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  • O.M.G! "Ridin' the cotton pony." Never heard that one before. Hysterical!

  • I busted a gut this was so funny

  • You can't watch this and not laugh.

  • listen to the audience scream out loud in laughter...Funny!!

  • I so miss this family show. TV just isn't this good anymore. Am I right?

  • I met her today she is Wonderful!

  • Hilarious!!!

  • Nothing is funnier than a bunch of comedians trying not to laugh.Never forget the show when Bob Newhart told Dean Martin " I need a straight man who wouldn't laugh . "

  • i tried the 'cotton pony' line with my English teacher...

  • @ScherazadezGypsy How did that work out?

  • @Niteowl128 the class laughed. Then she sent me to the principals office requesting a month suspension...but when i explained everything to him: he laughed and gave me a big hug. (he hates her 2)

  • @ScherazadezGypsy Thank goodness some administrator at that school of yours has a sense of humor lol

  • 26 people have leaky dingys

  • the original madia 

  • 26 people are idiots !! xo

  • "Riding the cotton pony"??!!! LMAO!!!

  • I was having a bad day until I watached this. This is priceless.

  • how can actors be this awesome?!

  • I know on Hot In Cleveland they have guest stars on there who have worked with the main cast in the past. Since Betty White is one of the main cast on Hot In Cleveland, I would love to see Vickie Lawrence and Carol Burnett on that show as guests just to be reunited with Betty White. :)

  • Shes touring chattanooga. I'm gonna see her today

  • I have Never seen anything more Funny,than Vicky and Carol together.A Riot...

  • "You're playin' with a full deck Eunice."

    "I think ya done sprung a leak in your dingy."

    Vikki Lawrence and the gang were my English teachers growin' up...

  • I use "It think you done sprung a leak in your dingy" all the time. Classic.

  • they dont make shows like this anymore

  • I loved this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With so many great segments, when they did "The Family", was my favorite of all. Later, I enjoyed "Mama's Family", when it became a show. Was "Mama's Family" ineligible for Emmy consideration, because I don't ever think

    it got a nomination, much less a win, and it was one of the funniest shows on TV.

  • This video never fails to crack me up. It's the funniest clip I've seen.

  • @jonathansrant

    corporate money minded people ran show business then too and there's as much talent now as there was then

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  • @KD8NCL I'm glad I can enjoy good comedy, whether it's filthy or not

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  • As of 6/10/11... the 25 people who "dislike" this MUST be riding the cotton pony.

  • "are you riding the cock blocker" love it

  • It sounds like the whole audience is getting butchered with an ax. 0:29

  • I always thought it was funny that Vicki could only keep from breaking up when she was Mama. I don't even think Tim could get to her when she was playing Mama.

  • @Tannimd i'm pretty sure Tim had Vicki going during the "elephant" sketch. You didn't see her but the look on Carols face as she looks at Vicki kinda senses that Vicki was loosing control

  • TV needs a show like this -- whatever happened to funny clean humor?

  • I swear to high heaven she reminds me of my mother. LOL I just didn't think it was funny though when I was the subject of her tirade. LOL

  • This show never gets old.

  • I love how Vicki is able to keep a straight face. Did this air during the taping, EarlSinclair?

  • Timeless.

  • Vicki was perfect as mama, I loved the parts where she was so close to laughing and still hold it together enough to tell another funny line hehe.

  • carol burnett is old but when I watch it it always makes me laugh

  • 25 people are ridin' the cotton pony :)

  • 25 dislikes?? WHAT?!?! wow...25 people done sprung a leak in their dingy!!

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  • people need to lay off of Vicki geeze

  • @GWBsucksMonkeyNuts What? Did she say something?

  • The cotton pony!!!  LOL

  • Dang. Can't believe it took me a whole 30 seconds to figure out what "cotton pony" meant. Sanitary pads, right? Hope I didn't ruin the joke.

  • OMG! That is so friggin funny. "Is it your time of the month? Are you riding the cotton pony?" OMG! I couldn't stop laughing.

  • "You ridin the cotton pony?"

    *Eruption of laughter*

  • "I think you sprung a leak in your dinghy!" That's the funniest line in this sketch!

  • Eunice reminds me of my sister

  • PRICELESS!!!!!!

  • oh my gorsh!!! how the heck do they keep from laughing?!

  • She said "is it your time of the month or something, you riding the cotton pony"?? LOL

  • @ear4music71 I know, that's the funniest way I ever heard it put.

  • And usually it was Tim Conway that was destroying the cast!

  • I dun understand a word they say (except the last line) but I'm dying from laughing xD

  • I have it on the authority of Peter Scolari (who played Dad Szalinski on the TV series Honey, I shrunk the Kids, and who was great friends with Harvey Corman) that the rehearsals often had precious little to do with what they would actually do on the Carol Burnett set, and that the cast reliably had a pool going on who would be the one to make Harvey break up on camera. Tim Conway's ability to hold a straight face was diabolical!

  • People in the audience shrieking with laughter. Priceless...

  • I love that show and Eunice...LOL

  • always love Caro B. i even wrote to her and she send me an autograph and pictures of the cast on her show, i love you for always....thanks for the laughs!

  • lmao

  • These kind of shows were CREATIVE...they were genuingly their own...and lot of fun!

  • you got splinters in the wind mills of your mind.

  • brilliant

    

  • I'm glad I got to experience this type of comedy in my day!

  • @essanay45 Why? Jealous?

  • @Coowallsky I'n 53 years old,I'm no spring chicken myself.It's just that you hear the same thing generation after generation.

  • @essanay45 Why? Because there aren't any funny shows on these days for one thing.SNL isn't funny like it used to be,is it?

  • @essanay45 new t.v. is shit just like you!!!!!!!!

  • "LOOK AT ME EUINCE!"

    HAHAHAHAHAHA! I love the skits where they do this to each other and you see them try to hide their faces from the camera. :D

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  • I LOVED carol and all the cast. Mama's family had a undertone of reality. I was living a difficult childhood with absent dad, alcoholic mom and brother out of control and taking drugs. It was really a tough time. I saw the quality in Mama's family but at that time it hit very close to home for me.

  • This was sooo good!

    T.V is shit now compared to what it was in the 70's. and 80's Family shows, Comedies, Drama's, Cop shows all so good. I'm glad to have grown up when I did, I learned some really good morals and values from what USE to be on t.v. instead of a "steady diet" of the crap they have on today!!

  • @atlasshrugged2u Amen! I do not watch modern television shows at all. About the only things good about televsion these days are the educational channels, Animal Planet, and Investigation Discovery.

  • @RetroJenny Right?...doesen't it just blow you away all the crap they have on television?...

    Stupid reality shows, daytime t.v. even worse, shows for kids that push all kinds of agenda's that I don't want my kids "experimenting" with If you know what I mean...

    I have a collection of classic t.v. shows on DVD like Carol Burnett, Taxi, Starsky & Hutch, Wonder Years, Fresh Prince, Family Ties etc...so that my children know what good t.v. was; and I'm happy to say they LOVE it Thank God!!

  • @atlasshrugged2u Square

  • @eviltube1111 Hole...(ass)

  • 'what is the problem Eunice? is it your time of month? are you ridin' the cotton pony? way too funny!!!! i couldn't keep a straight face either. lol

  • I loved this show as a kid. Nothing now compares, not even the shows I like. It always made me bust seeing Carol do her best to hide her face from the camera when she was gonna lose it during a take. And when you see Vicki starting to struggle to keep a straight face...LOL I <3 this show and God bless all the magical folks on it who have made me laugh for so long.

  • Has Carol or Vicki ever talked about this outtake? I would love to know what was going through Carol's mind at the time (or see the look on her face while her back was turned to the audience)

  • I love how hard Vicki is trying to keep a straight face!

  • Wheres the rest of it?

  • "Look at me Eunice!"  "AHAA!"

    Best part!!

  • I miss shows like this

  • ah, you left out "you got splinters in the windmills of your mind!" thats my favorite!

  • Tryin' not to laff, bothe of 'em

  • Where's the longer version of this? It used to be up. "You got termites in the windmills o' yer mind!" etc. Vikki was on quite a roll in this one!

  • @blackiemittens search 'carol burnett gets back at vicki lawrence". I honestly think this is the funniest clip of them. CLASSIC!!!

  • I remember watching Mamas' family on CBS on Sundays right before Tales From the Darkside back in the late 80s. These newer shows do not hold a candle to the classics.

  • @RetroJenny when i was little in like 97 or somthing close to that time mama's family was on every day after school

  • @RetroJenny Interesting! Were the first- run syndicated shows on CBS any different from how they're currently aired in reruns. Do you notice any differences

  • @Tonetare I was really young during that time period so I cannot remember the details, but I have heard some people say that the original airings were longer and some scenes were cut in the reruns.

  • @RetroJenny Actually I think they're referring to the NBC version when they say that. The Quincy shit that displayed before the longer version of the Mama's Family song which I have in my favorites; I never hear much about the first-run syndicated/CBS episodes when they were first airing though. You're the first person who I know that's seen them when they first aired

  • The best part of all these is wondering who was going to "lose it" first and just start laughing along with everyone else! LOL

  • @teasz5 well on one of the "reunion" dvds of the carol burnett show i have they saud ut was always a competition for one them to make the others crack

  • Carol cant even hold it together! HAHAHAHA genius!

  • Absolutely hilarious! Two great comedians! Love it! I always come to this clip when i need a laugh... Vicky Lawrence is awesome!

  • "Cotton Pony" classic!

  • i think youve sprung a leak in your dingy lol classic

  • I LOVE it when the adlibbed!!!! No other troupe did it better!!

  • I'm only 26, but I have very fond memories of both "The Carol Burnett Show" and "Mama's Family". Those shows are timeless. They shit on these craptacular shows we are forced to watch now.

  • "Look at me, Eunice!" That's the killer.

  • @KnowWhatIThink Exactly...I had tears in my eyes laughing at that. "You riding the cotton pony"?

  • God this was some funny stuff! I always come to this page when I wanna laugh!

  • "You ridin' the cotton pony?" LOL!

  • Damn, I wanted to see the rest of the skit.

  • @RampGuy1

    I think the skit is the one where they play monopoly, and I belive its on here somewhere, I saw it, its great....that and when they play sorry as well, classic.

  • @CrazyMateo

    Ok it was the episode part 2 of 2 when they play "Sorry".....Carol can barely keep it together in it at all.

  • What does mama say? You riding the what?

  • @PalCatIN - Mama says "You ridin' the cotton pony?"

  • Oh man this is the good stuff, they couldn't top it if they could!

  • MAN!She really did have trouble holding a straight face!

  • I grew up watching this show with my grandma and we used to laugh ourselves silly. As I got older I realized how much ground breaking Carol did on tv as a comedienne. AND as a dramatic actress, she got a Golden Globe nomination as best actress for the film "The Life of the Party", a true story. I'm posting for other fans in L.A. who might want a chance to see her in person, she's hosting and will do a Q&A after.

    Go to friendly House LA (dot) o r g to see an invite.

  • the greatest show in the history of television, Im sorry. I know Lucille Ball was 'The Queen' but Carol broke the mold. God, were they funny.

  • mama's family was the best sitcom ever. they shouldn't have canceled it in 1990.

    it is well remember but it was on at about 7 p.m. on satuday nights back in the late 1980s while stupid shows no one would watch now were given better slots.

  • love it! =)

  • goodbye conservative american tv

  • Ridin the cotton pony! lol ! That's a new one for me, I thought she said Crimson carpet! I think this show will go down in history as the best variety comedy show and cast of all time. Possibly second only to the Dean Martin show for out takes and ad lib's! Who could forget the horse taking a #2 while Carol is reciting her lines. Tim and Harvey busting each other up, great material.

  • Yes, these are truly classics. I miss All in the Family, Mama's Family, Laverne and Shirley. The Jeffersons, Green Acres, I love Lucy. These were the best shows EVER Made. Kid's now get off watching ICarly or Hannah Montana. OMFG has anyone seen these shows? They are absoulte Trash. There is never a plot to any of them, just bunch of teenagers bitching about stupid shit. I guess all the people with Creatively mustve died off in Hollywood around 2000 to now.

    Since 2000, everything on TV is Shit!

  • I LOVED this show!!

  • lol you riding the cotton pony?

  • Omg i love these 2 women!!!

    I was like 10 and watching mamas family and to this day im 23 now i still love watching the shows!!

  • No one on that show could keep a straight face better than Vicki Lawrence...and finish off a skit with a devastating ad-lib!

  • @bughousechess Agreed--Vicki was the one they could count on to keep it together (usually) and Harvey was of course utterly hopeless, especially with Tim.

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  • This is probably one of the most funniest moments of TV even though it didn't air.

  • I wonder why they didnt keep this version on the episode they broadcasted. The one that aired doesnt mention anything about the "time a month" joke which is my favorite part!

  • @EdaBrrs - The broadcast version had a joke about Eunice having splinters in the windmills of her mind. In the mid 70's, time of the month jokes were considered obscene by the nework censors. In the 50's, it was considered obscene to show a man and woman sleeping in the same bed, even if they were husband and wife.

  • @vegassable i remember that splinters in the windmill of your mind joke. i still use that one today.

  • @EdaBrrs - The broadcast version had a joke about Eunice having splinters in the windmills of her mind. In the mid 70's, time of the month jokes were considered obscene by the nework censors. In the 50's, it was considered obscene to show a man and woman sleeping in the same bed, even if they were husband and wife.

  • i think you dun sprung a leek in your dinghy!

  • Lmao!!! Omg!!! I love this show!

    "look at me Eunice"

  • This is probably in my top 5 favorite Carol Burnett Show bloopers ever.

  • I love when Burnett plays Eunice. She is a crack up and so is Lawrence as Mama. Will always love these skits!

  • The "Mama's Family" sketches were the funniest and best part about this show.

  • Its great and they think Raymond is funny today? I dont think so.

  • Ridin' the cotton pony........that's kinda gross

  • whenever get angry my momma always thinks that it's my ''time''. ridin' the cotton pony hehe good one.

  • You ridin' the cotton pony?

  • If i understand it right they actually wanted Carol Burnett to Play Mama, But i guess when Vicki put on the make up and the costume on and did the scene they thought she was a natural for Mama, they then gave the Eunice part to Carol. My sister looks like Eunice and acts like her also

  • Yeah; they did want Carol to play Mama at first, but it wasn't that Vicki was better at Mama than Carol was, it was that Carol desired to play Eunice; because she could relate more to Eunice=]

  • ridin the cotton pony... priceless!

  • "Look at me Eunice"

    Hahahaha!

  • Why can't they have shows like this on T.V. anymore instead of the absolute shit that you see on T.V. nowadays? Thank god I grew up watching this show!

  • im a young person but i agree with you. tv today sucks compare to what was on back then

  • Agree 100% with you.

  • i only wish i could have been so luck to have grown up watching this.

  • @ChiTown7721 cause the liberals took over hollywood...and the rest of the country as you can see.

  • @ChiTown7721...I agree with you 100%. these shows were the best and they still make me laugh.

  • @ChiTown7721 I agree ! I loved this show, and now there is nothing worth watching on TV, it's all crap. Maybe I'm just getting to be a cynical old man ? 

  • @ChiTown7721 Because the people stand for it. That is why. The PEOPLE own this fucking country, but the media has them brainwashed into thinking the MEDIA owns it. If the people revolted, said "Fuck this - we are NOT turning on the TV, we are canceling our cable subscriptions," then you'd see whatever we wanted on TV and the fucking media would be kissing OUR asses. Too bad America doesn't have any balls anymore, or it could happen.

  • @ChiTown7721 Totally agree! I LOVE this show!!! :)

  • @ChiTown7721 for better or for worse, people's tastes change, and then DVD's are invented and YouTube goes online

  • @jennifersman "for better?"...what's "better" about new TV shows?!!!

  • @ChiTown7721 I agree completely, but it takes a magical cast that just "clicks" and that is exactly what happened with this show. It wasn't so much about the writing and the sets, and the guest stars; it was about the timing and the genius of the cast of the Carol Burnett show that made it what it was. It doesn't happen often in variety TV, but when it does, it's magic. The last show that came close was the original cast of Saturday Night Live and for a few years after the show started.

  • @ChiTown7721 I know!!!! I was watching some of the fall premiers this week...really disappointing crop of poor actors, lame scrips, and old jokes...

  • @ChiTown7721 she me laughing at "sprung a leak in your dinghy"

  • God I love Mama Family

  • which family sketch is this?

  • It is the sketch where they sit down after dinner, to play a game of "Sorry".

  • "you ridin the cotton pony or somethin?!"

    LMBNAO!

  • Carol can't look at the camera cause she's absolutely dying laughing LOL!!!

    This show always did rock!

  • my surname is burnett

  • lol mama don't take no mess!

  • LOL!!

  • look at vicki at :36 seconds, trying to keep a straight face....she finally loses it....glorious!!

  • I can't stop watching this.

  • Oh man, my stomach hurts, that was so funny!!!