VH1 pulled a Harold & Maude by honoring Julie Andrews and John Mayer at the 13th annual Save The Music Foundation gala at Cipriani Wall Street last night. Folk pop singer, ladies' man and noted loudmouth Mayer had the audience rolling in the aisles with a speech that Daily News gossip maven Carson Griffith called "one of the funniest I've ever heard." That's quite an improvement for Mayer, whose other attempts at humor have had people rolling their eyes, if not reaching for air sickness bags. Guest of a Guest editor Chiara Atik noted that, "even Julie was laughing" at Mayer's comments, which poked fun at his foot-in-mouth disease and tabloid-friendly romances with Taylor Swift and Jennifer Aniston, among others.
Mayer didn't look to add a Julie Andrews notch to his belt. The legendary theater and film star did mimic Mayer's penchant for controversy, at least among musical theater nerds, when she named "Edelweiss" her favorite track from Sound of Music. Bereft "Do-Re-Mi" fans momentarily stopped daydreaming about a twirl through the Alps as they absorbed the loss.
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