Will this be a case of each side of the Atlantic not knowing half of what I'm talking about?
― kenan, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
it will be a case of "anyone but catherine tate"
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Kind of one of the reasons I ask is, I've always fondly remembered Carol Burnett from my childhood, and she's beloved and all, and of course she had funny spots. But have you tried to watch an old ep of The Carol Burnett show lately? It can be v v painful. I spent a lot of the time thinking, somebody shoot Tim Conway.
― kenan, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Just got offed, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:36 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Burnett is (OK, was) a great clown. You have a point about her henchmen, possibly.
No, I dunno who Tate is.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Ray is not down with this thread, either.
http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/autaux?b=M%5ea11f09b8576e606bcb5038dfdb92fb821&u=http%3A%2F%2Fachewood.com%2Fcomic.php%3Fdate%3D12132007
― kenan, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
having seen about 30 seconds of catherine tate, carol burnett wins by a landslide.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
same answer for carol burnett vs. achewood
Mattel goes for the 40+ market:
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/03/went-with-wind-barbie.html
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 12 March 2009 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Burnett gets Mark Twain Prize.
next year, Elane May, please.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:05 (ten years ago) link
Did Carol Burnett write much or create her own material? I only know her as a comedic actor.
― Aimless, Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
re the TV show, as w/ most classic variety hours (of which hers was pretty much the last) she had a large writing staff, including some guys who also wrote Mel Brooks films (Rudy DeLuca), and the budding Barry Levinson. She likely had plenty of input.
She started out in nightclubs where I assume she wrote much of the material -- maybe this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgTN13_bfXQ
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 May 2013 01:02 (ten years ago) link
This classic has finally appeared (I think it helps a little if you know the Crawford movie; the sketch really should be in b&w):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yVSNlNM77c
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 April 2015 14:04 (nine years ago) link
Yes. As usual.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Friday, 17 April 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
did Carol completely omit Lyle Waggoner from thanks in her Globes speech?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 January 2019 04:39 (five years ago) link
Because she never forgave him for jumping ship to work on Wonder Woman?
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 January 2019 04:45 (five years ago) link
apparently I was mistaken
he was such a stiff ... ironically, re Y-Bron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Waggoner#Later_career
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 January 2019 04:52 (five years ago) link
He was a finalist for the title role in the TV series version of Batman, but lost the role to Adam West.lol at this
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 January 2019 05:02 (five years ago) link
^^His screentest is on the DVD box. West later claimed he won the role because his jaw was sqaurer than Waggoner's.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 January 2019 05:07 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLfSiKI3DsM
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 16 June 2019 04:25 (four years ago) link