Carol Burnett Acceptance Speech | 2013 Mark Twain Prize

[@itstheburnz]

Now that's how to hold an audience in the palm of your hand with great stories with a message and a brilliant pay off comically. She's the greatest!!

[@HardRockMiner]

The end of this made me cry. I used to watch Carol and her group of misfits every week with my mom. Seems like a million years ago now. Mom is gone. When I heard Carol sing the closing it brought those far gone times back. Thank you Carol. You were 1 in a couple hundred billion.

[@joe-vz6hx]

Sums it up for me

[@Maliceah]

Carol was such an important part of my childhood survival. Thank you Carol! Much love!

[@kalevala29]

her show was my favorite growing up.

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

Carol was 80 years old receving this "price", can you believe it? She is just the greatest ! 💜👍🏾🏆🌹💋 Live long dear Carol 🥂

[@julioaranton461]

Carol, Vicky, Tim, Harvey, Lyle thank you for all those years of laughter with your shared talents never to be forgotten.. ♡

[@will4620]

Such a great lady!! I waited on Carol and Glenna Goodacre, the artist who designed the womens Vietnam memorial and mother in law to Harry Connick jr. I was in college and working partime as a waiter when I waited on these two distinguished women. And what an honor it was. I can assure you Carol did not disappoint as you might imagine. I waited on a lot of famous people there but only two different parties were the best, Carol and Glenna, and Rob Reiner, Carl Reiner and his wife and Robs wife. They were both so much fun and had impeccable manners!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@dathat555]

Carol is always a class act.

[@nahuelma97]

She seems like she'd be just a delightful person to meet

[@davidhenry1405]

I hope people get to look back at Carol Burnett outtakes from her show. So funny!

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Oh I've been down that KZbin rabbit hole before

[@amandabuller8627]

To me you Carol Burnett are the Queen of Comedy. Legendary

[@kellyliles1458]

How was Carol Burnett not the first person to receive this award?? 2013?!!!

[@joe-vz6hx]

Yes, the first thing that came to my mind. Great that she got it, but what pile of village idiots run this prize that it took this long?? (Side note: even at this late age, Ms Burnett still has the sexiest legs ;-)

[@charleswalker1185]

She was wonderful, I went to college with a girl..Ferdie Frazier, who was so Carol Burnett's like...it was a joy to know her...God Bless ya Ferdie! Wherever you may be!

[@andyrondeau5364]

I've always loved her work.

[@beawinna9878]

Thanks Carol for your years of love and laughter

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Watching the Carol Burnett Show was one of the great things we used to do as a family once a week. We used to laugh until we HURT. So many super funny times from that show (usually involving Tim Conway and/or Harvey Korman!). I hope Carol lives to be 100 at least.

[@pandemonet]

I thought for a while she lost it, but no, that lovely smile is still there with the matching tug on the ear.

[@seedy80]

Class act.

[@brendacassidy5344]

I love her so much! I remember watching her show just mesmerized. I cried watching her final show. I truly felt I was losing someone so important to me.

[@jasperjenkins7729]

Comedic GIANT.

[@richardcoleman1083]

America's Fairy-godmother! Love you Carol!!

[@vrvaughn]

I’m in awe and slightly appalled that Ellen DeGeneres got this award before Carol Burnett

[@mitsukai7192]

We need a well made, accurate and well acted biopic of Carol's life. ❤

[@miguelvelasco8173]

Miss Hannigan has come a long way....

[@baboom007]

2-3 words and already all people are laughing

[@adetolalawal376]

Classic and great woman...

[@michaelhale211]

enjoyed hearing how she got her big break.

[@izeldinosman824]

what does she mean by there is funnier ppl than her in the capital ?

[@ronwade5646]

KZbin keeps deleting my subscription and won't let me resubscribe!

[@MrJohndoe17]

Now the MT prize goes to people in their 40s ? The AFI is worse "Lifetime Achievement", and giving it to Martin Short?! Give me just five movies he starred in. Give me 3.

[@danmerchant6982]

Comic genius!

[@SIMONP1965]

It's not that movies back then weren't "cynical", they weren't woke, Carol...

[@Laceykat66]

Thank heavens.

[@mitch4527]

All about comic timing.

[@craigjgomez]

I am puzzled. If Ms Burnett felt that the then occupant of the White House, Barack Obama, needed to be voted out of office, I have to wonder how she feels about the current occupants of the White House. Sometimes it's better to leave the political humor to those who know what year it is. Maybe had it been 2003 instead of 2013, her punch line would have been more appropriate. But, what do I know.

[@vforvendetta9838]

OBAMA WAS PARTY TO THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN U.S. HISTORY....SO CAROL WAS SPOT ON

[@dhornjr1]

She wasn't referring to Barack Obama.

[@BlackmoreFurniture]

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[@beawinna9878]

Another incoherent spelling exercise? Or maybe a coded message to your tribe? Let me know!

[@JG-ib7xk]

Who

[@getoffmydarnlawn]

The song and ear tug at the end brought a couple tears from my eyes, I grew listening to that.