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107-593: The Commandos had the honor of playing in the first AFL regular season game on June 19, 1987, losing to the Pittsburgh Gladiators 48–46 at the Civic Arena . The Commandos picked up their first win in franchise history the following week, when they defeated the Denver Dynamite , by a score of 36–20 in their home opener. The Commandos finished the season with a 2–4 record, a disappointment, but

214-849: A Grammy Award . Burnett was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2013, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2015. Burnett was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, until her family moved to Hollywood, living a block away from Hollywood Boulevard. She attended Hollywood High School and eventually studied theater and musical comedy at UCLA . Later, she performed in nightclubs in New York City and had

321-666: A Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . In 2003, she was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor . In 2005, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom , awarded to her by President George W. Bush . In 2013, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor . In 2019 she became the first recipient of the Carol Burnett Lifetime Achievement Award for Television, which

428-572: A Who! (2008). She has acted in the dramas 6 Rms Riv Vu (1974) and Friendly Fire (1979); in guest roles such as in Mad About You , for which she won an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series ; and in various specials with Julie Andrews , Dolly Parton , and Beverly Sills . She returned to Broadway in Moon Over Buffalo (1995), receiving another Tony Award nomination. Recent acting roles include

535-521: A breakout success on Broadway in 1959 in Once Upon a Mattress , for which she received a Tony Award nomination. She soon made her television debut, regularly appearing on The Garry Moore Show for the next three years, and won her first Emmy Award in 1962. Eventually, Burnett moved back to Los Angeles and began an 11-year run as star of The Carol Burnett Show on CBS television from 1967 to 1978. With its vaudeville roots, The Carol Burnett Show

642-659: A campaign address on October 27, 1964, and Sen. Barry Goldwater on October 29, 1964. On April 26, 1964, the 2-week long International Conference and Debate of the Methodist Church opened at the Arena. Vice President Nixon visited for a campaign rally at the arena on October 28, 1968. Henry Kissinger , Frank Borman , and Li Choh-ming visited for the University of Pittsburgh commencement on April 27, 1969. Muhammad Ali KO'ed Charley Powell on January 24, 1963, to

749-676: A chord with viewers. Among other subjects, it parodied films ( Went with the Wind! for Gone with the Wind ), television ( As the Stomach Turns for the soap opera As the World Turns ) and commercials. There were also frequent musical numbers. Burnett and her team struck gold with the original sketch " The Family ", which eventually was spun off into the television show Mama's Family , starring Vicki Lawrence . She opened most shows with an impromptu question-and-answer session with

856-411: A divorced father of eight and brother of actress Kipp Hamilton who had produced her 1962 Carnegie Hall concert. He later produced The Carol Burnett Show , among other projects. The couple had three daughters: In early 1965 she had a miscarriage while in her ninth week of pregnancy. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1984. The challenge of coping with Carrie's drug problems was mentioned as part of

963-412: A fan of the soap opera All My Children and realized a dream when Agnes Nixon created the role of Verla Grubbs for her in 1983. Burnett played the long-lost daughter of Langley Wallingford ( Louis Edmonds ), causing trouble for her stepmother Phoebe Tyler-Wallingford ( Ruth Warrick ). She made occasional appearances on the soap opera in each decade thereafter. She hosted a 25th-anniversary special about

1070-483: A few films while her variety show was running, including Pete 'n' Tillie (1972) and The Front Page (1974). She was nominated for an Emmy in 1974 for her role in the drama 6 Rms Riv Vu . The show's enduring popularity surprised many when a 2001 retrospective containing outtakes and discussions with the cast, and a tribute to Bob Mackie , drew in 30 million viewers, topping the Emmy Awards as well as all but

1177-518: A global television audience from the Civic Arena. Sugar Ray Robinson , Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson also participated in boxing matches at the arena. On November 6, 1981, the globally televised World Heavyweight Title was fought at the arena between Larry Holmes and Renaldo Snipes with an undercard bout between Buster Douglas and David Bey . King of the Ring in 1998 is remembered for

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1284-520: A guest appearance on the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series . In November 2010, she guest-starred on an episode of Glee as the mother of cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester . In 2014, Burnett joined two-time Tony Award Winner, Brian Dennehy, on Broadway in A. R. Gurney's Love Letters . She appeared on

1391-465: A hat-check girl and trying to land acting jobs. She and other girls living at the Rehearsal Club (a boarding house for women seriously pursuing acting careers) put on The Rehearsal Club Revue on March 3, 1955. They mailed invitations to agents, who showed up along with stars like Celeste Holm and Marlene Dietrich . Such attendance opened doors for several of the girls. Burnett was cast in

1498-584: A live album, entitled Download Series Volume 9 , as well as sparking a riot by "Dead Heads" on the final day of the concert, an event that was national news and featured by Kurt Loder on MTV News following the arrest of 500 by the Pittsburgh Police . The Rolling Stones performed three times in the arena: July 22, 1972; March 11, 1999; and January 10, 2003. Josh Groban performed here in August 2007 as part of his 'Awake' tour. The final event

1605-423: A massive 260-foot-long (79 m) cantilevered arm on the exterior. Even though it was designed and engineered as a retractable-roof dome, the operating cost and repairs to the hydraulic jacks halted all full retractions after 1995, and the roof stayed permanently closed after 2001. The first roof opening was during a July 4, 1962, Carol Burnett show to which she exclaimed "Ladies and Gentlemen ... I present

1712-409: A minor role on The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show in 1955. She played the girlfriend of a ventriloquist's dummy on the popular children's program. This role led to her starring role opposite Buddy Hackett in the short-lived sitcom Stanley from 1956 to 1957. After Stanley , Burnett found herself unemployed for a short time. A few months later she bounced back, becoming highly popular as

1819-587: A new home for the group. Funding was provided by a combination of public and private money, including grants from Allegheny County, the City of Pittsburgh, and Kaufmann. The arena's design incorporated 2,950 tons of stainless steel from Pittsburgh. To make room for the arena, the city used eminent domain to displace 8,000 residents and 400 businesses from the lower Hill District , the cultural center of black life in Pittsburgh. Demolition began in 1955 and

1926-484: A one-room apartment near her mother. They lived in an impoverished area of Hollywood, California, in a boarding house with Burnett's younger half-sister Chrissie. When Burnett was in second grade, she briefly invented an imaginary twin sister named Karen, with Shirley Temple -like dimples. She later recalled that, motivated to further the pretense, she "fooled the other boarders in the rooming house where we lived by frantically switching clothes and dashing in and out of

2033-556: A performer on the New York circuit of cabarets and night clubs, most notably for a hit parody number called "I Made a Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles " (Dulles was Secretary of State at the time). In 1957, she performed this number on both The Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show . Dulles was asked about her on Meet the Press and joked, "I never discuss matters of the heart in public." Around this time she also worked as

2140-448: A play based on Burnett's bestselling memoir, One More Time (1986). The show was developed at the 1998 Sundance Theatre Lab and The Goodman Theatre before arriving on Broadway, directed by Harold Prince . Sara Niemietz and Donna Lynne Champlin shared the role of Helen (the character based on Burnett), while Michele Pawk played Louise, Helen's mother, and Linda Lavin played Helen's grandmother. For her performance, Pawk received

2247-528: A professor invited Burnett and some other students to perform at a party in place of their class final that had been canceled (which required a performance in front of an audience). Afterwards, a man and his wife approached her while Burnett was stuffing cookies in her purse to take home to her grandmother. Instead of reprimanding her, the man complimented her performance and asked about her future plans. When he learned that she wanted to travel to New York in order to try her luck in musical comedy but could not afford

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2354-415: A regular on one of television's earliest game shows, Pantomime Quiz . On January 10, 1958, just as she was achieving her first small successes, her mother died. In October 1960, Burnett debuted at New York City's Blue Angel Supper Club , where she was discovered by scouts for The Jack Paar Show and The Ed Sullivan Show . Burnett's first true taste of success came with her appearance on Broadway in

2461-405: A retractable roof. A total of 42 trucks mounted on 78 wheels, 30 of which were individually driven, supported and moved the six moveable sections. The trucks, gear motors and 480-volt AC motor drive that moved the roof sections were designed and manufactured by Heyl & Patterson Inc. , a local specialist engineering firm. The arena's capacity fluctuated depending on the event being hosted, but

2568-410: A show in the arena during her Fearless Tour on October 1, 2009. The Doors recorded their May 2, 1970, concert at the Civic Arena. This would be released 38 years later as Live in Pittsburgh 1970 aka Pittsburgh Civic Arena . It is considered by most music critics to be The Doors very best live recording. The Grateful Dead 's performances, on April 2–3, 1989, were recorded and later released as

2675-414: A snowstorm and their Grammy win was announced onstage. Pop superstar Michael Jackson performed three concerts at Pittsburgh Civic Arena on September 26, 27 and 28, 1988 during his Bad World Tour . Pop singer Britney Spears performed at the arena once in 2001 on her Dream Within a Dream Tour and in 2009 to a sell-out crowd as a part of her Circus Tour . Then country singer Taylor Swift played

2782-468: A statement, "For more than 50 years, comedy trailblazer Carol Burnett has been breaking barriers while making us laugh". Steve Carell presented the award to Burnett. In June 2022, Burnett guest starred in the second half of the sixth and final season of American drama series Better Call Saul , a spin-off, prequel, and sequel to Breaking Bad . Burnett was announced to be portraying a character named "Marion" on June 27, 2022, by AMC . Of how she got

2889-484: A stipulation in her ten-year contract with CBS that said she had five years from the date The Garry Moore Show ended to "push the button" on hosting thirty one-hour episodes of a music/comedy variety show. As a result, the hour-long Carol Burnett Show was born and debuted in September 1967, eventually garnering 23 Emmy Awards and winning or being nominated for multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Awards every season it

2996-483: A sudden, after so much coldness and emptiness in my life, I knew the sensation of all that warmth wrapping around me. I had always been a quiet, shy, sad sort of girl and then everything changed for me. You spend the rest of your life hoping you'll hear a laugh that great again. During this time, she performed in several university productions, garnering recognition for her comedic and musical abilities. Her mother disapproved of her acting ambitions: She wanted me to be

3103-694: A ten-year wait and the AFL's canceling its season in 2009, that never materialized. In 2016, it was announced that Ted Leonsis of Monumental Sports, owner of the NBA 's Washington Wizards , WNBA 's Washington Mystics and the NHL 's Washington Capitals was launching an expansion franchise that would play at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC in 2017. The Washington Valor played from 2017 until 2019, when

3210-500: A testimonial speech during her appearance at Burnett's 2013 Mark Twain Award in Washington, D.C. (recorded and broadcast on PBS Television). In August 2020, Burnett and her husband petitioned to receive guardianship of Burnett's teenage grandson. Burnett is already "educational rights holder", meaning that she is the one who makes decisions about her grandson Dylan's schooling. Burnett and Miller subsequently held temporary guardianship of

3317-534: A writer. She said you can always write, no matter what you look like. When I was growing up she told me to be a little lady, and a couple of times I got a whack for crossing my eyes or making funny faces. Of course, she never, I never, dreamed I would ever perform. The young Burnett, always insecure about her looks, responded many years later to her mother's advice of "You can always write, no matter what you look like" by noting "God, that hurt!" in her memoir One More Time (1986). During her junior year at UCLA in 1954,

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3424-411: Is an American comedian, actress, and singer. Her comedy-variety series, The Carol Burnett Show , which originally aired on CBS , was one of the first to be hosted by a woman. Burnett has performed on Broadway, on television, and in dramatic and comedic film roles. She has received numerous awards and accolades, including seven Golden Globe Awards , seven Primetime Emmy Awards , a Tony Award , and

3531-442: Is symbolically the one millionth member with the one millionth bracelet. On November 24, 2001, Burnett married drummer Brian Miller who is 23 years her junior. Burnett has enjoyed close friendships with Lucille Ball , Beverly Sills , Jim Nabors (who became the godfather to her daughter Jody), Julie Andrews and Betty White . She is the acting mentor to Vicki Lawrence . They share a close friendship, as noted by Lawrence in

3638-473: The 1997 and 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments were held at the Arena. The Pittsburgh Triangles of World TeamTennis hosted three Eastern Division Championships at the arena from 1974 through 1976 and the Bancroft Cup finals in 1975, winning the title on August 25, 1975, with paid attendance of 6,882. The Pittsburgh Spirit Major Indoor Soccer League team also hosted matches at

3745-716: The 1997 NHL Entry Draft , as well as games of the 1991 , 1992 , 2008 , and 2009 Stanley Cup Finals . The 2008 Finals marked the only occasion that the Stanley Cup was presented on Mellon Arena ice, after the Penguins were defeated by the Detroit Red Wings in six games. The Penguins originally planned to wear a jersey patch to commemorate their final season in the Igloo, but it was later scrapped. The Pittsburgh Penguins played their final regular season game at

3852-766: The AMC drama series Better Call Saul (2022) and the Apple TV+ comedy series Palm Royale (2024). Burnett wrote and narrated several memoirs, earning Grammy nominations for almost all of them, including a win for In Such Good Company . In 2019, the Golden Globes created the Carol Burnett Award for career achievement in television, giving Burnett the first award. She was honored with an NBC special Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love celebrating her 90th birthday. Carol Creighton Burnett

3959-423: The Apple TV+ comedy series Palm Royale . Her performance earned praise from critics with Tom Gliatto of People highlighted Burnett as the series "strongest" performance" adding, "Burnett plays Norma with an unforgiving toughness — even when she’s comatose — and, by some miracle, she projects the slapstick kick of her old CBS comedy show ." Judy Berman of Time wrote "the legendary Carol Burnett [plays]

4066-592: The Arena Football Hall of Fame . The team returned to the Washington name for their final season in 1990 . They were coached by Hohensee, who had been promoted from his assistant position. The Commandos started the season 0–3. In 1987 and 1989, the team played its home games at the Capital Centre (later known as USAir Arena) in Landover, Maryland . For the 1990 season, the team was based at

4173-700: The Hell in a Cell match between Mick Foley and the Undertaker , where Foley would fall from the top of the cell, suffering multiple injuries. Journalist Michael Landsberg called it "maybe the most famous match ever." In 2011, this incident was named as the number one " OMG !" incident in the WWE history. The final WWE event was a Monday Night Raw episode on May 10, 2010. The future events would now be taking place at PPG Paints Arena . America's first high school basketball All-Star game, The Dapper Dan Roundball Classic

4280-515: The Hollywood Pacific Theatre ). When the cinema screened Alfred Hitchcock 's Strangers on a Train (1951), having already seen and enjoyed the film, she advised two patrons arriving during the last five minutes of a showing to wait until the beginning of the next showing to avoid spoiling the ending for them, but the couple insisted on being seated. The manager observed Burnett not letting the couple in and fired her, stripping

4387-522: The Ice Capades hosted the arena's first event. Globally televised figure skating was hosted by the arena three times: The 1983 United States Figure Skating Championships , 1994 and 2004 editions of Skate America all having nearly week-long competitions. Major political rallies were part of the early history of the arena. Former President Dwight Eisenhower appeared at a Republican rally on October 12, 1962. President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered

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4494-824: The Kennedy Center . Those who were there to honor Burnett included her longtime friends and collaborators Julie Andrews , Vicki Lawrence and Tim Conway , as well as Tina Fey , Amy Poehler , Maya Rudolph , Rashida Jones and Martin Short . In 2017, CBS aired The Carol Burnett Show: 50th Anniversary Special . The event featured Burnett, original cast members Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner , costume designer Bob Mackie and special guests Jim Carrey , Kristin Chenoweth , Stephen Colbert , Harry Connick Jr. , Bill Hader , Jay Leno , Jane Lynch , Bernadette Peters , Maya Rudolph and Martin Short . Burnett spoke about

4601-654: The NBC special Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love , which was filmed at the Avalon Hollywood Theatre Numerous stars came out to pay tribute to Burnett including Julie Andrews , Cher , Ellen DeGeneres , Lily Tomlin , Amy Poehler , and Kristin Wiig . The special won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (pre-recorded) at the 75th Creative Emmy Arts Emmy Awards. As an executive producer of

4708-778: The Patriot Center on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia . In 1999, Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder announced that he would bring an expansion team to DC to be called the Washington Warriors. (At the time, there was speculation in the media that Snyder actually wanted to change the name of the Redskins to the Warriors, due to the controversy over the NFL's team monicker.) But after

4815-505: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series . She made frequent appearances as a panelist on the game show Password , an association she maintained until the early 1980s ( Mark Goodson awarded her his Silver Password All-Stars Award for best celebrity player; she's also credited with coming up with the title Password Plus , when it was originally titled Password '79 ). Burnett had long been

4922-1030: The Vatican . It was very unique." — Gene Ubriaco , former Forward with the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Pittsburgh Hornets , recalling his playing days at the Arena The Pittsburgh Hornets , members of the American Hockey League (AHL) played home games at the Duquesne Gardens , located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. The team played 20 seasons in the Gardens prior to its demolition, which made room for an apartment building. The Arena opened on September 17, 1961. With

5029-744: The epaulettes from her uniform on the spot. Years later in the 1970s after achieving TV stardom, when the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce offered her a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , they asked her where she wanted it. She replied "Right in front of where the old Warner Brothers Theater was, at Hollywood and Wilcox", which is where it was placed, at 6439 Hollywood Blvd. After graduating from Hollywood High School in 1951, Burnett received an anonymous envelope containing $ 50 for one year's tuition at UCLA , where she initially planned on studying journalism. During her first year of college, she switched her focus to theater arts and English, with

5136-441: The 1959 musical Once Upon a Mattress , for which she was nominated for a Tony Award ; in the same year, she paid back her mysterious benefactor "to the day" after agreeing to her non-obligatory unsecured loan of $ 1,000. The same year, she became a regular player on The Garry Moore Show , a job that lasted until 1962. She won an Emmy Award that year for her "Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series" on

5243-522: The 1979 movie The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh . That board was replaced during the 1986 renovations by an American Sign and Indicator scoreboard with a black-and-white three-line matrix animation/messageboard on each side, which appears in Sudden Death . White Way Sign created the arena's final center scoreboard, this one with a Sony JumboTron videoboard on each side, which remained for the arena's final sixteen years of use. On September 17, 1961,

5350-658: The ABC special Julie & Carol: Together Again which they performed at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood . She returned to television with the comedy series Carol & Company from 1990 to 1991. She guest starred as herself in The Larry Sanders Show in 1992 and in the sitcom Mad About You , playing Theresa Stemple, the mother of main character Jamie Buchman ( Helen Hunt ), for which she won

5457-563: The Arena available, the Hornets resumed play in the 1961–62 season and went on to win the Calder Cup in the 1966–67 season . As part of the 1967 NHL expansion , the city of Pittsburgh was selected to host one of six new franchises. With a hockey seating capacity of 12,508, Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena was eight seats over the NHL's minimum seating benchmark. Due to its outward appearance,

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5564-524: The Arena on October 21, when they became the first expansion team to beat an original NHL franchise—besting the Chicago Black Hawks 4–2. On January 21, 1990, the Civic Arena hosted the 41st National Hockey League All-Star Game . Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux scored three goals on his first three shots—the first coming 21 seconds into the game. He later scored a fourth goal and was named the game's Most Valuable Player. The arena also hosted

5671-646: The Arena was nicknamed "The Igloo " which led to the naming of the Penguins. (The connection is somewhat inaccurate, since igloos are found in the Northern Hemisphere, while penguins are indigenous to Antarctica.) The Penguins debuted at the Civic Arena on October 11, 1967, in a 2–1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens . Andy Bathgate scored the Penguins's first goal in the arena. It was the first NHL game played between an expansion team and an "Original Six" team. The Penguins won their first game at

5778-546: The Arena. Roller Derby featuring the hosting New York Chiefs took place at the Arena as well. Olympic Gold Medal winner Mary Lou Retton performed at the Arena as part of the "Tour of Champions" event on November 2, 1990. The first rock concert at the arena was emceed by Porky Chedwick on May 11, 1962, as a DiCesare Engler production and featured Jackie Wilson , The Drifters , The Coasters , The Castelles , Jerry Butler , The Flamingos , The Angels , The Blue-Belles , and The Skyliners . On September 14, 1964,

5885-561: The Beatles played the arena during their first United States tour. Opening acts were the Bill Black Combo, The Exciters, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, and Jackie DeShannon. A sell-out crowd of over 12,000 paid $ 5.90 to attend Motown came to the arena on March 6, 1969, with a Temptations concert. On July 11, 1971, the world's first "authorized" production of Jesus Christ Superstar opened at the Civic Arena. Black Sabbath played

5992-473: The Broadway musical Fade Out – Fade In but was forced to withdraw after sustaining a neck injury in a taxi accident. She returned to the show later but withdrew again to participate in a variety show, The Entertainers , opposite Caterina Valente and Bob Newhart . The producers of Fade Out – Fade In sued the actress for breach of contract after her absences from the popular show caused its failure, but

6099-470: The CLO, which previously held productions at Pitt Stadium . The roof, which was supported by a 260-foot (79 m) arch, was free of internal support leaving no obstruction for the seats within. The roof, which had a diameter of 415 feet (126 m), was divided into eight sections. Six of the sections could fold underneath two—in 2½ minutes—making the Civic Arena the world's first major indoor sports stadium with

6206-562: The Canadiens both opened and closed the Penguins' career at the arena, handing out defeats at both events. The seating capacity of Civic Arena over time went as follows: The Civic Arena hosted the first and second round regional games of both the 1997 and 2002 NCAA men's tournament . The arena's successor Consol Energy Center also hosted them in 2012. It also hosted the women's first and second-round games in 2001. Carol Burnett Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933)

6313-547: The Civic Arena on December 31, 1976, and played to a sellout on June 25 and 26, 1973. The arena has hosted other major concerts by every act from Frank Sinatra to Garth Brooks to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant . By the mid-1970s the arena was among the premier venues in the nation, with Billboard magazine naming it the 9th best in the U.S. on December 30, 1976. Sly and the Family Stone, The Steve Miller Band, Grand Funk Railroad, Boz Scaggs, and The Beach Boys all played

6420-565: The Field of Music, and Burnett won an Emmy for her performance. She also guest-starred on a number of shows during this time, including The Twilight Zone episode " Cavender Is Coming ". In July 1963 Burnett starred as Calamity Jane in the Dallas State Fair Musicals production of Calamity Jane and had her television special debut in 1963 when CBS aired that production on November 12, 1963. In 1964, Burnett starred in

6527-691: The Mellon Arena on April 8, 2010, when they defeated the New York Islanders 7–3. More than 50 former Penguins were in attendance for a pre-game ceremony and "team picture". The Pittsburgh Penguins played their last game in Mellon Arena on May 12, 2010; a 5–2 defeat at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens to eliminate them from the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. This means

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6634-416: The adversity she endured, saying "They said it was a man's game— Sid Caesar , Dean Martin , Milton Berle —because it hadn't been done. But that doesn't mean it couldn't be done." In 2019, the Golden Globes created an award in Burnett's name, the Carol Burnett Award , for career achievement in television. Burnett was also announced as the first recipient of the award. The Hollywood Foreign Press said in

6741-416: The arena in 1974. The Bee Gees performed two concerts here on September 4–5, 1979 during their Spirits Having Flown Tour . The Jacksons performed at Pittsburgh Civic Arena on August 13, 1981, during their Triumph Tour . Guitarist Randy Rhoads played one of his final shows here with Ozzy Osbourne on February 2, 1982. He would die 45 days later. Duran Duran performed February 28, 1984, during

6848-463: The arena on February 1, 1974. Circus reported, "They broke the existing box office record by grossing $ 76,000." On August 14, 1974, Canadian rock band Rush played the first show on their debut US tour with new drummer Neil Peart at the Civic Arena. They were opening for Uriah Heep at this show. Pink Floyd was at the Civic Arena for The Dark Side of the Moon Tour on June 19, 1973. Elvis Presley played his final New Year's Eve show at

6955-603: The audience, lasting a few minutes, during which she often demonstrated her ability to humorously ad lib. On numerous occasions, she obliged when asked to perform her trademark Tarzan yell . She ended each show by tugging on her left ear, which was a message to her grandmother. This was done to let her know that she was doing well and that she loved her. During the show's run, her grandmother died. On an Intimate Portrait episode about Burnett, she tearfully recalled her grandmother's last moments: "She said to my husband Joe from her hospital bed 'Joe, you see that spider up there?' There

7062-485: The child from September 2020 to November 2021, at which point Dylan's case worker assumed the role. In keeping with her promise to the anonymous benefactor who assisted her in 1954, she has contributed to scholarship programs at UCLA and the University of Hawaii to help people in financial need. Recording appearances as a singer: Solo/duet albums Other recordings Memoirs Burnett and her oldest daughter, Carrie Hamilton, co-wrote Hollywood Arms (2002),

7169-500: The film Horton Hears a Who! In 2012, she had another voice role as the character Hara in the US Disney-dubbed version of The Secret World of Arrietty . In 2019, she voiced a talking chair, named Chairol Burnett, in Toy Story 4 . Burnett similarly returned to film in 2005 to star in a different role as Queen Aggravain in the movie version of Once Upon a Mattress . She guest-starred in season two episodes of Desperate Housewives as Bree's stepmother, Elanor Mason. In 2009, she made

7276-505: The film Life of The Party: The Story of Beatrice , a story about a woman fighting her alcoholism. Her other film work includes Robert Altman 's comedy-drama A Wedding (1978), Alan Alda 's romantic comedy The Four Seasons (1981), John Huston 's musical film Annie (1982), and Peter Bogdanovich 's comedy Noises Off (1992). She took the supporting role of Carlotta Campion in the 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim 's Follies . In 1995, after an absence of 30 years, she

7383-455: The film, "I should have been given the award for “Worst Performance Ever Given in Movies by an Actress.” I was confused, bored and I missed the [live] audience. Nothing was spontaneous." During this time she acted in the CBS variety show The Entertainers alongside Bob Newhart and in an episode of the Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created spy comedy series Get Smart in 1966. In 1967, after CBS offered Burnett Here's Agnes , she exercised

7490-440: The final game of that year's World Series . Her Grammy-winning memoir In Such Good Company is about the show, and Burnett tells about how it was developed, with anecdotes about improvisations, the cast, crew, and guests. After her show ended, she assumed a number of roles that departed from comedy. She appeared in several dramatic roles, most notably in the television movie Friendly Fire . She appeared as Beatrice O'Reilly in

7597-438: The first guest on her variety show each season, as she considered him to be her good-luck charm. In 1959, Lucille Ball became a friend and mentor to Burnett. After having guested on Burnett's highly successful CBS-TV special Carol + 2 (1966) and having the younger performer reciprocate by appearing on The Lucy Show (1966–1967), it was rumored that Ball offered Burnett a chance to star on her own sitcom. In truth, Burnett

7704-520: The funniest convalescent you'll ever meet." Burnett said that while Palm Royale was "probably" her last acting appearance, she was pursuing other projects as a writer, producer, or presenter. Burnett has received 23 Primetime Emmy Award nominations with 6 wins for her work in The Garry Moore Show , Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall , The Carol Burnett Show and Mad About You , and Palm Royale . In 2024 at age 91, she became

7811-555: The goal of becoming a playwright. She found she had to take an acting course to enter the playwright program. On the subject, she later reflected: "I wasn't really ready to do the acting thing, but I had no choice." During her first performance, she got a sudden impulse to speak her lines in a new way. "Don't ask me why, but when we were in front of the audience, I suddenly decided I was going to stretch out all my words and my first line came out 'I'm baaaaaaaack!'" The audience response moved her deeply: They laughed and it felt great. All of

7918-532: The home to the Pittsburgh Penguins , the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, from 1967 to 2010. Constructed in 1961 for use by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (CLO), it was the brainchild of department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann . It was the first retractable roof major-sports venue in the world, covering 170,000 square feet (16,000 m ), constructed with nearly 3,000 tons of Pittsburgh steel and supported solely by

8025-442: The house by the fire escape and the front door. Then I became exhausted and Karen mysteriously vanished." When Burnett was nine, she taught herself how to do the " Tarzan yell ", which she realized years later was a good vocal exercise for volume, and it became a fan favorite. Burnett's first experiences with singing were with her family. Her grandmother was a trained musician who could play the piano (although they did not have one at

8132-627: The league was suspended. Wide receivers/Defensive backs Offensive linemen/Defensive linemen Kickers Rookies in italics Roster updated March 13, 2013 26 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS The following Commandos players were named to All-Arena Teams: Civic Arena (Pittsburgh) The Civic Arena , formerly the Civic Auditorium and later Mellon Arena , was an arena located in Downtown Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . The Civic Arena primarily served as

8239-506: The matriarch in the cult comedy miniseries Fresno , which parodied the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest . In 1987 she starred in a variety sketch special, Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin alongside Carl Reiner , Whoopi Goldberg , and Robin Williams . That same year she starred in the TV movie Plaza Suite with Dabney Coleman and Hal Holbrook . She reunited with Julie Andrews in

8346-474: The most extensive use of the arena, using it as their home from 1964 until 1988. From 1984 to 2002, Pitt used the arena for select games against popular opponents. The Philadelphia 76ers , Pittsburgh Pipers , Pittsburgh Condors , Pittsburgh Rens , Pittsburgh Piranhas , and the Harlem Globetrotters hosted regular-season basketball games at the Arena. The first and second-round games of both

8453-472: The oldest nominee for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series , for her work in Palm Royale . She also received 18 Golden Globe Award nominations, winning 7 Awards, for her work on The Carol Burnett Show . She also received 3 Tony Awards and 3 Grammy Awards nominations, winning one of each. Burnett also received various honors including 2 Peabody Awards ,

8560-499: The outcome and describing her performance "as a subtle symphony of world-weary nuance, a characterization that simultaneously matches the spirit-draining black-and-white texture of the series' Omaha interludes and ties in perfectly with one of the most colorful chapters in the life of Bob Odenkirk 's Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman ." On April 26, 2023, Burnett was honored for her music, film, television, and theater roles by her friends and fellow actors and singers on her 90th birthday in

8667-507: The reason for the separation, but the couple took the opportunity to inform other parents about handling such problems and raised money for the clinic in which Carrie was treated. In 1988, Burnett and Carrie took a trip to Moscow to help introduce the first Alcoholics Anonymous branch in the Soviet Union . Joe Hamilton died of cancer in 1991. Also in the 1980s, Burnett participated in a publicity campaign for MedicAlert , of which she

8774-487: The reboot of Hawaii Five-0 as Steve McGarrett's Aunt Debbie. Her appearances, traditionally on Thanksgiving-themed episodes, were featured from 2013 until the character died of cancer in the January 15, 2016, episode. Burnett has mostly stayed away from the spotlight, yet she still earns honorary awards for her groundbreaking work in comedy. For instance in 2013, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at

8881-589: The role Burnett stated, "I was a big fan of Breaking Bad and I knew Vince Gilligan ...When they started Better Call Saul , I got hooked on that and he said, 'you know, maybe I'll write something for you for Saul.' I said, I don't care if it's one sentence. I'll be there. Because I just love their writing. I spent two and a half months in New Mexico doing that and it was just a delight." Upon Burnett missing out on an Emmy nomination for her role, Daniel Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter praised Burnett, lamenting

8988-403: The same format and, with the exception of Harvey Korman and Lyle Waggoner, the same supporting cast. Beginning in 1977, the comedy sketches of her series were edited into half-hour episodes for syndication entitled Carol Burnett and Friends , which for many years proved to be extremely popular in syndication. In the digital age, the series began airing on MeTV in January 2015. Burnett starred in

9095-600: The show in 1995 and made a brief cameo appearance as Verla Grubbs on the January 5, 2005, episode which celebrated the show's 35th anniversary. She reprised her role as Grubbs in September 2011 as part of the series' finale. She also starred in television films such as Seasons of the Heart (1994). Burnett's first voice role was in The Trumpet of the Swan in 2001. In 2008, she had her second role as an animated character in

9202-602: The show. She portrayed a number of characters, most memorably the put-upon cleaning woman. The character later became her signature alter-ego. With her success on the Moore Show , Burnett finally rose to headliner status and appeared in the special Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962), co-starring with her friend Julie Andrews . The show was produced by Bob Banner , directed by Joe Hamilton and written by Mike Nichols and Ken Welch. Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement in

9309-580: The site: Wylie Avenue and Fullerton Street. The Penguins have the rights to redevelop the property and a preliminary plan exists for residential units, retail space and office space. The $ 22 million ($ 227 million in 2023 dollars ) arena was completed for the CLO in 1961. Mayor David L. Lawrence had publicly announced plans for a "civic theater" as early as February 8, 1953 after years of public pressure had built after CLO president, civic leader and owner of Kaufmann's department store Edgar J. Kaufmann announced his intention on December 1, 1948, to find

9416-431: The sky!" The Civic Arena hosted numerous concerts, the circus, political and religious rallies, roller derbies as well as contests in hockey, basketball, fish tournament weigh-ins, pro tennis, boxing, wrestling, lacrosse, football, ice skating championships, kennel shows, and soccer. The structure was used as the backdrop for several major Hollywood films, most prominently Sudden Death in 1995. Prior to its demise, it

9523-568: The special, Burnett accepted the Emmy on behalf of the special's team. Burnett also presented the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series to Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards . Upon accepting the Emmy from Burnett, Brunson started to choke up saying, "I don’t even know why I’m so emotional. I think, like, the Carol Burnett of it all". In March 2024, Burnett co-starred alongside Kristen Wiig , Allison Janney , and Laura Dern in

9630-417: The street to the new Consol Energy Center (now PPG Paints Arena). After various groups declined historic status for the venue, it was demolished between September 2011 and March 2012. In its place, existing public parking lots in the area were expanded over the entire site. Two of the many streets stricken from the city's street plan when the arena was originally built were subsequently re-extended back through

9737-421: The suit was later dropped. The Entertainers ran for only one season. Around the same time, Burnett became good friends with Jim Nabors , who was enjoying great success with his series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. As a result of their close friendship, she played a recurring role on Nabors' show as a tough corporal and later as a gunnery sergeant (starting with the episode "Corporal Carol" ). Later, Nabors would be

9844-574: The team was in every game except one, losing three games by a total of six points. After a one-year hiatus, the Commandos returned to play in 1989 and operated as the "Maryland Commandos", playing their only home game that year at the same venue as in 1987, Landover's Capital Centre . The team went 0–4 in the abbreviated 'travelin' season of 1989. The Commandos coaching staff consisted of Ray Willsey , Mike Hohensee , Mike Dailey , and Jerry Kurz . Hohensee, Dailey, and Kurz would all become members of

9951-578: The time), and her mother played the ukulele, so they sometimes sang popular songs in harmony together around the kitchen table. Her grandmother frequently took Burnett and her sister to the movies. They would take a few rolls of toilet paper home from the theater. The movies she saw in her youth influenced the sketch content in The Carol Burnett Show . Burnett worked as an usherette at the Warner Brothers Theater (now

10058-553: The tradition of past variety show successes. During this time Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on the children's series Sesame Street , appearing on that series' first episode on November 10, 1969. She also made occasional returns to the stage in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1974, she appeared at the Muny Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri , in I Do! I Do! with Rock Hudson . A true variety show, The Carol Burnett Show struck

10165-751: The trip, he offered her and her boyfriend (Don Saroyan) each, on the spot, a $ 1,000 (equivalent to $ 11,346 in 2023) interest-free loan; the man, who was a millionaire from La Jolla, California , wasn't affiliated with show business and had earned his wealth from the shipbuilding industry. His conditions were simply that the loans were to be repaid within five years, his name was never to be revealed, and if she achieved success, she would help other aspiring talents to pursue their artistic dreams. Burnett took him up on his offer, and she and Saroyan left college and moved to New York to pursue acting careers. That same year, her father died of causes related to his alcoholism. Burnett spent her first year in New York working as

10272-561: Was a variety show that combined comedy sketches with song and dance. The comedy sketches included film parodies and character pieces. Burnett created many memorable characters during the show's run, and both she and the show won numerous Emmy and Golden Globe Awards . During and after her variety show, Burnett appeared in many television and film projects. Burnett's film roles include Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), The Front Page (1974), A Wedding (1978), The Four Seasons (1981), Annie (1982), Noises Off (1992), and Horton Hears

10379-449: Was back on Broadway in Moon Over Buffalo , for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play . Four years later, she appeared in the Broadway revue Putting It Together . In the 1980s and 1990s, she made several attempts at starting a new variety program. She also appeared briefly on The Carol Burnett Show's " The Family " sketches' spinoff, Mama's Family , as her stormy character, Eunice Higgins . She played

10486-459: Was born on April 26, 1933, at Nix Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Ina Louise (née Creighton), a publicity writer for movie studios, and Joseph Thomas Burnett, a movie theater manager. Her maternal grandparents were William Henry Creighton (1873–1918) and Mabel Eudora "Mae" Jones (1885–1967). Her parents divorced in the late 1930s. Subsequently, both parents independently moved to Hollywood and Burnett moved with her grandmother to

10593-496: Was finished by 1960. The last structure to be demolished was Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, built in 1908. The city charter prohibited using eminent domain on churches, but the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh was able to do so because it was not a city entity. On July 21, 1959, a steel strike halted work on the arena and delayed its opening date. The Arena was designed for

10700-399: Was held at the arena annually between 1965 and 1992. The men's basketball programs of both of the city's NCAA Division I institutions, the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University , frequently used it either as a primary or secondary home court, and the last basketball game played at the arena was the two schools' annual rivalry game in 2009. Among the two schools, Duquesne made

10807-479: Was increased due to additions between 1972 and 1991. The arena originally consisted only of lower bowl seating, but over time, upper decks were installed in the arena's "end zones" to increase capacity. In December 1999, Mellon Financial purchased the Arena's naming rights in a 10-year, $ 18 million agreement, which renamed the arena Mellon Arena. The original center scoreboard was an electromechanical Nissen scoreboard with digital clock display, which appears in

10914-506: Was known as Mellon Arena, named for Mellon Financial , specifically American businessman and 49th Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon , which purchased the naming rights in 1999. Their naming rights expired on August 1, 2010, and the arena once again adopted the name of Civic Arena. The Civic Arena closed on June 26, 2010. The former Mellon naming rights expired soon after, and the Penguins and all other events moved across

11021-543: Was named in her honor. On her 90th birthday she was honored with an NBC variety special entitled, Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love where various collaborators and performers paid tribute to her. This included Julie Andrews , Vicki Lawrence , Lily Tomlin , Steve Carell , Amy Poehler , Ellen DeGeneres , Bob Odenkirk , and Cher among many others. Burnett married her college sweetheart Don Saroyan on December 15, 1955. They divorced in 1962. On May 4, 1963, Burnett married television producer Joe Hamilton ,

11128-452: Was no spider, but Joe said he did anyhow. She said 'Every few minutes a big spider jumps on that little spider and they go at it like rabbits!!' And then she died. There's laughter in everything!" She continued the tradition of tugging her ear. The show ceased production in 1978. Four post-script episodes were produced and aired on ABC during the summer of 1979 under the title Carol Burnett & Company . The productions used essentially

11235-636: Was offered (but declined) Here's Agnes by CBS executives. The two women remained close friends until Ball's death in 1989. Ball sent flowers every year on Burnett's birthday. When Burnett awoke on the day of her 56th birthday in 1989, she discovered via the morning news that Ball had died. Later that afternoon, flowers arrived at Burnett's house with a note reading, "Happy Birthday, Kid. Love, Lucy." In 1963 she made her feature film debut in comedy Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? starring opposite Dean Martin and Elizabeth Montgomery . Burnett said of her role in

11342-455: Was on the air. Its ensemble cast included Tim Conway (who was a guest player until the ninth season), Harvey Korman , Lyle Waggoner and the teenaged Vicki Lawrence , whom Burnett discovered and mentored. The network initially did not want her to do a variety show because it believed only men could be successful at variety, but her contract required that it give her one season of whatever kind of show she wanted to make. She chose to carry on

11449-446: Was to be a Maxwell concert on July 10, 2010. However, the show was canceled. On June 8, 2010, the arena's management group, SMG , announced that James Taylor and Carole King 's Troubadour Reunion Tour concert stop would be the final event at Mellon Arena on June 26, 2010. "It was beautiful, I can remember because the roof was round and white and pristine. It was like playing in a cloud. Imagine, it's almost like you're playing in

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