Carol Burnett is so glad to have time together for 50th anniversary special
CBS aired a 2-hour special celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Carol Burnett Show on Sunday, December 3.
- Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner were also onstage with Burnett
- The special has tributes to the late Harvey Korman and to Bob Mackie who's estimated to have designed over 17,000 costumes in 11 years for the show
- Current celebrities who participated in the special include Amy Poehler, Kristin Chenoweth, Maya Rudolph, and Bill Hader
- Kevin Spacey ws originally in a musical segment but they edited him out (ed: Woot!)
- Burnett on how the show holds up: "When we were rehearsing and showing clips, there were these young cameramen who were screaming with laughter, because they hadn’t seen some of this stuff. I got the biggest kick out of that."
- Fun fact: Did you know that The Carol Burnett Show only came about because of a contract clause? Burnett had a contract with CBS for 10 years which required her to do two guest appearances and a special a year. Within the first five years of this contract, she had the option to "push the button" and be put on the air in 30 one-hour variety shows, pay-or-play. In the last week of that fifth year of the contract, Burnett decided to call the head of CBS Michael Dann and, despite the objections that sketch shows were a "man's game," exercise the clause and that's how we got The Carol Burnett Show.
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Hey ONTD! Anyone watch last night's special? I've not been able to yet but hoping it's fun. Favourite Carol Burnett show sketches? Have you practiced your Tarzan yell or made a dress out of draperies?