'The Carol Burnett Show 50th Anniversary Special' DVD Review

It was December 3th, 2017 on a Sunday night that 15.4 million viewers enjoyed the return of Carol Burnett back to CBS. Original cast members Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner joined Carol on the original sound stage that they had worked some 50 years before. They looked at clips and revisited with each other. They laughed and sang and enjoyed each other’s company as they had all those years  before. Carol did her Q&A again with the audience as she had for years. Tom Selleck and Pat Boone we’re there to ask Carol questions. Her guests tried to recreate her famous Tarzan yell. Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, and Tracee Ellis Ross all tried to make a go of it but it was Steve Carell was the one who pulled it off.

Stephen Colbert, Steve Lawrence, Bernadette Peters, Kristin Chenoweth and Carol came together and performed a brand new number that all enjoyed. Special guests like Jon Batiste, Beth Behrs, Jim Carrey, Harry Connick Jr., Jay Leno, Martin Short, Steve Martin and Kaley Cuoco were there to perform and enjoy the evening.

It was Harry Connick Jr., and Carol singing the shows theme song “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together “ that brought most of us to tears. We all watched Carol Burnett and enjoyed the show those many years ago.

Time Life brings this beautiful show back to us on DVD on September 25th, 2018. The quality of the DVD is excellent and the sights and sounds are superb. This is definitely a must for that personal library and you will watch it over and over. So by all means and take a step back in time and enjoy the best of TV and 'The Carol Burnett Show'.