Carol Channing "qoutes" Ethel Merman

[YipHarburg]

Carol Channing "qoutes" Ethel Merman#1

Posted: 11/12/09 at 12:51am

Is Channing confusing a backstage visit from Merman with seeing Merman in GYPSY? Those two qoutes from Merman are clearly lines from the GYPSY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2hEMG6D_Tw&NR=1



Updated On: 11/12/09 at 12:51 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Carol Channing 'qoutes' Ethel Merman#2

Posted: 11/12/09 at 9:28am

It's like when the late Joey Adams used to quote people in his column, but it would just be lines they said in movies.

[Reginald Tresilian]

re: Carol Channing 'qoutes' Ethel Merman#2

Posted: 11/12/09 at 9:47am

Bizarre.

"And then I'll never forget it. She looked me right in the eye, and she said, 'Have an egg roll.'"

[PalJoey]

re: Carol Channing 'qoutes' Ethel Merman#3

Posted: 11/12/09 at 11:02am

She's never been anything but bizarre.

[binau]

re: Carol Channing 'qoutes' Ethel Merman#4

Posted: 11/12/09 at 4:57pm

Strange but I'm sure she knew the lines were in GYPSY. I mean, what is funny about the quotes otherwise?

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

Updated On: 11/12/09 at 04:57 PM

[BDrischBDemented]

re: Carol Channing 'qoutes' Ethel Merman#5

Posted: 11/12/09 at 8:03pm

"Strange but I'm sure she knew the lines were in GYPSY. I mean, what is funny about the quotes otherwise?"

The response "Because you're lucky" really isn't funny per se because of anything that's happened in "Gypsy" up until that point.

"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"

[nmartin]

re: Carol Channing 'qoutes' Ethel Merman#6

Posted: 11/13/09 at 6:29am

She's been doing that same act forever. Still love her. The material about Sophie Tucker, Bankhead, Merman goes back decades.