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Carol Burnett Talks to Chelsea Handler About Lucille's 'Balls'

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In the early days it was difficult to be a female showrunner, but Burnett remembers Lucille Ball did it with panache. 

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Comedian Carol Burnett recently sat down with Chelsea Handler to dish on her friendship with Lucille Ball, whom she found tremendously inspiring.

There were many challenges to being a female showrunner, as Burnett and Ball both learned. Here Burnett passes the torch to Handler, with a life lesson for the comedian who is today also at the helm of her own production.

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