I got to the celebration early and pretty soon some friends pulled me into a back area and said Perform something! and there was this wig and dress lying there. I told them Well, I don't do that sort of thing. I don't dress like a woman… While they were trying to talk me into it another friend ran in and yelled Do something and I mean fast! There are over four hundred people out there! You'd better hurry up Foozie! I was dumbfounded, four hundred people!? So, I thought why not and replied, That's Miss Foozie to you! and that's how it all started.

Terry Oldes (2007-08-14). "Foozie". A Barrel Full of Monkeys – OR – More Baggage Than Ann Miller Brought On the Love Boat. Sarasota, Florida: Starbooks Press. Terry Oldes. "Foozie" by Terry Oldes. MISS FOOZIE. Retrieved on 2009-03-30.