I think it was just this past Thanksgiving holiday weekend, TV Land had an I Love Lucy marathon......OMIGOD, I loved it, one episode right after another for a couple of hours. And they added little tidbits of "back stage" information under certain shots. Did anyone else catch that marathon?
She is a classic! Loved her wardrobe in the old I Love Lucy shows! This is a great quote from her...
"Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead. "
Lucille Ball
Originally Posted by magblax
She did have some great dresses. I guess that man was none other than Desi. Or Gary Morton....depending on when she said that.
Her and Viv's dresses were fabulous and you rarely ever saw Desi without a tie. And look how dressed up they all got when they just went "up town" or dinner. Those were the days.....
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That was the 'standard' for America in the 1950s.
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Here's that clip on YouTube... very touching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woYs85r3aSo
Hard to believe you dressed up like as well in the 40's and 50's to see a movie. I hear going to movies was a major night out in those days...
Sigh....I wish we could have the 50s back, just with today's medical advances and a little more tolerance of things people can't help.
Then again, we wouldn't have the internet....I'm of two minds about that!
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Well I for one do not miss Butch Wax! Of course now it would be a moot point.
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Wonder if Desi was a "Dapper Dan Man"?
He would have been a Dapper Desi!!
Wonder if Desi was a "Dapper Dan Man"?
Sorry I couldn't help it....
Yes! Dapper Desi.
Remember how much Lucy loved to accompany him to the club?..."Babalu"
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They dressed to go out period, even the grocery store. I don't mean 'Dressed To The Nines', but in general women back then dressed better to go to the supermarket than most women dress today for a big party.
Sportswear for men was non-existent til after WWII, so even on one's day off, men still wore dress shirts- that's all there was. Back then you didn't want to look like a bum. Most men wanted their women to be well dressed because for one thing it was a reflection on them; the fact that they could afford to keep their wives well dressed.
For the past near 4 decades, we've swung to the other end of the spectrum where people don't want to look 'made up', or (be) considered 'over-dressed' by their peers. Whereas young people (late teens) back in the 1950s wanted to look grown up and well groomed/dressed up until the mid 60s, most folks since then have not. Whether you're 17, 28 or 40 most people these days all dress like college kids on their way to a class.
Funny, but when I see someone really dressed up today, I almost automatically think that they're on their way to a wedding. Don't forget, many restaurants refused service to women wearing slacks up until the early 1970s by which time so many women were wearing pantsuits that they had to give in & plenty of restaurants still reserve the right not to seat men who aren't in a coat & tie.
Danny, you & I are the same age; I bet you too can vaguely recall when we were really little, say 1965,66 and you know, when you went out to eat, to church etc that the men were in suit & tie, the women in dresses & pumps. The styles though in a just a short 5 year span, say those from 1965 compared to 1970 are/were worlds apart.
The original Darin (DICK YORK) & Samantha (ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY) in 1966
VS.
4 years later with the 2nd Darin (DICK SARGENT)
1970....What a difference a few years makes
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FAMILY CIRCLE 1965
VS.
McCALLS 1970
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And the movie theatres of that time really were showplaces in their own right.
Warner Theatre in Washington, The Denver Paramount and of course
Radio City Music Hall.
We had a theatre just like that here in Winchester, VA called The Colonal.
Really classy place !! Plush carpeting even the snack bar was beautiful.
The Colonal closed in 1941 and was still standing ( complete with stage, seats and even the snack bar..even some of the old movie posters were still up in the lobby ) until just a few weeks ago when the building's roof fell in due to rain water.
There were attempts to bring the place back to life over the years but local politics got in the way.
Everything changed in, I'd say, 1966-67.
Yes I did catch it, but it pissed me off because they only chose a certain few episodes to add the tidbits to, and just kept running them over and over again. I enjoyed it, but would have liked it if the Marathon had included more episodes. After they started repeating them, I stopped watching the Marathon. It was good amusement until then, LOL
We had a few of those here too, and like the Colonal, attempts to bring them back failed. I soooooooo wish there was a theater like this open now that runs nothing but classic movies. If I ever win a big lottery, this is what I'm going to do, even if it doesn't make any money, LOL
The same politics that hosed the Patsy Cline museum?
some of it..
actually the local paper here did a story about the place recently
http://www.winchesterstar.com/articl...ArticleID=4437
i wanna hear from the ppl that live in Lucy's Roxbury home now to see if they have had contact with her spirit
Ya know? When I was a kid the paper ran The Almanac, which listed events which happened on this date in history?
On a certain date for 1960, they reminded us that was the day Lucy was granted her divorce. I so do not want to believe it happened so I scratched that tidbit from the paper. Though if I made it disappear from the paper, it did not really happen.
Kids -- how they think!
I'd like to know that too. They did change the look of that house.....wonder if Lucy's mad about that???
My husband and I were just talking about that the other day. Growing up, both my grandmother and mom NEVER left the house without sprucing up a bit. It didn't have to be a full face of makeup (well, my grandmother was a little more particular, ha ha), but if you were going downtown, your clothes were clean and pressed, your hair was done and you dang sure had some lipstick on! I grew up in the 70's and 80's were it became a little more relaxed but their habits definitely have had an effect on me. I NEVER leave the house in sweats, hair a mess and I ALWAYS have a tube of lipstick, ha ha. I can't hold a candle to the sharp women back in the day though.They dressed to go out period, even the grocery store. I don't mean 'Dressed To The Nines', but in general women back then dressed better to go to the supermarket than most women dress today for a big party.
Sportswear for men was non-existent til after WWII, so even on one's day off, men still wore dress shirts- that's all there was. Back then you didn't want to look like a bum. Most men wanted their women to be well dressed because for one thing it was a reflection on them; the fact that they could afford to keep their wives well dressed.
For the past near 4 decades, we've swung to the other end of the spectrum where people don't want to look 'made up', or (be) considered 'over-dressed' by their peers. Whereas young people (late teens) back in the 1950s wanted to look grown up and well groomed/dressed up until the mid 60s, most folks since then have not. Whether you're 17, 28 or 40 most people these days all dress like college kids on their way to a class.
Funny, but when I see someone really dressed up today, I almost automatically think that they're on their way to a wedding. Don't forget, many restaurants refused service to women wearing slacks up until the early 1970s by which time so many women were wearing pantsuits that they had to give in & plenty of restaurants still reserve the right not to seat men who aren't in a coat & tie.
Danny, you & I are the same age; I bet you too can vaguely recall when we were really little, say 1965,66 and you know, when you went out to eat, to church etc that the men were in suit & tie, the women in dresses & pumps. The styles though in a just a short 5 year span, say those from 1965 compared to 1970 are/were worlds apart.
The original Darin (DICK YORK) & Samantha (ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY) in 1966
VS.
4 years later with the 2nd Darin (DICK SARGENT)
1970....What a difference a few years makes
If you guys were watching the Lucy & Desi videos on YouTube, you probably already saw this, but I thought it was sweet so I thought I would post it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtrdj5Ci-Gc
I would really like to hear Desi Arnaz Jr.'s take on his mother.
I was in the Navy when I heard the news that Lucy had died. I was so sad I remember.
I love watching the old shows.
Thank you for that link.. I constantly look for this type of thing re: lucy and desi, and this was wonderful.. thank you!!
Well i grew up in the 80s,and my grandmother was trapped in the "dress up" stage well into her late 80s when she stopped driving.she owned the duplex next door to us and she use to dress up to collect the rent! i also remember when i had to go shopping with her she made me ware a bowtie,and we shopped at orbachs on wilshire,then we would go across the street to may co and have lunch at johnnies(i wanted ships because they had toasters at the tables).but it was always an event,where with my parents it was the other way around,dad was color blind and dressed like he was a "members only" club cat.mom was more into slacks,but they worked in the record industry and i guess they had to keep up with the times.
as far as movies palaces go there are a few still around,i know in la they want to fix up downtown broadway just for the theatres,but out here in dallas most of the "palaces" are devoted to musicals.
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AL HIRSCHFELD drawing of
LUCILLE BALL, circa 1963.
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AL HIRSCHFELD drawing of
LUCILLE BALL, circa 1963.
Thank you KELT. I love Hirschfeld. I didn't know he did one of Lucy. I love that he's got the cig in her hand!
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"I don't want FOP goddamit, I'm a Dapper Dan man!", lol hilariousHe would have been a Dapper Desi!!
Sorry I couldn't help it....
Ugh, I wish dressing up came back in style.
I remember I was going on 9 years old when she died and her death was the first celeb death to really make me sad. I was so sad because I loved her in I Love Lucy and she, along with the Stooges were sources of laughter for me in a time when laughter was rare. I remember literally crying because "Lucy Ricardo" died.
i visited her grave in jamestown, ny. for such a funny and beautiful woman, that town is pretty crappy! i wouldn't want to be buried there.
she was no marilyn, but she has got to be the funniest red head ever =]
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i was googling around for any dirt on desi's affairs, and i've run across an article that claims him to be bisexual.
thoughts? confirmations?
http://www.nndb.com/people/411/000045276/
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Jamestown, New York is a VERY depressed city with high unemployment. Actually the whole region is quite depressed. The biggest city to Jamestown is Buffalo. Hard to believe but at the time when Lucy was roaming the streets of Jamestown, Buffalo was one of America's largest cities. Today its about half the size as it was when I Love Lucy was big.
Oddly across the boarder into Canada, the area from just across Buffalo ( Fort Erie, ON ) all the way to Toronto is the biggest booming area of Canada.
Of course Buffalo and Jamestown can't share that growth with its Canadian neighbors.
Desi, bisexual??? I thought he was quite the womanizer. If my grandmother were alive, she would be having me cut out another article because she wouldn't believe it herself!
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Slept with: Cesar Romero (per Romero's interview with Boze Hadleigh)
Slept with: Richard Kollmar (husband of Dorothy Kilgallen, also per Romero's interview)
pull the string!
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I recall seeing a clip of Desi on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. He was talking about his early days on Broadway and said something to the effect of, "I was doin' 'Too Many Girls'." The audience and Johnny are laughing. Desi grins and says, "I mean the show."Yes! Dapper Desi.
Remember how much Lucy loved to accompany him to the club?..."Babalu"
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OMG! I was doing some serious deep cleaning at my mother's house and I found this pattern among others stored in a closet.
VS.
to give ceasar the benefit of the doubt, if those two did get it on I am sure on desi's part it was a "see who it goes" thing.
I wouldnt even call desi bi.
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I was raised on Carol Burnett, too and I adore Patricia Rutledge as that "dreadful Bucket woman."
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Before Desi died of cancer, Lucy phoned him and was heard by Lucie to repeat, "I love you, I love you."
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Lucy was tipped off that Desi was arrested at a cathouse and his name would appear in the newspapers. Some theorized that Lucy's pride was damaged beyond repair and she absolutely could not hold her head up in public after news like that got out to the masses.LUCY was always crazy about DESI; the trouble was that he catted around, a lot ! She left him in the 1940s around the time that she was doing MY FAVORITE HUSBAND, the radio show that basically morphed into
I LOVE LUCY on television. DESI went after her & eventually bedded her down the night before the divorce, so in effect the outcome was voided. True, she could be 'cold' and overly officious even in her personal life, however it wasn't DESI who filed. It was LUCY who filed all 3 times til the one in 1960 was followed through to fruition ! Though she cited other reasons like 'indifference, mental cruelty' etcetera in her divorce petition, it was DESI'S screwing around that was the main 'bone of contention' for LUCY.
Desilu, a book that tells about the show, Lucy, Desi and the kids, etc. had this info. Plus, Desi's drinking was getting heavier and he was exploding with rage at Lucy and the kids. She does look truly traumatized in the photo from her court deposition. It's so damned sad.
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The gals also had a falling out when Lucy was pregnant with Desi Jr. Vivian Vance said, "I'd tell you to go f*ck yourself, but Desi beat me to it!"That is a largely a misperception: VIVIAN VANCE didn't care for LUCY initially and in fact was quoted as having said to a friend not long after having started working with LUCY & DESI , "She may well be a bitch, but I'm going to learn to love that bitch !" In time the two became good friends. LUCY gave a long leash too where VIVIAN was concerned in respect to the fact that LUCY was VIVIAN'S boss; LUCY bailed her out when she (VV) had psychiatric hospitalizations. LUCY also went to bat for VIVIAN when she had all that trouble with PHIL OBER. The two women were close enough, maybe not bosom buddies, but they cared for one another.
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That was normal behavior, as viewed by Desi, because his father kept a mistress in a small house on the Arnaz's property. He mentioned that his father said " A virile man should have as many women as he has hairs on his head." Prostitutes didn't 'count' as cheating, since there was no love involved.
Yes, I wish other women and yours truly had Lucy's intestinal fortitude.
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Her mother's name was Dee Dee.
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The Desilu book has Kay Ballard saying that a rabid dog appeared when they were hiking.
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Same here, Dennis. Who was it that said, "Every day I wake up is a good day" ?? Well that's how I feel !!
Now that I've been watching these episodes again, restored back to their original pristine condition, I've decided this set is really priceless. There are just some things in life that are simple, pure and joyful..."I Love Lucy" is one of those things.
Big hugs back at ya' !!!
Sophia on Golden Girls
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