JoeySanJoaquin Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Oh, but yes! What could she be plugging I wonder?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 15 hours ago, JoeySoCal said: Oh, but yes! What could she be plugging I wonder?? She was plugging the national tour of Love Letters with Hal Linden — and talked Lucy in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Brock said: She was plugging the national tour of Love Letters with Hal Linden — and talked Lucy in the process. That sparkly dress story has had more performances than South Pacific. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Mot Morenzi said: That sparkly dress story has had more performances than South Pacific. Especially when we really want her to spill all the Ann Sothern tea.... although our group might be in the minority on this. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 The segment is available on YouTube and it's just lovely. You'd think Barbara was in her mid-60s, not pushing 90! I can't find anywhere that lists where the show is touring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Just now, Freddie2 said: The segment is available on YouTube and it's just lovely. You'd think Barbara was in her mid-60s, not pushing 90! I can't find anywhere that lists where the show is touring Me neither. If it is touring at all in southern Ontario, I'd be thrilled to make the trek... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Brock said: Especially when we really want her to spill all the Ann Sothern tea.... although our group might be in the minority on this. I know. She's very diplomatic, and usually never refers to Sothern by name when discussing the incident. Her book is really the only place where she's gone into any detail about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Ooh, some Babs and Rosie Harriagan "tea'?? This is new to me! Spill it sister. Here for those inclined is info on the "Love Letters" tour: http://barbaraeden.com/appearances.html Looks like she'll be near LA later this month and if tix still available, I think I'm going to try to go. I've seen this enjoyable play several times already -- so many notable "couples" have performed it together, but of course for me, my favorite was seeing Busty Ingels and hubby perform it years ago in the Bay Area. If you've never had the chance to see it but get one, I recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 10 hours ago, JoeySoCal said: Ooh, some Babs and Rosie Harriagan "tea'?? This is new to me! Spill it sister. Here for those inclined is info on the "Love Letters" tour: http://barbaraeden.com/appearances.html Looks like she'll be near LA later this month and if tix still available, I think I'm going to try to go. I've seen this enjoyable play several times already -- so many notable "couples" have performed it together, but of course for me, my favorite was seeing Busty Ingels and hubby perform it years ago in the Bay Area. If you've never had the chance to see it but get one, I recommend it. I saw Busty and Marty do Love Letters for a week at the theatre I worked at in high school. That's how I met them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Joey, in a nutshell, Ann was very rude to Barbara when the latter made a guest appearance on Private Secretary. Forced her hair and makeup to be made less flattering and was overall cold and dismissive. Barbara was shaken by the incident and was initially terrified to do Lucy's show because of it. Of course, Miss Ball's behaviour was the complete opposite. Eden talks about the Sothern incident a lot but usually does not refer to her by name. Her book is the only place she's included more detail on the subject. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 96 year old Best Foot Forward star Tommy Dix with Michael Feinstein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted June 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 That photo isn't working at my end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 So, this article claims that NC real estate agent David Cook once worked with Lucy. https://www.wbtv.com/2019/07/17/st-jude-dream-home-spotlighting-indian-trail/ Now, I don't put all that much stock in an article that refers to "Barbara Eaton" and "Marlow Thomas" but does anyone have any idea where this chap and LB may have crossed paths? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted September 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 The documentary Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity has finally popped up on the Tubi app. I’m watching it right now and her recollections are incredible. Well worth the watch! (And a small Lucy cameo too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 8 hours ago, Brock said: The documentary Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity has finally popped up on the Tubi app. I’m watching it right now and her recollections are incredible. Well worth the watch! (And a small Lucy cameo too) I watched this a few weeks ago and thought it was great. I didn’t know of most of Marsha’s impressive post-film stardom accomplishments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 10 hours ago, Brock said: The documentary Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity has finally popped up on the Tubi app. I’m watching it right now and her recollections are incredible. Well worth the watch! (And a small Lucy cameo too) Had to look this up as I never heard of her. Might check that out. Tubi has some pretty good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 13, 2019 Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 Thanks to Brock’s recommendation I checked out the Martha Hunt documentary. In it the 2 part radio program Hollywood Fights Back from 1947 is mentioned. So that reminded me of something Lucy said in her HUAC testimony in 1953. Below is a link to the radio show and what she said on it. Followed by her HUAC testimony. I’m almost positive that this radio show she is talking about is the Fights Back program but she is confusing what she talked about with something else. Lucille Ball recites Article 1 from the Bill of Rights: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. It’s so important, she repeats it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6HpeyPjYxI HUAC testimony How-ever, I do recall I was at a studio, and I was working on a picture, and I got a call in the afternoon. I don't know who called me. I assume now — I did then — it was the Screen Actors Guild, but I can be wrong. I don't know who called me now. It was something that was through a union or the studio wouldn't have felt compelled to send me off a set and hold up production until I got back. It had nothing to do with me. I got the call to go to a radio station. As I remember, it was M-G-M — it may not have been. I remember an executive excused me and sent me to this broadcast.I got down there and said, "What am I supposed to do?" She said, "Dorothy Petersen" — whoever she is — "she is ill. We have to go on the air." I haven't seen her in years; I don't know her. She said, "Will you read this?" It was a long petition, or whatever you call them, as I recall. As I recall — I am not sure of this — it was about the Okies upstate California, Fresno or some place, about admitting the Okies. I read it. They thanked me, and they sent me back to work. I don't know how long after that that it was that I was called downtown in an FBI office and asked why I did it. Apparently, it was wrong. It was my first knowledge it was wrong. I had no answer at all, because I hadn't done it of my own volition. 1 had been sent there. It didn't seem wrong to go some place the studio had sent you. I tried to explain why I had done it. I had no reason except I had been called. Mr. Wheeler. How long ago did you go to the FBI? Miss Ball. I have no idea. I have no idea when I did this broadcast. I have no idea how long after that they called me. But that is the first time I ever Mr. Wheeler. It was 3 or 4 years ago? Miss Ball. It is more than that. Mr. Wheeler. Did they discuss with you at that time Miss Ball. Must have been 6, 8, 9 years ago; maybe 10. There were two broadcasts. I don't know who sent me on the first one, and I don't know what the second one was about. It was something that everybody was doing. You just get asked to do these things. I again was called in at the last minute. I had nothing to do with whatever it was. I didn't know what I was doing, but you assumed at the time, when you are called by a union or one of your — I don't know who called me. I know both times 1 was called to replace someone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted November 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 Our Own Donovan Scott appears in the penultimate episode of The Affair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 10 hours ago, Brock said: Our Own Donovan Scott appears in the penultimate episode of The Affair. I want to go look him up in Back To The Future 3. I'm recalling his part now that I've heard him repeat his well known line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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