, she made her television debut. After successful appearances on The Garry Moore Show
, Carol moved to Los Angeles and began an eleven-year run on The Carol Burnett Show
which was aired on CBS
television from 1967 to 1978. With roots in vaudeville
, The Carol Burnett Show was a variety show which combined comedy sketches
, song, and dance.
Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.
Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.
Comedy is tragedy plus time.
Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?
I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.
I liked myself better when I wasn't me.
This is to explain just how your mom turned out to be the kind of hairpin she is.
We didn't exactly starve, but we were pretty poor when I was growing up. I remember thinking, Oh gosh, if I could just make thirty dollars a month to help with the rent, that would be fabulous. So perhaps I envied performers when I heard that Bing Crosby made twenty dollars a minute.
When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.