Eunice, Ed, and Ellen help Mama clean out the attic causing old family secrets to be exposed. Guest starring Betty White. Unedited as it originally aired on December 11, 1976.
@The mysterious Miss X you didn't watch Lake Placid, where she played a murderer. or the movie, where she played the widow of a war veteran, nor her role in The bold & the beautiful. and her first role in Life with Elizabeth.
These skits were so masterfully written and acted out, they almost serve as a kind of collective family therapy for millions of people out there watching. They simply nailed the nuances and struggles of family life in mid-century America, and watching them 50+ years later, they appear every bit as relevant now as they did then.
Always loved this skit. I remember when my great-grandmother died in 1972. My relatives fought in the attic just like this over a cuckoo clock, an old quilt, and other stuff. Every family has a Eunice, Ed, Ellen, and Momma. 😅
I am the Eunice, my ex husband definitely was the Ed...my mom wasn't southern but a tiny Italian, miss bickering with my mom so much. My older sister cruel perfect Ellen. Came around to visit my mom maybe twice a year. I took my mom everywhere with me and she bitch about anything and everything God bless her soul. My mom and I would laugh so hard watching this show.
"That'70's Show" even made that the point of an episode. "I can't stand her." "Did she do that thing where she pretends to be nice to you, but really she's insulting you?" "Yes!" "Frigid witch!"
I loved The Family skits when I was a child. Eunice seemed so far fetched and unreal that I would laugh my ass off. When I finally watched The Family skits as an adult years later, I finally realized that she wasn't so far fetched after all.
Yes I have always loved momma's family. As a child and adult Sad thing is it distracted me growing up from my own. This familywas nice compared to mine.
This is too good. The writing, the acting, the comedic timing, the facial expressions... We need to ensure this is protected and preserved in the National Archives of American Television.
Carol’s facial expression when she told mama “ Shut up you Rabbit Killer”. Had me dying laughing uncontrollably. That woman faces and her eyes look so serious like she wanna choke Mama out. Eunice is the sister that will go from Zero to 100 if provoked, and Betty White was the provoker.RIP Betty . Carol you are a legend and so is Vikki.
paul ducharme it was meant to be. Represented a part of American life. The comment about the writing of these was about the dialogue and the way they tell a story that’s realistic, often using pathos
Stevi Starfyre, Me too. Her show was one of the best ones ever in the history of primetime television. She was and always will be one of the best comediennes ever. Today's comedic entertainers aren't quite as good, sad to say.
When I was a kid, every Saturday night, we got to stay up to watch Carol Burnett. I remember this one well. Betty White just died yesterday. A Hollywood legend. RIP.
People say it as a joke but it really felt like Betty White was in every tv show imaginable. She was great in every role she ever had. Her leaving us is such a huge loss for all of us. RIP Betty
Not to mention during Ms. White’s appearance on this show, she was also doing the Mary Tyler Moore Show, + her countless appearances on “Match Game” & “Password” in which her late Hubby Alan Ludden hosted. & that was just in the 1970’s!!!! What a Legend she was!!!!
And the Emmy goes to this episode, and the entire Mama's Family, for script, acting, makeup, producers, grips, lighting, and of I have forgotten anyone, please excuse me because I'm laughing so hard. The entire cast and crew are priceless, never to be duplicated in our lifetimes. 🤟
What's remarkable as I'm watching this played out is each player had to memorize a book full of dialogue without any intermission, not miss a beat and be damn funny all the way till the end. It's like being in a Broadway play. You show your true colors and what you're made of. Carol's eyes when she blows them out wide on her close-ups, nothing conveys hysteria better than those eyes. Whatta hoot !
These 4 are absolutely the masters of comedic performance. True artists and the best in their craft by FAR. Betty White…rest with Allen…99 years wasn’t enough time.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="577">9:37</a> Carol's faces in this were absolutely genius... Acting is all about reacting and she was reacting to the hilt in this.
@@bo2720 Carol was just that good an actress...she could play just about any kind of character. Eunice was a mental case from the wrong side of the tracks and Carol knew exactly how to play her. Absolutely incredible.
James R DAMN RIGHT! I get so sick 🤕 of the assholes that say their families aren’t dysfunctional! You know that theirs put the ‘FUN’ in dysfunctional. I can’t name one ☝🏿 family that isn’t fucked up.
@The mysterious Miss X what an ignorant comment. If you would learn to read comprehensively, you would understand my comment was about Betty White. As a Christian, I find your comment to be blasphemous against God's world and the good that is here.
Omg, when Ellen told mama to shut up and that she was always “deliriously happy” when someone else was miserable, that was so my mother! That woman didn’t want anyone happy, especially me!!!
I always loved Eunice. Her fluttery dress with the fluttery sleeves and white sandals. Always wanting to be somebody and everyone putting her down. I can so relate. I have a sister. I was the dark haired one, she was blonde. She was smarter, prettier, went to college, had a career married well and moved out of state. I graduated HS, was a waitress, stayed in th same city, and married blue collar. But boy can I ever laugh at these situations!! The writers were RIGHT ON!!
The show was filmed live. There are lots of times you can see the actors barely holding it together. Tim Conway would go off script just to get the rest of the cast to lose it.
I just read Carol’s latest memoir. It doesn’t sound like they laughed at all during the family sketches. Carol said they were ultimately very sad. They once did a rehearsal without the southern accents and over the top acting, and she said they were very sad and shaken up. She added that they could’ve been played as straight drama, without the comedy.
I love them all Eunice was so funny , Carol crack me up when she played Sacrlett O’Hara and Queen Elizabeth she was so incredible 😂🤣😂🤣 Fly High Harvey, Tim , Betty, so happy we still have all theses videos and memories 🥰😂🤣
I just watched this last night and thought about Betty White before I heard the ineffable news. She always made me laugh and smile. I couldn’t stop watching this again. I loved her in Golden Girls and she will never be forgotten. Thank you for being a friend Betty! 😘🙏🏻💖
Brilliance beyond, the writers are far stars, these writers are Planets .. They're who turn the knob ,, open this door ... To pure brilliance,, they give it all, and again weeks after weeks,, writers are saints 24/7,,, giving us ... laughs, to save our lives .. Forever thanks,, ...
Heartbreaking as much as it is fun! ☺️ They can’t make productions like this anymore. Something is lost. Spirit. People were simple. Walked and talked differently. The whole body language was different.
'don't look a gift-horse in the mouth old lady!' my God when Mama gave Eunice that ugly lamp to replace that Tiffany one, I thought I'd bust a kidney laughing so hard!🤣 when people knew what COMEDY WAS...won't have these anymore
I remember sitting in the living room with the whole family in front of my dad’s console tv which sat on the floor, watching the hilarity of the farce of life portrayed in Mama’s Family sketches on the Carol Burnett Show and in the spin-off series - such fond memories of the good old days!
"....we all know we live in a dump" - this is the 2nd best Family skit behind "Sorry". Simply BRILLIANT! I think the one where Eunice, Ed, and Mama visit Bubba's teacher is 3rd, Eunice and Mama go to the Hardware Store is 4th, the one where Aunt May dies is 5th, the one where Mama has a broken ankle is 6th, the one where Eunice, Ed, and Mama go to visit Mickey's apartment is 7th, then the one with the flashback as to why Eunice had to marry Ed is 8th, the one with Alan Alda visiting as Christmas is 9th, the one where Eunice, Ed and Mama go to a fancy restaurant and the one where Joanne Woodward plays Eunice's best friend are a tie to round out the top 10. As someone mentioned in the comments below, these were 1 act plays. The writing and acting and story lines are timeless and as good as anything ever put on TV or the stage.
I love the one where The Family goes to visit Phillip in Hollywood. It was on youtube but was removed years ago. I miss that one so much. And the full uncut Fancy Restaurant has never been on here, or anywhere. The edited version cuts out half of it. I miss that one a lot.
Most of these skits are classics, to a greater or lesser degree, but the Joanne Woodward one is one of my favorites. Woodward, as usual, was very good, playing the kind of character she didn't usually play. But Eunice had the last word in that skit, as well, which was unusual.
And as of November 2021! Betty White turns 100 in a matter of weeks!! I can't wait to see what celebrations her birthday bring. Carol said in her latest book 4-5 years ago that she planned to honor Betty when she turns 100. In what way I don't know though.
Poor Fluffy. Dysfunctional bunch. Glad Eunice went into freak out mode on her high class sister, Ellen, her miserable old lady, and Ed the plumber. Love those old shows!
Even though it's "dirt old", with today's filming/recasting technology this sketch could have been filmed as late as the mid 2000's before everything went digital, the image is that clear.
This is priceless this is one of my favorite Family skits, though I really love them all. I cracked up on Harvey opening the box and Carol dealing with the dishes and lamp at the end!!!
Happy, happy birthday, Miss Betty White! 💯 years and counting. Bless your heart! You are the last cast member of the Golden Girls. And aren't you the last from MTM?
Betty White was an American Icon who brought laughter and many years of entertainment on television and the big screen She truly was a wonderful actress and a huge access to Hollywood. She left so much love behind
She was actually known for playing these types of characters. That is why she was originally offered the role of Blanche. Rue, who had made a name for herself playing simple minded characters, was originally going to play Rose.
Betty White ...ICON . Americas sweethe💓rt . She lived a long and wonderful life...the way _she_ chose to live it. She is loved and will be missed by many❗⚘🍃 RIP Beautiful Betty White
Eunice is the nicer but unappreciated of the two sisters and as always she ends up looking like the villain at the end...tragic real life of the unfavor child. This mama's home hits home with me.
