The Carol Burnett Show – Simon Dunn

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The Logical Punchline

There’s some nice physical acting, and ad libbing in this clip from The Carol Burnett Show.

December 30, 2020
A New Angel

This is from The Carol Burnett Show. The show ran for 244 episodes in the US, across twelve years, but somehow only 13 episodes were ever broadcast in the UK. That was on BBC2 in the summer of 1970.

December 22, 2020
How To Fire Donald Duck

Probably not the best way to fire one of your biggest stars. This is a sketch from The Carol Burnett Show, which was a huge hit for CBS in the 70s. It never really caught on here in the UK, and only managed a 13 episode run on BBC2, although 244 episodes were made.

April 23, 2019

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Proctology: A Bottom Examination

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…