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S8The Hollow Hero's Bird/Jowls

Thu, Feb 20, 1975

7.4 /10

S8.E1 ∙ Jim Nabors

Fri, Sep 13, 1974

Highlights of this eighth-season premiere include: guest Jim Nabors as the "Ringo Kid", a gunslinger who challenges the quick-draw machines to a penny arcade; a married couple (Carol, Harvey) get carried away in a binge of honest mutual criticism; musical performances from Jim ("One Life") and Carol ("Just a Gigolo"); and for the finale, a salute to the days of vaudeville.

7.7 /10

S8.E2 ∙ Steve Lawrence

Fri, Sep 20, 1974

Highlights include guest Steve Lawrence as emcee of a celebrity roast for silent-screen star Nora Desmond.

7.8 /10

S8.E3 ∙ James Coco and The Pointer Sisters

Fri, Sep 27, 1974

Highlights include: a "Saturday Night Tearjerker" presentation of "One Way Ticket" with Carol as a terminally ill woman and guest James Coco as a condemned murderer with whom she falls in love; a woman (Carol) argues with a tub of margarine in a spoof of Parkay commercials; a man (James) is nervous on a blind date; and a parody of "Kojak". Musical numbers include guests The Pointer Sisters performing "Steam Heat", and being joined by Carol on "Salt Peanuts".

7.4 /10

S8.E4 ∙ Michele Lee and Jack Weston

Fri, Oct 04, 1974

Highlights include a salute to composer Stephen Sondheim.

7.3 /10

S8.E5 ∙ Telly Savalas and The Smothers Brothers

Fri, Oct 11, 1974

Highlights of this edition with guests Telly Savalas and the Smothers Brothers include: "Poopi Le Moko" (a spoof of "Algiers" with Telly in the title role and Carol in the role played by Hedy Lamarr); in "The Family", Eunice, Ed and Mama visit brother Jack (Tom Smothers) in the hospital; and two men discuss a business merger as if it were a love affair.

7.9 /10

S8.E6 ∙ Eydie Gorme and Rich Little

Fri, Oct 25, 1974

Highlights include: guest Rich Little impersonates Alfred Hitchcock in a salute to the legendary director; a married couple (Carol, Harvey), no longer on speaking terms after a night out, argue through actions; guest Eydie Gormé sings "You'll Remember Me"; and for the finale, a musical salute to composer Jerome Kern.

8.1 /10

S8.E7 ∙ Alan King and Lena Zavaroni

Fri, Nov 01, 1974

Highlights include: guest Alan King as a baseball fan who is being pestered by a woman who has more interest in him than in the game; two former silent screen stars (Carol, Harvey) are reunited at the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard; a woman claims a package that she found at a bus stop; guest Lena Zavaroni performs "If They Could See Me Now"; and for the close, a salute to the music of DeSylva, Brown and Henderson.

7.4 /10

S8.E8 ∙ John Byner and Kenneth Mars

Fri, Nov 08, 1974

Highlights of this show with guests John Byner and Kenneth Mars include: Carol as a soap-opera addict; John in a parody of TV record offer ads where he impersonates top pop singers of the day as well as being the announcer; Vicki performs "Rolling Down the Hills"; a woman (Carol) creates a scene in an elegant restaurant while breaking up with her boyfriend (John); a married couple each has dreams of being with other people; and for the close, the "Mr. Globe" contest.

7.8 /10

S8.E9 ∙ John Bynes and Helen Reddy

Fri, Nov 15, 1974

Highlights of this show with guests John Byner and Helen Reddy include: two men attempt to pick up women at a singles bar; in "The Family", pandemonium breaks out when Eunice, Ed and Mama play the board game "Sorry"; and a musical salute to women songwriters.

7.7 /10

S8.E10 ∙ Tim Conway and Dame Maggie Smith

Fri, Nov 22, 1974

Highlights include: Carol welcomes guest Maggie Smith in her American TV debut, and they duet on "You're So London"; a couple (Carol, Harvey) is visited by an old college chum (Maggie) who has become famous; and a spoof of "Born Free" with guest Tim Conway as Simba the lion.

8.4 /10

S8.E11 ∙ Tim Conway, Steve Lawrence, and Steven Warner

Fri, Dec 06, 1974

Highlights of this edition with guests Steve Lawrence, Tim Conway and Steven Warner ("The Little Prince") include: Tim as a man who has the surprise of his life when he visits a woman who is actually a cop on a stakeout; Steve as a blackmailer in "As the Stomach Turns"; and for the finale, a salute to the music of Lerner and Loewe.

7.3 /10

S8.E12 ∙ Ken Berry and Carl Reiner

Fri, Dec 13, 1974

Included in this show is "Disaster '75" (a spoof of "Airport 1975").

8.2 /10

S8.E13 ∙ Alan Alda

Fri, Dec 20, 1974

Highlights include: Eunice's brother (guest Alan Alda) visits "The Family" for a typically tumultuous Christmas; Carol and Alan duet on "Nobody Does It Like Me" in the midst of a department store Christmas rush, and perform in a sketch about "Morton of the Movies"; and for the close the entire cast performs a salute to New York City.

8 /10

S8.E14 ∙ Vincent Price and Joan Rivers

Fri, Jan 03, 1975

Highlights of this program with guests Vincent Price and Joan Rivers include: ham actors Funt and Mundane's (Harvey, Carol) final performance of their latest play is undercut and sabotaged by a pair of aggressively ambitious understudies (Vincent, Vicki); Carol reprises her obnoxiously extortionist "Fireside Girl" character, Alice Portnoy; and spoofs of such TV shows as "The Waltons" and "Young People's Concerts" (with the latter being the showcase for a presentation of "Sarah and the Moose").

8.1 /10

S8.E15 ∙ Tim Conway

Fri, Jan 10, 1975

Highlights include: a spoof of "The Pirates of Penzance"; guest Tim Conway as a fumbling, bumbling busboy at a Japanese restaurant substituting for their regular chef, and a boxer fighting the world's first female contender (Carol); and Bert tries to convince Molly to see an X-rated movie in "The Old Folks".

7.9 /10

S8.E16 ∙ William Conrad and The Jackson 5

Fri, Jan 24, 1975

Highlights include: guest William Conrad plays Mama's new beau in "The Family", and sings a number, "Laurel & Hardy Pantomime", about silent movie comedians (with series co-writer Bill Richmond as Stan Laurel); and musical guests The Jackson 5 perform "The Life of the Party".

7.2 /10

S8.E17 ∙ Tim Conway and the Pointer Sisters

Fri, Feb 07, 1975

Highlights of this show include Stella Toddler as a game show contestant on "Up Your Income"; and Nora Desmond's butler Max finds a substitute for himself.

7.8 /10

S8.E18 ∙ Rock Hudson and Nancy Walker

Fri, Feb 14, 1975

Highlights of this edition with guests Rock Hudson and Nancy Walker include: another look at the most memorable TV commercials of the year; Rock and Nancy duet on "Mine"; and "When My Baby Laughs at Me" (a spoof of the 1948 musical "When My Baby Smiles at Me".

7.8 /10

S8.E19 ∙ Tim Conway

Fri, Feb 21, 1975

Highlights include: Mama is recovering from a broken leg after a fall in "The Family", and guest Tim Conway appears in a sketch as the "Old Man"; Carol and Vicki duet on "If Mama Was Married", with Harvey appearing as "Mother Marcus"; and a musical finale about Cleopatra with Carol in the title role, and featuring such songs as "Up a Lazy River" and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".

8.2 /10

S8.E20 ∙ Buddy Ebsen and Wayne Rogers

Fri, Mar 07, 1975

Highlights of this edition with guests Wayne Rogers and Buddy Ebsen include: spoofs of war movies (including "War Is Heck"); sketches with "The Old Folks" and Carol as the perpetually accident-prone wife; Buddy hoofs to "Rendezvous," for which he wrote the lyrics; and the guests join the cast for the finale, a parody of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "State Fair."

7.2 /10

S8.E21 ∙ Roddy McDowell and Bernadette Peters

Fri, Mar 14, 1975

Highlights include: Eunice, Ed and Mama visit accomplished younger brother Phillip (guest Roddy McDowall) in his California home in "The Family"; Carol and guest Bernadette Peters play two synchronized secretarial typists who do everything in unison; and "The Lady Heir" (a spoof of the 1949 film "The Heiress").

8.3 /10

S8.E22 ∙ Steve Lawrence and Sally Struthers

Fri, Mar 21, 1975

Highlights of this edition with guests Steve Lawrence and Sally Struthers include: "The Boring Twenties" (a spoof of the 1939 gangster movie "The Roaring Twenties").

7.6 /10

S8.E23 ∙ Phil Silvers and Jean Stapleton

Fri, Mar 28, 1975

Highlights of this show with guests Jean Stapleton and Phil Silvers include: another spoof of TV commercials including for Mr. Coffee, sleeping pills and life insurance; and a feminist (Jean) argues with a man (Harvey) who opens a door for her.

7.8 /10

S8.E24 ∙ Family Show with Tim Conway

Fri, Apr 04, 1975

Highlights of this season-finale "family show" with Tim Conway becoming part of the cast include: Eunice and Mama visit Ed at the hardware store in "The Family"; Carol sings "When Your Lover Has Gone" in the shower, and duets with Vicki on a medley of lullabies; and Tim as the world's oldest living clock maker.

8.2 /10