As long as I’m healthy and have my brain, Carol Burnett won’t stop at 90

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The 90-year-old Burnett is averse to the idea of looking back on her legacy. For example, she doesn’t watch old episodes of her legendary “The Carol Burnett Show.” “I’m not like Norma Desmond,” she quips, referring to the fading star in Sunset Boulevard.” “I only do it if I have to.”

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love” will air on NBC on April 26 and includes both new performances and clips from Burnett’s storied career. The special also allowed Burnett to reconnect with old friends – and make new ones.

“It’s exactly what I wanted,” Burnett said. “I didn’t want a birthday party with cake, balloons, confetti and everything else.” I wanted to have an entertaining show, and that’s what we got. The show features Bernadette Peters, Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Porter, Katy Perry, Darren Criss, and Sutton Foster as live entertainment. Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, Laura Dern and a 19-piece orchestra live.”

CAROL BURNETT: 90 YEARS OF LAUGHTER + LOVE -- Pictured: (l-r) Carol Burnett, Katy Perry -- (Photo by: Casey Durkin/NBC)

The 90-year-old Burnett is averse to the idea of looking back on her legacy. For example, she doesn’t watch old episodes of her legendary “The Carol Burnett Show.” “I’m not like Norma Desmond,” she quips, referring to the fading star in Sunset Boulevard.” “I only do it if I have to.”

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love” will air on NBC on April 26 and includes both new performances and clips from Burnett’s storied career. The special also allowed Burnett to reconnect with old friends – and make new ones.

“It’s exactly what I wanted,” Burnett said. “I didn’t want a birthday party with cake, balloons, confetti and everything else.” I wanted to have an entertaining show, and that’s what we got. The show features Bernadette Peters, Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Porter, Katy Perry, Darren Criss, and Sutton Foster as live entertainment. Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, Laura Dern and a 19-piece orchestra live.”

Besides cherished lifelong relationships with the likes of Andrews, Burnett says she’s enjoying her new friendships with people like Janney. “Every morning, we play Wordle,” Burnett says. “We text each other to see if we got it within the allotted number of letters.”)

The Carol Burnett Show pulled off some fantastic performances back in the 1970s, but Burnett knows it was a different time. “I mean, there’s no way they can be like we were because of the cost,” she says. “We had a 28-piece orchestra,” she says. Our musical comedy revues lasted every week, and we had 12 dancers, a rep company, and 65 to 70 costumes a week, all designed by Bob Mackie. Do the math. We did a Broadway show every week! No way that would happen today.”

Best Carol Burnett Quotes

1. “I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don’t work out; that’s when I’ve really learned.”

2. “Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.”

3. “As for the career, sometimes I catch myself daydreaming about being young again and doing it all over. Then I bring myself up short when I realize how incredibly fortunate I was.”

4. “We all get where we’re going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted.”

5. “No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.”

6. “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.”

7. “Just scream! You vent, and the body just feels good after a good old yell.”

8. “It all happened the way it was supposed to. I wouldn’t change anything. I had such a great run.”

9. “Comedy = tragedy + time.”

10. “It’s almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.”

11. “I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.”

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12. “I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.”

13. “I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.”

14. “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.”

15. “When I was little I would always stand in front of a mirror and cross my eyes. Then my mother would come in and say, ‘Stop that, nothing will ever come of it!’”

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