Nancy notes the distance from the basement door, the entrance to the operations and production side of the business. If Elvira chose to isolate herself from the daily filming it would easily be accomplished. Just the long walk along the hallway would be a chore, not to mention the challenging descent down the stairs.
It could have been that after many years, age and lack of desire suggested the seamy side of the business be left to her young partner. ‘Been there, seen that, done that,’ Nancy imagines the thoughts of the senescing ‘spinster’.
Yes, young cousin Clifford could have served as ‘fluffer’ for many years without Elvira’s knowledge. When the matter of the outtakes was politely introduced with his plea to return, assuming Nancy’s theory is correct, it must have come as quite the s
