It was a reunion of two icons.
Comedy giants and longtime good friends Carol Burnett, 91, and Dick Van Dyke, 98 — both continue to heading solid in their ninth ten years — reunited on the crimson carpet Thursday.
In shots, they appear like they are in higher spirits, hugging and sharing smiles.
They have been gathered to celebrate as Burnett still left her hand and footprints in cement at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre – signing up for past Hollywood stars this sort of as Marilyn Monroe, Sidney Poitier, and Van Dyke’s “Mary Poppins” co-star Julie Andrews.
Van Dyke’s prints ended up also there, as he still left them in 1966.
Burnett joked close to, pretending her hands got caught in the cement.
“I just cannot start out to rely the periods that my grandmother and I would stroll up listed here to the Grauman’s Chinese — that’s what it was known as then — and look at all the footprints and handprints of all these wonderful film stars,” Burnett stated in her speech.
She additional, “Betty Grable was just one of my favorites, and I bear in mind bending down and putting my arms on her handprints, never ever dreaming that someday I’d be placing my hands here… 80 yrs afterwards.”
Van Dyke has appeared in 11 episodes of “The Carol Burnett Demonstrate,” which aired from 1967 to 1978.
The “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” star was there to toast and assist his pal.
Other celebs there integrated Laura Dern, Bob Odenkirk, and Jimmy Kimmel, who all spoke all through the ceremony. Bill Hader, Allison Janney, Jane Lynch, Maya Rudolph and Lisa Ann Walter also attended.
Van Dyke was photographed dropping his cane at the function. He looked unfazed, smiling at the crowd, as Dern bent down to assistance him choose it up.
Afterwards, he posed for pictures with Burnett, who looked psychological to reunite with her old buddy, as she joined arms with him. Both Van Dyke and Burnett have been all smiles.
The occasion marked the hottest accolade for Burnett, in her extended and storied vocation. Burnett, who is presently in AppleTV’s “Palm Royale,” has also gotten a slew of Emmys and Golden Globes, between other awards.
Van Dyke is also nevertheless performing, lending his voice to a 2023 episode of “The Simpsons.” He also became the oldest Daytime Emmy winner in historical past, when he took house a trophy for a “Days of Our Lives” function on June 7.
“I really don’t believe this. I truly feel like a spy from nighttime television,” he claimed at the time. “I’m 98 many years aged. Can you feel it? This seriously tops off a life time of 80 several years in the enterprise. If I had known I would have lived this lengthy I would’ve taken better treatment of myself.”
Following the ceremony, Burnett instructed “Leisure Tonight” that it was “so lovely” to see all of the individuals who confirmed up to celebrate her.
She gushed that “what touches” her the most is when followers inform her that her clearly show “cheered me up.”
