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Freshly Divorced on Desperation Boulevard

The Carol Burnett Show
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The setup

A newly divorced woman gets a lesson in playing hard to get from a friend who cannot follow her own advice.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Two friends survey a singles bar as one nervously returns to dating after her divorce. Her experienced companion coaches her on appearing unavailable, then throws herself at every opportunity for attention. A potential introduction collapses under her interference, and even the waiter becomes a target. The evening exposes a large gap between confident dating advice and the desperation behind it.

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A little extra

Notes from the archive.

The official upload labels this season 7, episode 13; licensed episode guides place the singles-bar sketch in the Anthony Newley and Dick Martin episode, originally broadcast December 22, 1973 (season 7, episode 14).

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