Brock Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXTCACsQKgI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 You know, I think this is the first footage I've seen of Vivian without Lucy, sans a brief clip of her on Joan Rivers' show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 She's wearing that star burst pin again. I need to know the story behind that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 She's wearing that star burst pin again. I need to know the story behind that. I knew that thing looked familiar! When was the earliest you've seen her with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 She's wearing that star burst pin again. I need to know the story behind that. I'll ask Lou Ann at one of her events this week. Stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Oh thank you very much. My luck she won't know a damn thing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 You know, I think this is the first footage I've seen of Vivian without Lucy, sans a brief clip of her on Joan Rivers' show. I've seen (lately not the original airings) two non-Lucy appearances from the 60s. As a guest on Merv Griffin, she sings in her soprano seated at the chair next to Merv and talks about launching a concert career, which I assumed she ultimately abandoned (changed her mind? low interest from bookers?) Not sure what year that was from. The other is as a guest on the Carol Burnett-Bob Newhart show "The Entertainers", a trouble-plagued one-season variety from the Bob Banner production company, whose "Garry Moore Show" had just ceased production. Again, she sings. Bob Banner produced the first 4 seasons of "The Carol Burnett Show" and although "Garry" and "Etnertainers" were done in New York, all three had a similar look. It was during the production of "the Entertainers" that Carol took on a Broadway musical simultaneously ("Fade Out, Fade In"). Shades of Lucy/Wildcat, she bit off more than could be chewed and claimed she could not go on with "Fade" because she suffered some injuries in a car accident. "Fade" producers were not happy when she attempted to continue on with "entertainers" and lawyers were called in. Carol, like Lucy, never did another Broadway musical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Interesting that Vivian was thinking about a concert career at that time. I had thought she had become afraid of singing live. In the '60s and '70s she did so much summer stock, but didn't do a single musical. I'm sure John Kenley would have loved for Viv to do "Hello, Dolly!" or something. Years ago, bits of Vivian on The Entertainers was online. Viv did a terrific rendition of "Stormy Weather." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Lou Ann doesn't know the origin of the brooch, but said it was stolen in the early 70s. Apparently when Viv travelled around for theatre and stayed in hotels she kept all her jewels in a pillow case. Somebody pinched the pillow case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Well that is very interesting. Must have meant something to keep it all those years, or it was just a great piece. Thanks much for asking. Greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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