*tugs earlobe*

So glad we had this time: Last night, I finally got around to watching The Kennedy Center Honors telecast. While some of the production numbers were too, too cheesy, the heartfelt paean to Carol Burnett by longtime friend Julie Andrews was a pip. But the following story appears to have been edited (for time, likely) from the broadcast:

Adds Andrews with a grin, "We have done some wonderfully silly, crazy things together. She seems to bring out some devil in me." An example she cites is when she, Burnett and, coincidentally, Mike Nichols were each scheduled to entertain at President Lyndon Johnson's Inaugural Gala. The night before the festivities, Nichols arrived at the hotel quite late and suggested meeting them in their suite for hot chocolate. Though they were already dressed for bed, they agreed and decided to meet him at the elevator bank in their "dressing gowns." Wanting to do something silly to make Nichols laugh when he arrived, Andrews suggested "let's be kissing!" which they did when they heard the sound of the approaching elevator. "The elevator doors opened and it was packed with Secret Service men!" laughs Andrews. "Not one of them got out and you could see the stunned look on their faces as the doors closed." The bad timing continued as they kissed in front of the woman who emerged from the next elevator. Says Andrews, "Carol swears to this day that it was Lady Bird Johnson!" Finally, Nichols arrived and didn't even react to their shenanigans.

It's probably just as well they omitted the girl-on-girl story. President Bush appeared to be applauding tensely enough when, during the parade of Bob Mackie costumes worn by stars including Elaine Stritch as Eunice and Reba McEntire as Nora Desmond, Gary Beach made his entrance as Mrs. Wiggins.

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