Lunch with Mr. Tudball and Mrs. Wiggins? A recipe for disaster — and pure comedy gold. When Tim Conway’s tightly wound boss takes Carol Burnett’s delightfully ditzy secretary out to eat, chaos unfolds bite by bite. From the waiter’s confusion to Tudball’s iconic “Miss-ah Wiggins” meltdown, every second builds to side-splitting perfection. Burnett’s clueless grace meets Conway’s slow-burning frustration in one of the show’s funniest sketches ever. By the end, the restaurant’s wrecked, Tudball’s patience is gone, and fans are crying with laughter — proof that The Carol Burnett Show never misses a laugh. #CarolBurnettShow #TimConway

When Mr. Tudball takes Mrs. Wiggins to lunch — and everything that could go wrong does

It starts innocently enough — a polite lunch between boss and secretary. But when the boss is Mr. Tudball (Tim Conway) and the secretary is Mrs. Wiggins (Carol Burnett), you know you’re in for a slow-motion train wreck of pure comic genius. From the moment they step into the restaurant, chaos hovers in the air like a waiter waiting for a tip. Tudball, with his trademark clipped accent and twitching patience, just wants to enjoy a civilized meal. Mrs. Wiggins, meanwhile, moves with her usual glacial grace, confused by the menu and blissfully unaware of the storm brewing across the table.

“Miss-ah Wiggins, can you-ah please-ah order something before we-ah grow old?” Tudball begs, his voice climbing toward panic as she squints at the options like they’re written in code. The waiter hovers, the silence stretches, and the audience starts to sense the explosion coming. Every twitch of Conway’s face, every vacant smile from Burnett, builds the tension until laughter becomes inevitable. By the time she finally orders — something completely wrong, of course — Tudball’s dignity is hanging by a thread thinner than the soup he didn’t want.

What makes the sketch timeless isn’t just the script, but the chemistry — that perfectly mismatched rhythm between Conway’s deadpan exasperation and Burnett’s oblivious charm. You can almost see Carol fighting back laughter, Tim improvising lines just to push her over the edge, and the live audience losing control right along with them. It’s a masterclass in timing — the way Conway could stretch a single syllable into comedy gold, and Burnett could make simple confusion feel like art.

By the end, the restaurant is a disaster, Tudball’s sanity is in shambles, and Mrs. Wiggins walks away none the wiser, adjusting her hair with that signature sway. The beauty of The Carol Burnett Show was always this: even the smallest scenes became unforgettable through heart, chaos, and perfect imperfection. In the world of Tudball and Wiggins, lunch wasn’t just a meal — it was a meltdown wrapped in laughter, served fresh every time you rewatch.