Suddenly true love is blooming

Fantastic! Like BareSpanker, I never saw this episode even though I used to watch Carol Burnett back in the 60's and 70's, being a fan of variety shows before that format went extinct.

This was a very elaborate production number. The framing element, "Comedy Tonight" was taken from the musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (in which Joel Grey was originally cast before being replaced). I can't identify where they got the other music that was used for the duet - it's hard to believe that Peter Matz (I think that was the conductor's name) did it all.

But what is truly remarkable is that instead of just Judy whacking Punch on the head, which of course was the tradition for these shows, Punch gets in a goodly number of swats to Judy's behind - and this is extolled as the way to keep up the excitement in a successful relationship!

Then the dancers get in their licks - literally - including one pair using something close to the OTK position! And Joel gives Carol one final good swat near the end (so to speak)!

Really, this has to be in the top ten spankings from American television.