Watching this now. Reminds me of how some of the “The Family” skits were written. If you take out their southern accents - or in this case, Burnett’s intonation and some physicality - they seem like serious treatments of whatever topic.
This was a very impossible subject, feeling of being unnoticed, to be performed in the satire shows and Carol Burnett and the team have completed the undertaking.👏👏
Watching this now reminds me of how some of the “The Family” skits were written. If you take out their southern accents - or in this case, Burnett’s intonation and some physicality - they seem like serious treatments of whatever topic.
This is my life!! 😂😂 It's actually funny to be acknowledged! Even though this was over 40/50 years ago! I'm glad this is something that can be joked about. I'm so sick of the safe spaces of the 21st century! Let's just laugh!
Reminds me of how some of the “The Family” skits were written. If you take out their southern accents - or in this case, Burnett’s intonation and some physicality - they seem like serious treatments of whatever topic.
It just dawned on me how foreshadowing this skit was for its time. This is how people have become--we ignore one another and only come together in tragic situations--not the way things were meant to be!
'Will you be using this chair?' This is hilarious - I've been there, but I've also had people pay attention to me for no apparent reason. Frankly, both are unnerving.
One of my favorite FUNNY ones!!! Yes! I've told this episode a few times. What I do when no one listens to me is: I put my fingers together like when you have a sock puppet and my fingers do the talking to me. "Yeah, and what did she say then?"THAT gets their attention! With LAUGHTER!!
@@cricket34 Just so you know, there wasn't always sensors. And in their first comment, they didn't say when they did it, so you couldn't have known. I remember when walmart didn't have "sensors" and when it wasn't "Super". I remember they didn't have ceiling cameras. I remember when the first cell phone came out and when people got their own personal use computers. I remember when cds and then dvds came out. When you had to wait for a song you liked to come on the radio, instead of just clicking around on pandora for any song you like. When you had to be home at a certain time to watch your favorite show. I remember when people wrote letters to far away friends, because long distance charges were too costly. I remember when seeing someone gay was a shock and VERY rare. I remember when children actually played outside. Adjusting an antenna on our box Tv that only had a handful of channels. They still sold TVs saying "in color!". When just about everyone believed in God. Everything isn't what you have always known, because things were always different before your time here, just as it was different before my time. Anyone older then anyone else, can always say "Everything was so much better back then.. back in the good old days".
Ive always felt like the lowest person on the totem pole in every social situation. Ive tried being introvert, extrovert, funny, serious. It doesnt matter I still seem to be at the bottom so I get it. That being said I give no fuc-ks anymore and Im living a good life and Im done trying. still a funny skit:)
Yes,this skit points to the loneliness people feel when they are ignored or passed by in restaurants or many other situations. When you are old ,it happens alot,especially if you are an older woman,but so far I have been lucky.It happened to my husband ,in a restaurant.He asked for service,but they kept ignoring him.Finally he shouted and he left.They were taking everyones order and took the person next to him,even though he was in line to be seated.We are seniors ,so maybe we are too old to be counted as humans,I guess.
I thought I was the only one who felt that way about this skit. I was a kid when I first saw it, and even back then I thought it was sad, weird, cringey and just plain mean. I could not imagine why any one would find it funny. Relatable, yes? Funny? NO
I agree. Kinda the same way I feel about The Family sketches. While they are funny, it's also sad how Eunice is treated by her entire family especially her mother.
This is the one skit that always bothered me. The subject is a serious one about self esteem and social acceptance. I dont know which part was worse - the laughing or the fact that it was being treated in a comedic way .Loved the Carol Burnett show but hated this skit
I like this video. (I've LITERALLY put this same comment here in the comments section over 25 times since 2010, but I haven't gotten a single response to any of them.)
@@alzorama2876 Thanks...I was actually joking around with the subject of the video. "nobody notices me", lol. My comment was actually bs. How many people on the internet admit that?? Lol
People don't laugh at stuff like this anymore. In one sense, it's like how Foster Brooks' drinking comedy faded due to more attention to the problem of drunk driving. In another sense, it's symptomatic of increasing snowflakiness of people across the sociopolitical spectrum.
@@drxcreatures Actually, it was studied years back when women walk into a room. Heads and eyes turned to the blonde woman first over other women. I have also heard men have a weakness for blonde hair.
Vicki called her "Harry.' At least SHE notices her enough to call her a pet name. That is when someone really likes you.I'm making far too many comments here. I DO have a life. FYI
This is a funny Carol Burnett sketch, and yet there are comments here on RU-vid (by some moping Debbie Downer types) that seem to believe it is not funny. If you see no humor in this, then do seek professional help ... or don't watch TV comedy shows.
That bc this hits too close to home for some ppl. And also with those who are empathy rich - in other words, have actual souls. The skit is funny if its just a far fetched concept & its not funny if its too much like a person's real life and/or if an individual has the understanding that it is the way life is (without the exaggerated displays) for too many. It must be nice to be so sociopathic that u cant & dont have to see anything beyond ur own self experience. It must be nice to feel free to try & insult ppl who have hearts & feelings. I know that feelings & emotions are not popular anymore & are now considered faults. U clearly r a dedicated soldier, keeping true to the program to dehumanize everyone! Good for u! Thanks for doing ur part. U get an A+ !👍
@@DBMe33 First: please, type like a grownup. Really ... "u", "ur" "r", "ppl" ??? And use punctuation. If you say "its" that doesn't mean "it is"; it refers to the possessive of something. I can't take this seriously if you sound like a lazy kid. Also, your response above is really over the top. And this might shock you but I can relate to the sketch, to feeling invisible ... most people can, and that's exactly why it's humorous: it's relatable to most everyone. It's not meant to mock loneliness. It's physical comedy. Get real. Sometimes I wonder what kind of hyper sensitive and self-pitiful people this country has created, that they cannot enjoy simple humor but instead have to bring everyone down.
