Friday, September 17, 2010

Rita Rudner on "The Late, Late Show" with Craig Ferguson



Birthday wishes go out today to Rita Rudner, who started out in show business as a dancer, appearing in the original productions of such shows as Follies and Mack & Mabel; at the age of 25 she switched to comedy, and the rest is the stuff of legend. As one of the few clean comics working, Rudner's wide-eyed ditzy persona is belied by the laser-sharpness of her logic.

Since 2001, Rudner has performed almost exclusively in Las Vegas, where her shows have sold nearly a million tickets; seeing as I cannot get to Vegas to see her, I thought I'd post this clip of her in conversation with TV's Craig Ferguson instead.
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4 comments:

  1. GavinSaturday, September 20, 2008 at 11:16:00 AM PDT

    Rita Rudner is awesome!

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  2. michael sean morrisSaturday, September 20, 2008 at 11:48:00 AM PDT

    I agree, obviously. My grandmother and I used to watch her concerts aching with laughter. Rudner proves that you don't have to work blue to be funny.

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  3. tankmontrealSunday, September 21, 2008 at 9:06:00 AM PDT

    Didn't she used to be edgier?

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  4. michael sean morrisSunday, September 21, 2008 at 11:43:00 AM PDT

    If anything she's edgier now, with all her talk of breasts and such. Must be that ole Vegas influence, corrupting her.

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