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Carol Burnett

6 years ago

I'm listening to Carol Burnett's very entertaining autobiography This time together : laughter and reflection. Among many other details, she describes how she encountered and hired her show regulars, such as Harvey Korman and Tim Conway. She fired Harvey Korman at one point because he was being so surly, including to guest stars. In order to get up enough courage to fire him, she imagined herself as a cross between Barbara Stanwyk and Joan Crawford! Of course, things got patched up and Korman continued on the show. I'm sorry that there are no repeats of her show in our area, mainly so that I can more appreciate the work of Bob Mackie, her costume designer. I didn't realize that he created up to 50 new costumes for each show, including for guests and dancers. He is the person who had the idea for the "curtain rod dress" in the Gone with the wind parody

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