I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie. The networks just wouldn't spend the money today.

Burnett took him up on his offer. She was back on Broadway in 1995 after an absence of 30 years in Moon Over Buffalo for which Carol Burnett was nominated for a Tony Award. She said 'Every few minutes a big spider jumps on that little spider and they go at it like RABBITS!!' And then Carol Burnett died.

During and after her variety show Burnett appeared in many television and film projects. Burnett created many memorable characters during the show's television run and both Carol Burnett and the show won numerous Emmy and Golden Globe Awards.