Carol Burnett is a fantastic actress. This made me tear up at the end. Just like in the TV movie, "Eunice". She has the ability to make you laugh, and cry, and everything in between in just a few minutes. I don't believe American TV was ever as good as it was when Carol, Vicki, Harvey, and Tim got in front of that camera. Makes me sad that all my generation gets is Snooki and brides-to-be competing for plastic surgery. Thanks for the video post!
The poor psychiatrist is trying so hard not to get sucked into the dysfunction. This is so real and so funny! Thank goodness this masterpiece is still in existence.
Made me want to cry. Also the freeze on Eunice's face reminded me of when she got "gonged" on the Gong Show. She froze, blackness closed around. Death of dreams.
I lived my life as Eunice. Spent half of it in therapy! Never fell for allowing my mama in on a therapy session but she looked at therapy just like Eunice's mama did! I remember one day I had stopped by her house on my way to a session! She asked what we talked about! I said I wouldn't know till I got to the appointment! She said "Well, just be sure you tell them it wasn't my fault"! I've spent the last 45 years trying to figure out whose fault it was! lol
God bless you. Came from the same type of family. I relate to the brother who went off to success. Others suffered. It wasnt until i found that my mother suffered the same. No real parenting skills and an only child on her own since age 2. Then i understood. Instead of amger, hate or blame, sometines its best to delve into their childhood. A parent is only as good or misguided as their parents. Its learned. Never hate your mother. Always pray for them. You did mothing wrong. God bless.
I hope you were able to forgive your mother and possibly your father for any wrong they did to you. I know once I forgave my father my whole life changed. I realized he did the best he could and didn't know any better.
Eunice could be the scapegoat child of a narcissistic mother (Mama) and Ellen appears to be the golden child. The other children survived not only because they left the nest but they virtually had no contact with Mama. in any event, as most people have stated, these sketches are absolutely brilliant from both a wrting and acting perspective.
I also always thought Ellen was the 'golden child', but in one of the sketches posted here, Mama & Ellen got sucked into a knock-down, drag-out fight that Eunice had started. Ellen told off her mother. Eunice started her usual sniping before they'd even gone inside. Mama overheard Eunice & Ellen and Ellen didn't hold back at saying how much she too hated Mama. Mama had gone upstairs to see her grandchildren and was standing on the landing on the way back down and saw most of that argument. Ellen them threw them both out of her house. She told them never to call or visit ever again.
It’s very tragicomic, it makes you laugh, but somehow you feel such an empathy for Eunice. It’s so well written and acted, it crawls into you. The ending put tears in my eyes
The Eunice/Mama sketches always increased my anxiety level as an adolescent. There was enough drama in my own family to go around. To this day, even with both parents gone, these family skits can be difficult for me to watch, being more tragic than funny. That being said, BRAVA, Carol! Your performance was stellar!
I will never forget when the "Family" had the "Gong Show" episode. The look on Eunice's face when she got gonged was devastating. It was so sad and pitiful. Yes, it was only a "show," but I actually had a mother just like mama. Not one of us EVER got any praise, but she sure could tell us we weren't worth anything.
Everybody left Thelma, husband, Phil, Ellen, only one left is Eunice. She killed Eunice's dreams to hold her back cause she know the other children don't want to be bothered with her. Thelma is just like her momma and whats bad/sad Eunice is just like her. Eunice wants to be free but she is scared and lack self esteem and she blames other people for not just going for what she wants in turn that vicious cycle of back and forth with her mother.
WOW, her mom is my mom. This should be shown as an example of how not to bring up/talk to children. I can't count how many times I heard, "You'll never amount to nothing!" Growing up and I left at 17. Never looked back. Why would a parent say that to their children? It's evil.
You are right Linda. Carol as Eunice was well brilliant and actually a serious way to handle a person who confronted your every emotional act. Ronald from Melbourne Florida.
so many of these scenes while wildly funny are also poignant with Eunice's pain, frustration, and thinly veiled rage. I think Carol's mother dumped her on her grandmother which worked out well for Carol as grandma was great. Makes me wonder how much of her own experiences with "mama" went into these sketches
This sketch is absolutely brilliant. For anyone who wants to witness the apotheosis of dramatic acting, look no further than 4:01 - 4:51 as Eunice marshals her fortitude to triumph (at least for the moment) over her own deeply entrenched self-doubt and self-loathing. Yes, Carol Burnett is known as one of the greatest comediennes ever, but WOW! what a dramatic actress as well.
Not really, this is just a play, a sitcom.. an act Real ppl are not like this and it is not meant to mimic life or teach a lesson other than to have a good laugh
I agree. When i was younger i just thought it was funny. Now i can see what she was really trying to say. We all have a little Eunice in us. Carol Burnett you are wonderful.
J.A. 263737668 you are so correct. we subconsciously were learning how to be good people as we grew up watching these shows. but those unable to learn and admit dysfunctions that all humans will face,they deemed these hard facts BAD and slowly forced it out of over the air broadcasting. now look what we have..
I know this is fiction and comedy. But thank you , Ms Carol Burnett for that last line. It has helped me many times when confronted with a mean, aggressive person in my life.
These sketches are such an amazing and funny slice of reality. These people can't see the damage they do to each other because they're too damaged themselves. Mama learned to be cruel and mean somewhere and she passed it on. And then Ellen who passess off the caring for Mama to Eunice and gets all the love and attention. It makes me cry.
"When confronted with a foe, bless them, praise them, let them go." This is some great comedy! It's clean and heartfelt ... I was in tears when Eunice was trying to learn to say she was O.K. ... from tears to laughter.
These Family sketches were great tv used as social commentary on dysfunctional family dynamics. Humorous, although heartbreaking and antagonistic to look at our own situation. There was always a statement being made.
Rick Gilbert No. Harvey left to do an ABC sitcom. Carol did fire Harvey in the mid-70s because he was rude to a guest star, but he apologized several days later and never missed an episode.
These family sketches are, for me, some of the best moments in television. I don't say something like that casually. There is so much to laugh about, and of course there's a deep tragic flavor about Eunice and the dysfunction ... but as comedy writing and acting goes, this concept and its execution were stellar and highly memorable. I'll be forever grateful to the cast and writing team for these hilarious (and very human) characters.
What a Actress’s. She made me laugh even when I was feeling dawn she is stell with us she she is 88 years old and is stell in good health. Thanks UTUB for the Video for taking me away. From what’s going on in the world today and making me Laugh through hard times
It's tough to see this skit, knowing it was the final Eunice, Mama skit, knowing it was Carol Burnett's Final Show. Saturday Nights have not been the same since
Eunice made a classic mistake of being angry with her family that didn't believe in her, and focused all her energy with demanding approval and encouragement from them, instead of taking her resolve and using it to live her dreams. Eunice settled for being someone who never was, because she never tried while blaming her lack of support from her family. She didn't have to face her fear of failure there are more ways of self-defeating than others defeating you.
I love this picture of her, it's why I use it as my avatar. Kasey's eyes were green so at night when she would jump on the bed with us and I'd look at her her eyes would be BLAZING GREEN light eye lanterns in the dark. CREEPY in a good way. The day I took this picture she was inspecting the bathroom and she looked up at me and starting meowing and the light reflected into her eyes making them glow ORANGE so I snapped several pictures of it.
I'm a mental health professional and I have had sessions with patients that looked very much like this. Sometimes you're ready to pull your hair out and give up but you stay calm and push through.
So sad, really. Extraordinary, brilliant acting, which although it is obviously playing for laughs, is quite tragic, as it represents how many dysfunctionally lead their lives.
These Eunice and Mama skits are really good the way they were intended, as one skit per show, but I can't binge them. They get too damn real and pretty soon it's painful instead of funny.
Poor Eunice. Such a good hearted women with a really good vibe. But she will always be told by her own mother that she’ll never amount to anything. She deserves so much more in life.
Fender 52 Darlin', why care about such an awful person no matter who it is? A zillion ppl out there in the world , lots of them will think highly of you. Blow it off. Laugh it off. Fathers do this to their sons for the same reasons mothers do it to their daughters. Jealousy. They look at the child and realize that child may become anything, do anything, and they know their fate is probably sealed. Often they think they had no choice but even non-choice is a choice, and they refuse to admit, even to themselves that they did choose, even if out of laziness or cowardice.
A lot of parents who were treated the same way by their parents. Parents who are clinical psychopaths and enjoy inflicting pain and sorrow. Parents who are too stupid to have children but find it a moral imperative to not use contraceptives because Rome says so.
Not sure why Craig Richard Nelson, who played the psychiatrist in episode 11.24 of Carol Burnett, was never given credit for that performance on the IMDB, but I recently submitted the request to the IMDB, and noticed that he now gets credit for that episode. Parts of this scene also appear on "The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion" from 1993, which I thought was an excellent compilation of sketches from her show.
What a Actress Carol Burnett I couldn’t stop laughing your head on the wall I remember when I saw it on TV live and I’m watching it again on RUclips and I’m still laughing at that like it was the first time I saw it carol Burnett is
I think it’s fascinating to read all the comments and learn how many people had families similar to the Higgins/ Harper tribe. I cannot imagine it. I guess if someone truly came from all that dysfunction, they’d find these skits more bittersweet or sad than humorous. This one was particularly poignant, as it revealed so much of Eunice’s sad life and the futility of her unrealistic dreams.
Always been a huge Mamas Family fan. Hwever, I enjoyed this episode, the ending "you'll never amount to anything" line was cut throat. No wonder poor Eunice has fits!!
No matter how funny the Family sketches were - and they really were - there's always been an underlying sadness, frustration and barely contained rage in the Eunice character. Any "Eunice" wouldn't stand a chance in this life with a "mama" like that.
you feel for Eunice. It maybe true she is a doormat, but when you live in her situation, you cannot blame her. It isn't her fault. Many fail to realize that it is Eunice that does everything for everybody and is never appreciated. She is also in a catch 22. For example if she stays with Mama and continues on the road she is on, she is a "failure" according to her family, but if she up and left Mama she will be viewed as someone who abandoned her.
He mama was angry with her own issues and displaced them. Poor communication skills like today. Parents don't talk about their childhoods. Thats the way it was with their generation. Spills over.
@@fortysomethingbadgirls2173 And yet, there are people with terrible backgrounds who rise above that, and become better people. Not saints, of course. But better.
I think Eunice would be a much better person if Thelma would give her some encouragement and be nice to her. Eunice needs to feel love in the worst way, she is sad.
Wow as many have commented watching these episodes as an adult, take on new meaning. The comedy was always perfection however the serious story lines really tug at the heartstrings. When I was younger I always looked at this as pure comedy not fully understanding the relationship between Eunice and her mother. The writers for the show were simply outstanding. Sadly we don’t have many good shows like this any longer. Corrupted Hollywood with its elitist political agenda has ruined entertainment. Hopefully we can get back to well produced entertainment someday.
This one is sad and painful and I'm not sure why the audience was laughing. As much as I've always studied and loved the brilliant Family series and stand in awe of the character work, I think it was a mistake to take them into dark territory like this. There's often a sad undercurrent to them if you look closely, but the ones that end on a comic note are more satisfying. I wonder why they made that choice towards the end.
JungleJim0617 Mama,would have woke up to find me gone.Even the bible let you know that a man do better out in the wilderness than living with a contentious woman!
@@bringthepaynepayne9738 That has nothing to do with this skit! Stop taking scriptures out of content. That scripture has nothing to do with a mother and child. Learn the bible before you try to explain it. Pray and ask God to help you understand what the scriptures are telling you.
Love this classic film tv show, just think how many family go though same thing everyday life. Awesome show. Hope she get a job. Or she going though same problems I am no car no job. Or boss in past put on don't hire her no more. Or get fire too many times. Love see more this part??
man mama is so cold hearted! no matter what eunice says, it never fazes her! she's a cold-hearted old woman who favors one child over the other. on a more happier note, does anyone know who plays the shrink? he's kinda good looking lol
I know it's just a show, but mama is always criticizing Eunice, then it doesn't help that her sister Ellen gets all the praise. I think Eunice is a wonderful person!
well, did you see the clips on here of the movie Eunice? That was a sad ending, also. Really sad for their characters. But they played those characters so well, no one else could have done it besides Vicki and Carol.
This performance of Carol's deserves an Oscar.
You mean an Emmy. This is from TV, and she did one.
Carol Burnett is a fantastic actress. This made me tear up at the end. Just like in the TV movie, "Eunice". She has the ability to make you laugh, and cry, and everything in between in just a few minutes. I don't believe American TV was ever as good as it was when Carol, Vicki, Harvey, and Tim got in front of that camera. Makes me sad that all my generation gets is Snooki and brides-to-be competing for plastic surgery. Thanks for the video post!
It makes me happy that your generation has these great TV performances available on RUclips, and you're enjoying their greatness!
I guess it's true there's a thin line between laughter and tears. This made me feel like crying at the end. Thanks for your comment.
The poor psychiatrist is trying so hard not to get sucked into the dysfunction. This is so real and so funny! Thank goodness this masterpiece is still in existence.
In this skit, Carol Burnett has you laughing and crying. That's called good acting. And she was one of the best.
Saw all this growing up and thought they were so funny but now as an adult and rewatching them i see how heartbreaking it really is .
There's a LOT of depth to the character of Eunice. And a lot of truth that so many of us can relate to.
My dad is like Thelma Harper he has put me down never going to be nothing
Your capacity for good is revealed first to you by a parent. Just because THEY fail...doesnt make you a failure.
Just laugh!!!!!!
"When confronted with a foe, bless her, praise her, let her go." Devastating.
Made me want to cry. Also the freeze on Eunice's face reminded me of when she got "gonged" on the Gong Show. She froze, blackness closed around. Death of dreams.
I lived my life as Eunice. Spent half of it in therapy! Never fell for allowing my mama in on a therapy session but she looked at therapy just like Eunice's mama did! I remember one day I had stopped by her house on my way to a session! She asked what we talked about! I said I wouldn't know till I got to the appointment! She said "Well, just be sure you tell them it wasn't my fault"!
I've spent the last 45 years trying to figure out whose fault it was! lol
Linda G West Once you realized not all mothers act that way did you put yours out to pasture (i'm hoping).
God bless you. Came from the same type of family. I relate to the brother who went off to success. Others suffered.
It wasnt until i found that my mother suffered the same. No real parenting skills and an only child on her own since age 2. Then i understood. Instead of amger, hate or blame, sometines its best to delve into their childhood. A parent is only as good or misguided as their parents. Its learned. Never hate your mother. Always pray for them. You did mothing wrong. God bless.
I hope you were able to forgive your mother and possibly your father for any wrong they did to you. I know once I forgave my father my whole life changed. I realized he did the best he could and didn't know any better.
For crying out loud!!!
Why would she ask what you talked about before you went to the session?
Mama is TOXIC. Eunice you better RUN.
Just let her go eunice! It really is that simple. She holds the power as long as you let her hold the power!
Eunice could be the scapegoat child of a narcissistic mother (Mama) and Ellen appears to be the golden child. The other children survived not only because they left the nest but they virtually had no contact with Mama. in any event, as most people have stated, these sketches are absolutely brilliant from both a wrting and acting perspective.
Mina Taylor if it would have been real life when they did move back they only survived because they had the support of a loving spouse.
@@davidbrown8303 By this point Ed had left Eunice and Mama was a widow.
I also always thought Ellen was the 'golden child', but in one of the sketches posted here, Mama & Ellen got sucked into a knock-down, drag-out fight that Eunice had started. Ellen told off her mother. Eunice started her usual sniping before they'd even gone inside. Mama overheard Eunice & Ellen and Ellen didn't hold back at saying how much she too hated Mama. Mama had gone upstairs to see her grandchildren and was standing on the landing on the way back down and saw most of that argument. Ellen them threw them both out of her house. She told them never to call or visit ever again.
YUP ALL OF THIS....Eunice should have just ditched her azz ....Mama was a selfish old bag who deserved to be cussed out every day...
I love this psychoanalysis. This deserves waaaaaaay more likes becausr it's so accurate.
It’s very tragicomic, it makes you laugh, but somehow you feel such an empathy for Eunice. It’s so well written and acted, it crawls into you. The ending put tears in my eyes
Eunice is my all time favorite person. Her character is so tragic and I mean it!
Thank God,,,my mother was the exact opposite of Mama,,I was blessed.
pretty pistol Who was your mom?
The Eunice/Mama sketches always increased my anxiety level as an adolescent. There was enough drama in my own family to go around. To this day, even with both parents gone, these family skits can be difficult for me to watch, being more tragic than funny.
That being said, BRAVA, Carol! Your performance was stellar!
Give me a break!!!!
Yep. Same for me. Are you from the South or Midwest?
@@eve3363 Midwest
I will never forget when the "Family" had the "Gong Show" episode. The look on Eunice's face when she got gonged was devastating. It was so sad and pitiful. Yes, it was only a "show," but I actually had a mother just like mama. Not one of us EVER got any praise, but she sure could tell us we weren't worth anything.
Donnie: Nobody's parents were perfect. They all did the best they could.
Everybody left Thelma, husband, Phil, Ellen, only one left is Eunice. She killed Eunice's dreams to hold her back cause she know the other children don't want to be bothered with her. Thelma is just like her momma and whats bad/sad Eunice is just like her. Eunice wants to be free but she is scared and lack self esteem and she blames other people for not just going for what she wants in turn that vicious cycle of back and forth with her mother.
Truly great acting here from the legendary Carol Burnett, and Vicki Lawrence too.
This episode brings tears to my eyes, cause I can relate to what Eunice went thru......I know it's a show, but it's so relatable....
I think this skit was a great way to end the series. Genius Carol Burnett. Genius!!
"Brilliant actor and actresses!"
WOW, her mom is my mom. This should be shown as an example of how not to bring up/talk to children. I can't count how many times I heard, "You'll never amount to nothing!" Growing up and I left at 17. Never looked back. Why would a parent say that to their children? It's evil.
You are right Linda. Carol as Eunice was well brilliant and actually a serious way to handle a person who confronted your every emotional act. Ronald from Melbourne Florida.
so many of these scenes while wildly funny are also poignant with Eunice's pain, frustration, and thinly veiled rage. I think Carol's mother dumped her on her grandmother which worked out well for Carol as grandma was great. Makes me wonder how much of her own experiences with "mama" went into these sketches
"We don't care what Mama don't allow! We're gonna take charge of our own life, anyhow!"
Eunice’s expression when the episode ends says it all. So much hurt and sadness inside. No place to hide. Life can seem too long at times.
This sketch is absolutely brilliant. For anyone who wants to witness the apotheosis of dramatic acting, look no further than 4:01 - 4:51 as Eunice marshals her fortitude to triumph (at least for the moment) over her own deeply entrenched self-doubt and self-loathing. Yes, Carol Burnett is known as one of the greatest comediennes ever, but WOW! what a dramatic actress as well.
It was a great episode. I really liked the portrayal of the psychiatrist too.
I was impressed with her dramatic acting in the film "Friendly Fire" a movie about her son killed in Vietnam. I hope you watch it.
Mama was really mean in this episode.
These sketches show what happens when you have a toxic parent.
Not really, this is just a play, a sitcom.. an act
Real ppl are not like this and it is not meant to mimic life or teach a lesson other than to have a good laugh
It's very sad. Mama was so mean to tell Eunice she'd never amount to anything. My old man was the same way.
Love love love love Carol Burnett-what brilliance, what truths are portrayed!
The sad thing is that Eunice and Mama are based on Burnett's own mother's and grandmother's relationship.
I agree. When i was younger i just thought it was funny. Now i can see what she was really trying to say. We all have a little Eunice in us. Carol Burnett you are wonderful.
This skit is honestly just heartbreaking
I agree. It was about more than laughs, Eunice really went there.
yeah Amen and it's nothing funny about it sad
It's parody!! Nothing about this is sad. Try laughing for a living.
@Little Bit It's still funny!
@@lionelsimmons2168 s
So much truth behind these sketches. Families with their dysfunctions.
J.A. 263737668 Amen!
J.A. 263737668 you are so correct. we subconsciously were learning how to be good people as we grew up watching these shows. but those unable to learn and admit dysfunctions that all humans will face,they deemed these hard facts BAD and slowly forced it out of over the air broadcasting. now look what we have..
J.A. 263737668 ha ha ha
the poor shirk can't help but be sucked into the madness ,after only a few minutes. lol. hilarious.
Funny serious and powerful viewing in 2018.
And in 2019!
I know this is fiction and comedy. But thank you , Ms Carol Burnett for that last line. It has helped me many times when confronted with a mean, aggressive person in my life.
I applaud this skit, for its time. It may have helped someone back then. Kudos to the Carroll Burnett team
Lol. Mama: "I'm an old women, with a few short years left." Then Eunice puts her hands up and prays!!! That's the best!!!
It was the cherry on the cake 🍒
This is actually great writing....
Holy geez...this clip made me cry. Guess I am even more like Eunice than I thought.
These sketches are such an amazing and funny slice of reality. These people can't see the damage they do to each other because they're too damaged themselves. Mama learned to be cruel and mean somewhere and she passed it on. And then Ellen who passess off the caring for Mama to Eunice and gets all the love and attention. It makes me cry.
"I can't say that, because I am not okay"! Heartwrenching! That is because Eunice was NEVER encouraged or comforted by either of her parents!
"When confronted with a foe, bless them, praise them, let them go." This is some great comedy! It's clean and heartfelt ... I was in tears when Eunice was trying to learn to say she was O.K. ... from tears to laughter.
These Family sketches were great tv used as social commentary on dysfunctional family dynamics. Humorous, although heartbreaking and antagonistic to look at our own situation. There was always a statement being made.
I've never seen this sketch before. Good stuff. I didn't even know Ed left Eunice.
She fired Harvey Korman.
Rick Gilbert No. Harvey left to do an ABC sitcom. Carol did fire Harvey in the mid-70s because he was rude to a guest star, but he apologized several days later and never missed an episode.
He was driven to insanity by it all. He had to leave to save the little sanity he had left.
@@Bloombaby99 what?
@@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona I was referring to why Ed left Eunice.
These family sketches are, for me, some of the best moments in television. I don't say something like that casually. There is so much to laugh about, and of course there's a deep tragic flavor about Eunice and the dysfunction ... but as comedy writing and acting goes, this concept and its execution were stellar and highly memorable. I'll be forever grateful to the cast and writing team for these hilarious (and very human) characters.
What a Actress’s. She made me laugh even when I was feeling dawn she is stell with us she she is 88 years old and is stell in good health. Thanks UTUB for the Video for taking me away. From what’s going on in the world today and making me Laugh through hard times
Bravo 👏I love all of these shows 🥰💖Epic Carol is missed she will always be the very Best 💕❤️😁Much love you and all. April in Florida🤗💯
Eunice is her best friend, and sadly, her worst enemy as well. But as the shrink said, "She's no picnic" referring to mama.
I just love Eunice and mama!
I hate when this stuff is so real it makes you cry. How could Carol Burnett be so great.
It's tough to see this skit, knowing it was the final Eunice, Mama skit, knowing it was Carol Burnett's Final Show. Saturday Nights have not been the same since
Thank you for posting this wonderful gem. I thought I saw all of Eunice that I could find.
"Phooey on Youey!" Classic.
Eunice made a classic mistake of being angry with her family that didn't believe in her, and focused all her energy with demanding approval and encouragement from them, instead of taking her resolve and using it to live her dreams.
Eunice settled for being someone who never was, because she never tried while blaming her lack of support from her family. She didn't have to face her fear of failure there are more ways of self-defeating than others defeating you.
+Karen Lacey ` She could have used their negativity as fuel.
+Karen Lacey ` Somebody needs to unplugged your cat.
No Kasey was working her mind powers that day, to HYPNOTIZE and demand more food and attention.
Kasey really had that eyes of intensity going on, RIP my Kasey.
I love this picture of her, it's why I use it as my avatar. Kasey's eyes were green so at night when she would jump on the bed with us and I'd look at her her eyes would be BLAZING GREEN light eye lanterns in the dark.
CREEPY in a good way.
The day I took this picture she was inspecting the bathroom and she looked up at me and starting meowing and the light reflected into her eyes making them glow ORANGE so I snapped several pictures of it.
"I'M OK, AND YOUR OK, AND Mama wHaT???" LMAO!!!
THIS CAN TEAR YOUR HEART OUT,, WOW..
"i'm okay and your okay, an Mammmmwha???"
Mama is one toxic person. She is the type of mother who can toatally ruin a person's life.
I'm a mental health professional and I have had sessions with patients that looked very much like this. Sometimes you're ready to pull your hair out and give up but you stay calm and push through.
Reminds me a little of my own therapy sessions, conquering my own self-doubt and self-loathing. Man, that was rough.
We revere mothers despite their faults. My mother is a hypochondriac, fear driven, victim but she's still awesome.
So sad, really. Extraordinary, brilliant acting, which although it is obviously playing for laughs, is quite tragic, as it represents how many dysfunctionally lead their lives.
These Eunice and Mama skits are really good the way they were intended, as one skit per show, but I can't binge them. They get too damn real and pretty soon it's painful instead of funny.
Poor Eunice. Such a good hearted women with a really good vibe. But she will always be told by her own mother that she’ll never amount to anything. She deserves so much more in life.
This is with a touch of humor, yet
profound, Eunice should have put mama in a nursing home, would have humbled her real fast.
That can make people more bitter actually. She should have distanced herself from her mother for sure.
When confronted with a foe, bless her, praise her, let her go
What kind of mother tells their child that they will never amount to anything? 😤
ABF20 my dad told me that over 30 years. But I overcome it and I have a steady job but it still hurts
ABF20 A great many of them! Ask.
Fender 52 Darlin', why care about such an awful person no matter who it is? A zillion ppl out there in the world , lots of them will think highly of you. Blow it off. Laugh it off. Fathers do this to their sons for the same reasons mothers do it to their daughters. Jealousy. They look at the child and realize that child may become anything, do anything, and they know their fate is probably sealed. Often they think they had no choice but even non-choice is a choice, and they refuse to admit, even to themselves that they did choose, even if out of laziness or cowardice.
A lot of parents who were treated the same way by their parents. Parents who are clinical psychopaths and enjoy inflicting pain and sorrow. Parents who are too stupid to have children but find it a moral imperative to not use contraceptives because Rome says so.
Mine
"I'm okay and you're okay and mama whaaaaa?" LOL Poor Eunice.There are so many people who live in such dysfunction. Sad. but you can rise above.
Not sure why Craig Richard Nelson, who played the psychiatrist in episode 11.24 of Carol Burnett, was never given credit for that performance on the IMDB, but I recently submitted the request to the IMDB, and noticed that he now gets credit for that episode. Parts of this scene also appear on "The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion" from 1993, which I thought was an excellent compilation of sketches from her show.
This one made me cry
What a Actress Carol Burnett I couldn’t stop laughing your head on the wall I remember when I saw it on TV live and I’m watching it again on RUclips and I’m still laughing at that like it was the first time I saw it carol Burnett is
Powerful.
That was a good little vignette. Funny, with real sadness, too.
Wow! Mama was really mean in this skit.
I think it’s fascinating to read all the comments and learn how many people had families similar to the Higgins/ Harper tribe. I cannot imagine it. I guess if someone truly came from all that dysfunction, they’d find these skits more bittersweet or sad than humorous. This one was particularly poignant, as it revealed so much of Eunice’s sad life and the futility of her unrealistic dreams.
I love you Carol Burnett. I grew up with you.
Always been a huge Mamas Family fan. Hwever, I enjoyed this episode, the ending "you'll never amount to anything" line was cut throat. No wonder poor Eunice has fits!!
No matter how funny the Family sketches were - and they really were - there's always been an underlying sadness, frustration and barely contained rage in the Eunice character. Any "Eunice" wouldn't stand a chance in this life with a "mama" like that.
you feel for Eunice. It maybe true she is a doormat, but when you live in her situation, you cannot blame her. It isn't her fault. Many fail to realize that it is Eunice that does everything for everybody and is never appreciated. She is also in a catch 22. For example if she stays with Mama and continues on the road she is on, she is a "failure" according to her family, but if she up and left Mama she will be viewed as someone who abandoned her.
Anybody who grew up with this totally gets it.
This is what's happening today (2019) we need more mental wellness practices. Her mama was toxic
He mama was angry with her own issues and displaced them. Poor communication skills like today. Parents don't talk about their childhoods. Thats the way it was with their generation. Spills over.
@@fortysomethingbadgirls2173 And yet, there are people with terrible backgrounds who rise above that, and become better people. Not saints, of course. But better.
I think Eunice would be a much better person if Thelma would give her some encouragement and be nice to her. Eunice needs to feel love in the worst way, she is sad.
Wow as many have commented watching these episodes as an adult, take on new meaning. The comedy was always perfection however the serious story lines really tug at the heartstrings. When I was younger I always looked at this as pure comedy not fully understanding the relationship between Eunice and her mother. The writers for the show were simply outstanding. Sadly we don’t have many good shows like this any longer. Corrupted Hollywood with its elitist political agenda has ruined entertainment. Hopefully we can get back to well produced entertainment someday.
This one is sad and painful and I'm not sure why the audience was laughing.
As much as I've always studied and loved the brilliant Family series and stand in awe of the character work, I think it was a mistake to take them into dark territory like this. There's often a sad undercurrent to them if you look closely, but the ones that end on a comic note are more satisfying. I wonder why they made that choice towards the end.
JungleJim0617 Mama,would have woke up to find me gone.Even the bible let you know that a man do better out in the wilderness than living with a contentious woman!
BRING THE PAYNE Payne and vice versa.
@@bringthepaynepayne9738 That has nothing to do with this skit! Stop taking scriptures out of content. That scripture has nothing to do with a mother and child. Learn the bible before you try to explain it. Pray and ask God to help you understand what the scriptures are telling you.
They should have had Ellen, she was also part of the problem A HUGH part
ManTexDal who’s HUGH??🤷♀️
how?
God yes a HUGH HUGH one....and so hateful also.
I’m okay and you’re okay and-WHAT?!? XD rofl!!!
When she started banging her head I hollered!!!
So did I
@rarewavemusic Craig Richard Nelson is best known to "Golden Girls" fans as the pyromaniac in the episode "'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas".
thechickinthemiddle maybe he turned to matches after putting up dealing with mama.......;)
the only solution is to leave the person who annoys you because people don't ever change.
Love this classic film tv show, just think how many family go though same thing everyday life. Awesome show. Hope she get a job. Or she going though same problems I am no car no job. Or boss in past put on don't hire her no more. Or get fire too many times. Love see more this part??
Awwwww poor Eunice. So many parents are like that too
That psychiatrist was the FIRST person in Eunice's life who ever told her that she was okay!
man mama is so cold hearted! no matter what eunice says, it never fazes her! she's a cold-hearted old woman who favors one child over the other. on a more happier note, does anyone know who plays the shrink? he's kinda good looking lol
Kee Leicthle He's probably gay lol!
I just love Eunice and her MOMMA too! :)
"don't you care that your baby daughter is on the verge of a nervous breakdown" Bangs head on wall. *wow*
I feel for Eunice I know how it is myself
I know it's just a show, but mama is always criticizing Eunice, then it doesn't help that her sister Ellen gets all the praise. I think Eunice is a wonderful person!
... amazing Performances...
The "Eunice" special was actually very good.
well, did you see the clips on here of the movie Eunice? That was a sad ending, also. Really sad for their characters. But they played those characters so well, no one else could have done it besides Vicki and Carol.
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is different. Vive la differénce!
Just what the doctor ordered. How I love her.