Carol Burnett
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
She did a couple of jokes, and she sang, and she won the contest.
And so I was in touch with her.
I said, we're going to be doing a little, well, I'll be in touch with you.
And so we called her that summer.
And she came and read, and there was another girl who'd had a lot of experience.
Vicki was raw, but saw something.
And today, no network would let us do that.
Hire an 18-year-old girl with no experience.
You know, you can't be happy being 92, but I'm glad I'm 92 because none of this would have happened today for me.
Something might have happened, but it wouldn't be.
There's no way we could do what we did before.
You know, 65 to 70 costumes a week, two guest stars, a major rep company.
You know, and also CBS left us alone.
There was one note in 11 years.