The special resurfaces timeless clips featuring Burnett with late co-stars Harvey Korman, Tim Conway and Lyle Waggoner (who died in 2008, 20, respectively). "Love + Laughter" covers the breadth of Burnett's stellar career, including her performance as Miss Hannigan in the 1982 musical "Annie" (with a tribute from the actress who played Annie, Aileen Quinn) and her dark role as treacherous Marion in the final season of "Better Call Saul" (an appreciation from fan Bob Odenkirk).īut the birthday special leans into "The Carol Burnett Show," which earned 25 Emmys during its CBS reign from 1967-78. "But I say, 'If I'd never been born, they'd be doing exactly what they're doing.'"
They often say, 'You paved the way for me,'" she says.
Who performs at Carol Burnett's birthday special?īernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Jane Lynch and Kristn Chenoweth perform songs, while other comedians, including Amy Poehler, Ellen DeGeneres, Kristen Wiig and Lisa Kudrow, pay tribute to Burnett's trailblazing career.
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