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I Love Carol Burnett! · 03-29-2004, 05:02 PM

GUESS WHAT!!!!! READ ARTICLE!!!

ay Sweeps Special Set for Burnett
Classic Cast Will Reunite

By James Hibberd

Carol Burnett, whose November 2001 reunion special on CBS drew nearly 30 million viewers, will reunite with castmates from her classic sketch comedy show for a CBS special tentatively slated to air during May sweeps.

The previous reunion special, "The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers," was the fourth most-watched program of 2001 and was nominated for three Emmy Awards. Its performance sparked a spate of nostalgic network projects. The new program, titled "The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights," will feature memorable moments from the audience question-and-answer segments that used to begin Ms. Burnett's show, which ran on CBS from 1967 to 1979.

"This is taking the funniest bits of the Q&As and reliving them," said executive producer Marty Tudor. "It's hysterical stuff. It's Carol essentially ad-libbing, and it really portrays her genius."

Familiar Faces

Ms. Burnett, who is also an executive producer, will host the special along with former co-stars Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway and Lyle Waggoner.

Ms. Burnett said she had the idea for the program after hearing complaints from viewers about the Q&A segments being trimmed in the show's syndicated run.

"I thought it might be kind of fun to see if we could put together a different kind of clip show instead of blooper and greatest moments, which has been done," Ms. Burnett said. "It could get wild. You never knew what anybody was going to say."

The Q&As, Ms. Burnett said, were entirely unscripted. Looking back at the early ones, she said, "They were really kind of awkward."

"At first I was terrified that they wouldn't raise their hands," she said. "And then I was terrified when they did." #

PZelda · 03-29-2004, 05:59 PM

One more time...

I CAN'T WAIT.

THANK YOU!!! You better go post this @ the variety TV show board too

TALLguyinKY · 03-29-2004, 06:16 PM

This is terrific news!!

The bit where they have 4 or 5 Q&A moments on 1993's "The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion" is literally one of the hightlights of the special.

The "floor soap" clip gets me every time!!

Thanks, Carol!

PZelda · 03-29-2004, 06:29 PM

Edit...please ignore me

I Love Carol Burnett! · 03-29-2004, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TALLguyinKY
This is terrific news!!

The bit where they have 4 or 5 Q&A moments on 1993's "The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion" is literally one of the hightlights of the special.

The "floor soap" clip gets me every time!!

Thanks, Carol!

Yea. I bought TCBS: A Reunion I bought it for 2 bucks its so cool! Its also funny were taht women wants to sing and Carol starts to sing and they go youuuuuu and that women went you screwed it up. Carol: I'M SORRY!

I hope this ones as long as the Reunion (90 mins) and not like the Showstoppers (42 mins) I love it. Yea the floor soap was good the way Carol craked up!

Allison I did most it @ the sketch comdey varity board a little while a go.

I'M SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCIED!!! I also like the WHOLE cast is going to be there like the reunion. Not like the showstopers with the absence of Lyle. I really love the Showstoppers too!

Penny Lane · 03-29-2004, 08:04 PM

Yay Carol! She's still "got it!"

Leigh Ann · 03-29-2004, 09:13 PM

YAY!!

jterry · 03-29-2004, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TALLguyinKY
This is terrific news!!

The bit where they have 4 or 5 Q&A moments on 1993's "The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion" is literally one of the hightlights of the special.

The "floor soap" clip gets me every time!!

Thanks, Carol!

I love that one!!! Where that lady asks what they clean the floor with. I Literally had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard!

TALLguyinKY · 03-30-2004, 01:06 AM

^^^ I know, I had tears, too!

Woman: "What kind of soap do they use to clean the floor?"

Carol: "

...well now I think that's a little personal!

"

Carol (to man offstage): "...you wanna tell the lady what it is?"

Carol (to woman): "Do you have vinyl on your floor? Is that it? Where is it, in your bathroom, kitchen...?"

Woman: "All over."

Carol: " 'all over'? You have vinyl all over your house?

"

Woman: "Just on the floor."

Carol: "Oh, just on th--

I love you! (to audience): she said 'just on the floor'!

"

That is definitely my favorite one!!

TALLguyinKY · 03-30-2004, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by I Love Carol Burnett!
I hope this ones as long as the Reunion (90 mins) and not like the Showstoppers (42 mins)

Well ILCB, I really don't anticipate it bein' 90 minutes.

I mean, it's only Q&A, and a lotta the clips will be very short (like on the CBS '93 Reunion Special). So it would most likely be a 42 minute one, too.

Course, we could be surprised, but I just think an hour or less is more realistic.

PZelda · 03-30-2004, 01:35 AM

Damn...I don't have the '93 reunion tape yet! I need to order that off Amazon or something.

My absolute fave bit on the Showstoppers one is the Viagra bit....OMGGGGG I seriously nearly choked!

I Love Carol Burnett! · 03-30-2004, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
Damn...I don't have the '93 reunion tape yet! I need to order that off Amazon or something.

My absolute fave bit on the Showstoppers one is the Viagra bit....OMGGGGG I seriously nearly choked!

I know the viagra crack was so funny! They said that at the live show I saw. I thought I was going to choke there Tim didn't ask the question Harvey just said someone asked me if I used viagra it was soooooo coool.!!! I love the 93' Reunion I bought it at the Flea Market for 2 bucks! Its great!

PZelda · 04-03-2004, 11:45 AM

*BUMP* I just heard some more about this special. I still don't know how long the length will be, but now you guys will know exactly when it's airing.

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THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: LET?S BUMP UP THE LIGHTS:

Legendary variety show star Carol Burnett reunites with Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner for THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: LET?S BUMP UP THE LIGHTS , a new entertainment special to be broadcast Wednesday, May 5 (10:00-11:00PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. In the special, the illustrious cast comes together before an audience to introduce never-before-seen clips from the spontaneous and hilarious moments that were seen at the beginning of every The Carol Burnett Show -- where Carol and the gang answered questions from the studio audience.

The question and answer segments featured Carol as herself, not as a character, as she answered the no-holds-barred questions from audience members. Always impromptu and spur-of-the-moment, the segments showed Carol at her creative and improvisational best. Questions were also often asked of fellow cast members Harvey, Tim, Vicki and Lyle who joined Carol on stage to respond.

Viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite clips by telephone or the Internet. Carol will announce the top three clips on CBS News? The Early Show (7:00-9:00AM, ET/PT) the morning after the broadcast.

The Carol Burnett Show premiered on the Network in 1967 and ran for 11 fun-filled seasons. It was the longest-running comedy-variety show in television history. Each week, Burnett and her cohorts brought their special brand of humor and magic to television audiences across the country.

Carol Burnett?s last Network special, The Carol Burnett Show: Showstoppers , which was broadcast on Nov. 26, 2001, averaged 18.9/29 in households and 29.80 million viewers. It was CBS's best performance in the time period with non-sports programming since March 23, 1992 in households and since Sept. 16, 1991 in viewers. It was the most-watched entertainment special (excluding awards programming) of the 2001-2002 season.

THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: LET?S BUMP UP THE LIGHTS is being produced by Tudor Television, Inc. in association with CBS Productions. Carol Burnett and Martin Tudor are the executive producers. Ken and Mitzie Welch are the supervising producers and writers. Neil Steinberg is the producer and Steve Purcell is the director.

TALLguyinKY · 04-04-2004, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Miss Vicki
I still don't know how long the length will be

Accordin' to the article it's 42 minutes. It says 10:00 - 11:00, but then it says "ET/PT" which doesn't make sense, because that's not Eastern and Pacific times---because Eastern has news at 11:00, never a special (unless it's a MAJOR awards show, and even then those start hours earlier). And Pacific is 3 hours behind.

What it should say is "10:00-11:00 Eastern Time", and The Early Show "7:00-9:00 a.m. Eastern time".

That woulda made it clearer for all.

Thanks for the article!

PZelda · 04-04-2004, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TALLguyinKY
Accordin' to the article it's 42 minutes. It says 10:00 - 11:00, but then it says "ET/PT" which doesn't make sense, because that's not Eastern and Pacific times---because Eastern has news at 11:00, never a special (unless it's a MAJOR awards show, and even then those start hours earlier). And Pacific is 3 hours behind.

What it should say is "10:00-11:00 Eastern Time", and The Early Show "7:00-9:00 a.m. Eastern time".

That woulda made it clearer for all.

Thanks for the article!

Wow, that's weird...I wonder why they're showing it late on Wednesday night?

Oh well, not that it matters, since I get done with school a week after the special airs.

03-29-2004, 05:02 PM	#1
I Love Carol Burnett! My Queen Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Wishing I was in CA with Carol Burnett Posts: 5,441	New Carol Burnett Show Special In May!!!!!!! GUESS WHAT!!!!! READ ARTICLE!!! ay Sweeps Special Set for Burnett Classic Cast Will Reunite By James Hibberd Carol Burnett, whose November 2001 reunion special on CBS drew nearly 30 million viewers, will reunite with castmates from her classic sketch comedy show for a CBS special tentatively slated to air during May sweeps. The previous reunion special, "The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers," was the fourth most-watched program of 2001 and was nominated for three Emmy Awards. Its performance sparked a spate of nostalgic network projects. The new program, titled "The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights," will feature memorable moments from the audience question-and-answer segments that used to begin Ms. Burnett's show, which ran on CBS from 1967 to 1979. "This is taking the funniest bits of the Q&As and reliving them," said executive producer Marty Tudor. "It's hysterical stuff. It's Carol essentially ad-libbing, and it really portrays her genius." Familiar Faces Ms. Burnett, who is also an executive producer, will host the special along with former co-stars Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway and Lyle Waggoner. Ms. Burnett said she had the idea for the program after hearing complaints from viewers about the Q&A segments being trimmed in the show's syndicated run. "I thought it might be kind of fun to see if we could put together a different kind of clip show instead of blooper and greatest moments, which has been done," Ms. Burnett said. "It could get wild. You never knew what anybody was going to say." The Q&As, Ms. Burnett said, were entirely unscripted. Looking back at the early ones, she said, "They were really kind of awkward." "At first I was terrified that they wouldn't raise their hands," she said. "And then I was terrified when they did." #
	__________________ I Love Carol Burnett! I'm so glad we had this time together, just to have a laugh or sing a song, seems we just get started and before you know it comes the time we have to say..so long. Good Night Everyone!

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TALLguyinKY Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 18, 2002 Posts: 1,439	^^^ I know, I had tears, too! Woman: "What kind of soap do they use to clean the floor?" Carol: "...well now I think that's a little personal! " Carol (to man offstage): "...you wanna tell the lady what it is?" Carol (to woman): "Do you have vinyl on your floor? Is that it? Where is it, in your bathroom, kitchen...?" Woman: "All over." Carol: " 'all over'? You have vinyl all over your house? " Woman: "Just on the floor." Carol: "Oh, just on th-- I love you! (to audience): she said 'just on the floor'! " That is definitely my favorite one!!

03-29-2004, 06:16 PM	#3
TALLguyinKY Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 18, 2002 Posts: 1,439	This is terrific news!! The bit where they have 4 or 5 Q&A moments on 1993's "The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion" is literally one of the hightlights of the special. The "floor soap" clip gets me every time!! Thanks, Carol!

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Leigh Ann Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 2,189	YAY!!

03-30-2004, 01:35 AM	#11
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	Damn...I don't have the '93 reunion tape yet! I need to order that off Amazon or something. My absolute fave bit on the Showstoppers one is the Viagra bit....OMGGGGG I seriously nearly choked!

04-03-2004, 11:45 AM	#13
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	BUMP I just heard some more about this special. I still don't know how long the length will be, but now you guys will know exactly when it's airing. --- THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: LET?S BUMP UP THE LIGHTS: Legendary variety show star Carol Burnett reunites with Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner for THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: LET?S BUMP UP THE LIGHTS , a new entertainment special to be broadcast Wednesday, May 5 (10:00-11:00PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. In the special, the illustrious cast comes together before an audience to introduce never-before-seen clips from the spontaneous and hilarious moments that were seen at the beginning of every The Carol Burnett Show -- where Carol and the gang answered questions from the studio audience. The question and answer segments featured Carol as herself, not as a character, as she answered the no-holds-barred questions from audience members. Always impromptu and spur-of-the-moment, the segments showed Carol at her creative and improvisational best. Questions were also often asked of fellow cast members Harvey, Tim, Vicki and Lyle who joined Carol on stage to respond. Viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite clips by telephone or the Internet. Carol will announce the top three clips on CBS News? The Early Show (7:00-9:00AM, ET/PT) the morning after the broadcast. The Carol Burnett Show premiered on the Network in 1967 and ran for 11 fun-filled seasons. It was the longest-running comedy-variety show in television history. Each week, Burnett and her cohorts brought their special brand of humor and magic to television audiences across the country. Carol Burnett?s last Network special, The Carol Burnett Show: Showstoppers , which was broadcast on Nov. 26, 2001, averaged 18.9/29 in households and 29.80 million viewers. It was CBS's best performance in the time period with non-sports programming since March 23, 1992 in households and since Sept. 16, 1991 in viewers. It was the most-watched entertainment special (excluding awards programming) of the 2001-2002 season. THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: LET?S BUMP UP THE LIGHTS is being produced by Tudor Television, Inc. in association with CBS Productions. Carol Burnett and Martin Tudor are the executive producers. Ken and Mitzie Welch are the supervising producers and writers. Neil Steinberg is the producer and Steve Purcell is the director.