I have over 100 channels and here I am watching TH-cam videos of The Carol Burnett Show because there’s nothing on that even comes close to this nowadays. Carol is pure comic genius! Thank you for posting.
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I know that's right! I grew up watching these episodes and 45 years later I'm still watching them! Some one commented that they felt rather sad for Eunice. I didn't feel sad for Eunice until after her Mom died she thought Ed wanted to get back with her and because of her low self esteem and genuine help for others; she did not even get to go with her brother Phillip to New York and she really wanted to go to see new places and enjoy life's true blessings.
There is something about these comedy sketches with Eunice and Mamma that touches on a sadness at the same time . How many of us are there that have known the deep despair and anger from trying to please someone that never will be pleased no matter how hard you may try .
Regarding this particular sketch: This was very sad and disturbing. Brilliantly written, acted,and directed…and I don’t like watching it. It’s really psychodrama for the writers. The talented Betty White’s character is downright hateful, as is Mama. I much preferred the earlier sketches of “The Family,” such as the three of them playing Sorry, or when Alan Alda, Tommy Smothers, and Roddy McDowell played Eunice’s brothers. Those sketches were funny. But then “The Family” took a dark turn that I detested. Thank goodness they lightened it up again when it morphed into Mama’s Family.
@@rhsharp I agree. It's very reminiscent of the ugly arguments in "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte." Every word is dripping with resentment and cruelty. Betty White's Ellen character is horrid and bitchy, and Mama is unbelievably insensitive. I kept expecting Eunice to shove the cake in either woman's face.
I love watching her acting when she has no lines. The way she looks at people as if she is actually feeling what is going on. Truly something an actor is born with, not taught.
Omgosh right...I watched this as a kid and my kids watch with me my son bought the whole collection on DVD lol now I'm getting the grandkids watching it
And how! I believe the best kind of comedy relates to the masses. We would watch Carol Burnett, Flip Wilson, Maude, All in the Family, Good Times, The Jeffersons,etc.
As a child this was so hilarious. As an adult I can see how dysfunctional it is but the acting is amazing and the skit is entertaining. RIP Betty White.
Me too, I’m 44 and remember watching along with my mom…damn time flies. You’re right, as a youngin you don’t pick up on the underlying deep familial issues.
I tried to watch her SNL show today but it was just awful. She was the only one who was funny and I swear I could see her looking at the others with a look of "How the hell are these morons on TV?" more than once.
@@Dogcatlover2432 Thanks. She had a wide range and a long reign. She’s a rare comedian that bridged so many generations. I look at Tony Bennet in the same way. I’m so glad another generation recognized his charm and let him sing on. My sister, a flight attendant, did an impression of Joan Rivers, while wearing River’s coat. Joan didn’t see it, fortunately.
I used to watch Ed, Momma, and Eunice skits with my parents when I was a young kid in the 1970s. We all laughed and laughed, especially at Eunice when she got upset. Both of my parents have passed, but I can't help but feel like they are laughing right along with me by my side as I watch these today.
I remember watching this as a kid. She would start thev show with questions from the audience. I remember a guy stood up and said, " Can you stop doing Moma's Family? they remind me too much of mt family and I just want to enjoy the show." I never forgot that all those years.
When I watched it as a child I liked the comedy as an adult imo Mom was full of vitriol towards Eunice.Loved Ellen who could care less about her . Ed was unlearned . I too have family members like this if I never see them again it will be too soon.
I was bullied in elementary school. Looking forward to "The Carol Burnett Show" got me through the week. Saturday nights were very Special!❤ Thanks Carol & Company.
Actually I was as well, and sorta adopted the "Eunice type personality" as a defense. I could use many insults I heard from Mama's Family and other similar shows... and most kids had no idea what I was talking about... I got in trouble for calling a girl a "tramp" because I heard Mama call Naomi that lol
@@samueltaylor9254 I thought at the time that their lives were close to perfect but I talked to a couple of them later and you're right. I was wrong. One was being sexually abused by her stepfather and another was verbally abusive to quite a few people. A teacher had heard about her reputation and disliked her for it. I made it through the storm. I know there is a God. Dear God I'm here!
Watching this and remembering the beautiful Betty White. Passed away today at the age of 99, 17 days before her 100th birthday. May she Rest In Peace. ♥️😭
Oh yes, Markxxx. The perfect birthday gift one gotta have is a fly swatter. I found one at the Dollar General just the other day for a phenomenal price of $1.00.
@@kellychuba Ellen was forever dealing with Eunice issues which she had little to do with it. Eunice just had envy that she spread to everyone else lol
Betty White's character, "Ellen" on this show truly shows her talent. It's hard to believe that she also played "Sue Ann" on the "Mary Tyler Moore" show! They're so different!
I just listened to her latest audiobook that I bought the day she died. She spoke about comedic timing, and how important it is, how being slightly off can ruin a scene. This episode was a masterful performance.
Carol is nailing Eunice! Her laughter her sadness....it's a COMPLETE character and as an actor I'm learning so much from her...from everyone actually in The Family
So true. Carol is not only a brilliant comedienne but a great comic actress. Harvey Korman, of course, and Vickie Lawrence too - very good character acting. Many of the great comics were not necessarily good comic actors. Jackie Gleason was another great comic actor.
Jamie Kitchens She really is. She is the only celebrity that if I were to meet, I couldn’t keep it together. I would probably cry and embarrass everyone involved.
Agree. Betty definitely played the pretentious superficial bitch part really well though. Better than any role I've ever seen her do. " And you thought that was fried chicken we ate that night, Eunice!"
lol, Poor Eunice. She tries so hard to make everyone happy and at every turn they use the kind things she does to put her down. The fact that her gift was inviting Ellen over despite her dislike for her completely flew over Mama's head.
Mama likes all the other kids better because they're 'successful' (i.e. got some money, moved elsewhere) in her eyes. Mama sees in Eunice everything she doesn't like about herself and how her life turned out so Eunice gets the brunt of it. They both didn't get the life they really wanted and settled for men that impregnated them. They're 'stuck' in that town and miserable.
For 53, betty white was gorgeous. Its sad she is gone, but she lived a long and fulfilling life! She became so popular amongst the new generation of comedians. Did i mention she was gorgeous?!
Like my late mother used to say after watching this show, "It's just like real life: everything starts out okay in the beginning, but then after a while, everybody's trying to kill each other!" RIP, Mom, you are missed. ❤
Marchant2 They really hold up. I thought Friends was funny when it aired. I tried to watch a few weeks ago, and it is AWFUL. So cringeworthy. Golden Girls and Mama’s Family, which are even older, still seem fresh and funny.
My mom is this way with her oldest daughter who is 32 years old, unemployed with a 5 year old daughter whom all stay with her. It's a really unhealthy relationship.
A lot of families are like this, there will be a sibling that does everything for their mom and the sibling that never comes to visit will be the favorite
I remember watching old episodes of this when I was in high school in 1998 and having a crush on Mama because of the necklace...something about that necklace was sexy to me on her white skin. I think that is when I developed a deep crush on white women.
Betty White Rest In Peace. She was a true legend and will be missed. This was one of my favorite episodes growing up. She is just gorgeous on this episode and many more that followed.
Love mama's family, Eunice is great but Vicki Lawrence is amazing with the character of "Mama" unbelievable, I dont think anyone could do what Vicki does..♥️
I always wanted act as a kid I wrote Vicki lawrece staying that I'd love be on stage with all of them she sent me a photostill of her self signed autographed wishing me luck I taped it on my wall and months later got a small part in a German movie .
“If you value your life….you won’t say one word to me! I have broken my back tonight to make this a nice birthday for you, OL’ LADY!!!!!” The look Mama gives her!!!!ROTFFLMFAO!
“Well sheesh Eunice, it’s been over 15 yrs, I’m sure that big ole fly is dead by now” I haven’t laughed so hard in a while . Thank you for uploading this epic episode
"I still got some of that dried-out pot roast stuck in mah throat!" Thelma just couldn't resist needling Eunice at every opportunity, showing how she contributed heavily, if not entirely, to the formation of Eunice's character and neuroses as an adult. Just brilliant that they were able to do that in a sketch comedy routine, time after time. I can only now truly appreciate the talent of the writers and performers of this skit.
I know this is fiction but it’s rather sad. The smartest one of the entire family is their brother Philip. He left home early to move to California to become a writer and never came back home and limited his contact with immediate family. This is the best way to deal with narcissists. You can empathize why Eunice turned out the way she did. Her mother was a narcissist and used gaslighting against her, and her sister Ellen was a narcissist as well and used gaslighting. Truly, if I were her, I would have divorced that stupid, lazy, penny pinching husband, put that selfish, ungrateful, narcissistic harpy of a mother in a nursing home and forget her, and tell that self centered sister to kiss my narrow ass before leaving town to start my life over and forget everyone of them. No love loss.
For sure. These are brilliant actresses, but this sketch is giving me anxiety, because it’s a prime example of the subtle and sometimes not so subtle emotional abuse that goes on within too many families.
Gosh, that was downright painful. Very hard to watch. Reminded me of something that would have been written by Tennessee Williams. I don’t know how they delivered every line, live, so perfectly. Amazing talent all around. Incredible, and that’s what made it so painful for a viewer who came from the same kind of family.
I'm a young person born generations from her, and yet she still had a remarkable impact on my life. Her presence in Golden Girls was something that saw me through a lot of dark times in my youth, giving her gift for infectious laughter and light-hearted charm. She was a true gem, and I hear an even more delightful and dazzling soul off-screen. She will be so greatly missed, but her legend lives on in her film and the many lives she touched. Love you, Betty.
As a child watching this rerun, I did laugh at the accent and crazy antics. Now as an adult. You see how painful the reality is. Too many of us have felt the same way. Being less favored while the other sibling is loved more😳😳
This is just another example of how you have to love even family members from a distance, because some of them are just messy as heck. Remember this: Hurting people like to hurt other people. Eunice always made the effort to get along, she shouldn't have let her mama or Ellen get to her the way she did. All that did was give them more power, I would've been done with both of them and told them you know where the door is and use it. I still love you with the love of the Lord and both of you are in my prayers. Good night to you both. That's how you deal with miserable people who think they're more than what they actually are. Don't even let people like that get to you. Eunice needed to be around people that made her better rather than being around those who did nothing but put her down. Leave them where you found them!
This is why the family sketch "Friend From The Past" is so magical. It's the only time we see a friend of Eunice's on camera who clearly loves her and tries to look out for her... and who also has 0 patience for the machinations of Mama.
I cannot believe I am laughing hard again when I have seen this already. The line “look here Missy I want to know who this Duke Reeves is” by Harvey was hilarious.
BRING THE PAYNE 75 Exactly! I watch it on TH-cam every night while getting ready for bed. I’m afraid I’m missing some episodes though! Do you just watch them on here only?
I remember All in the Family and Carol Burnett on Saturday nights. Then All in the Family switched to Sundays. Carol Burnett was on after The Mary Tyler Moore and The Bob Newhart Shows.
All my years of growing up and seeing Betty White all I thought was there's and older lady. Now that I'm almost 60, I look at this video and think, damn, she is a good looking woman!
Masterpiece!!!! Laughter is the BEST medicine!!!! I need hip surgeries and Carol Show is making me laugh and getting my mind off of it!!!! God bless you for sharing and God bless the viewers too!!!!
Those were the days. Loved these shows. You never knew what to expect, that was the fun of it all. Great comedy. No jabbing remarks at the outside World, about what was going outside the family. It was all in the family. These are beautiful talented people, that made life funny about everyday life occurrences. Miss those family shows, we watched as a family, with hot cocoa, popcorn or coffee, tea & dessert. Thank you guys. God bless them for what they did to make us laugh.
What a Wonderful company of actors. Carol the icon, Betty the legend, Harvey the consummate and Vicki Lawrence who started at Carol's knee and made herself a comedic genius. Thanks, for the memories.
I have an aunt like Ellen. Cheerful smile followed by back handed compliments every time she opens her mouth. Thank God we only see her once a year.
Ya I don't like Ellen's character.
And I'd be lobbing those backhanded compliments right back to her. 🎾
I had an aunt like Eunice I dreaded playing board games with her
You know the old saying: "You can pick your friends, but you can never pick, your family"!!! This show (at least for me), always comes to mind 😁!!!
😂😂😂😂😂👍
Wow, these skits were deeper than I remembered as a child.
Yeah this shit raw..
so true
Yep !
I have over 100 channels and here I am watching TH-cam videos of The Carol Burnett Show because there’s nothing on that even comes close to this nowadays. Carol is pure comic genius!
Thank you for posting.
You win best comment...soooo true.
SummerRain368 exactly. Pure raw unedited timeless Carol Burnett comedy
NGD I love The Carol Burnett Show and I am going. To subscribe toTH-cam Videos in order to enjoy a much happier time. Thanks. for the memories. Catherine Thunder
Amen
I know that's right! I grew up watching these episodes and 45 years later I'm still watching them! Some one commented that they felt rather sad for Eunice. I didn't feel sad for Eunice until after her Mom died she thought Ed wanted to get back with her and because of her low self esteem and genuine help for others; she did not even get to go with her brother Phillip to New York and she really wanted to go to see new places and enjoy life's true blessings.
Betty White and Carol Burnett are just chewing through the scenery here. More acting talent in this episode than ten Oscar winning movies together!
And Vicki Lawrence?
@@zyxzyx3030 that's right
That's right . Miss these types of shows
@@zyxzyx3030 if you look close Vicky Lawrence has a ghostly shadow behind her😱 I had heard that set was haunted
So true
Mama's family is one of the only shows that makes me laugh out loud still 40 years later.
Well said ! Same here
All in the Family and Mama's Family: Eternal Comedy Gold and Clean Content. Love Married with Children too! I own each series ❤
So true 😂😂 I can watch the reruns over and over again😊😊
There is something about these comedy sketches with Eunice and Mamma that touches on a sadness at the same time . How many of us are there that have known the deep despair and anger from trying to please someone that never will be pleased no matter how hard you may try .
Regarding this particular sketch: This was very sad and disturbing. Brilliantly written, acted,and directed…and I don’t like watching it. It’s really psychodrama for the writers. The talented Betty White’s character is downright hateful, as is Mama. I much preferred the earlier sketches of “The Family,” such as the three of them playing Sorry, or when Alan Alda, Tommy Smothers, and Roddy McDowell played Eunice’s brothers. Those sketches were funny. But then “The Family” took a dark turn that I detested. Thank goodness they lightened it up again when it morphed into Mama’s Family.
Yup
Amen!
@@rhsharp You're right. My estranged sister is a sociopath, clinically diagnosed.
@@rhsharp I agree. It's very reminiscent of the ugly arguments in "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte." Every word is dripping with resentment and cruelty. Betty White's Ellen character is horrid and bitchy, and Mama is unbelievably insensitive. I kept expecting Eunice to shove the cake in either woman's face.
Harvey Korman's expressions are priceless 😂 his mouth full of cake when Eunice said "You took the only man I ever loved".
Wrong line 😬
Epitome of class and taste.
🤣🤣🤣
Agree! Ha!
He looked hurt and confused...Duke Reeves must have been a hunk.
Carol burnett here is oscar winning performance in my eyes. Her anger is so justifiable and delivered on cue...amazing acting !
@@goldenblue2208 Wow thanks for pointing that out. Ellen.
@@dougmacqueen1679 😂😂😂😂😂
I love watching her acting when she has no lines. The way she looks at people as if she is actually feeling what is going on. Truly something an actor is born with, not taught.
@Dbo83 you
It would be an Emmy as this was TV...but yes, all of them are brilliant as is the writing...something that does not exist on TV anymore...
It’s amazing how believable Vicki Lawrence is as Mama at such a young age.
Omgosh right...I watched this as a kid and my kids watch with me my son bought the whole collection on DVD lol now I'm getting the grandkids watching it
She did the mannerisms & speech of an older woman very accurately.
I was probably 4 when I watched this, never knew til now how young she really was lol..
@@marciphillips8682
I was a 70s kid too.
I'm so glad I never had children. Family life never appealed to me, probably because of these shows
😂
Its amazing how much her n Carol actually look alike
These three talented ladies are all alive as of Jan 2020
Blanche Dubouis Betty White’s name popped up on a news alert on my phone a while back. My heart stopped before I realized she had received an award.
@@zeusmasterson4117 She's still fighting monstrous alligators, I think.
FACTS
They oughta come together one more time as these characters.
That's because laughter is medicine.
I think the main reason Mama's familly was so well liked, is that so many can relate to it.
mjc 427 You would have to have a black heart not to find charm in this gem.
@@zeusmasterson4117 I loved it and all of Mama's Family skits and series.
And that', however true it may be, is a scary thought...
Yes.. I love watching Mamas family 💕💝💗💝💕
And how! I believe the best kind of comedy relates to the masses. We would watch Carol Burnett, Flip Wilson, Maude, All in the Family, Good Times, The Jeffersons,etc.
Eunice Higgins is one of the best television characters of all time.
I don't know, I always loved her as Sue Ann.
NOLA GospelTracts
Agreed! No one comes close. No Chris, Not even Sue Ann Nivens.
NOLA GospelTracts Carol Burnett was a natural thats for sure and so funny 😂
When Eunice got the crazy eyes you know it was about to get good!
@@christhompson9486 Eunice is played by Carol Burnett
As a child this was so hilarious. As an adult I can see how dysfunctional it is but the acting is amazing and the skit is entertaining. RIP Betty White.
This family however fictional was so like my own family. Only this family was funny
Same
Me too, I’m 44 and remember watching along with my mom…damn time flies. You’re right, as a youngin you don’t pick up on the underlying deep familial issues.
Agree . I was thinking the same thing !
April 26, 2023, Happy 90th Birthday Carol Burnett!! ♥️♥️
Thank goodness Carol and Vicki are still with us.
Rest in Peace Betty White, who passed away at some point last night. She was a true icon. Her SNL performance was legendary.
That show was hilarious BETTY WHITE 🤣miss her already 😌🌺🦋
she's still alive. the democrats are doing this. They are trying to distract from Trump's come back. Evil people.
I tried to watch her SNL show today but it was just awful. She was the only one who was funny and I swear I could see her looking at the others with a look of "How the hell are these morons on TV?" more than once.
Her SNL was not legendary. Sad if her whole career is whiddled down to that.
@@Dogcatlover2432 Thanks. She had a wide range and a long reign. She’s a rare comedian that bridged so many generations. I look at Tony Bennet in the same way. I’m so glad another generation recognized his charm and let him sing on. My sister, a flight attendant, did an impression of Joan Rivers, while wearing River’s coat. Joan didn’t see it, fortunately.
Betty White is an ABSOLUTE QUEEN!! She'll never be surpassed. Her talents knew NO BOUNDS.
Betty White was stone fox in her young years
Betty White an American princess like many others
❤
I used to watch Ed, Momma, and Eunice skits with my parents when I was a young kid in the 1970s. We all laughed and laughed, especially at Eunice when she got upset. Both of my parents have passed, but I can't help but feel like they are laughing right along with me by my side as I watch these today.
That’s lovely. Know exactly what you mean.❤️📺
These shows were dysfunctional, not funny.
@@bunnicula38 You have ZERO taste and prb everything offends u!!🤣🤣
@@carfarts LOL!! Nah - just every character played by Betty White and Thelma . Okay! Everything offends me! LOL!
@@bunnicula38 then don't watch it Karen you bitter bitch
I'm 68 years old and can finally laugh at this without being traumatized by reliving my own dysfunctional family.
I remember watching this as a kid. She would start thev show with questions from the audience. I remember a guy stood up and said, " Can you stop doing Moma's Family? they remind me too much of mt family and I just want to enjoy the show." I never forgot that all those years.
Yes but at 64 I can also finally cry at it. Lol
When I watched it as a child I liked the comedy as an adult imo Mom was full of vitriol towards Eunice.Loved Ellen who could care less about her . Ed was unlearned . I too have family members like this if I never see them again it will be too soon.
What's Dysfunctional LOL😂
Dysfunctional family? Is there any other kind? 🤷
Poor Eunice. She is so justified in telling those two women off. They treat her terribly
Yes
I was bullied in elementary school. Looking forward to "The Carol Burnett Show" got me through the week. Saturday nights were very Special!❤ Thanks Carol & Company.
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you Renee, hope you’re safe and well?
I was bullied in elementary school too.
Actually I was as well, and sorta adopted the "Eunice type personality" as a defense. I could use many insults I heard from Mama's Family and other similar shows... and most kids had no idea what I was talking about... I got in trouble for calling a girl a "tramp" because I heard Mama call Naomi that lol
Those kids who bullied yall probably had a life like Eunice.
@@samueltaylor9254 I thought at the time that their lives were close to perfect but I talked to a couple of them later and you're right. I was wrong. One was being sexually abused by her stepfather and another was verbally abusive to quite a few people. A teacher had heard about her reputation and disliked her for it. I made it through the storm. I know there is a God. Dear God I'm here!
Look how beautiful Betty White was in this performance. Now, she has just turned 98 years of age and still going strong!!
Yes. Happy 98th Betty! 📺 We love everybody here.
❤️❤️❤️ We love Betty!
J.A. 263737668 can’t believe that is Betty!! She was and still is beautiful 😍😍😍
She is so Classically Beautiful
Don't forget Carol Burnett, I loved her as a child and even more so when I was old enough to understand the adult side of her comedy.
Watching this and remembering the beautiful Betty White. Passed away today at the age of 99, 17 days before her 100th birthday. May she Rest In Peace. ♥️😭
I love how Ed is so proud of his gifts and his ability to get discounts.
🤣🤣🤣
Why doesn't Eunice just run away from home? LOL
He would have done better if he gave Mama a Japanese rabbit trap.
@@ericrivera8410 lol true probably didn't want to spend the money. Lol
Oh yes, Markxxx. The perfect birthday gift one gotta have is a fly swatter. I found one at the Dollar General just the other day for a phenomenal price of $1.00.
I love how Eunice tries to stay up and happy despite being constantly put down by everyone.
She tried so hard to make it a nice birthday for mama.
in-law drama is cutting. Eunice is the real villain.
Felt bad for her a few times ..despite the laughs..I felt sorry for her sometimes
The eternal optimist. Nothing wrong with that. The “sunny” side of the street
@@kellychuba Ellen was forever dealing with Eunice issues which she had little to do with it. Eunice just had envy that she spread to everyone else lol
I've watched it soooo many times, I've lost count. I laugh just as hard.
Same here. Absolute GOLD
Rest in Peace Betty White. She played Ellen to perfection on these Family skits and later on Mama's Family. Betty will be remembered forever!
On “Mama’s Family,” I think it funny that Betty White and Rue McClanahan played niece and aunt, then later, roommates on Golden Girls.
And Rue and Bea, best friends on Maude
@@breckrichardson390 Rue was Franny on this.
Betty White's character, "Ellen" on this show truly shows her talent. It's hard to believe that she also played "Sue Ann" on the "Mary Tyler Moore" show! They're so different!
@@gfortune1491 I thought Sue Ann and Ellen were quite similar....Rose was totally different
Betty had great comedic timing, was excellent in everything she played in.
She will be be missed. :(
did you ever see "The Lost Valentine" ?
I just listened to her latest audiobook that I bought the day she died. She spoke about comedic timing, and how important it is, how being slightly off can ruin a scene. This episode was a masterful performance.
@@michael91411 6 rooms river view too.
No
Ellen is just a narracist I hace 2 sisters Luke this ivstay far away from them I'm not trying to be in drama
Carol is nailing Eunice! Her laughter her sadness....it's a COMPLETE character and as an actor I'm learning so much from her...from everyone actually in The Family
Carol said "Mama's Family" was a lot like her life growing up.
carol is brilliant as eunice, you should see all of them.
So true. Carol is not only a brilliant comedienne but a great comic actress. Harvey Korman, of course, and Vickie Lawrence too - very good character acting. Many of the great comics were not necessarily good comic actors. Jackie Gleason was another great comic actor.
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betty's white adorable dimples while she's being mean ♥
This was the greatest show back in the 80’s. The comedic timing was everything!
This was late 70s .. not 80s
@@savedbyhisgrace7573 hmm, I wouldn’t have been old enough in the 70’s but remember watching. Google says 83-90 the show was on air.
This episode actually aired Nov. 22, 1975
It started on the Carol Burnett Show which ended in 1978.
I think you were thinking Mama’s Family. It’s a spin off.
"Oh what the heck! I'm half lit already! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rip Betty White. She always been good at playing any role she was given.
Betty White in her prime, but then again she is always in her prime.
Jamie Kitchens She really is. She is the only celebrity that if I were to meet, I couldn’t keep it together. I would probably cry and embarrass everyone involved.
I would melt down if I met her too
So true! 👍🙂
She really is a great actress.
LOL she was in her 50's on this show
I love the exaggerated Southern accents, and there is so much in this sketch, humour, pathos, anger. Just brilliant.
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you, hope you’re safe and well?
I read that originally they tried the sketches without the accent and it was sad not funny
Four comic geniuses. Pure and simple.
"Eunice shut the hell up."
That was my favorite line. 🤣 I was just a kid back then. But it cracked up. I use to walk around repeating all the time. 😂
Ellen may be prettier and better at spelling but Eunice has the biggest heart...
Agree. Betty definitely played the pretentious superficial bitch part really well though. Better than any role I've ever seen her do. " And you thought that was fried chicken we ate that night, Eunice!"
And a bigger mouth especially when she plays board games.
Harvey Korman was a great comedic and character actor! He could do Southern accents, German, Brittish! Just a great talent! Miss him so!
I loved him as the voice of Gazzo on The Flintstones. He would crack me up calling Fred and Barney "dumb-dumbs"
@@seanpowell1661 Never realized that was him...I Learn something new everyday..
This must be is trailer park trash accent?
Kazoo too voice
I loved him as Mother Marcus Marian in As the stomach turns.
Don't forget Carol Burnett, I loved her as a child and even more so when I was old enough to understand the adult side of her comedy.
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you, hope you’re safe and well?
Carol 😜
lol, Poor Eunice. She tries so hard to make everyone happy and at every turn they use the kind things she does to put her down. The fact that her gift was inviting Ellen over despite her dislike for her completely flew over Mama's head.
It does seem like Mama likes Ellen more than Eunice. She doesn't put down Ellen about small matters.
Mama likes all the other kids better because they're 'successful' (i.e. got some money, moved elsewhere) in her eyes. Mama sees in Eunice everything she doesn't like about herself and how her life turned out so Eunice gets the brunt of it. They both didn't get the life they really wanted and settled for men that impregnated them. They're 'stuck' in that town and miserable.
@BrunetteOnTheCouch wow the way you put it makes sense.
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I’m so grateful you allow us to have all these laughs without a price tag Thank you.
For 53, betty white was gorgeous.
Its sad she is gone, but she lived a long and fulfilling life! She became so popular amongst the new generation of comedians.
Did i mention she was gorgeous?!
For any age she’s gorgeous
These shows take me out of my troubles and make me laugh🤣
Heck, yeah. My family and I had our share of squabbles but nothing this baroque.
This is actually some tremendous acting and the family dynamic / writing is sad but very believable.
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you Paula, hope you’re safe and well?
Whoever wrote these skits had to have met my family of origin. My sister was a Eunice.
All these skits start out innocently enough. But by the end they turn into Tennessee Williams melodramas. Haha!
I know, Mama was a piece of work and there are so many people like Mama, Explains dysfunction
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Like my late mother used to say after watching this show, "It's just like real life: everything starts out okay in the beginning, but then after a while, everybody's trying to kill each other!" RIP, Mom, you are missed. ❤
I grew up on this show. Hits different now. RIP Betty White
Betty White has been on TV since it started and has never been off. Can't think of anybody else who fits that category.
@@gregjurek5623 it’s been 30 plus years with no Lucille on TV.
It’s really only Betty , can’t think of anyone else who’s been on tv this long.
@@gregjurek5623 Betty's career is longer than Lucy's.
Dick Van Dyke
Eunice "you took the only man I ever loved"!
The look on Ed's face. 🤣
and then she says look at what I am stuck with. Poor Ed..no respect.
Hilarious!
@@okiebrave1932 He was a terrible husband and father, though. That marriage failed because both of them had real problems.
"Luuuuuuuuuved"
Looked like a sounded boy
“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree” yeah I’m gonna save that shade for a later use 😂
Oh my!! I just saw my Mother's turquoise fridge. She painted the kitchen a tangerine and the appliances were turquoise. She loved colors.
THIS is when TV was GREAT 👍👍👍. Awesome show 😁. All Great actors.
These shows are extremely well-written.
Marchant2 They really hold up. I thought Friends was funny when it aired. I tried to watch a few weeks ago, and it is AWFUL. So cringeworthy. Golden Girls and Mama’s Family, which are even older, still seem fresh and funny.
Some were written by Steve Martin!
Blinged out fly swatter verses a mink stole fur wrap as gifts. LOL
@@redrooster1908 he was so proud of finding it in discount
Eunice was right Ellen rarely came by and Mama was ungrateful
Donna Miller it’s horrible. So true to life in many aspects.
My mom is this way with her oldest daughter who is 32 years old, unemployed with a 5 year old daughter whom all stay with her. It's a really unhealthy relationship.
@@JuicedUpLemon thats how my family treats me...like Eunice
@@reneedillard7511 I'm so sorry about that!😥
A lot of families are like this, there will be a sibling that does everything for their mom and the sibling that never comes to visit will be the favorite
This skit is brilliant and so relatable.😬😁Many of us,have family members like this.
I remember watching old episodes of this when I was in high school in 1998 and having a crush on Mama because of the necklace...something about that necklace was sexy to me on her white skin. I think that is when I developed a deep crush on white women.
Betty White Rest In Peace. She was a true legend and will be missed. This was one of my favorite episodes growing up. She is just gorgeous on this episode and many more that followed.
Actually Betty White looked better in her 50's and 60's then when she was young
She not' dead white hats rescued her
Love mama's family, Eunice is great but Vicki Lawrence is amazing with the character of "Mama" unbelievable, I dont think anyone could do what Vicki does..♥️
I always wanted act as a kid I wrote Vicki lawrece staying that I'd love be on stage with all of them she sent me a photostill of her self signed autographed wishing me luck I taped it on my wall and months later got a small part in a German movie .
@@ericrivera8410that's fantastic!
@@ericrivera8410 That photo acted as a vision board It seems!
Popped up in my feed today. RIP Betty. So many people are mourning tonight.
Betty White has been beautiful all her life ❤
Agreed!
I always sympathize with Eunice she couldn’t do anything right Ellen could do no wrong😘😘
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you bonnie, hope you’re safe and well?
I could too
Carol Burnett was amazing as Eunice. Her facial expressions could be hilarious, poignant, and pitifully sad. What an actress! ❤
The look on Ed’s face when Ellen says “be a bush if you can’t be a tree” is priceless
I was watching this when I found out the news. R.I.P. Betty White... A legend amongst Legends
Thelma said she already half lit lmao
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Yaaaasssss
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Thelma Harper is my spirit animal
“If you value your life….you won’t say one word to me! I have broken my back tonight to make this a nice birthday for you, OL’ LADY!!!!!”
The look Mama gives her!!!!ROTFFLMFAO!
“Well sheesh Eunice, it’s been over 15 yrs, I’m sure that big ole fly is dead by now”
I haven’t laughed so hard in a while . Thank you for uploading this epic episode
17 minutes and 33 seconds! The comedy today couldn’t last that long on their best day! This was the golden age/era of comedy! Nobody did it better!
“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree” Both mama and Ellen ganged up on her. “Darling you just stunk. Lord you were pitiful, just pitiful darling”
I love these actors. What talent! RIP Harvey Korman
It's Korman.
"I still got some of that dried-out pot roast stuck in mah throat!" Thelma just couldn't resist needling Eunice at every opportunity, showing how she contributed heavily, if not entirely, to the formation of Eunice's character and neuroses as an adult. Just brilliant that they were able to do that in a sketch comedy routine, time after time. I can only now truly appreciate the talent of the writers and performers of this skit.
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you Jaymes, hope you’re safe and well?
From what I understand, much of the material for The Family came from Carol Burnett's experience with her own mother.
I love Thelma ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️ 💕 💘 I want ♥️ 😋 😍 to be just like 👍 Thelma when I grow ♥️ up!
I can watch Mama’s Family all day and all night!! I love Mama!!
You can understand why Eunice was sullen and selfish as a kid. She had to fight for everything while Ellen was strongly favored.
Right, its funny and sad at the same time!
She was continuously gaslit by narcs.
I know this is fiction but it’s rather sad. The smartest one of the entire family is their brother Philip. He left home early to move to California to become a writer and never came back home and limited his contact with immediate family. This is the best way to deal with narcissists. You can empathize why Eunice turned out the way she did. Her mother was a narcissist and used gaslighting against her, and her sister Ellen was a narcissist as well and used gaslighting. Truly, if I were her, I would have divorced that stupid, lazy, penny pinching husband, put that selfish, ungrateful, narcissistic harpy of a mother in a nursing home and forget her, and tell that self centered sister to kiss my narrow ass before leaving town to start my life over and forget everyone of them. No love loss.
Carol was so spot on in her performance you can't help but laugh and be sad at the same time.
For sure. These are brilliant actresses, but this sketch is giving me anxiety, because it’s a prime example of the subtle and sometimes not so subtle emotional abuse that goes on within too many families.
I’m so glad to have these old Carol Burnett TV clips on TH-cam. I watch “the family“ over and over now and still cannot get enough!
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you Chris, hope you’re safe and well?
@@brianwalter8152 hi there, Brian… I’m doing great and safe, thank God… How are you? Do we know one another?
@@christopherscorner I'm very well thanks for asking, Glad you're Okay, don't think we do Chris I'm from New Jersey 🇺🇸.
I love watching these all over again!
One of the best comedy shows ever written! As a kid I waited alllll week for the night it ran. As an adult it’s even more brilliant!
This was one of my favorite shows growing up. 😍😍😍
Me too. Something I remember looking forward to. Free, at home, family entertainment. Wonderful memories with my Mom, Dad and 6 siblings
Gosh, that was downright painful. Very hard to watch. Reminded me of something that would have been written by Tennessee Williams. I don’t know how they delivered every line, live, so perfectly. Amazing talent all around. Incredible, and that’s what made it so painful for a viewer who came from the same kind of family.
I grew up on "Mama's Family"😂😂😂😂😂 Great times!
REST IN PEACE, BETTY WHITE... 01/17/1922-12/31/2021
So long for now, sweet Betty. See you on the other side. 12-31-21. 😭💔🕊
Poor Eunice. I always felt so sorry for her and related to her in the dismissal of her family.
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you pat, hope you’re safe and well?
First time seeing this. The mom and sister are assholes. There I said it. We were all thinking it.
Me too ❤
OMG! This is still funny after all these years! Thanks for posting :)
I'm a young person born generations from her, and yet she still had a remarkable impact on my life. Her presence in Golden Girls was something that saw me through a lot of dark times in my youth, giving her gift for infectious laughter and light-hearted charm. She was a true gem, and I hear an even more delightful and dazzling soul off-screen. She will be so greatly missed, but her legend lives on in her film and the many lives she touched. Love you, Betty.
As a child watching this rerun, I did laugh at the accent and crazy antics. Now as an adult. You see how painful the reality is. Too many of us have felt the same way. Being less favored while the other sibling is loved more😳😳
Exactly! I thought it was mean…..even though it just a show……..
The big sister stealing her dolls and whatever she wanted. I could relate to Eunice's anger. Yes all too true real life stuff.
Preach my dear; preach. Lived it most of my life.
This is just another example of how you have to love even family members from a distance, because some of them are just messy as heck. Remember this: Hurting people like to hurt other people. Eunice always made the effort to get along, she shouldn't have let her mama or Ellen get to her the way she did. All that did was give them more power, I would've been done with both of them and told them you know where the door is and use it. I still love you with the love of the Lord and both of you are in my prayers. Good night to you both. That's how you deal with miserable people who think they're more than what they actually are. Don't even let people like that get to you. Eunice needed to be around people that made her better rather than being around those who did nothing but put her down. Leave them where you found them!
This is why the family sketch "Friend From The Past" is so magical. It's the only time we see a friend of Eunice's on camera who clearly loves her and tries to look out for her... and who also has 0 patience for the machinations of Mama.
RIP to Betty White, America's ultimate funny grandma!
Funny you say that, all my memories of these shows are tied up to my loving grandma who passed away in January...
Lots of laughter and lessons available on these shows. And reminds me how life, while crazy sometimes, was still good and right. Not like these days.
The good old days, Melanie. 🙂
Betty White was a true icon and rare gem in the acting industry. Her whit and humor will greatly be missed. Rest In Peace, our truly wonderful lady.
I cannot believe I am laughing hard again when I have seen this already. The line “look here Missy I want to know who this Duke Reeves is” by Harvey was hilarious.
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you, hope you’re safe and well?
@@brianwalter8152 hi I’m ok.
I watch Mama’s Fam all the time. It’s so comforting just having it on in the background.
I do thee EXACT same thing.Like like a warm blanket😍😍😍😍
BRING THE PAYNE 75 Exactly! I watch it on TH-cam every night while getting ready for bed. I’m afraid I’m missing some episodes though! Do you just watch them on here only?
Comforting??? They’re always screaming at each other - lol
I sleep to Eunice screaming..
Every Sunday the line up 60 minutes,Hawaii 5 oh,all in the family,the Jeffersons,the Carol Burnet show classic CBS
Yep,the grand ol days
i think the Carol Burnett show aired on Saturday nights. Not sure about All in the Family. The others you mentioned were on Sunday nights.
@@thehashearthasheart7146 Yep! Saturday night! 10pm Eastern. My younger sister and I would be right in front of the TV.
@fresh B I also love Sammy Davis Jr. as well
I remember All in the Family and Carol Burnett on Saturday nights. Then All in the Family switched to Sundays. Carol Burnett was on after The Mary Tyler Moore and The Bob Newhart Shows.
I didn't even recognize Betty White until 3 minutes in! I started hearing Rose's voice and my mouth dropped.
I remember my youth watching this...love it
Hello how are you doing today over there now.
These shows take me back to the better days, my childhood memories, laughter all the time back then ! 😊
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you vicki, hope you’re safe and well?
Betty White was 53 when this aired, and she was still hot.
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Vicki Lawrence was only 26 here
BW 53 goes to show you age dont matter🤣😂🤣👍
@Jane Marsee Betty White chose to remain childfree and has lived a long happy life. Happy Birthday! 98!!!!
Yes. The year was 1975 and Betty was 53.
All my years of growing up and seeing Betty White all I thought was there's and older lady. Now that I'm almost 60, I look at this video and think, damn, she is a good looking woman!
Masterpiece!!!! Laughter is the BEST medicine!!!! I need hip surgeries and Carol Show is making me laugh and getting my mind off of it!!!! God bless you for sharing and God bless the viewers too!!!!
Betty White could play any role handed to her. She was also a beautiful woman.
Those were the days. Loved these shows. You never knew what to expect, that was the fun of it all. Great comedy. No jabbing remarks at the outside World, about what was going outside the family. It was all in the family. These are beautiful talented people, that made life funny about everyday life occurrences. Miss those family shows, we watched as a family, with hot cocoa, popcorn or coffee, tea & dessert. Thank you guys. God bless them for what they did to make us laugh.
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you judy,hope you’re safe and well?
Holy shit do they capture a true to life family dynamic with the way Eunice is treated. My mom's family acts like this.
So true!
Never understand why mama fawned over Ellen wwhen Ellen didn't like her
Oh God, I'm so sorry for your mom!😢
That just goes to prove that families always play favorites.
That whole crew are first class comic actors. Hard to find that kind of talent these days
Hello 👋🏻 nice to meet you David, hope you’re safe and well?
What a Wonderful company of actors. Carol the icon, Betty the legend, Harvey the consummate and Vicki Lawrence who started at Carol's knee and made herself a comedic genius. Thanks, for the memories.
Carol had the funniest faces. She is so talented. A real person with a good heart 💖❤️
Momma said she “half lit already” 😂😂😂😩🥳🥳🥳
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