In 2016, Carol Burnett released a memoir called "In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox," where she took fans behind the scenes of her life and at "The Carol Burnett Show." One behind-the-scenes moment chronicled an argument with Harvey Korman that resulted in her calling his agent.
"Our guests that week were Tim [Conway], who had not yet joined the cast as a regular, and Petula Clark, two of the nicest people in showbiz," Burnett wrote, according to The Mix.net. "Something was wrong with Harvey. Now, at times he could get into a mood. He was in an Elvis getup this particular morning and this was one of those times. ... He was scowling at everybody, and at one point he was actually rude to Tim and Petula."
Burnett confronted her co-star in his dressing room and asked him if there was anything wrong. When she was told to just mind her own business, Burnett took offense to that because it was her show, after all.
"He walked me backwards out into the hall, and he closed the door on me. I didn't know what to do, I was stunned ... It is not in my makeup to be confrontational, but I knew this situation called for it and I was going to have to step up," Burnett recalled in her book. She felt she had no other choice but to call his agent.
