Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Higher Ground

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

4.4 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

This week on IMO, beloved actress and comedy legend Carol Burnett joins Michelle and Craig for a heartfelt conversation about growing up in Hollywood, manifesting her education and career, and the long-lasting impact of The Carol Burnett Show. Plus, the group offers advice to a listener dealing with imposter syndrome. Stay tuned until the very end for a touching moment between Carol, Craig, and Michelle.

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0:00.0	What was one of the best things you learned from Lucille Ball?
0:05.9	Well, she, now she wouldn't say, hi, guys.
0:12.1	She was more like the guys.
0:15.3	She was like she was ready to be a bitch.
0:18.2	Oh, now here's the story.
0:25.8	Okay. be a bitch. Oh, now here's the story. This episode is brought to you by Theraflu.
0:31.9	Hey, how you doing?
0:33.4	Hi, Craig.
0:34.2	I am, I am Terry.
0:37.4	I'm excited. I'm excited. I'm honored because we have one of my heroines here with us today, and we're just going to get right into it. I want you to introduce our next guest.
0:51.1	Yeah, we have Carol Burnett here and I'm speechless already and we just got
0:58.2	started. You're not the only one. I am speechless and as I said before, I'm gobsmack. I'm so
1:06.1	happy to be here and to meet you and to see you again. We are happy to have you.
1:11.0	Thank you.
1:11.6	And just so our audience can understand why Mish and I are so awestruck, excited, whatever
1:19.2	words, it's because you were such a big part of our growing up.
1:23.8	So I want to tell you this story.
1:25.7	Okay.
1:26.2	When we were kids, school age, we could only watch one
1:30.6	hour of TV a day. Wow. Yes, my parents were ahead of the curve. And we, like you, were
1:39.3	cartoon fans. So we spent our hour on cartoons and my sister spent our hour on the Brady Bunch and things of that nature.
1:46.8	But in the evenings, when you were on, my parents watched the Carol Burnett Show.
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