Lucie Arnaz, Wayne Newton and Lucille Ball 

I guess it’s true then. I always heard that Wayne Newton had an alias name he went by when he was younger so he wouldn’t draw attention to himself. Pretty obvious now that that name was “Steve Hughes”.😏

I always wanted to meet Wayne Newton

Bing Crosby is a personal friend of mine.

Well, “Jesus is a Friend of Mine!” ….(search for it)

I’ve recently become obsessed with him! Please tell him I love him so much and he is an amazing performer then and NOW! ❤

I don't think she's playing. Air guitar (banjo)

I loved watching this. And I tuned in because I saw LB holding a banjo in the thumbnail. Unfortunately, I’m not convinced that*any*of them were actually playing the banjo. Or could. (I mean they are all doing everything to play back, anyway.) I play a bit of guitar, and something seemed off.

@@adamdooley8977 They we’re really playing. I watched closely. Banjo is not as easy as guitar I used to play. I tried banjo once and it wasn’t as easy. It was a colossal fail. And I knew someone who played. Used to watch him practice. Who knows how long Lucy has played. Maybe at the time she started and was a quick study. I know one thing. I could never stand and play guitar. The darn thing is bigger than I am. My guitar is gathering dust.

The only one moving his fingers on the frets was Wayne. The others were not. So I’m not sure who was playing, or if any of them were.

@@jackieforestieri3010 they were all playing.

@@jackieforestieri3010 wayne Newton is one hell of a guitar player. So I think he might be a banjo player also. There are some clips of him playing guitar. I was shocked and blown away by the level of his playing. He should have played guitar as much as he sang.

I loved Lucille Ball when I was aged 6 when I Love Lucy came out in 1951 and love her today - 2023.

That is Desi Araz Jr. If that's what you are asking. No. He did not play the part of Little Ricky on I Love Lucy. Thay was Keith Thibodaux.

@@nonebusiness6583 He was on The Lucy Show, but not in all the episodes.

Lucy played 4 instruments and could really fake playing the violin pretty well - remember comments were that in order to fake it as well she had to have learned that. Lucille was multi talented

No, Harry Carter on the banjo. That was the name of Gale Gordon's character.

@@kevinharris1082 correct, you are 👍

In 1967 I think you can watch the show On prime video

@@thecanadian9937 t h a n k s

Probably strumming the cords but not plugged in and somebody else was doing the actual playing.

@@joemckim1183 - There were horns yet no one in the band was blowing a horn. All recorded music.

@@FrankiexNYC Wayne Newton is a hack. There is a reason he only plays to middle aged to senior citizens in Vegas.

Chords, not cords

@@joemckim1183 Who do YOU play to ?

The "How About You?" number. I remember it!

I loved it as a kid because I thought Lucie was so pretty, and I had a crush on Desi. 😍

I think saying its “her worst series” is a bit harsh. However, to me, the ONLY reason it was good was because of the guest stars not cuz of Lucille Ball’s comedy. Her VERY best show, in MY opinion was “I Love Lucy”. Thats her true TV legacy. I never cared for the shows she did on her own. Take out all the guest stars on “Lucy show” and “Here’s Lucy”its just rehashed gags she did on her first tv show.

I think The Lucy Show was pretty good until Vivian Vance left. (1962-1965)

You got that right!!!

144 shows of Here's Lucy, 156 shows of Lucy Show and 180 episodes of I love Lucy (with 13 of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour) between 1951 and 1974. By the end they ran out of story ideas. CBS knew Lucy would make money (and did)

Thank goodness they weren't the Kardashians, here was talent.

There are more positive comments than negative anyway - haters don't count 🙂

I think it's awesome the old comedy shows, Lucy included, was awesome and a little music to boot I think is really good, and it sounds good to me .

So true...THIS is REAL talent, no matter the hilarity involved. That's the difference for what constituted entertainment back then. The ONLY talent the Kardashians/Jenners are famous for is for screwing/being USED BY, rappers and ballers, having out-of-wedlock kids, and being exhibitionists. They have made their billions by selling their souls...and negatively influencing an entire generation of young women, who not only idolize them, but attempt to copy their EVERY move, to the detriment of both themselves and their reputations...

Anyone remember when Prince and Kim Kardashian were on stage and she had no confidence to move even slightest? But, worth around billion dollars now. Where’s her talent? Not her fault though, it’s people that keep liking, subscribing and all that crap.

Just finished watching the Here's Lucy series (again) and really enjoyed it. All of the Lucille Ball series were good entertaining family shows! They are classics. Started collecting Lucille Ball on dvd years ago...just simple and fun entertainment.

@@codyluka8355 Only "I Love Lucy" was a classic series, as the word "classic" is defined... judged as of exceptional quality, a high standard from which others are judged, standing the test of time. I have the entire "ILL" DVD collection, treasure it, and will leave it to the next generation because as a classic, it will be just as funny in the future as it is now, as it was when they were new.

I was waiting for someone else to notice DesiJr. playing the drums!

Thanks didn't notice that till I read your comment

@tml … of course it was lip synced etc… no question about that. However, the movements and execution of the piece is what I’m referring to

@tml Yes that’s quite true. Both however were trained in dance and that’s where the performance excellence shines through

@tml thanks for pointing out the obvious. Who cares? It was fun to watch. Almost everything is pre recorded anyway.

But Robert E lee is considered racist now.

Sorry racial crap is a real issue

Oh, c'mon now. Justin Bieber has talent. He keeps it in a box. It's labeled 'Autotune'. Plus...he can pee in a bucket.

The reply below was removed. How controversial could it have been? It's Lucie Arnaz, for Pete's Sake. Just wondering?

She is so talented.

Same here

MTF

I feel like she's a friend.

Me too

Her banjo was on auto-tune !

They say he was born female.

It's called "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" (a steamboat). It was written in 1912 by Lewis Muir and Wolfe Gilbert, and made famous by Al Jolson.

Yes, it is. He used to play drums in the trio "Dino, Desi, & Billy" (with Dean Paul "Dino" Martin [son of Dean Martin] and their friend Billy Hinsche).

She was outstanding in both!

Yes I love Lucie. Her personality is so great too.

And now you're eating dinner at 4:00pm and crapping your pants on a regular basis

What a fun memory.

@@jimbailey5681 she's talking about her life, not yours.

@@jimbailey5681 😆

@@jimbailey5681 don't worry .... I'd probably be crapping my pants if I was dragged to see Wayne at the age of 16

People are haters. They have nothing better to do.

People just have standards that music should be good. Lucie Arnaz would've never played music on TV if not for who her mother was.

They're jealous.

@@stanibol I've heard cats screeching that sounded better.

@@joemckim1183 she has great voice! She is also a great dancer. Fun to watch.

It surely looked like they did. It wasn't as if they had to play different notes. I watched their hands closely one at a time and it looked as if they were strumming just as fast as Wayne Newton. If that was me up there, I couldn't strum the strings that fast. Lucy had many talents and I don't doubt that she was actually playing. Then again, I could be wrong.

@tml Thank you for sharing this knowledge with me.

Nope.

@@davidpanetta6400 Lucy play several instruments

I agree. His natural hair color was great. That dark looked ridiculous on him. He must really like it bc you'd think there'd be managers or whoever who would've advised him against it. Guess since his talent far outweighed his looks, he didn't care!

Elvis dyed his hair black. I guess he wanted to emulate him.

the participants looked like they were happy and peppy and bursting with love.

Sixty years ago, I'd watch TV and the oldsters would make homophobic snark about Liberace, Johnny Mathis, and Wayne Newton. I didn't get it until later. Wayne had a high voice, a lisp, and round hips. At Lake Tahoe, we caught his act and his audience was identical to Liberace's: enthusiastic older ladies. Wayne married an older Hawaiian airline stewardess, who later claimed he beat her, and this is sometimes what occurs when gay men feel pressured to marry. Much later, Johnny Carson instigated a nasty barrage of jokes about Wayne, and I remember it. Wayne just couldn't let it go, and I think that's what put him over the top: dying his hair black, the weight gain, the mustache, then outrageous plastic surgery.

@@dennishalford5763 I heard that long, long ago and don't believe Wayne would attempt such a thing, much less gotten past security at NBC where Carson was its most important star. Wayne was bigger than Johnny, but Johnny had been an amateur boxer when younger, was a war veteran, and had the brawling experience most mean drunks have. So I don't believe it. I think Carson was a friendless SOB who was way out of line using Wayne's sexuality as a punchline, but that's how Johnny was.

@@akrenwinkle I agree! I went to the Tonight Show when Johnny was hosting it. He never once spoke or acknowledged the audience until he came out to do his monologue. During the tape stops while the commercials were playing, he sat there and never so much as looked in the direction of the audience --- not a nice man! Contrast this to Carol Burnett. I also went to see her show taped years ago. She not only answered every question an audience member had until no hands were left up, which was edited down and placed at the beginning of her show, but she would come out during the tape stops for the commercials and ask if anyone else in the audience had anymore questions for her. After the taping was over, she came out and thanked everyone for coming and gave us the date the show was to air. She was the opposite of the conceited Johnny Carson. A very nice woman.

@@dennishalford5763 A good read, if you haven't already: "Johnny Carson" by his lawyer Henry Bushkin.

@@akrenwinkle You're right! I was reading some excerpts from it. It is interesting! And it doesn't seem to paint him in a very good light, either!

Offstage, perhaps?...lol. Obviously, it's all fake and lip synched.

Yes

It's better than the beetles

Lucie is charismatic, I didn't need Lucy in that act at all. Wayne is so great to watch but it seems Lucie held her own w/ him whether she played that thing or not.

@tml I knew that