In a conversation with comedian Bill Maher on the podcast Club Random, Barbara Eden revealed that during her opening act for comedian Shecky Greene in Las Vegas, there was a dead man in the audience.
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The incident happened in the early 1970s at the former MGM Grand, now known as Horseshoe Las Vegas. She told Bill Maher that she usually stayed until the end of Greene’s show but left after her opening act.
“We said, ‘What happened? What happened?’ He said, ‘How can I make people laugh with a dead guy right in front of me?’” Barbara Eden recalled.
When Maher asked, “A really dead man?”, Eden replied, “Ohhhh, yes.” “They covered him with a tablecloth,” she continued. “But I didn’t know that,” she clarified.
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Barbara Eden commented that she only found out later and explained that the stage lights made it difficult to see the front row.
Eden is a famous actress known for her role in “I Dream of Jeannie” alongside Larry Hagman. The series aired from 1965 to 1970.
She also reprised her role in the films “I Dream of Jeannie … Fifteen Years Later” and “I Still Dream of Jeannie.”
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