Carol Burnett was recently interviewed on public radio by Bob Edwards. She said CBS executives told her that variety shows were a guy thing, and she only got her chance because she was under contract and they had to let her do something.
Good thing, too. Here, she foresees the future of commercial aviation back when flight attendants were still called stewardesses.
(Click here if you can’t see the clip.)
I still think she and Tim Conway are hilarious. And heaven help me, I still let the term “stewardess” slip from time to time. Maybe it stuck because that was my career aspiration when I was in fifth grade. I wanted to travel and see the world. I eventually figured out that grad school would let me do just that. Lucky thing, because the main difference between this sketch and flying today is that no one gets to smoke anymore.
Patron cat of Kittywampus (1985-2001)
my first career aspiration was to be Carol Burnett.
thanks for posting this.
Sorry for the way tardy response – but y’know, America needs another Carol Burnett. Perhaps you’re called after all?