“She is the kind of woman, the kind of star, who if you meet her, you’re never going to be disappointed,” Cher says in the special. Later, when Cher struck out on her own, Burnett was a close confidante. “I got a little teary-eyed.”Ĭher, dressed in a gold, shimmering gown and ornate, circular headpiece, told a story about how, when The Sonny and Cher Show was starting, Bob Mackie realized she and Burnett were the same size, and borrowed clothes from Burnett’s wardrobe to dress Cher. “It was just lovely,” Burnett says, still sounding overwhelmed. “We’ve gone from landlines to cellphones to texts, and, oh, have we laughed along the way.” “I cannot believe it’s been 62 years, if not more, since we first met, chum,” Andrews says to her in the special. Andrews-“my chum,' as Burnett calls her-sat next to Burnett the entire evening, flying in for the occasion from New York. Peters and Chenoweth sang an homage to the TV specials Burnett staged with opera singer Beverly Sills and, of course, the ones with her good friend, Julie Andrews. “Carol-it is Carol, right?” she continues, as the audience cracks up, “The love that we’re all sharing with you tonight is small payback for all the love you’ve shown us through the years.” “You gave me the most confidence in the world,” she tells Burnett. Tomlin spoke about an interaction they had on a soundstage when Tomlin was just starting out on Laugh-In. and Roddy McDowall.Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, and Jane Lynch sang a medley from Annie, joined at the end by the film’s Annie herself, Aileen Quinn, who performed “Tomorrow.” “There wasn’t a dry eye in the house,” Burnett says. Special guests on these episodes include Dick Van Dyke, Bernadette Peters, Sammy Davis Jr. This Time Together features 3 UNCUT episodes, as they originally aired on television, and showcases some of the most acclaimed and beloved moments from The Carol Burnett Show, including: 'The Family' with Eunice, Mama, Ed and brother Phillip The Late Late Late Show: The Enchanted Hovel 'The Typists' sketch. It all came together around the amazing Carol, who never failed to delight, to entertain and to let us know that she was glad we'd had this time together. Plus the show's guest stars make up a Who's Who of music and comedy.

For 11 seasons, from 1967 to 1978, Carol delivered a breathtaking, laugh - inducing mix of pop culture spoofs, madcap sketch comedy, and stunning musical production numbers, aided by a now legendary supporting cast of Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner. this and more, and her unique gifts were never more perfectly showcased than on The Carol Burnett Show - a program that still stands as the gold standard of television variety shows. Warm and welcoming, tremendously talented, and of course, fantastically funny.

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