This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
Apr 2010 · Sold by Crown Archetype
4.6star
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This touching and hilarious memoir is 100 percent Carol Burnett—funny, irreverent, and irresistible.
Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run. Now, in This Time Together, Carol really lets her hair down and tells one funny or touching or memorable story after another.
In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such as Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; the background behind famous scenes, like the moment she swept down the stairs in her curtain-rod dress in the legendary “Went with the Wind” skit; and things that would happen only to Carol—the prank with Julie Andrews that went wrong in front of the First Lady; the famous Tarzan Yell that saved her during a mugging; and the time she faked a wooden leg to get served in a famous ice cream emporium.
This poignant look back allows us to cry with the actress during her sorrows, rejoice in her successes, and finally, always, to laugh.
Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run. Now, in This Time Together, Carol really lets her hair down and tells one funny or touching or memorable story after another.
In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such as Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; the background behind famous scenes, like the moment she swept down the stairs in her curtain-rod dress in the legendary “Went with the Wind” skit; and things that would happen only to Carol—the prank with Julie Andrews that went wrong in front of the First Lady; the famous Tarzan Yell that saved her during a mugging; and the time she faked a wooden leg to get served in a famous ice cream emporium.
This poignant look back allows us to cry with the actress during her sorrows, rejoice in her successes, and finally, always, to laugh.
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4.6
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August 5, 2010
I agree that Carol Burnett is a very funny actor. That doesn't come through very well in this book, though. Some of these stories were very funny. Most were just narratives & tributes to people she has known. The book was bland compared to Carol herself.
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May 29, 2010
This is one of the first books I have read in a while, where I've sat down and read from start to finish in one sitting. While not a particularly difficult read, it is very entertaining and engaging. I grew up watching Carol Burnett and still find myself laughing after all these years at all those wonderful comedy sketches. It's a fantastic read of someone I grew up with who always made me laugh.
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September 3, 2010
Oh, this is such a terrific book! you will laugh out loud and get tears in your eyes (her 4-year-old daughter Jody kissing Ray Charles' face on TV and later meeting him). Carol Burnett writes smoothly and clearly and has gotten some very subtle, moving anecdotes here. I even shared several stories with my husband, so I know that everyone will love this book.
About the author
Carol Burnett has been an actor on Broadway, on television, and in the movies. She has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, The Mark Twain Prize for Humor and the Kennedy Center Honors, among other singular achievements of a woman comedian who was nothing less than a pioneer and a role model for stars like Tina Fey, Amy Pohler and Amy Schumer.
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