The lady is 91 (nearly) and killed it on the Kimmel show! Timing, quick jabs, solid laughs. She did way better than celebrities 1/4 her age in that format. She's earned the title "national treasure" -- and deserves every bit of it!

@jerushamaxwell281

9 күн бұрын

Delightful Carol! She's still beautiful and her considerable talents haven't diminished one bit! She's playing the 'awake from a coma' character, with such comedic finesse. I love Carol!

@ianmcnally8501

9 күн бұрын

Love her, still going strong! She was a staple in my childhood, kudos to her

@HRHDMKYT

9 күн бұрын

💯!! And not only that, she looks FANTASTIC!!!!❤❤❤❤

@Duke_of_Prunes

9 күн бұрын

I was so glad to see her on Kimmel! Somehow, I had heard Miss Burnett had passed. So glad to be wrong 🙏

@MPorter143

9 күн бұрын

She totally killed it!!!❤

What a freaking treasure this woman is!!!! Pure comedic genius.

@kaystevens8428

10 күн бұрын

She has been one of my favorites since I was a little girl. My other favorite came into my life at the same time - Tim Conway. Two legends who have brought joy to many

@dthomas9230

10 күн бұрын

@@kaystevens8428Conway was on a CSI episode as a comedian who killed his comedy partner when he failed to remember his lines. "He would've done the same for me," he confessed.

@tjh4115

10 күн бұрын

I worked with Carol and her daughter 20ish yrs ago on a "Touched by an Angel" episode. I was an extra and she was just as wonderful to everyone as lowly as we were, as she was to everyone in the crew. Her daughter too. Absolutely wonderfully kind and funny

@maryroberts589

10 күн бұрын

​@@tjh4115what a fabulous honor & memory to have!

@ziggy33399

10 күн бұрын

@@dthomas9230😂

Jimmy was visibly starstruck in this interview, as well he should've been. She's a legend

@shethingsd

10 күн бұрын

He really honours the elders.

@chetim1

10 күн бұрын

I rememeber watching the Carol Burnett show back in the day as a tween.

@Greg-io1ip

10 күн бұрын

I wouldn't say starstruck. I'd say Jimmy has a familial affection for Carol Burnett. She's very loved in Hollywood - and beyond - because she was self-made and stayed decent. She's a case study of how we prefer things to be.

@MontereyCal

10 күн бұрын

Jimmy. Is so respectful, She is a legend and he's very well aware of it Jimmy is who he is because of the wonderful family. He was raised in.

@mrs.georgeglass3997

10 күн бұрын

and 91! ❤

Carol Burnett is an icon. She can do drama and comedy and be great. HAPPY 91 YEARS YOUNG.

@caolanod2261

10 күн бұрын

When I saw her in Better Call Saul I couldn't believe it was her. She did so well as a dramatic actress.

@robertashaffer3950

10 күн бұрын

I love Carol Burnett! She is incredible! Herself, Channing Tatum and myself share the same birthday!! Tomorrow April 26th 🎉🎉🎉 Happy birthday Carol!! You are loved here in Canada! 🇨🇦🇨🇦 (Channing as well. By the women! 😂😂)

@karenazimi7088

10 күн бұрын

Happy Birthday Ms. Burnett

@markvanderstelt8999

9 күн бұрын

and she has the #1 country Song .

For a 91 year old, she is absolutely sharp of mind.

@robertklose2140

10 күн бұрын

She's sharp for ANY age

@valeriesantos8178

9 күн бұрын

@robertklo Well said❣️ I have 3 relatives in their 90’s, they are sharp now + was sharp b4 at any age 💛

@chris.kaiser

7 күн бұрын

decades of creativity and quick thinking for comedy means that she has a very high cognitive reserve

@davidallen346

7 күн бұрын

Remarkable Yes!

@ellab8897

5 күн бұрын

My employer is a 90 year old woman who is highly wheelchair dependent (I'm kind of her legs). She reads The New York Times and fully does its crossword puzzle every day. Contrary to popular belief, there is *Not* an age at which someone is automatically drooling into her/his oatmeal. Old age does *Not* = Dementia.

Everybody loves Carol Burnett ❤

@texannadeb5005

10 күн бұрын

How could anyone not?!

@kallen868

9 күн бұрын

💖

@markvanderstelt8999

9 күн бұрын

Not trump.

@texannadeb5005

9 күн бұрын

@@markvanderstelt8999 He doesn’t love anybody. 😖

@nannie2846

9 күн бұрын

I remember the song she sang "I'm so glad we had this time together".

"I'm so glad we had this time together...." - many fond memories of watching her show.

@KiraLovesMichael

10 күн бұрын

Same.

@flyrobin2544

10 күн бұрын

👂

@nannie2846

9 күн бұрын

I just posted this then scrolled down to see yours. She was a favorite of mine.

@ellab8897

5 күн бұрын

@@flyrobin2544- I love that reminder of her tugging her ear!

What I loved was the proper, gentlemanly way Jimmy escorted Carol to her chair. Courtesies like this are rare these days. Well done, JK

@Erin.56

10 күн бұрын

I just said the same thing 👍🏻

@amilias1000

9 күн бұрын

If it was Trump she would have been cut off.

@tamravarda4161

9 күн бұрын

Came here to say this too. Made me so proud of him.

@IMeMineWho

9 күн бұрын

Several years back I did a skit on Jimmy's show. I can attest he is such a nice person..and a gentleman.

@TheChonaman

9 күн бұрын

@@tamravarda4161 Jim is a great interviewer, host, and a gentleman to boot. The late night guys we have are a gift, AFAIC.

She is unbelievable! Still tall and straight and too quick witted for people half her age. I just love her. I don’t remember life without her! So glad to have lived in the time of Carol Burnett.

@maryroberts589

10 күн бұрын

Just think of the double blessing to have her & Betty White during the same period!! ❤💔

@suestephan3255

Күн бұрын

Indeed- an American treasure. What stood out about her was her humble way. Always kind and generous to others great to work with. I saw an interview with Lucy and her daughter Luci and Carol. Carol would not take any spotlight off Lucy. But Lucy gave her kudos after all.

LOVE the way Jimmy walked up to her and escorted her in. Classy move Jimmy you da man 👈 Respect 🙏

@robertklose2140

10 күн бұрын

Yes, it reminded me off how the word "gentleman" has largely fallen out of the language

@Mozart1220

9 күн бұрын

It made me wonder if her vision is bad.

@ellab8897

5 күн бұрын

@@Mozart1220- Possibly. I was thinking maybe unsteadiness.

@suestephan3255

Күн бұрын

He was attentive.

Jimmy, not only a great comedian but also a gentleman!

@maryroberts589

10 күн бұрын

When the guest/topic deserves it, yes he is, but when they don't...... he can be scathing with his humor (Trump). That skill to pivot from one type of delivery to another shows great skill. I'm not sure if he has matured or I have (I'm 57) but I watch & enjoy him much more now than I did pre-2020. 😉

@robertashaffer3950

10 күн бұрын

I was going to say the same thing! The fact that Kimmel went to help Mrs. Burnett was a gentleman act. Kudos!

@CC-vw1cs

10 күн бұрын

His Mom raised him well !

@whothehellknowsson

9 күн бұрын

Completely.

@elephantdog3471

9 күн бұрын

@@CC-vw1cs If his mom raised him right, He would Not be such a: Brainwashed, Yes Man, I'll Do Anything Man, At Anytime Man, Any day Man, Just To keep My Job Man. Even though, Jimmy K. knows he's NOT a Common Citizen because he makes far more than the basic family for the cheapest means to Survive Life.

Carol is one of those rare individuals who you see and realize afterwards that you've had a huge smile on your face the entire time

@donnao2685

7 күн бұрын

What a beautiful statement!

I liked how the Audience welcomed her, with a well-deserved Standing Ovation. She looks Great for 91, and still very quick witted

@GGoAwayy

10 күн бұрын

I guess Millennials all kind of were aware of her still from being in reruns on TV during childhood and have respect for her as an entertainer from their parents generation. Now Millennials are trying to let Gen Z know who she is before she's gone.

@ProctorsGamble

9 күн бұрын

Looks great for 91? She looks great compared to most 51 year olds!

@calisongbird

9 күн бұрын

@@ProctorsGamblewell, she’s had some help…. But nearly all celebrities have.

Carol, Betty and Cloris were my favorites growing up. So glad we still have Carol.

@beachvacay3184

10 күн бұрын

Mine too! I watched those shows with my mom and we laughed so much. I miss that.

@ProctorsGamble

9 күн бұрын

Don’t forget Barbara Eden! 92 and still looking good as is Carol

@beachvacay3184

9 күн бұрын

@@ProctorsGamble Yeah! I loved that show too. I wanted a little circle couch like she had. It was so glam and cute.

@dragonwithagirltattoo598

9 күн бұрын

I agree and would like to add a name to the list. Rose Marie.

Ms. Burnett is a comedic GENIUS! Her face is definitely on the Mt. Rushmore of comedians.

@ellab8897

5 күн бұрын

Let's hope whomever painted the non likeness of her on Hollywood High, doesn't get the gig for sculpting her onto the Mt Rushmore of comedians! I wouldn't have recognized that as a portrait of her without it being pointed out on this show.

Laughter truly is the best medicine.......

@PriscillaRobb

10 күн бұрын

So true.

@audreyjackson2513

10 күн бұрын

Yessssss ♥️

@Erin.56

10 күн бұрын

Laughter and kindness

@ProctorsGamble

9 күн бұрын

It’s def working for her! 😃

I love Carol she look amazing at 91 Happy Birthday ❤🎉

@ProctorsGamble

9 күн бұрын

Her and Barbara Eden Bet they have the same surgeon

@suestephan3255

Күн бұрын

Ah mazing!!!!!

So genuinely sincere a true Hollywood star Carol Burnett Mary Tyler Moore Betty White Will always shine brightly to me

@elizabethlander2411

10 күн бұрын

Three of my all time favorites!!❤

@Sicilia928

10 күн бұрын

Don't forget the queen - Lucille Ball.

@timduggan1461

10 күн бұрын

Yes!! Absolutely correct, and as pointed out just above, Lucille Ball. Little known fact? Without Ms. Ball there would have been no Star Trek.

@ProctorsGamble

9 күн бұрын

Barbara Eden still kicking it up at 92!

@Sicilia928

9 күн бұрын

@@timduggan1461 In real life she was nothing like her television persona, she was all business. But the real 'brains' was Desi. And despite the divorce, they loved each other until the end.

Carol Burnett is a true National Treasure. We never missed her show, while growing up in the 70s. Harvey Korman, Tim Conway. The Carol Burnett Show was comedic genius. 👑🎥

I hope I'm half as together when I'm 61 as she is at 91. Such a legend!

@debrahelmlinger6256

10 күн бұрын

62 here and can't even begin to pretend to be as together as she is now, right now😊

@maryroberts589

10 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same thing at 57!

She is still AMAZING!!!!!!!!

Wow her quick wit & memory at 91 is absolutely amazing 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Carol’s line about being over 35 to run for president is so hysterical! ❤❤❤❤

Carol Burnet is an absolute gem. One of the best talents ever and an even better person. She is truly a national treasure

That is the classiest revenge story!

Jimmy escorting her across the stage just made me cry!

I adore this woman. Watched Carol on her show for years. Loved when they cracked each other up during the skits. Especially enjoyed when the lights went up and she q&a'd with the audience. Then the ear tug at the end! Hapoy 91st Birthday, Carol! 🎊🎉🙏❤️

My all time favorite female entertainer. When I was a kid my family and I always watched the Carol Burnett Show without fail . I loved you then and even more now. Happy Birthday Ms. Burnett and God Bless you.

@SB-jt1ur

8 күн бұрын

Mine too!!

I just absolutely love 💕 this amazingly beautiful and talented lady and always will. Thanks for so many years of love and laughter

She's incredible at 91. When I was a kid, me and my mom would watch The Carol Burnett Show on Saturday nights. I loved how Carol and the cast would try not to lose it whenever they did scenes with Tim Conway. Man, I miss those days.

@ZYX261

10 күн бұрын

I smile everytime I remember Tim's Elephant story and his dentist portrayal. 😅

@DavidSmith-xs3or

10 күн бұрын

@@ZYX261 I remember the elephant story in the doctor's office. He told it with Harvey Korman. It broke up Korman and made him double over from laughter. It makes me laugh whenever I think about it.

@ZYX261

10 күн бұрын

@DavidSmith-xs3or I know! Thankfully, both skits are available on utub videos

Carol Is A Doll !!!

Happy birthday, lovely lady ❤

@annegrenawalt9876

10 күн бұрын

An absolute Treasure!!!!! Carol is THE BEST!!!!!

Love you Carol! 💯🥰💞💕

OMG,..I really teared up when I saw her!! I remember all those years in the 70's with my brothers and sister watchong her show...a ICON for sure,..so glad the crowd recognized a true legend

Right on, Jimmie, she is absolute royalty!

One of my favorite humans to ever exist. 🥰 She is still absolute perfection.

Always loved Carol from first seeing her on Australian TV in the early 70's. Carol, loved you in Saul.

@Scottie_S

10 күн бұрын

You and me both, Adam. Along with Ed Sullivan, Carol was our nightly TV in the 60's and early 70's. She had Tim, Harvey, Vicki and Lyle who just made the show so much a joy to watch! It was a great time to be alive with wonderful people who just wanted to make people laugh.

@lynnturman8157

9 күн бұрын

One of the funniest things I've ever seen was the comedic ballet she did to Swan Lake when her show went to the Sidney Opera House in Australia.

@loveydovey802

9 күн бұрын

​@lynnturman8157 I loved her Scarlett O'Hara with the curtain rod. So funny. Carol and Lucille Ball are my favorites.

Excellent interview Jimmy! Right from the classy entrance. And she started it off with a well-deserved compliment for you Oscar hosting. What an honor to be on stage with her!!

What a classy woman. An American treasure.

It warms my heart to hear the young/er voices cheering for her. Talk about an icon, class act for sure

She's a national treasure. ❤

How nice! Her comedic timing has remained impeccable. She's alert, smart and astute in navigating political minefields. She hasn't changed much physically either. Married to her 25-year junior.

@tolerance2024

10 күн бұрын

Didn't know about 25 year junior hubby🎉...loved her show of course.....hope i look that great at 71❤❤❤, much less 91

@el7jake

10 күн бұрын

23 years younger--but what's a year or two?

@Raven-ug8uw

9 күн бұрын

@el7jake I was rounding for impact--of course.

Jimmy handled this with the class we knew he would. Carol reminds me of my own dear mom, at almost 89. ❤❤’s to Carol and Jimmy. (Seattle)

@randabeast

10 күн бұрын

Not a Kimmel fan, but this was well done

@JPM.de-la-P.99

10 күн бұрын

Jimmy respects his elders, the one's that deserve it for being National Treasures like Carol, that unite us as Americans. He's also a keen observer of the absurd who tear us apart at the seams and divide us as Americans. If Jimmy doesn't like someone it's for a good reason. Let that be a lesson to us all.

@debrahelmlinger6256

10 күн бұрын

Me too, my mom was voted the wittiest in High School

I love 💕 love 💕 love Carol Burnett

She looks great for 91!!! Love her ❤

Carol Burnett is a friggin'' ICON! Her story about getting fired and THEN getting revenge...classic. "Where do you want that star?" (Points at Warner Brothers theater). Who wouldn't love Carol Burnett?

@Jezza819

7 күн бұрын

Then getting the exit door she used to work at installed at her home. Great story.

WOW... She looks and sounds fantastic! Growing up watching her, she's been a positive memory for ever. What a treasure!

I adore this woman.

She's a legend. Just freaking love her.

Happy birthday Carol❤️✨

She is still SO with it! What a legend! Happy Birthday, Carol! Thank you for the years of laughter!

@jessragan6714

10 күн бұрын

She's sharp as a tack. Hasn't lost a step!

Carol Burnett is an ICON! I remember being 6 and my whole family would gather around the TV and watch the "The Carol Burnett Show" and all of us just laugh till our side hurt. 58 years late she is still making my sides ache with laughter.

She is a NATIONAL TREASURE!!!! I got choked up from the moment she stepped onto that stage....she is STILL damned funny too!!! I truly feel that at one point she was everbody's funny crazy aunt and somehow morphed into everybody's hysterical grandma!!! America has been so fortunate to have Carol Burnett as part of our lives for as long as she's been!!!!!

Carol Burnett is a national treasure and hilarious woman. 💙🩵💙

So heartwarming to see Jimmy lend his arm to Carol when he noticed she was hesitating navigating the distance to the desk. She is someone I grew up watching and admiring and she deserves all the respect she receives.

I never bought anything from television marketing but one night at 3 am I see a infomercial for the carol burnett show collection and it is the only thing in my 55 year old life that I ever purchased from tv and never been happier with that decision.

I love you Carol Burnett❤️!

Carol: To you with great respect. Thank You for your magic.

I busted out laughing when she said where she wanted her Star on Hollywood Blvd to be placed! And she took the door?! Carol is liquid gold at 91 & she's as sharp as ever with her comedy & quick witted quips. I'm starstruck & I wasn't even there! Blessings & may she be blessed with many more BDs!

I'm surprised they didn't play _I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together._

This legend made it to 91!

She is such an icon..her and Lucille Ball..the cream of the crop..! She looks fantastic for 91.May she have a wonderful birthday celebration.

Carol is the BEST!

She had the most consistently funny television show of the seventies.

She was my first crush, and will always be my first love.

@user-pt1cz4ot1e

10 күн бұрын

That’s kind of the best first crush ever.

Truly a living legend, one of the all time great comedians. Also, this is one of the best comment threads I have ever seen! Nothing but love for Carol, way to go internet!

Carol Bernett is an amazing woman love her

Jimmy was so respectful during this interview. He’s also a national treasure. And Carol Burnett is an international treasure.

What a wonderful lady, she’s pretty and very talented, I never missed any of her shows with a great cast of Tim Conway, Harvey Korman and Vicky Lawrence among many others, happy birthday Carol and many more to come.

@texannadeb5005

10 күн бұрын

Those were the best! What a combo that cast was!

@benjaminromberg2091

9 күн бұрын

@@texannadeb5005 absolutely!!

Can't wait to see what else you have up your sleeve!

@Jenny_Oblivion

10 күн бұрын

I’m crying with ❤ & joy 😂! This conversation is a classic

She's simply one of the greatest to ever do it.

Loved her story about getting fired. She who laughs last, laughs best. She's still got it! Thank u for a lifetime of laughs!❤

Brings back so many fun childhood memories watching Carole Burnett She’s a treasure.

She won Most Outstanding "Newcomer" and if the time ever comes Carol Burnett will win Most Outstanding "Old-goer" too. ♥

@ianb5949

10 күн бұрын

Most Outstanding "Old-goer" ---That's for all my London fiends

Carol Burnett will always be Loved and remembered ❤️ ♥️ 💕

❤love you Carol she looks amazing Jimmy 91 wow go momma

❤WOW … Carol is a STAR this is beyond the stratosphere! Yet she maintains a fantastic sense of humanity often at her own expense, to make us laugh. What a wonderful human being she truly is!♥️ HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROL AND THANK YOU! ❤🙏🏼🦋 Thank you Jimmy for sharing her with us!♥️😎👍🏼

Love the story, Carol!

Ms. Carol, it is such a pleasure to hear from you. This was so funny!

She is an absolute legend!

It's always so exciting to see Carol!

Can't get over how sharp & perky Carol is!!!!! Go, Carol!! & Happy Birthday!!!

All of us sitting down together, every week without fail, and roaring with laughter in front of Carole Burnett's TV show is number one amongst the very few happy memories I have of my childhood in a disturbingly dysfunctional family. I was so grateful for her ability to bring us together back then and still am today. Treasured memories made possible by a wonderful, wonderful woman. Thank you Carole, from the bottom of my heart.

Happy birthday ❤

Gosh, how many decades have I watched Carol Burnett? 4?! Now that’s remarkable. What a beautiful national treasure

This is my Queen of Comedy. Making Vicki Lawrence Momma? 11/11.

I love her so much!! Nothing but fond memories.

Wow, what a national gem ❤

🥰 Wow! Seeing & hearing Carol Burnett’s praise for Jimmy’s work is like witnessing an American knighting!❤

Nothing but love for that lady. She gave me more side splitting laughs than just about anyone on TV.

I absolutely LOVE Carol Burnett!! My mom would have it on and I used to sit in front of the TV and laugh and laugh! She is one of my favorite comedians!! Happy 91st Birthday Carol! ☺️👍🎂🎁🎈🎀

I grew up on Carol B!! She’s such a national treasure ❤😊

I love Carol! I had to watch Palm Royale as soon as I heard she was on it. I absolutely love the show. It's a cute dramady. I just watched episode 8 and can't wait for the next one.

@UkeCan1

10 күн бұрын

All this time that's been showing up on my feed and I had no idea! It's on my watch list now. 🌟

@tolerance2024

10 күн бұрын

I've never seen it either, she can look at a glass, and make you laugh!!

You definitely deserve more recognition for this!

I cry with joy whenever I see Miss Burnett. She is the utmost. The One. Sine qua non.

Great interview.. wow she is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing even just a shred of her with us. Nice job Kimmel.

My very favorite Carol Burnette skit was the Gone with the Wind! That curtain rod in her hair had me on the floor laughting so hard! 🤣😂🤣😂

@faye33ful

7 күн бұрын

So agree! But the curtain rod was across her shoulders.

I used to watch The Carol Burnette Show all the time as a child. I love her so very much. So glad she’s had a return to our screens. ICON ❤

Carol Burnett looks fantastic! I never missed an episode of her show. I would laugh till I couldn’t breathe. We love you forever Carol Burnett. Thank you for the laughs. ❤🙏🏽

American royalty.