Is?A?Classic
"this is not a business trip. This Is a business trip". Notice the expression on Carol's face.
lol i love how goofy mickey always rats ed out. emergency fund, gogo girls. and in other skits about the raise and the massage parler . but ol ed still loves him. these guys and gals were so good together. comedy gold, funny with hints of sadness and real life troubles in the family series and the voices and facial expressions they all could do were priceless.
I hea pr ya. Totally agree.
...curdling up my brain like a cold wind!
I know! That was a powerful statement!
This is my favorite episode!!!
Mickey Hart tells it all!! Lol!
If this was real life, I would be pulling for Ed!
This was a great piece I was really happy that Ed grew a pair
....I apologize, Mr. Korman. I know you are not with us anymore, but I had to write this; I was younger, when I saw this skit (Spring, 1976?) and, I thought the 'Ed' character was rude, simple minded, and just...horny, wanting to see Go-Go girls so badly, that he walks out on his wife & Mother In Law..... (CONT.)
...BUT, now as an Adult, with some of Life's 'knocks' (not to mention a NPD Mother who belittles and consistently demeans my accomplishments...at 51), Mr. Korman's acting here is just....GENIUS. His mannerisms toward the end, with his voice & body language; remember, he's mixing DRAMA with COMEDY, and it shows that he KNOWS what 'Ed' is going through, and, is DESERVING of his outburst.
We are ALL aware of Mr. Korman's 4th wall crack-ups, and falling victim to Tim Conway's comedic jabs to the point where it was almost unprofessional, but here, he almost becomes BEAUTIFUL when he stands up for himself; his breathing, the dramatic cracks in his voice at 14:52, and his take off into the night....and THAT, shows talent, pacing, and grace.
THIS (along with Carol & Vicki's acting talents) will NEVER be seen again, within COMEDY, so.....I'm sorry, Harv....forgive?! ; )
Seriously, Mother Harper and Eunice became characters unto themselves. Vicky and Carol just paused for a few ticks. 😁
these are so good, beautifully written and acted. brilliant in it's own unique genre. this one was even darker than most, eunice always wanting to leave ed but would have no way of making ends meet, too set in her ways to do something about her situation, ed just trying to get from one day to the next, hardware his whole life... written in that tragic american middle class struggle.
And yet, it's still funny.
Incredible stuff
Oh, Poor Ed. Seems like all the life has been sucked out of him 🤦🏽♀️. I’m glad he told her off!!!
this show cracks me up
Tragi-comedy at its best. Outstanding performances all round.
Micky is just adorable at times, like a puppy...selective hearing
This sketch is pure perfection
Thanks for the upload. Excellent quality👍
The cast worked very well together. One great show.
"Chicagah," lol! Just like how Thelma pronounces Hawaii "Hawai'ah" in Mama's Family lol!
Roger my southern friend pronounces Hawaii that same way :) never heard that before her
Roger yeah!
My mom and dad pronounced Hawaii "Hawaiah!' as well and they were "born and bred" in MAINE!!!
"H I M O T H E R H A R P E R !!!
in another sketch: "I L I K E Y O U R B L U E H A I R M O T H E R H A R P E R !"
😄👍
dont you mother Harper I am not the one who is deaf you squirrel head
"Why don't you just get the hell away from me?" 😆
The bygone days...I feel so fortunate that I was able to grow up in the 70s compared to the madness of our world today. TV was wondrous back then especially with today's reality shows passing for entertainment. This was laugh out loud funny for us gathered around the gigantic console television set. We accepted it for what it was, a comedy show featuring skits. Now the comment section is filled with a bunch of wretches actually bragging that they had a dysfunctional family, grow up! If it triggers you, then move on!
15:49 Carol's face!! 😂😂 How is that not a meme??
Call it "When you find out you were waiting in the doctor's office for TWO HOURS!"