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Lot 31
A Collection of scripts for The Carol Burnett Show
8 December 2021, 10:00 PST
Los AngelesUS$2,000 - US$3,000
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A Collection of scripts for The Carol Burnett Show
A large collection of scripts from the collection of screenwriter Hal Goodman, comprising approximately 87 scripts for The Carol Burnett Show, mostly mimeographed typescript scripts with paper covers, some duplicates, including first draft and final revised scripts, some with minor annotations in Hal Goodman's hand, various dates 1969-1970, with guests including Lucille Ball, George Carlin, Nancy Wilson, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Andy Griffith, Audrey Meadows, Peggy Lee, and Mel Tormé, with sketches including Salute To Disney Studios/Penny Poppins; Adam & Eve; Carol & Sis; Second Marriage; Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast; Mr And Mrs Cop with Carol and Harvey; Mae West Sketch; Comic at Home with Carol and Ronnie Schell; The Nudge with Carol; Harvey and Lyle; The Mothers with Carol and Martha Raye; The Old Folks; and Queen Bee.
Provenance: The Estate of Hal Goodman.
All: 11 x 8 1/2 in.
Provenance: The Estate of Hal Goodman.
All: 11 x 8 1/2 in.
Footnotes
Hal Goodman (1915-1997) was an Emmy® Award-winning comedic screenwriter and producer; as the LA Times obituary noted, "He put funny words in the mouths of entertainers ranging from a young Bob Hope to Johnny Carson..." He was nominated for eight Emmy® Awards and won one for The Flip Wilson Show. He began his career in radio and got his big break in television as a joke writer for Bob Hope after World War II. Along with his writing partner, Larry Klein, he wrote for Carol Burnett, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, Frank Sinatra, Milton Berle, and Steve Allen before spending the latter part of his career in the 1970s and 1980s writing for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, being responsible for many of Carson's most memorable sketches and monologues of that era. The Carol Burnett Show ran from 1967-1978 and consisted of comedy sketches and lavish musical numbers with costumes by Bob Mackie. It won 25 Emmy® awards during its run, featured hundreds of top-caliber guest stars, and made Carol Burnett a household name.