Exclusive | Carol Burnetts Palm Royale Season 2 request revealed and her Tarzan yell Easter egg

Carol Burnett still has the instincts and ideas that made her a comedy legend in the first place.The 91-year-old star of Apple TV’s glitzy period dramedy “Palm Royale” personally pitched a new accessory for her character, Norma Dellacorte, in Season 2 – and even included an Easter egg that only the sharpest ears will catch.“She texted me and she said, ‘Wouldn’t it be fun now that Norma is out and about, to make her even more imposing, if she had this really beautiful cane?’” series creator and showrunner Abe Sylvia exclusively told The Post ahead of the show’s return.“So that was Carol’s idea.”The playful back-and-forth between him and the “Carol Burnett Show” alum didn’t end there.“We were texting, and she said, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if that’s where she keeps her flask?'” he continued.

“And I said, ‘No, no, no.She doesn’t have to hide her drinking; she’ll drink in public.

That’s where Norma keeps her gun.'”Burnett was immediately sold on the idea.“Carol wrote back: ‘That’s brilliant, great,’” Sylvia recalled.“And so we had the prop department build a cane that can be a gun.”But Norma’s custom cane isn’t the only place where the “Mama’s Family” star made her mark this season.The comedy icon spontaneously let out one of her signature Tarzan yells while filming a scene — and it was included in the show’s final cut.“It was pretty thrilling when we were shooting the scene where Norma’s driving a fan boat in the ocean,” he said.

“We call action, the crane comes in past the boat, and Carol is sitting there, and she lets out the biggest Tarzan yell just for the crew.The whole crew clapped.”Burnett, however, didn’t want the moment used on screen.“She goes, ‘Okay, okay, don’t use that.

Let’s do a real one,'” Sylvia remembered.“But of course, we did end up stealing the sound from that moment and slipping it into the series.

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