Supergirl, if memory serves me correctly, had already debuted in the comics when Garry Moore put together the following skit on his CBS show in 1962. Instead of the Girl of Steel being the cousin of Superman, she is presented instead as a parody of the Metropolis Marvel. The sort that would more likely be found in the pages of Mad Magazine, which today is distributed and promoted by DC Comics.
Anyway, get ready to meet Clara Clean (Carol Burnett), of the Daily Tabloid. The final portion of this video is something you've already seen if you've seen the infomercials hawking Burnett's DVD collection. Moore sets it all up.
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Poor Durward Kirby. Never saw that coming, did he now?
After Moore ended his show, he went into retirement for a few years before being tapped to revive To Tell The Truth. Kirby moved over to Candid Camera as Allen Funt's broadcast partner, and, of course, Carol Burnett launched her own show, learning her lessons from her apprenticeship under Moore.
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