The legendary comedian lived with her grandmother in Los Angeles when she was growing up
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- Carol Burnett is reflecting on life as a child in Los Angeles
- Speaking to Amy Poehler in a new interview, Burnett spoke about her “poor” childhood living with her grandmother near the Hollywood sign
- As she explained, she’d often climb the sign with her friends
Carol Burnett is reflecting on her life growing up in Los Angeles — in the shadow of a Hollywood sign that she used to literally climb as a child.
Speaking on the Tuesday, Feb. 3 episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang With Amy Poehlerpodcast, the legendary comedian said of her childhood in LA, “You didn’t have to lock your doors.”
“And every morning when I would go out getting ready to go to school, I’d look up and there was a Hollywood sign,” Burnett, who turned 92 last April, said. “And we used to climb the Hollywood sign. The other neighborhood kids and I — now you can’t get near it.”
She continued: “We would fly kites or roller skate and they would say, ‘I’m bored. Let’s go climb the sign.’ So we did. And it was just, it was kind of rickety then, they’ve fixed it up now.”…