Carol Burnett opens up about why she ended “The Carol Burnett Show” and why she may finally retire at 91.
Carol Burnett, 91, is finally thinking about retiring.
In a recent interview with Variety, when the comedy icon was asked if her recent Apple TV+ show “Palm Royale” would be her final on-camera job, Burnett said, “Probably. Unless there’s a cameo or something fun!”
She also opened up about her choice to end “The Carol Burnett Show,” which ran for 11 seasons on CBS from 1967 to 1978, with nine more episodes in 1991.
The variety sketch series has a staggering 279 episodes, and it was a key part of Burnett’s career, which has been going strong since the 1950s. During its run, the show drew in 30 million viewers a week — and won 25 Emmys.
“I called it quits because I thought we had done just about everything we could do, and we had started to repeat ourselves in sketches,” Burnett explained.
“I said, ‘I want to leave before the network starts flicking the lights on and off and saying, “Goodbye.
