Philosophy
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere,
This week we celebrate the feast of Saint Carol. Carol Burnett turns 75 this weekend. She was born in Texas, but raised by her grandmother in Hollywood. Working her way up through small parts, she met Lucille Ball who took her under her wing. The two became dear and close friends and with her advice and help, she became more and more successful, gaining bigger and bigger roles on Broadway and in television.
When she was ready for her own show, Lucy proposed a sit-com which Desilu would produce, but Carol's idea was for a variety show, and what a show it was winning 22 Emmys over its run from 1967-1978. Starting with a monologue and ending with her famous signature ear tug (which began as a signal to assure her grandmother that she was doing well), the sketches including Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, and Vicki Lawrence were as funny for the interactions and attempts to stifle their own laughs as they were for the writing. Some of them, however, were just plain funny.Favorite Carol Burnett moments?
Thank you for all the laughs Carol Burnett. Happy birthday.
Live, laugh, and love,
Irreverend Steve
- The Feast Of Saint Lucy
My Fellow Comedists, This week sees the feast of Saint Lucy, the 99th anniversary of the birth of Lucille Ball. Born in upstate New York, she moved frequently as a child because of her father's job until he died and she was sent to live with her grandparents...
- Heeeeere's Saint Johnny
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, Selecting an envelope from those that have been hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnall's front porch since noon today...The answer is "Sherwin Williams, botulism, George...
- The Feast Of Saint Benny
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week we celebrate the feast day of Saint Alfred Hawthorne Hill, better known by his stage name Benny Hill, patron saint of the cheap adolescent joke. Born into a working class family, he...
- The Humor Of Laughing
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This weekend we talk about humor and laughing. Not unusual topics for a Comedist homily, but this weekend we put the comedic cart before the horse. Usually the laughing comes as a result of the...
- The Feast Of Saint Jo Anne
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week we celebrate the feast of Saint Jo Anne. Thursday was Jo Anne Worley's 70th birthday. A regular on The Merv Griffin Show, she became one the cast of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In...
Philosophy
Feast of Saint Carol
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere,
This week we celebrate the feast of Saint Carol. Carol Burnett turns 75 this weekend. She was born in Texas, but raised by her grandmother in Hollywood. Working her way up through small parts, she met Lucille Ball who took her under her wing. The two became dear and close friends and with her advice and help, she became more and more successful, gaining bigger and bigger roles on Broadway and in television.
When she was ready for her own show, Lucy proposed a sit-com which Desilu would produce, but Carol's idea was for a variety show, and what a show it was winning 22 Emmys over its run from 1967-1978. Starting with a monologue and ending with her famous signature ear tug (which began as a signal to assure her grandmother that she was doing well), the sketches including Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, and Vicki Lawrence were as funny for the interactions and attempts to stifle their own laughs as they were for the writing. Some of them, however, were just plain funny.Favorite Carol Burnett moments?
Thank you for all the laughs Carol Burnett. Happy birthday.
Live, laugh, and love,
Irreverend Steve
- The Feast Of Saint Lucy
My Fellow Comedists, This week sees the feast of Saint Lucy, the 99th anniversary of the birth of Lucille Ball. Born in upstate New York, she moved frequently as a child because of her father's job until he died and she was sent to live with her grandparents...
- Heeeeere's Saint Johnny
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, Selecting an envelope from those that have been hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnall's front porch since noon today...The answer is "Sherwin Williams, botulism, George...
- The Feast Of Saint Benny
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week we celebrate the feast day of Saint Alfred Hawthorne Hill, better known by his stage name Benny Hill, patron saint of the cheap adolescent joke. Born into a working class family, he...
- The Humor Of Laughing
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This weekend we talk about humor and laughing. Not unusual topics for a Comedist homily, but this weekend we put the comedic cart before the horse. Usually the laughing comes as a result of the...
- The Feast Of Saint Jo Anne
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, This week we celebrate the feast of Saint Jo Anne. Thursday was Jo Anne Worley's 70th birthday. A regular on The Merv Griffin Show, she became one the cast of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In...