Carol Burnett to be Inducted in the Texas Film Hall of Fame

Austin Film Society honors comedy legend

"...the 2016 Texas Film Hall of Fame: red-haired icon Carol Burnett...."

Dec. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Carol Burnett

The great comedienne explains what made her show work and why recent attempts don't

"...a better friend to the television variety show than Carol Burnett? Her show's expert blend of music and comedy;..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moon Over Broadway

"...Directed by: D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Starring: Carol Burnett, Philip Bosco, Ken Ludwig, Tom Moore, Elizabeth Wilson..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Broadway: The Golden Age

Epic oral history of the heyday of the Great White Way as told by the people who were living on graham crackers and dreams back when it was all going on.

"...was the hip hangout for aspiring thespians? Or that Carol Burnett and her three roommates would share a single..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Rachel Proctor May

Wisecracks

"...trailblazing comediennes as Gracie Allen, Fanny Brice, Mae West, Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball, among others, as a historical..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Noises Off!

In this screwball comedy, the behind-the-scenes activity of a traveling acting troupe threaten to bring down the play.

"...Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich. Starring: Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, Julie Hagerty, Marilu Henner,..."

March 27, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

2016 Texas Film Awards

"...Maya Rudolph inducted comedy legend Carol Burnett into the Texas Film Hall of Fame..."

March 11, 2016 Photo Gallery

Looks Back... and Forward

Documentary Film Pioneer D.A. Pennebaker

"...the creation of a recent Broadway play starring comedienne Carol Burnett. Throughout his body of work, Pennebaker has pioneered..."

April 3, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

"...The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate CollectionTime Life Entertainment, $199.95..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne Harris

Post Grad

Bland to the point of pointlessness, Post Grad follows the inane highs and lows of a perky young optimist.

"...Bledel, Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch, Bobby Coleman, Carol Burnett, Rodrigo Santoro and Catherine Reitman. Bland to the..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

LipSchtick Traces

When Cindy Wood scores the big laughs at Esther's Follies, she's channeling comedy's funniest femmes

"...if you will – that you'd see created by Carol Burnett on her TV show or Lucille Ball on..."

April 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer

The shocking history of America's sleaziest tabloid

"...any libel actions brought against the newspaper, such as Carol Burnett’s successful 1981 lawsuit.)..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

New Names for the Texas Film Hall of Fame

Who is the first Austin Chronicle Champion of the Arts?

"...stage alone. AFS has already announced that television legend Carol Burnett will enter the hall this year, and the..."

Feb. 22, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Special Kaye

Vaudeville, Broadway, TV, film &ndash Kaye Ballard has done it all

"...I don't mention who it is, but it was Carol Burnett, and she looked at me, and Bea Lillie..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Igor

Pixar this animated outing isn't, but neither is it Mary Shelley's VeggieTales.

"...Kier in Flesh for Frankenstein, and the occasional Tim Conway/Carol Burnett sketch, among many others. Moms and dads, by..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...Moon Over BroadwayDir: D. A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus; Cast: Carol Burnett, Philip Bosco, Ken Ludwig, Tom Moore, Elizabeth Wilson,..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Cookie's Fortune

This honeysuckle-flavored comedy scripted by Anne Rapp is as sweet and refreshing as anything Altman's ever done.

"...cast has a ball. (Lily Tomlin reportedly once told Carol Burnett to take the role of the bride's mother..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Country Variety

"...Ed Sullivan, Carol Burnett, Red Skelton, and Dean Martin were faithfully watched..."

April 16, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Nickelodeon for Your Thoughts

TV Eye

"...Newhart Show was added next to MTM and The Carol Burnett Show replaced MI at 9pm. It turned into..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Re-Re-Re-Reruns

"...three-hour block of sugar-coated programming that includes two half-syndicated Carol Burnett (5pm) shows. Some of the Carol Burnett shows..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"..."eureka" moment about costume design came while watching The Carol Burnett Show in the early 1970s, when I was..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sara Smile Still

Behind Sara Hickman's sunny countenance lies real life. And still a smile.

"...didn't feel like I had to be quite the Carol Burnett I've always been, that I could start letting..."

May 7, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Dick Cavett Show: Comic Legends

"...Mel Brooks is typically manic, Jerry Lewis atypically subdued, Carol Burnett charming (Cavett: "How did you lose your virginity?"..."

March 24, 2006 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Last Bow of an Accidental Critic

Lessons and surprises from a career that shouldn't have been

"...fourth Glass Menagerie, your eighth Hamlet, your 15th Christmas Carol. Don't write it off before the curtain goes up...."

Sept. 24, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tv-eye

Emmy-Meeny-Miney-Moe

"...the Ellen rock is too hot for Academy voters, Carol Burnett as Helen Hunt's psycho Mad About You mom..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Column by Christopher Gray

Sundance Review: Lucy and Desi

Inside the relationship that defined an era of TV

"...It's tough for it not to, with luminaries like Carol Burnett and Bette Midler emphasizing the importance, personally and..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Save the Date: Texas Film Awards Returns in 2022

Celebration of Lone Star filmmakers heads downtown

"...Avalanche, and Manglehorn), Jeff Nichols, Robin Wright, comedy legend Carol Burnett, Renée Zellweger, and good ol' JR Ewing himself,..."

Dec. 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Scandalous

The true story behind The National Enquirer's smear machine

"...any libel actions brought against the newspaper, such as Carol Burnett’s successful 1981 lawsuit.)..."

Oct. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Steve Davis

Luv Doc: Stolen Wedding

Imitation is also the most sincere form of ridicule

"...up being Vicki Lawrence when you started out as Carol Burnett. Wait a minute, let me wrinkle-erase that last..."

May 3, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Kathy Bates, Marc Maron, and More Confirmed for Texas Film Hall of Fame Ceremony

We know the winners, now who'll be running the show?

"...a list of previous HOFers that includes Richard Linklater, Carol Burnett, Renée Zellweger, Rip Torn, and many more Lone..."

Feb. 14, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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