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debm55

(44,426 posts) Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:37 PM Mar 21

What was your favorite variety show? My first favorite was Ed SullivanShow, then as I got older it changed , Edited

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What was your favorite variety show? My first favorite was Ed SullivanShow, then as I got older it changed , Edited (Original Post) debm55 Mar 21 OP

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In... wcmagumba Mar 21 #1

Thank you very much wcmaguumba. debm55 Mar 21 #3

Loved this bit from Hee Haw... wcmagumba Mar 21 #9

Thank you wcmagumba. I remember that show. debm55 Mar 21 #14

The minute I saw MuseRider Mar 25 #26

It was without much competition at the time. pandr32 Mar 21 #2

I agree. As time went on there were a lot more.shows with different varieties of acts. debm55 Mar 21 #5

Ed had great guests TexLaProgressive Mar 21 #4

Oh, Carol"s show was my second. I so enjoyed the comedy clips. debm55 Mar 21 #6

Never missed Ed...but that really was my parents show... MiHale Mar 21 #7

I agree with you MiHale. Loved watching Carol's show. Ed Sullivan was my parent's show. debm55 Mar 21 #10

The Smothers Brothers show Deuxcents Mar 21 #8

Oh yes, great show. Thank you Deuxcents. debm55 Mar 21 #11

winner rampartd Mar 21 #16

The Carol Burnett Show Eugene Mar 21 #12

I had a thing for The Hollywood Palace EYESORE 9001 Mar 21 #13

The Steve allen show The Blue Flower Mar 21 #15

Oh yeah. boonecreek Mar 21 #23

Those were all Ernie Kovac's creations The Blue Flower Mar 25 #25

I was a big fan of The Flip Wilson Show JoseBalow Mar 21 #17

Me too! FM123 Mar 25 #28

Smothers Brothers displacedvermoter Mar 21 #18

muppets variety hour . AllaN01Bear Mar 21 #19

Mickey Mouse Club RoadRunner Mar 21 #20

I loved The Carol Burnett Show LogDog75 Mar 21 #21

We never missed Ed Sullivan! Dorothy V Mar 21 #22

We had a few. boonecreek Mar 21 #24

We gotta include "Saturday Night Live", todays version of a variety show... brush Mar 25 #27

I used to watch Carole Burnett reruns after highschool applegrove Mar 25 #29

Favorites Squeaky41 Mar 25 #30

Ed Sullivan Show for me. Different Drummer Mar 25 #31

wcmagumba

(3,876 posts)

1. Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In...

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:38 PM

Mar 21

debm55

(44,426 posts)

3. Thank you very much wcmaguumba.

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:40 PM

Mar 21

wcmagumba

(3,876 posts)

9. Loved this bit from Hee Haw...

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:48 PM

Mar 21

debm55

(44,426 posts)

14. Thank you wcmagumba. I remember that show.

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:57 PM

Mar 21

MuseRider

(34,613 posts)

26. The minute I saw

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 04:07 PM

Mar 25

what you wrote I knew it had to be that...ooOOOOwwwwww

pandr32

(12,928 posts)

2. It was without much competition at the time.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:40 PM

Mar 21

There was something for everyone in the family.

debm55

(44,426 posts)

5. I agree. As time went on there were a lot more.shows with different varieties of acts.

Reply to pandr32 (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:42 PM

Mar 21

TexLaProgressive

(12,484 posts)

4. Ed had great guests

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:41 PM

Mar 21

But Carol has my heart. Yes it was a different format than the Really good shoe. But it was loads of fun with the regulars and guests.

debm55

(44,426 posts)

6. Oh, Carol"s show was my second. I so enjoyed the comedy clips.

Reply to TexLaProgressive (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:44 PM

Mar 21

MiHale

(11,620 posts)

7. Never missed Ed...but that really was my parents show...

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:46 PM

Mar 21

Carol Burnett and laugh-in along with Hee-Haw…rural roots are hard to shake.

debm55

(44,426 posts)

10. I agree with you MiHale. Loved watching Carol's show. Ed Sullivan was my parent's show.

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:51 PM

Mar 21

Deuxcents

(22,045 posts)

8. The Smothers Brothers show

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:47 PM

Mar 21

debm55

(44,426 posts)

11. Oh yes, great show. Thank you Deuxcents.

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #8)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:53 PM

Mar 21

rampartd

(1,842 posts)

16. winner

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 01:08 PM

Mar 21

Eugene

(64,753 posts)

12. The Carol Burnett Show

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:54 PM

Mar 21

That's the show I watched most regularly.
I also liked Flip Wilson and the short-lived
Captain and Tennille show

EYESORE 9001

(28,200 posts)

13. I had a thing for The Hollywood Palace

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:54 PM

Mar 21

Ran on Saturday nights on ABC, to the best of my recollection.

The Blue Flower

(5,827 posts)

15. The Steve allen show

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 01:00 PM

Mar 21

It was on opposite Ed Sullivan. Always funnier. I also like Ernie Kovacs. Anyone remember his show?

boonecreek

(872 posts)

23. Oh yeah.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Reply #15)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:24 PM

Mar 21

The Nairobi Trio, Percy Dovetonsills, Eugene and those Dutch Masters spots.

The Blue Flower

(5,827 posts)

25. Those were all Ernie Kovac's creations

Reply to boonecreek (Reply #23)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 04:02 PM

Mar 25

He was way before his time.

JoseBalow

(7,368 posts)

17. I was a big fan of The Flip Wilson Show

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 01:15 PM

Mar 21

FM123

(10,248 posts)

28. Me too!

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #17)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 04:17 PM

Mar 25

"The devil made me do it"

displacedvermoter

(3,718 posts)

18. Smothers Brothers

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 01:42 PM

Mar 21

Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell also really good.

Sullivan was great, though. Beatles, Stones, Doors, Topo Gigot, Jose Jimenez (Bill Dana).

AllaN01Bear

(24,997 posts)

19. muppets variety hour .

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 02:01 PM

Mar 21

RoadRunner

(4,652 posts)

20. Mickey Mouse Club

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 02:02 PM

Mar 21

That Annette Funicello still haunts me to this day.

LogDog75

(420 posts)

21. I loved The Carol Burnett Show

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 02:51 PM

Mar 21

Ed Sullivan was good for the variety of acts and it was probably the TV version of Vaudeville. However, The Carol Burnett Show had a set cast of talented actors who would appear every week.

Dorothy V

(321 posts)

22. We never missed Ed Sullivan!

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Fri Mar 21, 2025, 03:13 PM

Mar 21

I loved Carol Burnett and the Smothers Brothers. Sad to say, nowadays most things on TV are regrettable.

boonecreek

(872 posts)

24. We had a few.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 06:27 PM

Mar 21

The Danny Kaye Show, The Johnathon Winters Show and later the Carol Burnett Show.

brush

(59,758 posts)

27. We gotta include "Saturday Night Live", todays version of a variety show...

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 04:17 PM

Mar 25

with a cast of repeating stars and guests. There was also "Second City" too.

applegrove

(125,895 posts)

29. I used to watch Carole Burnett reruns after highschool

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 04:20 PM

Mar 25

when I was 18. Such a light.

Squeaky41

(349 posts)

30. Favorites

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 04:40 PM

Mar 25

Show of Shows with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Howie Morris, Carl Reiner.

Summer replacement was Ernie Kovacs.

Red Skelton was very funny.

Different Drummer

(9,079 posts)

31. Ed Sullivan Show for me.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 07:24 PM

Mar 25

Especially the episodes that featured The Muppets and/or Topo Gigio.

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