The Carol Burnett Show
Connections
Newsday's coverage
-
Expressway: Don't overlook this great name
wrote for the "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and Saul Turteltaub provided laughs for "Sanford and Son" and " The Carol Burnett Show ").Saul Novigan pitched for the Baltimore Orioles in the 1950s. And in the movie "Ocean's Eleven," when George Clooney Read more »
Around the web
-
Al Gordon, Skit Writer for Jack Benny and Carol Burnett, Dies at 89
Los Angeles Times Al Gordon, in rear with glasses, with Jack Benny, center, and the writers Sam Perrin, left, Hal Goldman and George Balzer. Al Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer whose fast-paced material helped Jack Benny make the transition fr from The New York Times Read more »
-
Carol Burnett Book: Comedian To Publish Memoir On Late Daughter, Titled ‘Carrie And Me’
Comedian Carol Burnett is coming out with a memoir about her late daughter, Carrie Hamilton. "Carrie and Me" will be published by Simon & Schuster and is scheduled for release in April 2013, the Associated Press reported . Hamilton, a writer, singer and from International Business Times Read more »
-
Gay Writers Give Birth to a 'Child of the '70s'
For any of us who came of age during the 1970s, the era was a pop smorgasbord of fashion, art, culture, and music. From the iconic John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever , to the music of ABBA, to classic TV series such as All in the Family , The Mary Tyl from The Huffington Post Read more »
-
Burnett's second banana Lawrence still pleases audiences
Before Tyler Perry's Madea was delivering irreverent wisdom, there was Vicki Lawrence's Thelma Harper, aka Mama, on "The Carol Burnett Show." The character proved so popular with audiences that the spinoff "Mama's Family" was created around her. Lawrence from GoErie.com Read more »
-
WATCH: Birthday Girl Carol Burnett's Best Sketches
Emmy winning actress/comedienne Carol Burnett is 79! Burnett has been leaving audiences in stitches for years with her incredible knack for comedy. In 1967, Burnett starred on her own comedy show " The Carol Burnett Show ." The popular comedy-sketch show from Vibe Read more »
