It had to be a huge turning point for your career, no?Īs hot as that song was - and it was for about a week - people forget.

Dulles, “What’s going on between you and that girl that sings that love song about you?” I’m sitting there gobsmacked! And he got a twinkle in his eye and said, “I make it a policy never to discuss matters of the heart in public.” He had a sense of humor, and I thought that was so sweet. And just before they were going to wrap it up, they asked Mr. I’m watching it, and it’s all very serious about what’s going on in the world. I sang that song three times in one week.Īnd then the following Sunday, Mr. And then Ed Sullivan called, and I did it the following Sunday on The Ed Sullivan Show. Could you go back on the Paar show and do it?” Jack said, “Absolutely.” So on Thursday I did it on the Paar show again. Dulles’s television adviser, David Waters. I was working at a nightclub called the Blue Angel at the time, and the phones were ringing off the hook when I went back to work there. I sang it on the Jack Paar Tonight show on a Tuesday. Can you believe it?įor readers who have no idea what we’re talking about, my question was about a comedic song you did back in the 1950s called “I Made A Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles.” It was about the secretary of state at the time and became a viral hit before we called them that. In fact, with this special, there’s a whole segment about my singing that song about him.

“It was just so touching.”įirst things first: After all these years, are you still on fire with desire for John Foster Dulles? “It was one wonderful segment after another with so many lovely people,” she says. Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (which will also stream as an extended cut on Peacock starting April 27) features a slew of classic clips from her career and musical tributes from the likes of Katy Perry, Billy Porter, Bernadette Peters, and Kristin Chenoweth. Burnett is getting both: Tonight at eight, NBC will air a two-hour celebration taped last month in front of a star-packed audience filled with her friends and admirers. While reaching the age of 90 is a milestone for anyone, it often comes with some sort of gala or prime-time special when you’re a Hollywood legend. “Somebody said, ‘Eunice got Better Call Saul,’” Burnett laughs, referring to the histrionic housewife she played on both The Carol Burnett Show and Mama’s Family. Last summer, she played a pivotal role in the final season of Better Call Saul, a dramatic turn that went very much against type. Later this year, she’ll portray a high-society matron opposite Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, and Allison Janney in the Apple TV+ dark comedy series Palm Royale. Carol Burnett turns 90 today, but she’s got the career of a performer in her prime.

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