The Carol Burnett Show
with Mel Torme, Don Rickles
TV Flash files “with Mel Torme, Don Rickles” as hour 97 of 279 in the TV Flash guide — The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978) on CBS, season 4, episode 13, aired 1970-12-07, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E13: listed hour 97 of 279 in the The Carol Burnett Show guide, hour 13 of 26 in season 4. It aired 1970-12-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “with Debbie Reynolds” (S04E12). Next is “with Steve Lawrence, Julie Budd, Durward Kirby” (S04E14).
Viewer FAQ
Where does with Mel Torme, Don Rickles sit in the The Carol Burnett Show guide?
S04E13 is listed hour 97 of 279 — hour 13 of 26 in season 4, season 4 episode 13.
When did The Carol Burnett Show S04E13 air?
with Mel Torme, Don Rickles aired 1970-12-07 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…
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- 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…