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Summary: Bloopers Make for an hour of Laughs with Burnett Troupe
Review: A prior review here seemed to reem this Burnett reunion special, which captured one of the largest Neilsen ratings of the 2001 TV season, for not being a NEW Carol Burnett Show with sketches, etc. The title seems pretty clear to me - CB Show Bloopers. The hour was about the goofs, and the TV viewship that night speaks volumes about the adoration for this show and its star. As a huge Burnett fan, I had not previously seen many of these bloopers, as the weekly show was always so polished.
I roared through much of this stuff even though it was the mistakes and the casts reaction to the "gremlins" that sometimes plague at show even as polished as this one was. Consider the live horse on stage relieving himself while Carol was trying so hard not to bust up while singing....this is just pure gold that anyone can enjoy, even if you weren't a regular viewer. To know this cast is to love them and being let in on the jokes made for delicious viewing. My 11 year old was rolling at this stuff. Funny is funny. This special aired a month or so after 9/11. I thanked God that night for Carol and Company in letting us laugh again.
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Summary: A complete waste of time and money
Review: All I expected was an hour or so of comedy sketches from a show which I have fond memories of. What I got was a 40 minute television special which spent most of the time introducing the cast and fielding questions from the audience. The comedy sketches that were shown were just edited snippets of the cast trying to suppress their laughter at a joke the producers of this DVD didn't feel was necessary to share with the viewer. It was terribly disappointing. Even the famous 'curtain rod Scarlet O'Hara' sketch was edited down to only a few seconds of the audience laughing at Carl Burnett's attire. It's like telling the punch line of a joke without the setup. It is obvious that absolutely no effort was put into this DVD. I doubt very much that Carol Burnett had any input into this product. If I were her I would be mortified. A complete waste of time and money.
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Summary: Unbelievable!!!
Review: Although I had missed this reunion show when it aired on television, I was fortunate enough to accidentally find it at the
video store. I haven't laughed so hard in years. The outtakes and unseen clips are hilarious and a real treat to anyone who
is a fan of the Carol Burnett show. The group of four is still
as riotous as ever!!! The only negative? The show is less than an hour...
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Summary: Funny, but could have been a lot more
Review: Carol Burnett and team are hilarious in what little we get to see, but it is precious little. The DVD consists of nothing more than the CBS special aired a few years back. My wife and I watched the special at the time and roared, but we thought a DVD could contain a lot more than just the bare 42 minutes of that show. CBS has really missed the potential of DVD with this one, and sad to say, this entree turned out to be a big waste of money. There were enough Carol Burnett episodes over the years to fill a 4-disc pack just with bloopers, let alone representative sketches shown in full! Why are they being so stingy?
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Summary: One of the Great All-Time Comediennes
Review: Carol Burnett is as much of an American institution as Lucille Ball. "The Carol Burnett Show" was one of the most celebrated variety series of all-time, not to mention the longest-running (1967-78). While "The Carol Burnett Show - Show Stoppers" is entertaining, it is not as enjoyable as "The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion" from 1993. Viewers feel somewhat cheated when all the cast, minus Lyle Waggoner, is present. The outtakes and clips are hysterical, but the show could have done with less scripted banter between the cast as they introduced the clips. And, the musical tribute to Bob Mackie could have been scratched in order to feature more highlights from the original series. All-in-all, "The Carol Burnett Show - Show Stoppers" is a nice stroll down memory lane with four wonderful comedic performers, who for eleven years, brought laughter into millions of living rooms every Saturday night.
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Summary: Hilarious outtakes from a hilarious show
Review: Carol Burnett not only has managed to make us all laugh on purpose, she's made us all laugh even when she wasn't trying. This reunion special is more about the bloopers that they all had while on the show. The funniest is from "Mama's Family." Tim Conway and Harvey Korman's bantering is hilarious as are Carol and Vicki Lawrence. Prepare to wet your pants laughing. Get the Depends out and pop this video in!
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Summary: CAROL AND COMPANY STOP THE SHOW, INDEED! BUT WHERE'S LYLE?
Review: Carol reunites with her co-stars (except Lyle Waggoner) on Stage 33 at CBS --- the exact spot where Carol and company had us laughing for 11 seasons. The result? A hilarious visit back to some of the funniest moments on the small-screen (yes, the Scarlett-O'Hara-wearing-a-curtain-rod spoof is here), as well as rarely-seen outtakes, bloopers, blunders, ad-libs, questions from the audience and moments when the stars themselves break down from their co-stars' antics. (Think Conway; think Korman.). It all works nicely, and it's so nice to have this time together, but the of loss of Lyle is noticeable and jarring.
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Summary: A Complete Review Would Take Weeks
Review: Carol, Harvey, Tim and Vickie do a great job of reminding us of just how funny that show really was. I disagree with many of the reviewers who only gave this one star because this show gave me all I could have wished for.
Tim and Harvey could always break each other up but the revelations that each of the others could be broken up too was a scream. Of course some great sketches were omitted and I wish this could have been longer but one does not get what one wants all the time. Five stars.
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Summary: pitifully poor
Review: Don't waste your money, unless you enjoy seeing the ex-stars laugh at their own antics. You don't get to see them, however. In fact, very little actual footage is shown. Want to be disappointed? Buy it.
Rating:
Summary: Wonderful but awful
Review: 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!
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