Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Matching house guests doesn't count (Match Game, 1978)

The Carol Burnett Show was nearing the end of its run in the early part of 1978. This must've been in February for a sweeps stunt, because Carol, accompanied by Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, & Jim Nabors, paid a visit to Match Game, and sat in for part of round 2 of a game.

Now, we all know Carol & Vicki were frequent guests on Password and its later incarnations, and Vicki would be a recurring panelist during NBC's 1990-1 run of To Tell The Truth. They show up around the 10-11 minute mark on this tape:



All but Tim managed to match, even though it didn't count in the scoring. This was just for kicks.

Carol ended her show in March 1978, and reruns, in half-hour increments under the syndicated title, Carol Burnett & Friends, air weeknights on Me-TV (check listings).

2 comments:

Goldstar said...

I used to watch the syndicated reruns of The Carol Burnett Show weekday afternoons in the 1980s. In recent years, whenever I would mention the title Carol Burnett and Friends on an online forum, people would always think that I was talking about Carol Burnett and the NBC sitcom Friends (which I know of, but have never seen. No interest in seeing it). Geez, I'm old!

hobbyfan said...

Carol Burnett & Friends led into the 6 pm news in the 80's in my area. It's just unfortunate that the original hour-long shows have not been completely restored for cable consumption.