Carol Burnett's response to an audience member who knows her ex-boyfriend was hilarious. The young girl's comment had to have taken Carol entirely by surprise, but she responded quickly, without missing a beat. Watch the short clip to see how Carol answered the little girl.

Life is a series of unexpected events. Yes, situations and circumstances often take us by surprise, but so do the things people say. We can never guess what will come out of someone’s mouth. It could be a sweet, heartwarming and uplifting word or a cold, cruel and cutting statement. Words are powerful, to say the least.

But people can make other statements and comments that throw us for a loop—things we could have never guessed to hear. In a clip posted on YouTube, that’s precisely what Carol heard from a little lady sitting in her studio audience. The child told the comedic legend that she lived next door to Carol’s ex-boyfriend and that he said, “Hello.”

When Carol learns that the person the child is talking about is someone from her childhood, she has a hysterical and perfect response.

“Tommy!” she says. “You’re kidding! Tommy Tracy! She lives next door to Tommy Tracy! How is he? Do you know I loved him from the time I was about 12 years old up through the time I was 17, which was about 10 years ago? I had always loved Tommy Tracy, and I always dreamed that someday we’d get married, and I’d have two children, and I’d name them Stacy Tracy and Dick Tracy.”

The short clip demonstrates that Carol was not only funny but also very quick on her feet. She came up with that hilarious and witty response that got the entire studio audience laughing right on the spot.

Proverbs 17:22 “A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.”