this be a very long carol burnett skit with carol play the role of cathy an uptight 50 housewife who discover that her husband frank play by tim conway be a little light in the loafer . soon cathy find comfort in the arm of her negro handyman play by harvey korman . at first cathy be spook to find a negro in her garden in fact she be surprise at least three time to find a negro in her garden . on a vacation in miami frank fall head over heals for a pool boy play by lyle waggoner . vicki lawrence play eleanor cathy nosy best friend . the laughs come hard and fast a cathy and frank struggle to make sense of their soap opera life .