During Season 1 of ‘The Carol Burnett Show,’ the gang did a sketch called ‘As the Stomach Turns.’ It was the show’s hysterical recurring parody of dramatic Soap Opera TV.

A woman in a yellow and white dress is embracing another woman in a purple dress, both smiling.

Carol and guest star Betty Grable sit in a living room drinking tea. Betty says to Carol, “Tell me, Marion, have you heard from your son?” Carol asks dramatically, “Which one? The one with 6 months left to live, the one who’s getting a divorce, or the one that is a country lawyer devoting his life to helping migrant farm workers?”

Betty says, “No, the one that left Canoga Falls 15 years ago and hasn’t been heard from since.” Carol says she forgot him. Carol says she has shocking news to tell her. An organ plays, and you can’t hear a single thing Carol says, and she gets mad at the organ!

Two women, one in white, the other in yellow, appear to be in a conversation in a room with curtains.

Carol gets silence and says it is not her son. It’s Betty’s son. Carol says she doesn’t remember because she was pushed into Canoga Falls and got amnesia. Betty wants to go on a mission to find her son.

Show regular Lyle Waggoner rings the doorbell and walks in, and Carol looks to the cameras and gives him an intro. She says he’s the boy next door who no one thought would walk again but became a sports star involved in scandal after scandal. Lyle says he got out of jail five minutes ago.

A man in a light green shirt is shaking hands with a woman in a white coat, while another woman in a purple suit and a...

Then, Martha Raye enters the scene after Lyle announces he is marrying her. Lyle tells her that he has news about Carol’s son. Betty walks in and mistakenly hugs Martha Raye, thinking it is her long-lost son.

Carol directs Betty to Lyle, and she hugs him, relieved to have found her son. The characters keep revealing more and more elaborate secrets as the audience laughs along with the soap opera comedy.