Charlie Spoof

above: Shelley as THE Charlie Girl 

in her 1976 Charlie perfume commercial
watch it at: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sn8H42FZcI

middle: Marie Osmond as the Charming Girl 

in The Donny & Marie Show, November 1977 

below: Comedian Ruth Buzzi as the Charming Girl

in The Donny & Marie Show, November 1977
watch it at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_VhFRK77kA

Shelley Hack's Charlie perfume commercial was a mega-hit when it debuted in 1976. The idea of the Charlie Girl was so fresh and so hip that everyone wanted to be a Charlie Girl (even Oprah Winfrey did.) It was so popular that it was spoofed in the The Donny & Marie Show a year later in 1977. In the spoof, the perfume was renamed Charming and Marie Osmond and comedian Ruth Buzzi both audition for part of the Charming Girl. It's on YouTube and it's hilarious, watch it.