"The Carol Burnett Show" Peggy Lee, Anne Meara, and Jerry Stiller (TV Episode 1972) Poster

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Stiller & Meara guest star with Peggy Lee
Jimmy_the_Gent431 December 2019
A good episode, some amusing sketches and a good musical finale.

The Q&A has one girl complimenting Carol on her album ("Oh you're the one that bought that" Carol says). An Australian man asks Carol if she will ever come to his country (she would in the next season). Another one asks a topical question on Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz, Carol thinks he is cute.

The first sketch is a parody of the comic strip "Mary Worth" called "Mary Worthless". Carol plays the title role of old woman who tries to help people whether they want it or not. Harvey and Vicki play a loving married couple and Mary comes to them as a maid. She ends up ruining their marriage. The sketch was funny but became hilarious when things started going wrong and Harvey and Carol start breaking up.

Peggy Lee sings a soft love ballad called a "A Song For You" with a star lit sky background.

Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara have an OK comedy routine as they play Mr and Mrs Chou En Lai talking about President Nixon's recent trip to Red China.

Carol and Peggy Lee do a duet about "Girl Talk" in a beauty parlor.

As The Stomach Turns finds Marian (Carol) at a circus. Meara plays a bearded lady, Lyle is a strong man, Vicki a half man half woman and Harvey plays a cowardly lion tamer.

Next is a sketch showing how men and women react differently to an auto accident. Harvey and Stiller get angry and get into a fight, Carol and Meara complain about broken fingernails and run in the stockings and then go to lunch.

The finale is a funny sketch of a snooty rich couple (Harvey and Carol) and an obnoxious lower class couple (Stiller and Meara) who find their children (Lyle and Vicki are to be married. The kids want a flower child style wedding in the street. A song is sung "The Rhythm Of Life" which is performed like a number out of the musical "Hair".

Carol says to think about pollution when the cast come on stage and the guests sign her autograph book.
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