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He worked with Burnett on the short-lived CBS variety show The Entertainers and her long-running eponymous series, The Carol Burnett Show, as executive producer and composer of its theme song. [2] After Burnett's show concluded, he was executive producer of the 1982 Eunice TV movie.
Warwick performed the song on the January 29, 1968 episode of the CBS television variety series The Carol Burnett Show a month after the film was released. Margaret Whiting recorded "I'll Plant My Own Tree" for the film, while Eileen Wilson recorded it for the soundtrack album.
Burnett is then shown as her well-known charwoman character, mopping the floor in the porn shop, while a modified version of "Carol's Theme", the theme song used in The Carol Burnett Show, plays. The characters subsequently discuss Burnett's ear tug and make a crude comment about it.
The cast of The Carol Burnett Show was reunited on four CBS television specials: The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (January 10, 1993) – featured several clips of the show's best moments from 1967 to 1978 with the gang reminiscing about their time together on the show. 21.4 rating; 27.1 million viewers (9–11 pm)
On The Carol Burnett Show (Season 10, Episode 15, aired January 15, 1977), audience member Terry McCann sang the song with Carol Burnett during the show's questions and answers segment. [10] Kira (Olivia Newton-John) sings the song in the 1980 film Xanadu, as a vocal on a record presented as a Glenn Miller band performance.
The song was one of the signature moments from “The Carol Burnett Show,” which picked up 25 Emmy Awards during its 11-season run between and 1967 and 1978. Fans loved seeing the two stars team up.
Carol Burnett recently celebrated her 90th birthday with a star-studded NBC special that aired on April 27. And on her actual birthday (April 26), she joined Kelly Clarkson on TV to talk all about it.
Morton Stevens (January 30, 1929 – November 11, 1991) was an American film score composer. In 1965, he became director of music for CBS West Coast operations. He is probably best known for composing the theme music for Hawaii Five-O, a CBS television series for which he won two Emmy Awards in 1970 and 1974, and was a gold record for The Ventures. [1]