Dick Van Dyke supported his old friend Carol Burnett at her very star-studded Hand and Footprint Ceremony, which was held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday.
At 98, the Mary Poppins alum is only seven years older than the Palm Royale actress, and both national treasures are only an Oscar away from elite EGOT status.
Dick walked on to the red carpet about 26 minutes into the event and, when his cane accidentally fell to the ground, he wisecracked, ‘Help!’ to the laughing crowd.
Van Dyke could also be heard telling the crowd, ‘I’m the only person who ever punched her in the stomach’ – perhaps an inside joke, which made Carol giggle.
‘My first memory of working with Dick dates back to the late 1950s when we were both panelists on a show called Pantomime Quiz, which was a game show based on charades,’ Burnett wrote in her 2016 memoir In Such Good Company.
Dick Van Dyke supported his old friend Carol Burnett at her very star-studded Hand and Footprint Ceremony, which was held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday
At 98, the Mary Poppins alum (L) is only seven years older than the Palm Royale actress (R), and both national treasures are only an Oscar away from elite EGOT status
‘We didn’t actually perform together. Our paths crossed often over the years that followed, and we finally got to work together when we traded guest shots. He was a guest on my show, and I was a guest on his wonderful variety show, Van Dyke and Company.’
In 1976, the white-haired triple threat agreed to replace Harvey Korman on the legendary comedian’s CBS variety show The Carol Burnett Show, but it didn’t work out as he only appeared in 13 episodes.
But there were no hard feelings as Dick and Carol – who also worked together on CBS’ The Garry Moore Show in 1960 – co-starred in a play called Same Time Next Year at an LA theater in 1977.
Last year, Burnett appeared on his CBS special Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic and Van Dyke appeared on her NBC special Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love.
The four-time great-grandfather certainly still had a spring in his step despite wearing no shoes over his black socks and he was dressed in a tweed blazer, white button-up shirt sans tie, and grey pleated trousers.
Dick was joined at his seat by his second wife of 13 years – Arlene Silver – who, at 52, is 46 years younger than him.
Van Dyke originally met the Bronx-born, LA-raised singer when she was applying his make-up at the 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2007 where he presented Julie Andrews with a lifetime achievement award.
The Days of Our Lives guest star has pretty good genes considering his own mother Hazel passed away, age 95, in 1994 and he smoked for 50 years.
Dick walked on to the red carpet about 26 minutes into the event and, when his cane accidentally fell to the ground, he wisecracked, ‘Help!’ to the laughing crowd
Van Dyke could also be heard telling the crowd, ‘I’m the only person who ever punched her in the stomach’ – perhaps an inside joke, which made Carol giggle
Burnett wrote in her 2016 memoir In Such Good Company: ‘My first memory of working with Dick dates back to the late 1950s when we were both panelists on a show called Pantomime Quiz, which was a game show based on charades’
She continued: ‘We didn’t actually perform together. Our paths crossed often over the years that followed, and we finally got to work together when we traded guest shots. He was a guest on my show, and I was a guest on his wonderful variety show, Van Dyke and Company’
In 1976, the white-haired triple threat agreed to replace Harvey Korman on the legendary comedian’s CBS variety show The Carol Burnett Show, but it didn’t work out as he only appeared in 13 episodes
But there were no hard feelings as Dick and Carol – who also worked together on CBS’ The Garry Moore Show in 1960 (pictured) – co-starred in a play called Same Time Next Year at an LA theater in 1977
Last year, Burnett appeared on his CBS special Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic and Van Dyke appeared on her NBC special Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
The four-time great-grandfather certainly still had a spring in his step despite wearing no shoes over his black socks and he was dressed in a tweed blazer, white button-up shirt sans tie, and grey pleated trousers
Dick was joined at his seat by his second wife of 13 years – Arlene Silver (R) – who, at 52, is 46 years younger than him
Van Dyke originally met the Bronx-born, LA-raised singer (R) when she was applying his make-up at the 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2007 where he presented Julie Andrews with a lifetime achievement award
The Days of Our Lives guest star has pretty good genes considering his own mother Hazel passed away, age 95, in 1994 and he smoked for 50 years
Carol – who beamed as she placed her hands in the wet cement – grew up at Yucca and Wilcox just a few blocks East of what as formerly known as Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, and she and her grandmother Mabel ‘Mae’ Jones used to ‘look at all the footprints and handprints of all these great movie stars.’
Burnett pulled a funny face as she was lifted off the block by two men after placing her black patent leather pumps into the wet cement.
‘We were poor, but we would occasionally come here to the Chinese,’ the Texan-born, Hollywood-raised star recalled of her childhood.
‘It was first-run so it was more expensive than second-run theaters, but we come in we’d see a Betty Grable movie. And then before we’d leave, my grandmother said, “Well, let’s let’s hit the ladies’ room, so we would go in there and steal all the toilet paper. And she said, “We’ll be set for another month!”‘
Carol – who used to signal her ‘Nanny’ nightly by tugging at her ear on the air – concluded her acceptance speech by saying: ‘If my grandmother is somehow floating around here today I know she is as amazed and thrilled as I am and I thank you, thank you all so very much love you.’
Jimmy Kimmel Live! host Jimmy Kimmel had the honor of emceeing Burnett’s ceremony, which was convenient considering his studio, El Capitan Entertainment Center, is located across the street.
‘Today we are honoring you with what is probably the most, I think, celebrated lifetime achievement award of all – two wet fists full of concrete and two ruined shoes!’ the 56-year-old Emmy-winning producer joked at the podium.
‘The afterparty is at Wahlburgers across the street!’
Carol – who beamed as she placed her hands in the wet cement – grew up at Yucca and Wilcox just a few blocks East of what as formerly known as Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, and she and her grandmother Mabel ‘Mae’ Jones used to ‘look at all the footprints and handprints of all these great movie stars’
Burnett pulled a funny face as she was lifted off the block by two men after placing her black patent leather pumps into the wet cement
She autographed and dated her hand and footprints to become part of her lasting legacy
The Texan-born, Hollywood-raised star recalled of her childhood: ‘We were poor, but we would occasionally come here to the Chinese. It was first-run so it was more expensive than second-run theaters’
She continued: ‘But we come in we’d see a Betty Grable movie. And then before we’d leave, my grandmother said, “Well, let’s let’s hit the ladies’ room, so we would go in there and steal all the toilet paper. And she said, “We’ll be set for another month!”‘
Carol – who used to signal her ‘Nanny’ nightly by tugging at her ear on the air – concluded her acceptance speech by saying: ‘If my grandmother is somehow floating around here today I know she is as amazed and thrilled as I am and I thank you’
Jimmy Kimmel Live! host Jimmy Kimmel had the honor of emceeing Burnett’s ceremony, which was convenient considering his studio, El Capitan Entertainment Center, is located across the street
The 56-year-old Emmy-winning producer joked at the podium: ‘Today we are honoring you with what is probably the most, I think, celebrated lifetime achievement award of all – two wet fists full of concrete and two ruined shoes…The afterparty is at Wahlburgers across the street!’
Comedian Bob Odenkirk (L) co-starred with the flame-haired funnywoman in the final season of his AMC spin-off, Better Call Saul, which she called her ‘favorite show’
The 61-year-old Emmy-winning writer gushed: ‘Carol, you were heartbreaking and funny and powerful in that role. I loved working with you. It was an honor’
Bob continued: ‘You’re a king of comedy and drama and your film work has been outstanding covering so much range – Annie, The Four Seasons, Noises Off, The Front Page, and so many more. Always perfect. You’re a movie star, TV star, a stage star and the reason you’re a star, is that your range is incredible but you always brought your soul to every performance and you shared yourself’
Odenkirk concluded: ‘So we feel we know you even when you’re deep in character just like your childhood heroes everywhere around here where you used to rollerskate when you were a kid living down the street. So thank you so much for having me and I hope that you’ll leave a little of your DNA in this cement and maybe Elon Musk can make us a thousand Carol Burnetts in a few years’
Not only was Bob there, Carol got to reunite with Better Call Saul creators Vince Gilligan (L) and Peter Gould (2-R)
Palm Royale producer-star Laura Dern – rocking red aviators with a white shirt-dress – revealed she was the one who spearheaded the effort to have the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the TCL Chinese Theatre honor Burnett because she ‘blazed a trail for all female producers’
The 57-year-old Oscar winner announced: ‘Of the almost 200 people who have their handprints here Carol has known or shared the screen with, wait for it, 127 of them she has worked with – everyone from Douglas Fairbanks to Whoopi Goldberg, Gloria Swanson to Robin Williams, Lana Turner, Groucho Marks, George Burns, Elizabeth Taylor, Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, Betty Grable, Jack Lemmon, and I could keep going and going’
The twice-divorced mother-of-three was also supported by her Palm Royale castmates Mindy Cohn (L), Amber Chardae Robinson (2-L), Julia Duffy (3-L), and Allison Janney (R)
On June 6, Apple Studios officially renewed Abe Sylvia’s 1969-set high society dramedy Palm Royale for a second season, so Carol will get to reprise her role as murderous matriarch Norma Dellacorte
Comedian Bob Odenkirk co-starred with the flame-haired funnywoman in the final season of his AMC spin-off, Better Call Saul, which she called her ‘favorite show.’
‘Carol, you were heartbreaking and funny and powerful in that role. I loved working with you. It was an honor,’ the 61-year-old Emmy-winning writer gushed.
‘You’re a king of comedy and drama and your film work has been outstanding covering so much range – Annie, The Four Seasons, Noises Off, The Front Page, and so many more. Always perfect. You’re a movie star, TV star, a stage star and the reason you’re a star, is that your range is incredible but you always brought your soul to every performance and you shared yourself.
‘So we feel we know you even when you’re deep in character just like your childhood heroes everywhere around here where you used to rollerskate when you were a kid living down the street. So thank you so much for having me and I hope that you’ll leave a little of your DNA in this cement and maybe Elon Musk can make us a thousand Carol Burnetts in a few years.’
Not only was Bob there, Carol got to reunite with Better Call Saul creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould.
Palm Royale producer-star Laura Dern – rocking red aviators with a white shirt-dress – revealed she was the one who spearheaded the effort to have the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the TCL Chinese Theatre honor Burnett because she ‘blazed a trail for all female producers.’
‘Of the almost 200 people who have their handprints here Carol has known or shared the screen with, wait for it, 127 of them she has worked with,’ the 57-year-old Oscar winner announced.
‘Everyone from Douglas Fairbanks to Whoopi Goldberg, Gloria Swanson to Robin Williams, Lana Turner, Groucho Marks, George Burns, Elizabeth Taylor, Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, Betty Grable, Jack Lemmon, and I could keep going and going.’
Burnett was also joined by legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie (R), who provided her variety show with all of the glamorous (and funny) costumes back in the day
Comedian Bill Hader flashed a huge grin while posing with his distant cousin, who discovered their relation on her episode of PBS’ Finding Your Roots last year
Five-time Emmy winner Jane Lynch (2-L) and three-time Emmy winner Maya Rudolph (R) were also eager to pose with the woman of the hour
The twice-divorced mother-of-three was also supported by her Palm Royale castmates Mindy Cohn, Amber Chardae Robinson, Julia Duffy, and Allison Janney.
On June 6, Apple Studios officially renewed Abe Sylvia’s 1969-set high society dramedy Palm Royale for a second season, so Carol will get to reprise her role as murderous matriarch Norma Dellacorte.
Burnett was also joined by legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie, who provided her variety show with all of the glamorous (and funny) costumes back in the day.
Comedian and two-time Emmy winner Bill Hader flashed a huge grin while posing with his distant cousin, who discovered their relation on her episode of PBS’ Finding Your Roots last year.
Five-time Emmy winner Jane Lynch and three-time Emmy winner Maya Rudolph were also eager to pose with the woman of the hour.
Carol made sure some of her family was present, including sister Chrissie Burnett and daughter Jody Hamilton from her 21-year marriage to the late producer Joe Hamilton, which ended in 1984.
Burnett did not pose with her third husband – former Hollywood Bowl Orchestra percussionist Brian Miller – but he dutifully sat beside her during the speeches.
Carol made sure some of her family was present, including sister Chrissie Burnett (R) and daughter Jody Hamilton (L) from her 21-year marriage to the late producer Joe Hamilton, which ended in 1984
Burnett did not pose with her third husband – former Hollywood Bowl Orchestra percussionist Brian Miller – but he dutifully sat beside her during the speeches
The married couple of 22 years used to be the legal guardians of their 17-year-old grandson Dylan West due to her troubled daughter Erin Hamilton’s substance abuse issues
Addiction runs deep in Carol’s family as both of her parents Joseph and Ina were alcoholics and her daughter Carrie was rehabbed three times before getting clean and then tragically perishing, at age 38, of pneumonia as a complication of lung and brain cancer in 2002
Aside from the seven Emmys, Tony, and Grammy – Burnett has won seven Golden Globe Awards, Kennedy Center Honors, Peabody Award, the Mark Twain Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award
The married couple of 22 years used to be the legal guardians of their 17-year-old grandson Dylan West due to her troubled daughter Erin Hamilton’s substance abuse issues.
Addiction runs deep in Carol’s family as both of her parents Joseph and Ina were alcoholics and her daughter Carrie was rehabbed three times before getting clean and then tragically perishing, at age 38, of pneumonia as a complication of lung and brain cancer in 2002.
Aside from the seven Emmys, Tony, and Grammy – Burnett has won seven Golden Globe Awards, Kennedy Center Honors, Peabody Award, the Mark Twain Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award.