Happy birthday, Carol Burnett!

Born April 26, 1933, in San Antonio, Texas. Her father, Joseph Burnett, and mother, Ina Louise Burnett, were both often unemployed, and the family lived most of the time on welfare. Burnett was raised primarily by her maternal grandmother, Mabel Eudora White. Her parents divorced in the late 1930s, and Burnett and her grandmother moved to an apartment near her mother’s in an impoverished area of Hollywood, California. Her father and mother, both alcoholics, died in 1954 and 1957 respectively.

To read more about her story click here.

Happy New Year!

Thank you, God that I have lived to see another year. I admit, I’m not sorry to see 2021 go away. We lost so much because of COVID this year.

But there were good things about 2021 that I loved. For instances, I moved my CarolBurnettFan website to WordPress so I could easily keep it and Facebook updated at the same time.

Most all of the tour dates Carol had set for 2021 have been moved to 2022. (A more detailed list is on the home page.) I always said, keeping up with Carol Burnett was a full time job, but also a labor of love.

So long 2021. Hello 2022.

Marcella

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