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Burnett Quotes

The comfort-zone show and the comedy team behind it.

This page gathers the tribute lines: how Carol Burnett is named alongside Joan Rivers as proof that funny women have always existed, and how a family sitting around one television felt like comfort.

I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's worked twice as hard to get there, she's had to prove that she can be the...

Quotes by Wendy Liebman

I've known Harvey for over 40 years and I worked with him on the Burnett show for 11 years. I guess you could say we're about as close as you can get to being a comedy team.

Quotes by Tim Conway

The reason 'The Carol Burnett Show' did so well in the ratings is because people were looking for that comfort zone when the whole family sat around and watched television and enjoyed it.

Quotes by Tim Conway

David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology.

Quotes by Terry Southern

Always Quotes

I was obsessed with Carol Burnett and then Tracey Ullman. Like, obsessed with their shows.

Quotes by Lennon Parham

I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a...

Quotes by Leah Remini

Being on 'Nashville' and working with some incredible people like T-Bone Burnett and Buddy Miller - so many wonderful, incredible musicians that I've been blessed to play with and observe - that has continued to shape the process of arranging...

Quotes by Jonathan Jackson

I loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' - I thought she was the funniest lady I'd ever seen.

Quotes by Jayma Mays

Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders.

Quotes by Garry Shandling

Being Quotes

I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasn't glued to the television watching I Love Lucy or the Carol Burnett Show.

Quotes by Debra Messing

I watched a lot of old movies, and a lot of Carol Burnett and Andy Kaufman.

Quotes by Colleen Ballinger

Carol Burnett probably had the biggest influence on me as kid. Although I was very young and watched her a lot in reruns, I was mesmerized by the way she transformed, by her physical comedy and the rolling laughter from...

Quotes by Christine Lakin

I took my first acting class at age 6 because I found out that's what Carol Burnett was doing - acting. Also she had an imaginary friend as a kid and went to UCLA, two things we have in common....

Quotes by Christine Lakin

I remember watching 'The Carol Burnett Show' with my parents as a kid. All those weird outfits she wore, like turtlenecks and long skirts, really stayed in my head.

Quotes by Chris Benz

Carol Quotes

As a kid, I always wanted to be Carol Burnett or Johnny Carson. I love to chat and entertain.

Quotes by Caroline Rhea

I used to watch a lot of Nick at Nite as a kid, and it would play the original 'Saturday Night Live,' 'The Carol Burnett Show,' and 'Laugh-In.'

Quotes by Baron Vaughn

In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett Show.'

Quotes by Ashley McBryde

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this Burnett quotes page mainly about?
It centers on Carol Burnett, remembered here as part of a lineage of funny women alongside Joan Rivers, and as the face of a long-running, well-loved variety show.
Why did the Carol Burnett Show connect with audiences so strongly?
One quote credits its ratings success to comfort, families gathering around one television set and simply enjoying it together, at a time when that shared viewing habit still felt ordinary.
Is there anything here about working alongside Burnett?
Yes. A colleague of over 40 years describes eleven of those spent on the Burnett show itself, close enough by the end to call it working as a genuine comedy team.
Is every quote here about Carol Burnett?
No. One entry is about a different Burnett entirely, David Burnett, son of editor Martha Foley, tied to the Best American Short Stories anthology rather than television.
Where can I find more quotes about being funny?
The Funny quotes page collects lines about comedy and humor more broadly.

There's also the quieter, working-relationship side, over a decade on the same show turning into a close comedy team, plus an unrelated Burnett tied to an old short-story anthology.