The BEST episodes of The Carol Burnett Show season 11
Every episode of The Carol Burnett Show season 11, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Carol Burnett Show season 11!
A variety / sketch comedy show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967 to March 29, 1978 for 278 episodes, and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33 (known today as the Bob Barker Studio). The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."
#1 - with Steve Lawrence and Bernadette Peters
Season 11 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/19/1978
A pantomime about a doughboy saying goodbye to his sweetheart; musical performances from guests Steve Lawrence ("Weekend in New England", "Here's That Rainy Day") and Bernadette Peters ("Jump Shout Boogie"; and for the close, a salute to composer Cole Porter.
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Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1977
Mama drops in on a newly-divorced Eunice in "The Family"; Mr. Tudball offers to pay for the funeral of Mrs. Wiggins' deceased canary and then regrets it; a calvary officer and an Indian write a peace treaty that ends up anything but peaceful; and guest Nancy Dussault sings "And I Love You So", and joins Carol in a finale of tunes popularized by Ethel Merman and Mary Martin.
#3 - Family Show
Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1977
A salute to MGM, with spoofs of such films as "Boys Town", "Gigi", "Singin' in the Rain" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"; a follow-up to a series of sketches about a construction worker seeking to do in his wife; and more kitchen commercials. Miss Burnett performs "Blue Moon" and "Better Luck Next Time".
#4 - with Ken Berry and Roddy McDowall
Season 11 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1978
Eunice's brother Phillip, a world-renowned writer, stays over with "The Family" while in town; a silent sketch involving a championship pool game from 1908 between two players; and "High Hat", a spoof of 1930's Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musicals.
#5 - with Ken Berry
Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/1978
A salute to Warner Bros., with parodies of such films as "Mr. Skeffington" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy"; a woman can't get an immigrant store clerk to understand she needs an antidote for a poison; Indians trap two Revolutionary War soldiers in a log cabin; Carol sings "The Shortest Love Song", and duets with Ken on "The Singles Bar".
#6 - with James Garner, George Carlin, and Ken Berry
Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/12/1978
A doctor about to take a trip to Hawaii gets a going-away gift from his patients, but their neuroses ruin the festivities; guest George Carlin spoofs record offer advertisements; a recurring series of sketches of a construction worker seeking several ways to try to get rid of his wife; Ken and Vicki perform "My Cutie's Due at Two-to-Two Today" with the dancers; a dentist wreaks revenge on her ex-husband who's her patient; and for the close, a musical finale about two penniless bums.
#7 - with Bernadette Peters
Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1977
Guest Bernadette Peters sings "You Never Done It Like That"; Mr. Tudball nudges Mrs. Wiggins to clean up her desk before a prospective client arrives; an office girl introduces her two best friends to one another during a lunch; a series of skits about doctors advertising on TV; Carol and Dick pantomime a candlelight dinner where they can't open the wine bottle; and a salute to Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
#8 - with Steve Lawrence
Season 11 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/26/1978
A couple, thinking the plane they're in is in danger of crashing, own up to marital infidelities; a Broadway star fears she will be recognized in a greasy spoon; guest Steve Lawrence sings "Isn't She Lovely"; and Mr. Tudball takes a call from Mrs. Wiggins' car repairman, thinking it's her doctor.
#9 - with Steve Lawrence and Dick Van Dyke
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1977
Tim plays beer-swilling private eye "Danny Draft", who has trouble believing a woman's claim that someone is out to murder her; guest Steve Lawrence sings "Every Time I Sing a Love Song", duets with Dick on "I Could Never Really Sing", and participates in skits about star holdouts on TV series; and a "Late, Late Movie" presentation of "Fran Sancisco" (a spoof of the 1936 film "San Francisco").
#10 - with Jim Nabors
Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1977
Guest Jim Nabors sings "After the Lovin'", and he and Carol play a married country music singing duo announcing their impending divorce; new regular Dick Van Dyke plays Ed's old Army buddy in "The Family"; Dick and Tim do a pantomime as two bumbling workmen installing a plate-glass window in a boutique; and for the finale, a spoof of TV all-star specials.
#11 - with Ken Berry and Dick Van Dyke
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1977
Mr. Tudball tries to paint the office with the help of his secretary Mrs. Wiggins; Ken Berry sings and dances to "Girls" and "Emily"; Dick Van Dyke plays an inept pianist; movie spoof "Stolen Serenade".
#12 - A Special Evening with Carol Burnett
Season 11 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/29/1978
Clips from prior shows; a question-and-answer session involving the cast; new sketches where Mr. Tudball is moving his office but does not give Mrs. Wiggins the new address; in "The Family" Eunice and Mama see a psychiatrist; a surprise cameo by Jimmy Stewart; and the Charwoman closes up shop for the last time.
#13 - with Natalie Cole and Ken Berry
Season 11 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1978
Guests Ken Berry and Natalie Cole appear in vignettes about television's influence on viewers; a pantomimed tiff between a married couple; and a salute to the "mean and evil ladies" of popular songs. Musical performances from guest Natalie Cole ("Our Love"), Ken Berry ("Savin' the Best for You"), and the cast gets together for "Tall People".
#14 - with Steve Lawrence and Captain and Tennille
Season 11 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1978
A reunion between a long-separated brother and sister; spoofs of current TV commercials; and a voiceover-based sketch about the real thoughts about a boss and his secretary during an after-hours session. Musical performances from guests Steve Lawrence ("By Myself") and The Captain & Tennille ("Gentle Stranger").
#15 - with Helen Reddy and Ken Berry
Season 11 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1977
Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins enjoy a champagne-laden Christmas Eve; guest Helen Reddy sings "Blue"; a water department inspector causes a married couple to feud; Ken Berry and the dancers perform "Song and Dance Man"; and a "Persons Weekly" magazine sketch.
#16 - with Rock Hudson
Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1977
Guest Rock Hudson plays a smooth operator attempting to pick up a sexpot in a bar; a television crew fine-tunes the microphones during a news announcement; Carol and Rock play a slovenly couple who sing "What Do the Simple Folks Do?"; Eunice and Mickey try to coax Mama out of her house and into a retirement home in "The Family"; and for the finale, the cast sings and dances to "Ragging the Scale".
#17 - with Ben Vereen
Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1977
Spoofs of the most unforgettable television commercials of the year; Mrs. Wiggins goes to Hawaii for a convention with Mr. and Mrs. Tudball; a divorced couple get together to reminisce about the bad old days; and Tim Conway and Dick Van Dyke play legendary baseball hall-of-fame players from the turn of the century. In the musical finale, Miss Burnett, Dick Van Dyke, and Ben Vereen sing songs of "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow".
#18 - Family Show
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1977
"The Family" gets into a tiff over a word game; Dick performs a medley of love songs, and appears as a TV announcer who is forced to fill in for the entire late movie; and Carol and Vicki sing "At the Ballet".
#19 - Family Show with Dick Van Dyke
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1977
In a skit with no dialogue, a peeping Tom looks into a motel room; full-service vs. self-service gas station; a customer has a hard time with the electric company; foot musicians bare their soles; two circus acrobat couples with cheating hearts plan their exit strategies between turns on the trapeze; and for the finale, a musical salute to celebrity gossip magazines.
#20 - Family Show
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1977
The wife of a busy company man takes drastic action in order to get his attention; Carol and Vicki sing "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore"; a loser in life relates 26 years of woe to a total stranger; a favorite uncle gets an airport farewell; a steelworker gets ideas from the local newspaper on how to "accidentally" do in his wife; Dick and the dancers perform "Once in Love with Amy".
#21 - with Betty White and Steve Martin
Season 11 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/5/1978
An installment of "As the Stomach Turns" with a close encounter of a different kind; guest Steve Martin attempts to perform a comic act for dogs; a deranged bag lady (Carol) gets an older middle-class man (Tim) into trouble; Mama and Eunice visit Ellen (guest Betty White) and wreak havoc there in another "Family" sketch; and a "Late, Late Movie" presentation of "Beach Blanket Boo-Boo" (a spoof of 1960's "Beach Party" movies with Steve in the Frankie Avalon role and Carol as Annette Funicello).
#22 - with Dick Van Dyke
Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1977
Invisible dogs attend obedience class; Carol and Dick play mirror image clowns in the musical number "It All Depends on You"; an insurance agent tries to sell a malpractice policy to a doctor; two uglies turn beautiful in "Enchanted Hovel", a spoof of the 1945 film "The Enchanted Cottage"; and for the finale, a musical salute to comic strips. This episode is noted as Show #1102 in the This Time Together DVD set.
#23 - with Eydie Gorme
Season 11 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1978
Carol and Tim mime changes in characters as they are developed by an author; a vice-president of sales demonstrates a new safety lid for medicine bottles; a park sketch about an old woman and invalid; guest Eydie Gorme sings "Come In from the Rain"; and for the close, a salute to the Big Band era.
#24 - with Steve Lawrence
Season 11 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1978
A World War II spy caper; a robber has trouble communicating his demands to a Romanian-speaking storekeeper; Steve sings "We're All Alone", Carol performs "You Light Up My Life", and Carol, Steve and Vicki perform a medley of hit songs from the past 11 years.