tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post161791610297824988..comments2024-01-24T01:27:11.111-05:00Comments on Café Muscato: And Now, a Word From Our SponsorMuscatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-66964498131167892272014-04-23T12:35:50.543-04:002014-04-23T12:35:50.543-04:00I'm glad to hear that success sweetened her di...I'm glad to hear that success sweetened her disposition - <i>Intimate Nights</i> (not on the whole a meanspirited book) has other tales that back up the possibility that on the way up, she wasn't a treat to be around.<br /><br />And yes, she does look a lot like MacLaine here. It's too bad that she wasn't able to be as daffy on TV later on as she started out - also that she didn't have as big an audience as she could have for her singing (her "serious" trademark, early on, was what was apparently an immensely affecting go at "Why Can't I," one of my favorite numbers...Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-29303709221563874152014-04-23T12:11:22.143-04:002014-04-23T12:11:22.143-04:00I've run into Charlotte a number of times over...I've run into Charlotte a number of times over the last two decades. Had a great time chatting with her (and her tiny Texan sister) after seeing her as Berthe in <i>Pippin</i> at the Paper Mill Playhouse in NJ in 2000. Over the next few years, our paths crossed at Joe Allen, the Irish Rep Theater (where she introduced me to her good friend Lynn, Burton Lane's widow), and outside more than one Broadway show. She was a sparkplug on each meeting. Tiny, so tiny. Lively. Twinkling eyes. Quick with a smile. An answer to every question and comment.<br /><br />Cannot get past her resemblance to early career Shirley MacLaine in this clip.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851297819829806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-70947183421699625182014-04-23T09:05:22.876-04:002014-04-23T09:05:22.876-04:00I remember reading in 'Center Square" a b...I remember reading in 'Center Square" a biography of Paul Lynde that the two of them got some early comedy troupe training together.<br />ilducehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964508218530524594noreply@blogger.com