Carol Burnett

Betty was on the show as a guest, and so was Martha Ray, who was one of the funniest women ever.

She was very bawdy and loud.

And she and Betty had worked together, and they were good friends.

So it was, for me, my God, I'd grown up watching Betty Graham, watching Martha Ray.

I was all thrilled.

So now we're rehearsing.

Now, Betty...

had a thing about coca-cola she had to drink coca-cola all the time so what would happen would she would be going constantly i mean really really loud but she just loved coca-cola so we're in the wings

And we're doing the show and Betty and Martha and I are ready for our cue to go out.

And Betty took one and did again.

Martha Ray said, oh, for God's sakes, Betty, why don't you just fart and save your teeth?

I was going to die.

And then we had to go on to the finale.

I was just hysterical.

But I mean, it was a joy.

In fact, in 11 years, we didn't have one rotten person that we dealt with at all.

Everybody was happy to be on.

And another thing that I always loved doing

Like if we had Chita Rivera or Juliet Prowse or dancers and singers on the show, we also would try to put them in a sketch.

Yeah.