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[[File:AuntiMameHugPic_9024.jpg|frame|"I'm your Auntie Mame!"]]
'''''Auntie Mame''''' and its sequel ''Around the World with Auntie Mame'' were novels written in the 1950s (''Auntie Mame'' came out in 1955, and ''Around the World'' in 1958) about the adventures of a young boy being raised as the ward of his eccentric, impulsive, wealthy aunt. The author,
The first novel was adapted into a 1956 play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee, which appeared on Broadway with [[Rosalind Russell]] starring in the title role. This was itself adapted into a 1958 film (also starring Russell). In 1966 Jerry Herman turned the story into [[The Musical]] ''Mame'' (starring [[Angela Lansbury]]), and this version in turn was made into a 1974 film (starring [[Lucille Ball]]).
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* [[First-Person Peripheral Narrator]]: The main story is encased in a "frame" narrative, in which Patrick, now grown and married, tries to placate his wife with highly edited tales of his aunt, who is the main character of this stories.
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"That's a B, dear. The first letter in a seven-letter word that means ''your late father''."}}
* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: Patrick.
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{{AFI's 100 Years 100 Laughs}}
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