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Ethel Merman's accident at the end

posted 9 years ago by nelson95
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I can't help but believe that after she slipped on that banana peel and fell flat on her back that that would have really screwed up her back something bad. I'm just wondering if there's a way they did that or whether they used some sort of trick or something so as to minimize the danger.

[–] ExplorerDS6789 9 years ago

I'm sure the stunt person wore padding.

[–] nelson95 9 years ago

I didn't think of that but I suppose that sounds reasonable.

[–] movies789 9 years ago

And the floor could have had some give to it - maybe plywood, without framing under the impact point.

[–] stevenackerman69 9 years ago

Probably a stunt person doing that.