Today is the 74th birthday of one of my favorite comedienne/actresses, Carol Burnett.
I loved her show as a kid. We watched it every week, and then again for years in syndication. Do you have a favorite Carol Burnett Show memory? I loved her take off on Sunset Boulevard and Gone With the Wind, but Mrs. Wiggins may have been my favorite. That show had such a cast!
She is also an accomplished stage actress. She was the original Winifred in Once upon a Mattress way back in 1959. I love that show. I played King Sextimus back in college. If you don't know the show it is a take off on the Princess and the Pea story.
She was also the original Charlotte Hayes in Ken Ludwig’s Moon over Buffalo. I directed this show back in 1998, and it is still one of my all time favorites. If you've never seen it - SHAME ON YOU! You owe it to yourself to find a production and go see it! I will warn you, it is a bit racy, so don't bother with a high school production because the Drama Police will make them cut out all the good parts. I promise, you will laugh hard and often.
She is talented, tough and classy.
Happy birthday Carol!!!
The GWTW spoof with the curtain rod costume is the first thing I thought of. Hilarious stuff...and lots of memories of my childhood there.
ReplyDeleteI requested and received the DVD of Putting It Together for my birthday. It's in the player right now, waiting for my daughter to give me back the telly so I can finish it.
ReplyDeleteI wish to heaven they'd release a CD with that cast...
I requested and received the DVD of Putting It Together for my birthday. Can you believe I've never seen that?
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