‘Awful’ appearance beside Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show; Carol Burnett says, ‘He Was Very Sweet’

During her appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday, Burnett was questioned over her several appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

Carol Burnett talks candidly about her appearance with Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show.

The 90-year-old actress was questioned about her several performances on The Ed Sullivan Show, which featured appearances by numerous celebrities like Elvis Presley and The Beatles, during her appearance on Tuesday’s broadcast of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Burnett said, “Well, I was on when Elvis was on, when he was in the army.” “They performed a huge show on stage when he was in the army.”
“And they positioned me at the front,” Burnett continued, rolling her eyes. “No one desired to see me.” “Where the hell is Elvis?” was the question, after all.

The comic admitted that she performed poorly, saying, “I bombed.” It was terrible.

When the 59-year-old Colbert questioned Burnett about whether she had said “hi” to Presley, she stated, “Yes, I met him; he was very sweet, and I got his autograph for my kid sister.”
The host went on to discuss how Burnett’s song, “I Made A Fool Of Myself Over John Foster Dulles,” which was written about the late former secretary of state, was inspired by Presley.

“Our secretary of state in the 1950s was John Foster Dulles, who had a fitting name,” Burnett added. There was nothing there; he was so boring. I recall that he never grinned at all while sporting this jacket and his cap.

“I Made A Fool Of Myself Over John Foster Dulles,” a song written by a friend of mine, is what the Annie star said she was performing.

Burnett related the story behind the song’s inspiration, saying, “Everyone was going crazy over Elvis so he wrote this song about this little girl going crazy over John Foster Dulles.”

After Dulles’ press advisor inquired about a second performance because Dulles had missed the first, Burnett disclosed that she had played the song on The Jack Paar Show and again on the same show.

The celebrity also noted that Dulles once said, “I make it a policy never to discuss matters of the heart in public,” in response to the question, “What’s going on between you and this girl that sings that love song about you?” when he later appeared on Meet The Press.