‘The Carol Burnett Show’ has a fantastic array of characters. Many outstanding guest stars have joined the fun throughout the years. Carol and her friends are joined in this episode by the great Vincent Price and Joan Rivers in Season 8, Episode 14.

Carol’s famed ‘Fireside Girls of America’ comedy always includes a victim of Carol’s blackmailing methods. Vincent Price is the guest star this time. Carol confronts him in a bookshop, and she begins to rant, revealing why she is there.

“The question is, sir, what is becoming of today’s younger generation?” she says. She tries to persuade Vincent to donate money to the Fireside Girls. He gives her a penny, and she appears dissatisfied, so she does further antics to get more money, such as guilt-tripping him, ridiculing him, and asking him to sign her copy of the book he wrote. Carol reverts to old tricks, threatening to reveal Vincent’s infidelity to his wife. She always receives her money in the end.

Joan Rivers was another fantastic guest star. She recalls leaving Brooklyn as a “ugly, flat-chested little girl,” and now she’s here. Viola! “An awful tiny flat-chested woman.” She claims that she is not flat-chested tonight since she purchased a brazier. Joan removes her coat and exclaims, “Viola!” She claims it’s all rubber, so when she falls, she can simply bounce back up.

“This is called the Push-up, shove over bra,” she tells flat-chested women. The crowd chuckles as she claims it simply takes all the excess skin from your tummy and puts it up towards your breast area.

In another amusing farce, Harvey Korman and Carol are two actors getting ready for their final night performance when their understudies, played by Vincent Price and Vicki Lawrence, stroll in. Harvey and Carol treat them rudely, and Vincent and Vicki plot their demise.

As Harvey returns backstage for a prop in the middle of the scene, Vincent drops a suitcase on his foot. Harvey returns to the stage with a limp. When Carol goes to get her prop, the same thing happens. Vicki trips and falls, but she recovers and returns to the stage. Harvey and Carol struggle to keep the scenario going despite their injuries. The entire program is filled with amusing sketches and Joan’s one-of-a-kind stand-up routine.