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As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.

Carol Burnett

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Carol Burnett
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 26
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My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.
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But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.
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there were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home.
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I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that.
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I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie - the networks just wouldn't spend the money today.
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I couldn't get the laughter out of my head. It wasn't career. It wasn't even a choice. It was a calling.
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It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.
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