with Alan King

Cigar-toting comedian Alan King was no stranger to CBS variety programs when he guest starred on this tenth-season episode of The Carol Burnett Show. Starting in the early 1950's he had made ninety-three appearances on another of the network's long-running series, The Ed Sullivan Show. This installment of Carol's show displays the ease with which the cast bounced from outrageous physical comedy to sly verbal humor. The opening sketch, "Sleep No More My Lady," casts Tim Conway as a klutzy husband trying to keep the kitchen quiet for his sleep-deprived wife (Carol)- two gifted slapstick artists at their lunatic best. Then Carol returns for "The Session," a lively verbal match-up with her guest star, who's playing a psychiatrist. The episode's grand finale is a musical-comedy salute to Warner Bros. and choreographer Busby Berkeley.