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Carol Burnett and Dick Van Dyke reunite for an iconic moment

The comedy legends and longtime friends were co-stars on "The Carol Burnett Show."
/ Source: TODAY

Carol Burnett reunited with fellow comedy legend Dick Van Dyke at a special handprint ceremony in Burnett's honor at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on June 20.

The former "Carol Burnett Show" star, 91, preserved her handprints and footprints in wet cement outside the theater alongside those of dozens of other Hollywood legends, including Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant.

Van Dyke, 98, who co-starred with Burnett on nearly a dozen episodes of her iconic comedy sketch program, which aired from 1967 to 1978 on CBS, was on hand to cheer her on.

The former "Dick Van Dyke Show" star, who was feted in his own handprint ceremony at the theater in 1966, posed with Burnett at the event.

Carol Burnett joined by Dick Van Dyke at TCL Chinese Theatre handprint and footprint ceremony.
Dick Van Dyke and Carol Burnett pose outside the TCL Chinese Theatre on June 20.Michael Buckner / Variety via Getty Images

During her speech, Burnett revealed that the honor reminded her of growing up a starstruck youngster in Los Angeles.

"When I was a little girl, I can't begin to count the times that my grandmother and I would walk up here to the Grauman’s Chinese — that's what it was called then — and look at all the footprints and handprints of all these great movie stars," Burnett said in a video shared by The Associated Press.

"Betty Grable was one of my favorites and I remember bending down and putting my hands on her handprints, never dreaming that someday I'd be putting my hands here," she said, pausing for comedic effect, "80 years later."

The comedian also hammed it up during the ceremony by pretending her hands had become stuck in the cement.

Carol Burnett places hands in cement at ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre.
Carol Burnett leaves her handprints in cement outside the TCL Chinese Theatre.Eric Charbonneau / Getty Images

Burnett’s current “Palm Royale” co-star Laura Dern, Bob Odenkirk, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, “Abbott Elementary” star Lisa Ann Walter and former “Saturday Night Live” star Maya Rudolph were also on hand to pay tribute to her.

Carol Burnett and Dick Van Dyke in 1976.
Burnett and Van Dyke in 1976.Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images

Kimmel later shared a photo on Instagram that showed him posing with Burnett and others.

"Thank you Carol Burnett for giving me the honor of honoring you at your exceptionally well-deserved and long overdue handprint & footprint ceremony this morning in Hollywood," he wrote.