Maybe a few times a year, like in the NBC run, but even if Carol had been on good terms with Joe and Vicki at the time I don't see Eunice fitting into the universe we came to know. When she wasn't there, the audience would have been disappointed, and when she was the other characters would have gotten in the way. She was just too much of a raging maniac to be a part of the kinder, gentler brood that Mama presided over in the syndicated years. Plus, if Eunice is available, what excuse does Bubba have to be taken in by Mama? That relationship, more than any other, marked Mama's change from the bitter old hag of the Burnett years to the sassy, semi-lovable pistol who's still such an icon.
Believe it or not, the one Burnett character I'd like to have seen do a shot on the syndicated shows was Mickey Hart. Carol chose to leave because of her divorce from Joe, Harvey never liked playing Ed to begin with, we saw Ellen (albeit just once), but apparently no one ever thought to call Tim for a guest shot. Maybe Mickey could have been Vint's trainee at Kwik Keys or something similar.
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