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One-hour comedy variety show. so i pushed the button. and they'd forgotten about this clause in that contract. and they looked it up and called me back the next day and said, well, you know, carol, that's great, but comedy, variety is a man's game. it's sid caesar, milton berle, jackie gleeson, it's not for you gals. and i said, well, this gal really wants to do, and they had to put us on. >> because it was in the contract. >> yes, they wanted me to do a sitcom called "here's agnes". can you picture it? >> that's catchy. >> agnes bit the dust. i said i don't want to be the same person every we...

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Started on the garry moore show. became a big star. people forget just how much she was a part of the culture at one point in time, did not think that i would want to ever could ever host of variety show. welcome to our first show that we're doing. i'm really excited and very, very happy that you're all with us tonight. looks like we've got a nice food group. could you bump up the lights i could see oh, george had an image of a fellow in a tuxedo coming out and doing a monologue. and how will a woman will they take a woman doing this? and we said, well, i hope they'll take me at least for 13 w...

Long. i censusknew i wanted to do phy comedy. i wanted guest stars. i wanted to do sketches. i wanted a rep company the way sid cesar had one. [ laughter ] >> you curtain -- [ applause ] >> there were ten variety shows on at the same time that carol burnett was on. and there were approximately ten comedy writers on each show. and i was the only woman out of all of them. the funny thing about female writers and television was that in the beginning i would not say they were very welcomed, although there were certainly exceptions. >> i interviewed for the "carson" show, and i called my agent and ...

And will they take a woman do this? and we said well, i hope they'll take me for at least 13 weeks. it worked. i worked for 11 years, i never thought i would go that long. >> i knew i wanted to do musical and comedy and i wanted guest star. i want to do sketches and i want to rep company the way caesar had one. [ laughter ] >> there were ten variety shows on and the same time carol burnett on. and ten comedy writers on each show. i was the only woman out of all of them. >> the funny thing about female writers and television was that in the beginning, i would not say they were welcome, although...