Carol Burnett hilariously nags her sick husband and a doctor in a classic sketch from The Carol Burnett Show. This is another in a seemingly endless line of hysterical sketches from the beloved program. Once again, this skit will have you doubled over with laughter, causing you to gasp for air between laughs.
No one enjoys being under the weather. When sick with the flu, strep throat or even a heavy dose of the common cold, no one feels like doing much. Sleeping for an extended period of time and eating occasionally is about the extent of most people’s activities when sick.
Most people respond accordingly when someone is not feeling well. They treat the sick individual more gingerly and offer them assistance in any way possible. Their concern and focus are on the ill person and their well-being, which is entirely understandable.
In a hysterical clip on social media, Carol and Harvey Korman play a married couple. Feeling under the weather, Harvey is at home, lying on the couch in the living room. He’s tired, congested, coughing and uses tissues to wipe his nose every so often – telltale signs of having gotten a bug of some kind.
Unfortunately, Harvey doesn’t receive much sympathy or care from Carol, who plays his loud, annoying and brash, in-your-face wife. In fact, she berates and nags him for “spreading germs” all over the house.
If her treatment of her sick husband wasn’t enough, Carol treats the doctor who arrives to attend to Harvey in a similar but possibly even worse fashion. She finds ways of turning and making every instance about herself. The doctor, unable to take Carol’s abhorrent and self-centered behavior for too long, comes up with a hilarious but unexpected solution to Harvey’s nagging problem.
Job 8:21 “The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.”