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aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts) Wed Feb 20, 2013, 02:20 PM Feb 2013

Anyone remember Mrs. Miller from the 60s?

Elva Miller made a career out of "so bad it's good" performances of well-known songs, making people laugh hysterically at her when she appeared on variety shows. Her first album was titled "Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits". She performed at the Hollywood Bowl and even went to Vietnam to sing for the troops.

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Anyone remember Mrs. Miller from the 60s? (Original Post) aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 OP

Yes, I was around in the '60s. I remember her well. She would crack me up. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #1

Sure do HarveyDarkey Feb 2013 #2

\didn't she pre-date Tiny Tim SwissTony Feb 2013 #6

She was discovered in 1960 by radio talk show host Gary Owens, later of Laugh-In aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #8

Oh God, Yes..... becca da bakkah Feb 2013 #3

Of course! frogmarch Feb 2013 #4

Yes. What a classic... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #5

My first thought was this Mrs. Miller who used to be in the audience for the Tonight Show Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #7

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

1. Yes, I was around in the '60s. I remember her well. She would crack me up. n/t

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 02:27 PM

Feb 2013

HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts)

2. Sure do

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 02:41 PM

Feb 2013

Hated her then & still do now. She was poorly copying Tiny Tim, IMO.

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)

6. \didn't she pre-date Tiny Tim

Reply to HarveyDarkey (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 07:44 AM

Feb 2013

Mrs m was around in the mid 60s. TT rose to fame in the late 60s.

Could be that my memory's wonky.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)

8. She was discovered in 1960 by radio talk show host Gary Owens, later of Laugh-In

Reply to SwissTony (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 02:13 PM

Feb 2013

who included her on a comedy album according to her wikipedia page. I don't think Tiny Tim was known at all until about 1963 and he became very famous (coincidentally) through his first appearance on Laugh-In in about 1968. The difference between the two I think is that for Tiny Tim it was a wonderful act. Mrs. Miller wasn't acting; she was funny in spite of herself and was trying to sing serious church songs when she was discovered. I think the better comparison is that Mrs. Miller sounded more like a drunken Ethel Merman than Tiny Tim.

becca da bakkah

(426 posts)

3. Oh God, Yes.....

Reply to aint_no_life_nowhere (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 08:52 PM

Feb 2013

She appeared regularly on the old Merv Griffin show, back in the 60's. One of her songs, "A Woman in Love", reappears frequently as an ear worm in my head. It was delivered in the same one-note monotone, from start to finish. It is, mercifully, not posted on You Tube. Hey, maybe there IS a God after all!

I think she had a rich husband who bought her the studio time, and hired the band so she could "sing". When she died, suffering dogs every where could finally uncover their ears!