Is now a year OLDER than Mother Dexter from Phyllis was when she died!
I'm so glad we had this time together, Carol. No, really!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 39 | February 9, 2021 9:55 PM |
I hated when Mama's Family came back on the air, Eunice was nowhere to be found
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 8, 2021 8:05 PM |
I adore her. Some of my fondest memories are of my mother, brother, and myself watching her show and laughing together. Of course Mama's Family sketches were our favorite, especially when Betty White guess starred.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 8, 2021 8:05 PM |
Then she's so glad she had this time together... with her cosmetic surgeon!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 8, 2021 8:07 PM |
Oh, Fluffy!!!! Shut up you rabbit killer.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 8, 2021 8:10 PM |
I’ve heard it said that older women make better lovers... and, indeed, it is true.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 8, 2021 8:38 PM |
Too bad she's saddled with taking care/custody of her grandchild at her age.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 8, 2021 8:45 PM |
[quote]Dame Julie Andrew’s
Oh, DEAR.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 8, 2021 8:46 PM |
Carol will be 88 years old this April.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 8, 2021 8:49 PM |
Carol and her second husband Joe Hamilton who produced her successful television show.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 8, 2021 8:55 PM |
[quote] Some of my fondest memories are of my mother, brother, and myself...
Oh, dear.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 8, 2021 8:56 PM |
You can see parts of her early shows on Shout Factory
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 8, 2021 9:01 PM |
Carol and her third husband Brian Miller, 23 years younger than her (although he sure as hell doesn't look it).
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 8, 2021 9:01 PM |
R12 he looks like a serial killer
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 8, 2021 9:03 PM |
Loved her back in the day but as far as treasures go, she's national not international.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 8, 2021 9:24 PM |
I was about to post the same thing as r14.
I think the British may have also watched The Carol Burnett Show, but she's really mostly an American institution (as is often true with most famous American comedians--comedy doesn't travel well unless it's slapstick, like Buster Keaton or Jerry Lewis).
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 8, 2021 9:27 PM |
Some of it is still very funny - but some of it aged
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 9, 2021 12:54 AM |
I bet that one earlobe is dragging the floor by now with all that fucking tugging for the dead grandmother.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 9, 2021 1:10 AM |
R6, Two of her three daughters became drug addicts.
Thanks, Mom.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 9, 2021 1:13 AM |
I wish she'd do Eunice one more time.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 9, 2021 1:14 AM |
Every time Carol is interviewed, she tells the SAME stories.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 9, 2021 1:14 AM |
[quote] 23 years younger than her
Oh, dear.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 9, 2021 1:16 AM |
[quote] I wish she'd do Eunice one more time.
I wish she’d do Julie one more time.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 9, 2021 1:24 AM |
[quote]I wish she'd do Eunice one more time.
Me too. Her funeral.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 9, 2021 1:31 AM |
I don't find her funny anymore and I thought she was hilarious when I was a kid. The 70s in the worst way.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | February 9, 2021 1:32 AM |
Mother Dexter was only 85? She looked 95 at least.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 26 | February 9, 2021 1:42 AM |
The reruns of the early shows are almost unwatchable. Had it not been for the Family Segments, it's likely The Carol Burnett Show would be as forgotten as Laugh in or The Smother Brothers.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | February 9, 2021 2:47 AM |
Are the full hour shows being re-run, r28, or the 30 minute Carol & Friends? Carol, herself, said some of the sketches weren't good.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | February 9, 2021 2:56 AM |
smothers brothers forgotten, really?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 31 | February 9, 2021 2:56 AM |
R30, they're showing the entire early shows, musical numbers included. I see them in the guide and stop and watch for a few minutes and really can't take much more. Burnett herself was an irritating performer in the beginning.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 9, 2021 3:15 AM |
International treasure? For what is she really known internationally? John Huston's terrible Annie, and guest parts in Glee and Desperate Housewives? The Carol Burnett Show didn't air in many countries. She isn't famous as Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore or any of the Golden Girls outside the US. But The Carol Burnett Show Official account at Youtube finally delivers anyone an option to see parts of it now.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 9, 2021 3:31 AM |
I think the Eunice sketches, As the Stomach Turns, Nora Desmond, and the Funk and Mundane parody of Lunt and Fontaine hold up really well and are still extremely funny. So are some of the movie takeoffs, especially Mildred Fierce. Other sketches, not so much. Harvey was pure brilliance.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 9, 2021 3:35 AM |
Like Lucille Ball she's known as real bitch off camera.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 9, 2021 3:36 AM |
^^ I've never heard anyone say she behaved like a bitch. Details, please.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | February 9, 2021 3:45 AM |
[quote] Every time Carol is interviewed, she tells the SAME stories.
For all that she did in her career, she has not done anything significant since 1990 or so (yes, some short lasting things here and there) and everyone asks her the same damn thing, so let the old bag dine out on the well polished gems.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | February 9, 2021 5:03 AM |
Love me some Carol! She is certainly a candidate for one of the best all-round entertainers of the 20th Century. She always radiated pure joy and love of entertaining.
I worked with a man who was one on The Carol Burnett Show’s principle dancers. He said she was every bit as lovely as she seems. He didn’t have a bad word to say about her.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | February 9, 2021 7:14 AM |
