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Remembering Gale Gordon on his birthday. #botd

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Gale Gordon admires Eve Arden’s Emmy in 1954 for “Our Miss Brooks.” They co-starred in the radio series, on TV, and reprised the roles for the 1956 feature film.

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Gale Gordon (February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995)

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RIP RUTH BUZZI

1936 - 2025

Ruth Buzzi was born in Westerly, Rhode Island. She came to national recognition when she teamed up with Dom DeLuise as an incompetent magician and she his assistant who never spoke but sported a wide grin. The audiences demanded more of them and they eventually played several major nighttime television variety shows.

She was cast on “Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In” (1967-1973) creating the character of Gladys Ormphby (inset photo), a homely woman with a hairnet and a lethal handbag who was often found on a park bench fighting off the advances of a dirty old man (Arte Johnson).

Although programmed against one another Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. both were seen on "Laugh-In" which was frequently quoted and mentioned on “Here’s Lucy.”  In April 1969, Lucille Ball guest-starred in "Like Hep!", a Dinah Shore variety special created by the producers of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". On it, Lucy does a sketch with Dick Martin (her former "Lucy Show" co-star) that is a futuristic robot version of Buzzi's bench warmer Gladys.

Lucy also sat in for Buzzi on the "Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" (1971), encountering Arte Johnson in his role as Tyrone Horneigh. Lucy fends him off with the roses much the way Buzzi did with her purse.

In December 1972, while still under contract to "Laugh-In", Ruth guest starred on "Here's Lucy" playing Annie Whipple, a homely woman transformed by her appearance in a musical comedy. The episode was titled "My Fair Buzzi" as an homage to the hit 1959 play and 1965 film "My Fair Lady."

In February 1975, Lucille Ball was the subject of "Dean Martin's Celebrity Roast". Buzzi took the dais dressed as Gladys, the only one to roast Lucy as a character, not herself. Gladys says that they were both showgirls starting out.

In 1986, Ruth had a cameo as a customer at the Hardware Store on the second episode (guest starring John Ritter) of “Life With Lucy.”

She says she has tickets to John Ritter's play at the Pasadena Playhouse. In reality, Ruth Buzzi trained at the Playhouse as did Ritter.

Buzzi was nominated for five Emmy Awards and won a Golden Globe in 1973.   

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