Before her talk shows and her many red-carpet stints with daughter Melissa at award shows, Joan Rivers brought her stand-up comedy act to The Carol Burnett Show for this eighth-season episode. The other guest star, making his third appearance in three seasons, is that horror star who could make you scream with laughter, Vincent Price. Carol and Vicki Lawrence sing "Born in Brooklyn," a number about famous entertainers from Brooklyn (a show-business honor role that includes Joan Rivers). And later, Vincent and Vicki play ambitious understudies to ham actors (Carol and Harvey Korman). both guest stars have key roles in "The Walnuts," a parody of another hit CBS series, The Waltons. The finale, "Sarah and the Moose," is a takeoff on Peter and the Wolf, with Vincent as narrator, Joan as Sarah, the forest Ranger and Harvey as the moose.
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