Aged 19 and employed as a dancer at the New York World's Fair, Hawn was spotted by a pimp who arranged her to meet with 55-year-old cartoonist Al Capp ( Li'l Abner ) in his Manhattan apartment for what she thought was an audition for a forthcoming television series. During the meeting Capp - dressed in loungewear - exposed himself and tried to come onto her. After his advances were rejected, he told Goldie she would never get anywhere in show business and that she should return home and marry a Jewish dentist. She left the building in tears. When a few years had passed, and newly-famous Goldie was appearing on Laugh-In (1967), she sent Capp a sarcastic telegram: "As you can see I didn't have to marry a Jewish dentist after all." Naturally, she waited until Capp was deceased before telling this story publicly.