The first time you see Mrs. Hughes you might think, ‘She could be my neighbor.’ She’s just about the last person you’d expect to see on a comedy stage, so the fact that she is performing on one might startle you at first.
Carol Hughes began her comedy career when she was forty. ‘Years ago I heard Merv Griffin interview Phyllis Diller, and she said she started doing comedy when she was thirty-nine. I remember saying to myself, ‘I could do that.’
‘Later, I met comedienne Candy Carr at Weight Watchers and she said ‘Write five funny minutes and go to the Improv.’ I already had five funny minutes, so I went. It was terrific! I remember the MC saying, ‘Go for it Mama! You’re funny!’ I got a huge ovation and I was hooked.’
As for her husband, she says, ‘He’s very supportive, but I believe he thought comedy would be like that Afghan I started. I’d work on it for a while, lose interest, then stick it up in the attic with the exercise bike.’ Neither of them expected her career to take off so quickly and have this much staying power. Mrs. Hughes now has fans all over the world, some of whom show up at performances with tissues up their noses!
Her act is punctuated with pithy observations on parenting, hot flashes, and husbands, ‘They’re like brassieres. Sometimes you just want to be rid of them and go free. But you can’t ’cause you need the support.”
It was just this sort of remark that caught the eye of the Russ Berrie Company who featured Mrs. Hughes’ likeness and wit in her own line of greeting cards. ‘According to Carol’ was in 100,000 stores and gift shops throughout the United States.
When Merv Griffin found her, he instantly made her the comedy star of his revue, ‘Love and Kisses’ at Resorts in Atlantic City and then ‘Island Fever’ near Las Vegas.
About Mrs. Hughes, Merv said, ‘She’s my new favorite funny star.’ Since then she has appeared in several casino production shows and has opened for Crystal Gayle, Lou Rawls, Brenda Lee and others.
So if any one happens to ask, ‘What’s a nice lady like Mrs. Hughes doing on a Comedy Stage?’ The answer is, ‘Cracking people up!’

Notable Live Appearances

• The Late Show With Craig Ferguson
• Winnipeg Comedy Festival
• The Jerry Lewis Telethon

Stage Appearances With

• Crystal Gayle
• Lou Rawls
• Brenda Lee

Client Reviews

• ‘She’s my new favorite funny star.’-Merv Griffin We miss you Merv. Thanks for everything.)