It originally aired in the United States on CBS on November 13, 1976, and is a parody of the 1939 American historical drama film Gone with the Wind.
Burnett introduces the sketch: Recently, nearly the entire nation spent a total of five hours watching Gone with the Wind make its TV debut.
Starlett begins to express her love for Brashly but her words quickly turn to anger when he informs her that he has married Melody.
The sketch made various cultural references including Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe", Tony Orlando and Dawn's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", "Dixie", "Camptown Races", Chicken of the Sea, A Streetcar Named Desire, and tuna casserole.
[4] It parodies a scene in Gone With the Wind where an impoverished Scarlett refashions a set of green curtains into a dress to wear.
He asked the art director for a real curtain rod and green fabric and made the dress on a mannequin.
[7] Exactly nine years earlier to the day, November 13, 1967, The Carol Burnett Show aired a different spoof entitled "Gone with the Breeze".
On another occasion, during a tribute to the films of MGM, a quickie based on Gone With the Wind was performed by Lawrence as Scarlett and Lyle Waggoner as Rhett.
The laughter when Burnett descends the staircase was too long—indeed, it was the longest-length audience reaction in the series' entire eleven-year run—and had to be edited.