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Behind the scenes secrets and facts about The Carol Burnett Show - Page 3 of 18 - Kiwi Report

Behind the scenes secrets and facts about The Carol Burnett Show


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[post_page_title]Live audience[/post_page_title]
The show didn’t want to rely on the gimmick of canned laughter so instead of using this tool, they took that brave decision to perform it in front of a live studio audience. Producers were aware that if any jokes flopped they would have to deal with the embarrassing aftermath. Although they didn’t use canned laughter, the show did use a few tricks of the TV trade. They would film each show twice, stitching together the funniest performances and audience reactions to make the best version possible.

[post_page_title]Avoiding competition[/post_page_title]
Burnett would open each and every show with some back and forth between her and the audience, mostly in the form of Q&A. This routine was an idea thought up by her husband, as Burnett didn’t want another comedian to compete with when warming up her audience. The audience needed to be warmed up before the sketches so she made sure she did the warming up herself, preventing another funny person from taking away any of the spotlight from her.

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