Police Detective
[played by William Conrad]: “Let me ask you this, if I may: How tall was
the assailant?”
Roger [played by Harvey
Korman, pictured] [glances back at Carol, nervously]: “How tall?”
Detective [looking
up from writing in notebook]: “Yes, from the ground up,
of course.”
Roger: “Uh…” [leaning
over, whispering so Carol won’t hear]: “Five-three.”
Detective [taking
more notes] [loudly]: “Assailant was five feet, three
inches.”
Roger [grimacing as
he looks at Carol, who now has a skeptical look on her face]: “Yeah, I’d
say that was about it.”
Carol [played by Carol
Burnett]: “Kung Fu strikes again!” [Makes karate-chop sign, frowning.]
Detective: “And
how old would you say he was?”
Roger [standing
up, angrily]: “Look, is all this
necessary?”
Carol: “How old would
you say he was?”
Roger: “Uh…uh…about
sixty.”
Carol: “The big six-o!”
Roger: “Well, he was a
wiry guy…looked dangerous.” [raises fists]
Carol: “You mean to say
you chased a five-foot three, 60-year-old man a block and you couldn’t catch
him?”
Roger: “Well, I almost
had him. He hit me with his cane.”
[Carol walks away.]
Roger: “Where are you
going?”
Carol: “I’m going into
the bedroom. I just hate to laugh in front of company.”—The Carol Burnett
Show, Season 6, Episode 23, “Carol and Sis” skit, original air date
Mar. 17, 1973, directed by Dave Powers
