“Sound of Music” stars Duane Chase, Kym Karath, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, and Nicholas Hammond Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TNT “You’re a Great Dame in every sense of the word,” said Burnett to her friend, leading the charge in highlighting the regal aspect of Andrews that was also touched on in presentations from her “Despicable Me” son Steve Carell and “The Princess Diaries” pal Héctor Elizondo. While it was fun to also hear the honoree’s “Mary Poppins” co-star Dick Van Dyke, appearing via video message, also poke fun at his inadequacies with the line “Thank you for not criticizing my cockney accent because it was really bad,” the most delightful portion of the Gala Tribute was having Andrews’ “chum” Carol Burnett as a recurring presenter, with a clip of the two icons having a food fight in one of their TV specials causing a laugh riot.

They told me ‘You’re no Julie Andrews,’’ said the actress, getting a big laugh from the crowd. “And I’ll never forget, on my report card I was actually compared to Julie - I still remember it. Next was the first of what would be multiple video segments played between each presenter, showing Andrews reminiscing on her entire career in entertainment, and providing dry quips like “ Burton was pretty alcoholic at times, but never, ever seemed to be affected by it,” that were manna for any viewer hoping to catch some tidbits on what Broadway and Hollywood were like back in the day.Īctress Jane Seymour was the next presenter, following “ The Sound of Music” reunion, and shared that not only did she go to the same performing arts school as Andrews, she had the same singing coach.

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