Luvsbway Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Interesting stuff about a poker game here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caewi Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Very interesting, thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Interesting stuff about a poker game here. Terrific article, especially the furrier at the end, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 2.12.61 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 2.12.61 Love these, bring on some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted February 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 8.24.67 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 8.24.67 Great story about the laugh track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 7.13.62 So the house didn't have a pool originally? And why would she be concerned about a pool in the backyard when both the ranch and the Palm Springs place had a pool? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 7.13.62 So the house didn't have a pool originally? And why would she be concerned about a pool in the backyard when both the ranch and the Palm Springs place had a pool? You've read the books, she bought it from this old couple and then proceeded to make all these huge renovations, including putting in a pool which was of course a Beverly Hill or Hollywood status symbol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Caewi Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 This is a link to some interesting paperwork regarding Lucy and Desi's divorce. It mentions the custody arrangements for 1961 while Lucy is doing Wildcat. I'm not sure how long the auction will last but it's amazing to see real documents from that time. I would love to know who got a hold of these and sold them. I can't imagine they would smile on their very personal business being cracked open for the entire world to see. http://bid.blacksparrowauctions.com/Lucille-Ball-Desi-Arnaz-Official-Divorce-Documents_i21915413 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 From February 1966.......only the FIFTH?? I Love Lucy was still running as part of CBS's morning comedy block 9am-11am Pacific time (I Love Lucy, The McCoys, Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke), but let's assume an episode got two original showings in prime time. As of February 1966, I Love Lucy had been rerun 5 days a week by CBS for 7 years (GodBlessEm!). In one year the entire series would run 1 1/2 times, so by 1966 I say it was more like 12th rerun (and this is not taking in consideration, the simultaneous "Sunday Lucy Show" and the two years ILL was rerun in prime time from 57 to '59) ! Much to my chagrin, in the fall of 1966, CBS pulled I Love Lucy from their daytime schedule (along with The McCoys) and replaced that hour with Candid Camera and The Beverly Hillbillies reruns. The hubbub described in the article about Fred Friendly head of CBS news resigning because live Senate hearings on Vietnam were being shown by ABC and NBC but CBS chose to run "a fifth rerun of an I Love Lucy'. There's another article I'm going to look for, a tongue-in-cheek proposition the writer offers: work current news into the plot of I Love Lucy. The episode in question shown instead of those hearings was with Tennessee Ernie Ford and the writer suggested Ernie come in and says "Cousin Lucy, didya hear about them Vietnamese?". When I heard about it, I thought they were serious. My trusty inflation calculator says that the budget for each Lucy show was $601,000. I wonder what the budgets are today. Didn't each of the 6 Friends cast members get $1mil per episode during its popular period (or was that "Seinfeld"....or both)? The production company could afford to take a loss because of syndication and DVD sales, but neither of those are what they used to be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 How serious was Lucy's threat to resign? Would she give up her weekly series, which she loved doing, to concentrate on her executive duties at Desilu, which she professed to loathe? Within the industry, her threat was seen as leverage for CBS buying Desilu pilots. Her threat to quit in 1964 after two seasons was taken seriously enough that when CBS first announced their 64-65 fall season, "Petticoat Junction" had Lucy's 8:30 slot. That ploy didn't work at all because CBS passed on Desilu pilots (including Ethel Merman's "Maggie Brown") and between 1964 and 1966, Desilu had only "Lucy" on the air. The fall of 1966 saw "Mission Impossible" (and "Star Trek" on NBC), so I guess it worked this time. 1964 and 1966 are the only years I can find articles about Lucy threatening to quit. The "threat" is portrayed as annual in this article. It has been written that The Lucy Show in 1962 was only meant to be a one-season show, but I find that hard to believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 From February 1966.......only the FIFTH?? I Love Lucy was still running as part of CBS's morning comedy block 9am-11am Pacific time (I Love Lucy, The McCoys, Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke), but let's assume an episode got two original showings in prime time. As of February 1966, I Love Lucy had been rerun 5 days a week by CBS for 7 years (GodBlessEm!). In one year the entire series would run 1 1/2 times, so by 1966 I say it was more like 12th rerun (and this is not taking in consideration, the simultaneous "Sunday Lucy Show" and the two years ILL was rerun in prime time from 57 to '59) ! Much to my chagrin, in the fall of 1966, CBS pulled I Love Lucy from their daytime schedule (along with The McCoys) and replaced that hour with Candid Camera and The Beverly Hillbillies reruns. The hubbub described in the article about Fred Friendly head of CBS news resigning because live Senate hearings on Vietnam were being shown by ABC and NBC but CBS chose to run "a fifth rerun of an I Love Lucy'. There's another article I'm going to look for, a tongue-in-cheek proposition the writer offers: work current news into the plot of I Love Lucy. The episode in question shown instead of those hearings was with Tennessee Ernie Ford and the writer suggested Ernie come in and says "Cousin Lucy, didya hear about them Vietnamese?". When I heard about it, I thought they were serious. My trusty inflation calculator says that the budget for each Lucy show was $601,000. I wonder what the budgets are today. Didn't each of the 6 Friends cast members get $1mil per episode during its popular period (or was that "Seinfeld"....or both)? The production company could afford to take a loss because of syndication and DVD sales, but neither of those are what they used to be. Not only the cast of Friends, but also the two at Mad about You, dunno about seinfeld but it goes on to this day, the three top members of Big Bang Theory just signed for a million a show, which i think is just ridiculous, as is 20 million a movie for some superstars. I forgot about the daytime shows shown in MY childhood, true, great classic sitcoms while today all we get is carp talk shows, courtroom worse shows and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 How serious was Lucy's threat to resign? Would she give up her weekly series, which she loved doing, to concentrate on her executive duties at Desilu, which she professed to loathe? Within the industry, her threat was seen as leverage for CBS buying Desilu pilots. Her threat to quit in 1964 after two seasons was taken seriously enough that when CBS first announced their 64-65 fall season, "Petticoat Junction" had Lucy's 8:30 slot. That ploy didn't work at all because CBS passed on Desilu pilots (including Ethel Merman's "Maggie Brown") and between 1964 and 1966, Desilu had only "Lucy" on the air. The fall of 1966 saw "Mission Impossible" (and "Star Trek" on NBC), so I guess it worked this time. 1964 and 1966 are the only years I can find articles about Lucy threatening to quit. The "threat" is portrayed as annual in this article. It has been written that The Lucy Show in 1962 was only meant to be a one-season show, but I find that hard to believe. Yeah, that makes two of us. The top people at Desilu more or less forced Lucy to try and sell their pilots by making threats to leave, it was definitely a ploy she had no intention of ever actually doing. Lucy is definitely the greatest actress of her time, but her choices for what SHE'd like to see on the air certainly was not what the studios or networks were buying, no wonder the shows never sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenorman Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Neil: If only for consideration of 'space', I won't repeat all your posts above; but, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for posting this interesting 'stuff'...... where would I be if not for all you 'contributors' here on the Lounge?????? Well, let me answer that myself: PROBABLY AT ONLY 700 PAGES!!!! TEE HEE Loving you, JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Neil: If only for consideration of 'space', I won't repeat all your posts above; but, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for posting this interesting 'stuff'...... where would I be if not for all you 'contributors' here on the Lounge?????? Well, let me answer that myself: PROBABLY AT ONLY 700 PAGES!!!! TEE HEE Loving you, JK PIKER! Publisher wants at least 2000 pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenorman Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 PIKER! Publisher wants at least 2000 pages. Publisher balked at more than 475!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Publisher balked at more than 475!!!! Probably a tree hugger, wants to save the trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caewi Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Here's a good and honest article about her life in the 60's. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1774&dat=19680929&id=2jsgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AGYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5850,7327750&hl=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted July 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 That article has Lucy's voice all over it. I can't just hear and see here saying all those things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 WTF??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 I want to know more about this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 From the May 1968 issue of Vogue. This is presumably from the photoshoot where her makeup was done by that guy who wrote that gossipy book. Lucy looks very unlike herself here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 The lips are all wrong and the cheek bones are too highlighted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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