It is classic comedy. Nothing offensive, just funny. Mrs. Wiggins was one of my favourite skits on the Carol Burnett Show. Another classic skit was the Gone With the Wind skit, with Carol as Scarlett and Harvey Korman as Rhett Butler. Thanks so much for this. 👏👏🇨🇦
The Carol Burnett Show was the best...Mrs. Wiggins sketches were funny...not this one...left me bored! I guess they cannot all be winners but this show was on for 11 years because most were.
Tim Conway was a real genius at twisting characters and situations. His son is a radio host and you can hear the strand of humor that he learned from his dad.
I always thought, when watching these shows when first broadcast on the late 1980s and 1990s, that Mr. Tudball was Swedish. We have many folks of Swedish descent in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The Carol Burnett Show originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 279 episodes, and again with nine episodes in fall 1991. It starred Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner. In 1975, frequent guest star Tim Conway became a regular cast member after Waggoner left the series.
@@clarityofmind7317 The show was briefly revived on the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) in 1979 as Carol Burnett & Company and again on CBS as The Carol Burnett Show in 1991, but neither incarnation lasted a full season.
The Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins skits were introduced in the ninth season (1975-1976) of The Carol Burnett Show when Tim Conway became a regular on the show after Lyle Waggoner left the show. I also thought Mr. Tudball was from Sweden by his accent when I first watched these skits in the 1970s.
This was done live & was like the first Saturday Night Live. A show full of the same cast, often with a celebrity guest doing several sketches weekly. The difference was that it was a family show & the kiddos could laugh too. Jokes over their heads were saucy not vulgar. I'm 71 & grew up watching this show.
Carol Burnett used to open each show with audience Q&A - oftentimes someone would request her Tarzan yell and she'd do it! She's had a brilliant career doing comedy but also singing with her guest stars... Also the Gone With the Wind skit is entitled "Went" with the Wind.
In many versions of this skit, Carol would pretend to chew her fingernails to keep from laughing. Thing was that Tim Conway would follow the written script for rehersal, but when they were on stage live, what he did had nothing to do with the words in the script -- all through each show, everyone always ended up laughing.
The dimwitted secretary that Carol Burnett is playing is largely inspired by theTIGHT DRESS that the only way to wear the dress is to stick her butt out.All of the costumes on the Carol Burnett show were designed by LEGENDARY Designer Bob Mackie who also has designed dresses for the Sonny and Cher show where the Carol Burnett show and The Sonny and Cher show were filmed in the same studio!
I especially like the Miss Wiggins/Mr. Tudball skit "The Vending Machine" and watch Harvey Korman working SO hard to not giggle and keep it together. Tim Conway had "other plans" about that.
Needed a good laugh today ..I probably watched all of these shows back in the day I think it was on every Sunday night. I Hope you do more ..what talented people .. this was great TV back in the day!
@@scottnielsen1553 His accent is actually Romanian. "Mrs. Wiggins" features two characters created by Tim Conway: Mr. Bernie Tudball (played by Conway) and Mrs. Wanda Wiggins (played by Carol Burnett). Vicki Lawrence would occasionally play Mr. Tudball's wife. Mr. Tudball is a businessman with an off-color toupee and a mock Romanian accent, pronouncing his secretary's name "Mrs. Uh-Whiggins".[2] Mrs. Wiggins is his secretary, a "bimbo who the IQ fairy never visited".[3] She was notably recognized by how she walked in her skirt, as designed by Bob Mackie, and her near-constant fingernail filing and gum chewing. The sketches center on Mr. Tudball's frustration over Mrs. Wiggins' dimwittedness, such as not being able to properly use the office intercom system. Wikipeadia
Classic comedy from back in the day. Gotta love it. Their live skits were more like a group of actors just getting together to have fun and that was conveyed to the audience. Thanks for doing this one guys. Another great reaction as always.
I grew up watching the Carol Burnett Show every week. You want to see her spoof of Gone With The Wind spoof. Harvey Corman and Lyle Wagner were her secret weapons. I was thrilled to be able to see them perform live a few years ago. Watching this today, I’m reminded how slow TV entertainment was back then.
I'm so glad y'all reacted to this skit. When I was a kid watching the show these characters were my favorites. I have wondered if it would still read today. The story goes that Bob Mackie who dressed Carol Burnett as well as other tv celebrities accidentally made the backside of Mrs Wiggins skirt to large. Carol decided to go with it and walk in that way with her caboose stuck out as part of the character.
Every Sunday my family would watch "The Caroll Burnett Show ". Whenever they did this bit we knew we would be laughing hard enough to pee ourselves. Tim Conway was so funny.😇
Tudball & Mrs. Ha-Wiggins was a recurring sketch. The cast of the Carol Burnett Show were the best. The humor was corny as hell, but it had to be to be on TV. But the improv skills of the entire cast was beyond question. Breaking character for laughing was a frequent occurrence.
I grew up watching Carol Burnett and company, still love these skits. There's an outtake with Tim Conway, Vickie (sp?) Lawrence , Carol, and Harvey Korman: Tim goes off script and tells a joke about Siamese twin elephants, keeping the other three histerically incapacitated. Vickie gets the last laugh, a one-liner that will live forever! Thank you for sharing, you've a new subscriber in the mountains of far west Texas. Looking forward to your next offering, Happy Trails!😁
I grew up watching this show. Funniest stuff ever on tv. Loved her spoofs of classic movies: Mildred Fierce (Carol as Joan Crawford), Babes in Barns( spoof of Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney) and of course the best was "Went With The Wind". I also loved her "Family" skits. They were never really written as comedy, but they were hilarious. And her spoofs of Queen Elizabeth II were spot on.
That skit was so popular that they spun off a show starting Vicki Lawrence,called Mama's Family. Carol Burnette and Harvey Korman made a guest appearance as Eunice and Ed,once,that I know of.
Another great one guys. Loved the Carol Burnett show, such an amazing cast. I still laugh at these skits no matter how many times I've seen them. Thanks for the laughter guys. Peace and blessings to all.
The same night (Saturday) that the Burnett show aired, it followed a killer lineup of great comedy to check out: Bob Newhart show, Mary Tyler Moore Show, All in the Family and MASH.
Her name was always pronounced Mrs. Ah-Wiggins. Don't remember a specific episode but watching her sharpen a pencil always had me laughing till I cried. Being a secretary, I loved Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Ah-Wiggins.
As Mr Tudball, whenever Tim had a line where he thought he said something clever, he had this silly laugh that sounded like "Tih huu tih huu tih huu". That always cracked me up. I found it interesting what you said about Mrs Whiggans being based on an actual employee. I heard Tim say that Mr. Tudball's accent was based on a real person he worked for as a young man.
I remember the show, one of several I used to watch a million years ago - why did these shows stop being popular? Or is it just that networks stopped carrying it.
Other skits from the Carol Burnett show I think you'd like are: No Frills Airline No Frills gas station The Family that Doesn't Belong in a Fancy Restaurant
I had to look up what kind of accent Mr. Tudball had and it seems it was supposed to be Romanian! I never would have guessed. My father thought it was some Scandinavian language, a wise choice because no one makes fun of Scandinavians. Now that I hear it again, it does sound Eastern European. I'd love to hear why Tim Conway chose it.
If u guys enjoy Tim Conways comedy, please watch all the episodes where he has the cast hysterical and unablre to read their lines. Harvey Korman could never stay serious with Tim.. Tim Conway is a legend!!!!!!
I love you guys! Yes! QUITE "Fawlty Tower-esk!!!" June from Maine USAnnn You two guys have GOT to watch more of "Boss Tudball & Mrs. h-Wiggins!" And "As the Stomach Turns." A take on "As the World Turns," ...ah...yeah....I think I had already mentioned that....sorry,
Loved the Carol Burnett show. Would watch it with my folks in the 70s when i was a kid. I think she's largely responsible for my wacky sense of humor. Little known fact, the costume designer, Bob Mackey, is largely responsible for the success of this skit. Mrs. Wiggins was initially written to be an old woman. But Bob told Carol she should instead be a young, ditzy blond, and he made the costume as though she were. When Carol said that the she didn't have enough butt to fill out the skirt, he told her to stick her butt out when she walks. And voila, Mrs. Wiggens was born.
Tim Conway was basically bald. So they often gave him "mop top" wigs to play certaib characters that were technically not supposed to bevbald in the skit
I left the old country in 1980 and grew up with Monty Python but this was the funniest show i have ever seen. Carol is a great entertainer but Tim Conway was the most talented ad lib comedian ther will ever be,a script meant nothing to him.
Tim Conway inserted ad-libs all the time. Carol was better about not breaking character or laughing than Harvey Corman was. Tim could almost always break Harvey. In this sketch, I think I can tell which lines are ad-libbed by the laughs from the audience. I can hear a director, a producer or maybe Harvey Corman laugh loudly behind the scenes after an ad-lib.
This is one of the best TV shows in US history.
They were all great actors and were adlib geniuses.
😂🤣😅
Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicky Lawrence...Comedy Gold
Lyle Waggoner also
No doubt! They were so good. Especially when they made mistakes. LOL
@@AlexanderCalderon-kd6mh Dick Van Dyke & Ken Berry, too.
The dentist skit is one of the funniest ever!
They have already reacted to that one if you want to check it out.😊
@firefighterchick I missed it. I will definitely check it out. Thanks.
@denisegeary6603 they've done a total of 4 reactions to this show before today as well. 😊
You’ve opened up a whole can of worms!! This was the best comedy show ever!!
They have reacted to this show before if you want to check it out 😊
Do Gone With The Wind. You'll find that as funny if not funnier as the ones you've already done. They are geniuses of comedy.
Exactly what I was going to recommend! “I saw it in the window and I just couldn’t resist it.” 🤣
The name of the skit is “Went with the Wind”. The Miss Starlett dress is in the Smithsonian!
The Elephant Story at Mama's House is the Top
It is classic comedy. Nothing offensive, just funny. Mrs. Wiggins was one of my favourite skits on the Carol Burnett Show. Another classic skit was the Gone With the Wind skit, with Carol as Scarlett and Harvey Korman as Rhett Butler. Thanks so much for this. 👏👏🇨🇦
Harvey Korman!
@@ledzepgirlnmful Haha. I know his name was Korman. I sometimes hate spell check. 🙂
Went with the Wind
The Carol Burnett Show was the best...Mrs. Wiggins sketches were funny...not this one...left me bored! I guess they cannot all be winners but this show was on for 11 years because most were.
Those are my favorites also! They had me rolling on the ground laughing almost to the point of not being able to breathe anymore. Such Geniuses!
Tim Conway was a real genius at twisting characters and situations. His son is a radio host and you can hear the strand of humor that he learned from his dad.
The elephant story and Tim's Dentist skit were TV history. Too funny you would split a gut!
This such a great show! They still play reruns of it. Still funny all these years later.
I always thought, when watching these shows when first broadcast on the late 1980s and 1990s, that Mr. Tudball was Swedish. We have many folks of Swedish descent in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The Carol Burnett Show originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 279 episodes, and again with nine episodes in fall 1991. It starred Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner. In 1975, frequent guest star Tim Conway became a regular cast member after Waggoner left the series.
@@clarityofmind7317 The show was briefly revived on the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) in 1979 as Carol Burnett & Company and again on CBS as The Carol Burnett Show in 1991, but neither incarnation lasted a full season.
The Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins skits were introduced in the ninth season (1975-1976) of The Carol Burnett Show when Tim Conway became a regular on the show after Lyle Waggoner left the show.
I also thought Mr. Tudball was from Sweden by his accent when I first watched these skits in the 1970s.
This was done live & was like the first Saturday Night Live. A show full of the same cast, often with a celebrity guest doing several sketches weekly. The difference was that it was a family show & the kiddos could laugh too. Jokes over their heads were saucy not vulgar. I'm 71 & grew up watching this show.
It wasnt live
Mr. Tudball was modeled on Tim Conway's Romanian Godfather who came to the house every week for Sunday dinner.
Carol Burnett used to open each show with audience Q&A - oftentimes someone would request her Tarzan yell and she'd do it! She's had a brilliant career doing comedy but also singing with her guest stars... Also the Gone With the Wind skit is entitled "Went" with the Wind.
And tugging her ear at the end of each show
Went With The Wind next, please
In many versions of this skit, Carol would pretend to chew her fingernails to keep from laughing. Thing was that Tim Conway would follow the written script for rehersal, but when they were on stage live, what he did had nothing to do with the words in the script -- all through each show, everyone always ended up laughing.
The dimwitted secretary that Carol Burnett is playing is largely inspired by theTIGHT DRESS that the only way to wear the dress is to stick her butt out.All of the costumes on the Carol Burnett show were designed by LEGENDARY Designer Bob Mackie who also has designed dresses for the Sonny and Cher show where the Carol Burnett show and The Sonny and Cher show were filmed in the same studio!
Yes you are correct as well I met cher She's fabulous
I miss the Carol Burnett Show. All of them were so talented and hilarious.
I especially like the Miss Wiggins/Mr. Tudball skit "The Vending Machine" and watch Harvey Korman working SO hard to not giggle and keep it together. Tim Conway had "other plans" about that.
The Carol Burnett Show - "The Interrogator" featuring Lyle Wagoner, Harvey Corman and Tim Conway as The Interrogator 😮😅!
When Conway pulled out the puppet I was rolling on floor the first time I saw it. I was most definitely not expecting that.
Needed a good laugh today ..I probably watched all of these shows back in the day I think it was on every Sunday night. I Hope you do more ..what talented people .. this was great TV back in the day!
You need to see the "Elephant skit." It is a all time classic.
There's the "Cannonball" sketch. Conway/Korman classic showing off Conway's physical comedy genius.
Carol Burnett Show established some brilliantly comical characters, and Mrs. Wiggins and Mr. Tudball were two of them.
And we definitely cannot forget Mama, Eunice and Ed!
By the way, it's a Swedish accent. Not many comedians do that accent. 🙂
I always thought Mr Tudball was Norwegian. At least I knew he was Scandinavian.
@@scottnielsen1553 His accent is actually Romanian.
"Mrs. Wiggins" features two characters created by Tim Conway: Mr. Bernie Tudball (played by Conway) and Mrs. Wanda Wiggins (played by Carol Burnett). Vicki Lawrence would occasionally play Mr. Tudball's wife. Mr. Tudball is a businessman with an off-color toupee and a mock Romanian accent, pronouncing his secretary's name "Mrs. Uh-Whiggins".[2] Mrs. Wiggins is his secretary, a "bimbo who the IQ fairy never visited".[3] She was notably recognized by how she walked in her skirt, as designed by Bob Mackie, and her near-constant fingernail filing and gum chewing. The sketches center on Mr. Tudball's frustration over Mrs. Wiggins' dimwittedness, such as not being able to properly use the office intercom system. Wikipeadia
Said something wrong to my wife (not sure what it was) so here I am. again. This makes me smile.
Always loved Mr. Tudball's accent even though we don't where it's from. lol
Supposed to be a Swedish accent.
The Carol Burnett show was always funny !
Carol Burnett and company could and still can make a rock laugh. That’s how funny they are.
Classic comedy from back in the day. Gotta love it. Their live skits were more like a group of actors just getting together to have fun and that was conveyed to the audience. Thanks for doing this one guys. Another great reaction as always.
Agreed they were all adlib geniuses. 😅
I grew up watching the Carol Burnett Show every week. You want to see her spoof of Gone With The Wind spoof. Harvey Corman and Lyle Wagner were her secret weapons. I was thrilled to be able to see them perform live a few years ago.
Watching this today, I’m reminded how slow TV entertainment was back then.
How they tried to crack eachother up during the live performances is gold level.
The family “sorry” game is one of the best carol burnet skits of the “family.”
This show is a comedy goldmine. It was always a highlight of our family TV watching. Great reaction, BPs!
Check out the first episode of the Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins skits. Where Mr. Tudball needs a secretary. That is where the fun starts!
Tim's best bits were his old man sketches
You should check out Carol Burnett as Nora Desmond - silent screen star and The Queen .
I'm so glad y'all reacted to this skit. When I was a kid watching the show these characters were my favorites. I have wondered if it would still read today. The story goes that Bob Mackie who dressed Carol Burnett as well as other tv celebrities accidentally made the backside of Mrs Wiggins skirt to large. Carol decided to go with it and walk in that way with her caboose stuck out as part of the character.
Every Sunday my family would watch "The Caroll Burnett Show
". Whenever they did this bit we knew we would be laughing hard enough to pee ourselves.
Tim Conway was so funny.😇
Tudball & Mrs. Ha-Wiggins was a recurring sketch.
The cast of the Carol Burnett Show were the best. The humor was corny as hell, but it had to be to be on TV. But the improv skills of the entire cast was beyond question. Breaking character for laughing was a frequent occurrence.
I grew up watching Carol Burnett and company, still love these skits. There's an outtake with Tim Conway, Vickie (sp?) Lawrence , Carol, and Harvey Korman: Tim goes off script and tells a joke about Siamese twin elephants, keeping the other three histerically incapacitated. Vickie gets the last laugh, a one-liner that will live forever! Thank you for sharing, you've a new subscriber in the mountains of far west Texas. Looking forward to your next offering, Happy Trails!😁
His accent is an exaggerated Scandinavian-American which one used to hear in Minnesota and the two Dakotas.
I grew up watching this show. Funniest stuff ever on tv. Loved her spoofs of classic movies: Mildred Fierce (Carol as Joan Crawford), Babes in Barns( spoof of Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney) and of course the best was "Went With The Wind". I also loved her "Family" skits. They were never really written as comedy, but they were hilarious. And her spoofs of Queen Elizabeth II were spot on.
This is the funniest sh*t of all!! Carol and Tim kill this. Every scene with them is so well executed. Great character development.
Mr. Tudball is supposed to be Swedish. This was one of my favorite skits from The Carol Burnett Show. This live Saturday night audience was great.
They are both great. Tim Conway is my favorite ❤️
Conway was great addition to the show.
In hindsight, i noticed my parents dressed me like his eunice characterr mickey hart 😅
LOL. Y'all should react to the Family sketches with Carol Burnett as Eunice and Vicki Lawrence as Mama.
That skit was so popular that they spun off a show starting Vicki Lawrence,called Mama's Family.
Carol Burnette and Harvey Korman made a guest appearance as Eunice and Ed,once,that I know of.
Funny stuff! The guy sounds French Canadian to me, not sure if that's what they were going for. 😅😅😅
The show back then were better ,when I was a little girl ,I used to watch The Carol Burnett it would come on every Tuesday night.
Saturdays
it was on Tuesday night where I live !@@hollytooker507
I used to watch this when I was a kid, and it is just as funny now as it was then. The Carol Burnett show was the best comedy on TV.
Love Mrs. AWiggins!
One of the funniest things on the show was when the would get so tickled at their own performance that they would lose it and break up into laughter.
The Carol Burnett Show was a funny show i liked showing. and i have tried to find a way to buy them all but they only sell part of them
Another great one guys. Loved the Carol Burnett show, such an amazing cast. I still laugh at these skits no matter how many times I've seen them. Thanks for the laughter guys. Peace and blessings to all.
You should watch some of the blooper videos
She's trying so hard to not mess up her nails 🤣
I absolutely love Mrs. Wiggins!!!
The same night (Saturday) that the Burnett show aired, it followed a killer lineup of great comedy to check out: Bob Newhart show, Mary Tyler Moore Show, All in the Family and MASH.
Check out "Mr The all needs a secretary". It's a skit that was never aired on tv.
Wonderful reaction to the Queen of Sketch Comedy.
Her name was always pronounced Mrs. Ah-Wiggins. Don't remember a specific episode but watching her sharpen a pencil always had me laughing till I cried. Being a secretary, I loved Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Ah-Wiggins.
Hey guys
Hey Will 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Tim Conway is one of the funniest clean comedians full stop. In their own way, these were the o.g not ready for prime time players
I love the way he says Mrs "Hwiggins".
I think that this is my favorite skit premise. I love these two characters.
Legendary comedy 😅
I loved this show !! 😅🤣😂
Oh thank you so much for this funny memory! I loved her show!!! I'm laughing until crying here! 🤣😊💖🇺🇸
you might consider doing clips from the original night court
As Mr Tudball, whenever Tim had a line where he thought he said something clever, he had this silly laugh that sounded like "Tih huu tih huu tih huu". That always cracked me up. I found it interesting what you said about Mrs Whiggans being based on an actual employee. I heard Tim say that Mr. Tudball's accent was based on a real person he worked for as a young man.
Grew up to this show. Love it.
Family entertainment
That toupee is "The Japanese Sportster Model." ( he had said in another Boss Tudball skit )
I have always loved Mrs ah Wiggins and Mr Tudball
I remember the show, one of several I used to watch a million years ago - why did these shows stop being popular? Or is it just that networks stopped carrying it.
Look up Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins bloopers and there is a 7-minute outtake of the first airing of these characters, and it is hilarious.
He’s using a quasi Minnesota Swedish type accent. 😂
The Fireman skit
Classic ... thanks 🎉
Check out the first episode when Mr. Tudball hires his secretary.
Yes, Fawlty Towers(esque)!! 😂
Other skits from the Carol Burnett show I think you'd like are:
No Frills Airline
No Frills gas station
The Family that Doesn't Belong in a Fancy Restaurant
Do the Gone With The Wind segment of Carol Burnett.
I loved that show!
My favorite was the Gone With the Wind skit.
She did the best movie parodies!
I had to look up what kind of accent Mr. Tudball had and it seems it was supposed to be Romanian! I never would have guessed. My father thought it was some Scandinavian language, a wise choice because no one makes fun of Scandinavians. Now that I hear it again, it does sound Eastern European. I'd love to hear why Tim Conway chose it.
If u guys enjoy Tim Conways comedy, please watch all the episodes where he has the cast hysterical and unablre to read their lines. Harvey Korman could never stay serious with Tim.. Tim Conway is a legend!!!!!!
one thing about Tim Conway he never rehearsed his lines with the others so he often made then break character
That was really good
I love you guys! Yes! QUITE "Fawlty Tower-esk!!!" June from Maine USAnnn
You two guys have GOT to watch more of "Boss Tudball & Mrs. h-Wiggins!" And "As the Stomach Turns." A take on "As the World Turns," ...ah...yeah....I think I had already mentioned that....sorry,
Boys watch the elephant sketch 😂you will pee laughing
Check out the DENTIST sketch.
Your doing yourself an injustice by not watching " The Elephant Story " watch the shorter version to get to Tim Conway breaking character.
Loved the Carol Burnett show. Would watch it with my folks in the 70s when i was a kid. I think she's largely responsible for my wacky sense of humor. Little known fact, the costume designer, Bob Mackey, is largely responsible for the success of this skit. Mrs. Wiggins was initially written to be an old woman. But Bob told Carol she should instead be a young, ditzy blond, and he made the costume as though she were. When Carol said that the she didn't have enough butt to fill out the skirt, he told her to stick her butt out when she walks. And voila, Mrs. Wiggens was born.
She let them do anything!
The Dentist skit
Tim Conway was basically bald. So they often gave him "mop top" wigs to play certaib characters that were technically not supposed to bevbald in the skit
Tim's real secretary became his first wife.
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I left the old country in 1980 and grew up with Monty Python but this was the funniest show i have ever seen. Carol is a great entertainer but Tim Conway was the most talented ad lib comedian ther will ever be,a script meant nothing to him.
Tim Conway inserted ad-libs all the time. Carol was better about not breaking character or laughing than Harvey Corman was. Tim could almost always break Harvey. In this sketch, I think I can tell which lines are ad-libbed by the laughs from the audience. I can hear a director, a producer or maybe Harvey Corman laugh loudly behind the scenes after an ad-lib.