We all love classic television, right? Whether it is “I Love Lucy” or “Miami Vice,” the last 60 years of television have given us some truly remarkable moments.
We just found this gem from the Carol Burnett Show featuring guest star Dick Van Dyke, and CB collaborator Vicki Lawrence. Watch as these two legends go at it in a funny sketch about a guy whose power has been turned off. It will have you laughing for sure.
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Born in San Antonio, Texas in 1933, Carol Burnett has been a leading celebrity of stage, screen, and the airwaves for six decades. She studied musical comedy and theatre at UCLA in the mid ‘50’s before making her way to New York City.
In 1959 she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in “Once Upon A Mattress.” she then packed up and returned to Hollywood where she became a regular on the Garry Moore Show. It was here that she received her first Emmy award in 1963.
In 1967 Burnett launched “The Carol Burnett Show,” a sketch comedy show featuring some of the most talented and creative comedic actors of the era, including Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman, and Lyle Waggoner.
The cast was well known for taking big comedy risks, and frequently, they would cause each other to crack up on live television, which endeared them to America. The CBS show ran for eleven successful seasons, and was always grabbing the biggest celebrities of the day to appear. It even spawned a spinoff series, “Mama’s Family” starring Vicki Lawrence.
When “The Carol Burnett Show” finally wound down, she moved into film, appearing in classics like “The Four Seasons,” and the big screen adaptation of “Annie,” with Albert Finney.
Her work in television has never waned however, as she has appeared in everything from “Sesame Street” to “Law and Order: SVU.”
Unlike many successful actors who tend to look down upon the soap opera format, She has also a well known fan of “All My Children,” and even had a special character, Vera Grubbs, written just for her, which she has reprised every decade since the 70’s
She continues to work, appearing on television in “Glee,” “Hawaii Five-0,” on the big screen in “Horton Hears A Who,” and “The Secret World of Arrietty,” and on stage, most recently in “Love Letters.”
Her memoir, written with her eldest daughter, “One More Time,” was adapted for the stage as “Hollywood Arms” in 2002 and won 2003 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. She has also written “This Time Together” and “In Such Good Company,” which was just released this year.
During her career she has won 6 Emmys, 2 Golden Globes, a Peabody, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a Presidential Medal Of Freedom, among many others. While she is still going strong today, in 2015 The Screen Actor’s Guild awarded her a lifetime achievement award.
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