I read somewhere that Ms. Vicki was by far the most controlled of the cast and seldom lost it despite Conway’s best efforts.
She said “Don’t trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer, cause the judge in the town’s got blood stains on his hands” and I advise you to take heed.
Yeah: she committed to each part (instead of just mugging her way through, as so many do). She’s one of that band of performers who’ve never gotten the recognition they deserve.
I’m glad, at least, that the “Mama’s Family” franchise has provided her with a decent living. But, like Tracey Ullman, she had the capacity to do more than showbiz offered her the opportunity to do.
That must be why they buried 'em together.
Upthread is a link to the skit’s backstory, an interview with Vicki Lawrence. It’s good. ETA: and it touches on what you say here.
Dick VanDyke demonstrates why I wear dark pants, always.
The clip is a really good example of what natural audience sounds are like.
It’s Lyle Wagner, not Dick Van Dyke.
No, it’s Dick Van Dyke. Watch the videos above. Vicki even says in the interview that it was Dick Van Dyke.
Nope, DVD was on the show during the last season.
It took me a lot longer than necessary to parse that sentence.
Waggoner, not Wagner. And it’s sketch in the business, not skit.
He did. He’s a zombie now.
Well, crap. That’s what I get for posting without checking my facts. In my defense I come from an alternate universe where it was the Berenstein Bears and “dilemma” is spelled “dilemna.” In that universe it was Lyle Wagonner in the sketch.
Amen!
She said "Are you sure that little asshole’s through?
Post 7.
Dick van Dyke.
Dick freaking van Dyke.
One of the funniest men in television history. Certainly top five.
And he can’t get a word in. Not one in that skit.
That’s really a master class from Conway on how to sell an outrageous premise and story. Just brilliant.
It looks like this thread is becoming a zombie magnet. If anyone has anything new to add, start a new thread.