If you don’t get at least a half-dozen belly laughs from this compilation of outtakes from The Carol Burnett Show, you’d better check your pulse. Originally broadcast on CBS in 2001, this affectionate retrospective reunites the peerless cast of Burnett’s variety show–Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, and Harvey Korman–to answer audience questions and reminisce. The cast recalls the many times they lost composure on camera, halting sketches due to all varieties of faux pas, fro…
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July 21st, 2009 at 09:15
1.0 out of 5 stars
A tease
I knew this would be a show about the show, but there were too few clips–many of them only long enough to catch a facial expression or two.
July 21st, 2009 at 09:55
Let me start first by admitting my bias: I’m a HUGE Carol Burnett fan. I grew up watching the show, and loved it because it was so funny, and it made my folks laugh, too. However, this DVD is simply a lot of promise and no delivery. Imagine someone tells you about this great wine. You are shown the bottle, it’s poured in the glass, you’re allowed to smell its bouquet, and then. . . it’s taken away. That’s just how you’ll feel watching this DVD. First off, the DVD is only 40 minutes long – the original hour special, minus all the commercials. There are hours of material that could have been put into a proper DVD, so why wasn’t it? The material that is here is very funny, but 10-15 second clips just only go so far with true fans of this very funny show. The show was so great, with such a great cast – why no one bothered to dig in and add some content to the DVD version of the TV special is way beyond me. Save your money, and send a letter to the companies that hold the rights to the Carol Burnett Show, and ask them to produce a proper DVD special!
July 21st, 2009 at 11:27
I wish I had paid attention to the numerous reviews that stated that this was not a good buy. . . I was very disappointed to get a DVD that showed a couple of minutes of a scene. It included language that was, of course, censored on the live broadcast. And the funniest scenes (e. g. , Tim as “The Dentist”) were not even included. Bottom line, if I can’t have entire episodes, I’ll just live on my good memories of the show. . . and the 2 or 3 episodes I recorded on videocassette. I wonder if they’re waiting for our generation to die off so that it can be presented to kids who never saw it before. WE are the ones who would really appreciate it.
July 21st, 2009 at 11:53
1.0 out of 5 stars
Show Stopper
What a disappointment. Show stoppers is just that – the point where the show “stopped” It’s like reading a comic book with only the punch lines.
July 21st, 2009 at 14:13
I agree with other reviewers – the Carol Burnett show should be put on DVD in its complete, total, absolute, full and whatever else synonym you can find entirety, this little tiny excuse for entertainment doesn’t begin to satisfy. Please, please, please – whoever owns the rights to the show, please, please, please – release it in total. I’ll pay lots of money for it. Please, please, please!
July 21st, 2009 at 14:49
5.0 out of 5 stars
classic tv
Bought this for my Mom for x-mas and have borrowed a few times . Wish it was longer , but if you can’t afford the pricey full episodes get this .
July 21st, 2009 at 15:02
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Carol Burnett Show-Show Stoppers
No matter how many times you have seen these skits, they still break you up. What a great quartet, Carol, Vicki, Tim, and Harvey.
July 21st, 2009 at 16:59
2.0 out of 5 stars
Carol Burnett Show Stoppers
DVD was new. Had seen the show before. Wasn’t impressed. Thought this would be more of the shows themselves, not just the actors talking about it. Oh well.
July 21st, 2009 at 18:46
5.0 out of 5 stars
Carol
I bought this set as a gift for my grandmother. she has a huge obsession with the show. She calims the DVD and its extras as great.
July 21st, 2009 at 20:15
3.0 out of 5 stars
Funny video
It’s a very funny video but there was a little too much singing. I don’t care much for old-style variety shows. But the outtakes were extremely funny!
July 21st, 2009 at 20:17
1.0 out of 5 stars
DISAPOINTING
I LOVED THE OLD CAROL BURNET SHOW AND MISSED THE SHOW STOPPERS SPECIAL WHEN IT WAS ON TV, I SAW THIS DVD AND PURCHASED IT AND WAS DISAPPOINTED, IT SHOWED VERY FEW CLIPS OF THE…
July 21st, 2009 at 22:29
5.0 out of 5 stars
should be good
I bought this as a gift for my father, remember the days of watching this show as a family. I haven’t given it to him yet, but am sure he will love it!
July 22nd, 2009 at 01:10
4.0 out of 5 stars
funny but more of a documentorty
funny clips but it was more about how the show can about – all in all a good dvd