Edie Adams

I like her.
She's a good Fairy Godmother.

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Isn't it wonderful to see?

Don't forget she was married to Ernie Kovacs and appeared on his show, and she was Eileen on the OCR of the Roz Russell Wonderful Town. Her "Little Bit in Love" is still unsurpassed.

And those of us "of a certain age," remember her sexy, sultry TV commercials for Muriel 10-cent cigars (back when cigars could be advertised on television).

She sang these lyrics to the tune of "Hey, Big Spender":

The minute you walked in the joint
I could see you were a man of distinction
A real big spender,
Good looking, so refined.
I figured that you're the Muriel cigar-smoking kind.

[jump to last 8 bars]

So let me get right to the point
You're right in style
When you're in Muriel's company.
Hey! Big spender!
Hey! Big spender!
Spend a little dime with me.

[spoken] Join the Muriel mild crowd. Why don't you pick one up...and smoke it some time?

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Ooohh, Marquise, when you're good, you're GOOD.

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So when is Seth gonna get her for CHATTERBOX?

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I always thought Edie and Ernie were one of the greatest and FUNNIEST couples in entertainment. I really thought she was just as funny as he was.

She took over those cigar commercials when Ernie died and left her a large debt to pay. Those commercials were enormously popular and I think she was always grateful to Dutch Masters for giving her the opportunity to do them.

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And she is SPECTACULAR (as is the rest of the cast, particularly the Merm) in one of my favorite, all-time, overblown movies...IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD.

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