Carol Burnett: A life sketch

Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me. | October 31, 2007| | Copyright

A PBS documentary of comedienne will take viewers back to era of variety shows.

The classic bits from "The Carol Burnett Show" are all here, from Starlet O'Hara clad in green drapes, complete with curtain-rod shoulder pads, to frizzy-haired Eunice, shrilly badmouthing her family, to that unparalleled Tarzan yell.

A new PBS documentary, "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character," showcases the comedian's signature creations and revisits a prime- time era in which variety shows reigned.

"There's nothing like that on the air now," said Burnett, 74, who rose to comic stardom as a cast member of "The ...

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