In the 1970s I was being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home (parents had split up, mother had custody of us kids. She was a mentally ill, abusive monster). As a result, I turned towards watching LOTS of tv as a way to provide myself with escape and comfort from my misery. The Carol Burnett show was one of many tv shows I watched regularly in daily syndicated reruns. More than just entertained me, it really helped me to preserve what few shreds of sanity I had as well as provided me with much needed happiness, laughter and joy in an otherwise joyless existence. The Carol Burnett show was the one and only tv show whose sketches had me and my sister literally rolling on the floor, clutching our sides with laughter (especially if the sketch had Tim Conway in it. He was the best). EXCEPT for these "The Family" sketches. When Eunice yelled and/or scrunched up her face in anger, she was the exact spitting image of our mother. It was just too painful. The part where Eunice screams at Mama over the peppermill is all too familiar to me. Countless times at the drop of a hat, Mother unjustifiably screamed at the top of her lungs at us kids over various inanimate objects in our place, practically on a daily basis. My sister and I would sit completely stone faced through these "Family" sketches. I don't recall them eliciting a single laugh from either one of us (not even the occasional presence of Tim Conway helped).
Carol Burnett based these characters on her own alcoholic parents and her grandmother who was driven mad by all the bad behaviour! Anyone who has someone in their family afflicted by alcohol abuse and the dysfunctional behaviour and antics it entails, would see ‘Family’ for what it really is! C Burnett’s Alcoholic Family in an Auto-biography on screen!
I grew up for a good portion of my childhood in Alabama with a large and highly dysfunctional family. My mom could be a stand in for Mama, most the time. The snotty sarcasm and disrespect in response would NEVER fly, though. That sort of mistake happens only once.
When I was a little girl, watching these with my parents as they originally aired, I thought these skits were so funny. Now, as a middle-aged woman, I see how multi-layered they were.
@@QueenOfTheNorth65 multi layered for sure, and we watched as a family, too. but in my case, my parents were exactly like Mama and Eunice and Ed…the name calling and the undermining and the nagging… but they were unable to see it, and i had to cut them out of my life, like how the Alan Alda sketch was when he played Larry. Lots of people stick by family no matter what, but thats how terrible they had become. It is interesting the dynamics Mama had with her various sons whom we rarely see, because they prob cant stand her negativity. Lol!
So-called sister and my father were the drama queens in my family. Certain friends didn't know how to act in a restaurant setting. Glad those days are over! LOL
EXACTLY the same thing here!! We would go to Ponderosa Steak House every Friday night, and EVERY single time, my dad would order his steak "ALMOST BURNT, I don't want to see even a DOT of red in my steak!" ... my sister, brother and I would always act like we didn't know who he was, it was so embarrassing.
@@Nunofurdambiznez it’s not from this sketch, but sometimes at random moments i hear Eunice saying, “if you value yer life…”. Or Mama screaming, “well how the hell should I know.”
Laughing out loud moment 10:15, “L’chayim,” as if redneck Ed would ever know that word! Carol is momentarily nonplused, but she rolls with it. Vicki looks like she’s about to burst out laughing.
Thank you! I have been wanting to see the unedited clip of this for years! My Mom always got the biggest kick out of Eunice and she got really tickled when Mama pulled the toilet paper out of her purse! 😂😂 My Mom had the most beautiful laugh and these skits always kept her laughing!
@@keithepley2132 yeah!! She said a lot with one look. Even when you leave that negative environment, it still clings to you. Voices, flashbacks. I am dealing with a little bit of that in my own life lately and it’s proof that psychological damage is real.
I never saw this one. 😅 I love it when Eunice tells Ed something and really means it and he backs right down. Like when he says he doesn’t want to pay for Mama’s dinner. These sketches are a very different kind of comedy than I Love Lucy, but just as memorable.
Absolutely! This version is a million times better than the cut version and it answered so many loose ends that the cut version had. Most times, they should leave the deleted scenes in!!
This has a LOT of extra footage I never saw. It's unbelievable how much is cut out of sitcoms or skits like this, just to get more commercials in! FIVE minutes of this was cut for years in syndicated reruns!!
Wonderful! Always great to watch a misadventure with The Family. Poor Eunice gets a taste of sophistication here, only to be thrown out. I am subscribing. Maybe we will see the rare Eunice sketch entitled _Overnight Guest_ (S11 E04). That'd be good. Thanks much!
@@Mister_Listener No, I don't mean that one. That isn't "Overnight Guest", that's the "Visit from Dan" sketch with Dick (and also featuring Tim Conway as Mickey). Dick plays an old pal of Ed's who drops by out of the blue at the house but Ed isn't home, then Ed phones Eunice there from the airport and breaks up the marriage over the phone; he left her for another woman. Dick Van Dyke basically replaced Harvey Korman in season 11 on Carol's show in the last season they made, if I'm not mistaken. The one I'm eager to watch is the sketch that aired between Dan's visit and the Password game sketch (the latter being notorious for Tim's "siamese elephants" story/ routine and the blooper). The rare one, "Overnight Guest", apparently involves Mama dropping in on a newly divorced Eunice. I have not seen that skit anywhere on the web.
This is comedic brilliance from these incredibly multi talented iconic stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️ of which we will never see again because today’s tv shows and actors TOTALLY SUCK !
Oh, that one. I feel like there's dark fic out there somewhere in which Eunice finally snaps and "does something" about Mama following that debacle. It's a good one.
Wow, I used to record the 'family' sketches on my cassette recorder when they originally aired, I KNOW I never heard/saw this whole version. I've always wondered if Mama went up to that lady beforehand and asked her what she had on her plate, and what she said after tasting the Pink Lady. That's a LOT of footage that was cut out - 13 clips equaling about 4.4 minutes edited out. THANKS!!
I did that too and memorized most of them :) I think these were the best bits the Carol Burnett show ever did. More than sketch comedy, these are superb one-act plays.
@@LannieLord Lots of her skits like Mrs. Wiggins, Eunice, and a couple others I recorded, theme songs like C.H.I.P.'S, Three's Company, Electro Woman and Dyna Girl, and movies like Earthquake.
@@LannieLord I still have my cassette recorder and all of my cassette tapes. I do not care about what everyone else is doing or buying I refuse to get rid of my memories.
I completely agree. I have never seen the full version of this skit before and this full version is a million times better. The cut version removed so much context; I always wondered why that "Chocolate Mousse" lady was so rude to mama, what went on when they were fighting over who sits on the outside, or why mama seemed to be in the bathroom for such a brief amount of time. The cut version seems very choppy. This episode is an absolute gem!
She'd never get the chance. Ellen would never deign to dine out with Mama. Never invites Mama to her fancy parties, either. Mean, selfish Mama raised a mean, selfish daughter.
@@sistagirllondon Now that I think about it, I can picture Ellen and her "pipsqueak husband" sitting in a booth off-camera, pointedly ignoring Eunice and the others. Just waiting for them to be removed. lol
Mama wasn't looking into a mirror with Ellen like she was with Eunice... besides Ellen had been trying to escape the dysfunction as soon as it was legal to 😂
They way I remember it; after Eunice said a few choice words about the violin player, I could have sworn that Mama put a quarter in the violin before they were kicked out of the restaurant.
That's because Mama's Family is a totally separate show from The Carol Burnett Show - two totally different things. This particular sketch is from The Carol Burnett Show, called "The Family"
Poor Eunice. For once in her life she was going to enjoy having a nice dinner in an upscale restaurant. Now it's back home to her kitchen fixing meals for Ed when he comes home everyday.
But actually Eunice is the one who got them kicked out. If she had just relaxed and stopped worrying about how Thelma and Ed were acting she could have enjoyed a nice meal.
The skits are funny but also sad. Poor Eunice can never get a break. All she wants is have a meal at a nice restaurant only to be spoiled by Mama and Eb.
In the 1970s I was being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home (parents had split up, mother had custody of us kids. She was a mentally ill, abusive monster). As a result, I turned towards watching LOTS of tv as a way to provide myself with escape and comfort from my misery.
The Carol Burnett show was one of many tv shows I watched regularly in daily syndicated reruns. More than just entertained me, it really helped me to preserve what few shreds of sanity I had as well as provided me with much needed happiness, laughter and joy in an otherwise joyless existence.
The Carol Burnett show was the one and only tv show whose sketches had me and my sister literally rolling on the floor, clutching our sides with laughter (especially if the sketch had Tim Conway in it. He was the best).
EXCEPT for these "The Family" sketches. When Eunice yelled and/or scrunched up her face in anger, she was the exact spitting image of our mother. It was just too painful.
The part where Eunice screams at Mama over the peppermill is all too familiar to me. Countless times at the drop of a hat, Mother unjustifiably screamed at the top of her lungs at us kids over various inanimate objects in our place, practically on a daily basis.
My sister and I would sit completely stone faced through these "Family" sketches. I don't recall them eliciting a single laugh from either one of us (not even the occasional presence of Tim Conway helped).
I am sorry you went through that.
@@lowbridge7070 Both my parents were screaming, yelling messes.
Carol Burnett based these characters on her own alcoholic parents and her grandmother who was driven mad by all the bad behaviour! Anyone who has someone in their family afflicted by alcohol abuse and the dysfunctional behaviour and antics it entails, would see ‘Family’ for what it really is! C Burnett’s Alcoholic Family in an Auto-biography on screen!
I grew up for a good portion of my childhood in Alabama with a large and highly dysfunctional family. My mom could be a stand in for Mama, most the time. The snotty sarcasm and disrespect in response would NEVER fly, though. That sort of mistake happens only once.
Red and Eric Forman from the "That 70's Show" reminded me of my dad and brother.
The look on Eunice's face as the family leaves is a master study in acting.
Also the look on her face when they first walk in. She’s so awkward and intimidated. I feel her.
Foiled again…
Absolutely
When I was a little girl, watching these with my parents as they originally aired, I thought these skits were so funny. Now, as a middle-aged woman, I see how multi-layered they were.
and real acting
@@QueenOfTheNorth65 multi layered for sure, and we watched as a family, too. but in my case, my parents were exactly like Mama and Eunice and Ed…the name calling and the undermining and the nagging… but they were unable to see it, and i had to cut them out of my life, like how the Alan Alda sketch was when he played Larry. Lots of people stick by family no matter what, but thats how terrible they had become. It is interesting the dynamics Mama had with her various sons whom we rarely see, because they prob cant stand her negativity. Lol!
The pepper grinder bit has stuck with me for years. Lol.
I have a pepper grinder. (and pink salt too)
@@guineapiglady2841 like Eunice’s Pink Lady, lol and hugs!! I use pink salt too, noticeable difference.
Reminds me of every single family dinner I ever had growing up 😂😂😂
Yes…
LOL!! Same level of drama, just different dynamics.
So-called sister and my father were the drama queens in my family. Certain friends didn't know how to act in a restaurant setting. Glad those days are over! LOL
EXACTLY the same thing here!! We would go to Ponderosa Steak House every Friday night, and EVERY single time, my dad would order his steak "ALMOST BURNT, I don't want to see even a DOT of red in my steak!" ... my sister, brother and I would always act like we didn't know who he was, it was so embarrassing.
I've been watching this for years and never have seen the original version. Thank you so much for uploading 😊
@kelleylitchford687 Me too, a LOT was cut out for TV reruns!
I love thr unedited version. Thank you for uploading 🙂
Love it! I haven't seen the unedited version of this before.
Thank you for posting. I love these Family sketches my favorites on The Carol Burnett Show. They are hilarious and sad at the same time.
They were so realistic!! So talented!! Priceless 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️❤️❤️
Saturday nights CBS , mom would let us stay up to watch 😢 memories.
Same here.
Same!
I'm glad you are posting better versions of these. The Family sketches are like great songs. You can watch them over and over!
My favorite is the teacher conference when Eunice goes off about having 2 big boys and her figure has never been the same lol
I agree - I've watched this particular one at LEAST 20 times now!
@@Nunofurdambiznez it’s not from this sketch, but sometimes at random moments i hear Eunice saying, “if you value yer life…”. Or Mama screaming, “well how the hell should I know.”
This is both funny and yet very sad at the same time.
No show like this one. Hilarious 🤣 Pure entertainment with these 3
Laughing out loud moment 10:15, “L’chayim,” as if redneck Ed would ever know that word! Carol is momentarily nonplused, but she rolls with it. Vicki looks like she’s about to burst out laughing.
Ed saw "Fiddler On The Roof" one afternoon after "Bowling For Dollars" was over. :D
That's for uploading this un-edited version - I've never seen it before, I can't believe everyone else leaves out all those good parts!!
Thank you! I have been wanting to see the unedited clip of this for years! My Mom always got the biggest kick out of Eunice and she got really tickled when Mama pulled the toilet paper out of her purse! 😂😂 My Mom had the most beautiful laugh and these skits always kept her laughing!
Eunice's looking back wistfully is a painful reminder the difficulty overcoming environment.
@@keithepley2132 yeah!! She said a lot with one look. Even when you leave that negative environment, it still clings to you. Voices, flashbacks. I am dealing with a little bit of that in my own life lately and it’s proof that psychological damage is real.
I never saw this one. 😅 I love it when Eunice tells Ed something and really means it and he backs right down. Like when he says he doesn’t want to pay for Mama’s dinner. These sketches are a very different kind of comedy than I Love Lucy, but just as memorable.
I feel sooooo bad for Eunice. 😔😔
I do agree with you. Ed and Mama were enough to get on any persons nerves.
I love Eunice but she was part of the problem that night.
@@billaccord717 you're absolutely right. 😞😞
I feel like I'm watching this for the first time with the unedited version.
Absolutely! This version is a million times better than the cut version and it answered so many loose ends that the cut version had. Most times, they should leave the deleted scenes in!!
Never gets old. We would laugh so much at these Eunice episodes.
This has a LOT of extra footage I never saw. It's unbelievable how much is cut out of sitcoms or skits like this, just to get more commercials in! FIVE minutes of this was cut for years in syndicated reruns!!
Irrelevant informercials!
@@CoopyKat vive la RUclips!
Wonderful! Always great to watch a misadventure with The Family. Poor Eunice gets a taste of sophistication here, only to be thrown out.
I am subscribing. Maybe we will see the rare Eunice sketch entitled _Overnight Guest_ (S11 E04). That'd be good.
Thanks much!
It is up on youtube. I have seen it a bunch of times. It was kinda tragic and sad.
@@Mister_Listener Can't find it on YT at all. You have a link? I've searched with every phrase I can think of but no cigar.
@ do u mean the one where Ed calls her from the airport and then Dick van dyke knocks at the door and stays for dinner?
@@Mister_Listener No, I don't mean that one. That isn't "Overnight Guest", that's the "Visit from Dan" sketch with Dick (and also featuring Tim Conway as Mickey). Dick plays an old pal of Ed's who drops by out of the blue at the house but Ed isn't home, then Ed phones Eunice there from the airport and breaks up the marriage over the phone; he left her for another woman. Dick Van Dyke basically replaced Harvey Korman in season 11 on Carol's show in the last season they made, if I'm not mistaken.
The one I'm eager to watch is the sketch that aired between Dan's visit and the Password game sketch (the latter being notorious for Tim's "siamese elephants" story/ routine and the blooper). The rare one, "Overnight Guest", apparently involves Mama dropping in on a newly divorced Eunice. I have not seen that skit anywhere on the web.
At least at Fat Jack's they got pictures on the menu
This is comedic brilliance from these incredibly multi talented iconic stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️ of which we will never see again because today’s tv shows and actors TOTALLY SUCK !
Eunice's character is flawless. The writers of this family should have been given all awards out there.
The Carol Burnett Show won an astounding 23 Emmy and was nominated every single year it was on the air.
going to a restaurant when ya grew up as a kid used to so big, thrill of going, they certainly don't make shows like this today.
Surprising enough, Carol Burnett was a very good singer.
Back then you had to be good at more than one thing! The age of REAL Entertainers.
Ah, thank you for the unedited version!
Is it me or was Mama meaner during the early years and became funnier on “Mama’s Family”? Love Thelma Harper ♥️
Eunice being degraded by life is almost too much sometimes. Carol Burnett is a remarkable actor.
Actress
Unfortunately I could see a touch of my mom’s behavior in Momma’s performance. Especially when she started putting the condiments in her purse!
15 dollars for a meal at a high class restaurant? God, I wish I could go back in time to back then 😅
Hamburger and fries!! Eunice screaming and singing!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love this! There were a lot of parts that had been edited out on other versions I have seen
Love Ed’s l’chaim toast. I suspect that was unplanned. That’s why Eunice and mama looked so surprised.
Sooooooo very close to my Mother's Family that it's scary
Hooray. Much funnier than the cut version.
This segment is actually very poignant to me. The futility of even the smallest of Eunice's dreams.
Mama was emotionally abusive
Oh, Eunice. We are pulling for you! ❤
The one that’s not on RUclips anymore is the one where mama and Eunice go to Allen’s house party and she kicks them out.😂
@@Egyptian18_ I've never seen that! 😳
Oh, that one. I feel like there's dark fic out there somewhere in which Eunice finally snaps and "does something" about Mama following that debacle. It's a good one.
I think it is still up on youtube, i have seen it a bunch. They really hate on each other in that sketch…it is terrifying.
ruclips.net/video/BA2cv9PxuXk/видео.htmlsi=mTm3O3GPocMEWfUt
It is if this is what you are talking about
@@asmel88 Yes!! That’s the one thank you😂
Masterful.
i felt so bad for Eunice in this one.
If Eunice would go somewhere and just keep her mouth she would be alright 😂
My family's favourite skit. ❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😅😊
Eunice is the sadest character I've seen next to Mr. Chips.😢😢😢😢😢
Bruce and Ellen would NEVER take mama out to a restaurant like that.
Wow, I used to record the 'family' sketches on my cassette recorder when they originally aired, I KNOW I never heard/saw this whole version. I've always wondered if Mama went up to that lady beforehand and asked her what she had on her plate, and what she said after tasting the Pink Lady. That's a LOT of footage that was cut out - 13 clips equaling about 4.4 minutes edited out. THANKS!!
I remember recording the SORRY game episode with a cassette recorder ! I also recorded theme songs like Alice , Wonder Woman , etc.
I did that too and memorized most of them :) I think these were the best bits the Carol Burnett show ever did. More than sketch comedy, these are superb one-act plays.
@@LannieLord Lots of her skits like Mrs. Wiggins, Eunice, and a couple others I recorded, theme songs like C.H.I.P.'S, Three's Company, Electro Woman and Dyna Girl, and movies like Earthquake.
@@LannieLord I still have my cassette recorder and all of my cassette tapes. I do not care about what everyone else is doing or buying I refuse to get rid of my memories.
I completely agree. I have never seen the full version of this skit before and this full version is a million times better. The cut version removed so much context; I always wondered why that "Chocolate Mousse" lady was so rude to mama, what went on when they were fighting over who sits on the outside, or why mama seemed to be in the bathroom for such a brief amount of time. The cut version seems very choppy. This episode is an absolute gem!
Best show ever
Mama would NEVER talk to Ellen like this. 😑
She'd never get the chance. Ellen would never deign to dine out with Mama. Never invites Mama to her fancy parties, either. Mean, selfish Mama raised a mean, selfish daughter.
@AmyLSacks girl!! You hit the nail on the head!!! 😔😔
@@sistagirllondon Now that I think about it, I can picture Ellen and her "pipsqueak husband" sitting in a booth off-camera, pointedly ignoring Eunice and the others. Just waiting for them to be removed. lol
Mama wasn't looking into a mirror with Ellen like she was with Eunice... besides Ellen had been trying to escape the dysfunction as soon as it was legal to 😂
@@liberallioness4335 She thinks she's a higher life form because of her husband's money. But in the end her mask always falls when she's around them.
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Eunice singing off key 😂 What would we do without U-Tube?
So real to me.
I this very first time it hit tv. Split image of my family. They used get kick out of it. I was ten years old. So long ago
This is my family
❤😂🎉 Memories.
The ending is so sad here Eunice is thinking they're going to embarrass her when it's the other way around
To be fair Ellen would know how to act in a fancy restaurant
Ellen always thought Eunices family was low class and she did not really want to deal with them.
Somehow I always felt a bit sorry for Unice. Her dreams never seemed to work out.
Mama reminds me of my ex mother in law. Always taking things from the restaurant and stashing them in her purse. 😮
Funny stuff!
They way I remember it; after Eunice said a few choice words about the violin player, I could have sworn that Mama put a quarter in the violin before they were kicked out of the restaurant.
That was on a Mama's Family episode. The one where Vint won a free dinner for four to a fancy restaurant and he took Mama and Fran and Naomi.
I was wondering if it was Mama's Family. LOL Funny as heck. Thank you.
As a kid I watched this never notice how mama fav some of the kids than the others
15:54, you lose again, Eunice!
Ed coughed all over the salad. GROSS!
Who was the lady that spoke to Thelma about the trout fillet?
😮! Filet of Sole Almondine
IMDb website lists the show casts, maybe that will help. She does look familiar.
I have the full Mamas Family collection and have never seen this.
That's because Mama's Family is a totally separate show from The Carol Burnett Show - two totally different things. This particular sketch is from The Carol Burnett Show, called "The Family"
I'm OTF...😂😂😂😂
Poor Eunice. For once in her life she was going to enjoy having a nice dinner in an upscale restaurant. Now it's back home to her kitchen fixing meals for Ed when he comes home everyday.
But actually Eunice is the one who got them kicked out. If she had just relaxed and stopped worrying about how Thelma and Ed were acting she could have enjoyed a nice meal.
Lol this is my appalachin family😂
Missed opportunity for Mama to ask why they served the Pepto Bismol (Pink Ladies) before they ate.
How did lady at the other table finish her dinner, have it cleared, order dessert and have it served in the short time they were at the salad bar?
It's called the magic of television.
The skits are funny but also sad. Poor Eunice can never get a break. All she wants is have a meal at a nice restaurant only to be spoiled by Mama and Eb.
Ed.. not Eb.. Eb is from Green Acres.
@@Nunofurdambiznez Funny, I always thought it was Eb.
Amen
Quién es la actriz q hace de mamá, por favor gracias ❤❤😂😂🎉
Why is it stopping when the damned Sponsor comes on????
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This is the only episode I feel really felt sorry for Eunice smh lol
Eunice & Mama were two miserable people. I was so happy for Ed when he left.
How did they remember all these lines?
Is that waiter Don Creighton.
Isnt Creighton the last name of Carol’s real life parents?
You're close .. his name is Don Crichton
@@Nunofurdambiznez thank you. He was usually the choreographer and a dancer in the early seasons of Carol's show.
😂😂 I WISH I was in their age group so that I could have really enjoyed life on earth because now.....💩💩💩
Hi no wonder they got kicked out of this place ,
That what carol burnett nanny would do take t.p from the restaurant and sugar
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Mama picked on Eunice and you just picked on Ed
Taking the Name of the Holy God is wrong
Ellen bad, Team Eunice all the way !
These old episodes kinda make me dislike mama 😂
Uber rich pretending to be lower middle class. Just pandering to the poor.
WHAT?!?!!?
When she sings to the violin player moms almost broke character