LOS ANGELES – Carol Burnett is so glad we had this time together, as she sang in her signature song. Now, she's added a lot more time, and a lot more songs, to be glad about.
Since its original run from 1967 to 1978, most viewers have only seen heavily chopped versions of “The Carol Burnett Show," and many fans had no idea that singing and dancing were an essential part of a series that was actually more classic variety show than modern comedy sketch show. “What we were doing in essence was kind of like a Broadway musical revue every week, kind of like vaudeville, with sketches and then musical numbers.
And of course in television the “v” of vaudeville became the “v” of variety show," Burnett told The Associated Press this week. “The.