I guess it's not elephants, huh?

[james_davis_nicoll]

I generally lose almost immediately after 1:45....

Comments

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

I loved the Carol Burnett show.

Also, here's a slightly clearer version!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY&NR=1

[austin-dern.livejournal.com]

I made it to ``when one sneezed, the other's eyes would...''

[kithrup.livejournal.com]

"norfft," huh?

I couldn't make out Momma's line.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

I lost it at 40s, and was in tears at around 1:09.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

I loved that show. Not only how funny it was, but how they all appreciated each other and were so real in their responses. I think it made watchers feel that they were sharing in the experience, rather than just watching performers.

[http://users.livejournal.com/krin_o_o_/]

This comes as close to "the killing joke" as is possible, IMHO.

- krin

(the monty python version, not the DC Comics)

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

I had forgotten how much I loved Saturday nights when I was a kid because of that show.

[wipes tears]

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

I saw a Carol Burnett presentation at Duke many many years ago and she talked about that scene. The Show was, generally, run as if it were being shown live; it was as point of pride to them that they re-shot scenes (iirc) 11 times in the 11 years they were on the air.

The entire elephants sequence was ad-libbed when the show was already running behind schedule. Burnett says she was furious at Conway and was trying to give him a "cut this, we have to end" signal, but whenever she looked up, she couldn't stop laughing.

One of the finest moments of television history.