In the Comedy(open) category, Watching Through the Static picks The Carol Burnette Show.
How could this show not succeed with Carol Burnette surrounding herself with funny people like Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Tim Conway.
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The popular variety show made the stars household names with such sketches as "As the Stomach Turns", "Went with the Wind" (a parody of Gone with the Wind featuring a scene with Burnett as Scarlett O'Hara in the dress made from a window curtain, complete with the curtain rod), "Carol & Sis", "Mr. Tudball" and "Mrs. Wiggins", "The Family" (which would later spin off into a show called Mama's Family), "Nora Desmond" (Burnett's send-up of Gloria Swanson's character Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard), and "Stella Toddler." A frequent repeated segment was "Kitchen Commercials", in which cast members parodied TV commercials that drove a woman (Burnett) crazy. It had frequent, high recognition guest stars. The long-running show was frequently nominated for Emmys, and won three times.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carol_Burnett_Show
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061240/
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