Product Details

• Actors: Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Bob Mackie
• Producers: Carol Burnett, Jody Hamilton, John Hamilton, Mary Jo Blue, Rick Hawkins
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Dubbed: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: October 8, 2002
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (89 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006G8I2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,944 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "The Carol Burnett Show - Show Stoppers" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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, from faulty props (or urinating horses) to mutual crack-ups. Culled from the show's mid-1970s heyday, the clips are infectiously hilarious, and the cast never missed an opportunity to inject a little raunchiness (later deleted) into their otherwise wholesome entertainment. Conway's the real conspirator here, frequently turning Korman into a helpless heap of giggles, and costume designer Bob Mackie (pulled from the audience) is given fair tribute for his outlandish creativity. TV like this doesn't exist any more, and Show Stoppers will make you wonder why. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description

Enjoy all of your favorite moments from The Carol Burnett Show!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

403 of 411 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Burnett Deserves better than this DVD December 22, 2003

By EJ Honda

Format:DVD

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!

166 of 170 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars ***DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY*** December 30, 2005

By Cats R Us

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

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.

168 of 175 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful but awful January 16, 2004

By Karlis Streips

Format:DVD

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!

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Warning - very little of the CB Show May 25, 2003

By "fatcatx"

Format:DVD

This was quite a let-down. Minimal snippets from the original show. (Though there are a few bawdy moments that are good for a laugh.) Most of it was question/answer with the audience and some tribute song/dance routines. If you are a hard-core fan you might enjoy this walk down memory lane. I would have preferred to see more of the original show.

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Forget about it.... July 25, 2003

By F. Hoffman

Format:VHS Tape

It seems that Carol Burnett's producers can't give fans what we really want: a compilation of whole skits or entire shows. Instead we get brief clips, cast reunions, superfluous intros, and new songs. I was really looking forward to re-seeing some classic show-stopping skits in their entirety (maybe even some of my personal favorites). No such luck. Most of this tape is the four lead cast members reunited for sometimes awkward banter with each other and the audience (who magically ask questions that lead directly into the next clip). The clips are so whittled down that there's no context and no buildup. Some are so short that they just show the cast members breaking into laughter without any indication of what they're laughing at. Are Carol and the other leads so desperate for work that they insist on being taped for what should be archival compilation videos? Do the producers really think we would rather have a tiresome new song paying homage to Bob Mackie than more of the old shows? Is there some legal reason why the Carol Burnett shows (or at least whole skits) can't be issued for sale? And why is Lyle Wagner so glaringly absent from this tape -- does HE own the rights to the old shows? Perhaps someday those old favorite episodes will be reissued in their entirety on home video (as the Muppet Show producers are doing), but this ain't it. What a shame.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing November 7, 2006

By Richard Little

Format:DVD

There are two groups of people for which this DVD is not recommended: those who are fans of the Carol Burnett Show and those who are not. Too much of the 40-something minutes are compiled of new material that's weak: questions from the audience, two songs, a tribute to the show's costume designer, and patter among the stars. The rest of the disc is outtakes, which are funny for about five minutes. I don't recall there being enough time devoted to a single sketch to allow you to appreciate the humor of the sketch itself. So if you're a fan, you already know that it's easy to get Harvey to crack up. If you're not famililar with the show, you'll wonder what all the fuss is about.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was hoping for-- February 23, 2006

By butterfly

Format:DVD

I am a long-time Carol Burnett fan. Her show has made me laugh so hard I cried. Unfortunately, this collection was just little tid-bits of her shows -- no full skits. I was hoping for more that what was on this one.

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars disappointed June 11, 2006

By A. G. Pickett

Format:DVD

I was looking for the Carol Burnett Shows - I thought that they would be available by "Season 1, Season 2, etc". I was very dissapointed to find that they are not available in season format. I loved this show and would like to buy the ENTIRE series. Who is responsible for this god-awful offering for one of the most wonderful comedic shows of all? SUCH A SHAME!!

I have to go with the other reviews - not worth your time or money!