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<\/a>Little Richard in the early days.<\/p><\/div>\n
I actually had the great fortune to not only meet<\/em> this rock and roll legend, (not once<\/em> but twice<\/em>,) but to work<\/em> with him, as well! (You will never<\/em> guess on what. Maybe start trying to figure it out now, before you continue to read this tribute.)<\/p>\n The first time I laid eyes on Little Richard in person was at a concert. I never got to go to many concerts when I was young, despite growing-up in New York. I had so many other activities, and my parents didn\u2019t like me going to the city for nighttime endeavors. But I had never felt the loss in my uber-packed teen-age life. And then my great friend Jill took me to Madison Square Garden one night to see Little Richard perform. And I was amazed by him. (Actually, I think that one of her suitors took both<\/em> of us. That\u2019s the way we girls rolled back then. And always<\/em>, actually.)<\/p>\n Little Richard further along in his legend.<\/p><\/div>\n Then the first time I met<\/em> Little Richard was at the Hands Across America funds-and consciousness-raising event. I had just started doing my TV show then, so I was thrilled to be invited to take part in the Beverly Hills section of the nationwide hand-holding chain. And then lo and behold, who came right over to me to hold my hand but Little Richard! I could not believe it! I have a feeling that we turned-out to be one of the noisiest<\/em> areas of Hands, and definitely the most fun<\/em> one, all because of Richard. It was a miraculous experience to hold his hand for those fifteen minutes. What a gift from the universe that was.<\/p>\n Little Richard in his signature move.<\/p><\/div>\n But the second<\/em> time I met him is the one that is astonishing. Little Richard and I worked together on…Candid Camera<\/em>!!! No lie. I was a regular \u201cprank puller\u201d on one of the later iterations of that classic TV show. [Sidebar, just so you\u2019re not confused: I wasn\u2019t on there very long because I had to stop doing them after about a handful of episodes because too many people were recognizing me from my show, and therefore knowing something was up. For example, I posed as a manicurist for one of the gags, and not only did just about every customer know it was me, but Catherine Bach, who had been on Dukes of Hazard<\/em> back in the day, was getting her nails done there, and called out, \u201cKaren, I love your show!\u201d The jig was most definitely up then. But, very thankfully, not before I got to do the bit with Little Richard!]<\/p>\n So the idiotic Candid Camera<\/em> prank we were pulling was done at the beach, in Venice. Little Richard asked passers-by to watch his dog for a few minutes while he ran inside someplace, and then he never came back. Just when each victim was getting very nervous, I\u2019d come along and ask if they had seen him. It was a kind-of stupid bit, but oh well; it got me to hang-out all day with the one and only Little Richard!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>