Teri Garr

I didn't even know what it meant, but I thought, well, I'm throwing it anyway because it's funny. It's funny and it's very of its time. Yes, of its time is right.

You know, some of these things are credits, some of them are debits, and that was filler.

You know, some of these things are credits, some of them are debits, and that was filler.

You know, some of these things are credits, some of them are debits, and that was filler.

Yeah, among others. Yeah. At that time, he was doing about at least four movies a year, bad ones in Hollywood. But I had worked in West Side Story with the original cast of Jerry Robbins. So I was a really good, legit dancer. And one of the guys in the show became a choreographer for Viva Las Vegas. He said, you guys want to come down to this audition? So we went, well, sure, let's do that.

Yeah, among others. Yeah. At that time, he was doing about at least four movies a year, bad ones in Hollywood. But I had worked in West Side Story with the original cast of Jerry Robbins. So I was a really good, legit dancer. And one of the guys in the show became a choreographer for Viva Las Vegas. He said, you guys want to come down to this audition? So we went, well, sure, let's do that.

Yeah, among others. Yeah. At that time, he was doing about at least four movies a year, bad ones in Hollywood. But I had worked in West Side Story with the original cast of Jerry Robbins. So I was a really good, legit dancer. And one of the guys in the show became a choreographer for Viva Las Vegas. He said, you guys want to come down to this audition? So we went, well, sure, let's do that.

So then once in those days, once you got into the union or the Central casting, they just called you again and again and again. So I started going to all the auditions. I mean, I danced in Elvis Presley movies, but I also danced in Shirley MacLaine movies, What a Way to Go, and John Goldfarb, Please Come Home, a big movie. And a lot of other little movies that they just called me for.

So then once in those days, once you got into the union or the Central casting, they just called you again and again and again. So I started going to all the auditions. I mean, I danced in Elvis Presley movies, but I also danced in Shirley MacLaine movies, What a Way to Go, and John Goldfarb, Please Come Home, a big movie. And a lot of other little movies that they just called me for.

So then once in those days, once you got into the union or the Central casting, they just called you again and again and again. So I started going to all the auditions. I mean, I danced in Elvis Presley movies, but I also danced in Shirley MacLaine movies, What a Way to Go, and John Goldfarb, Please Come Home, a big movie. And a lot of other little movies that they just called me for.

So that's how that started. I'd be like one step ahead of being a cocktail waitress. Why?

So that's how that started. I'd be like one step ahead of being a cocktail waitress. Why?

So that's how that started. I'd be like one step ahead of being a cocktail waitress. Why?

Actually, it was great fun to dance in the Elvis movies.

Actually, it was great fun to dance in the Elvis movies.

Actually, it was great fun to dance in the Elvis movies.

Oh, man, they were all pretty bad. I guess in that Clambake thing, there was something about digging for clams. Oh, man, they were all bad. But, you know, it was so funny because I grew up with my mother telling me stories about being a rockette. She goes, we had to do everything. We had to learn to play the violin one week and the drums the next week.

Oh, man, they were all pretty bad. I guess in that Clambake thing, there was something about digging for clams. Oh, man, they were all bad. But, you know, it was so funny because I grew up with my mother telling me stories about being a rockette. She goes, we had to do everything. We had to learn to play the violin one week and the drums the next week.

Oh, man, they were all pretty bad. I guess in that Clambake thing, there was something about digging for clams. Oh, man, they were all bad. But, you know, it was so funny because I grew up with my mother telling me stories about being a rockette. She goes, we had to do everything. We had to learn to play the violin one week and the drums the next week.

So she was always telling me how they were so versatile. So that one... We did these silly clam bake and whatever they were with Elvis. I thought, well, I'm in the same boat with my mom. Your mom was one of the original Rockettes. Yes, she was. The original Rockettes. They were called the Roxettes or something when she first went in there. I know the history of the Rockettes. Believe me.