The legendary Carol Burnett reflected on her iconic career in a heartfelt trip down memory lane. Carol is an incredibly talented woman who has kept audiences laughing for decades. Her career has been marked by one memorable role after another.
Comedy is such a subjective thing. It’s much more difficult than drama. What makes one person laugh will not always be the thing that causes the next person to burst into laughter. Not everyone has the same sense of humor.
However, with her talent, quick wit and charm, Carol Burnett has kept audiences rolling with laughter for decades. She is in a class of her own and second to none. She has repeatedly proved this throughout her career, which has included “Annie” and The Carol Burnett Show.
In a clip posted on YouTube, Carol is put to the test. She is given a line she said from a film or television show she was in and must name that movie or show. Some she gets some right, and others she does not, but surprisingly, she remembers more than she doesn’t. However, she provides interesting facts and stories about each television show or movie with each answer.
The first line she is given, which she gets right, is from “Annie.” Carol then discusses one significant difference between the movie and the stage play.
Later in the clip, she mentions working on a film with the late Walter Matthau and how she was intimidated by and nervous around him until she went to lunch with him.
“He was a little bit intimidating at first,” Carol said. “I remember; I guess I can tell this story. He said, ‘Ok, I’m going to take you to lunch.’ And I was kind of nervous because he was big screen, and I was little screen. He said, ‘So, how come you do all this television crap?’”
At that moment, Carol said she was no longer nervous around him. Her response to him was hilarious.
I said, ‘Well, Walter.’ He said, ‘Yeah, you can call me Walter.’ I said, ‘How?’ He was doing movies all the time at that point. ‘How many movies do you do a year?’ He said, ‘Well, at least two, two and a half movies.’ I said, ‘How long does it take you to make them? 10 weeks, 12 weeks?’ He said, ‘Yeah, like 10, 12 weeks.’ I said, ‘Are they all great, or are some of them kind of crappy?’ He said, ‘Some of them are kind of crappy.’ I said, ‘Well, look at it this way, it takes you 10 weeks to make crap. It takes me five days.’”
Proverbs 17:22 “A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.”
