The Carol Burnett Show
with Jim Nabors
TV Flash files “with Jim Nabors” as a desk essential hour — The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978) on CBS, season 1, episode 1, aired 1967-09-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 279 in the The Carol Burnett Show guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1967-09-11 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “with Sid Caesar, Liza Minnelli” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “with Jim Nabors”. Jim Nabors on the first night: Burnett's Q&A-then-sketches contract announced, the ensemble still finding the detonator.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Carol's series premiere guest is Jim Nabors. Highlights of this inaugural edition include: a "V.I.P." interview with Shirley Dimple; Jim and Carol as two misfit skiers in "The Ski Lodge"; the first "Carol and Sis" sketch; and a Broadway medley. Jim sings "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" in Italian, and Carol as the Charwoman sings "Georgy Girl". This episode is noted as Show #003 in the Lost Episodes DVD set.
Viewer FAQ
Where does with Jim Nabors sit in the The Carol Burnett Show guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 279 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did The Carol Burnett Show S01E01 air?
with Jim Nabors aired 1967-09-11 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
A movie-parody night plus a Conway/Korman sketch is the tuition. The audience Q&A at the top is the warmth; the charwoman is the signature silhouette. You do not need a serialized order.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Carol Burnett opened with a Q&A, then detonated sketches with Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner. Movie parodies, the charwoman, and Conway's corpse-making ad-libs made eleven CBS seasons feel like a master class with a curtain. Sketch variety at its warmest — the spoofs alone justify the tuition.
Carol Burnett opened with a Q&A, then detonated sketches — **eleven CBS seasons, 279 hours**, 1967–1978 — with Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner in the last great network variety fortress before the format thinned out. Movie parodies, the charwoman, Conway's corpse-making ad-libs: ensemble sketch variety that outlived the variety-show era. Joe Hamilton was among the key production figures. Rex will call it a temple. It was a weekly window with a curtain. Guest stars treated the stage…
Filed against
- Carol Burnett as Host
Carol Burnett opened with a Q&A, then detonated sketches with Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner — movie parodies, the charwoman, Conway's corpse-making ad-libs. Eleven CBS seasons as a master class with a…
- Harvey Korman as Regular
Harvey Korman was a Carol Burnett Show regular who detonated sketches — Q&A open, movie parodies, the charwoman, Tim Conway's corpse-making ad-libs, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner. Eleven CBS seasons as a master class with a curtain. TV…
- Tim Conway as Regular
Tim Conway’s corpse-making ad-libs detonated The Carol Burnett Show — eleven CBS seasons, movie parodies, the charwoman, Korman trying not to go — after McHale’s Navy’s Ensign Parker drove Joe Flynn apoplectic on PT-73. Sketch variety at…
- Vicki Lawrence as Regular
Vicki Lawrence detonated sketches as a Regular on The Carol Burnett Show — Q&A curtain, then Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Lyle Waggoner, movie parodies, and Conway’s corpse-making ad-libs across eleven CBS seasons. Variety as a master class…
- Lyle Waggoner as Regular
Lyle Waggoner stood tall through The Carol Burnett Show’s sketch detonations — movie parodies, the charwoman, Conway’s corpse-making ad-libs — then put on Steve Trevor’s uniform for Wonder Woman’s patriotic swimsuit glory. CBS variety as…