Carol Burnett

We went out and played until it was time to go in for supper.

Yeah.

And no one knew where you were.

I'd hear my grandma say, Carol, come on!

And we'd come in.

And I'd say, I'm going out and play now after school.

Well, we would go to the second runs because they were cheaper than going.

If you went to a first run, it was a lot more money, like a quarter.

And so the second runs, and there would be double features.

So we would go one, two, three, four, maybe six movies a week.

Wow.

And that was in the 40s.

And Betty Grable and Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and Tyrone Power and all of those, which maybe none of the people listening know those people.

Anyway, they were my favorites.

Yeah.

Linda Darnell was a beautiful woman.

She's not as well known today as... You know what?

I have to tell you.

My grandmother and I, you know, we would go and hang over the ropes when there would be a premiere on Hollywood Boulevard and to watch the movie stars come in, right?

So I'm nine years old and Nanny is standing there and the ropes are holding all of us back and coming, walking up