Carol Burnett Gives Bartenders a Cosmopolitan Recipe Card (Exclusive)

by Ismail Hodge
Carol Burnett Gives Bartenders a Cosmopolitan Recipe Card (Exclusive)

Carol Burnett likes her drinks the way in which she likes them.

Whereas attending a ceremony the place Burnett, 91, obtained her hands and feet plastered into the ground exterior the well-known TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on Thursday, June 20, Laura Dern opened as much as PEOPLE completely in regards to the legendary star and her go-to drink order.

“She has an unimaginable card that she offers to bartenders for the ‘Carol Burnett cosmopolitan,’ ” mentioned Dern, 57.

“And it has her actual recipe,” the actress continued, as tv and movie producer Jayme Lemons added, “Carol offers it to all bartenders. It has a little bit caricature of herself.”

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From left: Jayme Lemons, Carol Burnett and Laura Dern.

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In accordance with Dern and Lemons, Burnett’s drink card impressed how they informed the actress and comic that she can be honored with the ceremony on the TCL Chinese language Theatre.

The 2 created an identical card, solely as an alternative of Burnett’s go-to drink order, a picture of the star standing in entrance of the famed Hollywood attraction was featured.

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“Jayme and I are collectively, one just about and one in individual, and mentioned, ‘We made up this card since you’ve impressed us a lot as producers and every little thing you have executed, and we love the cardboard you have executed for bartenders, so we needed to provide you considered one of our new playing cards,’ ” Dern defined.

“She takes it, and he or she’s like, ‘Wait, what?’ And it was the cardboard together with her likeness,” the Huge Little Lies star added. “After which we informed her.”

Carol Burnett.

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Lemons mentioned that Burnett was stunned by the honour — which ultimately ended up coming collectively inside two weeks — and “burst into tears.”

On the weekday ceremony, Burnett was joined by Dern and Lemons, in addition to Dick Van Dyke, who appeared alongside the Hollywood legend on The Carol Burnett Present, which ran for 11 seasons from 1967 to 1978. 

The ceremony was additionally attended by Bob Mackie, Allison Janney, Bill HaderJane LynchLisa Ann WalterBob Odenkirk and Maya Rudolph.

Jimmy Kimmel additionally spoke in the course of the ceremony. Following the occasion, the discuss present host, 56, shared on social media, “Thanks Carol Burnett for giving me the honour of honoring you at your exceptionally well-deserved and lengthy overdue handprint & footprint ceremony this morning in Hollywood.”

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