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Are these famous guest stars on The Carol Burnett Show or Saturday Night Live?
Results may vary for this variety show quiz!
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Ask someone their favorite sketch comedy show and there’s a good chance they’ll say either Saturday Night Live or The Carol Burnett Show. Both are iconic examples of American humor on television.
From 1975 to 1978 both The Carol Burnett Show and Saturday Night Live were on TV. Those three magical years were a blessing sent from the comedy gods. While these two variety shows differed in many respects, they had some obvious similarities. Both invited famous guest stars of the era to dress up in wacky costumes and perform in ways they might not be able to anywhere else.
Take the quiz below to see if you can tell which show these guest performers were on — in this particular image.
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What show is Rodney Dangerfield on here?
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What show is Madeline Kahn on here?
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On which show is Vincent Price playing with puppets here?
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Which show had Bob Newhart play The Dating Game?
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What show is Jim Nabors singing on here?
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Which show had Lily Tomlin as a construction worker?
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Which show had Desi Arnaz spoof 'The Untouchables'?
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Which show had George Carlin visit the dentist?
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Which show had Burt Reynolds in ancient Roman garb?
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Which show had Dame Maggie Smith?
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Which show is Milton Berle on here?
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Which show had Sammy Davis Jr. as a cowboy?
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Young Jodie Foster here is on which show?
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Steve Martin appeared in a beach movie spoof on this show.
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Richard Pryor spoofed The Exorcist on…?
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Shirley MacLaine is seen here on…?
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Ted Knight appeared on a Christmas episode of…?
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Dick Van Dyke is seen here on…?
Are these famous guest stars on The Carol Burnett Show or Saturday Night Live?
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50 Comments
16/18. Not too shabby.
There's a move afoot to get Carol Burnett to host "Saturday Night Live"--she should stay away, as her show was magnificent, whereas "SNL" is insufferable garbage.
You got 17 out of 18
Hooray!
Hooray!
Hooray! I got 18 out of 18 right without missing any answers 😀
I had no idea Bob Newhart was on SNL!
16 out of 18
16/18 - definitely an acceptable result
17! You could almost just tell by the lighting of each show.
15/18 Hooray! Not bad...
14!
15/18. Didn't know Bob Newhart and Desi Arnaz was on Saturday Night Live! Cool.
13/18 how difficult, no photo clues, background not easy
10 of 18- Confused? How about no clue!🤓
15/18 A lot of them were guesses based on the sets.
18/18 You didn't go out on Saturday night.
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