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THIS TIME TOGETHER is 100 percent Carol Burnett – funny, irreverent, and irresistible.
 
Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run. Now, in This Time Together, Carol really lets her hair down and tells one funny or touching or memorable story after another – reading it feels like sitting down with an old friend who has wonderful tales to tell.
 
In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such at Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; the background behind famous scenes, like the moment she swept down the stairs in her curtain-rod dress in the legendary “Went With the Wind” skit; and things that would happen only to Carol – the prank with Julie Andrews that went wrong in front of the First Lady; the famous Tarzan Yell that saved her during a mugging; and the time she faked a wooden leg to get served in a famous ice cream emporium. This poignant look back allows us to cry with the actress during her sorrows, rejoice in her successes, and finally, always, to laugh. ... Read more

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carol on audio cd
Boring is all I can say.She talks only of who she knows and when she met them.Not funny stories or comical telling of her story.Should have been performed by someone else maybe?Where was the Laughter?

Pleasant
While not as personal as her first book, Carol Burnett recalls short stories of her many friends or other persons of note. People like Lauren Bacall, Tim Conway, Lucille Ball, Elizabeth Taylor, and scores of others that have touched her life from her times in California to New York. Of course their is her granny, her dad and her daughters, her 3 husbands, Harvey Korman and Vickie Lawrence. It was easy to listen to, flowed well and brought a smile or two.

Perfect
It was a perfect transaction from the get-go, speedy and the condition was as advertised.No problems!

Very Entertaining
I have enjoyed this book so much.It's very easy reading and inspiring to learn about all the other Stars Carol knows.

This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
I grew up watching Carol Burnett as a family, all laughing out loud with this awesome comedian!Reading her book brings back so many happy memories & I enjoyed reading so many great stories about her connections with other actors, directors and producers.Very fun read! ... Read more

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Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly batty grandmother, Nanny, a hypochondriacal Christian Scientist with a buried past. The child of two alcoholic parents, Burnett presents a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking coming-of-age: from her sadly hopeful mother, who was hooked on Tinseltown fantasy, to the first signs of her own comic gift; from happy weekends spent with her father, to their last tragic meeting in a public sanatorium.

Featuring a new Afterword by the author, about teaming up with her daughter to bring this story to Broadway, One More Time is an intimate, touching, and astonishing narrative of a financially desperate but emotionally rich childhood on the wrong side of Hollywood’s tracks. ... Read more

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Sad & Funny
Carol has the knack of telling a sad story with humor in it.I really enjoyed this book as I have enjoyed her show through the years.

None
Sorry, I haven't had a chance to read the book yet,busy summer !

One More Time
I bought this one to re read after reading its successor that Carol wrote this year.Both are extremely interesting and entertaining for anyone who is a Carol Burnett fan...or Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, or any of the nutty characters that peopled her weekly TV show in the '60s and '70s.We never missed it!This tale is of her growing up years in Hollywood and her functional/dysfunctional family.Given her beginnings it is a miracle she turned out as well as she did!A truly great read.

One of the best memoirs ever published!
I've owned this book for the last 20 plus years or so and up until recently I had read it twice.Upon my third reading I not only got more out of it than ever before but it has left a lasting impression on me this third time around.As you mature with age a lot more of the struggles in life one can understand.And in Carol's story I found myself relating to all of it as I hit the half century mark.

Young Carol grew up right in the heart of downtown Hollywood, an area I've been familiar with all my life yet decades later.Reading about her living with a mother and grandmother who practically hated each other, and in the great detail that Miss Burnett writes, made for a book you could really curl up with.So much of it was touching, like when Carol's mother loses her daughter in her late forties.Underneath all that fighting and screaming, Nanny did love Carol's mother, a valuable lesson we all need to learn.Thanks to Carol I feel all the wiser.

If you want to break into show business, whether it be as an actor or singer, Carol's struggle to pursue her dream is a great inspiration.You get to live what Carol went through as she tried to make a career for herself never knowing if she would make it or not.

In reading about Carol's childhood living in the one room apartment with her grandmother, and her mother and younger sister living down the hall, I "got" Carol's wonderful sense of humor.I found myself laughing out loud just about every few minutes, something I hadn't done before in my previous reads. Since reading the book I've shared one of my favorite stories from the book with friends about the time she and her grandmother would go to the old Thrifty Drug and Discount stores Los Angeles used to have, where they would sit at the counter and have dinner.Carol tells the story of how when nobody was looking Nanny would strategically open her big black purse and in would go forks, knives, spoons and in Carol's words, "Sometimes salt and pepper shakers, too."I laughed for quite a good while.

Humor aside there are the times Carol shares her emotional pain over her two alcoholic parents who never even made it into their fifties.I applaud Miss Burnett for being brave enough to share with us how she hit her own father when she couldn't take his drinking any longer and he had ruined his health for what appeared to be the last time.

Upon this third reading of the book I fell in love with the entire family.I felt their struggles, their pain, and their love for each other, no matter how bad things got.I am surprised this has not been made into a movie and if it ever were I wouldn't be surprised if Miss Burnett could pull it off playing her grandmother.If so, I think there'd be Oscar buzz.

If you're reading this review, Miss Burnett, thank you, thank you for writing it. I know I will be reading it a fourth, fifth and sixth time as times goes on.

Carol Burnett
I really enjoyed the book but I felt that she could have given a little more detail in some areas. I just felt like there could have been more. ... Read more

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Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly batty grandmother, Nanny, a hypochondriacal Christian Scientist with a buried past. The child of two alcoholic parents, Burnett presents a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking coming-of-age: from her sadly hopeful mother, who was hooked on Tinseltown fantasy, to the first signs of her own comic gift; from happy weekends spent with her father, to their last tragic meeting in a public sanatorium.

Featuring a new Afterword by the author, about teaming up with her daughter to bring this story to Broadway, One More Time is an intimate, touching, and astonishing narrative of a financially desperate but emotionally rich childhood on the wrong side of Hollywood’s tracks.


From the Trade Paperback edition. ... Read more

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GREAT BOOK
I am presently reading this wonderful book and it reads very easily.Carol Burnett writes her story from the heart and it is interesting to know from where this very funny lady comes from.It is a MUST READ for everyone who has ever known her from television.Thank you for all the laughfter you brought to television viewers during all the years you were on the TV screen.

Carol at her best!
Oh, my goodness!If you don't know the story behind this marvelous entertainer, then this is definitely your book.I laughed and cried all the way through it.I've always loved Carol, but this gives such an incredible idea of why she has always made me laugh and feel good about life.Enjoy!

Just About the Most Charming Book
Carol Burnett is probably best known for her television show where she performed in various skits with a talented cast. One might not realize just how shy she was as a kid, or that she never dreamed of being a movie star until college. However, it is all here in this autobiography, a charming and personal account of a life filled with entertaining characters. We learn about Nanny, the woman who raised Carol and her younger sister Chrissy. We find out about Carol's alcoholic parents Jody and Louise, very different people and different influences on Burnett's life. There are many stories of growing up, school, various jobs, and family, each incredibly relatable and great fun to read. It is hard to put this book down. It is written to constantly leave the reader wanting more and never disappointing.

It is obvious that Burnett has a great love for her childhood although she wasn't always the most popular or the richest. She is an ordinary woman with a life that anyone can latch onto. The only disappointment is that it is so short. Burnett skips talking about her famous tv show as well as the marriage that brought her the three children she wrote the book for. It leaves the reader wanting more. Perhaps there will be a sequel one day; it will no doubt be as good as the first.

Outstanding
Although written over 15 years ago, Carol Burnett's
autobio is an amazing one.It covers just about all
(or seemingly so) of her early years in Texas,
her move to California, and at age 21, her move
to New York where she hit the 'big time'.

Carol obviously didn't have it easy.Her family
was impoverished and her mother and father were
absentee parents.Only because of her grandmother,
Nanny, did Carol pull through.Although neither
of Carol's parents survived to see her success,
Nanny did...and for that I'm sure she'll eternally
be grateful.

Unbeknownst to me before reading the book, her mother had
an illegitimate baby girl, Chrissy, which she kept...and this
was back in the 40's when such things were
scorned mercilessly.Luckily, just before
her mother died prematurely, Carol was able to take Chrissy
back to New York where she finished her formative years.

The coverage stops all too soon...Carol's narrative
is especially inviting.I was hoping that a few
bits about "The Carol Burnett Show" and Harvey, Tim,
Vicki, and Lyle would be included, but it's easy
to see why that element was left out.
Although the structure doesn't really take the
form of a letter, the book claims to be aletter
written for her three daughters.A unique format.
My only complaint is that the book contains tens of
pages of Carol's handwritten letters to a guy
named DeNootie (an old friend of hers).In the paperback
version, they are impossible to read because the
print is overpixelated.Ditto for the section of
photographs...the photos are all way underexposed.

A must-read for any Carol fan.Definitely among
the best bios I've ever read or will read. ... Read more

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CAROL BURNETT PLAY
I have been a fan of Carol Burnett for many years.The play HOLLYWOOD ARMS is based on her life with Nanny before Carol moved to New York and made it big.Its a good play, and a fast read. For anyone interested in looking for new plays to produce for community theatre, check out this script HOLLYWOOD ARMS! Teri ... Read more

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THIS TIME TOGETHER is 100 percent Carol Burnett - funny, irreverent, and irresistible. Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run. Now, in This Time Together, Carol really lets her hair down and tells one funny or touching or memorable story after another - reading it feels like sitting down with an old friend who has wonderful tales to tell. In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such at Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Julie Andrews; the background behind famous scenes, like the moment she swept down the stairs in her curtain-rod dress in the legendary "Went With the Wind" skit; and things that would happen only to Carol - the prank with Julie Andrews that went wrong in front of the First Lady; the famous Tarzan Yell that saved her during a mugging; and the time she faked a wooden leg to get served in a famous ice cream emporium. This poignant look back allows us to cry with the actress during her sorrows, rejoice in her successes, and finally, always, to laugh. ... Read more

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i love carol burnett!
the book was so fantastic! ... Read more

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A biography emphasizing the early years of actress and comedienne Carol Burnett, whose down-to-earth humor brought her fame on Broadway, in films, and in her own hit television series. ... Read more

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A biography of a famous comedian, star of her own long-running TV variety show, who sings, dances, and acts in dramatic films as well. ... Read more

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Detailing both their public and private lives-as well as their many and varied performances-Queens of Comedy examines the impact these women have had on the predominantly male-oriented world of comedy. Performers like Carol Burnett, Joan Rivers, and their more recent counterparts, comediennes Brett Butler and Roseanne, have helped to shift women's roles in comedy from object to subject. This book maps out this shift, providing an often brutally honest picture of women's lives in both the spotlight of comedy and this modern world.
Through candid personal interviews with Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, and other visionary performers, Queens of Comedy explores how comediennes have redefined the roles of women in not only the entertainment business, but society as a whole. ... Read more

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Great intro to comediennes
I used this as a textbook for a film class I taught last year and the class loved it.The book contains solid biographical information and it's really fun to read.Plus, author Horowitz offers some very perceptiveinsights into women's comedy.My only criticism is that footnotes wouldhave been really helpful because the students wanted to follow up on someof the sources -- but overall I highly recommend it. ... Read more

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Games for better brains! Use the secrets of brain science to improve communication, interpersonal relations, and productivity in any team or group Jump-start any training session, workshop, or retreat with dozens of interactive games that build brain function in fun and engaging ways.The Big Book of Brain-Building Games  offers all kinds of stimulating games to help your team improve information retention, camaraderie, and productivity--and requires few or no props. You'll learn what triggers to pull to help your group think and work better with these play-anywhere, crowd-pleasing interactive games. Can your brain handle the fun? Speakers and facilitators know that if you don't engage participants every five to seven minutes, you'll lose them! The Big Book of Brain-Building Games adds the spark you need for a successful meeting and keeps your team alert and connected, whatever the task. With just a handful of materials required, these brain-boosting games will help participants: develop leadership skills and build self-confidence enhance problem-solving strategies and boost creativity learn cooperation and effective teamwork dramatically improve communications skills--from public speaking to active listening Plus the icebreakers are guaranteed to grab--and hold--any group's attention! You'll find it all in this latest collection from the trusted Big Books series. ... Read more

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good book....amazon.com is GREAT
first....2 THUMBS up to amazon.com

my book was delivered to me very very fast. much faster than estimation date....i think its only about 8-10 days after the date i placed my order. thanks a lot amazon.com

and the book also nice, even its more suitable for group using.

Good Book for Teachers
This book contains good exercises for the development of creative thinking. preferably is a good book for teachers and university professors ... Read more

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This is for The Carol Burnett Show Episodes 705 Guest star Gloris Aswanson aired- September 29,1973 and for episode 709 Guest star Steve Lawrence and Paul Sand aired Nov- 3, 1973 This dvd is 1 hour and 40 minutes long ... Read more