Carol Burnett at 90: ‘I Am One of the Luckiest Broads in the World’
If it’s any consolation, even Carol Burnett gets emotional when she hears “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together.”
The song, which Burnett would sing each night to end The Carol Burnett Show, has become her signature. It’s what plays as her entrance music each time she appears on a talk show. It accompanies clip packages any time she’s feted at a fancy Hollywood tribute. It’s personal—to her, and to us.
In the lilting piano keys of that song, and the earnestness of Burnett’s voice while singing it, carries decades of memories: kids watching The Carol Burnett Show with their parents or grandparents; women watching the series and being inspired to follow its star’s rambunctious spirit; all the love, loss, and relationships that embed themselves in a song that’s become so indelible.