Faux Maude on The Carol Burnett Show

Link to the Twitter post.

Thank you OP! I remember this. SO COOL!!!!!

I wonder if Teresa Renturia is still living?

Part of me thinks this was planned, no matter what they say. This woman was way too prepared to entertain.

Her name was Terry McCann and she lived to be 100.

Now that’s an amazing broad!

Classic Carol Burnett moment..

I’ll raise a toast to her with a Strawberry Daq-A-Rita Bucket at Applebee’s tonight.

She certainly had a fabulous voice.

Aw, today’s her birthday.

What's the context for this? Was the frumpy lady who asked the question a plant?

sweetie

She did indeed look like Bea during that television era. 😍

Terry would definitely be a DLer.

I wouldn't leave your dressing room door unlocked, OP...

I think in some ways the Q&As from the Burnett show hold up better than some of the sketches. They are simply Carol’s funny interactions with her audience and her obvious joy in being with them. Who else would let someone from the audience come onstage and do a musical number before her own show of comedy and music was about to begin? I laughed when I saw this in the 1970s, and I still laugh every time I watch this clip.

[quote]Part of me thinks this was planned, no matter what they say. This woman was way too prepared to entertain.

But, believing it was spontaneous and not a plant in the audience is what makes it fun.

I love her snazzy sailor outfit! So glam.

I remember a DLer posting this 5-7 years ago, at least. Someone else posted about that woman's grandchild who gave more details about the Maude clone, like she actually used to entertain locally, and was just a great ole broad.

Thanks for bringing it back for us, OP!

R15 It may have been a plant by the producer and/or director, but Carol’s laughter seemed spontaneous l, and her joining Terry’s song and then “lousing up Terry’s finish” suggests the duet wasn’t pre-rehearsed.

"You wanna sing too?" Carol is wonderful.

She belongs in the broad thread.

That was brilliant. Carol Burnett looks like she was great fun and a nice person. Was she huge in the US?