The Carol Burnett Show
with Imogene Coca, Lainie Kazan
TV Flash files “with Imogene Coca, Lainie Kazan” as hour 5 of 279 in the TV Flash guide — The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978) on CBS, season 1, episode 5, aired 1967-10-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 279 in the The Carol Burnett Show guide, hour 5 of 30 in season 1. It aired 1967-10-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “with Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, Gloria Loring” (S01E04). Next is “with Phyllis Diller, Gwen Verdon, Bobbie Gentry” (S01E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A "V.I.P." sketch about Miss America; Carol, Harvey and guest Imogene Coca perform a coffee commercial sketch; guest Lainie Kazan performs a "Sunnyside"/"Silver Lining" medley, and duets with Carol on "Watch What Happens"; Carol and Harvey play "Bonnie and Clod"; a "Little Pianos" production number with the cast and dancers; and the Charwoman does a striptease pantomime and sings "There's No Business Like Show Business".
Viewer FAQ
Where does with Imogene Coca, Lainie Kazan sit in the The Carol Burnett Show guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 279 — hour 5 of 30 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did The Carol Burnett Show S01E05 air?
with Imogene Coca, Lainie Kazan aired 1967-10-09 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…