Vicki Lawrence

They do come up with that.

In 1973, Vicki Lawrence came up with this one.

That's a night that the lights went out in Georgia.

They get all over the sheriff in that one, don't they? Yeah, all they do.

With that be- with that being said, I really believe that Erin's not seeing her pattern.

And if you look back on shows like where there's other characters that do this, Vicki Gunvalson from jump on Real Housewives of Orange County, every season they're like, "But Vicki, that's hypocritical."

Yeah.

And she's like, "It is not hypocritical." Next season, "Vicki, you're being a hypocrite." "I am not a hypo..." It, every [beep] season she's being called a hypocrite, and she's never doing the math or just rewatching the season realizing that her dating a guy who went to jail for not paying child support, but her hating Slade for not ch- paying child support.

Like-

Yeah

... never the twain shall meet, Vicki.

Yeah.

Johnson played Melody in The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia in 1981, which starred Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid, and Mark Hamill.

While based on Vicki Lawrence's 1972 song, the movie adaptation borrows atmosphere more than anything else, and Tanya Tucker recorded a new version of the song to fit the story of the movie.

Kristy McNichol and Dennis Quaid did their own singing We are gonna take a quick break, and we will be right back, angels, with a new segment from Chris.

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And he was married to Bobby Gentry at one point.

No, Vicky Lawrence.

Like I said, he was married to Vicky Lawrence?

Vicky Lawrence.

No, Vicky Lawrence.

That...

What? What? It was Vicky Lawrence.

With Vicky Lawrence.

And we walk in, and there's Carol Burnett on the couch, Harvey Korman on the other end of the couch.

There's Vicki Lawrence, and then there's Tim Conway standing.

And I went, "I don't know if I should even walk in or not." As soon as I got to the door, she goes, "Oh, good night, Lord.

There, look how beautiful that kid is." And she come over, and she goes, "Let me have that baby." [laughs] And she took him.

... that became like this ongoing thing.

Yeah, Vicki Lawrence, then yeah.

You know? So, so I don't, I don't think it's fair to d- to say that.

Um, but Flip Wilson, he -- Of the -- And there were Black, there were Black, um, variety shows.

Before Miss Cleo, the Psychic Readers Network used Miami Vice's Philip Michael Thomas and Fear City star Billy Dee Williams as spokespersons.

While their biggest competitor, the Psychic Friends Network, employed the spokesperson services of Phyllis Diller, Rip Taylor, Vicki Lawrence, Robin Leach, and most notably, Diane Warwick, who came to be known for her Psychic Friends commercials almost as much as her legendary singing career.

And those are just the celebs who advocated for the two biggest companies during the fad, as there were plenty of other smaller services also getting in on the craze.

For example, one of the lesser remembered services of the late '90s was one where callers were invited to get guided tarot readings from actual witches of Salem.

So yeah, what other stories other than the, uh, Vision Quest lady?

I met, um, I said hello to Vicki Lawrence.

I just-

Wow

Yes

... you know, it made everybody crack up.

And Vicki Lawrence, they turned and, and, you know, swore or something like that.

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