Carol Burnett and sibling rivalry
Another actress who meant a lot to tv viewers in the past was Carol Burnett. The Carol Burnett Show is a sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner.
The stars became household names with such sketches as “As the Stomach Turns”, “Went with the Wind” (a parody of Gone with the Wind featuring a scene with Burnett as Scarlett O’Hara in the dress made from a window curtain, complete with rod), “Carol & Sis”, “Mrs. Wiggins”, “The Family”
Vicki Lawrence is the only cast member, other than Burnett, to remain with the series for its entire run. Tim Conway did not become a full-time cast member until 1975. Harvey Korman left the show prior to its final season; he was temporarily replaced in the fall of 1977 by Dick Van Dyke. Original cast member Lyle Waggoner left the series in 1974 to pursue a dramatic acting career and the next year was cast in Wonder Woman.
