Carol Burnette and Lucille Ball were close friends, with Carol making several appearances on Lucy’s 1960s sitcoms. Lucy wanted to create a sitcom for Carol to star in, but Carol decided she’d rather host a variety show instead. I’ll go out on a limb here and say she made the right decision.
Carol was big on the Gary Moore show and liked variety and improv. She could do everything and like Selleck said, could be one helluva sexy woman. But she made her rep playing buckteeth, curler ridden, washer women with a mop. To me, she is or was the most talented female performer ever.