The first of about thirty "Family" sketches aired in 1974, before frequent guest Tim Conway became a regular on The Carol Burnett Show. After getting to know Eunice, Ed and Mama in eight outings about the feuding family, the writers introduced a character for Tim, a hardware store employee named Mickey in 1975. This tenth-season episode features one of the best sketches with this Tim addition to the "Family": Mickey inviting everyone to his little apartment for a Chinese dinner. Making her first TV appearance, guest star Kay Cole sings and dances with the cast in the "Boys & Girls Like You & Me" number, returning to join Carol and Vicki for the finale, a medley of rain songs ("Soon It's Gonna Rain," "Rain On the Roof," "I Get the Blues When It Rains," "Rainy Days and Mondays").
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