Julia Louis-Dreyfus

As I sit here right now, I am so grateful to think that there is gonna be another time, maybe even today, when I am laughing so hard that I can't control it. Because, you know, Jesus, that's just, that's what it's all about. How wonderful, how delightful, how right it is then that for the last episode of this season of Wiser Than Me, today, I get to talk to Carol Burnett.

As I sit here right now, I am so grateful to think that there is gonna be another time, maybe even today, when I am laughing so hard that I can't control it. Because, you know, Jesus, that's just, that's what it's all about. How wonderful, how delightful, how right it is then that for the last episode of this season of Wiser Than Me, today, I get to talk to Carol Burnett.

Hi, I'm Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and this is Wiser Than Me, the podcast where I get schooled by women who are wiser than me. Okay, this is it. Today, I am talking to Carol Burnett. So I'm already crying. It's true. I love you so much. There's just absolutely nobody like Carol. Nobody.

Hi, I'm Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and this is Wiser Than Me, the podcast where I get schooled by women who are wiser than me. Okay, this is it. Today, I am talking to Carol Burnett. So I'm already crying. It's true. I love you so much. There's just absolutely nobody like Carol. Nobody.

There is no way to even measure what she has meant to television comedy, much less what she has meant to women in television comedy, and much less what she has meant to me in television comedy. Side note, everything. Everything.

There is no way to even measure what she has meant to television comedy, much less what she has meant to women in television comedy, and much less what she has meant to me in television comedy. Side note, everything. Everything.

She's done it all from starring on Broadway nearly seven decades ago in Once Upon a Mattress to her seminal variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, that was a mega super hit. I've got to get my shit together. I'm falling apart. That was...

She's done it all from starring on Broadway nearly seven decades ago in Once Upon a Mattress to her seminal variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, that was a mega super hit. I've got to get my shit together. I'm falling apart. That was...

It was a mega super hit for 11 years on CBS and made her a household name to great dramatic performances, to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to a billion Emmys, a Tony, a Grammy, writing a ton of books and bringing untold joy and laughter to millions and millions of people. She has a fascinating, heroic personal story that she's been brave enough to share.

It was a mega super hit for 11 years on CBS and made her a household name to great dramatic performances, to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to a billion Emmys, a Tony, a Grammy, writing a ton of books and bringing untold joy and laughter to millions and millions of people. She has a fascinating, heroic personal story that she's been brave enough to share.

She's just one of the most well-known, most beloved performers in the history of entertainment. And man, is she wiser than me. I'm so lucky to say welcome, Carol. Oh, honey. And I love you.

She's just one of the most well-known, most beloved performers in the history of entertainment. And man, is she wiser than me. I'm so lucky to say welcome, Carol. Oh, honey. And I love you.

I know. What an incredible... And to have you do that and to be there with you, I have a picture of you and me and Norman Lear together. And it's so cherished. It's such a cherished treasure. Oh, yes. So, Carol, are you comfortable if I say your real age? Of course, yes. And so what is your real age?

I know. What an incredible... And to have you do that and to be there with you, I have a picture of you and me and Norman Lear together. And it's so cherished. It's such a cherished treasure. Oh, yes. So, Carol, are you comfortable if I say your real age? Of course, yes. And so what is your real age?

What has surprised you the most about getting older?

What has surprised you the most about getting older?

Yeah, I know what you mean. I feel the same.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I feel the same.

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