Lucille Ball's Co-Stars Confirm the Truth About Her Bad Temper 

Yes I knew she was a perfectionist obsession with hair coloring but was very straightforward, know Carol Burnett, Lucy's daughter, Desi played golf with Tommie Bolt my 2nd cousin 😊 irs amazing how our lives interact 😮

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I loved Lucy, one of my first women, comedienne from childhood 😂❤

@@debbieochoa8525 Same here, Lucille Ball was a great actress, no doubt about it.

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Know her daughter...😊

Talented people, WHEN THEY’RE IN CHARGE, are often rather NUTS when they’re not in front of an audience. But the professionals around the Star would put up with it, and in Lucy’s case, for two reasons: 1. Everyone on the set shared her interest in making the best product possible, although not necessarily to the over-the-top extent Lucy did. BUT… 2. Lucy OWNED the place! At least she DID, lock, stock and Klieglights [although the majority of those were actually made by Mole-Richardson] after the Ball/Arnaz divorce. Before that, she CO-owned it all with Desi. Lucille Ball’s NAME was in the title of the show(s), so she absolutely had a stake in the quality of that product And it’s interesting you termed her re-staging of a scene without the Director being there as “like a factory foreman”. Between Hollywood’s Melrose Avenue studios of Desilu (located in the Southwest corner of the Paramount Pictures lot), and the Culver City “Forty Acres” Desilu lot, Desilu Productions was indeed a TV factory. Just look at the sheer number of TV shows that came out of their facilities besides “I Love Lucy”, “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy” - The Untouchables, Whirlybirds, The Danny Thomas Show, Wyatt Earp, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Hogan’s Heroes, and BOTH Star Trek pilots (and many of the episodes), just to name a very few. There were MANY more. When Lucy got tired of being a Studio Mogul, she sold the whole kit and kaboodle to Paramount Pictures, and was quite happy NOT to be responsible for the shows that were in production at the time, not to mention all the details, big and small, of running a Studio. She could finally relax a bit, letting someone else worry about all those things. Then all she had to concern herself with were the shows with her name in the titles (as if that wasn’t enough!). An amazing lady, to be sure.🩷

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Also, I can't imagine watching any other tv sit com as much as I have watched I Love Lucy. Always laugh and enjoy the Fabulous Four: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and Wm Frawley.

Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Lucy. We miss her.

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Jack Benny and Lucy were friends and next door neighbors for years - until he died.

I Loved that esp. knowing that Benny and Ball were next door neighbors and friends for decades. Once a guest said when they were eating dinner, Jack came in playing his violin, walked around the table continued to play and left, without saying a word! One time they were in a scene together both playing the violin. She looked so good, one did not know that she couldn't play the violin -- but it was all mimicked - down to precise finger movements. Darn it was perfect or almost, apparently someone picked up the that the music continued on a few seconds and Lucy was no longer moving her fingers. The person who made the comment had played the violin for years and said she was so good - that up to the end he did not realized that she was acting.

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Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Lucy. May she find peace 🙏

She was a real beauty and talent. I cried when she died.

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Lucille Ball was a real Sargent at work and with her own family. Sargent Ball. No wonder she drove Desi to drinking being married to a Sargent.

Was Lucille Ball a SIGMA female?

She was also a great beauty and walked like a woman who knew pride and dignity in herself and work. Yes, Talent we lack today

@@FactsVerse Best episode: Vitameatavegamen - have a coffee mug with her picture on front holding the bottle - saying I feel fine, but it's hot in her.

I agree with that 100%.

Give Lucille Ball a well written script and her comic genius was easily displayed! There were many good comedy performers during Lucy's time but none of them came close to equalling or surpassing her

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Her mother said she wasn’t funny first. That she only delivered the lines other people wrote. She was being incredibly modest there.

She just knew what she wanted. She and Desi preferred to run each show straight through, like a play. So as it were, they wanted to get everything perfect and would do whatever it took to achieve that. However, she adored the people she worked with, and would always use the same actors in all her various tv shows. She’d never accept an award without naming them… she never considered herself a one woman show.

Lucy and Richard Burton did not get along on set because he was an alcoholic - came late to rehearsals, didn't know his lines and looked down on anyone trying to get him up to speed. In his last films he rehearsed while sitting down or lying down - too drunk to stand up - hence he died at 58 from complications due to alcoholism. BTW the Burtons asked Lucy to be on the show - most expensive ever - plus one of the best received. The reviews were over the top.

Gale Gordon and Lucy were friends for over 30 years; they got along well and really loved each other. Lucy and Vivian were friends - I think Vivian was not easy to get along with either - she initiated the conflict with Wm Frawley, which did not change in the 6 seasons of the show. Vivian got married 4x and the last marriage worked, but he was gay. Lucy loved Desi a lot but he was an addict: booze, women and gambling; his second wife almost divorced him too. Lucy ended up starring and producing The Lucy Show as well as running Desilu Studios. (She had to buy Desi out as the studio was losing money) After a few years when Desilu was doing well, she sold it for 17 million. I am going on a lot, but damn I really admired her fortitude and ability to keep things going, do well by the kids, and save the studio from bankruptcy. That's a heck of a lot on anyone's plate!

Let me comment on 3 people who Lucy did not get along with on her show: Richard Burton, Tallulah Bankhead and Joan Crawford. They had one thing in common: they were alcoholics - came on set late, didn't know their lines, and there was conflict, Burton in particular had a really big ego - and how dare a tv comedian tell him what to do. However, with each person Tallulah, Burton, Crawford - a really good show came out of it. Only Burton was a mean drunk and was really nasty about Lucy. He was used to while working on his last few films, sitting down or lying down while rehearsing - he could not stand up. He died from complications of alcoholism at 58. Joan said something funny - after they were on set together - And they call me a *itch! and Tallulah was very positive about meeting and working with Lucy. However, she did have the last laugh. Tallulah had Lucy so anxious about how she was going to perform that Lucy was off, and Tallulah gave an A+ performance!

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Sargent Desi and Sargent Ball

@@user-fm8nf2ys2o Do you mean Sergeant?

Yes, I do

Who wouldn't push Rob Weiner against the wall.

@@user-fm8nf2ys2o Desi would really go over the top the more he drank after 1955.

I saw her on Super password and i didn't see disgust at all.

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However, when Desi jr and Lucie Arnaz wanted to get into show business that had a chance to work on "Here's Lucy" for several seasons and made lots of connections as well as having a lot of money. When Desi Sr. landed on the shores of Miami at age 16 - he had finish two years of high school, earn a living and when he graduated, his father divorced his mother and Desi had to support her for the rest of his life. Lucy found her way to NYC at age 15 had no money and no connections - finally got into modeling so she could eat and send home money to help support her family, which she did till both her mgf and mother died. Early on, she also supported her brother Fred who was 4 years younger and her cousin Cleo.

Taylor and Burton asked Lucy to be on her show and they were paid more than any other stars ever. However Burton was an alcoholic -- came on set late, drunk, didn't know his lines or mumbled his lines. Lucy called him out on it in no uncertain terms. He hated her for it "How dare she call out the great Richard Burton". The show turned out A++. In his last films he was so drunk, he had to rehearse his lines, sitting down or lying down, He died at age 58, complications due to alcoholism.

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@@LJ-ht4zs Yes, it was said that Lucille called him out, telling him he couldn't act. If he was drunk at a rehearsal and this affected his performance, he was right. And since they were on a tight five day schedule, there was no room for "playing." TV comedy, especially with Lucille Ball was serious business.

God I feel like a Lucy apologist but I have never liked Liz Taylor. She stole her best friend's husband (Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, who had children); but Liz was lonely cause Michael Todd was killed in an airplane crash the year before. It just about ruined Fisher's career but enhanced Liz Taylor's in that she could get any man she wanted. After that, she met Burton on the set of Cleopatra - goodbye Fisher hello Burton, who was married with several children. Same show, different day. Again, only + publicity. Taylor also was an alcoholic and was into drugs. I finally saw something positive in her when she went to The Betty Ford Clinic and admitted her substance abuses, which like Betty Ford, gave women permission to speak up about their issues. Also at that time, Liz Taylor became a major spokesperson for research in and treatment for AIDS. In those two ways I truly found her admirable. However in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe", which Burton and Taylor brilliantly acted in - it seemed like a window into their real lives.

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When Lucy was in NYC living there for awhile she always ate lunch at Elaine's, a well known restaurant on the East Side. The owner was interviewed after Lucy had died and she was extremely positive about her coming in every afternoon. - (if there is ever a place someone may show a cranky side it's a restaurant - I was a waitress in High School and College) This was a time after her shows she had rented an apt. in the area to be closer to her grandchildren.

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@@FactsVerse Very impossible to recall. Great question!

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That aspect of her personality was discussed while she was alive, albeit in books about her and on interview shows. The comments about her bossiness only got sharper and deeper upon her death. That was a big problem between her and Desi when they produced "I Love Lucy". She would defer to him but was wound tighter than a drum and often had shouting matches with him on set.

Correct! Has anyone come along since to equal or top what Lucille Ball accomplished? She has left a wonderful library of comedy that continues to be The Gold Standard for all to learn from.

After their painful divorce, Lucy was running Desilu Studio by herself, at the same time, acting in and producing The Lucy Show, and was raising her two children.

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🤪Same with every unless politician I have ever met !.

I read somewhere that Lucy wasn't a natural redhead.

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the lucy show

I agree - also Vivian Vance was in abusive marriage as the other two marriages and she and Bill Frawley were antagonist toward each other. Plus not only Desi was a cheater he was also an alcoholic (as was Frawley) and he began acting out (on the set) by1955. However, the Fabulous Four created I Love Lucy, the best tv sit com I have ever seen. Love Lucille Ball, she had an incredibly difficult life growing up, and made music out of sadness. Each one of these performers had issues but created greatness together.

Desi was married to Sargent Ball. It is not easy to be married to a Sargent in real life.

@@user-fm8nf2ys2o Desi was an addict: sex, booze, and gambling, before marriage to Lucille Ball, during the marriage and after it. Nothing easy - being married to an addict of one, no less all three.

No she was an evil person that’s why desi did what he did. He need love he could not get from Lucy. She was the devil in disguisen

@@LJ-ht4zs he was none of those things. He need some relief for Lucy’s meaness

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That's why her shows will last forever.

Glad to know that you're a fan of Lucille. May she find peace 💗

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I recently bought a coffee mug with Lucille Ball holding up the Vitavetavegamen bottle and the writing on it was: I FEEL FINE BUT IT'S HOT IN HERE! I told my primary care physician about it, and her eyes glistened. I surprised her and bought her one too - she loved it. Extremely intelligent, caring doc who is the Head of the Medical Group and well respected in the medical community. I guess we're still out there.

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@@FactsVerse nothing in particular. I just like this video because a lot of people don't realize Lucille Ball was like this. The Ali thing for her is a lovable character from I Love Lucy.

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@@FactsVerse There are so many great “I Love Lucy” episodes that’s it’s hard to choose just one. Instead, I’ll choose some that I love that may not get mentioned that often by other fans (in no particular order): 1) The episode where Lucy tries to sneak the cheese on the airplane is absolutely brilliant, hilarious and perfectly executed. 2) The one where Lucy and Ethel buy a freezer and then accidentally buy what seems to be a whole cow of beef. 3) The episode when Lucy pretends to go on a hunger strike in Paris so that Ricky will buy her a new dress. Again, this episode showed the brilliance of the writers and the entire cast. The Lucy Show had some absolutely hilarious episodes, and unlike many fans my favorites aren’t necessarily in the first season, for instance the episode where Lucy and Viv are competitors in a baking contest and of course their rivalry gets the best of them. The one where Lucy poses as an aid in the hospital to secure Mr. Mooney’s signature for a loan. The scene where the hospital staff is chasing Lucy in the wheelchair is flat out hysterical. Then there’s the episode where Lucy looses her contact lens in a cake that she’s baked for Mrs. Mooney. Also the episode where Lucy and Viv are cooks at the boys camp, and Harvey Korman is the camp leader. Anytime you put Lucy and Viv in the kitchen together, it was comedy gold. Those episodes imho, rival some of the best episodes of “I Love Lucy”. When you’re watching The Lucy Show you especially relish the first two and half seasons with Vivian Vance because you’re aware of how awful the ensuing seasons will be. What made the Lucy Ricardo character enjoyable is that not only was the initial premise for each episode believable, the character was clever and resourceful. By the same token in the first few seasons of The Lucy Show, the premise for each episode was believable, and while the Lucy Carmichael character was not quite as clever as Lucy Ricardo, she was crafty. However, the later iterations of the Lucy character were an adult who was simply dumb, often not displaying the intelligence of an older child. The situations were contrived for any desperate attempt for a laugh via some ridiculous sight gag. One week you had Lucy being a meter maid. The next week she was an airline stewardess. The next week she was a stuntman in a movie . The following week she’s back to working in the bank. An absolute disaster of a show.

Was Lucy a boss or a Sargent?

Desi Jr was a baby then for I love Lucy of course... but nice that Desi Jr and sister lucie starred w her on Here's Lucy..and . strict w them 2 to get it right:) they learned alot from her.

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🥱🥱 And no one cares Karen. 🧘‍♂️ 🧒 you have nothing intelligent to say !..

Late for what???????? 😅

The video

@@andylam9678 So you probably won't get any dessert after dinner tonight right??? 😆

@@kmr9347 yes

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I am a huge lucy fan but i am not sure i would want to work with her I have heard she was difficult to work with

I know she was banned from one airline because she was so hateful to the crew working. Somewhere a flight attendant or someone asked her what she wanted to drink or eat and a woman who was serving as Ball's assistant told the woman that Miss Ball didn't speak to the help.

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34 years

Since 1989.

I think she died sad and 😞 @@user-fm8nf2ys2o

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@FactsVerse The episode where she got a sunburn but had to model a wool dress.

Yes, Sharksport01, I remember when she admitted herself that she WASN’T funny ! The writers made her that way. And in regards to stunts done on her shows, one of the writers stated there was NOTHING she wouldn’t DO ! (Daughter Lucie said she wasn’t funny too !)

WOW! Why so bitter little fella? Did you get misgendered again? 😂

That's hilarious! Many but not all people in these later generations have no idea what they missed when Lucy was queen of comedy. What they think is funny today pales in comparison to the greatest comedienne of the 20th Century😅

@@markwhitman9029 Yes, it's Pathetic that Amy Schumer is their comedy queen these days isn't it?? Vile, disgusting filth is their idea of funny!!!

No she's a fricken Leo.

@@rhondabitler5474 Whoops my bad...yeah LEOS are on my top 5 list of signs I don't like....usually bipolar

@@edieleonemstambo670 What are the other ones you don't like? Lucy was born August 6, in 1911 I believe the year was