Eunice (film)
| Eunice | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon |
| Directed by | Roger Beatty and Harvey Korman |
| Starring |
Carol Burnett Harvey Korman Vicki Lawrence Ken Berry Betty White |
| Music by | Peter Matz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Joe Hamilton |
| Location(s) |
CBS Television City Hollywood, California |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Joe Hamilton Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | March 15, 1982 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Mama's Family |
| Related shows | The Carol Burnett Show |
Eunice is a 1982 American made-for-television comedy-drama film starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry and Betty White which is based on characters of a recurring series of comedy sketches called "The Family" featured on The Carol Burnett Show (1974–78) and Carol Burnett & Company (1979). The film was broadcast as a "CBS Special Presentation" on March 15, 1982 and served as a precursor to the spin-off television sitcom Mama's Family. It was directed by Roger Beatty and Harvey Korman.
The film is a four-act comedy-drama spanning 23 years in the life of Eunice Harper Higgins:
1955: A young Eunice Harper is looking forward to going to a party with her date Ed Higgins. Eunice's brother Phillip, a recent college graduate, comes home and announces that he has a chance to go to New York City in hopes of becoming a writer and has to leave that day. In the meantime, their mother Thelma Harper is frantic about Phillip going so spontaneously and is trying to get her husband Carl out of the bathroom to stop their son from leaving. Ed and Eunice have a fight on the porch because Ed doesn't want to go to the party. Ed storms off, they break up, and Eunice goes to the party.
1963: Ed and Eunice are married and have two sons, Billy and Bubba. Ed and Eunice come to Thelma's house to see Phillip who is visiting from New York. Phillip is now a bestselling author of a historical novel. He announces that a movie producer wants to make one of his books into a film. Carl had died years earlier and Thelma wants to visit his grave. Eunice, who wants to be an actress, wants to be in the film and wants to leave with Phillip.
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