"The Carol Burnett Show" John Davidson and Mickey Rooney (TV Episode 1967) Poster

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John Davidson And Mickey Rooney Guest Star
Jimmy_the_Gent41 September 2021
A great show, one of the best. The Q&A has a little boy asking how a boy can become an actor, Carol laughs heartily at that. She introduces Davidson, he gets question about Roy Rogers.

A very funny spoof of westerns done in other countries (inspired by the Italian spaghetti westerns.) Only this is Heil Chapparal from Germany. Carol is a Marlene Dietrich type dance hall girl. Rooney is a short Marshall (called Field Marshall). Lyle plays a cheating card player. Funniest scene is when Lyle hits Rooney on the head with his gun but the sound man misses the cue, causing Carol to crack up.

John Davidson sings two songs- a slow version of Herman's Hermits' "There's A Kind Of Hush" and "Somewhere" from "West Side Story".

The Rat Race is a hilarious parody of "The Dating Game" Davidson #1, Lyle #2 and Rooney #3 are the bachelors. Carol is the reluctant contestant, she doesn't want a date. "1 is a goofy song and dance man, #2 a dumb TV star and #3 talks like a smooth French playboy. She picks #3 but knows him as a creep from another date.

A great musical ends the show. The Four Funns are Rooney, Carol, Davidson and Vicki as a musical family in vaudeville times. Many funny moments as the father is kicked out of the group but shows up later as an old stage hand. They are all old by the end of the sketch.

Carol sings her theme in character as the old woman in the last sketch. The entire cast falls down while swaying to the music at the end.
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