Cook on Terri Garr’s Comedy Style: NPR

Visual and Media Arts Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Comedic Arts Martie Cook described the comedic talents of actress and comedian Terri Garr, who passed this week.

Cook said she had the “smart dumb blonde” character down pat.

“She had a vulnerability that made audiences really like her. I thought that her role as Sandy was just incredible. By taking that character to another level, she in fact helped to open the door for roles like Phoebe on Friends.”

Garr would later appear on Friends as Phoebe Buffay’s biological mom. It was perfect casting, Cook said. “In a way, she had helped define that role for the writers for Phoebe.”

Read or listen to the NPR piece.