Your Turn Will Come with Carol Burnett
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What life lessons did Carol Burnett learn from Lucille Ball?
What was one of the best things you learned from Lucille Ball?
Well, now she wouldn't say, hi, guys. She was more like the guys.
She was like she was ready to be a bitch. Oh, now here's the story. This episode is brought to you by Therafluid.
Hey, how you doing?
Hi, Craig. I am, I am teary. 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.
Yeah, we have Carol Burnett here and I'm speechless already and we just got started.
You're not the only one. I am speechless. And as I said before, I'm gobsmacked. I'm so happy to be here and to meet you and to see you again.
We are happy to have you. And just so our audience can understand why Misha and I are so... Awestruck, excited, whatever words. It's because you were such a big part of our growing up. So I want to tell you the story. When we were kids, school age, we could only watch one hour of TV a day.
Wow.
Yes. My parents were ahead of the curve. And we, like you, were cartoon fans. So we spent our hour on cartoons, and my sister spent her hour on the Brady Bunch and things of that nature. But in the evenings, when you were on, my parents watched The Carol Burnett Show. Oh, wow. And I just want to tell you, one of the things that I really... was awestruck about your show, and I didn't understand it because, again, I was like 10 years old. I can't even remember how old I was. When you would come out at the beginning of the show and take questions from people, my 10-year-old brain was like, this woman is the smartest, funniest woman I've ever seen because she doesn't know what these people are going to ask.
So that was one thing, but...
How did Carol Burnett's childhood shape her career in Hollywood?
It always struck me that every now and then there was a kid who'd ask you a question and you were the kindest person to children. And being a child and seeing that, I'm getting choked up just talking about it.
Thank you.
It really meant a lot. And we were just talking. We wish our mom was here. She would have loved to have been here for this.
She was your biggest fan.
You told me that the first time. Yeah. And I think I sent some videos. And I got the loveliest letter from you.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, you know, the Q&A. I didn't want to do it. Really? No. Yeah, I bet. When we were going to do our show. That feels risky. Yeah. The producer came to me. He said, you know, Carol, before you... Get into the sketches with you black out your teeth and you have a fright wig on and a fat suit and all that. People should really get to know you first. And so I said, but what if they don't want to ask me anything? Or what if they do and I don't have a snappy answer? And he said, well, so we'll put some plants in the audience. And then I thought. No, it's got to be real. It was real. If they stump me with something and I have egg on my face, at least they know we're being honest.
Right.
What challenges did Carol face as a woman in the entertainment industry?
And so I said, let's try it for three weeks in a row when we were just going to start. And if it doesn't work, let's tank the idea.
Uh-huh.
Well, the first show, I was a little nervous, and some kind person said, who's the guest tonight? And I went, well, I can answer that. And then the next week, and pretty soon, I started to have fun with it. You were enjoying it. And it became one of the most fun things on my show that I love. Yeah. I love doing. We had one woman, I raised her hand. I called on her. She looked like Bea Arthur when Bea Arthur did Maud. Oh, yes. You know, she said, I want to come up and sing. Oh, my goodness. All right. And she, fearless, she got up there. What's your name? And I remember to this Terry McCann. I said, okay, Terry. Now, we had a band over on the 28-piece orchestra.
Oh, wow.
And I said, what do you want to do? And she looked at the band and she said... You made me love you in the key of G. Whoa. Well, of course, the audience was going crazy. She started singing, and she's pretty good. She's going, you made me love. And I joined her because I knew the song. Now, we're belting away, and we were pretty good. And the audience is clapping, and we're coming to the end.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What life lessons did Carol Burnett learn from Lucille Ball?
0:00–2:26
2
How did Carol Burnett's childhood shape her career in Hollywood?
2:26–3:49
3
What challenges did Carol face as a woman in the entertainment industry?
3:49–5:47
4
How did Carol Burnett manifest her dreams into reality?
5:47–7:23
5
What advice does Carol have for overcoming imposter syndrome?
7:23–8:53
6
How did Carol balance motherhood with her career?
8:53–10:37
7
What is Carol Burnett's perspective on rejection in show business?
10:37–12:44
8
How does Carol Burnett stay relevant in today's entertainment landscape?
12:44–1:14:48
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