91 of 91 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
No new sketches, sadly--but what incredible oldies!, April 21, 2000
This review is from: The Carol Burnett Show - A Reunion [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Though devoid of significant new material--the new stuff is almost exclusively the kind of audience questions that were so much a part of the original series--the gems they've managed to mine from the show's archive are well worth the modest purchase price.
Of all the pieces, however, none are as funny as the retrospective on the times the actors would totally lose their composure due to their co-stars' antics. Tim Conway, of course, was on a mission to deliberately block his co-star's sight of the Fourth Wall, and would deliberately come to the shows' tapings with plans of mischief. His ability to improvise Harvey Corman into fits of on-camera laughter were legendary, and no better examples exist than the "Dentist" and "Firefighter" sketches. Still, the greatest moments on this tape are surprisingly without Corman. There's a "Mama's Family" sketch where Conway makes up a ridiculous story about siamese elephants, only to be one-upped by a slightly foul-mouthed Vicki Lawrence, who finds an in-character way to make Conway and guest Dick van Dyke fall flat onto the floor. And, best of all, there's a simple little "Nazi interrogating an American POW" scene which shows Conway producing a surprise hand puppet of Hitler in what is a relentless attempt to get Lyle Waggoner to break up.
Of course, this anthology has a number of sketches and musical numbers that were completed WITHOUT a single twitter from any actor. But what's the fun in that? The best thing about _The Carol Burnett Show_ was the sense that the troupe of actors genuinely liked each other--and would do anything to make each other's lives on-camera a sweet misery.
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136 of 143 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Use this 800 number to order Carol Burnett Show videos, October 4, 2000
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This review is from: The Carol Burnett Show - A Reunion [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Yes the show your mother and you loved to watch now makes a great gift for your grandmother, mother, or yourself. She was just on the Today Show on NBC and at their website they listed an 800 number to get her tapes in case it is sold out here. The Carol Burnett home video, here is what their link said: "For more information about The Carol Burnett Show video tapes, please call the Columbia House video library at: 1-800-638-2922"
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55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
more skit, less (...), November 28, 2001
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This review is from: The Carol Burnett Show - A Reunion [VHS] (VHS Tape)
The Carol Burnett show is a scream. Any fan knows that. This tape, and I should have known better from the title, had way too much reuniting. I felt like a guest at a party where I was the only one who didn't know anyone else. All of the old cast sat around on the stage and talked about the skits that I wanted to see and then they would show a little segment. I wanted to see all of the skit and skip the stage show. The finale went on and on. It seemed like it went on for 2 hours. I wanted it to end so bad I was pulling my hair out. The skits featured were of the best- you will laugh-guaranteed. Just have remote in hand to fast forward through the commentary.
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