Posted on 05/02/2025 7:46:29 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
Ruth Buzzi, who was so hilarious as the lonely spinster Gladys Ormphby, the lady who swung her handbag as a lethal weapon, on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, has died. She was 88.
Buzzi died Thursday night in her sleep at her home in Texas, her family announced. In July 2022, her husband, actor Kent Perkins, revealed that she was “bedridden and incapacitated” after suffering a seres of strokes.
Buzzi appeared in the original Broadway production of the musical comedy Sweet Charity, played Marlo Thomas’ pal Margie “Pete” Peterson on ABC’s That Girl, starred opposite Jim Nabors on a Saturday morning kids show, The Lost Saucer, and spent many years on Sesame Street.
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Back when if there was poltical humor, they took equal shots at both sides.
RIP.
That character freaked me out when I was a kid, she looked like she had a hole in her forehead.
My mom and I loved that! Funny lady, may she RIP.
Well then you know what I'm here after.
“Judy Carne supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election” (Wiki)
“Jennifer Rubin is the new Ruth Buzzi.”
LOL. True!
She was a funny lady and she was good with Artie.
From what I’ve read she was a lovely person, as well as a talented comic.
Do you believe in the Here-after?
Then you know what I am here after.
I’m reminded of Rush’s nickname for RGB: “Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg”.
Damn I'm old { snicker }
Cripes you’re right.
And now, folks, it’s ‘Sock it to me’ time.
Loved watching Laugh In when I was in high school. Ruth Buzzi and Artie Johnson’s running park bench skit was always a hoot.
I had a crush on Judy Carne
Memory Eternal!
do you believe in the hereafter ?
yes
then you know what I’m here after...
“Back when if there was poltical humor, they took equal shots at both sides.”
Yeah Johnny Carson was interviewed and asked why his show did not deal with more politics. Carson mentioned Bob Hope and other comedians of that era generally not focusing on politics. He made a strong case for intentionally not making his show overtly political.
Carson had his faults but I was grateful for his show back then. God bless him.
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