S8 E1 • with Jim Nabors

The opening number of this eighth-season episode is called "With An A,B,C." Dancers hold up large cards with letters, forming one word after another until they spell out, "Carol Burnett Show ." It's appropriate because the appeal of The Carol Burnett Show was indeed as simple as A-B-C. Do I need to spell it out for you, each week, staged the equivalent of a Broadway musical-comedy revue. Carol's good buddy Jim Nabors sings "One Life," returning to appear with Carol, Harvey Korman and Vicki Lawrence in the "Gunslinger" comedy sketch and the song-and-dance finale, "Rimshot." Carol, Vicki and Harvey also appears in what was only the second "Family" sketch, with Eunice,, Ed and Mama trying to maintain a loving spirit after returning home from church.

Première diffusion : 14 septembre 1974

S8 E2 • with Steve Lawrence

Première diffusion : 21 septembre 1974

S8 E3 • with James Coco

· ""One Way Ticket"" – star-crossed lovers on a cruise · ""Parkay Margarine"" – a woman argues with her tub of margarine · ""Krojack"" · ""Blind Date"" – a man (James) is nervous

Première diffusion : 28 septembre 1974

S8 E4 • with Jack Weston and Michele Lee

· Salute to Stephen Sondheim

Première diffusion : 5 octobre 1974

S8 E5 • with Telly Savalas and The Smothers Brothers

Another eighth-season treat, this episode features the Smothers Brothers, as well as Telly Savalas, then in his second CBS season as lollipop-licking police lieutenant Theo Kojak. In 1974, Kojak was a Sunday-night series for the network. Just a few years earlier, the Smothers Brothers also had a Sunday-night series on CBS but their relationship with the network was not so amicable. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-69) was canceled after many fights with the CBS censors and management over material and guest stars. After Dick Smothers tries to get through a song, frequently interrupted by his brother, of course, Tommy returns to play Eunice's hospitalized brother in the third "Family" sketch. Telly Savalas sings "Rubber Bands and Bits of String," then appears in the "Broken Merger" sketch with Harvey Korman.

Première diffusion : 12 octobre 1974

S8 E6 • with Eydie Gorme and Rich Little

· Salute to Alfred Hitchcock · ""Silent Night"" – a couple argues through actions, not words

Première diffusion : 26 octobre 1974

S8 E7 • with Alan King and Lena Zavaroni

· ""Sidewalk Stars"" – two old movie stars are reunited at the Hollywood Walk of Fame · ""Fans"" – fans at a baseball game · ""The Package"" – a woman claims a gift that she finds at a bus stop

Première diffusion : 2 novembre 1974

S8 E8 • with John Byner and Ken Mars

· ""Mr. Globe"" contest · Vicki sings ""Rolling Down The Hills"" · ""The Kiss-off"" – a woman (Carol) makes a scene in a restaurant while breaking up with her boyfriend · ""The Soap Opera Watcher"" – a woman (Carol) is addicted to soap operas · ""Dreams"" – a married couple each dream that they are with other people

Première diffusion : 9 novembre 1974

S8 E9 • with John Byner and Helen Reddy

· ""The Pick-ups"" – two men try to pick up women at a singles bar · ""The Family"" – playing the board game ""Sorry"" · Salute to Women Songwriters

Première diffusion : 16 novembre 1974

S8 E10 • with Maggie Smith and Tim Conway

Maggie Smith and Tim Conway are the guest stars for this eighth-season episode. That's right. Although Tim, like Steve Lawrence, was a frequent visitor to The Carol Burnett Show, he didn't become a regular until the fall of 1975. "Tim was on the show all the time," Carol says, "but we didn't make him a genuine regular until the 9th year. How stupid were we? Finally, it was like, 'Duh! Why don't we have him on every week. What's our problem?" During the question and answer period with the studio audience, Carol is asked to name her favorite "rock star." She answers with the name of another familiar guest star on her show: Rock Hudson (he is a rock, and he is a star). Maggie Smith, then on tour with Noel Coward's Private Lives, enjoyed the experience so much, she returned the following season for another turn as guest star.

Première diffusion : 23 novembre 1974

S8 E11 • with Steve Lawrence, Tim Conway, and Steven Warner

Première diffusion : 7 décembre 1974

S8 E12 • with Carl Reiner and Ken Berry

This eighth season show features another of Carol's favorite guests, Ken Berry, who gives them the old "Razzle Dazzle" in a late-1800's barbershop number. The former F-Tropp and Mayberry star also plays Hamlet in a clever musical spoof of the Shakespearean tragedy about the melancholy Dane ("the boy in black is blue"). Harvey does double duty as erudite host Alister Cookie and King Claudius, while Carl Reiner, creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show, contributes a spirited portrayal as the ghost of Hamlet's father (whose having such a great time in the afterlife, he doesn't want to be avenged). That's after Carl saves the day in the Airport '75 parody, "Disaster '75" (with Carol and Harvey on board as Norma Desmond and Max).

Première diffusion : 14 décembre 1974

S8 E13 • with Alan Alda

Five-time Emmy winner Alan Alda (Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H) appears in a "Family" sketch as Eunice's brother Larry, a commercial artist who makes the dreadful mistake of getting home for a Christmas visit. Alan then appears with Carol in the "Nobody Does It Like Me" sketch (playing a put-upon department store Santa) and "Morton of the Movies" (as a shy fellow who can only woo a girl by using dialogue from favorite films). The big finale, "Take Me Back to Manhattan," features songs about the Big Apple: "East Side, West Side," "New York, New York (A Hell of a Town)," "The Lullaby of Broadway," "I'll Take Manhattan" and "How About You." Alan later cast Carol in The Four Seasons, The 1981 film he directed.

Première diffusion : 21 décembre 1974

S8 E14 • with Vincent Price and Joan Rivers

Before her talk shows and her many red-carpet stints with daughter Melissa at award shows, Joan Rivers brought her stand-up comedy act to The Carol Burnett Show for this eighth-season episode. The other guest star, making his third appearance in three seasons, is that horror star who could make you scream with laughter, Vincent Price. Carol and Vicki Lawrence sing "Born in Brooklyn," a number about famous entertainers from Brooklyn (a show-business honor role that includes Joan Rivers). And later, Vincent and Vicki play ambitious understudies to ham actors (Carol and Harvey Korman). both guest stars have key roles in "The Walnuts," a parody of another hit CBS series, The Waltons. The finale, "Sarah and the Moose," is a takeoff on Peter and the Wolf, with Vincent as narrator, Joan as Sarah, the forest Ranger and Harvey as the moose.

Première diffusion : 4 janvier 1975

S8 E15 • with Tim Conway

· ""Pirates of Penzance"" takeoff

Première diffusion : 11 janvier 1975

S8 E16 • with William Conrad and The Jackson Five

William Conrad, nearing the end of his five-year CBS run as portly detective Frank Cannon, is the guest star for his eighth-season episode that also features The Jackson Five making the second of three appearances on The Carol Burnett Show). The brothers perform "The Life of the Party," returning for the musical finale, a rousing salute to such musical groups as The Mills Brothers, The Andrews Sisters, The Coasters, And The Supreme's. The Cannon star shows his versatility by singing a "Movies Were Movies" tribute to silent-comedy stars, then slipping into a mime routine as Oliver Hardy. He next shows his flair for comedy in a sketch with Harvey (they're doctors and golfing buddies). But the highlight is his portrayal of Willy, the widowed Mama's wealthy suitor in the "Family" sketch titled "The Gentleman Caller."

Première diffusion : 25 janvier 1975

S8 E17 • with Tim Conway and The Pointer Sisters

· ""Up Your Income"" – Stella Toddler (Carol) appears on a game show · ""Nora Desmond"" – Max finds a substitute for himself (Tim)

Première diffusion : 8 février 1975

S8 E18 • with Rock Hudson and Nancy Walker

Rock Hudson turns song-and-dance man for two segments, both featuring his McMillan & Wife co-star, Nancy Walker (also known as Ida Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda). First, very tall Rock and very short Nancy team up for an up-and-down rendition of "Mine." Then the guest stars join Carol and the cast for "When My Baby Laughs at Me," a spoof of When My Baby Smiles at Me, the 1948 film with Betty Grable and Dan Dailey. Carol Burnett Show announcer Ernie Anderson, Tim Conway's close friend and for many years "the voice" of ABC on promotional spots, makes a brief appearance in this movie parody. Rock plays Skip Hoot, the vaudeville golden boy who turns into a fourteen-carat heel when he walks out on , his devoted wife and show business partner (Carol).

Première diffusion : 15 février 1975

S8 E19 • with Tim Conway and Dick Patterson

During the opening question-and-answer period of this eighth-season episode, Carol does her famous Tarzan yell and lets a man from the audience feel her double-jointed hip. How's that for versatility? As the old show business expression goes, you ain't seen nuthin' yet. Almost every show displayed Carol's gifts as an all-around entertainer: comedian, singer, dancer, character actress. After chatting with the studio audience, she plays Eunice in a "Family" sketch about mama falling and needing a wheelchair, sings the duet "If mama was Married" with Vicki Lawrence (Harvey Korman making an appearance as Mama Marcus), appears in a skit with Harvey about a wishing well and plays Cleopatra in the production number finale that includes such songs as "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "Up a Lazy River." Also featured is an Oldest Man skit with Tim Conway.

Première diffusion : 22 février 1975

S8 E20 • with Wayne Rogers and Buddy Ebson

· WWII sketch

Première diffusion : 8 mars 1975

S8 E21 • with Roddy McDowall and Bernadette Peters

Three actors played Eunice's brothers in "Family" sketches: Roddy McDowall, Tom Smothers and Alan Alda (a fourth brother, Vinton, was played by Ken Berry in the signoff series, Mama's Family). This eight-season show marks the second of Roddy's three appearances as Philip, a Nobel Prize-winning writer whose success is lost on Eunice (Carol), Ed (Harvey Korman) and Mama (Vicki Lawrence). Roddy also appears in one of the series' sharpest movie parodies, "The Lady Heir," a terrific take-off on The Heiress. The episode's other guest star, Bernadette Peters, sings "All That Jazz," appears with Carol in a bit about typists who are the same type and joins the company for the mini-musical Paris finale (featuring the songs of Fiddler on the Roof composers Harnick and Bock).

Première diffusion : 15 mars 1975

S8 E22 • with Steve Lawrence and Sally Struthers

· ""The Boring Twenties"" – takeoff on ""The Roaring Twenties""

Première diffusion : 22 mars 1975

S8 E23 • with Jean Stapleton and Phil Silvers

Two Emmy-winning television legends guest star in this eighth-season episode of The Carol Burnett Show. Jean Stapleton claimed three Emmys for playing lovable dingbat Edith Bunker on another long-running CBS series, All in the Family. Former vaudeville and burlesque comic Phil Silvers struck Emmy gold in 1956 for his high-energy portrayal of Sgt. Ernie Bilko, the Army's fastest-talking con man, on The Phil Silvers Show: You'll Never Get Rich. The episode begins with Carol's parody of Cher, who would be her guest star later that year. it ends with a musical number that features Silvers reprising his Bilko character. Between these segments, Stapleton shows the audience a very un-Edith side with a rendition of Stephen Sondheim's "Losing My Mind." She also plays a militant women's-libber in a sketch with Harvey Korman making one misstep after another.

Première diffusion : 29 mars 1975

S8 E24 • Family Show

Harvey Korman once said, "We could always tell how funny a show was by how black and blue Tim was afterwards." Conway gets a full workout in this episode, particularly as "The Oldest Man" running a clock repair shop (and trying to fix a grandfather clock by wedging himself inside it.) This season finale features some memorable moments, including a very pregnant Vicki Lawrence doing a duet of lullabies and nursery rhymes with Carol, and Carol singing the rare full version of the show's theme song(written by then husband and show producer Joe Hamilton.) Also, Carol sidesteps any audience requests for a Tarzan yell by running a montage of her best yells from all previous seasons.

Première diffusion : 5 avril 1975