A thread for Martha Raye

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So for a lot of people my age we just knew her as "Martha Raye, the Bigmouth!" for some denture ads in the eighties, though I discovered in retrospect she was Benita Bizarre on The Bugaloos, which I just missed when I was small (I was a Lidsville kid.)

But she had one hell of a career and was, as they say, smokin' hot (and if you don't believe me you haven't seen this).

Rosemary to thread! And other folks too of course.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 March 2005 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

SHe married this though -

http://www.akamarkharris.com/markmodel02.jpg

― svend (svend), Friday, 4 March 2005 17:04 (twenty-one years ago)

We all have a dark side.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 March 2005 17:04 (twenty-one years ago)

A very dark side -

http://www.akamarkharris.com/markshow02.jpg

― svend (svend), Friday, 4 March 2005 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

He's all torso and shins, there's no area!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 March 2005 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I knew she was on the Bugaloos, but I didn't know she was so hot stuff.

Who was the evil beeotch on HR Puffenstuff? Ruth Buzzie or Phyllis Diller maybe?

That genre of kooky loudmouths went out with Carol Burnett et al.

― andy --, Friday, 4 March 2005 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Remember the crazy David Letterman fiasco, where he referred to her as "Martha Raye, condom user"? A quick Google search yielded this:

In Raye v. Letterman (1987), entertainer Martha Raye had appeared in an ad which begins "Here is Martha Raye, actress, denture wearer." David Letterman referred to a "terrifying commercial" featuring "Martha Raye, condom user." Held not defamatory, since reasonable people would not conclude from it that plaintiff was promiscuous.

I just love that last sentence.

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Friday, 4 March 2005 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Mark Harris is on Howard Stern all the time. Last time he was trying to pitch a talk show to replace Howard when he moves to Satellite featuring himself and Andrew Dice Clay. The name of the show was going to be 'Famous and Andy.'

― 57 7th (calstars), Friday, 4 March 2005 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

she should do a threesome with yogi berra and jerry falwell

― jbr (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 March 2005 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

She's great in that Chaplin movie.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 March 2005 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah wtf, why wasn't this titled "A thread for Martha Raye, denture wearer" Ned?

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 4 March 2005 19:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Even I have my failings. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 March 2005 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.akamarkharris.com/martha25b.jpg

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Friday, 4 March 2005 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.comedystars.com/Bios/_pics/raye_martha.jpg

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Friday, 4 March 2005 19:39 (twenty-one years ago)

She was married to Bud Westmore at one point!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 March 2005 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

Both of her musical numbers in Hellzapoppin' are full of vim and vigor. Funny too. No wonder at all Chaplin cast her in Monsieur Verdoux.

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 15:42 (eighteen years ago)

In 1985, when my 42-yr old brother was dying of a brain tumor, he flew back home (accompanied by our mother) to be with family in the last weeks. Martha Raye was on the flight and noticed him—he was obviously sick—half paralysed, hair fallen out. She sat in an empty seat next to him and held his hand and talked to him for most of the flight.

― Beth Parker, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 16:14 (eighteen years ago)

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