GARRY MOORE SHOW, THE: CLASSIC SKETCHES WITH CAROL BURNETT (TV)
Summary
This program contains a series of clips of comedy/musical sketches from "The Garry Moore Show" featuring Carol Burnett, Durward Kirby and other guest stars. In the first sketch, Burnett portrays a "cleaning nut" housewife who frustrates her husband, portrayed by Kirby, with her endless tidying and scrubbing, particularly when his boss stops by for a visit. Next, in an installment of "That Wonderful Year," Moore reminisces about the cultural and fashion events of 1931, noting that mystery and horror stories were especially popular. In a brief sketch, a woman reading scary stories is then frightened by items in her own house, particularly when she calls a house detective who turns out to be Dracula. Count Basie and his group perform "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," and he and Moore briefly chat about 1931. Moore notes that the George Washington Bridge was opened for the first time on October 25th of that year, and in a sketch, a woman's hopes of appearing in the paper as the first-ever car to cross the structure are stymied when she fails to produce a quarter for the toll. Following this is a medley of songs from '31 performed by Basie, Burnett and others, including "Mood Indigo," "All Of Me," "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In A Five and Ten Cent Store)", "When I Take My Sugar to Tea," "Good Night, Sweetheart" and "Out of Nowhere."
Next, in a '30s-style "overwhelming dance number," Burnett appears as a WAMPAS Baby Star and sings "Who Cares (So Long As You Care For Me)". In a futuristic "Camera on America" segment, Burnett appears as a baseball player on the newly all-female New York Mets team, describing how she and the other gals prepare for and play the game. Burnett then states that she cannot sing because of her horoscope, but Moore urges her into it, so she performs "I've Got You Under My Skin," though has a series of funny mishaps as she performs. Next, in "Dodge City," Burnett appears as Belle Star, a tough gunslinger looking to "bust up" her rival Miss Kitty's saloon, but she is quickly shot by the marshal, and ends up destroying the bar anyway in her melodramatic death throes. Following this, Burnett portrays a high-strung violinist who is paranoid about injuring her precious hands and goes to extreme lengths to avoid using them, annoying her husband and confusing a reporter who stops by. Eventually, however, her husband forces her to take his hands, and she discovers that her violin skills are just as "good" as ever.
Next, in a fairy-tale sketch, Moore interviews Cinderella's stepmother the morning after the ball and then talks to Cinderella herself, who is a little "the worse for wear" after partying all night at the palace. The not-so-charming prince arrives, searching for a bride on his father's orders, and he immediately falls for Cinderella, apparently not dissuaded by her hangover or her size-twelve feet. Following this, Burnett plays a woman who, while preparing to celebrate her first wedding anniversary, explains to her friend that she has had a successful year of matrimony by fastidiously following an advice book dictating the rules for a harmonious marriage. She then realizes, however, that she and her husband have never fought, as the book says they must, and immediately picks a fight with him when he returns home. She claims that she has been secretly seeing a neighbor's husband, but tries to take it back when he gets his gun and demands that she prove it. The clueless neighbor responds eagerly to her "invitation" and the wife protests that it was all a misunderstanding, but the couple is then happy to realize that they are having their first fight after all. Next, Kirby portrays an official at the United Safety Committee who attempts to dictate a memo about the need to prevent common household accidents, but repeatedly injures his secretary, played by Burnett, as he does so, eventually knocking her out of the window.
In another installment of "That Wonderful Year," Moore celebrates 1948 and describes its famous cultural events, including the film "I Remember Mama." Burnett appears in a parody of the film as the matriarch of an overly affectionate Norwegian family, whom she eventually doses with toadstools. Next, Moore highlights 1939, touching upon the World's Fair and Lou Gehrig's retirement as well as the many famous films of that year. In "The Private Life of Queen Astoria," Julie Andrews portrays a queen who is annoyed by her slovenly maid's affair with the Duke. She eventually decides that they may marry after all, but things go wrong when she calls out unclear directions to the royal executioner. Andrews, Burnett and several others then perform a "rehearsal version" dance number to "If I Only Had a Brain" from "The Wizard of Oz." Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE:
- RUNNING TIME: 0:53:04
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: B:13297
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy/Variety; Music
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Garry Moore … Host, Performer
- Carol Burnett … Guest, Performer
- Durward Kirby … Guest, Performer
- Count Basie (see also: William Basie) … Guest, Performer
- Julie Andrews … Guest, Performer
- Lou Gehrig