Before Carol Burnett Was a Household Name, She Stood Beside Durward Kirby

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 23:50:00 +0000

Tuesday night, 1961. One set in the front room, an hour of live television about to go out, and your whole family in chairs watching people get things almost exactly right while the rest of the country watches the very same thing at the very same moment. Nothing is being saved for later. If a costume tears, it tears on the air.

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Before Carol Burnett Was a Household Name, She Stood Beside Durward Kirby