Carol Channing, Dead at 97

[gallahadesquire]

Carol Channing dead at 97

[+ sync]

She was awesome. R.I.P.

[Whitman]

"Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward." -- CAROL CHANNING

 

Godspeed, Carol Channing. Make heaven laugh.

[samhexum]

Shouldn't this be in the movie thread? After all, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE is the most important work she ever did.

 

Her (identical) twin sister Stockard must be devastated.

Edited January 15, 2019 by samhexum

[+ WilliamM]

I only saw Channing in one play that probably lost money, but like her or dislike her, Carol Channing was a major Broadway star. (Even if Ethel Merman could not remember her name .)

[+ E.T.Bass]

Saw her years ago, Hello Dolly revival tour, when I was too young to know how special that was. She was adored by the audience. I could tell that much.

She is the reason I liked Thoroughly Modern Millie.

[samhexum]

She is the reason I liked Thoroughly Modern Millie.

 

 

http://bp2.blogger.com/_FW86_jO7k_A/Rq3QVYFq8xI/AAAAAAAAKN4/yOHqrgpND4Q/s400/25.gif

 

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kzcvrFWjMrQ/UG0nz3ceGKI/AAAAAAAAH34/9AOQg0rZ5KA/s1600/carolch.jpg

 

[+ WilliamM]

Saw her years ago, Hello Dolly revival tour, when I was too young to know how special that was. She was adored by the audience. I could tell that much.

She is the reason I liked Thoroughly Modern Millie.

 

She was an unusual performer. Singing on her own, not the context of a musical or film, she was just ok

Edited January 15, 2019 by WilliamM

[+ Gar1eth]

 

Gman

[OneFinger]

I remember seeing her on Broadway in her 1,999 performance of Dolly. So glad I got to see her in person.

[+ WilliamM]

There is not much new that can be written about the play "Legends" with Carol and Mary Martin. In the first few cities on tour, Martin was slow remembering the dialogue - not a new problem, but especially difficult when the plot never went anywhere after the first scene. (I saw the play in Boston.)

 

Carol enjoyed doing publicity. In Dallas, someone asked her why was not Mary Martin there too

 

Carol, "She is back at the hotel learning her lines!"