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''The Carol Burnett Show'' (also ''Carol Burnett and Friends'' in syndication) is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner. In 1974, frequent guest star Tim Conway became a regular when Waggoner left this show to act in the series ''Wonder Woman''. In 1977, Dick Van Dyke replaced Korman for much of its final season. The show originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes, and again with nine episodes in the fall of 1991. The series originated in CBS Television City's Studio 33 and won 25 prime-time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002, and in 2007 was listed as one of ''Time'' magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time". In 2013, ''TV Guide'' ranked ''The Carol Burnett Show'' No. 17 on their list of the 60 Greatest Shows of All Time. ==Background== In 1967, Carol Burnett had been a popular veteran of television for 11 years, having made her first appearances in 1956 on such programs as ''The Paul Winchell Show'' and the sitcom ''Stanley'' starring the comedian Buddy Hackett. She then began to be seen more often on television as a guest on such series as ''Pantomime Quiz'', ''The Tonight Show'' hosted by Jack Paar, ''The Dinah Shore Chevy Show'', and ''The Ed Sullivan Show''. In 1959, she became a regular supporting cast member on the CBS-TV variety series ''The Garry Moore Show''. During her three-year run on the program, Burnett became a television favorite and won her first Emmy Award. During her time on Moore's series, Burnett also starred first off-Broadway and then on Broadway in the musical ''Once Upon a Mattress''. She also guest-starred on the CBS-TV interview program ''Person to Person'' (with her sister Christine) hosted by Charles Collingwood, an episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' ("Cavender Is Coming"), and headlined, with British singer-actress Julie Andrews, the highly praised 1962 CBS-TV special ''Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall'', which resulted in Burnett winning her second Emmy Award. Also during this period, Burnett had the opportunity to display her talents as a singer by recording two albums for Decca Records and during the 1961–62 season, while appearing as a regular on ''The Garry Moore Show'', she sang and hosted a CBS radio show. In the spring of 1962, Burnett left ''The Garry Moore Show'' to pursue other projects which included not only television, but also Broadway and films. Her Broadway career came to a halt in 1964 when right after the opening of the musical ''Fade Out – Fade In'', Burnett was injured while riding in a taxi on her way to the theatre, and started missing performances. As a result, ticket sales suffered and the musical closed soon after, amid a great deal of legal hassling and acrimony that was unsettled for quite some time. That same year, she was signed to star in a CBS variety series, ''The Entertainers'', which failed to catch on with the public. In the meantime, Burnett had made her not-so-auspicious motion-picture debut opposite Dean Martin and Elizabeth Montgomery in the romantic comedy, ''Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?'' (1963). During this transitional time, Burnett continued to appear on CBS specials with such stars as Robert Preston and Rock Hudson. Burnett also starred in television adaptations of the musicals ''Calamity Jane'' in 1963 and ''Once Upon A Mattress'' in 1964. In addition, she occasionally appeared on Garry Moore's series as a guest star and was also featured as a guest on such programs as ''The Jack Benny Program'', ''Get Smart'', ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'', ''Gomer Pyle USMC'', and ''The Lucy Show''. After leaving ''The Garry Moore Show'', Burnett signed a contract with CBS for 10 years which required her to do two guest appearances and a special a year. Within the first five years of this contract, Burnett had the option to "push the button" to be put on the air for 30 weeks in a one-hour variety show. After discussion with her husband Joe Hamilton, in the last week of December 1966, Burnett decided to call the head of CBS Mike Dann and exercise the clause in the contract. Dann, explaining that variety is a "man's genre", offered Burnett a sitcom called "Here's Agnes". Burnett had no interest in doing a sitcom and because of the contract, CBS was obliged to give Burnett her own variety show. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Carol Burnett Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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