Sandy Duncan/Betty Buckley

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:14pm

Ok, so I'm watching the episode of "The Muppet Show" with Sandy Duncan, and it hits me, she looks and sounds a lot like Betty Buckley...they're only about a year apart in age, both from Texas, both in musicals, and both amazing performers. Then, I started thinking about how Sandy is on tour, and Buckley has all but disappeared....what if they are the same person? Then I gave up the conspiracy idea, but has anyone else ever noticed this?

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:16pm

Honey, they are nothing alike. In appearance, voice or reputation...

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:22pm

Maybe it's just me....and yes, I know in reputation they are totally different. But esp during "Peter Pan" does Duncan sound like her (I did some searching on the site we can't mention)...but it could totally be me.

[Body Beautiful Beale]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:46pm

It must be you because I can neither see nor hear any similarity between Duncan and Buckley.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:53pm

They both have short hair...

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 9:49pm

NOTHING alike.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 10:14pm

Betty Buckley now lives back in Texas and she gives clinics on voice. She will be on television when the Kennedy Center honors ALW.

[Body Beautiful Beale]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 7:50am

Is that really true that Betty Buckley moved back to Texas?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 8:48am

I guess this means no more classes at T. Schrieber...

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 8:51am

I thought it had gotten quieter around here...

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 8:59am

The person who DOES sound like Buckley (sometimes) is Alice Ripley. If you attended the show at Town Hall or have the LIVE CD they released, there are several songs where Alice sounds JUST LIKE Betty.

EDIT: They just don't look alike.

Updated On: 12/21/06 at 08:59 AM

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:00am

Yes Betty is back in Texas raising horses and is on faculty at a University. She was talking about it at her concert in the fall. She keeps a place in NYC and visits alot, but she is at home in TX. I haven't seen anything of Sandy Duncan other than Triscuit commercials, so I have nothing to add on that comparison.

[theatahguy]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:49am

Did you say that Sandy is on tour, husk_charmer? In what? I'm dying to see her perform live. I unfortunately missed her in The King & I a few years ago.

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:58am

Isn't Betty going to do The Little Mermaid?

Updated On: 12/21/06 at 09:58 AM

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 10:24am

I don't know what Uni she teaches at, but I know she isn't at UTA anymore.

I saw Duncan in "King and I" and last I heard she was doing "Anything Goes."

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 11:15am

She just finished Mame.