How “The Carol Burnett Show" Influenced Conan's Comedy | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

[@ZakClaxton]

My favorite Carol Burnett story: I was having lunch at a place near the Sony lot near Culver City, seated outdoors on a pretty day. A tourist women at an adjacent table said -- way too loudly -- "Look, honey. That woman looks just like Carol Burnett!" And Carol turned all the way around in her chair and, looking the tourist couple straight in the eye, grinned and did her trademark ear tug maneuver. I'm sure that lady told that story to anyone within earshot for decades after. How cool is that? Carol was and remains a super warm, kind, and incredibly intelligent woman.

[@iwontbebeat7111]

Thank you for the great story .... I live very close there 😂

[@JomerTB]

Conan as always the master interviewer. No excessive laughing, perfect setups to questions, and few interruptions that compliment Carol's storytelling and don't take anything away from her message. Masterclass.

[@JomerTB]

Only excessive interruption was that Miller Lite commercial in-between lol

[@justmejustme4444]

Because Conan is a real fan of nostalgia and that period of TV you know that his compliments towards Carol are authentic, he is not just sucking up to Carol.

[@jamezguard]

Not this interview but he will laugh hard for like five seconds if a guest is struggling. He’s the best.

[@citisoccer]

What an honor to have that time with her. That woman is a comedic genius.

[@gregduke5812]

It's crazy that at 90 her delivery is still perfection.

[@sarawilliams2900]

She really funny 🤣🤣

[@jesse6851]

That wow in the beginning made me laugh so much for some reason

[@stephanielitz4056]

I hope I’m even 10% as whip-smart as Carol is when I’m 90 - good for her!

[@ComradeTrotsky1017]

She is incredibly lucid for her age!

[@danH_1999]

91, comin up!

[@Scottieohmy]

28 y/o straight black male from Chicago here to say that even I know that Carol Burnett is the goat 🐐 🔥

[@colonialstraits1069]

The greats always transcend age, sex, race, etc. Clearly you have great comedic taste!

[@visisydandthevoid]

Respect 🫡

[@tonyp6631]

Caught a few clips in re runs growing up and remember liking what I watched of the carol burnett show. Watched more on KZbin after this video. That show is pure joy. I had alot of laughs. She's incredible

[@tuvantrader]

I, like many, have fond memories of seeing the Carol Burnett Show as a kid (in reruns). It was a kind of comedy that was pure, joyful, and playful; even as a kid, I could sense the authenticity of it-the way sketches would sometimes break down and nobody could keep it together and you could tell everyone on that stage was having a good time, that was often the best because the audience and performers would laugh together. Thank you, Carol Burnett! The world is better for you being in it. 🙏

[@seraphus1]

She changed comedy. She changed television. She opened doors for women comedians. Legend.

[@TheHuxleyAgnostic]

Have to give a lot of credit to Lucille Ball, on the opening doors for women front. She had carried two of her own shows, before Carol. Carol is awesome though.

[@ducksoff7236]

Wondering about this "opened doors" what doors were closed since "I Love Lucy" was one of the first popular shows in television history and led and front billed by a woman. If this "door" was closed how would that even have happened?

[@cameronrobinson3933]

I'm 46 and The Carol Burnett Show was right before my time. But yet I have seen every episode from the first to the last which made me cry. I miss comedy that was just silly stories even though I love Saturday Night Live and what it does now there's something about the comedy from that era that is so pure because the comedy is from such a good place even when it portrays the villain or something like that

[@Staceysprobablycrying]

She is so sharp and quick, it brings tears to my eyes 🥹💕

[@davidhurtado2725]

90 years old and sharper than anyone out there ❤

[@adamplace1414]

Two decades plus after her show ended I would watch it every night on reruns. Someone growing up today could laugh with her show just as much as I did, and just as much as my dad did when they were new.

[@gkennedy2998]

She doesn't age. She is sharp, funny, active...at 91! God bless Carol Burnett!

[@heatherwestover4060]

I hope this interview is 2 hours long. I love Carol Burnett. She is a treasure.

[@jermar1979]

She is pure class. ❤️

[@OlSgtLove]

Great to see Carol Burnett with such a glow and still going strong . She help make all ourvlives better who grewup in that time of her show . Great Memories with our Families watching her show . Carol Burnett we can never Thankyou Enough for all the laughter , Song and pure Love each week for those years .THANKYOU!!!! WE LOVE YOU CAROL BURNETT!!!!!!

[@above-us-only-sky]

more of this please. more classic comedians and performers. more people from this era. god damnit she is such a treasure

[@marisoldominguez438]

Thoroughly enjoying this podcast. Here is a wealth of wisdom and experience in comedy.

[@sarawilliams2900]

I agree 💯💯💯

[@DavidBell-d5t]

Is there any American entertainer who is as widely adored and beloved as Carol Burnett? By as many people, and for as many years? I can’t think of one.

[@ChristopherDrum]

Dolly Parton (not ranking these legends; just a reminder!)

[@drixstar7378]

I can't believe I've never seen sketches by Carol Burnett... they're soo good... just finding out through Conan about her show.. 😆🤣🤣😂 its soo good.. spent whole morning watching # 🇫🇯

[@petecartwright5211]

I grew up on Carol Burnett, the Smothers Brothers, the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and even the gong show. I was too young to understand most of it but remember it all. It was what we did at night back then. I was a kid when shows like Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea kept me enthralled with what I now consider to be outrageously goofy stuff. MY cartoons were the Warner Bros classics. My folks watched Burnett's show without fail. Now, I realize how fortunate and blessed I was to have been raised during that time. Those shows were a passing phase of us, soon to be lost to the more modern times and tastes. They detailed and described a society that thought and acted completely differently than what is today.

[@nilesoien4439]

I always think of the Siamese twin elephants who were joined at the end of the trunk sketch when I see her.

[@hotlov72]

What a classic comedian! She's great on Palm Royal and she doesn't even say much but groans and makes faces and i still laugh

[@kamillagilfedder3660]

She's amazing. Unlike any other.

[@NoviJimB]

Talking about Tim Conway - 'he was hornswaggled'. :) I'm not sure if I've heard anyone use that word since hearing my dad say 'I'll be hornswaggled' back when I was growing up. Carol is a legend, really nice to see her doing this interview. I'll just leave it at that.

[@bfgivmfith]

God Bless Carol Burnett! My Second Mom! And an endless view into the laughter inside me!

[@PorchGardeningWithPassion]

She is one of the All-Time Greats that doesn’t get the love she deserves. Her and Betty White are top top tier 👊🏻🌻👊🏻

[@jeffcowan603]

One of the fondest memories of my youth is watching the Carol Burnett show with my mom and dad. Never heard my dad laugh harder.

[@missylay3189]

I loved her Q&A’s before hand, I could tell how genuine and nice she was and funny! She is one of my favorite female comedians

[@jauipop]

Can Team Coco please release this interview in full? I would love to see it all in one go.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks to Conan, Carol and everyone involved! ⭐

[@persnickety369]

Just so her fans know, there's a YT channel, The Carol Burnett Show Official. I watch it regularly. Gold! 🥇🏆🤣

[@jjhaya]

I didn't know her because I'm not from the US and not from that time but I'll check her out because from what I've seen here she seems like a fun person 😊.

[@oicsaywhat]

❤❤❤ love love her! She’s a national treasure , I remember as a kid my family would huddle around the living room TV and cry our eyes out laughing at Carol Burnett Show. She is so funny and so sweet and charming. Thank you Conan for having her on your podcast you’re the best Conan!!!

[@Keychain-]

I love how she makes the nervous ABC underling nearly misspeak and start to say "NBC" before correcting himself. Brilliant detail lol

[@cxvxcbcxn]

Damn she looks and sounds amazing for 90 freaking years of age! Incredible!

[@babybro70]

I'll always love Carol Burnett. I was allowed as a child to stay up late & watch the Carol Burnett Show. My Mother looked like her too.

[@MarCapa-ed5uv]

Love her, and admire her greatly.

[@CA-lf7jt]

28 piece orch. This makes me sad. I just found out weeks ago, our orchestra is folding. I still can’t believe it. We play at an incredible music hall, one of the best in the country but the funding is just not there anymore , hall too expensive tickets can’t cover it. It’s so sad

[@EshockT]

Her casting as the one who turned Saul Goodman into the cops was absolutely a triumph. The audience was so invested in Jimmy McGill outsmarting justice but her character’s decency got us to want to see him get his just desserts. Really added some depth and morality to one of the best stories ever told on TV.

[@jaysartori9032]

I can't believe that Carol Burnett is 90!? It was just yesterday back in the 80's I watched Carol Burnett in Anne!?

[@theck672]

We adore you Carol ❤❤❤, you’re okay too Conan 😂😘😜

[@ice-iu3vv]

she's a complete class act.

[@erictalbert4633]

90 years old. Still funny and sharp as a tack!😊

[@KingEdwardMMVIII]

This lady is an OG. Loved seeing her in Better Call Saul!

[@jazminratzlaff5357]

Love The Carol Burnett Show and her Q&A with her glamorous Bob Mackie outfits. This woman is incredible, great storyteller, love that Bea Arthur, Bob Newhart and the classic Warner Brothers cartoons. Harvey Korman and Tim Conway are comedy icons. 😍😘🥰🤩🌟✨👑⚜️💎🏆🎙️😆🤣😂🖤

[@bobbullethalf]

The Carol Burnett Show was the best growing up. She is just great on that show on Apple TV.

[@wsjustice]

I was driving for work today that wound up being over 4 hours behind the wheel. I listened to this whole interview and William Shatner on Neil Degrasse Tyson. Just a couple of 90 year old icons. Today was definitely a good day.

[@laurastewart2418]

Carol!😊❤❤❤❤

[@KristineMaitland]

Terry McMann (Maude) was absolutely brilliant. A total entertainer from the old school. I'm a cabaret singer and if I could get to her level, then I will do well.

[@timmartin8191]

❤❤❤ her

[@michaelhockus8208]

Unbelievably charming!

[@Lurdiak]

It's interesting how the Carol Burnett show was seen by so many people when it aired in America because there were so few channels, so it was this ubiquitous cultural event in a way no modern show can be to Americans, but at the same time, it happened back when most shows were not broadcast internationally, let alone broadcast live internationally, so that seemingly universal experience was quite limited to people who lived where the show actually aired. I think only 13 episodes were ever broadcast in the UK, and I'm not sure how many regional networks in neighbouring countries like Canada and Mexico even aired it.

[@LycanLink]

Carol looks so beautiful and she's in her 90s. Meanwhile, Kim K's continuing her transformation into a bouncy castle.

[@steelers6titles]

Carol's was indeed the last successful full-scale comedy-variety show on network TV. Right, it couldn't be done today; the cable-satellite audience is too fragmented. Shows are now micro-focused in content, and appeal, spread out over hundreds of channels. Carol's, Ed Sullivan's, and the other big variety shows offered a broad selection for everyone.

[@der.Schtefan]

Do they know that we see them reading a script during the Miller Lite commercial? We know this is not organic. How hilarious right after the "organic" talk ;)

[@lynnturman8157]

Type in "carol burnett q and a" in the yt search. You'll do nothing but laugh. And you'll see the lady who looks like Bea Arthur come up & sing with Carol. One of the funniest things in the history of television.

[@dorkasaurusbecks]

Carol is a national treasure.

[@ToddDouglasFox]

Two redheads, my favorite hair color.

[@GoGoGooey]

A woman comedian before her time! I love you forever in ANNIE 🫶🏼🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@lachauntiswashington231]

This is great 😄👍👍👏👏👏

[@MovieJustin]

Carol, you should do a Netflix show.Get you a few million dollars❤

[@jlouis4407]

Second greatest comedienne ever after Lucy, probably second greatest comedian period behind Lucy

[@EmilyKresl]

We need the story about Tim wearing toilet paper as the invisible man for his driver's license photo !!!

[@MisterMan7516]

People use the word ICON a bit too much nowadays but Carol really is one of the few true ICONIC performers and is now legendary. Thanks for the laughs Carol. ❤️What a great interview. Thanks Conan.

[@CNep99]

Only other host I've seen do this is Craig Ferguson (not really a Q/A per se, but he went script-free with the audience all the time)

[@pricemoore2022]

I wonder how old Carol Burnett is now????😊😊😊😊😊

[@rayg6224]

She was on colbert last week. She said she is 93.

[@GreedRunsall]

She's about to be 91

[@thorkagemob1297]

​​@@rayg6224shes actually turning 91 on the 26th this month. William Shatner is 93 tho and he was just on Neil Degrasse Tysons podcast

[@zm1uz2nol4dy5]

1933 so 90 yrs old

[@EmilyKresl]

Carol is a legend and I am proud to say my kids not only know who she is, but they've started reading her books and they can't put them down!!!! I've never seen my freshman daughter get SO INTO a book, ( "One More Time," ) that she read it all in one in sitting. Carol's heart comes across on the page and everything she does. Bless her

[@Tommyr]

I miss her show. Those days had THE BEST TV shows barre none. The 60s and 70s RULED.

[@yardarm5]

. jesus that’s a lot of loaves . 😂

[@wlofthouse]

America is doing fine. Stop worrying so much about it. Our great comedians will get us through any difficulties.

[@SuperTracilee]

❤❤❤

[@JohnLancaster-b5x]

When I was a kid she was probably the most famous woman in America.

[@anwayjadhav6498]

He Said walking on a net without a tight rope 1:40 looks like I made chump meat out of the maestro

[@jamezguard]

Nice

[@JMPT]

Nice

[@barrettpickett5603]

That is a lot of costumes. And man band we need a bus.

[@Arcturuseyes]

Conan needs a 28 piece orchestra,

[@Experternas]

was she one of the 2 ladies with sid ceasar?

[@marca4443]

How did she "get into the groove" decades before Madonna made it even exist? Huh? Riddle me that!

[@KentW-dk7op]

hard not to love the woman.

[@burnacco]

seriously how the actual f*ck is she 90???? it makes zero sense

[@jlouis4407]

She’s really about 20 years younger, good living

[@jameshowe7924]

The beer sucks lot better on the market

[@LandoCalani404]

Darn, I hope to at least be half as witty and sharp at that age.

[@citizenenak]

Nothing imprinted on my. When I came face to face with this world I retreated unbeknownst to myself. I know that now and can see clearly as can be see while living my life. In a way when I came out of my shell I was profoundly confused at life and remained so for decades.

[@citizenenak]

Life doesn't have to stay that way and there are blue prints that can lead you out. I have them. Want them?

[@citizenenak]

I'm not the only one. The problem is it's covered in the muck of beliefs. You are not a belief and the truth of your being is so close to you you cannot see it. Thought experiment: imagine you had to send your child off into the world and you could give them one thing that could protect them against Everything. Would you do it? Well you are that device. Your own being is what is unshakable, unmovable and can't be touched by one single thing leaving you forever safely in the arms of our pops. The power you are imbued with is the power of our Creator as the indigenous. This is why your life feels so real and strong. You make it so by giving yourself over to thought and belief. You are the animator of your world. How could it be any other way? Suffice it to say you cannot die, only your body does and most people go straight to thinking that sounds like a lot of harm to me. I would agree, from your perspective it feels true. Change your perspective by recognizing the difference in thought and feeling. They are what we mistake for ourselves because in the end you cannot describe yourself outside of thought. In fact you will never be able to identify yourself. You don't exist as you understand it. It's really not so fantastic. Lucid reasoning step by step will take you there. Dispassion is your friend. I think Conan and Drew B. Would do well together on TV. They both have the same spirit it seems. There are good people.

[@conserve_climber]

Haiti is already great

[@rangers11ization]

Stop doing this😂

[@SteelGhost_]

Someone needs to hook Biden up with Carols Dr, she’s doing amazing. Still sharp

[@emilyarbogast5787]

I really hate Conan's jacket.

[@fredskull1618]

Her face is NOT moving. She looks like Dr. Zaius.

[@13keough]

if you click on this thinking you will hear carol burnett - wrong. in typical fashion. conan takes 100 seconds to ask a question that i couls ask in 5 seconds.

[@Mcdapa]

How inhuman are you when your “amazed “ because a person does a Q and A session.