What was your favorite variety show? My first favorite was Ed SullivanShow, then as I got older it changed , Edited

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[wcmagumba]

1. Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In...

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3. Thank you very much wcmaguumba.

[wcmagumba]

9. Loved this bit from Hee Haw...

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14. Thank you wcmagumba. I remember that show.

[MuseRider]

26. The minute I saw

what you wrote I knew it had to be that...ooOOOOwwwwww

[pandr32]

2. It was without much competition at the time.

There was something for everyone in the family.

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5. I agree. As time went on there were a lot more.shows with different varieties of acts.

[TexLaProgressive]

4. Ed had great guests

But Carol has my heart. Yes it was a different format than the Really good shoe. But it was loads of fun with the regulars and guests.

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6. Oh, Carol"s show was my second. I so enjoyed the comedy clips.

[MiHale]

7. Never missed Ed...but that really was my parents show...

Carol Burnett and laugh-in along with Hee-Haw…rural roots are hard to shake.

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10. I agree with you MiHale. Loved watching Carol's show. Ed Sullivan was my parent's show.

[Deuxcents]

8. The Smothers Brothers show

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11. Oh yes, great show. Thank you Deuxcents.

[rampartd]

16. winner

[Eugene]

12. The Carol Burnett Show

That's the show I watched most regularly.
I also liked Flip Wilson and the short-lived
Captain and Tennille show

[EYESORE 9001]

13. I had a thing for The Hollywood Palace

Ran on Saturday nights on ABC, to the best of my recollection.

[The Blue Flower]

15. The Steve allen show

It was on opposite Ed Sullivan. Always funnier. I also like Ernie Kovacs. Anyone remember his show?

[boonecreek]

23. Oh yeah.

The Nairobi Trio, Percy Dovetonsills, Eugene and those Dutch Masters spots.

[The Blue Flower]

25. Those were all Ernie Kovac's creations

He was way before his time.

[JoseBalow]

17. I was a big fan of The Flip Wilson Show

[FM123]

28. Me too!

"The devil made me do it"

[displacedvermoter]

18. Smothers Brothers

Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell also really good.

Sullivan was great, though. Beatles, Stones, Doors, Topo Gigot, Jose Jimenez (Bill Dana).

[AllaN01Bear]

19. muppets variety hour .

[RoadRunner]

20. Mickey Mouse Club

That Annette Funicello still haunts me to this day.

[LogDog75]

21. I loved The Carol Burnett Show

Ed Sullivan was good for the variety of acts and it was probably the TV version of Vaudeville. However, The Carol Burnett Show had a set cast of talented actors who would appear every week.

[Dorothy V]

22. We never missed Ed Sullivan!

I loved Carol Burnett and the Smothers Brothers. Sad to say, nowadays most things on TV are regrettable.

[boonecreek]

24. We had a few.

The Danny Kaye Show, The Johnathon Winters Show and later the Carol Burnett Show.

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27. We gotta include "Saturday Night Live", todays version of a variety show...

with a cast of repeating stars and guests. There was also "Second City" too.

[applegrove]

29. I used to watch Carole Burnett reruns after highschool

when I was 18. Such a light.

[Squeaky41]

30. Favorites

Show of Shows with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Howie Morris, Carl Reiner.

Summer replacement was Ernie Kovacs.

Red Skelton was very funny.

[Different Drummer]

31. Ed Sullivan Show for me.

Especially the episodes that featured The Muppets and/or Topo Gigio.