Word: carolled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kansas City, Mo., Starlight Theater: The Carol Burnett Show, a more or less one-woman revue...
...dirndl off in a parody on visiting Russian dance companies set to a Volga-rized score from Annie Get Your Gun. Even in a too-predictable "cavalcade of U.S. musical comedy" medley with Julie Andrews-a Merman-Martin act, complete with audience applause to greet every familiar tune-Carol's mugging saved the cliches from being too cloying. While Julie sang dramatically: "You've been in love, or so you said, you should know better . . .", Carol, suddenly smitten with guilt, put bent fingers in mouth and averted her head in a hilarious...
...industriously studying journalism at U.C.L.A. ("I wanted to be Brenda Starr") when, as part of a course in playwriting, she was required to take part in a college show. She went on, got a houseful of laughs, then and there decided to switch her major. Says Carol: "It's kind of like dope. You get hooked...
...revues-every-week-type summer resorts, minor TV work, and a burgeoning acquaintance with the city's unemployment compensation officials, brought her a booking at Manhattan's Blue Angel, a smoky launching pad for talent that holds a star-making record no other nightclub can equal. Says Carol: "I wanted to open with something different from the usual 'Hello, Everybody' kind of song-something that would cut through the smoke and the conversation and catch 'em by the ears." So she came out singing I Made a Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles...
...Garry Moore Show (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The show bows off for the season, and marks the last appearance of Carol Burnett as a regular. Guests: Alan King and Carol Haney...