I'm so glad we had this time together
Just to have a laugh and sing a song
Seems we just get started and before you know it
Comes the time we have to say, "So Long!"
-from the Carol Burnett show
As a kid, I loved watching the Carol Burnett show on Saturday nights with my parents. I was old enough to appreciate the zany humor of Carol and friends, especially the talented Tim Conway. I laughed aloud along with my parents at Carol when she made fun of Gone with the Wind. Her dress was made of curtains with the curtain rod still inserted. The dress was the classic television funny moment, and no one else but Carol could pull it off. The dress now resides at the Smithsonian, testament to the wacky days of the Carol Burnett Show and her brilliant costume designer Bob Mackie.
Carol tells many many tales of coming of age in the entertainment industry and all the people she met on the way up the ladder. These stories are not literary feats or a great philosophy on life, rather just funny moments behind the scenes with some of America's most beloved entertainers and actors.
It took me on a trip down memory lane. Many of the sketches she writes about you can relive on youtube. If you enjoy Carol Burnett, and want to take out a quick evening for some fun stories and funny reminiscences of a great comic lady, this would be a good book to pick up at the library. I wonder if we could get her to host Saturday Night Live?
Meanwhile enjoy this old Carol Burnett sketch:
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