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Teri Garr

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291 total appearances

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Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

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.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

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.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

Well, a little bit. I mean, you know, I'm sure there's been so much written about Elvis, but he was out there like, you know, a fish out of water. And he's in Hollywood making movies. And I also think he had a kind of a morbid fascination with his Colonel Parker and whatever he told him to do. You go to Hollywood, you make these movies. So there he was.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

Well, a little bit. I mean, you know, I'm sure there's been so much written about Elvis, but he was out there like, you know, a fish out of water. And he's in Hollywood making movies. And I also think he had a kind of a morbid fascination with his Colonel Parker and whatever he told him to do. You go to Hollywood, you make these movies. So there he was.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

Well, a little bit. I mean, you know, I'm sure there's been so much written about Elvis, but he was out there like, you know, a fish out of water. And he's in Hollywood making movies. And I also think he had a kind of a morbid fascination with his Colonel Parker and whatever he told him to do. You go to Hollywood, you make these movies. So there he was.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

And he brought all his boys with him and they'd hang out on the set. And he said, you girls want to come to a party at Elvis's tonight? I went, Well, yeah, okay. So we go to Elvis's, but he should have actually said, do you want to come and watch Elvis watch TV or something? That's more like what it was. But I was fascinated by the whole thing. I was fascinated by him.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

And he brought all his boys with him and they'd hang out on the set. And he said, you girls want to come to a party at Elvis's tonight? I went, Well, yeah, okay. So we go to Elvis's, but he should have actually said, do you want to come and watch Elvis watch TV or something? That's more like what it was. But I was fascinated by the whole thing. I was fascinated by him.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

And he brought all his boys with him and they'd hang out on the set. And he said, you girls want to come to a party at Elvis's tonight? I went, Well, yeah, okay. So we go to Elvis's, but he should have actually said, do you want to come and watch Elvis watch TV or something? That's more like what it was. But I was fascinated by the whole thing. I was fascinated by him.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

He was such a talented, you know, charismatic guy. And I looked at him. I thought, you know, he should be in front of an audience, not on the soundstage. He's just kind of wasting it. But anyway, I got to be kind of friends with him. You know, he was very funny. And I don't think people will talk about that. He really had a great sense of humor, very funny, and laughed all the time.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

He was such a talented, you know, charismatic guy. And I looked at him. I thought, you know, he should be in front of an audience, not on the soundstage. He's just kind of wasting it. But anyway, I got to be kind of friends with him. You know, he was very funny. And I don't think people will talk about that. He really had a great sense of humor, very funny, and laughed all the time.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

He was such a talented, you know, charismatic guy. And I looked at him. I thought, you know, he should be in front of an audience, not on the soundstage. He's just kind of wasting it. But anyway, I got to be kind of friends with him. You know, he was very funny. And I don't think people will talk about that. He really had a great sense of humor, very funny, and laughed all the time.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

Yes.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

Yes.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

Yes.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

No, they were called pods.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

No, they were called pods.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

No, they were called pods.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

67 or 68. Well, they were called things like the Watusi and the swim and the something like that. We also did mostly that same guy choreographed Viva Las Vegas, choreographed Shindig for a while. So we did some real dancing on that. Some numbers. We called them. I don't know.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

67 or 68. Well, they were called things like the Watusi and the swim and the something like that. We also did mostly that same guy choreographed Viva Las Vegas, choreographed Shindig for a while. So we did some real dancing on that. Some numbers. We called them. I don't know.

Fresh Air
Remembering 'Tootsie' Actor Teri Garr

67 or 68. Well, they were called things like the Watusi and the swim and the something like that. We also did mostly that same guy choreographed Viva Las Vegas, choreographed Shindig for a while. So we did some real dancing on that. Some numbers. We called them. I don't know.