The Carol Burnett Show: The Lost Episodes

Ray Charles performs Melanie's What Have They Done to My Song Ma, which he reinterprets as Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma. The Tearjerker Theatre presents the "classic" Sinful Woman, starring Carol while Tim as a priest tries to sell her lotto tickets! Carol's Charwoman character wanders into a duet with Ray Charles that becomes an extended medley of Ray's hits.

George Carlin performs his parody of The Tonight Show with J. Edgar Hoover replacing Johnny Carson. Carol and Lucille Ball play rival BWA stewardesses. Lyle Waggoner and Vicki Lawrence spread some good-time sunshine singing, while Harvey, Carol, Lyle and Lucy lampoon modern morality in their version of the recent hit movie Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. But leave it to Carol and Lucy to save the day.

Bernadette Peters and Mike Douglas guest star. and joins Carol for a medley of hits from the Partridge Family and the Carpenters. Funt & Mundane (Harvey and Carol) go way off Broadway to Nebraska. In The Most Happy Stella, farmer Nick (Harvey) receives Carol as his mail-order bride. The whole gang unites as a "Gray Brigade" of ex-actors planning their return to the bright lights of Broadway.

Martha Raye joins Carol in a snappy medley of songs. Burnett's at her nasally, nagging best playing Zelda, who drives George into a bit of Walter Mitty-like escapism. Ballet stars Edward Villella and Violette Verdy provide Carol's Charwoman with her greatest challenge yet-dancing Swan Lake while wearing army boots.

Guest stars are Diahann Carroll and Tim Conway. Carroll delivers a strong version of Leon Russell's A Song for You. Harvey (Count Fettuccine) and spinster Carol enjoy a Venetian fling in Arrivederci, Summertime. Tim, Harvey, Diahann and Carol all take part in the finale.

Carol as "Alice Portnoy" is the preteen from hell. Back in Canoga Falls, Carol endures yet another zany installment of As the Stomach Turns. Joyce (Nanette Fabray) confesses to being a kleptomaniac. Nancy Wilson and Carol share some positive energy singing Get Together by the Youngbloods and team up with Fabray, dressing like their kids to identify with the "Mothers of Tomorrow."

Lana Turner speaks, sings and dances her way through Heavenly Music. Gorshin croons a little I Love You, You Love Me to introduce a barrage of celebrity impressions. Lana and Frank join Carol and Harvey in a fresh take on the Bluebeard tale. Carol weighs in as Julia Wild. How can she top that? By donning scuba gear for By the Beautiful Sea, a choreographed duet with Gorshin.

We finally learn how lovebirds "George and Zelda" got hitched. Carol and Cass Elliot sing Nobody's Heart. Debonair Ricardo Montalban and Carol spoof the Fernando Lamas and Esther Williams. For his first appearance on the show, famous clown Emmett Kelly meets Carol's Charwoman at the circus. He teaches her a few tricks; she reciprocates with two heartfelt songs.

Debbie and Carol are offered the chance to do a coffee commercial. In a "Carol and Sis" scrapbook sketch, Carol recalls her traumatic honeymoon with Roger (Harvey). The cast and guest stars "update" the classic 1943 film So Proudly We Hail!

Cass Elliot looks to the past with the '30s pop standard There's a Lull in My Life. "George and Zelda" are at it again, Love in an Avalanche, focuses on the career of three-time Olympic figure skating champion Sonja Henie. As Sonja Honey, Carol charms composer Johnny Jones and leaves Norway with him for Hollywood. The ice skates remain laced up during their South Seas musical.

With a couple of guys like Robert Goulet and Lyle Waggoner by her side, Carol's in Hunk Heaven. Carol and guest star Imogene Coca go on a European holiday looking for men. Everyone participates in the spectacular crazy-quilt fairy tale Cinderumplewhite. Heroine Carol almost slips into Tarzan yell mode during her love duet with Prince Goulet.

Song-and-dance serviceman Ken Berry initiates a party with plenty of fancy footwork, booze and babes. Since all the citizens of Canoga Falls are nuts, there's never a sane moment in As the Stomach Turns. Marian tries to console her friend Estelle, who's hysterical after discovering that she's a werewolf. Golfing buddies Rabbi Feldman and Father Colucci drop by for comic relief.

Garry Moore, Durward Kirby and Carol Burnett performing together means physical comedy wrapped in a warm blanket of nostalgia. Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner share a rare duo moment singing the pop hit Call Me. Carol honors lead dancer Don Crichton with a slot for his own showcase, set to the tune of Give My Regards to Broadway.

Season 5 concludes with a Family Show that's a tribute to Betty Grable from the 1945 movie The Dolly Sisters. Carol and Vicki play Jenny and Rosie, they pack houses everywhere and even help end WWI. All is wonderful until Jenny's car crash. She develops amnesia. The act is kaput. She winds up waitressing in a nightclub where Harry performs. His old song jogs her memory and they reconnect.