Television History Ruth Buzzi Signed Pootie Inc. Board Meeting Authorization 1980

Ruth Buzzi

Manuscripts & Autographs

Buzzi, Ruth. Signed corporate resolution dated 1980 documenting the internal governance of Pootie Inc., the corporation through which the television comedian conducted business affairs after her prominence on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. The document records the procedural system by which a performer-controlled corporation convened its board, showing the mechanisms of corporate administration through a formal authorization executed by Buzzi as sole director and providing primary-source evidence for the study of entertainment-industry business practices and celebrity financial organization.

Buzzi, Ruth. Document signed. April 30, 1980. 1 page, quarto. Acting as sole director of Pootie Inc., Buzzi authorizes “that a meeting of the Board of Directors of said Corporation shall be held ... on the 30th day of April, 1980....” Signed “Ruth Buzzi” in black ink. The resolution documents the preliminary legal action required to convene a corporate board meeting, illustrating how Pootie Inc. operated in practice through written consents, scheduled proceedings, and director approval.

Binder punches along the left margin, not affecting the text or signature; otherwise clean and well preserved, in excellent condition. A concise entertainment-business record connecting a major figure in American television comedy with the administrative structure governing her professional affairs.

Item #6653

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