An installment of "As the Stomach Turns" with a close encounter of a different kind · Guest Steve Martin attempts to perform a comic act for dogs · A deranged bag lady (Carol) gets an older middle-class man (Tim) into trouble · Mama and Eunice visit Ellen (guest Betty White) and wreak havoc there in another "Family" sketch · A "Late, Late Movie" presentation of "Beach Blanket Boo-Boo" (a spoof of 1960's "Beach Party" movies with Steve in the Frankie Avalon role and Carol as Annette Funicello).
One of the last shows aired during the eleven-season CBS run of The Carol Burnett Show, this high-energy installment gets a power boost from comedy's wild-and-crazy guy, Steve Martin, who plays Richard Dryface in an "As the Stomach Turns" sketch that takes close aim at Close Encounters of the Third Kind. the evening's other guest star, Emmy winner Betty White (Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show) plays Canoga Park's leading interior decorator in the spacey "Stomach Turns" turn,, then reprises the character of Ellen, Eunice's snooty sister, in a "Family" installment about the less-than-civil siblings arguing about where Mama (Vicki Lawrence) should live. The grand finale is "Beach Blanker Boo Boo," a spoof with Steve and Carol taking the Frankie and Annette roles.
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