Excellent writers, indeed, and dialog and scenes so true to life. When Mama pinches Eunice, and Eunice squinches up her eyes at her, well, that is something I've actually seen. It happened in church between my great grandmother and my unruly cousin, both named Martha. Too funny! Carol Burnett's Texas roots shine through in Eunice's accent. I love how Maggie Smith laid down the law in her classroom, and the family sat, diminished as if spoiled brats being chastised for bad behavior.
@@CassandraD-go8gl So true! My mother swore that Eunice was one of her sisters-in-law, and Mama was an aunt who complained about everything under the sun and could find no good in anyone.
I loved this. Maggie Smith was so beautiful & so talented, every role was a masterclass it’s so sad watching this knowing she is no longer with us. Thanks Maggie gone but never forgotten.
Carol always had amazing guest actor's and that was always something special. Carol knew this would become iconic gold. Carol made it iconic, she is an icon ❤ 14:45
And to think she got her start just by writing to Mrs. Burnett and sent her a picture of herself stating that she had absolutely no acting abilities but went on stating how much they looked alike. Mrs. Burnett had her flown in gave her some lines to read. And as they say ‘The rest is history’
My goodness look at Maggie Smith. I loved this show when I was young, never missed it and its still hilariously funny. They don't make shows like this anymore. Its nice to have a belly laugh 🤣
This show has class! You couldn’t put a show like this on now. The costumes alone. All the original one of kind Bob mackere designer dresses every week. Not to mention choreographed song and dance numbers and original scripts; goes to show what entertainment is like when it is actually entertaining. Lol
@Victor R. Indeed. Nowadays, when parents are told what's up with their kid, sometimes parents will get all defensive. "Not MY child! It's YOUR fault! You're the teacher!" Nevermind the problem starts at home...
Well in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" she was able to talk a student into going and dying in the Spanish Civil War....she could talk parents into anything.
W O W -- I didn't realize it when I was originally watching these sketches on TV in the 70s, but they are STUFFED FULL of social commentary! The writing is excellent and the actors are amazing!
@Pink Panther Some "Old Days"....may have been good for you, but not so much for others.... you should think about that as well Mr. Panther. .... just saying to think about it, not to necessarily agree with me on the statement.
@@k.robertrichardson6779 Wait.. what? Are you referring to the teacher? If so, let me assure you people go into education because they have a passion to teach, not because they cannot do anything else in life. If this were true, how to account for those who are leaving education in droves?
I actually read somewhere where they did a run through on this without the accents and that it really depressed all of them and how tragic it really is.
I was in a family like this growing up, and was heavily bullied so it did no wonders for my self esteem. I can remember teachers thanking their lucky stars I was not in their classes, and some that I did have making fun of me constantly. When the family fell apart and the town found out there was a whole lot of "fake sympathy". Truth was they knew, and they were ignorant to it all. If we had teachers like Ms. Collins we wouldn't have this problem. I met a few and they helped me get through the hard things. However, given the state of education today, and especially parents today. Often teachers who tell it how it is find themselves quickly out of work by entitled and clueless parents who think they can do no wrong.
Why does Mama have to go everywhere with Eunice and Ed? We didn't slog my folks around everywhere. We'd have driven each other batshit crazy too. I think this meeting would have gone much better without Mama since she can't resist digging her elbows into Eunice for no good reason.
Joshua S, I didn’t know Maggie Smith had starred in any comedy sketches. I love her accent and I wonder if she is still alive. She starred as the Grandmother in Hook. I recall the year that movie came out in 1992, starring Robin Williams. And she also was Mother Superior in Sister Act starring Whoopi Goldberg.
As a preschool teacher, I’ve come across many families like this one…where kids act out so badly at school but it’s because they have disfuncional family lives. And as a teacher you try to be truthful and honest and dive deeper into what’s going on at home and parents want none of it. Parents have no clue of the impact they have on their kids even in the little arguments and spats that they have. Most parents think “they are too small and don’t get it” but kids are smarter and pick things up more then they realize. Children might not verbally express the problems perfectly but they know hence they act out. It’s sad we need better teachers out there like Miss Collins
All you see now are teachers who just want to push the kids through the grades even though they don't deserve it. If they try to hold them back they say the teacher is the problem or picking on their kid.
I always loved Carol Burnett, and the whole cast. Maggie Smith, such a great actress, played a few times on her show. Carol is now 89 and Maggie, I believe is in her 90's, God bless them both. Love the movie, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." Great Movie, co-staring, Pamela Franklin. 😍👍🙏
@Victor R. I think she grew narcissistic because all the attention, love and pride went to the stuck up Ellen, who later on, didn't even like Mama, either. LOL!
@Victor R. yeah she a damaged good thank to Ellen and mama so the sorrow goes to Eunice I disagreed with that she a and Ed is Ellen and mama mat so she is stuck up Ellen selfish it why she mad fun of Ed and she got her karma her husband had affair
@@ProudKansan08 yeah she never got the attention her other siblings got mama even have Euince usen Ellen clothes so you have to feel sorry for her and bubba was also seeking attention from he's mom and dad she doing the same to bubba it's sad that Euince is a sad puppy you want to take home lol everyone say she damaged but she created but two narcissist Ellen and mama
This is absolutely GOLD. The family dynamics brilliantly portrayed and so real. I was too young to appreciate Carol Burnett. I don't even think the show was aired in Australia. The acting is brilliant by all the actors. I just can't get enough of the show. Remeniscent of a gone by era.
This would be the perfect parent-teacher conference sales pitch! 😅 I've been a teacher for 11 years and one thing I've seen is that more often than not you get those parents now and then who sign up for the conference and don't show up at all then ask if it can be rescheduled. I understand life is crazy and we all forget and that's fine. But if you can't make it, call the school that way they're not waiting around.
I think this might be one of the few, if only, Family sketches in which all three of them are called out on their character by another, astute and educated person. I kinda really love it and can watch that end scene again and again. I love her calling out mama, "- an uncaring, bitter grandmother!"" Then making them all leave. "Out. OUT. OUT!!" Fantastic acting and dialog.
A very painful truth ! My teachers cared more about me than my own parents. I passed because of loving caring teachers like Maggie Smith from that clip.
@@Boudicca-xm2pi My experience is the direct opposite of yours . I had very uncaring and very unloving parents. On many occasions as a child I wanted to end my life so that my parents could be happy. If not for my caring teachers while I was in school, I would have committed suicide before I reach the age of 13. My teachers looked after me, help me get good grades, even got me a part-time job working after school. That part time job lasted over 3 decades until the company went out of business , dued to change of technology. My teachers made me a better person.They looked after me and took good care of me.I moved out at age 15 and moved into my own place .If not for the love and care my teachers have me,I would have been dead from suicide at age 9. Everyone circumstances is somewhat different. You had loving parents and I had loving teachers.
@@Boudicca-xm2pi Everyone experience is different. Still I LOVE my teachers for taking care of me. Many were like Maggie Smith from that Family episode. They made sure I was loved, they treated me better than my parents. If my teachers were alive today I would hug them and say THANK YOU for everything you have done for me. Some had loving parents others had loving teachers.
The wonders of RUclips!! This clip was FANTASTIC. It brought back fond memories of the culmination of a week-long voyage aboard the QUEEN MARY 2 from Brooklyn to England. Before flying home from London in June of 2007 I had the high honor and deep privilege of seeing two-time Oscar, Emmy and Tony-winner Dame MAGGIE SMITH at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in the EDWARD ALBEE play "The Lady from Dubuque." After the evening performance, I was lucky enough to meet this gracious, elegant lady and have our picture taken at the Stage Door. Right before she left, I bowed and kissed her right hand. That was over 30 YEARS after her performance on CAROL BURNETT and MAGGIE SMITH still enhances every show she does. Just saw the 2019 DOWNTON ABBEY movie.
I love this skit. I never fail to go into gales of laughter every time I see it. They simply don't make them like this any more. There are no funny lines, per se, but they play it straight and the outcome is hilarious. Carol Burnett Show at its best.
@@ericrivera8410 You can almost see Allan Kayser watching this scene and asking VIcki Lawrence for pointers as to how Bubba should act. He did say that he did watch a lot of Carol's skits as Eunice to get a better idea of what Bubba's home life was like...
Vicki Lawrence talked about how, as an experiment, they decided to do the skit in rehearsal without the accents. Just straight performance. Vicki said the result was so awful and depressing that she started crying. They really are a dreadful family, always hurting each other. :(
In most comedies, the characters who squabble usually have some redeeming qualities, some sign of love and humanity. But Eunice, Ed, & Mama really didn’t have anything good about them. Carol Burnett was originally raised in Texas, and she said she really knew this character.
@@ProudKansan08 Quite right .Its a tribute to Carol Burnett that famous stars were willing to make guest appearances on her show .Even Sammy Davis Jr and Burt Reynolds
Yes, Maggie was already a big star and Oscar winner for ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ by that time. Great to see her guest star on a popular American TV show of the day.
@@jonathankieranwriter Look at a list of the guest stars and it's people that Carol Burnett likes and admires, even stars that at that point were past their prime. Unlike a show like SNL, they didn't feel the need to cater to a "flavor of the week".
Damn....Bubba been picking up habits from the family. They are crazy as hell!!! I ended up here after seeing mama on family fued with Steve Harvey. Never watched the Carol Bernert show but I'm hooked now. This is pure comedy. Crazy family got me laughing!!! Lol
@@jaredcooper9111 He did start out getting out of juvie. And left behind by Eunice and Ed. So that was probably traumatic enough of a shock to actually accept the help he was offered and to adjust. Sides he was still a troublemaker now and then. Unless you meant how they physically described him
@@johnnotgalt2697 yes I know..when I was a teen I wanted to be on the show so I mailed them a letter .I got a photostill from Vicki wishing me luck..I put that picture on the wall and eventually got some acting gigs.
@@rock-ym3uf Congrats, and I think I misunderstood. I thought you were referring to Vicki, not your grandma, when you said "may she rest in peace." Condolences and your grandma sounds like a great ladyt!
I've watched about 5 in a row now. The first time was funny but after that, wow, I can't believe how it got so dark so quick. If looked through a microscope it's Mama who's the start of the problem (I know it sounds cliche): preferring one of your own kids over another, always placing blame on Eunice and her husband, etc. Poor Bubba, the kid is crying out desperately for love, attention and affection.
@@jamiegarrity6439 It's genuinely distressing watching Mama fan the flames between the sisters over and over again. She simply can't stand the thought of them getting along for even a few minutes. These are so on-point: both the writing and the performances.
Oh grow up, it's a comedy show... that's the problem today, people are emotionally incontinent and has to make everything about them. You negative Nelly, just enjoy the damned skit and don't watch if you are a triggered snowflake. 🙄
Brilliant, true-to-life acting, reflecting personal experience for many families I'm sure. While this is hilarious, it's also a blueprint for what triggers fights in dysfunctional families. "Didn't I just say that, Mama?" is a case in point, where the opportunity was there to leave it be, but they were playing to an imaginary audience as well as the real one. Someone always has to win, and in the process, they lose, and so too do the kids.
Lmao. That whole family was a zillion short. The teacher was using art n psychology together. Ed didn’t get that at all. Duh 🙄 and Eunice was worried about her hysterical hair. Funny, but that’s 70s TV. Always great shows on as a kid.
The Eunice skits were really the most memorable from the Carol Burnett show (CBS)... Sadly the TV series never attained or reached that quality that the skits did...🧐
To those that enjoy the acting of Maggie Smith, you should watch "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". One of her best acting roles. A great film with a great cast. I highly recommend.
Of course Maggie Smith was brilliant as Jean Brodie and when she disciplines the three of them it reminds me of her telling Miss Mackay off in the movie LOL
Ironic that,until Miss Collins called HER 'tude out, Thelma (Mama) seemed completely supportive of everything Miss Collins was saying but she seemed eager to have an authority figure call join her in dumping on Eunice and Ed. Miss Burnett, Miss Lawrence and the late Mr. Korman did great playing their regular roles here while Miss Smith was fantastic as the one-shot Miss Collins who more than held her own against these three! Thanks for this!
Funny show and can you imagine if Eunice actually did had a daughter or two instead. Eunice and her girls would constantly be at each other throat just like Eunice and her Mom is.
If they had had daughters they would have been a mess. Their sons though sound definitely emotionally disturbed & dumb. They would be trump cultists now & would have been at these recent "Liberate" rallies strutting around with their AR-15s intimidating governors and senators in state capital buildings.
These Mama's Family skits were like a therapy of sorts for my mom back in the day. Unfortunately her mother was "Mama" through & through, right down to the way she dressed. The only real difference was my grandma put a "rinse" in her hair in a shade called Apricot (very light brown), & we're from Pennsylvania, so no southern accent. But boy she had a sharp tongue. And out of her 7 offspring (4 boys, 3 girls), my mom was definitely her Eunice. Grandma always made my mom feel like a failure as an adult, even though she really wasn't, & she'd physically abused my mom frequently, though her other girls never got whipped. Mom was born in 1926 & it was like a normal thing for parents to take a belt or a switch off a tree to their kids' backside. At least in the rural area we're all from. My mom was able to use the humor of Mama's Family to help get herself through the hurt she'd had all all those years. I always wondered what it was like to have a nice loving grandma like all my friends did.
I totally understand. My mom never whipped us but she would tell daddy!! Then we’d get in trouble. I vowed I would never do that to my kids and I didn’t.
@@dma124 No kidding, I'd have never guessed that, since it says "The Carol Burnett Show" in the title. I never said it was the "Mama's Family" TV show. I said skit- meaning a short acting piece. I watched "The Carol Burnett Show" all through my childhood, & then "Mama's Family" later when it began as it's own show. Was my "supposed" mistake the most important thing you had to worry about on a Sunday morning? If so, I'm very sorry, & I hope things get better for you. Have a blessed day.
The Writer of these Family episodes is a Genius!!!!!! I know families like this
Excellent writers, indeed, and dialog and scenes so true to life. When Mama pinches Eunice, and Eunice squinches up her eyes at her, well, that is something I've actually seen. It happened in church between my great grandmother and my unruly cousin, both named Martha. Too funny! Carol Burnett's Texas roots shine through in Eunice's accent. I love how Maggie Smith laid down the law in her classroom, and the family sat, diminished as if spoiled brats being chastised for bad behavior.
@@ThymeBottlea lot of how they acted is real and in a lot of families including mine lll💯😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️❤️ and I'm 64!.😂❤️
@@CassandraD-go8gl So true! My mother swore that Eunice was one of her sisters-in-law, and Mama was an aunt who complained about everything under the sun and could find no good in anyone.
@@ThymeBottle oh my 😂 one of our cousins STILL acts like the rich sister 😂🤣😂
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That drawing of Bubba's never fails to make me die of laughter i rewind 10secs and re-watch it 7x
I loved this. Maggie Smith was so beautiful & so talented, every role was a masterclass it’s so sad watching this knowing she is no longer with us. Thanks Maggie gone but never forgotten.
This is the kind of talking to from a teacher some students and parents need.
I agree.
Absolutely. Problem is, teachers don't get the respect they used to. Society has changed too much.
Yes! The reality, however, is far from what's needed. There would be letters and Yelp reviews: "The teacher was rude to us!!!!"
Maggie Smith and Mama's family in the same room. There's something very historically significant about that! Thank you for sharing these classics.
Carol always had amazing guest actor's and that was always something special. Carol knew this would become iconic gold. Carol made it iconic, she is an icon ❤ 14:45
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This was better acting than Hollywood movies.
You are so very right! 💯❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This was boring, one of the weaker " the family " scenes IMO.
If only teachers could still be this real.
I know. Nowadays, if teachers were to be this upfront to parents, the teacher would be the one in trouble.
They are. Parents are pathetic when they rely on teachers to be parents.
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“You’re really on thin ice old woman”. How they held their laughter. Television has never had such greatness!!!
Mama just stirs up the pot right from the gate.
And beautifully delivered 💜.
They didn't always manage to hold their laughter. Vicki goes off script and gets Carol good.
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@@kurtbarlow9402that was hilarious! Thank you for sharing
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"Look at me Eunice" LOL
Dame Maggie Smith amazing as always.
Who???
Yes, and a lot of class.
I knew that voice! I recognized her right away. Cheers ✌
Love Maggie Smith, but her character seems a little out of place in this scenario.
Wow! She's young here...I initially thought it was Holland Taylor
The drawing of bubba's family had me rolling 🤣
Me to Euince said but look at my hair all she cared was her hair and didn't care about bubba was black dot in the corner to funny
Lol
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In bubba's defense Eunice does have cartoon hair
In bubba's defense Eunice does have cartoon hair
Vicki Lawrence is so brilliant in the role of momma and has such rapport with the audience that just her entrance alone brings the house down.
Vicki's characterization of "Mama" is the centerpiece of the skits she is in.
@@vikkinicholson5880 only when unice is in the skit too.i loved mama's family but it was the best before Ed and Unice characters lefted.
Yes she is brilliant
I honestly don’t know how she did it she is iconic
And to think she got her start just by writing to Mrs. Burnett and sent her a picture of herself stating that she had absolutely no acting abilities but went on stating how much they looked alike. Mrs. Burnett had her flown in gave her some lines to read. And as they say ‘The rest is history’
I love the sound of Maggie's speaking voice. And her mannerisms are so graceful.
She glides across the floor when she walks..
Who is Maggie?
@@socorrom5293 the actress playing the teacher...
@@socorrom5293 Maggie Smith - the actresses playing the teacher.
@@socorrom5293 as well as professor McGonagall in Harry Potter.
My goodness look at Maggie Smith. I loved this show when I was young, never missed it and its still hilariously funny. They don't make shows like this anymore. Its nice to have a belly laugh 🤣
This is after Miss Jean Brodie and before Harry Potter and her time at Hogwarts.
I think Mana and Eunice are wearing the same coat in two different colours.
She’s so beautiful 🤩
i grew up with them too and the tv shows today will never compare to this show
This show has class! You couldn’t put a show like this on now. The costumes alone. All the original one of kind Bob mackere designer dresses every week. Not to mention choreographed song and dance numbers and original scripts; goes to show what entertainment is like when it is actually entertaining. Lol
Truly a master class in acting -- all of them.
I wish teachers could really speak to their pupils parents like this!
@Victor R. Indeed. Nowadays, when parents are told what's up with their kid, sometimes parents will get all defensive. "Not MY child! It's YOUR fault! You're the teacher!" Nevermind the problem starts at home...
I agree.
Well in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" she was able to talk a student into going and dying in the Spanish Civil War....she could talk parents into anything.
@@sarge0351 Excellent point and fantastic film btw :)
So do I
W O W -- I didn't realize it when I was originally watching these sketches on TV in the 70s, but they are STUFFED FULL of social commentary! The writing is excellent and the actors are amazing!
@Pink Panther Some "Old Days"....may have been good for you, but not so much for others.... you should think about that as well Mr. Panther. .... just saying to think about it, not to necessarily agree with me on the statement.
@Pink Panther Thank Mr. Panther, that's all I asked is understanding. What a Gentleman you are sir!!!! The best to you...
Myles Burris okay, Karen. 😂😂😂
Sanford and Son, Mary Tyler Moore, MASH, Maude, All in the Family, Happy Days, among others did the same. Not unusual.
@@stormwarning1235 ...HAPPY DAYS??
A lot of this is spot on. Parents do say these things, such as "Did you see him do that?" Also, "I'm going to the school board."
Yep, great to know things will never change!
They had karens back then too
I'm 64 and still can't stop rolling!💯😂🤣😂❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I bet Ed just went home and popped another beer in front of the TV and never said a thing to the board.
Dame Maggie Smith is an international treasure.
As a teacher of 25 years I can vouch that this occurs often
Wow really? That’s sad 😢
@@Josephinekhalaf Well, it's probably the best job she can get. I'm sure she makes the most of her lot in life.
Probably even worse in many cases
@@k.robertrichardson6779 Wait.. what? Are you referring to the teacher? If so, let me assure you people go into education because they have a passion to teach, not because they cannot do anything else in life. If this were true, how to account for those who are leaving education in droves?
I LOVE this family!! I can't believe they did this without laughing.
Probably they practiced it.
I actually read somewhere where they did a run through on this without the accents and that it really depressed all of them and how tragic it really is.
They never could have made it if Tim Conway had been involved.
I was in a family like this growing up, and was heavily bullied so it did no wonders for my self esteem. I can remember teachers thanking their lucky stars I was not in their classes, and some that I did have making fun of me constantly. When the family fell apart and the town found out there was a whole lot of "fake sympathy". Truth was they knew, and they were ignorant to it all. If we had teachers like Ms. Collins we wouldn't have this problem. I met a few and they helped me get through the hard things. However, given the state of education today, and especially parents today. Often teachers who tell it how it is find themselves quickly out of work by entitled and clueless parents who think they can do no wrong.
Maggie Smith is so elegant and has to deal with that lot! Brilliant comedy.
As a kid watching these sketches, I didn’t notice how tragic they are.
@@puffchick4197 Raised by Eunice?
That’s why we’re all in therapy
They are more funny than anything.
@@bladeowens lol Amen
That's what made these episodes so special. Eunice was a tragic figure.
"Big fat awful boys"🤣🤣🤣 Ohhh these actors are the best, how the hell do they remember all these lines...superb!!!
Some of it has to be improv how could they keep a straight face with some of these
They're consummate pros
It’s improv acting in some parts where they make it up as they go
@@beckiedecker5165 the elephant story with Tim Conway was mostly ad lib
There might be cue cards or it is just that actors are trained to memorize lines.
Dame Maggy, a national treasure.
This is one of my favorite skits from The Carol Burnett Show! You wonder, why teachers drink! LOL!
Maggie Smith! Young. I still picture her as the old nun in "Sister Act"! Great sketch - hysterical!!!!
Thank you for posting these "uncut" gems. You are providing a GREAT service.
Love Ed looking at the problem on the board like he doesn't know how to solve it.
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I don't know why they brought Mama with.
@@shandaabsar6686 Because Mama has a right to speak up about her own GRAANDson.
He probably don’t.
Why does Mama have to go everywhere with Eunice and Ed? We didn't slog my folks around everywhere. We'd have driven each other batshit crazy too. I think this meeting would have gone much better without Mama since she can't resist digging her elbows into Eunice for no good reason.
Maggie. Even in less than 15 minutes she creates an entire (school) world. God bless everyone in this sketch.
"Bubba wrote "Not much!"... 50 times!" 😂😂😂
That was creative. At least he was telling the truth
So his math was okay!!
The best thing seeing Maggie smith
Joshua S, I didn’t know Maggie Smith had starred in any comedy sketches. I love her accent and I wonder if she is still alive. She starred as the Grandmother in Hook. I recall the year that movie came out in 1992, starring Robin Williams. And she also was Mother Superior in Sister Act starring Whoopi Goldberg.
@@broaj1453 yeah she was just in downtown abbey the movie
As a preschool teacher, I’ve come across many families like this one…where kids act out so badly at school but it’s because they have disfuncional family lives. And as a teacher you try to be truthful and honest and dive deeper into what’s going on at home and parents want none of it. Parents have no clue of the impact they have on their kids even in the little arguments and spats that they have. Most parents think “they are too small and don’t get it” but kids are smarter and pick things up more then they realize. Children might not verbally express the problems perfectly but they know hence they act out. It’s sad we need better teachers out there like Miss Collins
All you see now are teachers who just want to push the kids through the grades even though they don't deserve it. If they try to hold them back they say the teacher is the problem or picking on their kid.
*God Bless teachers; I don't know how they do it!*
Preschool, Elementary School, Middle School, High School...AS THE TWIG IS BENT, SO GROWS THE TREE!
@@MrMenefrego1 With an ironclad union behind them, that's how.
@@k.robertrichardson6779 Not what I was talking about.
I always loved Carol Burnett, and the whole cast. Maggie Smith, such a great actress, played a few times on her show. Carol is now 89 and Maggie, I believe is in her 90's, God bless them both. Love the movie, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." Great Movie, co-staring, Pamela Franklin. 😍👍🙏
"I am in my prime!"
"The discussion turns to Eunice's unhappy childhood and miserable life." Don't they all? LOL
I love the Carol Burnett shows!
@Victor R. I think she grew narcissistic because all the attention, love and pride went to the stuck up Ellen, who later on, didn't even like Mama, either. LOL!
@Victor R. yeah she a damaged good thank to Ellen and mama so the sorrow goes to Eunice I disagreed with that she a and Ed is Ellen and mama mat so she is stuck up Ellen selfish it why she mad fun of Ed and she got her karma her husband had affair
@@ProudKansan08 yeah she never got the attention her other siblings got mama even have Euince usen Ellen clothes so you have to feel sorry for her and bubba was also seeking attention from he's mom and dad she doing the same to bubba it's sad that Euince is a sad puppy you want to take home lol everyone say she damaged but she created but two narcissist Ellen and mama
Always! 😂
Back when teachers weren’t afraid to be real with parents
Back when administrators gave benefit of the doubt to teachers.
Back then when parents actually RESPECT teachers and their authority.
This is absolutely GOLD. The family dynamics brilliantly portrayed and so real. I was too young to appreciate Carol Burnett. I don't even think the show was aired in Australia. The acting is brilliant by all the actors. I just can't get enough of the show. Remeniscent of a gone by era.
Maybe Australia didn't air it because they mentioned a rabbit epidemic there that didn't really happen.
The Carol Burnett show went to Australia to perform their stage show and were a smash Hit!!!💯 It was great when they showed it on TV ❤️❤️❤️🐟
This could be a parent-teacher conference in 2020.
Lol
This would be the perfect parent-teacher conference sales pitch! 😅 I've been a teacher for 11 years and one thing I've seen is that more often than not you get those parents now and then who sign up for the conference and don't show up at all then ask if it can be rescheduled. I understand life is crazy and we all forget and that's fine. But if you can't make it, call the school that way they're not waiting around.
WOW, you are right!!!💯😮😂😂😂😂❤️
I think this might be one of the few, if only, Family sketches in which all three of them are called out on their character by another, astute and educated person. I kinda really love it and can watch that end scene again and again. I love her calling out mama, "- an uncaring, bitter grandmother!"" Then making them all leave. "Out. OUT. OUT!!" Fantastic acting and dialog.
They're stupid for not getting just as loud and aggressive back. If you ou let people disrespect you, it only leads downhill.
Behind all the comedy is truth. Parents either denying their children's bad behavior or thinking it's normal.
A very painful truth ! My teachers cared more about me than my own parents. I passed because of loving caring teachers like Maggie Smith from that clip.
@@Boudicca-xm2pi My experience is the direct opposite of yours . I had very uncaring and very unloving parents. On many occasions as a child I wanted to end my life so that my parents could be happy. If not for my caring teachers while I was in school, I would have committed suicide before I reach the age of 13. My teachers looked after me, help me get good grades, even got me a part-time job working after school. That part time job lasted over 3 decades until the company went out of business , dued to change of technology. My teachers made me a better person.They looked after me and took good care of me.I moved out at age 15 and moved into my own place .If not for the love and care my teachers have me,I would have been dead from suicide at age 9. Everyone circumstances is somewhat different. You had loving parents and I had loving teachers.
@@Boudicca-xm2pi don't blame teachers because your kids don't know how to act
@@Boudicca-xm2pi Everyone experience is different. Still I LOVE my teachers for taking care of me. Many were like Maggie Smith from that Family episode. They made sure I was loved, they treated me better than my parents. If my teachers were alive today I would hug them and say THANK YOU for everything you have done for me.
Some had loving parents others had loving teachers.
@Boudicca-xm2pi I was the same way as you describe your kids as being, and it's incredible how horrible some of the "adults" behave.
The wonders of RUclips!! This clip was FANTASTIC. It brought back fond memories of the culmination of a week-long voyage aboard the QUEEN MARY 2 from Brooklyn to England. Before flying home from London in June of 2007 I had the high honor and deep privilege of seeing two-time Oscar, Emmy and Tony-winner Dame MAGGIE SMITH at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in the EDWARD ALBEE play "The Lady from Dubuque." After the evening performance, I was lucky enough to meet this gracious, elegant lady and have our picture taken at the Stage Door. Right before she left, I bowed and kissed her right hand. That was over 30 YEARS after her performance on CAROL BURNETT and MAGGIE SMITH still enhances every show she does. Just saw the 2019 DOWNTON ABBEY movie.
Wow!!That must have been a Wonderful experience!😊❤I just love Her!!I researched all The movies Dame Maggy Smith was in..planning on Watching All!😊❤❤
Maggie!😍😍😍
This was an interesting sketch! Sadly far too many people (parents) are exactly like this, but wouldn’t recognize themselves here!
Most comedy is merely exaggeration of reality.
I love the essay he wrote. Very creative
Write a 100 word essay on what you did on summer vacation. Bubba wrote, "Not much." 50 times. Hell, who hasn't done that?
I know. In a way, it kind of shows an innate intelligence, a sort of street smarts.
I love this skit. I never fail to go into gales of laughter every time I see it. They simply don't make them like this any more. There are no funny lines, per se, but they play it straight and the outcome is hilarious. Carol Burnett Show at its best.
Thai episode is one of my favorite scketches.Maggie Smith is absolutely the most consummate actress.
They should put THE FAMILY back on tv. Call it the classic hour FUNNY AS HELL 😍❤️😎
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This whole sketch is first class, but Carol deserves an award for 10:06 - 10:48. I don't believe we ever see Bubba in the Carol Burnett Show?
they showed him as an adult in the spinoff Mama's family ..they choose a handsome actor still troubled but under Mama's guidance
@@ericrivera8410 You can almost see Allan Kayser watching this scene and asking VIcki Lawrence for pointers as to how Bubba should act. He did say that he did watch a lot of Carol's skits as Eunice to get a better idea of what Bubba's home life was like...
Vicki Lawrence talked about how, as an experiment, they decided to do the skit in rehearsal without the accents. Just straight performance. Vicki said the result was so awful and depressing that she started crying. They really are a dreadful family, always hurting each other. :(
My sister mentioned that she said they were all mean to eat h other but Mama was the meanest
@@ericrivera8410 "A fish rots from the head down." Italian proverb. From what we know of Carl, he was awful, too.
It must have read like a play by Ibsen or Chekhov
In most comedies, the characters who squabble usually have some redeeming qualities, some sign of love and humanity. But Eunice, Ed, & Mama really didn’t have anything good about them. Carol Burnett was originally raised in Texas, and she said she really knew this character.
Dame Maggy sure paid her dues
What does that mean? She was pretty famous before she came on the show.
@@ProudKansan08 Quite right .Its a tribute to Carol Burnett that famous stars were willing to make guest appearances on her show .Even Sammy Davis Jr and Burt Reynolds
Yes, Maggie was already a big star and Oscar winner for ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ by that time. Great to see her guest star on a popular American TV show of the day.
@@jonathankieranwriter Look at a list of the guest stars and it's people that Carol Burnett likes and admires, even stars that at that point were past their prime. Unlike a show like SNL, they didn't feel the need to cater to a "flavor of the week".
Maggie Smith was BRILLIANT as Ms. Collins...loved how she stood up to all three and told them how things were gonna go down.......lol :P
Damn....Bubba been picking up habits from the family. They are crazy as hell!!! I ended up here after seeing mama on family fued with Steve Harvey. Never watched the Carol Bernert show but I'm hooked now. This is pure comedy. Crazy family got me laughing!!! Lol
If you like this I highly recommend the spinoff show "Mama's Family"!
Ahahaha I know, I got hooked too. This show cracks me up . Just imagine the acting involved. These ppl are incredible actors
OH MY GOD THANK YOU! Been looking for this for YEARS. This is the one where they mention Bubba, and poor Bubba ends up in Juvenile Hall.
His grades have been going downhill since first grade..
Bubba on Mama’s Family was nothing like the way they described him in here.
@@jaredcooper9111 He did start out getting out of juvie. And left behind by Eunice and Ed.
So that was probably traumatic enough of a shock to actually accept the help he was offered and to adjust. Sides he was still a troublemaker now and then.
Unless you meant how they physically described him
I can't stop watching these. They're so good.
Brilliant acting. Absolutely brilliant!
Hot darn, but Vicki Lawrence is so good as Mama.
She dresses and looks just like my grandma may she rest in peace.
She dresses and looks just like my grandma may she rest in peace.
@@rock-ym3uf Vicki Lawrence, who was in her 20s in this sketch, is still very much alive!
@@johnnotgalt2697 yes I know..when I was a teen I wanted to be on the show so I mailed them a letter .I got a photostill from Vicki wishing me luck..I put that picture on the wall and eventually got some acting gigs.
@@rock-ym3uf Congrats, and I think I misunderstood. I thought you were referring to Vicki, not your grandma, when you said "may she rest in peace." Condolences and your grandma sounds like a great ladyt!
The comedic timing is exceptional.
Good to know that poor teacher, Miss Collins, eventually went on to a bigger educational opportunity at Hogwarts.
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But not before she tried the nun life
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Actually, it was Minerva McGonagall's look-alike aunt, LOL.
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I’m binge watching these shows and they are HILARIOUS!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I thought Mama’s Family was funny man!
This is excellent. This is so relevant now that I could swear this was recorded yesterday!
These sketches are so deep. Sometimes I can't laugh they are so full of psychological issues and past hurts that come out
I've watched about 5 in a row now. The first time was funny but after that, wow, I can't believe how it got so dark so quick. If looked through a microscope it's Mama who's the start of the problem (I know it sounds cliche): preferring one of your own kids over another, always placing blame on Eunice and her husband, etc. Poor Bubba, the kid is crying out desperately for love, attention and affection.
@@jamiegarrity6439 It's genuinely distressing watching Mama fan the flames between the sisters over and over again. She simply can't stand the thought of them getting along for even a few minutes. These are so on-point: both the writing and the performances.
pathos - a quality that evokes pity or sadness. -
I love this show. it is a spot on interpretation of my life and I love that so many people can relate
Oh grow up, it's a comedy show... that's the problem today, people are emotionally incontinent and has to make everything about them. You negative Nelly, just enjoy the damned skit and don't watch if you are a triggered snowflake. 🙄
I love all the skits with Mama and Eunice
"You're really on thin ice old lady."
Lmao at the looks Ed and Eunice gave Mama.
I was waiting for mama to mention, " them puffy balls of grease under the icebox "
I'm addicted to these! Hysterical then and hysterical now.
Thank you so much for sharing these! I watched these as a kid, but they’re so much better watching them as an adult❤️.
Glad you like them!
"That's the way I raised all MY kids." "...WUUUUT???" XD
😂👍🏻 Gotta love the character. Carol was awesome doing different characters. The Family is my favorite.
We need more showes like this today 😂😂😂😂
Brilliant, true-to-life acting, reflecting personal experience for many families I'm sure. While this is hilarious, it's also a blueprint for what triggers fights in dysfunctional families. "Didn't I just say that, Mama?" is a case in point, where the opportunity was there to leave it be, but they were playing to an imaginary audience as well as the real one. Someone always has to win, and in the process, they lose, and so too do the kids.
I think he was a couple whallops short🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmao. That whole family was a zillion short. The teacher was using art n psychology together. Ed didn’t get that at all. Duh 🙄 and Eunice was worried about her hysterical hair. Funny, but that’s 70s TV. Always great shows on as a kid.
The way Eunice slowly shyly crept back to 😂😂
This is one of my favorite shows I love Carol Burnett.
The Eunice skits were really the most memorable from the Carol Burnett show (CBS)... Sadly the TV series never attained or reached that quality that the skits did...🧐
By the way he was eyeing the blackboard of the math equation, Ed needs "Special-Ed."
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Always loved The Family skits on Carol Burnette
R.I.P. Maggie Smith 28 December 1934 − 27 September 2024.
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To those that enjoy the acting of Maggie Smith, you should watch "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". One of her best acting roles. A great film with a great cast. I highly recommend.
Yes. And it's available on YT
@@annazaman9657 I had not checked to see if it was on this publisher. Thank you for letting me know it was here.
It was a great movie.
Of course Maggie Smith was brilliant as Jean Brodie and when she disciplines the three of them it reminds me of her telling Miss Mackay off in the movie LOL
Adore Maggie in " prime of miss Jean Brodie "
Wow, young Maggie Smith. Loved her years later as Mother Superior in 'Sister Act'.
The incomparable Maggie Smith!
Love the total dysfunction of this family - and Maggie Smith is fabulous as ever
It’s professor mcgonagall! Maggie smith is truly timeless!
Loved this show. Great actors always looked forward to it
"Ann - Margret wiggling all around with next to nothing on" Hysterical!
The way she waved her hand when she said that was funny.
Some of things they say you couldn't say now days
Maggie Smith will be missed 😢. Love Carol, Harvey , Vicki and Tim. Love the emphasis on buuuba
That was EXCELLENT!!!!! God bless you for sharing!!!!!
Who in the hell wrote this skit. Amazing, non-stop, and doesn't miss a beat.
McGonagall if she were a muggle. Still an absolute powerhouse.
And going all Umbridge with “I will have order!”
Ironic that,until Miss Collins called HER 'tude out, Thelma (Mama) seemed completely supportive of everything Miss Collins was saying but she seemed eager to have an authority figure call join her in dumping on Eunice and Ed. Miss Burnett, Miss Lawrence and the late Mr. Korman did great playing their regular roles here while Miss Smith was fantastic as the one-shot Miss Collins who more than held her own against these three! Thanks for this!
Magic mix - Carol Burnett and Maggie Smith!
Funny show and can you imagine if Eunice actually did had a daughter or two instead. Eunice and her girls would constantly be at each other throat just like Eunice and her Mom is.
They would have HATED her! LOL! She would have wished for boys!
Amazingly, Carol Burnett once said that The Family was a lot like the relationship between her mom and grandma.
If they had had daughters they would have been a mess. Their sons though sound definitely emotionally disturbed & dumb. They would be trump cultists now & would have been at these recent "Liberate" rallies strutting around with their AR-15s intimidating governors and senators in state capital buildings.
Oh Heaven help us if that happened! 🙏🙏🙏 no one would be safe.
"I DON'T live with them"...my favourite line, ha, ha.
What's even funnier is that Mama doesn't deny that she's "uncaring" and "bitter" like Mrs. Collins says.
2020: I'm 71 and Mama's shoes are looking more and more comfy. And Maggie Smith in this then in Harry Potter decades later! I'm so happy right now.
WOW! That's a young Maggie Smith!!!!! Recognized the voice even before I saw her name....
Astonishingly relevant when one considers the probability that the teacher would probably get fired after an encounter like this.
Maggie Smith "Mrs. Collins" has always been awesome.
*God Bless teachers; I don't know how they do it!*
Brilliant acting by all. Love Carol's face after "didn't you hear me say that" 8:58
That glare means the old lady is in trouble!
No one loves Maggie Smith more than me. 😍😍
I laughed SO SO HARDat Bubba’s drawing!!! Omg I split a seem!! I LUV this show! 😂🤣🤣
These Mama's Family skits were like a therapy of sorts for my mom back in the day. Unfortunately her mother was "Mama" through & through, right down to the way she dressed. The only real difference was my grandma put a "rinse" in her hair in a shade called Apricot (very light brown), & we're from Pennsylvania, so no southern accent. But boy she had a sharp tongue. And out of her 7 offspring (4 boys, 3 girls), my mom was definitely her Eunice. Grandma always made my mom feel like a failure as an adult, even though she really wasn't, & she'd physically abused my mom frequently, though her other girls never got whipped. Mom was born in 1926 & it was like a normal thing for parents to take a belt or a switch off a tree to their kids' backside. At least in the rural area we're all from. My mom was able to use the humor of Mama's Family to help get herself through the hurt she'd had all all those years. I always wondered what it was like to have a nice loving grandma like all my friends did.
Carol said once in an interview that people from all over, not just the South, could relate to them.
I totally understand. My mom never whipped us but she would tell daddy!! Then we’d get in trouble. I vowed I would never do that to my kids and I didn’t.
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This is not a “Mama’s Family” sketch. That was a different show.
@@dma124 No kidding, I'd have never guessed that, since it says "The Carol Burnett Show" in the title. I never said it was the "Mama's Family" TV show. I said skit- meaning a short acting piece. I watched "The Carol Burnett Show" all through my childhood, & then "Mama's Family" later when it began as it's own show. Was my "supposed" mistake the most important thing you had to worry about on a Sunday morning? If so, I'm very sorry, & I hope things get better for you. Have a blessed day.