2 Variety Shows Coming to TV Land in 2004 -- Flip Wilson and Carol Burnett & Friends

[Pavan]

Carol Burnett & Friends (January 2004)

For more than a decade, Carol Burnett and the talented cast of The Carol Burnett Show entertained America with song, dance and comedy in one of the most successful variety series of all time. The show was one of the most successful programs in television history. In an era when variety shows would come and go, the Emmy-award winning program remained successful, due in large part to the chemistry between Carol and her supporting stars. Burnett, one of television’s most versatile variety performers who could sing, dance, act, clown and mime was the cast’s binding force. Carol Burnett & Friends, the syndicated half-hour rebroadcast of the original, begins airing on TV Land January, 2004.
The show is filled with comedy sketches, spoofs of TV series and movies as well as other forms of mass entertainment. Among Burnett’s extensive range of comic characterizations are “Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins” in which she plays an inept office worker with a frustrated boss played by Tim Conway. In “Old Folks at Home” Carol and Roger, played by Harvey Korman, are an unhappily married couple always fighting with Carol’s sister Chrissy (Vicki Lawrence) and in “Ed and Eunice” she and Korman play a married couple constantly at odds with Eunice’s mother, played by Vicki Lawrence. That sketch was to become the basis for the series Mama’s Family, starring Vicki Lawrence.


The Flip Wilson Show (July 3, 2004)

TV Land will begin airing The Flip Wilson Show in July 2004, a ground-breaking variety show that forever changed the face of television and hasn’t been seen in over twenty years. This Emmy-award winning series, which aired from 1970-1974, solidified Flip Wilson as a proven Hollywood star, and combined some of America’s most talented performers with characters Flip had developed based on people he encountered in his own life. His best-known personality is his sexy, out-spoken Geraldine, who made millions laugh as she bragged about her jealous boyfriend, Killer, and would often exclaim, “what you see is what you get!”

[Penny Lane]

[harper]

Anways if nik at nite bought it it would be the smartest thing they ever did.I miss the shows and it sounds terrible but its the only way I see my dad is when he is on Tv.To alot of people that sounds arrogant but it's true.I would also love to be able to tape them for this grandson to have.Their was an example of where Carol Might have been the star but everyone on that show was allowed to shine and be a star because carol knew everyone being tops was going to help the show.You see alot of shows like Newhart,Mash,All in The Family.Mary Tyler Moore all had a family oriented based foundation for success.All these Shows along With Cheers,Wings,Frasier,Will & Grace.L.A Law there was a case where the shows were connected through the writers and directors so it became a revolving door.You worked on other Show in your family of shows.Will and Grace is a close nit show.Family shows are dinasaurs right now.There hasnt been a variety show since W.Brady tried one last summer and it should have continued on.He is without a doubt a nathan lane caliber it that he can sing,do improv,do sketch comedy and musicals.There aren't many who can.We need more W.Brady's.in this world.Anyways I do hope burnett comes on the aire in syndication again.

[PZelda]

Originally posted by Penny Lane

My thoughts exactly!

[Pavan]

Carol Burnett kicks off January 17 on TV Land:

Carol Burnett & Friends 48 Hour Launch
Saturday, January 17 and Sunday, January 18
Get ready to laugh and dance as TV Land will kick-off it's newsest acquistion with a weekend long marathon. 96 episodes of the funniest and craziest Carol Burnett episodes ever!
(Episode info coming soon)


Then it will air Mon-Fri at 4 p.m. and everynight at 8 p.m. starting January 19.

[barwars]

Ill be tuning in to both!

[Pavan]

Official press release, released at the TCA Winter Tour:

TV Land Welcomes Carol Burnett and Friends with a 48-Hour Marathon of the Most Memorable Episodes



Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 9, 2004 - TV Land celebrates the launch of one of television's most enduring shows, Carol Burnett and Friends, with a 48-hour marathon beginning Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004 at 6 a.m. (all times ET/PT). One of the most celebrated shows in the history of its genre, it helped define a golden age of television comedy. Carol Burnett and Friends, the half-hour syndicated version of The Carol Burnett Show, will begin airing in its regular timeslot of Mon.-Fri., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 8 p.m. beginning Monday, Jan. 19.

"Carol Burnett and Friends had one of the greatest teams of talent ever assembled on television," states Larry W. Jones, Executive Vice President and General Manager, TV Land and Nick at Nite. "Carol Burnett is one of the funniest and most beloved comediennes of all time, and it is an honor for TV Land to add this show to our line-up."

For more than a decade, Carol Burnett and the talented cast of The Carol Burnett Show entertained America with song, dance and comedy in one of the most successful variety series of all time. The show was one of the most successful programs in television history and garnered 22 Emmy Awards during its run. In an era when variety shows would come and go, it remained successful, due in large part to the chemistry between Carol and her supporting stars - Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman and Lyle Waggoner. Burnett -- one of television's most versatile variety performers who could sing, dance, act, clown and mime -- was the cast's binding force.

The show is filled with comedy sketches, spoofs of TV series and movies - variety at its best. Among Burnett's extensive range of comic characterizations are "Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins" in which she plays an inept office worker with a frustrated boss played by Tim Conway. In "Old Folks at Home" Carol and Roger, played by Harvey Korman, are an unhappily married couple always fighting with Carol's sister Chrissy (Vicki Lawrence) and in "Ed and Eunice" she and Korman play a married couple constantly at odds with Eunice's mother, played by Vicki Lawrence. That sketch was to become the basis for the series Mama's Family, starring Vicki Lawrence. Of all the parodies performed on The Carol Burnett Show, a takeoff of the film Gone with the Wind is one of the best-remembered. Burnett played Starlett O'Hara, who tries to tempt the debonair Rat Butler (Korman) by using drapes and a curtain rod to make an elegant gown.

Now seen in over 82 million U.S. homes, TV Land's program mix features popular dramas, sitcoms, westerns, Retromercials® and a TV-referential interstitial environment, all programmed with a specific audience in mind - the first generation of Americans to grow up watching television and features all time classic hits like All In The Family, The Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie.

[factsoflife]

Wasn't Flip Wilson on Tv Land when it first started?