I expect that Carol Burnett can take a joke as she is a comedian and has been making people laugh for years. Maybe she is morally opposed to pornography in which case, I would be upset that they use my image (which was used on a good, clean, family show) and place it in a pornography shop...joke or not.

Easy there, Phish...

I agree that the lawsuit is misguided and an over-reaction. But I think that the Charwoman character is something of great sentimental value to Ms. Burnett. I read her autobiography many years ago, and I don't remember many details; but I seem to recall that the character wasn't just something concocted by the show's art director for the credits; it had a backstory and some special meaning for her.

I have enormous respect for Carol Burnett, and I expect she can generally take a joke. She's almost certainly off base here legally -- fair use covers a lot of ground when you're parodying pop culture -- and should lighten up, but I'm willing to cut her some slack, in deference to her four or five decades as a class act in the entertainment industry.

people who cant laugh at themselves need to be shot in the stomach with a .44 calibre coiled bullet, so that they die a very slow and incredibly excruciating death.

I still wonder if the "charwoman" character is a registered trademark in which case there's always the question of needing to defend your trademark against unauthorized third party use.

It was 18 seconds and 90% of the people watching have no clue what it meant.

I'm sure many people wouldn't find it humorous to be portrayed in a pornography shop. Ordinarily I agree that cartoon characters are fair game for parody use, but in this case the cartoon character has the visage of an actual person, and actors have been traditionally given greater rights to control how they are portrayed, given that their image and persona are their stock in trade. I am surprised that the judge is apparently ready to issue a summary judgement without hearing further arguments. Her attorneys' written pleading must have been very poor to have this result.

What us it she want? she may get some money and have it taken out of syndication and she will forver be known as a bitch who cant take a joke!!!