Half of Comedy Duo Who Had to Follow the Beatles on Sullivan Dies at 93

[Mark Jeffries]

The comedy duo of Mitzi McCall and Charlie Brill had their big television debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb. 9, 1964--the same show where four lovable moptops from Liverpool made their American television debut--and the two of them had to follow a Beatles song with the girls in the studio audience still screaming--the two of them survived and had a steady career in Hollywood, if not exactly super-celebrity--Ms. McCall and Brill were married for 64 years, appeared on "Laugh-In" and many game shows together, while she got her start doing a kiddie show in Pittsburgh and made many series appearances and cartoon voices, along with being a writer as well--and her godchildren are Melissa and Sara Gilbert--she died Thursday in a Burbank hospital accompanied by many of her loved ones:

https://www.thewrap.com/mitzi-mccall-dies-brill-ed-sullivan-beatles/

[Kevin M.]

Melissa Gilbert had some kind things to say as well as some vintage pictures 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-d_ZayOI7G/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==

Kevin M. (RPCV)

On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 10:18 PM Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> wrote:

The comedy duo of Mitzi McCall and Charlie Brill had their big television debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb. 9, 1964--the same show where four lovable moptops from Liverpool made their American television debut--and the two of them had to follow a Beatles song with the girls in the studio audience still screaming--the two of them survived and had a steady career in Hollywood, if not exactly super-celebrity--Ms. McCall and Brill were married for 64 years, appeared on "Laugh-In" and many game shows together, while she got her start doing a kiddie show in Pittsburgh and made many series appearances and cartoon voices, along with being a writer as well--and her godchildren are Melissa and Sara Gilbert--she died Thursday in a Burbank hospital accompanied by many of her loved ones:

https://www.thewrap.com/mitzi-mccall-dies-brill-ed-sullivan-beatles/

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[M-D November]

Brill is, of course, remembered as Arne Darvin, the Klingon spy, from the classic Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", and it's tribute followup on DS9, "Trials and Tribble-ations".  (And why, per canon, the Klingon homeworld of Qu'nos, has a Brooklyn.