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Mrs. Audley Earbore III, “The Tasteful Lady”

Laugh In (1970). Lily first impersonated Mrs. Earbore in a Wayne State University variety show where she exploited Mrs. Earbore by using her to cast light on the segregation that covertly existed in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe. ‘Mrs. Earbore’ went on to become the arbiter of good taste on Laugh In.