There will never ever be anything like these shows again! Nothing is really good like this stuff anymore. Bless all of their hearts and souls! Always will be great!
I watched this show when I was a young kid back in brooklyn nyc with my mom and dad and did my dad lol so hard he had tears ! The greatest lol of my life ,I got my funny from Carol and the greatest Lucy
Yes. Each sketch has a 'seven!!' moment and it kills me everytime. Carol says Eunice going off is one of the ways that she would release tensions because she's not like that in her own life. Charo's cootchie, cootchie dance too.
So relatable when it comes to some typical family interaction. Carol lays it down like a pro, giving us a more than authentic rendition of a tortured soul trying to save face while in the midst of a social affair she is not completely comfortable in. Her eyes when the head waiter asks her to leave is painful it is so true to life. Her frustration is heartbreaking when she is asked to leave in shame. All her attempts to blend in were shot down at every turn.
To say Carol Burnett was a genius of comedy is an understatement. Just wonderful. Since I was a boy watching these when they were on, I've constantly gotten belly laughs from them.
Eunice has such a regretful look as they are leaving. She knows they were kicked out but does not understand exactly why! Genius comedy. Genius reflects both the comic and tragic we experience in life. And bittersweet regret.
I remember one thanksgiving when my Aunt and Uncle were eating with us my uncle asked my mom where to put the salad and my aunt said your mouth and the fight was on so I can relate to this but it was funny , it was never a dull moment when my aunt and uncle came over. My mom and aunt and uncle have passed and I miss them dearly but I have many dysfunctional happy memories
Eunice is a sad character even though we laugh about the situations she falls into because it's Carol. The competition between Eunice and her favored sister is real life. I love watching The Family but the expressions on Carol's face at times makes me cheer her on. The look as she's escorted out of the restaurant is like if only. Harvey's attitude as Ed is priceless. I sure miss the old comedy shows and Carol's is one of them.
The end scene when Eunice realizes she is not ever going to be like...them: heartbreaking. In just one glance she portrays that awareness of knowing her caste, and that she can never rise above it. The push and pull of her desire and the force of family members that keep her down.
This episode is highly edited. In the original Mama asks the lady in the next booth (on the way to the salad bar) what she has which is why on the way back from the salad bar she simply replies to Mama when Mama says Oh My. There are several cuts made to this version. I wish you could purchase a DVD set of all the unedited Mama, Ed and Eunice Family episodes on a single DVD.
a shame, really, that Carol won't just release the whole series on a complete DVD set. But her business method has been genius. By holding onto it, she and the others became very rich and never had to work again. When the show ended, everyone had done very well, but the true wealth came as a result of Carol's careful VHS and DVD releases over the years; always sure never to include it all. She kinda mimics Disney in that way, how they make available copies of their movies.
I loved these sketches and laughed so much as a kid but as an adult I even see the depth in them now too of the family and the feelings they have and protray
I think Unice and Mama owned 4 dresses between the two of them! 99 % of the time Unice wore exactly the same dress and green sash with her 1940s hairdo 😂
Only other times were when she was in the gong show and her aunt's funeral...the dress was a salvation army find the designer bob Mackie wanted to make a replica but carol insisted and using it patching it up before each skit
The things they come up with these days. I once had tea and domething wrapped like a fancy chocolate piece with glittery wrapper and all. I wanted to sweeten my cup of tea but didn't see sugar anywhere on the table. I was told then the piece Was the sugar. 🤦🏻♀️ embarrassed enough I found trouble unwrapping the fancy piece of sugar, elegently like ladies do. It was wrapped in a weird way. I ended up drinking tea like chinese do. 😂 It was good. 😄👌🏻 Speaking of unwrapping fancy pieces of candies with a big sticky sticker.. I mean what's up with that? Why? I always find trouble unwrapping a piece. I usually take them home and aggressively unwrap'em all there. 😂
This has very funny lines, but it is mostly tragedy. Thelma, Eunice and Ed finally have a chance to mingle with the higher end of society, but like an improper Steak Tartar, they are ill prepared. Eunice's expression at the end when she realizes she blew their chance is heart-wrenching.
I agree. The end made me teary-eyed. As I get older I understand Eunice so well,...her frustration and dissapointment. The combination of comedy and tragedy in these skits are incomparable...the actors and writers are geniuses.
@@wilfordfraser6347 Absolutely. For decades, I only saw the edited version of the sketch when the family visits Mickey Hart in his apartment. The UNedited version, with Mickey explaining his childhood, is terribly sad.
Poor Eunice. 😕 She couldn't even enjoy a nice meal in a fancy restaurant bc of her pain in the ass mother & husband. Too bad that she didn't just go by herself or take a non relative with her, then maybe she would've had a much better time. (She should have lowered her voice, though).
I never understand why people usually blame her but she’s the only NORMAL one among them . I figured out why many ppl defend Ed and mama and go after Eunice , in real life they are the same idiots as those two
@@ericrivera8410 LOL Right! The Family skits are actually kinda sad to watch because Eunice's family is the real problem. Shes a problem because she keeps "reacting" to them. But they are the problem
You've just got to feel for Eunice.. particularly in this scene. All she wanted was to experience a nice dinner. Her mother and her husband ruined that for her by acting completely brand new..
These skits are so darn authentic, the whole thing feels oddly realistic. The writers, along with these 3 amazing comedic actors, have created such relatable and enduring characters, that one cannot help but see one's own emotions and angst mirrored in them. It's not hard to see why this one skit spawned its own spin-off series.
The horrible thing is that I've actually seen people behave this abominably in upscale restaurants twice -- and on both occasions it was supposedly "upper class" people doing it, not working class people like Ed, Eunice and Mama. (On the second occasion, when the maitre d told them to leave, everyone in the dining room applauded.) Shakespeare commented at length in "The Merchant of Venice" that the bearers of noble and honorable names can often have thoroughly vile natures. Right as usual.
When I worked in restaurants way back when, Yuppies would undertip or not tip at all. The dudes who worked in construction were the most generous. (Thank Dog those days are over. The service biz was tough even before COVID.)
@@AmyLSacks I used to work in a restaurant too, to earn my spending money for college. (Nothing fancy; a diner which saw a lot of truckers come in. Fascinating guys, with some of the best stories imaginable). I've also known some wealthy upper-class people in my life who were thoroughly decent; but when one-percenters ARE jerks, they go all the way. The most common feature of bad restaurant behavior I've observed is the way some of them talk to waiters and waitresses as if they were a lower order of being. I heard a line in a sitcom once, where a guy was sitting with a rich couple who treated their server this way, and was disgusted by them, that I've always wanted to drum up the courage to use: "How about we play a game? It's called 'Treat The Waiter Like A Human Being'. The prize is, YOU GET TO NOT GO TO HELL !"
@@tadimaggio There was a troll pre-virus who became notorious on several internet sites for bragging in capslock about how she loved to burden servers with absurd, time-sucking demands. Then she'd refuse to tip, try to get them in trouble with Management, or score a free meal, etc. I kept hoping she was just doing bad online theater, but maybe not. A number of servers commented to her that she probably ended up ingesting a lot of their, uh... bodily emissions without knowing it. :P
I remember reading once that Carol Burnett said that it was the accents that made the sketches funny. She said that once at a table read they did the scene on their regular voices and that no one laughed at all. She said that they all realized it was really and truly sad.
They also played it straight. They puff up the antics besides the accents for the humor effect. God they're all so immensely talented. And Dick and Jenna's writing was spot on. Two actors turned writers I believe. Dick played Carl in the flashback episode of how Ed and Eunice came to marry. He was great.
for some reason, i remember this skit from my childhood. this one and the SORRY! one. I think because this one started so funny, and then you wanted to cry at the end.
I always enjoyed Mama family. Carol Burnett was always funny as Eunice. Vicki Was always funny as Mama. The funny thing Vicki was the youngest if all of them.
I wish they would make more shows like mama and Eunice sketches and the tv show Mamas family. Truly amazing. It’s a classic. Still getting new fans in 2023
I havn't seen these whole sketches before. Just outtakes and clips. They are Great ! These family ones in particular are so funny. Although this one was a bit sad. Poor Eunice.
I couldn't help but feel a heartfelt empathy for Eunice. With a cheap crass-mannered husband (who would order a hamburger fries and a beer in an eatery like this?) and a crabby mother who condescends and complains constantly, these two couldn't behave themselves in having a lovely time in an exclusive restaurant without resorting to loud and obnoxious unpleasantries. I sympathize with her, having to put up with them daily, purposely making her life more and more miserable. I almost shed a tear for Eunice as she looks back and leaves the room after being thrown out and treated as a low-class outcast. Poor, poor insufferable Eunice. She didn't even have the chance to finish her Pink Lady. Although these hilarious Family sketches are wonderfully hilarious, this episode is somehow the first time it concludes with a sad ending.
@@LBF522 I understand, Samuel, but I wouldn't blame Eunice for assailing her penny-pitching husband and whining bellyaching mother for their loud asinine conduct in a palatial restaurant. Goodness. You'd think those two can put aside their objectionable demeanor JUST ONCE and have a quiet enjoying dinner without the drama. Can't you blame Eunice for going psycho with those two? And who would order a hamburger, beer, and fries in a pricey dining establishment? Poor Eunice. Her sad and humiliating expression says it all the moment she leaves the dining area. Ed and Mama are the culprits who ruin her once-in-a-lifetime lavished dinner. She's better off having dinner "alone" without tagging along with these nutcases.
Not really. Everything is a matter of choice. Eunice knew what she was getting into when she decided to bring those two along. And she also engaged with their B.S. instead of keeping her head above the clouds. I'm not saying Eunice's reaction is not understandable. But she is still responsible for her own reaction irrespective of what other people do and do not do. Believe it or not, there was nothing wrong with her husband wanting to order a hamburger and fries. Her embarrassment is hers to own. Part of having class is not looking down on "lower" classes. She behaved towards her husband with the same disdain as she feels victimized that the "upper" class is looking down on her. If you're here to have a good time, then have a good time. Don't spend the whole time you're there having a good time blaming other people for you being unable to have a good time. If you don't trust yourself having a good time without other people behaving a certain way, then don't show up. Also, I think you confuse empathy and sympathy. "You poor thing" is not an empathetic response. It's an enabling response. If Eunice thinks of herself as a victim, she will be one. She got her own karma handed out to her when she was asked to leave the restaurant. She was humiliated because she kept berating her husband and mother over how petty they were only to be called out as petty herself. She got owned. Don't get me wrong: no one deserves to be humiliated. But that is not to say that people do not attract into their lives the very situation they lament. I do not excuse Eunice's behavior. What she could have done: - Leave her husband free of his choices and focus on her own enjoyment. - Not try to educate her husband on what constitutes common courtesy and it is not her role nor her prerogative - Calmly explain to her mother how to use the pepper grinder knowing that her mother is who she is and will not change - Allow her mother enough rope to hang herself, and let her mother be the subject of negative attention instead of herself (hoarding on sugar and paper towel) and accept it is not her responsibility to control her mother nor overrule her choices - Not pretend the money her husband is not spending on his own meal is money he is refusing to spend on her - If for whatever reason she felt pushed to the edge and felt like she had no alternative to snap, she could have excused herself, gone outside or to the bathroom to get a moment to regroup, and recompose herself. What I'm trying to say is people don't often recognize how they bring onto their lives the very thing they despise, only to blame it on others. It is no wonder then that she is stuck and the only way she is able to make sense of it is that she is cursed with a husband and a mother that feel no alternative but to cause her embarrassment.
I'm laughing but feel sad at the end when Unice look back at the restaurant before leaving. She just want to experience how it feels to dine in a fine restaurant, but due to family circumstances it didn't go well... 😔😔😔💔💔💔
I think the line, "at least at Fat Jacks they got pictures of the stuff on the menu" is omitted. Yes, this is cut, because Mama asked the "chocolate mousse" snobby lady something before, which explains her cut snobby reaction.
@@gusbeau1 Not censorship. Reruns were trimmed to pack in more commercials. Even today on MeTV and Antenna TV if you see Carol's skits, chances are they have been trimmed here and there to create room to sell more Charmin and Doritos; that goes for all classic sitcoms on those channels too. The trimming isn't even done carefully-- sometimes a character will open their mouth to speak and you'll notice a cut. Sad.
I love Eunice, Momma, Ed, and the guest family members. Very realistic, in that they are showcasing dysfunctional behavior. The Problem with Dysfunctional people, is they don’t think anything is wrong with their behavior. To them,” Hell, everyone acts like this!”
Salad bars were probably much more novel back then than they would be later on. There's that trend in food (and fashion, architecture, etc.) where new and novel things are for the rich, but then they become less scarce and even average people or places can afford them. With the feel of exclusivity gone, rich people don't prize them as much as they once did.
@@AmyLSacks ... Perfectly said. What you said is true. Salad bars were a novelty then! It's kind of like when a patent on a particular product runs out, and then 3,000 manufacturers are suddenly making them, and more cheaply.
Depends on what you’re used to. When I was a kid we never went out to eat. Then one evening my dad took us to Beefsteak Charlie’s and I thought I was suddenly a millionaire lol
I used to wonder why I never saw the Carroll Burnett Show until about 1975 or so, I recently saw an old TV Guide, and I saw it was on the exact same day and time as The Jackie Gleason Show, which was a regular In Our House, a big favorite! By the time I first saw Carroll Burnett, in it's last few seasons, it also had become a regular show and big favorite in Our Home, as Jackie Gleason went off the Air. . I like to watch Episodes of Carroll Burnett on here every so often, or anything with Carroll Burnett!
Poor Eunice is a textbook definition of what I would call codependence. She knows her mother is toxic and her marriage a disappointment but she can't break free from them. All Eunice's siblings succeeded in part because they moved FAR away. None of her brothers appears to be married with children, either. There was no one to carp and criticize every new thing they wanted to try.
My mom's old school and she use to embarass me to death going places with curlers in her hair I'm 63 and I use to watch Carol Burnetts show with her we love that Tim and you also
That second one was up for a while, but got pulled for some reason. What's odd is that the Xmas duet between Burnett and Alda is still viewable. (And worth a look.) It's from the exact same show. [shrug] I don't understand UA-cam.
These clips are great. I wasn't really into the Carol Burnett show years ago and but was always a fan of Mama's Family. I wonder if Netflix could do a remake of this
I know these are made up characters as well as the stories, but it sometimes seems so real. Eunice is the way she is because of her mother, always arguing with each other, unhappily married to a cheapskate, down in the dumps constantly. This restaurant was her one time chance of seeing how others live and an escape from misery, and even this turned out bad. You'd think it would have been wise to leave Mama at home and let she and Ed enjoy themselves.
Eunice took mama...because she wanted her mothers approval. To enjoy it also. The reality is...mama especially would disagree and disapprove of ANY restaurant choice. Eunice should have been brave enough to chance it and walk away from her family.
I've seen far to many people like these 3 in Florida. Dysfunctional. The 3 of them were excellent in these characters. People may not realize it but we need shows like this on TV now. Sadly they just don't make them like they use to.
This is great to finally have this on here. So many of the really funny parts are edited out. You can see the edits. For example, when they first get up to go to the salad bar, a section is cut out, and there's more cut out. This is so freaking funny.
@@maxgordon6701 if I recall it right, one the big edits occurs when Mama and Eunice first leave the table to go to the salad bar, and Mama stops at the adjacent table and ask the lady some question about her food. That's why the lady seems aggravated when Mama say "Oh MY!" in relation to the lady's dessert...lol. Lots and lots cut out.
@@pocodfe I always wondered about that, since the lady's attitude is so rude, as if she had been pestered before about her food. Where did you see it unedited, or do you just remember it from when it originally aired? I would love to see more of it!
@@CrashingCrockery ... I think I have the uncut sketch that I recorded long ago on a VHS cassette, in re-runs on The Family Channel from like 30 some years ago or more. But the cuss words are cut out, and I think there are some minor edits. I just remember the sketch so well, because it's just so freaking funny!
No, it’s not a tragedy. It’s classic comedy designed to make you cringe. The writing and acting are simply brilliant. These characters reflect real people in the real world. There are many people like The Family. I had relatives just like them. They were lost in any restaurant situation beyond the local diner or fast food joint. Never knew how to behave, and were always uncomfortable. But if you excluded them, they were insulted. A no win situation.
Poor Eunice, she wanted to be of high class all the time. She was too afraid to try to achieve it on her own. Ed and Mamma did not care about things like that like Eunice did. Her fears kept her where she was.
Elevators used to have a person to push the buttons years ago and of course a person pumped your gas for you at the gas station no longer done anymore. Restaurants attendants for the bathroom does seem a bit much.
IT IS A PEPPER MILL MAMA!! WITH A PEPPER MILL YOU GRIND IT LIKE THIS !!!!
LORD YOU TWO ACT LIKE YOU'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK!!!!!🤣
Mama and Eunice sketches truly are brilliant! The acting is great! Still getting fans in 2023
There will never ever be anything like these shows again! Nothing is really good like this stuff anymore. Bless all of their hearts and souls! Always will be great!
I watched this show when I was a young kid back in brooklyn nyc with my mom and dad and did my dad lol so hard he had tears ! The greatest lol of my life ,I got my funny from Carol and the greatest Lucy
Absolutely agree
Best sitcom
Classic tv at its best.never be anything like it again
@@Gina-mo7xn ¹1
Carelessly and joyfully with love in our hearts
No matter how many times I see the Peppermill grinding segment, I still laugh.😂
She's so animated .. lol
It’s the pepper mill that gets me EVERY TIME😆
Eunice should have slammed down the pink ladies before she left
Yes. Each sketch has a 'seven!!' moment and it kills me everytime. Carol says Eunice going off is one of the ways that she would release tensions because she's not like that in her own life. Charo's cootchie, cootchie dance too.
So relatable when it comes to some typical family interaction. Carol lays it down like a pro, giving us a more than authentic rendition of a tortured soul trying to save face while in the midst of a social affair she is not completely comfortable in. Her eyes when the head waiter asks her to leave is painful it is so true to life. Her frustration is heartbreaking when she is asked to leave in shame. All her attempts to blend in were shot down at every turn.
To say Carol Burnett was a genius of comedy is an understatement. Just wonderful. Since I was a boy watching these when they were on, I've constantly gotten belly laughs from them.
She's still alive.
@@asit1 I know. I was referring to her golden days.
Agreed. I very rarely get those belly laughs with today's comedians. The cool thing is, they were so funny without a single curse word.
@@arreola891 they cussed during these shows all the time. It would make my grandmother cringe 😬
@@Former_Pastor Maybe your definition of cussing is different than mine.
If you didn’t enjoy watching Carol thru the years you missed so many good times
This is just too funny. I never get tired of any of Carol's skits.
Thanks to UA-cam I watch one every night
7:10 Harvey improvised that "L'chaim" very well. Carol was so caught off guard. I miss comedies like this.
This episode originally aired February 7, 1976. That extra $15 Ed mentions would be around $78 in 2022 dollars.
4 days before my 5th birthday 😢
I was 5 in December @@GalaxyTheCrazyQuilt
@@tonijohnson5696 I would've started kindergarten that fall 😢I just miss my mom 😔
Lucille Ball was a fan of Carol Burnett. That says a lot.
Eunice has such a regretful look as they are leaving. She knows they were kicked out but does not understand exactly why! Genius comedy. Genius reflects both the comic and tragic we experience in life. And bittersweet regret.
I love Mama's permanent scowl; she reminds me of my eternally angry mother.
And Vicki was younger than Carol.
@@lavalampluva55401Still is.
I remember one thanksgiving when my Aunt and Uncle were eating with us my uncle asked my mom where to put the salad and my aunt said your mouth and the fight was on so I can relate to this but it was funny , it was never a dull moment when my aunt and uncle came over. My mom and aunt and uncle have passed and I miss them dearly but I have many dysfunctional happy memories
LOL this almost make me choke on my pink lady...
Omg that was my husband s family a bunch of morons
My son said to us mom you and dad fight all the time I feel like telling him shut up
"Here go, ladies. L'chaim." Carol was caught off guard!
Lchaim?
Eunice is a sad character even though we laugh about the situations she falls into because it's Carol. The competition between Eunice and her favored sister is real life. I love watching The Family but the expressions on Carol's face at times makes me cheer her on. The look as she's escorted out of the restaurant is like if only. Harvey's attitude as Ed is priceless. I sure miss the old comedy shows and Carol's is one of them.
The end scene when Eunice realizes she is not ever going to be like...them: heartbreaking.
In just one glance she portrays that awareness of knowing her caste, and that she can never rise above it.
The push and pull of her desire and the force of family members that keep her down.
This one's a classic I haven't seen in years!
It's a pepper mill Mama. You Grind it. You Grind the pepper mill. That was so hilarious😂😂😂
She's gonna BREAK it lol!
Who put pepper on salad 😂
@@dr3914 seriously?????
WERE YOU TWO BORN UNDER A ROCK 🪨?
I have been 😂😂😂😂 and saying this randomly all week I had to come back to watch it lol
If Mama only knew then, how much that roll of toilet paper means today.
So true!!!
So true
🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣🤣😂😂☺️🤣😂🤣😂😅
Hiding from a barely deadly virus isn't like fighting a war. You aren't part of the greatest generation.
@@frankcabanski9409 Agree 100%
Funniest show ever man! The family was the best part of the show
This episode is highly edited. In the original Mama asks the lady in the next booth (on the way to the salad bar) what she has which is why on the way back from the salad bar she simply replies to Mama when Mama says Oh My. There are several cuts made to this version. I wish you could purchase a DVD set of all the unedited Mama, Ed and Eunice Family episodes on a single DVD.
a shame, really, that Carol won't just release the whole series on a complete DVD set. But her business method has been genius. By holding onto it, she and the others became very rich and never had to work again. When the show ended, everyone had done very well, but the true wealth came as a result of Carol's careful VHS and DVD releases over the years; always sure never to include it all. She kinda mimics Disney in that way, how they make available copies of their movies.
So good ! Brings a smile to my face every time .
I loved these sketches and laughed so much as a kid but as an adult I even see the depth in them now too of the family and the feelings they have and protray
I think Unice and Mama owned 4 dresses between the two of them! 99 % of the time Unice wore exactly the same dress and green sash with her 1940s hairdo 😂
Only other times were when she was in the gong show and her aunt's funeral...the dress was a salvation army find the designer bob Mackie wanted to make a replica but carol insisted and using it patching it up before each skit
A PEPPER MILL!! YOU GRIND IT...THE PEPPER COMES OUT!!! Lolololol!!!
Classic. Simply classic!
The things they come up with these days. I once had tea and domething wrapped like a fancy chocolate piece with glittery wrapper and all. I wanted to sweeten my cup of tea but didn't see sugar anywhere on the table. I was told then the piece Was the sugar. 🤦🏻♀️ embarrassed enough I found trouble unwrapping the fancy piece of sugar, elegently like ladies do. It was wrapped in a weird way. I ended up drinking tea like chinese do. 😂 It was good. 😄👌🏻
Speaking of unwrapping fancy pieces of candies with a big sticky sticker.. I mean what's up with that? Why? I always find trouble unwrapping a piece. I usually take them home and aggressively unwrap'em all there. 😂
I have to admit when I was a kid at a restaurant with my folks i didn't know how to use a pepper mill either.
This has very funny lines, but it is mostly tragedy. Thelma, Eunice and Ed finally have a chance to mingle with the higher end of society, but like an improper Steak Tartar, they are ill prepared. Eunice's expression at the end when she realizes she blew their chance is heart-wrenching.
I agree. The end made me teary-eyed. As I get older I understand Eunice so well,...her frustration and dissapointment. The combination of comedy and tragedy in these skits are incomparable...the actors and writers are geniuses.
@@wilfordfraser6347 Absolutely. For decades, I only saw the edited version of the sketch when the family visits Mickey Hart in his apartment. The UNedited version, with Mickey explaining his childhood, is terribly sad.
I just wrote that same thing in my comment,she really wanted a decent dinner in a classy spots
Poor Eunice. 😕 She couldn't even enjoy a nice meal in a fancy restaurant bc of her pain in the ass mother & husband. Too bad that she didn't just go by herself or take a non relative with her, then maybe she would've had a much better time. (She should have lowered her voice, though).
Forgive me, but this was a ‘’comedy” show, wasn’t it ?
Eunice should’ve at least downed the two Pink Ladies before leaving lol
I would have
Ed walked
out with the napkin and Mama with the fee toilet paper and free sugar so it wasn't a total loss.
I would have lol
I would have definitely.
Ed is that you? back to the hardware store.
Whats nuts is that Eunice is actually always right!
What?
@@marymargaretblumhorst5359 Yes. Eunice is always right. If you pay attention to the skits, she is always right and always telling the truth
I never understand why people usually blame her but she’s the only NORMAL one among them . I figured out why many ppl defend Ed and mama and go after Eunice , in real life they are the same idiots as those two
@@jenniferhalliwell416 she was feeling that violin
@@ericrivera8410 LOL Right! The Family skits are actually kinda sad to watch because Eunice's family is the real problem. Shes a problem because she keeps "reacting" to them. But they are the problem
You've just got to feel for Eunice.. particularly in this scene. All she wanted was to experience a nice dinner. Her mother and her husband ruined that for her by acting completely brand new..
These skits are so darn authentic, the whole thing feels oddly realistic. The writers, along with these 3 amazing comedic actors, have created such relatable and enduring characters, that one cannot help but see one's own emotions and angst mirrored in them. It's not hard to see why this one skit spawned its own spin-off series.
U grind it mama u grind it
Mamma and Ed are you living under rock
Along with the Bunkers this is greatest family on TV.
The horrible thing is that I've actually seen people behave this abominably in upscale restaurants twice -- and on both occasions it was supposedly "upper class" people doing it, not working class people like Ed, Eunice and Mama. (On the second occasion, when the maitre d told them to leave, everyone in the dining room applauded.) Shakespeare commented at length in "The Merchant of Venice" that the bearers of noble and honorable names can often have thoroughly vile natures. Right as usual.
You know Rich Trash always feels entitled
Like um......KARTRASHIANS...just to start the list.
When I worked in restaurants way back when, Yuppies would undertip or not tip at all. The dudes who worked in construction were the most generous. (Thank Dog those days are over. The service biz was tough even before COVID.)
@@AmyLSacks I used to work in a restaurant too, to earn my spending money for college. (Nothing fancy; a diner which saw a lot of truckers come in. Fascinating guys, with some of the best stories imaginable). I've also known some wealthy upper-class people in my life who were thoroughly decent; but when one-percenters ARE jerks, they go all the way. The most common feature of bad restaurant behavior I've observed is the way some of them talk to waiters and waitresses as if they were a lower order of being. I heard a line in a sitcom once, where a guy was sitting with a rich couple who treated their server this way, and was disgusted by them, that I've always wanted to drum up the courage to use: "How about we play a game? It's called 'Treat The Waiter Like A Human Being'. The prize is, YOU GET TO NOT GO TO HELL !"
@@tadimaggio There was a troll pre-virus who became notorious on several internet sites for bragging in capslock about how she loved to burden servers with absurd, time-sucking demands. Then she'd refuse to tip, try to get them in trouble with Management, or score a free meal, etc. I kept hoping she was just doing bad online theater, but maybe not. A number of servers commented to her that she probably ended up ingesting a lot of their, uh... bodily emissions without knowing it. :P
I remember reading once that Carol Burnett said that it was the accents that made the sketches funny.
She said that once at a table read they did the scene on their regular voices and that no one laughed at all. She said that they all realized it was really and truly sad.
They also played it straight. They puff up the antics besides the accents for the humor effect. God they're all so immensely talented. And Dick and Jenna's writing was spot on. Two actors turned writers I believe. Dick played Carl in the flashback episode of how Ed and Eunice came to marry. He was great.
This is a good Eunice/Mama Family skit.
7:19 "Here goes ladies. L'Chaim."
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I JUST REALLY THINK EUNICES WHIYE SHOES ARE SO CRAZY!!! LOVE ALL THE GRITCHEN THEY DO OMG FUNNY SKITS!!!! GRIND THAT DAMN PEPPER!!!!!! LOL
The Great Carol Burnett Show Will Have Fan's Forever !!
This is one of my all time favorites. Well, most of them were brilliant.
I can ONLY imagine Tim Conway being there with all of them!
Cheaters never prosper
"ARE YOU ENJOYING YOUR SALAD, MOTHER HARPER?"
I bet he would sit right next to Mama and Eunice.
for some reason, i remember this skit from my childhood. this one and the SORRY! one. I think because this one started so funny, and then you wanted to cry at the end.
Her hairstyle has me in stitches😂😂😂😂
Kind of reminds me of one of the girls from Peanuts
I looked it up, her name is Freida. Always talking about her naturally curly hair 😄
@@BrokamaGay Sally!
Love it
Carol and Vicki are about to kill me right now! Love, love these two. Then they throw Ed at us. Death, from excessive laughter!
Eunice acting as if mama and Ed are the classless embarrassing ones but in the end it was Eunice who got them thrown out.
True, but she became upset at them for their tacky behavior and lost her cool.
Ed and Mama just would not let Eunice be great!
@@XiaoFury Has Eunice truly ever FOUND her cool? :)
Water always runs to the lowest edge. MMB
@@jonas3333 she tried to keep her cool but Thelma constantly put her down and there were times that she had to snap.
Simply priceless !
I always enjoyed Mama family. Carol Burnett was always funny as Eunice. Vicki Was always funny as Mama. The funny thing Vicki was the youngest if all of them.
I wish they would make more shows like mama and Eunice sketches and the tv show Mamas family.
Truly amazing.
It’s a classic.
Still getting new fans in 2023
I havn't seen these whole sketches before. Just outtakes and clips. They are Great ! These family ones in particular are so funny. Although this one was a bit sad. Poor Eunice.
You still haven't seen the whole skit. This was cut down. Notice the chocolate mousse part??
Thank you so much for posting! The episode that was posted had poor sound, etc. Thank you!!
I couldn't help but feel a heartfelt empathy for Eunice. With a cheap crass-mannered husband (who would order a hamburger fries and a beer in an eatery like this?) and a crabby mother who condescends and complains constantly, these two couldn't behave themselves in having a lovely time in an exclusive restaurant without resorting to loud and obnoxious unpleasantries. I sympathize with her, having to put up with them daily, purposely making her life more and more miserable. I almost shed a tear for Eunice as she looks back and leaves the room after being thrown out and treated as a low-class outcast. Poor, poor insufferable Eunice. She didn't even have the chance to finish her Pink Lady. Although these hilarious Family sketches are wonderfully hilarious, this episode is somehow the first time it concludes with a sad ending.
Ms Beckerman most of the endings were sad.
Well Eunice did not help matters with her screaming and yelling which got them kicked out. Mama is someone I would never take out in public.
@@LBF522 I understand, Samuel, but I wouldn't blame Eunice for assailing her penny-pitching husband and whining bellyaching mother for their loud asinine conduct in a palatial restaurant. Goodness. You'd think those two can put aside their objectionable demeanor JUST ONCE and have a quiet enjoying dinner without the drama. Can't you blame Eunice for going psycho with those two? And who would order a hamburger, beer, and fries in a pricey dining establishment? Poor Eunice. Her sad and humiliating expression says it all the moment she leaves the dining area. Ed and Mama are the culprits who ruin her once-in-a-lifetime lavished dinner. She's better off having dinner "alone" without tagging along with these nutcases.
The bigger question is why did this upper crust, high class restaurant even have burgers, fries, and beer on their menu?
Not really. Everything is a matter of choice. Eunice knew what she was getting into when she decided to bring those two along. And she also engaged with their B.S. instead of keeping her head above the clouds.
I'm not saying Eunice's reaction is not understandable. But she is still responsible for her own reaction irrespective of what other people do and do not do.
Believe it or not, there was nothing wrong with her husband wanting to order a hamburger and fries. Her embarrassment is hers to own. Part of having class is not looking down on "lower" classes. She behaved towards her husband with the same disdain as she feels victimized that the "upper" class is looking down on her.
If you're here to have a good time, then have a good time. Don't spend the whole time you're there having a good time blaming other people for you being unable to have a good time.
If you don't trust yourself having a good time without other people behaving a certain way, then don't show up.
Also, I think you confuse empathy and sympathy. "You poor thing" is not an empathetic response. It's an enabling response.
If Eunice thinks of herself as a victim, she will be one. She got her own karma handed out to her when she was asked to leave the restaurant. She was humiliated because she kept berating her husband and mother over how petty they were only to be called out as petty herself. She got owned.
Don't get me wrong: no one deserves to be humiliated. But that is not to say that people do not attract into their lives the very situation they lament. I do not excuse Eunice's behavior.
What she could have done:
- Leave her husband free of his choices and focus on her own enjoyment.
- Not try to educate her husband on what constitutes common courtesy and it is not her role nor her prerogative
- Calmly explain to her mother how to use the pepper grinder knowing that her mother is who she is and will not change
- Allow her mother enough rope to hang herself, and let her mother be the subject of negative attention instead of herself (hoarding on sugar and paper towel) and accept it is not her responsibility to control her mother nor overrule her choices
- Not pretend the money her husband is not spending on his own meal is money he is refusing to spend on her
- If for whatever reason she felt pushed to the edge and felt like she had no alternative to snap, she could have excused herself, gone outside or to the bathroom to get a moment to regroup, and recompose herself.
What I'm trying to say is people don't often recognize how they bring onto their lives the very thing they despise, only to blame it on others. It is no wonder then that she is stuck and the only way she is able to make sense of it is that she is cursed with a husband and a mother that feel no alternative but to cause her embarrassment.
I'm laughing but feel sad at the end when Unice look back at the restaurant before leaving. She just want to experience how it feels to dine in a fine restaurant, but due to family circumstances it didn't go well... 😔😔😔💔💔💔
Well Eunice acting the fool and screaming did not help.
Another funny episode with Eunice, Ed, and Mama. Great comedy team.
Carol!!! Why do you have to do that at the end and completely break our heartsssss!!!
I don't think I've ever seen the unedited version but thank you for posting this in much better quality.
Poor Eunice! 😔 I feel for her!
Poooor Eunice, she really was trying to enjoy herself & tht nice restaurant experience
I just cnt stop laughing
ENTIRE episode is HILARIOUS
Thank you for uploading!
I’ve been waiting to see this skit for the longest time!!!!!! Thanks for posting ☺️
I think the line, "at least at Fat Jacks they got pictures of the stuff on the menu" is omitted. Yes, this is cut, because Mama asked the "chocolate mousse" snobby lady something before, which explains her cut snobby reaction.
Yes, the censors are sooooo bust protecting us poor serfs from ourselves !
@@gusbeau1 .... right??
@@gusbeau1 Not censorship. Reruns were trimmed to pack in more commercials. Even today on MeTV and Antenna TV if you see Carol's skits, chances are they have been trimmed here and there to create room to sell more Charmin and Doritos; that goes for all classic sitcoms on those channels too. The trimming isn't even done carefully-- sometimes a character will open their mouth to speak and you'll notice a cut. Sad.
Watching this makes social distancing seem great, actually. :D
A restaurant this fancy wouldn't have a salad bar!
I love Eunice, Momma, Ed, and the guest family members. Very realistic, in that they are showcasing dysfunctional behavior. The Problem with Dysfunctional people, is they don’t think anything is wrong with their behavior. To them,” Hell, everyone acts like this!”
MY HUSBAND
CORRECT!
"Lordddd, the two of you act like you've been livin' under a rock!!!!" 😆😆
I have a married couple as neighbors. They bicker all the while just like this manner.
Restaurant must not even be that “fancy” since there’s a salad bar lol. Ruby Tuesday’s would knock them off of their feet 🤣
A salad bar is high class fancy to Eunice. Lol.
I said the same exact thing!
Salad bars were probably much more novel back then than they would be later on. There's that trend in food (and fashion, architecture, etc.) where new and novel things are for the rich, but then they become less scarce and even average people or places can afford them. With the feel of exclusivity gone, rich people don't prize them as much as they once did.
@@AmyLSacks ... Perfectly said. What you said is true. Salad bars were a novelty then! It's kind of like when a patent on a particular product runs out, and then 3,000 manufacturers are suddenly making them, and more cheaply.
Depends on what you’re used to. When I was a kid we never went out to eat. Then one evening my dad took us to Beefsteak Charlie’s and I thought I was suddenly a millionaire lol
I was so happy for Eunice when she received her pink lady but the ending was sad. She just wanted a nice fancy experience
This is when they had good shows to watch. Love the Carol Burnett show.
I used to wonder why I never saw the Carroll Burnett Show until about 1975 or so, I recently saw an old TV Guide, and I saw it was on the exact same day and time as The Jackie Gleason Show, which was a regular In Our House, a big favorite! By the time I first saw Carroll Burnett, in it's last few seasons, it also had become a regular show and big favorite in Our Home, as Jackie Gleason went off the Air. . I like to watch Episodes of Carroll Burnett on here every so often, or anything with Carroll Burnett!
Whoever thought a salad bar could be so complicated
Poor Eunice is a textbook definition of what I would call codependence. She knows her mother is toxic and her marriage a disappointment but she can't break free from them. All Eunice's siblings succeeded in part because they moved FAR away. None of her brothers appears to be married with children, either. There was no one to carp and criticize every new thing they wanted to try.
I agree. Bringing mama out in public was a mistake.
Her brother jack has wife and kids (played by Tom smothers), I totally agree with you though
9:47 I could feel from here the breeze of those anxious Eunice´s blinks. ROFL!!!🤣
Funny how out of the three, Eunice is the classy one. LOL.
The Family sketches are brilliant comedy from top-notch pros. But omg, some hit way too close to home.
YES! I have seen this posted but in a very poor format with almost no audio. THIS is the whole thing-thank you!!
My mom's old school and she use to embarass me to death going places with curlers in her hair I'm 63 and I use to watch Carol Burnetts show with her we love that Tim and you also
Better sound than the other. If only someone would post Visit To Phillip and Home For The Holidays :(
That second one was up for a while, but got pulled for some reason. What's odd is that the Xmas duet between Burnett and Alda is still viewable. (And worth a look.) It's from the exact same show. [shrug] I don't understand UA-cam.
Poor Eunice.......... her best is her worst!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mama has a lot of Fred Sanford in her.
These clips are great. I wasn't really into the Carol Burnett show years ago and but was always a fan of Mama's Family. I wonder if Netflix could do a remake of this
I know these are made up characters as well as the stories, but it sometimes seems so real. Eunice is the way she is because of her mother, always arguing with each other, unhappily married to a cheapskate, down in the dumps constantly. This restaurant was her one time chance of seeing how others live and an escape from misery, and even this turned out bad. You'd think it would have been wise to leave Mama at home and let she and Ed enjoy themselves.
Eunice took mama...because she wanted her mothers approval. To enjoy it also. The reality is...mama especially would disagree and disapprove of ANY restaurant choice. Eunice should have been brave enough to chance it and walk away from her family.
@@michaelglenn367 Well said.
Mama and the toilet paper! My mother stole TP at every restaurant across Georgia! I don’t believe she ever purchased a roll. lol
How embarassing Mama just whipped out that toilet paper at the table.. lol
I've seen far to many people like these 3 in Florida. Dysfunctional. The 3 of them were excellent in these characters. People may not realize it but we need shows like this on TV now. Sadly they just don't make them like they use to.
The last one got canceled because the star was canceled. Think about it
This skit is genious. So funny
This is great to finally have this on here. So many of the really funny parts are edited out. You can see the edits. For example, when they first get up to go to the salad bar, a section is cut out, and there's more cut out. This is so freaking funny.
I noticed that too. This version has been heavily editted.
@@lauragriffin6512 I hate that. It's genius, it's one of my favorites, I'll wait until someone posts the uncut version.
@@maxgordon6701 if I recall it right, one the big edits occurs when Mama and Eunice first leave the table to go to the salad bar, and Mama stops at the adjacent table and ask the lady some question about her food. That's why the lady seems aggravated when Mama say "Oh MY!" in relation to the lady's dessert...lol. Lots and lots cut out.
@@pocodfe I always wondered about that, since the lady's attitude is so rude, as if she had been pestered before about her food. Where did you see it unedited, or do you just remember it from when it originally aired? I would love to see more of it!
@@CrashingCrockery ... I think I have the uncut sketch that I recorded long ago on a VHS cassette, in re-runs on The Family Channel from like 30 some years ago or more. But the cuss words are cut out, and I think there are some minor edits. I just remember the sketch so well, because it's just so freaking funny!
Mama it is a pepper mill. You grind it. Are you livin under a rock?
The singing of Eunice and Ed saying 2😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have an idea why didn't just a Eunice go by herself or at least take Ed leave the psycho Mom at home.
No, it’s not a tragedy. It’s classic comedy designed to make you cringe. The writing and acting are simply brilliant. These characters reflect real people in the real world. There are many people like The Family. I had relatives just like them. They were lost in any restaurant situation beyond the local diner or fast food joint. Never knew how to behave, and were always uncomfortable. But if you excluded them, they were insulted. A no win situation.
it funny when she starts singing and yelled at mama for not knowing to grind the pepper it to funny ed asked for hamburger and called him cheap lol
Poor Eunice I feel so bad for her here. She never gets to do anything or go anywhere "upscale" so to have this chance taken from her is really sad:-(
Eunice being overbearing and commanding, plus with her mother and husband's lack of manners is what got them kicked out.
It’s not overbearing to ask people to act f king normal
Im all gitty right at the beginning bc ths is one tht i haven't seen!!!
Poor Eunice, she wanted to be of high class all the time. She was too afraid to try to achieve it on her own. Ed and Mamma did not care about things like that like Eunice did. Her fears kept her where she was.
For a moment I thought the Maitre D' was Dalton Trumbo!!
He played the ship's doctor in "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972)! I think his name is Jan Irvin.
Oh look my mother on tv!
This is a good old show they need it to come back out again
I couldn't imagine any one establishment today employing restroom attendants AND featuring a salad bar.
Elevators used to have a person to push the buttons years ago and of course a person pumped your gas for you at the gas station no longer done anymore. Restaurants attendants for the bathroom does seem a bit much.
@@LBF522Oregon and New Jersey don't allow self service gas stations
@@caesarsneezer6992 Really? That is interesting.