Comments on: I am in love

By: Carla

Carla — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:43:20 +0000

ladysquires, it’s not Joe Sears. It’s Scott Hardy, an Austin area comedian who does voice work for commercials. He also called KLBJ as Gladys before calling Ellen. Weekend America solved this one a while back. Do a search for “Weekend America, March 10, 2007″. Scroll down to the Gladys Hardy link & listen to the audio of the report. A number of people in our area suspected it was Scott, since he does that sort of thing very well. He claims to “live with” Gladys Hardy, who is never seen…by anyone. He’s listed as a “friend” on Gladys’ my space. I’m only distantly acquainted with him, but he seems like a nice guy. He does the southern old lady very well, but most of us Texans could probably work out the dialogue ourselves. He just performs it so well. Very funny.

By: Melinda Lee

Melinda Lee — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:35:19 +0000

Unfortunately, though, Elgin is not just outside of Austin. It’s far enough away, that I can’t conceive of anyone claiming to be from Austin if they lived in Elgin. I live here in Austin, also. Sounds just like Joe Sears to me. I’ve seen some productions of Greater Tuna, and it seems practically identical to some of his other characters.

Still very entertaining, though.

By: Naamah Darling

Naamah Darling — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:08:58 +0000

You know what? People who don’t think that this lady could be real, could be THAT glib and yet THAT batty, DO NOT KNOW OLD WOMEN FROM TEXAS.

My grandmother was so much like Gladys, it’s uncanny. That is exactly how funny she was.

By: slythwolf

slythwolf — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:16:14 +0000

It's not just the line, it's the delivery.

By: shiloh

shiloh — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:51:35 +0000

Jeaninne, you’re my hero.

By: Jeaninne

Jeaninne — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:28:47 +0000

Sigh. Why is it that people take someone not being listed in the phone book as irrefutable proof that a person does not exist?

Two seconds: Check Intellius.com. One Gladys Newquist Hardy, age 91 (sounds about right if she was 88 in early 07), Elgin, Texas. (Right outside of Austin).

There Kate. Hope you feel better!

By: Harriet Warmer

Harriet Warmer — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:43:25 +0000

Gladys reminded me of Margaret and Helen’s blog, too, which got me thinking. Even if all three of these fabulous senior citizens are the product of someone’s imagination and not real solid poeple, does it matter? Is it possible to separate the value of the content from the authenticity of the source? Gladys was absolutely hilarious and Helen Philpot is brilliant. If she’s made up, she’s just doubly brilliant.

By: RosyRedLotus

RosyRedLotus — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:33:30 +0000

That was hilarious, thank you.

I totally hear her on the icicle thing. Hubby and I are stationed in southern Oklahoma, but we’re from Nebraska, so when people panic down here over 2 inches of snow, it’s insane to us. Seriously, people! lol

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:20:02 +0000

This actually sounds like a sharp, funny, hammy older person, as opposed to a young person trying to get laughs at least partially at the expense of older people (and/or women).

Right — if it’s a character, it’s a character that still sounds exactly like what my mother in law will sound like when she’s 88, only maybe a greatest-hits version. :)

By: Ishtar

Ishtar — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:03:04 +0000

@ Kate Harding

I hadn’t come across proof that Helen and Margaret were fake (not that I actually looked hard) so I’d be very interested to find out more. It would be a pity if they were fake because I genuinely enjoy the blog posts and I love the idea of women of their generation saying their say on the net.

I’ll do a google search for more info. Thanks for the heads-up.