Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, Lily Tomlin To Receive The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television’s Comedy Legends

Toronto’s JFL42 Has Everything From Carol Burnett to John Mulaney/Pete Davidson to How Did This Get Made? to Eric Andre

Carol Burnett Is Developing a Feature Adaptation of Her Book ‘Carrie and Me’ with Tina Fey at Focus Features

Carol Burnett To Receive First Honorary Golden Globe TV Special Achievement Award Which Will Also Be Named After Her

SF Sketchfest Makes First Announces 2019 Line-Up

CBS Secures Digital Multicast Rights for All 11 Seasons of ‘The Carol Burnett Show’

Carol Burnett’s Return to TV Will Be on Netflix and Feature Kids Dishing Out Life Advice

Patton Oswalt and Carol Burnett Win at 2017 Grammys

ABC Orders Pilot of Multi Cam Sitcom “Household Name” Starring Carol Burnett and Produced by Amy Poehler

David Cross, Amy Schumer, Tig Notaro, Patton Oswalt, Carol Burnett, and Margaret Cho Get Grammy Nominations

Carol Burnett Got Sweet Revenge on Theater Owner Who Fired Her

ABC Developing Sitcom Starring Carol Burnett That Amy Poehler Is Executive Producing

Watch Carol Burnett Give Her SAG Awards Lifetime Achievement Speech

Carol Burnett Shows Why She’s a Living Comedy Legend on Conan

August 16, 2019

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Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, Lily Tomlin To Receive The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television’s Comedy Legends

Here’s a trivia fact for you: of this group, Burnett, Newhart, Reiner, and Tomlin all have Mark Twain Prizes for Humor from the Kennedy Center (Norman Lear really ought to have one given the Mark Twain Prize’s mission statement of having an impact on American society via their comedic work).

Come Nov. 21st (that’s when the ceremony will happen at Beverly Wilshire Hotel), they all, in one fell swoop, get a lifetime achievement award from The Paley Center for Media for their renowned comedy series and specials.

One hopes that they all show up and they all try to top each other with their acceptance speeches.

As you can clearly see in the flyer above, that headline could go way longer as the more fan-focused JFL festival in Toronto, JFL42, is packed with top shelf talent that covers so many eras, styles, sensibilities, etc. of comedy that it might be worth making the trek out to Toronto to see all of that in one week, especially if you don’t live in LA or NYC.

You’ve got some time as JFL42 isn’t until mid Sept., but you best get your passes and tickets now (the VIP Pass already sold out). Passes are going for $84-$199 (not including service charges). Go get more details and tickets/passes here.

March 27, 2019

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Carol Burnett Is Developing a Feature Adaptation of Her Book ‘Carrie and Me’ with Tina Fey at Focus Features

Someone’s wish for Carol Burnett and Tina Fey to do a movie or TV show together just came true (as we guess it probably would at some point).

We’ll wait and see if Focus Features gives a greenlight to this adaptation to Burnett’s book about her and her late daughter with Fey on board, but we have a hard time imagining this not going into production and getting a theatrical release of some kind.

There are no details as to whether Burnett and Fey will be on-screen together, but we can, at least for now, dream.

December 11, 2018

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Carol Burnett To Receive First Honorary Golden Globe TV Special Achievement Award Which Will Also Be Named After Her

The very first Carol Burnett Award recognizing special achievement in television will be given to Burnett at the ceremony next year and will bear her name every year thereafter. Hopefully, it’ll encourage those not familiar to not only take a look at the career of the recipients, but take a look back at Carol’s legendary career.

We’re always on board for reminders of how great Carol Burnett was, is, and will probably always be.

Finally, this might be one nod to comedy that The Golden Globes didn’t entirely screw up.

November 19, 2018

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It’s almost that time again for one of the world’s biggest comedy festivals to make all of your dream comedy line-ups come true (probably to the point where you’re overwhelmed). Already, Carol Burnett, Big Terrific, Paul F. Tompkins, Janeane Garofalo, Lauren Lapkus, Aparna Nancherla, and Laraine Newman is so damn good and that’s only a fraction of this portion of the line-up.

SF Sketchfest will be taking over San Francisco from Jan. 10th-27th and offer this already overflowing chalice of comedy riches with truly much, much more to come.

Tickets went on sale yesterday and you can (and very much should) go snag them here.

January 16, 2018

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CBS Secures Digital Multicast Rights for All 11 Seasons of ‘The Carol Burnett Show’

It’s kind of hard to imagine that The Carol Burnett Show wouldn’t stand the test of time. It’s one of the comedy institutions on which much of the comedy you enjoy today, especially sketch comedy, can trace its roots back to.

So, CBS has rights to digitally distribute all 11 seasons of The Carol Burnett Show however they please. Let’s hope that they put it up for streaming in the very not so distant future.

September 11, 2017

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It’s Carol Burnett live. We don’t think we need to do any more selling you on that.

Tickets range from $70-$180. Get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

August 1, 2017

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Well, if you’re looking for a little less cynicism and any thread of innocence in this world that can truly be enjoyed by all ages (and not just in the way that film and TV executives try to guilt parents to see “family friendly” fare that they can’t enjoy), A Little Help with Carol Burnett might just be a prescription you’re looking for.

With Burnett’s presence (i.e. a comedy legend that has maintained being genuine and having a big heart), this show actually seems organic as opposed to viral videos that exploit the viral potential of having kids awkwardly dealing with the grown-up world.

See for yourself in the teaser.

Look for A Little Help with Carol Burnett to start streaming next year on Netflix.

February 13, 2017

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From last night’s Grammy Awards, Best Comedy Album went to Patton Oswalt’s Talking for Clapping off of A Special Thing Records and Best Spoken Word Album went to the audiobook version of Carol Burnett’s In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox off of Penguin Random House Audio.

While you’re still pondering Adele vs. Beyoncé, go and enjoy both the album and audiobook if you haven’t done so already.

Get the full list of the 2017 Grammy Award winners here.

February 3, 2017

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ABC Orders Pilot of Multi Cam Sitcom “Household Name” Starring Carol Burnett and Produced by Amy Poehler

A family moves into their dream house that just happens to come with a larger than life actress played by none other than living comedy legend Carol Burnett.

The project called, “Household Name” just got a pilot order from ABC, but with Burnett and Poehler involved and broadcast networks still looking for the next big multi cam, it would be hard to imagine this not getting a series greenlight.

December 6, 2016

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*comedy nominees in italics

BEST COMEDY ALBUM
…America…Great… — David Cross
American Myth — Margaret Cho
Boysih Girl Interrupted — Tig Notaro
Live At The Apollo — Amy Schumer
Talking For Clapping — Patton Oswalt

BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo — Amy Schumer
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox — Carol Burnett
M Train — Patti Smith
Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A.Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia)— (Various Artists)
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink — Elvis Costello

It’s almost expected to see Tig Notaro, Patton Oswalt, and Amy Schumer here in this year’s Grammy nominations for comedy. David Cross getting a nod for his album that specifically stands against Trump and one for Carol Burnett’s audio book are also good, big name choices.

Still, given how wide the field is in the Grammys, we wonder if there would ever be room for, let’s say, Best First Comedy Album or Best Podcast, etc. etc. to allow room for works from critically acclaimed comedians that are just on the brink of breaking out into the national spotlight.

See the full list of Grammy nominees for 2017 here, then see who wins at the ceremony set for February 12th.

November 8, 2016

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In promotion of her book In Such Good Company, the legendary Carol Burnett made a stop on Jimmy Kimmel Live and shared a story that’s equal parts sweet payback and feel good story.

Leave it to Burnett to tell such a charming tale that adds a bit of bonus to the maxim of “living well is the best revenge”.

Watch it here.

October 21, 2016

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ABC Developing Sitcom Starring Carol Burnett That Amy Poehler Is Executive Producing

Burnett and Poelher working together on anything could almost be good to be a whole pitch for show.

Living comedy legend Carol Burnett (and for how much the term “legend” is thrown around these days in comedy, it should noted that Burnett is a legitimate comedy legend) is aiming to return to TV. This multi cam project will star her as an eccentric old actress that allows a family to live in their dream home/her house so long as they live with her until she passes. Amy Poehler and her Paper Kite Productions have been attached in the executive producing capacity, undoubtedly giving this show’s development path instantly have more heat.

At this stage, ABC has made a put pilot commitment requiring a monetary penalty if they don’t air the pilot. Given Poehler’s involvement, we are intensely curious to see how Carol Burnett will be plugged into a 21st century sitcom and if it’ll be as charming as when Burnett had her own show with her own name in the title.

With all of that said, we’re getting a kind of PG-retooling-of-the-classic-drama-Sunset-Boulevard vibe. Hopefully, that’ll prove to be a good thing.

February 1, 2016

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Carol Burnett received a very well deserved SAG Lifetime Achievement at The SAG Awards this past weekend and gave a heartfelt, funny, inspiring speech because Burnett can just pull something like that out at a moment’s notice.

Watch it here.

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January 28, 2016

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Carol Burnett has such an illustrious comedy career for several decades. Any collection of stories from any of those years will give you proof of just how illustrious and great that career really was and why Burnett is revered as she is (getting a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award this weekend for example).

On last night’s Conan, her particular collection of stories focused on how she learned her own stunts, her obsession with soap operas, and how she handled bombing on stage.

She could start her own podcast with all of the stories she has.

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