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IMO the best variety show on TV was the “Carol Burnett Show”...

And if you’re old enough to remember, Milton Berle was great fun. Ernie Kovacks... He did a speech in full roman regalia, about Caesar. Really serious stuff. Then he tapp danced off of the stage. He was the best!

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IIRC, most of the tapes (films, actually, back then) of Ernie Kovacs' show were destroyed, due to a total lack of interest in preserving history. What a dam_ shame.

I'm a huge fan of Sid Caeser's Your Show of Shows, he and Nanette Fabray were hilarious together. His "Ladies and Gentlemen, What is Jazz?" number is a classic.