I can't believe I'm the first to post this: Carol Burnett to Receive SAG Lifetime Award

[joeybee12]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Screen Actors Guild is recognizing Carol Burnett for her six decades in entertainment.

The actors' union announced Monday that Burnett will receive its 52nd Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual SAG Awards in January.

Union President Ken Howard said the 82-year-old entertainer is "a creative dynamo and a comedic genius."

Burnett got her start on stage, where TV talent bookers spotted her. She joined the cast of "The Garry Moore Show" in 1959. She launched "The Carol Burnett Show" in 1967, which ran for 11 years and won 25 Emmy Awards.


Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Screen+Actors+Guild+recognize+Carol+Burnett+with+lifetime/11229339/story.html#ixzz3ipniR3ig

Well deserved...and it'a about time.

[shenmue]

1. Hooray!

[catchnrelease]

2. Excellent!

She certainly deserves it. Not only for her own performances but also for showcasing the talents of the others that were on her show.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. I think I may have seen one of her earliest TV appearances

and the Internet Movie Database confirmed it.

She was a guest on the Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show in 1955, her first listed TV appearance. (For you youngsters, Paul Winchell was a ventriloquist, and Jerry Mahoney was his dummy.)

[Bluenorthwest]

4. Carol certainly deserves it.

I will always be grateful to Carol for many things.

[DawgHouse]

5. Honestly, I am surprised she wasn't already honored!