For those unaware, this is spoof on the most famous dramatic stage couple of the American theater, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Called the "Celestials of Broadway," their backstage battles were so infamous that the musical "Kiss Me Kate" was inspired by them - and Shakespeare, of course.
These sketches remind me of an English teacher I had as a teenager he was like a really hammy actor he used to get really angry but it was very hard not to laugh
I've been looking for this skit since I first saw it when it when it originally aired. You're aware that the skit was based on a real CBS strike that was going on at that time.
This must've been from the 1972-73 season, a few months into which there was an IBEW Local 1212 strike against CBS - and this sketch was obviously making fun of the kind of technical problems that often plagued live TV productions during such labor disputes. Would anyone have an exact date for this sketch?
Love it but how did CBS like it carolBurnnett and her cast and crew were making a statement. Because I think at that time their really was a strike or talk about one with the camera and technical people At CBS
Oh, there was a strike at the time. Believe it. Carol and her cast and writers were clearly parodying the various problems that occurred during production of shows at the time of such strike.
Was "A Deadly Affair" the F&M sketch where they starred in a play that was so successful that they eventually found themselves trying (unsuccessfully) to adapt it to the (much) larger stage at the Sydney Opera House?
