Legendary comedians Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman air their grievances with one another in a hilarious couple’s therapy sketch from The Carol Burnett Show.
Marriage is a great and wonderful institution created by God Himself. In a healthy marriage, there is love, stability, peace, understanding and compromise. Marriages are also the perfect environment for bringing forth and raising children.
But like anything good and worthwhile, marriage requires time, work and commitment. Part of a healthy marriage involves recognizing weaknesses and problems in the relationship and then being willing to work together to fix those issues. When a problem does arise, both people have to put forth effort to find a solution.
In a clip posted on YouTube, Harvey Korman and Carol Burnett play a couple who are attending couple’s therapy. The sketch starts with Carol reminding her husband, Harvey, who is reading, of the day and time. It’s time for their weekly airing of grievances with one another.
This already sounds like a situation headed for disaster.
Harvey begins the gripe session by stating that he has not had any complaints this week about his wife. Carol is shocked, to say the least. So, she continues to poke and prod Harvey into saying something, anything she may have done that irritated him.
Harvey finally gives into his wife’s insistence and mentions a moment during a recent couple’s date. According to Harvey, her voice took on a “grating tone.” Of course, Carol takes much offense to Harvey’s characterization of her voice.
Harvey proceeds to mimic Carol during that particular moment. That is never a good idea, and things only go downhill from that point forward. Carol mentions something about her husband, in which she comments about his body.
The sketch eventually ends with them throwing water at one another. At least they tried, right?
Proverbs 17:22 “A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.”