The Carol Burnett Show

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Legendary actress, comedian, singer, and writer Carol Burnett joins us this week! After seven decades in the industry, she sits down to discuss her upbringing in the Hollywood Arms Apartments (3:30), a mysterious envelope of money that allowed her to study at UCLA (7:15), a generous loan that catapulted her to New York City (12:33), her “big break” in 1957 (23:25), how Julie & Carol at Carnegie Hall came to be (30:13), finding her place in “a man’s game” on network television (43:20), her fond memories of The Carol Burnett Show and everyone who made it possible (49:33). Finally, before we leave, a conversation on divine intervention (1:01:15) and what she's grateful for at age 87.

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0:00.0	Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm San Frigoso. Welcome to the show. Hey everyone. For more than half a century Carol Burnett has been making us laugh and smile.
0:41.2	Even in the pandemic, the Carol Burnett Show continues to be a source of
0:47.1	comfort. At least for me, it has been. The titular iconic program ran from 1967 to 1978.
0:57.0	You are likely familiar with the show and her comedic offerings.
1:02.0	The physical comedy, the quick wit, the note perfect impressions,
1:06.8	rewatching the show in preparation of this podcast. I was struck by Carol's elasticity. She has this uncanny ability to glide through
1:17.6	rooms with grace and humor. Words don't exactly do it justice, so you're going to have to look it up for yourself.
1:26.8	It's something you have to see to believe.
1:29.7	The point is, it's not normal for those two attributes, grace and humor, to coexist. Then again, not much of Miss Burnett's life could be considered normal.
1:42.0	At age 87, I was life could be considered normal.
1:43.0	At age 87, I was interested in pinpointing certain moments and people that helped form the
1:50.2	legend she is today. Because someone like Carol Burnett doesn't just happen.
1:57.0	It takes years of hard work and good luck.
2:00.0	It also, in her case, seems to include divine acts of God.
2:07.0	I know that sounds crazy, but I think you'll understand what I'm talking about by the end of today's episode.
2:15.0	So, why don't we get to it?
2:18.0	Let's call her up.
2:20.0	Hello? Hello?
2:24.0	Hello?
2:25.0	Hi.
2:26.0	Hi, it's Carol Burnett calling.
2:28.0	I'm pleased to have you here.
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