Apparently Lucy wasn’t as she appeared to be.. people need to look up, “The Richard Burton Diaries” and he quite frankly couldn’t stand Lucy because of how she acted. Also many flight attendants dreaded having Lucy on board from her demands and looking down on them as if they were “beneath her”. I honestly believe it. Even in interviews Lucy appears very narcissistic and acts snobbish with her exorbitant outfits
I sat behind Lucy in a Hollywood restaurant called The Rose Tattoo. I was SHOCKED at the way she spoke to the waiter and the other staff members. I was truly embarrassed for her.
Many people said similar things... That Lucille Ball was quite serious and blunt in person (even unpleasant), but incredibly smart, hard-working, talented and knew how to create a treat for the audience. She also had a heart, but her playfulness came out on the camera mainly. Interesting to hear Elizabeth speak on her. It's honest and sounds like her experience was a challenge but she appreciates Lucille nonetheless :)
Well the way Lucy's sister Cleo told the story, and she was a producer on this episode and even got Bob and Carol back to write it at short notice. The way she tells the story is Richard asked Lucy at a party if they could be on her show. They approached Lucy not the other way around.
@@jerrygottlick4614 That can't possibly be true. Liz and Dick were jet setters. Lucy traveled in small social circles. Lucy threw so much money at them to appear their show budgets were blown for a couple weeks. It was either Jayne or Audrey Meadows that were begged to work for minimum SAG scale on the following episode. Even that script was bought for cheap.
Elizabeth must remember that Lucy was in chargw! She had to have a certain amount of control. We still love Lucy to this day.Her humor and comedic talent goes unmatched. She never had the casting couch experience that the older actors had. Still I loved this clip!! ❤❤❤
Joan Crawford was drinking on set. And Lucy was bossy because, well, she WAS the boss 😂 Elizabeth was lucky Lucy got her in her mark. They produced that show in four days, from table read to film night, and we're at Mateo's for dinner by nine, according to Lucie Arnaz. Even A- listers like Taylor and Burton weren't treated like Prima Donna's on Lucy's set.
Carol Burnett said that Lucy earned the nickname, “Lucille Balls,” but Carol meant it as a compliment. In other words, she was doing a “man’s job” well, and a lot of Hollywood types didn’t like it. Lucy was the boss at Desilu, and she worked hard for the best.
Barbara Eden, who played Jeannie in the show I Dream of Jeannie, has said in interviews that Lucille Ball was really kind to her when she appeared in I Love Lucy. Lucille thought Barbara’s costume was too plain for her, and she bedazzled it by hand herself so that it would look nicer on her. Barbara could not believe that Lucille did that for her. Unfortunately, she mentions that she allegedly had to hide on set from Lucille’s then husband and Co-Star Desi Arnaz. It is well known that Desi was allegedly a womanizer and Barbara was married to actor Michael Ansara at the time, and she wasn’t interested. Maybe Lucille appreciated and respected a beautiful lady like Barbara for not wanting anything to do with Desi. It is possible Lucille didn’t like Elizabeth talking with Desi or the flirting she did with men and affairs she had with other women’s husbands.
Met a taxi driver who picked her up at the Stuttgart Airport. She was with a woman friend. Taylor seemed very nice so the Taxi driver started asking her about her films. He had seen all of them. He listened intently to what she had to say. It took a half hour to get to the destination. She left him with the biggest tip he had ever gotten.
But when Lucy had Desi..He was the boss..which she liked. Lucy said Desi took care of the studio, the productions, the scripts and so on..all Lucy had to do was show up for the table read, rehearse, and do the show. When Lucy split with Desi..She took over everything..back then..Women didn’t run A Studio, Hire and Fire or Approve of New TV Series(Star Trek). And This Episode ..Lucy meets The Burtons..at IMDb it is rated 8.9 ..it is extremely funny…and well done. By All.
I'd like to see the quotes. Because the way I recently heard the story is that at a party Richard motion to Lucy that he wanted to be on her show. But it had to happen quickly because the Burtons were leaving right after the Oscars. Lucy's sister who produced the show got Bob and Carol back to quickly write it. Anyway no one twisted Burton's arm. It was his idea from the beginning and they were the hottest stars at the time and of course Lucy agreed. I also think some people misunderstand Lucy's ambition. Her mother had to let her go to New York at age 15.
Lmao. They had a feud that started before taping where they kept sending more and more roses to each other showing off and Elizabeth called her Mrs. C*** to her face during the taping. That’s why that pause before answering is so funny to me. She’s really thinking hard how to respond eloquently. 😂😂😂
Elizabeth Taylor was so childlike. Like Judy Garland and Michael Jackson among many former child stars who were put to work and missed critical stages of emotional growth and development. They suffered greatly in their adult lives because of this. How is it that Hollywood is somehow exempt from child labor laws.
Hardships in youth makes for strong and resilient kids only if it isnt extreme hardships but more balanced ones...i think she fell into the latter (but her adult life was very tough)
According to Richard, Elizabeth referred to Lucille as Miss (rhymes with bunt). Sorry I can't write that word; it would be censored. Elizabeth found Lucille impossibly controlling and unpleasant, but Richard gave Lucille a back-handed compliment: she taught him that the way to read comedy lines was to shout everything. And if you're even slightly observant, that's exactly what Lucille did in everything after "I Love Lucy."
Richard Burton said of Lucy, “She is a monster of staggering charmlessness and monumental lack of humor. I am coldly sarcastic to her to the point of outright contempt, but she hears only what she wants to hear. “She is a tired old woman and lives entirely on that weekly show … Nineteen solid years of double-takes and pratfalls and desperate upstaging and cutting out other people’s laughs if she can, nervously watching the ‘ratings’ as she does so. “I loathe her today… “Milady Ball can thank her lucky stars that I am not drinking. “There is a chance that if I had, I might have killed her!”
But the final scene in that episode with Lucy behind the curtain behind Elizabeth has me laughing hysterically every time, no matter how many times I watch it, for me it's one of the funniest moments in television. Proof that when professionals work together, discord off camera doesn't always show in the final product.
Taylor doesn't say what a big financial burden both the burtons put on Lucy ,with their extravagant demands ( separate bungalows for both in top hotels ,separate limousine) and the millions of insurance for the ring plus their exorbitant fees and Burton's insistence of hiring his men for the show, when Gary generously offered to take him shopping the greedy man bought 12 sweaters in different colors Richard Burton had himself approached Lucy to be on her show ,and Lucy was never overawed by any celebrity ,when she found Burton doing his own thing she pulled him up. And did anyone like Elizabeth's performance as opposed to Lucy's? I never knew she had such a whiny voice I think they were the winners ,winning applase for the performances elicited from them from the meticulous Lucy in a record of ordinary careers And did Elizabeth remember the days when Lucy was the bigger celebrity and she was a struggling starlet I saw a pic of both Lucy and Desi on the top their car with a tiny Elizabeth looking up to them from the ground ( they didn't even bother to come down for her because the motherly Lucy always treated these child stars like kids) I dont
Elizabeth described what many people who knew Lucille Ball have said about her. If I'm correct, Lucille Ball wasn't too nice to Joan Crawford when she guest starred on her show. I guess Lucy is not so nice when she is not in character.
Liz was correct about Lucy. I know a guy who worked for her (Lucy) being in her home on several occasions and said she had no sense of humor and hated just about everyone. I believe she was a narcissist.
@@jaf8771Stop with the “narcissist” BS, classifying practically everyone that walks the earth nowadays as narcissists is overused and bizarre. You’re not a behavioral expert and you don’t have the clinical credentials or knowledge to diagnose anyone as anything. 🤡🙄
Richard Burton’s journal reveals his disdain for Lucy. I’m sure it was an eye-opening experience for Liz because she’d never been on a TV set before. Alas, it’s said Lucy really hardened after her divorce from Desie.
@@jaf8771 Dumb to diagnose people you've not encountered and have no clinical hours. Narcissistic, sure. Personality disorder? C'mon. Leave it to the pros.
Nah ... Lucille Ball was a hard taskmaster ... particularly in regards to herself. She demanded GOOD WORK from EVERYONE involved. Always. As fabulous a ratings spike .. the VERY newsworthy 'liz & dick' .. would bring to any (undoubtedly HIGHLY PAID) appearance ... LUCY 😙 ... probably NEEDED to 'position' her STAR player(s) by the shoulders!!! Liz is GREAT! Love her to bits. But THIS was .. UNNECESSARY. 😳
