Before 'Home Alone' There Was This... | The Carol Burnett Show Clip

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foreign

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who's there

well it's just me Harold dorton from

down the hall Miss Brody oh the tall

good looking fellow in apartment 12a

no ma'am I'm the tall good looking

feller from 12C

could you could you hold up your

driver's license for me please A girl

has to be careful okay

let me see oh let's see weighed 175

pounds height 5 feet 11 hair black eyes

brown see oh yeah Brown yeah you want to

see the oven no for your sake I hope I

hope it matches I'll have to borrow a

cup of sugar oh see oh yes oh all right

just a second Mr dorton

you you can come in now Mr dorton well

thank you

what was that oh well it's an alarm you

see a girl can't be too careful

especially an attractive when living

alone like I do

you're right listen I'll get the door

for you no that's all right

that's a heavy lock yes it is real heavy

it works good yeah I suppose you think

I'm silly taking all these precautions

well no my mother told me how dangerous

it is to live in the city well you know

it really is I know just last week my

front door was smashed in by who my

mother I didn't answer

oh I'll get your sugar for you well I've

got a confession to make

I really didn't want to borrow any sugar

I I just wanted to meet you I've seen

you in the building and I think you're

prettier than a hog a sunning than a mud

hole

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thank you

why did you sit down I sure would it's a

nice place here

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and see I can explain you see I always

sleep with a kitchen knife for

protection and then last night I slept

out here in the living room because it

was so much cooler I'm sorry well this

will protect you all right sure got me

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tell me Miss Brody what do you do oh I'm

I'm a model

boy you'd never know what to look at you

I I didn't mean that I mean I just never

have seen you oh here's my book you see

it shows my photographs in here oh there

oh yeah you really look nice and that

one I like all the sequins around the

top of that dress well no you see that

that's not sequence that's dandruff

for shampoo

here's another one right here oh your

legs look real good in that thank you do

they work

my legs no the orthopedic clothes oh yes

I swear by them oh that's Miss Brody

could I could I call you for dinner

sometimes thank you very much my uh my

telephone number is Klondike five two

three six eight let me write that down

this pin didn't work

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tear gas I use it for protection in the

street I'll give us a couple weeks to

help I have to do some fresh eggs

what happened well you see that's a

recording I had made with dogs barking

on it to scare anybody trying to get in

the window

what's on the flip side line

I'm really sorry about the dogs well

that's okay a person living alone you

know needs all the protection she can

give y'all finished oh yes I'll take

these back thank you sorry stick them up

stick them up they're up they're up stop

it that's just Herman he's my watch bird

he sure knows his job I'll be right out

do you mind if I look around your

apartment no

you promised laid out kind of like mine

this must be the bedroom

all right

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one don't touch the doorknob of the

bedroom door it's electrified

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I'm I'm really sorry about that oh god

I think I'm going back down my apartment

and lie down please please don't stay

let's let's have some coffee there's

nothing in it just coffee

all right but let's go down to my place

and have it all right I'm really uh

really terribly sorry about this Mr

dorton you sure took a beating tonight

well actually miss Brody I'm no stranger

to violence how come I'm a school

teacher

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