Jim Bailey,lucie arnaz,lucille ball,and gale gordon on Heres LUCY 1973 in the episode "Lucy and Jim Bailey" jim performs as phyllis diller and later with lucie arnaz singing peggy lees hit fever.
I used to study Jim to the point of obsession as a young character actor. Watching his work is a master class to any actor. He was a one of a kind. We will never know the like again. Thank you Jim. N
I love looking back at the later seasons of Here's Lucy. Lucy Carter in the later seasons often gave it right back to Harry, and was more down-to-earth and Lucille Ball-like, which made her more natural and fun. Lucy's wig here looks great, when she wore the longer and non-helmet hairstyles, she looked sexier and more sophisticated. Thanks for this again!
@defundthewar No, Aaron Spelling didn't appear in that episode called "First Stop". The motel owner was played by Olin Howlin. (I got that info from Bart Andrews' I Love Lucy Book.) Aaron Spelling did appear in the very next episode, however, which was called "Tennessee Bound". He appeared as the gas station attendant who was tied together w/ the Bent Fork, TN, sheriff & his daughters, Teensy & Weensy, as Tennessee Ernie Ford helped the Ricardos & Mertzes escape the jail there.
I certainly appreciate your knowledge of Lucille Ball's series. However, Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn Pugh were not regular writers for "Here's Lucy", they only wrote some episodes. In addition, if you research you will find that Madelyn and Bob only wrote sporadically for "The Lucy Show", primarily as regular writers during the show's early seasons. Again, it's refreshing to find someone else who has such a health "Lucy-Knowledge".
I loved all 3 of Lucy's series." Life With Lucy" I watched but I don't think It was good. Lucy will forever be the Queen. I watched Life with Lucy to see Lucille Ball act. I knew she was getting on in years. I was 5 when this episode was aired so I only got to watch reruns. The Lucy show I read was #2 in the Ratings when it ended in1968. I read that she ended "The Lucy Show " when she sold Desilu, then started "Here's Lucy" She also felt her career started to ascend when she married Desi Arnaz.
Bob Caroll Jr. and Madelyn Pugh did not write every season of The Lucy Show. After the first couple of seasons, they only wrote for the show sporadically. Bob and Madelyn were never regular writers for "Here's Lucy", although they did write for the show sporadically. If you do some research on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy, you will find that what I am saying is unequivocally true. This is not a matter of opinion, it is fact.
It's too bad that in her later series, Lucille Ball didn't get writers who could utilize her comedic talents, while making the show a bit more sophisticated---And get a director who would demand that she and her co-stars not use cue cards!
I know Liza dated Desi Jr. and Lucy who was very blunt and up front spoke very lovingly about Liza after they had broke up. I seen a clip of Lucille Ball when she was on Phil Donahue. I know that Lucille Ball really disliked Patty Duke and made Desi Jr break it off which he did. I would love to find a good Biography of Lucille Ball. Did she ever write an AutoBio ?
Lucy was superstitious so when her She married Desi Arnaz she made sure her Tv Characters all had "AR" in their names i.e "RicARdo, CARmichael,CARter & BARker" I heard that Desi & Madeline Pugh had an affair. was that true? I know that Judy & Lucy were good friends Lucy went to bat when Judy had her own show on CBS. Lucy said once that she herself, wasn't funny in real life & that Judy Garland was the funniest person she ever met & that Judy made her look like a Mortition.
According to several interviews with Lucie, her mom was strong willed, but also open minded. She dealt with a lot of judgement & prejudice from CBS & the public for her ultimatum that her real-life Latino husband be cast in ILL. At that time, theirs was considered a "mixed" marriage and controversial for prime time TV. Then there was further public shaming for the Desi-Lucy divorce (both Catholic). Being scorned gave Lucy a great deal of empathy for others who were discriminated against. During the last season of the "Will & Grace" reboot, Lucie said the only reason she agreed to an appearance on the ILL homage episode was because she knew it was a show her mom would like & approve of.
