This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
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THIS TIME TOGETHER is 100 percent Carol Burnett – amusing, 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 amusing or touching or memorable tale after another – reading it feels like sitting down with an ancient 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 legendary scenes, like the moment she swept down the stairs in her curtain-rod dress in the legendary “Went With the Wild” skit; and things that would take place only to Carol – the prank with Julie Andrews that went incorrect in front of the First Lady; the legendary Tarzan Yell that saved her during a mugging; and the time she faked a wooden leg to get served in a legendary ice cream emporium. This poignant look back allows us to weep with the actress during her sorrows, express joy in her successes, and finally, permanently, to laugh.
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Carol Burnett is a wonderful tale teller and my only complaint is the book finished way too soon.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
In THIS TIME TOGETHER, amusing lady Carol Burnett gives readers a tasty flavor of her various escapades and adventures. Starting with her debut on television (which happened simultaneously with her appearing on Broadway) and covering her life over the next few decades, Ms. Burnett takes the readers on a wild, but enjoyable, ride.
Told in tiny vignettes, she uses her chapters to give an oversight into various factors and people who she worked with over the years. Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, Beverly Sills, Rock Hudson, Julie Andrews and, of course, the ensemble cast from her historic Carol Burnett Show are all here. As a replacement for of giving us a long-winded account, Ms. Burnett chose to give fleeting tales covering one or two memorable events that, although brief and reasonably bare-bones, manage to convey to the reader the scenery of her theme.
Some tales are amusing but, when she covers the loss of her daughter, Carol Burnett opens up and you see the heartbreak while admiring the woman’s courage.
THIS TIME TOGETHER is fleeting and the only negative comment one can make is that you regularly wish she would tell in us even more of her amusing and touching tales about the people who were lucky enough to work with her over the years.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
If they ever do a poll on ‘Best Loved Entertainer,’ odds are Carol Burnett would top the list or be in the top five. Ditto for ‘Most amusing Comedienne.’ For decades, this intelligent, witty and endlessly appealing amusing lady has brought laughter and joy to people around the world. In her equally appealing book THIS TIME TOGETHER, Burnett shares some of the most meaningful – and usually hilarious – moments in her long career. I haven’t loved a book this much in years!
For many of us baby boomers, our first exposure to Burnett’s talent was on the ‘Garry Moore Show’ or ‘Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall.’ She certainly made us laugh with that limber body and rubbery face not to mention a fine singing voice. Yet what impressed most was her sweetness and sincerity. What you saw was what you got: a talented singer-comedienne who didn’t take herself seriously. That impression was only reinforced when she hosted her own show, which I reflect was the finest, most amusing variety show ever.
Persons same qualities are everywhere evident in THIS TIME TOGETHER. In fleeting chapters she takes the reader through her life and the many people she met along the way. She recalls friends and colleagues with obvious delight and affection. She gives unstinting credit to so many people who helped her personally or well over the years. And there’s scarcely an unkind word or trace of self-pity in sight. THIS TIME TOGETHER has to be one of the ‘nicest’ show biz books written. It’s just a pleasure to read.
Some of the most revealing tales are the ones Burnett tells on herself. For instance, the first time Burnett met Cary Grant, she was so petrified, so in awe of him that she tried to bolt from the party. As a young girl she had stared up at Grant on movie screens. Even though she was a bonafide TV star, she felt so inadequate she tried to run. Turns out he was a huge fan of hers! Some time later, on a flight to New York, she was dismayed when the movie being shown turned out to be ‘The Front Page,’ one of Burnett’s lesser acting performances. When the movie was done, she questioned the stewardess for the P.A. microphone and apologized to the additional passengers for her terrible acting!
THIS TIME TOGETHER will certainly please all Carol Burnett fans. The book just confirms what many of us thought all along – she’s amusing, bright, down-to-planet, honest and a sweetheart. If you want to share some memorable moments with a real class act, pick up a copy. You won’t regret it!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
About a week ago, I read an article in the New York Times about a new book coming out this week penned by the incomparable Carol Burnett. Needless to say, being reasonably intrigued (having read One More Time at least twice), I chose to take the plunge on this one blind (which I do not recommend you do unless you’re a fan like me). Am I ever glad I did!
Carol Burnett is 100% class. Most people, when agreed the opportunity to write an anecdotal book like this, would have a mean word to say about a name. But, in this case, Carol Burnett does not seem to have a mean word to say about anyone in this book. We can all learn from her example.
Carol Burnett has the kind of class that eclipses 99.9% of Hollywood these days. In the era of 24-hour news, TMZ, and negativity of all sorts, Carol Burnett is the breath of fresh air that we desperately needed, at a time that we needed it the most.
Some of the tales in here are very sad, especially the times that Carol talks about the events leading up to the premiere of Hollywood Arms a few years back.
But, most of the tales (a lot of which I’ve never heard or seen before) have the signature razor-sharp wit that Carol and company were (and are) well-known for. Two particular items of note are the tales she shares about Lucille Ball (which were laugh-out-loud amusing) and the tale about how she snagged Harvey Korman to be on The Carol Burnett Show.
In synopsis, if you want negativity, meanness, and additional such things that are oh so common these days, this book isn’t going to satisfy that in the least. But, if you want something that is all too rare these days, such as class, sweetness, humor when it’s necessary, and something 100% genuine, then this book is for you.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5