Judy Carne, ‘Laugh-In’s’ ‘Sock it to Me’ Girl, Dies at 76
Source: Variety
Actress Judy Carne, best known for being the Sock it to me! girl on Rowan & Martins Laugh-In in the 60s, died on Sept. 3, according to the Telegraph. She was 76.
Carne rose to overnight fame with her appearances on Laugh-In, where the bouncy actress zany persona would be doused with water every time she uttered the phrase Sock it to me, accidentally or not. She acted on the sketch comedy show for two years, making the occasional appearance in the third season.
Carne was also known for her tumultuous relationship with Burt Reynolds. She was the actors first wife, marrying him in 1963 before they divorced in 1965. She detailed their relationship, confessing to partaking in several affairs and struggling with drug addiction, in her 1985 autobiography Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside: The Bittersweet Saga of the Sock-It-To-Me Girl.
She battled heavily with drug addiction after leaving Laugh-In, being charged with heroin possession and prescription forgery in the late 70s. She was acquitted of the heroin charge.
Read more: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/judy-carne-dead-laugh-in-sock-it-to-me-1201587506/
shenmue
(38,506 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)I love Laugh-In. But Judy Carne apparently hated her role as the sock it to me gal.
RIP Judy. No more sock it to me for you.
MADem
(135,425 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)It may be an electrical outlet to you....
forest444
(5,902 posts)And if anyone doesn't think so, then...
Journeyman
(15,031 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)I still loved that show even though most of the jokes went over my head as I was only in grade school.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)But I loved it too. RIP, Judy.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)My mother was terrified that I was going to repeat "scandalous" Laugh-In stock phrases line "Sock it to me", "You bet your bippy", and "Verrrry interesting" in front of my very conservative grandparents.
RIP, Judy
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Farewell, from one who was a high school student in "beautiful downtown Burbank" in those days.
CTyankee
(63,901 posts)place...greatly underestimated...
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts). . . I couldn't wait to get out of there.
I graduated from high school 45 years ago. I have no idea how much it's changed.
CTyankee
(63,901 posts)now it is very diverse and has a great gay community...
things change I guess...but unfortunately I have no family there any more...
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)sisters in 71 and 72. Youngest sister still lives in the family home purchased originally in the early 50s. Last year we attended the funeral of a former Burbank neighbor and it was like attending a giant multi-class BHS reunion. They came from all over. You may have even known some of them from way back.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)I wonder if that played a role in her drug problems. She was in a body cast and had one those halo braces screwed into her skull. It's a miracle she didn't die or become quadriplegic.
I wonder how she survived all these years.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)in June that year, while celebrating her acquittal on charges of heroin possession, she and Bergmann (who was driving) were involved in a near-fatal car accident which left her with a broken neck.
According to this obit she admitted to being a wild child who never grew up
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11849234/Judy-Carne-actress-obituary.html
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)I loved the show...I was in Junior High.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)ANOIS
(112 posts)Bert Reynolds' first wife.
Omaha Steve
(99,573 posts)Love on a Rooftop Episode 29 One Too Many Cooks
hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)So sad.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)Owl
(3,641 posts)She was a wonderful wholesome person with a good heart and a zest for life. She is missed already.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)like each other that they could have been twins and they were both British with accent and all. Time sure does fly by at an alarming rate. Yesterday I was a freshman in high school watching Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and today I'm an old fart typing on my keyboard to post on DU.
RIP Ms. Carne