Virtually identical to the same scene in 'Little Foxes' with Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall [1941].

I completely agree the only reason why Fontaine won is because they felt like she should’ve won for Rebecca the year earlier

I thought Harvey just said "shit" and he kind of does because he paused in the middle of it. ha ha. Carol trying not to break up after it is priceless. I think Carol said she used to bite her lip to stop herself and it looks like she does a little in this skit.

@@edgefan4437 She was trying really hard not to break in this one. The funniest was either the elephant sketch or the Mama's Family sketch where Vicki Lawrence insulted her. Truly funny!

That great Southern American accent when we were all used to Welsh accent. Wonderful!

Always incredible! He was so much fun in his appearances with Carol and Company!

Rebecky and Mildred Fierce lol

It has nothing to do with the '70s. They're imitating a sort of time period that's Gone With the Wind-esque. Old southern.

@@Krana-rt2yy I guess sideburns were the same way back then as the 70s.

Yes it is!

"Do you like it? I saw it in the window and just couldn't resist!"

yes, that was Roddy. he did a great job at his own stunts on the stairwell..LOL

@@markandruse4240 That stairwell stunt Roddy did was magnificent. I never really knew he could do impromptu physical stunts. He was always such a great dramatic actor. I miss him lots. RIP Great One.

@@markandruse4240 I seem to remember him in an episode of Matlock. I think he killed someone with a poisoned egg.

@@stevenscottoddballz He also tried to blow up Columbo!

I think he was a frequent guest star in Carol’s show back then. He was always willing to throw himself into whatever the writers dreamed up

Me too 😂😂

I’m not familiar with the movie and play this is associated with. Can you tell me?

Nevermind. I looked it up. The Little Foxes. Now I’ll watch it thanks to your original post. 🙏😊

@@SavingHistory So glad you looked into it! I do believe the original full movie is posted here on KZfaq. It's one of my favorite movies of all time, but I must warn you: it gets off to a bit of a slow start, so if you have trouble getting into it please give it at least half an hour. That's when the story starts to take off. If you do give it a watch, I hope you'll come back here and let me know what you thought!

I agree with you! This movie is criminally overlooked these days. I only watched it (the movie, not this sketch) at first because Dan Duryea was in it, who I adore, but I was blown away by everybody’s performances. Bette Davis’ character would def make my list of “All Time Great Movie Villains”.

Well, this sketch was made during the heyday of the “late night movie”, in other words older films being shown on TV at times of the night that weren’t going to turn a profit if they showed new content, so they ran old stuff instead to fill the time. This led to not only older people tuning in so they could re-watch movies they hadn’t seen in years, but also a new generation becoming fans of what we now call “classic” movies. That’s how people like Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg became movie nerds. So, even though this is a sketch from the 1970s parodying a movie from the 1940s, it’s entirely possible that the average person would still be reasonably familiar with the movie.

I don't know the movie at all. Lol.

No, he said "Chitlins!"

@@FaytLinegod yes I hear it now lol

It wasn't scandalous. That's what everyone assumes these days about the 1970s, everyone who didn't live at that time.

The 1970s were far more scandalous and profane than the 2020s and all those swearing artists put together who think that they're so ahead of their time, so hip, futuristic, but what they don't realise is that all that they're doing now has been done before. Each generation thinks it's smarter and way ahead of it's time and more misunderstood than the previous one. What they all have in common is the domestic violence they suffered in their homes, and violence creates brilliant manipulators in life, just look at Hitler, he had a violent, abusive childhood and had a whole nation follow him and execute his orders. So the next time you hit your child think about the repercussions it'll one day have on all of us. Cheers!

@@salviaofficinalis02 While the 70's were not as tame as some like to think. On television there were still certain things you did not hear or see. Except maybe in late night television like PBS.

The old man? Roddy McDowall. He was fabulous. Look up more of his work. Or did you mean the butler? That was Carlton Johnson. He apparently taught himself tap dance, and became one hell of a choreographer. 💖

I do

@@themaxcollective well that's good. I remember it ..alot of cinefiles remember it

I certainly do. My favorite BD movie.

Watched it a few weeks ago.

Me too. Please...