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April 24 - 30, 2023 Page 3 By Jay Bobbin For anyone who's ever thought Carol Burnett's birthday should be a national event, now it is. One way in which the much-beloved comedy icon will spend her special day Wednes- day, April 26, is "Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love," NBC's new all-star celebration of her. The show will be filled with tributes from many of her friends and peers, including Dame Julie Andrews and former "Carol Burnett Show" cohorts Vicki Lawrence and costumer Bob Mackie ... as well as Cher, Lily Tomlin, Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Carell, Amy Poehler, Aileen Quinn ("Annie") and Bill Hader (to whom Burnett learned she is related on PBS' "Finding Your Roots With Hen - ry Louis Gates, Jr." recently). Additional guests including Katy Perry, Bernadette Peters, Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Porter and Jane Lynch perform musical segments during the show, each commemorating a significant part of Burnett's career. Among those are Burnett's portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1982 film of "Annie," and her trademark singing of "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together" (complete with ear-tug message to her grandmother) at the end of each episode of "The Carol Burnett Show." "It was quite a night," six- time Primetime Emmy Award winner Burnett says of the March taping of the program. "I'm still kind of reeling from it. It's not a roast or a birthday par- ty, it's really a variety show. A lot of my dear friends were there, and my 'chum' Julie Andrews was by my side the whole eve- ning; she lives back East, and she flew out just for this. I was total- ly gobsmacked, I have to say!" Burnett also has a Tony, a Grammy, a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award among her many other accolades. Additionally, she has seven Golden Globe Awards, and that ceremony named an honor after her for contributions to television; appropriately, she was its first recipient. The Burnett birthday event is, she reflects, "really a ret- rospective of everything I've ever done, practically, starting way back with my almost-first television appearance ... on 'Omnibus.' Then, (the special) covers 'The Garry Moore Show' when I was a regular on that, and movies that I've done, and TV appearances other than my own show. But, of course, 'The Carol Burnett Show' is in there, too." Expect the late Harvey Kor- man, Tim Conway and Lyle Waggoner to be seen bountifully in "Carol Burnett Show" clips during the NBC special, but there will be no doubt who the evening's central talent is. And just as it's been for so many years, those physically near her – as well as those watching at home – will be so glad still to be in her orbit. ACROSS 1. Actor on "NCiS: Hawai'i" (2) 8. Emily or Markie 9. Banister 10. Marge & Homer's middle child (2) 14. Ricky Ricardo's portrayer 15. "__ __ Big Girl Now" 16. "prelude __ __ Kiss"; Meg Ryan film 17. Busy as __ __ 18. 007 or Maxwell Smart 19. Eliot __; role on "The Untouch- ables" 20. "__ Than perfect" 24. Mr. McBride 27. Start of the "Old MacDonald" refrain 28. play on words 29. Role on "Alice" 32. MacGraw & larter 33. Role on "The Rookie" (2) 36. Zach's wife on "little people, Big World" 37. To __ __; exactly 38. Actress Jean DOWN 1. Bangs & booms 2. Namesakes of ac- tor Davis 3. Role on "Young Rock" 4. "__ la Douce"; Shirley Maclaine film 5. place for a napkin 6. Rosters 7. "__ John B"; Beach Boys hit 8. USNA freshman 11. Charo's affirmative 12. "__ with Her" (2003-04) 13. Thumbs-down vote 14. Role on "The Con- ners" 20. __ __ conclu- sions; judge hastily 21. Actress Heckart 22. Grab 23. Erin, to John-Boy 24. Top-notch accoun- tant, for short 25. Actress Helen & her folks 26. Gold bar 29. "The __ Wilson Show" (1970-74) 30. "__ law" (1986-94) 31. "__' Blue Eyes is Back"; Sinatra al- bum 34. period of time 35. Granola bit CoverStory The identity of the featured celebrity is found within the answers in the puzzle. in order to take the TV Challenge, unscramble the letters noted with asterisks within the puzzle. InFocus Carol Burnett marks a big birthday with NBC special "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story" (Netflix — series premiere, May 4) From Shonda Rimes comes this prequel to the Netflix pe- riod drama "Bridgerton" that tells of how the young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Ton inherited by the char- acters in "Bridgerton." india Amarteifio, Corey Mylchreest and Golda Rosheuvel head the cast. Solution is on page 2. Advertise Here! (574) 533-2151

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