Carol Burnett and Dick Van Dyke have emotional reunion at her handprint ceremony
nypost.comboth still going strong in their ninth decade — reunited on the red carpet Thursday. In photos, they look like they’re in high spirits, hugging and sharing smiles.
They were gathered to celebrate as Burnett left her hand and footprints in cement at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre – joining past Hollywood stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Sidney Poitier, and Van Dyke’s “Mary Poppins” co-star Julie Andrews.
Van Dyke’s prints were also there, as he left them in 1966. Burnett joked around, pretending her hands got stuck in the cement. “I can’t begin to count the times that my grandmother and I would walk up here to the Grauman’s Chinese — that’s what it was called then — and look at all the footprints and handprints of all these great movie stars,” Burnett said in her speech.She added, “Betty Grable was one of my favorites, and I remember bending down and putting my hands on her handprints, never dreaming that someday I’d be putting my hands here… 80 years later.”Van Dyke has appeared in 11 episodes of “The Carol Burnett Show,” which aired from 1967 to 1978.
The “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” star was there to toast and support his friend. Other celebs there included Laura Dern, Bob Odenkirk, and Jimmy Kimmel, who all spoke during the ceremony.
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