Lucille Ball Was a Monster On Set, According to Co-Stars

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Did you know that Lucille Ball rubbed many of her coworkers the wrong way due to her strict professionalism on the set of her shows, or did you assume that the beloved comedic actress had been as easygoing as her peers? Alongside real-life husband Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball became a major star thanks to her performance on the hit 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy. The star had been given the opportunity to star on the series after struggling in Hollywood for many years, and her role on it turned out to be her big break!
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Given that Lucille had worked incredibly hard to get to where she was by the time that she became a household name thanks to I Love Lucy, she understandably put a whole lot of work into guaranteeing that each week’s episode was as hilarious as possible. This resulted in the show going on to stand the test of time after its initial airing, but it also caused Lucille to come off as a bit of a monster to some of her coworkers on set due to her demanding nature.
While other comedians of the time may have been more lighthearted on the set of their shows, Lucille Ball was a consummate professional that didn’t have much patience for playing around. Lucille didn’t allow any of her costars to improvise even a little bit and required that they all put in the same amount of effort that she did when rehearsing. Join Facts Verse as we take a look at how Lucille Ball was a monster on set, according to costars.
Lucille Ball Was a Monster on Set, According to Co-stars

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@rosiepena8917 2 года назад

Lucille was known for being a perfectionist but not a "monster." Lucille and Vivian Vance were actually best friends in real life. They continued to work together and hang out together even after I Love Lucy ended. Lucille's daughter said that Vivian Vance was always hanging out with her mother at their house. Desi was in control of the business side of things which Lucille wanted nothing to do with, she only wanted creative control of the show, which is why the show did so well, because of the creative vision of the writers and her input.

@CL9one 2 года назад

my sister bought jack benny's home next lucille ball's home lucille ball was out of town the day I was there visiting my sister a home that had not seen a remodel since 1965 when gracie fallen passed away we were invited over to Lucille's home and Gary Morton Lucille's husband said stay for bbq etc Lucille is due back home in one hour when she arrived I was shocked at her sailor mouth we found a way out and left two hours later Lucille came over to apologize for her bad behaviour and said to come back for bbq we accepted and the rest of the afternoon we all had a great time

@DavidWilliams-qr5yj 2 года назад

Lucille and Vivian were lifelong friends but if you will read their biographies you will understand that they had their differences at times, and for a while their friendship was estranged. Your ideal of a perfectionist and other artists feelings obviously differ and it's apparent that Lucy could be a monster sometimes

@jackvannote 2 года назад

Rosie's assessment seems most correct here; "monster" is an exaggeration for ckickbait purposes. She was demanding and a perfectionist to be sure but fair with everyone. Jack A.S VanNote President JAV Communcative Enterprises

@JohnLee-pt5jz 2 года назад

I believe Vivian and Lucy had their " ins" and "outs" over the years.

@jackvannote 2 года назад

@@JohnLee-pt5jz Yes they did but from my observation that's the way women in my life who attain "Best Friend" status all operate. Their friendships have ups and downs and even periods of break off or estrangement. Its all part of the way females interact with each other. But when the chips are down they put asside their differences and reunite.They are truly the personification of the acronym BFF.

@urbanlegendsandtrivia2023 2 года назад

And that's why the show is so brilliant. She demanded excellence from everybody.

@susanford2388 2 года назад

When you are a female & your name is in the title in the 50's you have to be better than everyone else around you. So the pressure was immense & she & her cast & script writers did a brilliant job. Her show is timeless.

@jackvannote 2 года назад

When your female in any business up to the very present day, though it is still somewhat true, if you are simply as professional and demanding as any man in the same position you run the risk of being labeled negatively which would not happen to the nale. Yet if you aren't that professional and demanding because your a woman you will be pushed around and fail. Until very recently all business was a man's world and the glass cieling rarely cracked. Lucy was a pioneer for women that cracked it she had to be tough to do it and succeed. She deserves accolades for her achievenents not negative appellations that men acting the same would never be accused of.

@pattyperkins5007 2 года назад

Including herself.ITS EASY TO SPEAK ILL OF THE DEAD ISNT IT?

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

@@susanford2388 also, a lot of pressure to make the show #1 which continues it's celebrity over 70 years later!

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

@@jackvannote Absolutely!

@scottburton9701 2 года назад

70 years later,"I Love Lucy" is still hilarious.

@susanford2388 2 года назад

Timeless. In the 90's I was living in London & was standing in line at a shop waiting to pay my tv rental fee & the shop had tv's on mute with I love Lucy showing, I was standing laughing my head off I had not seen that particular episode, the gentleman behind the counter asked me if he should turn up the volume I said "No, she is funny even with the volume on mute". True story. She was learning to drive on the sofa with cans of food.

@stephenkirkwood3544 2 года назад

I just watched the series again the past couple of weeks for about the 10th time. I'm only 36, but I used to watch this on Nick at Night when I was a kid.

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

@@stephenkirkwood3544 I have also watched the 5 years of I Love Lucy during the last few months on youtube - in black and white. Loved it. I was 6 years old when the show first came out in 1951. Still makes me laugh a lot

@ACKCSC2024 2 года назад

I would have expected no less. A true professional

@mzkarmageddon2 2 года назад

Desi full o' 💩 rolling my eyes 🙄 outta my head on his bs excuse 'why' he cheated w/ prostitutes

@jackvannote 2 года назад

Oh and so is that "only with prostitutes bs". Every starlet in Hollywood he chased after catching many. He campaigned to seduce Barbara (later to portray Jeannie) the whole week she guested on the show but she instead befriended Lucy who took the young girl under her wing with advice and mentoring.

@MsBackstager 2 года назад

@@mzkarmageddon2 Desi learned how to cheat from his dad who had another family.

@scotnick59 2 года назад

You bet.

@laughoutloud2334 2 года назад

My Mother was a waitress in Burbank in the 50s… Lucille Ball came into the restaurant ( more of a nice diner back then Mom said) , with her Black maid. Before entering the diner Ms Ball asked my Mother if it was ok her maid accompanied her.. My Mother said of course, and seated them in the diner at a table by the window.. Mother waited on them throughout their meal, ( pancakes and sausages I was told) lots of coffee… After they were finished Mother politely asked if she could have her autograph.. Ms Ball wrote her name on the napkin she had folded by her plate… after they left Mother found a $100 dollar bill under the coffee saucer……..Her boss gave her the afternoon off. Mom never forgot how kind Lucille Ball was…….I never forgot how kind my Mom was. 💔

@FactsVerse 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing the nice experience of your mother with Lucille! Who would have thought that she'll get $100 aside from the autograph. ❤

@laughoutloud2334 2 года назад

@@FactsVerse Both my parents worked in Burbank in restaurants/cocktail lounges.. that’s how they met. They would see many stars coming from the Paramount studios still in costumes they wore during filming… Dad went fishing near Bishop Ca with Henry Fonda and Van Heflin ( I may have mispelled that) … He took them on what they called “ A day to remember “… Dad had the most fun that day I remember well! Mr Heflin gave me a handful of bazooka bubble gum……A day to remember!

@dianelipartito6654 2 года назад

That doesn't surprise me.

@maryjocisco3535 2 года назад

There were many, many actors and actresses that continued to work with her through the years - Vivian Vance, Mary Jane Croft, and Gale Gordon, just to name a few. If she was so horrible, nobody would have done so.....She was a perfectionist and people respected that....

@rtususian 2 года назад

I remember in an interview Lucy said she liked the fact that Gale Gordon would speak as loud at rehearsals as he did during the actual tapings.

@maryjocisco3535 2 года назад

@@rtususian Love this....

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

also Lucy continued on with 12 more years of Lucy shows - being the main actor and producer director - plus the studio head after she bought out Desi from Desilu.

@garycarpenter2980 Год назад

Some people like to be a perfect just to get their own way,my late father was the same way,he wanted things to go his way

@LJ-ht4zs Год назад

Also Lucy met her writers Jess Oppenheimer, Robert Carroll Jr and Madelyn Pugh on her radio show "My Favorite Husband" and they came along with her to I Love Lucy - and they continued on with her afterwards on other shows. Also, Karl Freud the famous cinematographer who came on board knew Lucille Ball from movies. Also, William Frawley called Lucy about getting the part of Fred Mertz and she said I will pass it on to Desi - and Desi okayed Frawley's hiring. Again, she apparently had the magnetism to keep people in her orbit -

@Sandra-wj4on 2 года назад

She was a woman who existed in a time where men ruled everything. She had to be tougher than most just to survive and make her vision happen.

@rosiepena8917 2 года назад

Yup exactly

@laurawilloughby4000 2 года назад

YEP.

@pallavisreetambraparni6995 2 года назад

yup exactly

@marcoscalderon5321 2 года назад

Correcto.

@David-dz3ig 2 года назад

"Funny business, a woman's career, the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you'll need them again when you get back to being a woman. It's one career all females have in common - being a woman. Sooner or later we've got to work at it no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted. And in the last analysis, nothing is any good unless you can look up just before dinner or turn around in bed, and there he is. Without that, you're not a woman. You're something with a French provincial office or a book full of clippings but you're not a woman. Slow, curtain, the end." Bette Davis as Margo Channing All About Eve.

@rrvette7953 2 года назад

Lucy was a comedic GENIUS . In an interview, in her later years, she said she could convey the comedy but could not create it !

@nadezhdawall-rossi2864 2 года назад

Desi was the brains, Lucy was the comedic genius.

@susanford2388 2 года назад

She & Betty White were brilliant both unique types of comedy & trailblazers. Lucy was not afraid to make herself look frumpy, idiotic or ugly. That shows just how confident she was in herself, her ability & the scripts.

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

@@nadezhdawall-rossi2864 Also, Lucy took over running Desilu Studios after buying Desi out AND still acted in her tv role. I think both were intelligent and wonderful in their careers. Good fortune smiled when they met each other and became the couple who created I Love Lucy and the Desilu Studio. Lucy did it all on her own in the last years.

@josephjohnson8520 2 года назад

Lucille Ball is just serious about her craft. Everything got to be point. Lucille is a comedic genius.

@philipancell516 2 года назад

Still had to get along with everyone she worked with!!

@caroldriehorst1165 2 года назад

She really was so good on the show and really all of them were. I did hear that she didn't have a big sense of humor off TV but she sure knew how to be funny on TV.

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

@@philipancell516 Other than the complainer Vivian Vance - people like Gale Gordon who worked with her on all her series - never said anything but + about Lucille Ball. If she was so impossible to work with how come the writers, many people (Vance included) continued to work on her shows. I do not remember hearing at the time, how celebrities refused to work with her and not accept invites to be on the show, or staff quitting because of it. I do remember two people complaining - Richard Burton and Tallulah Bankhead - both of them were serious boozers, wouldn't rehearse or wouldn't remember their lines. They complained about her - she did not like their lack of professionalism. Would you?

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

@@LJ-ht4zs Lucy terrorized Joan Crawford on the set. Joan had a few drinks because she was insecure about performing before a live studio audience. Lucy shouted at her and said, "She's been drinking!", and "Fire her!" Poor Joan, who was not perfect herself ("No wire hangers!").

@LJ-ht4zs Год назад

@@SymphonyBrahms Joan Crawford terrorized her own adopted daughter "Mommie Dearest" I think her drinking was part of the problem.

@PaiviProject 2 года назад

Wow. I can see her being demanding. She did great job and her show sure was great.

@JosephQ384 2 года назад

She was a perfectionist and did everything she did for the greater good of the show. People who are quote on quote "difficult" to work with are usually the groundbreakers in this world.

@maryannemelenka9250 2 года назад

She was a perfectionist! But she did a good job, it was not personal! You had to have a thick skin with Lucy. But Richard Burton said Gale Gordon was a saint working with Lucy, and he’s a Shakespearean thespian! She must have been hard. But her daughter said she was always a control freak, so this was at home too.

@philipancell516 2 года назад

I beg to differ. Lucy didn't want ANY of the women to be prettier than she was. She ordered the makeup department to purposely make Ethel up in uglier makeup and outfits to wear.

@yummyyum36719 2 года назад

Burton said a bit more than that. He despised working with Lucille Ball and said that she demanded that every line to be yelled at the top of the actors voices, without any nuance. I Love Lucy really works because of the chemistry of those four actors, and it was played like Vaudeville, wherein actors yelled at the top of their voices and there wasn't much nuance to the reading of lines. Cheap gags and physical comedy were what Vaudeville was all about. Burton was used to theater acting at the highest level. It was basically a very poor fit all the way around. I very much enjoy I Love Lucy but the later shows suck, precisely because she would bring in people like Burton for the cheap thrill of having a big name, whether that person could do broad low brow comedy or not. I am also a fan of Burton but he was more of a dramatic actor. He could be funny in that context, but playing real broad comedy like that was not his strength, nor was it Elizabeth Taylor's strength.

@rtususian 2 года назад

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had a horrible time filming their HERE'S LUCY episode. Elizabeth even called Lucy a c**t.

@philipancell516 2 года назад

@@rtususian my adoptive father worked for John Warner when she was married to him and I've had many conversations with her. Loved her ❤

@andrewthornhill7042 2 года назад

@@rtususian So did Joan Blondell. And Joan Crawford said Lucy could outbitch her (Joan) any day!

@kyleking284 2 года назад

This is what made the show so GREAT!! She had the talent and creativity to back up what she did! A true professional to the end "I STILL LOVE LUCY"💖⭐

@tilliemaekirk9444 2 года назад

Her strict professionalism made them wealthy in the extreme.

@marcella8251 2 года назад

She was a legend and her perfectionism paid off

@angelthman1659 2 года назад

Lucille and Vivian became best friends in real life. So to imply their relationship was just about professional respect is inaccurate, or at least incomplete.

@rosiepena8917 2 года назад

Exactly

@RayPointerChannel 2 года назад

Yes. This is just another example of how the present generation is so focused on fabricating drama, or twisting issues to make that drama. If the relationship between Lucille and Vivian was so contentious, WHY would Viv consent to return for guest shots on THE LUCY SHOW after she had moved to the east coast? There is something to be said about a clash of egos as well. It has been reported that Vivian started making demands. But the fact was that it was Lucille Ball's show, and there could be only one star--her. She was a major asset to CBS in this regard. So it was natural that this valuable asset be protected. Vivian was given her chance at a solo vehicle, GUESTWARD HO! She froze up during the filming because her balance was off working without her co-star, Lucy. That show was recast with Joanne Drew in the part of Babs Hooten, and lasted one season in spite of being a good show.

@francishanna9999 2 года назад

When Lucy & Desi got divorced, she bought out Desi's share of Desilu Productions, making her the most powerful woman in Hollywood, and the only female head of a major studio. Desilu was responsible for producing Mission Impossible, Star Trek, and several other TV series of the 60s.

@FactsVerse 2 года назад

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@robertgorton3856 2 года назад

Lucy was a talented Actress but, I am sure she did run up with one's in the industry that more likely didn't want to see her succeed. So, she had to have a stern way and determination. Plus, with Desi's unfaithfulness it is bound to been hard Lucy and him working together on the set when they were disagreeing in real life at home. Maria Osmond did tell in an Interview that she learnt to do her makeup from Lucy and, that she was a hard person to get along with.

@rtususian 2 года назад

Lucy made a guest appearance on the Donny & Marie Show in the mid 1970s.

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

Lucy Arnaz who loved both parents did refer to her mother as a "control freak". It was not derisive in a mean way, but did say her mother's nature was that of a perfectionist both on stage and at home.

@jeanmarie4507 2 года назад

She had to do extraordinary things to be extraordinary. Period.

@AdrianaLaCerva126 2 года назад

My friend who was a flight attendant in first class said she was an absolute horror. A demanding total “female dog” to put it politely. Talented yes,the best,a legend but not so nice in real life.

@rickcowan7527 2 года назад

My late cousin, a flight attendant back in the day, made the same observation re Lucy's behavior: nasty and demanding.

@hiway51biker 2 года назад

@@rickcowan7527 As much as I admire Lucille Ball I agree. I know of a flight attendant who tried to ask Lucy if she needed anything but Lucy did not respond. After asking her a few times Lucy finally announced "I do not speak to servants".

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

I heard about a flight attendant who said that Lucy was rude and overbearing to the flight attendants on the plane.

@frankfrank9437 2 года назад

I just watched today an interview with Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon. In that interview they were paying tribute to Vivian Vance. This was so touching as you can see how Lucille Ball loved Vivian Vance. Lucy said in the interview that she would not even consider doing another show without Vivian Vance. Everyone needs to just STOP about rumors that Vivian Vance and Lucille Ball had difficulty working together or being together. Lucille Ball was devestated with the lost of Vivian Vance. They often communicated with each other about the shows that Vivian was not even a part of. They were best friends in all aspects of life. I only wish I had a beat friend who accepts me just the way I was. Lucy had that with Vivian. She was more than just a co-worker. These two women had it all! Best friends like the one Lucy and Vivian are non-existent in society back then or even today.

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

I have heard that they were great friends in real life.

@gatsby66 2 года назад

Lucy, through her production company, also gave the green light for such classics as "Mission: Impossible," "Star Trek" and "Mannix."

@harperstacey9604 2 года назад

Lucille ball also produced the Andy Griffith show. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@mikelastmanstanding6078 2 года назад

And The Untouchables….

@cathyelmore295 2 года назад

Vivian was very beautiful

@crmay72 2 года назад

@@cathyelmore295 she certainly was!

@jackvannote 2 года назад

@@harperstacey9604 That is not correct. While the Andy Griffith show was filmed at Desilu Studios the show was produced originally by Danny Thomas Enterprises and later was sold and continued in production.under the CBS banner. Many production companies rented space at the Desilu lots for their filming and utilized the excellent support teams Desilu provided them but where not Desilu or Lucille Ball Productions. Best Jack A.S VanNote President JAV Communcative Enterprises

@mkofftiger 2 года назад

It's interesting how people equate effectively performing comedy and with being an amusing person. Ms. Ball's own children have repeatedly said that their mother, while a loving mother, wasn't funny. She was strict, demanding, disciplined, and serious: perfectly good parenting skills, but "funny" was never one they saw in her. My cousin, living in Hawaii during the 1950s and '60s occasionally partied with the Arnazes, and liked them both, but they described Lucy as unfunny and serious while Desi was, although a heavy drinker, fun to be around and both amusing and easily amused.

@RayPointerChannel 2 года назад

When you consider the foundational life that Lucille Ball lived, you would understand why she was the way she was in real life. The characters she portrayed are simply a tribute to her talent. After all, comedy IS a serious business.

@marilynschneider7691 2 года назад

Ricky's reason for cheating was just an excuse. They did love each other and in his book he took the blame for the cheating. She was driven, yes but look what she achieved? So was Desi, and Lucy always said he was the genius behind the scenes.

@Bigbadwhitecracker 2 года назад

I read Desi's book decades ago. Great read. I think very a very honest review of his life.

@marilynschneider7691 2 года назад

@@Bigbadwhitecracker Yes it was. I read somewhere that he was working on another book, but he never pursued it to completion. Maybe his health.

@hhhggg4687 2 года назад

Desi cheated on Lucy even before the I Love Lucy Show. Can't say the Show was his excuse.

@Dogwalkingmom22 2 года назад

@@Bigbadwhitecracker can’t find the book anywhere for less than 700.00! Ugh! Too much!

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

He cheated on his girlfriends before he even met Lucy.

@bernitacenteno1326 2 года назад

No, but she certainly got rewarded for her perfectionism. It is still in reruns and she was a " legend " while still alive, to many people.

@robertdragoff6909 2 года назад

Lucy was the boss of DesiLu studios after buying the property from RKO in the 50’s After I love Lucy and the Lucy/Desi Comedy Hour DesiLu then started making other shows like Mission Impossible and Star Trek…. If you stop to think about it, if not for Lucy, Star Trek and Mission impossible might never have happened.

@marybooth3138 2 года назад

Yes I saw where Desi sold his half of the property to her as her husband Gary Moore also had an important part there and Desi couldn't deal with it. So yes, Lucy was the boss and owner of RKO where those later great shows took place 👍

@marybooth3138 2 года назад

*what was RKO and was then Desilu😉

@jittaun248 2 года назад

Desi made the Missions Impossible decision. He was still working at Deilu then.

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

@@marybooth3138 Gary Morton, not Gary Moore. Two different people.

@ChadQuick270W 2 года назад

I think a lot of it during The Lucy Show and Here’s Lucy is the fact that Lucille Ball had her own money invested in the shows and that makes a huge difference. I’ve read the same about Jack Webb but it doesn’t detract from either of their shows to me.

@mm4894 2 года назад

The person that I've heard about giving the most criticism is Vivian Vance and she continued to work with Lucy for many years across several shows. So how bad could it have been? As far a Desi cheating on her, saying she emasculated him is just the old trope that if a man cheats it must somehow be the wife's fault. Men cheat because they want to, end of story.

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

Yes, he was cheating on her in the very beginning (he claimed it was in his culture and she did not understand that - like it was her problem. He unfortunately was an addict - alcohol, gambling, sex - nothing to do with Lucille Ball - even admitted in his book A Book that he never learned moderation. Only towards the end of his life he attended AA (he was still boozing, gambling and I'm sure cheating with his 2nd wife.)

@davedee4382 2 года назад

I’ve read his book several times. I’ve never read that he said that.

@davedee4382 2 года назад

Edie was on Lucy/Desi’s last show. Lucy was bombastic throughout the whole shoot. Ernie and Edie were shocked at the open hostility between the two. At that point, Lucy didn’t care who saw their fighting.

@harperstacey9604 2 года назад

Edie, not Eddy.

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

Both Desi and Lucy were "bombastic" at this last show, everyone knew that they were getting a divorce and by the time the show ended everybody, cast and crew, was crying. I saw an interview with Edie Gorme many years later - she mostly talked about how sad things were and they learned a day or two after the last show Lucy filed for divorce.

@ajnachakraguy 2 года назад

Lucille was an enormously intelligent and ambitious woman who was "too much for her time". She had little opportunity to excel in the world she lived in but she made it work.

@justme-ll1qz 2 года назад

If she was a man would we even be having this conversation? No

@jeffreyskywalker5782 2 года назад

1-10-22 I grew up watching Lucy, she was in my child Hood until I was 25.

@catsmeow6848 2 года назад

I still watch that show and laugh out loud Everyone has problems, never know what goes on behind the scenes.

@brendaskywatcherb3613 2 года назад

I love Lucy! 🥰🥰🥰

@jackierobinson-hicks3879 2 года назад

She is a very serious actor

@FactsVerse 2 года назад

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@jerrytemple7570 2 года назад

Well genius usually has different standards than others.

@Sandra-wj4on 2 года назад

Exactly! It's the hard road less traveled.

@markbarret6836 2 года назад

This is common knowledge I've read many Lucy / Desilu books.

@kristatrenary 2 года назад

Lucy was the Creative Genius but Desi was the Production Genius One example, he created athree camera format for filming the show This format was used on other successful shows later

@leeparks15 2 года назад

Thank you! ♥️♥️♥️

@scottstallings5029 2 года назад

GREAT 👍 VIDEO!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

@FactsVerse 2 года назад

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@user-ml3dp9hq7o 2 года назад

Awesome videos luv to watch how they really were back in the days !! 😎👍

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

Joan Crawford guest starred on "The Lucy Show" when she was past her prime as a movie star. She was insecure about her performance on the show, so she had a few drinks in her dressing room. Lucy went on a rampage backstage, shouting things like, "She's drunk!" and "Fire her!" Joan was devastated. I know that Joan may not have been a very good mother (No wire hangers!), but she deserved better as a famous Hollywood star.

@rtususian 2 года назад

At the table reading for the 2nd episode of the LUCY SHOW in 1962, Lucy almost fired guest William Windom because he wasn't speaking his lines in a loud, forceful manner the way Lucy wanted him to. She always wanted her co-stars and guests to speak at table reads as though they were performing in front of an audience.

@andrewthornhill7042 2 года назад

@rtususian I read once that the actors who played her children on 'The Lucy Show' were let go because they didn't read their lines or 'act' the way Lucille wanted them to (loudly and forcefully, as you said; a sort of 'house style') so yeah, that fits in. What the boss wants, the boss gets!

@RayPointerChannel 2 года назад

@@andrewthornhill7042 That doesn't make sense and has not been documented in any of the books I've read. The kids were eventually "written out" due to convenience and change of format. Chris Carmichale disappeared, presumed to have gone off to college, and Jerry was sent to Military School.

@andrewthornhill7042 2 года назад

@@RayPointerChannel I didn't say it happened that way, I just said I read it somewhere.

@RayPointerChannel 2 года назад

@@andrewthornhill7042 I only responded to what you said you read. Reading comprehension seems to be the issue.

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

Lucy shouted her lines on "The Lucy Show". And she expected everyone else on the show to shout their lines as well. I find that very odd.

@francescabassolino1592 2 года назад

It’s so sad 😞 Yet, when they were on the show they showed so much love for one another, but I do believe that deep down they truly did love each other no matter what! If Lucy was truly a terrible to everyone on the set? Then it come from so much disappointments in her life. She didn’t mean any of it at all and hurt anyone. You need to understand all that coming from someone that suffers from lack of being loved. I am a huge fan and miss them and the shows very much! Rip Lucy ❤️ Rip Ricky ❤️

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

Lucy wasn't terrible to everyone on the set - she kept her writers, regular actors, guest stars - John Wayne, Charles Boyer, etc. so many who only would do tv for this show. Only Burton and Bankhead who were boozers would flub their lines during rehearsals bad mouthed her. (Desi was also very concerned about their boozing etc.)

@shanicehannibal2750 2 года назад

Loved watching I Love Lucy growing up

@FactsVerse 2 года назад

Glad to hear that you loved I Love Lucy! What other types of videos would you like to see?

@shanicehannibal2750 2 года назад

@@FactsVerse could you do one on Red Fox and the Fred Sanford show

@TWS-pd5dc 2 года назад

I had the good fortune a few years ago to meet Ruth Buzzi of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In fame. She was signing autographs and pictures at a Chillerthon in NJ. She was very sweet and friendly. I asked her about people she worked with and Lucille Ball's name came up. She said Lucy could be tough but she absolutely loved her! She was on Here's Lucy as a guest star and they were filming a scene in a restaurant. At one point Ruth picked up her fork and Lucy told her "No, honey, don't pick it up like that, pick it up this way...". Ruth said many stars would likely object to such micro managing but Ruth told me "Hey, this was Lucy, if she said do it a certain way, then that's the way I would do it! She knew more about comedy than anyone!". And Lucy got along very well with Vivian Vance, they were life-long friends. She got along with Frawley also, although Viv and Frawley famously did not like each other.

@FactsVerse 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing this information! What other types of videos would you like to see?

@trainattendant5810 2 года назад

I'm a train attendant aboard Amtrak & had Ruth Buzzi as a passenger. She was so kind & appreciative of the service & the crew. I'll always think of her as one of the nicest celebrities I've had on the train.

@jerrylee8261 2 года назад

Lucy was so beautiful and I actually liked her somewhat better in the old 40s movies where she WAS so beautiful and not so silly.

@melissahenderson1714 2 года назад

Read Desi’s book call “A Book” it explains a lot about how he was raised and his first sexual encounters that formed his reasons for his actions. Good book

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

His sexual addiction were beyond what was in A Book. 4 hookers at a time? Yuck. While I liked his book and his abilities - his addictions would have turned me off - all of them - the constant gambling, boozing, and sex issues. When I went with my first love for 6 years and we were talking about marriage - I got an inkling that he drank too much. When I attempted to discuss it with him he got mad. In this 30's I learned that he was a serious alcoholic and died at 38 from it. (Lawyer on Wall Street, but was unable to become a partner cause of his drinking problem).

@itsdonovandlsr 2 года назад

I have not been watching your videos sorry I have been busy but I love your videos they are grate

@FactsVerse 2 года назад

We love you too and thank you for watching our content! What do you love about Facts Verse?

@itsdonovandlsr 2 года назад

@@FactsVerse it is Very entertaining and it is cool here about people careers because most of them I don’t now most of these people you talk about so I am all ways surprised

@debbieanne7962 2 года назад

When I was a very small child in the 60s in Australia my mum told me the 2 programs I adored were 'I love Lucy ' and 'The Mickey Mouse Club '

@gleefulme9617 2 года назад

The problem with Lucille is that she always tried to pretend she never aged

@TheVerbalVolley 2 года назад

She quit "Here's Lucy" because, as she put it (she was in her 60s at the time)," The Lucy character is now too old to act like a fool."

@EagleRockers 2 года назад

I'm surprised you didn't mention Liz and Dick's run-in with Lucy. Liz ended up calling Lucy the "C" word.

@allan9603 2 года назад

Vivian was quite attractive in her younger years growing up in Kansas. She was just as tough as Lucy, but with a nicer personality.

@harperstacey9604 2 года назад

Lucille ball was jealous of Vivian's looks. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

Vivian was a band singer in her youth.

@JaimeGibson 11 месяцев назад

I was lucky and got to meet Lucy. She was super sweet held my hand for a good two minutes and talked with me!!!!!WOW!!!!!

@FactsVerse 11 месяцев назад

We're happy to know that you had a chance to meet Lucy! Thank you so much for sharing your life story. What other types of video would you like to see?

@frankfrank9437 2 года назад

I'm a redhead and I am a perfectionist myself. In every job I have ever worked, I worked to not be the best but be part of being the best team. I was difficult to get along with because when I clocked in, I wanted the very best results, response from myself and others. I absolutely hated when I could not perform. I beat myself up for not being the best. I worked best when I had control. Must be a characteristic of being a redhead!😂

@FactsVerse 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing information about yourself! What other types of videos would you like to see?

@donnamallory7007 2 года назад

The only thing is, she was not a natural redhead.

@jackvannote 2 года назад

Was going to say that. Ive met fellow perfectionists (I am one myself and proud of it) with all types if hair color.

@normaljeans908 2 года назад

I saw a video of Bob Hope saying Lucille had the best comedic timing.

@deepachand9689 2 года назад

She was a perfectionist ,others ,who wanted to do a shoddy job were naturally miffed with her.Vivian was 2 years older than Ball ,and in the last years of her life ,she would always grieve for Vance

@judd442009 2 года назад

Lucille knew what it took to have a successful sitcom. She had three highly successful series to provide it. Her formula for success, however, failed during her fourth and final attempt with the "Life with Lucy" series in 1986.

@jackvannote 2 года назад

Upon her official retirement after the successful "Here's Lucy" concluded she was often quoted that she did so as the public would not want to see the Lucy character grow too old. An assessment she stuck to and CBS agreed with for some years. It was quite a shocker to everyone in the industry when she suddenly reversed herself and greenlit her return. CBS stuck to the opinion that an aged Lucy character would not sell and passed on the project. But ABC always envious of CBS having all those years of success with her lured her to their network with the extraordinary deal that they would pay up front for the entire first season and Lucy snapped up the deal. The series "tanked" after a few episodes aired. No more were ordered but the contract was honored and the full season was paid for. We all wondered why she'd risked tarnishing her legacy. And then it became clear when Desi passed. His long and expensive bout with cancer cane to light and it became plausible that her return insured covering all the bills from that without putting the original Desilu fortune to be left the children as Desilu Too, in jeopardy. Shrewd businesswoman to the end!

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

"Life with Lucy" was poorly written and Lucy was too old to do the physical comedy that had been her forte before that.

@Dogwalkingmom22 2 года назад

A monster on set because she was tough? A professional? Why is this being produced like this? Was Desi tough? Why don’t we hear what a monster he was? Her show- their company…she has a right to demand certain expectations. (Note that Vivian and Lucy were friends for years after the show ended). Vivian was hired a specific character and was paid to be that character for the show. This episode is ridiculous! This is because Lucy was a woman who knew what she wanted! That makes her a monster..but Desi was a great guy right?

@jacoblewis1242 2 года назад

I loved the comedy hour but I wish I could watch it. I loved the show with Danny Thomas in it and the one were she played my girl Friday the weather girl.

@incorvaiac 2 года назад

Fact Verse don’t realize that show was her whole life and marriage.. I believe Lucy and Desi divorced right after show ended..

@SusieQSydney 2 года назад

It's funny how monster is applied to women in power if it was a man I guess it would just be call being an alpha male or being the boss. I don't think anyone here knows the definition of monster because in my time I've met a couple and that's enough and I don't think or that people understand that the formula for success in entertainment is identifiability and while there's no doubt in my mind that Lucy would done anything including gaining weight for the success of her show but this was the 60's she didn't make the rules thought she change a few the 60's audience weren't even hardly even ready to see an interracial couple or pregnant woman let alone fat women star in their own shows - on that note how many fat women today stars their owns shows is still not reflective of a true cross-section of our society even now. It had to be the costars to play second fiddle and the more identifiable characters we see in ourselves it's tough gig but they signed up for it and there are worse things then to be costars of successful comedy the whole country if not the world loved tuning into night after night! Congrats on Nicole playing a more sombre and serious Lucy in being the Ricardo where I got my insight on what it meant to be the Queen of comedy in the 1960's America but why didn't the hair wardrobe department make her look more like Lucy and less like Nicole I don't know!

@kennethluszcz3218 2 года назад

Gee Sue, I am left wordless by the originality of your first paragraph. I literally couldn't go on reading further. It's not that I never heard

@kennethluszcz3218 2 года назад

a million times.

@SusieQSydney 2 года назад

@@kennethluszcz3218 ah please the content supplier started this sex war not me if you want to judge mouldy old acorns look at yourselves and because he is he and not me that automatically make him right in your eyes and part your team that's just playground BS and so childish get over it guess what I don't need a team to know that right is right. Lucy is no monster she was a consummate self-respecting comic entertaining and great professional and you and him are both just sexist neo nazi and we're so over that now that now it's gone global way too far and killing like millions people with their eugenic program starting with Trump the Nazi of them all with all this talk about accountability when people know your whole game plan is lie, cheat and now kill your way to the top like that isn't get more obvious by the day and before you say conspiracy just check out the World Economic Forum The Great Reset is right there on their webpage so no longer a conspiracy theory - now misogyny is truly killing more then just women about time I reckon someone says something! Let's just get back to diplomacy and normality for Christ sakes we've lost 3 double jabbed friends to this quck-cines and I'm so over misogynists are so much more honest speakers BS even if they try to deliver it sometimes out of the mouths of women doesn't make it any less wrong! I just wanna laugh whether it's from a gal or guy clearly Lucy just provided you don't have to be gay and female to be funny that's it and that's all!

@tonypastor705 2 года назад

Also some actresses went home crying 😢 when Lucy told them off. Saw all this stuff in a I love Lucy book,but forgot the title.

@rtususian 2 года назад

Remember when Joan Blondell was a guest sidekick for Lucy on THE LUCY SHOW when Viv left the show? Lucy did not like Joan's reading of her lines, and Joan said, "F**K YOU, LUCILLE BALL" in front of the entire live studio audience! Needless to say, Joan never appeared again on any of LUCY'S shows.

@jmiller297 2 года назад

@@rtususian *GOOD!* You don't speak to a legend like that!

@tonypastor705 2 года назад

J Miller,that doesn’t give anyone the right to mistreat people.

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

Lucy made Joan Crawford cry when she guest starred on "The Lucy Show". Not that Joan was a saint. ("No wire hangers!").

@tonypastor705 Год назад

Tom Bosley said’Ding Dong the wicked witch 🧙‍♀️ is dead!’

@cynthiabell52 2 года назад

She did a great job!! Show is as popular as ever!!

@maryriehm4752 2 года назад

Lucy.& Ethel. We're a great. Team.

@harperstacey9604 2 года назад

Lucy & Ethel paved the way for Laverne & Shirley. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@TWS-pd5dc 2 года назад

And like so many Miss Ball had her good and bad sides. I know most of her co-stars liked her. Robert Stack, Henry Fonda, Jack Benny among others. And she had those who did not like her as well. Joan Crawford, Tom Bosely, Peter Marshall all went on record as not wishing to work with her after one time. Danny Kaye had her on his variety show and boy did those two control freaks clash! I read she walked off the set, although they later put their differences aside. Even Lucy's daughter Lucie Arnez stated baldly that "Mom was a control freak". Like I say, she was mostly good but certainly had some bad traits as well.

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

She could be a tyrant on the set. Joan Crawford, Richard Burton, and Tallulah Bankhead all experienced her wrath.

@someyoungguyhere8896 2 года назад

She seems to have been a method actor. Heard Charlie Chaplin was controlling/ difficult also.

@nicholasschroeder3678 2 года назад

There's a new doc about him. The most interesting thing in it is that he spent more than a year shooting the initial meeting between the tramp and the blind flower girl---100s of times til it was perfect to him. I worked in a comedy club. They're not like their acts. It's an act.

@shannonm.4087 2 года назад

perfection is never easy

@shannonm.4087 2 года назад

and Lucille has alot more to lose...

@gregoryphillips3969 2 года назад

Yes, Richard Burton had alot to say about how difficult Lucy was. Elizabeth Taylor also but to a lesser degree.

@harperstacey9604 2 года назад

Richard Burton didn't like answering to Lucille Ball who was in charge of the whole show. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@gregoryphillips3969 2 года назад

@@harperstacey9604 Burton who was a Shakespearean actor probably thought that the whole process was beneath him. Just being speculative, l could be dead wrong.

@harperstacey9604 2 года назад

@@gregoryphillips3969 you're probably right. Richard Burton wasn't familiar to appearing in TV sitcoms. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@AceFurley 2 года назад

Ignoring a waitress: "I do not speak to the help!".

@harperstacey9604 2 года назад

Success had gone to Lucille ball's head. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@tonypastor705 2 года назад

I feel that a person can be firm,and STILL be 👍🏻 nice! That’s how Rod Serling from Twilight Zone was!

@ballybunion9 2 года назад

I remember seeing her on talk shows. She always struck me as someone who was very full of herself.

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

I think that Lucille Ball was not comfortable on the talk shows. She knew that her public personna was Lucy Riccardo - and she was not that and easily said so. When I saw her on talk shows, I felt her discomfort - did not get the feeling that she was full of herself.

@latoshaadams3828 Год назад

Yep

@scotnick59 2 года назад

I LOVE LUCY! = it will no doubt out-live all us all

@MAGronemeyer 2 года назад

Not only was Lucille Ball a comedic genius, but she was quite the entrepreneur, and a very shrewd businesswoman who ran Desilu studios with an iron fist. BTW, is Johnny Crawford and Danny Kaye the only outro thumbnails you own? I've seen both videos already. Enough is enough!

@Insomnious8 2 года назад

There are some great interviews with Bob Carroll Jr. and Madeline Pugh Davis who wrote the "I Love Lucy" episodes on youtube.

@jeanmarie4507 2 года назад

Perfect is as perfect does. It obviously worked for the show.

@daytripperhd 2 года назад

Performing and behind-the-scenes prep is very hard work. I'm giving her a pass.

@kittycat6195 2 года назад

Monster? That’s your choice of words. Perfectionist is everyone else’s.

@madeleine9907 2 года назад

Lucy was the best in every way and Viv was her friend.

@joeygiannini7904 2 года назад

Desi Arnaz had little contribution to the show...? He was the the unheralded director of the series, who did all of the background work for Lucille, which presented the amazing actress in the best possible light...Desi had a brilliant mind for humor and was the perfect straight man for her...The first black and white season of "The Lucy Show," with Vivian Vance, which Desi was involved with during half of the initial episodes, was far superior to the rest of the series before his departure from Desilu...

@frankieturner630 2 года назад

Actually Vivian Vance was born in 1909 and Lucille Ball was born in 1911 so there were a couple years difference in their age they weren't exactly the same age

@harperstacey9604 2 года назад

It's only a 2 year difference.

@MrCJ-qz9dl 2 года назад

@1:46...Lucille and Vivian were 2 years apart--1911, 1909--respectively.

@scotnick59 2 года назад

I have read that the Frawley-Vance "feud" was vastly overdramatized - they had much respect for each other and Frawley was actually "helpful" to Vivian during the making of the show

@SymphonyBrahms Год назад

Frawley once made the comment about Vivian Vance, "She's a girl from Kansas. And I wish that she had stayed there!" And when Vivian Vance heard about Frawley's death she said, "Champagne for everybody!" There doesn't seem to have been much love lost between them.

@Muggins1dog 2 года назад

The show was a huge hit. It probably wouldn’t have been if Lucille hadn’t been such a perfectionist. The show was quite amazing.

@GLSoap 2 года назад

Lucy was the best, she knew what she was doing.

@rtususian 2 года назад

You keep saying Lucy and Viv were the same age, but they weren't. Viv was born in 1909 and Lucy, two years later, so they were close in age to each other, but not the same age.

@sunlovinglady8562 2 года назад

I love her and never get sick of watching her shows. I am not surprised however, by what is being reported here. I know TWO people who had parents who were flight attendants back in the day. They both had Lucille Ball on their flights and said she was a major "B****". I also remember her being on talk shows and she so much as said that she was "not funny", just a good actress acting like a funny person.

@harperstacey9604 2 года назад

After their divorce, they both remarried quickly to other people. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@eleanorjpoindexter4299 2 года назад

To Lucy's defense, it wasn't called The Vivian Vance Show. If making people laugh were so easy, there would be plenty of NEW COMEDY SHOWS THAT ARE FUNNY, and not just RECYCLED WANNABES. Lucy was a COMICAL GENIUS and that requires STRONG WORK ETHIC. Lucy and Carroll Burnett are 2 peas in a pod.

@LJ-ht4zs Год назад

Vis a vis men vs women leaders in the industry - Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie on The Honeymooners and is still alive today, was asked if she ever asked Jackie Gleason for more lines. She said you did not talk much to no less askJackie Gleason for anything.

@franksarna4595 2 года назад

Desi Arnaz made Lucille Ball . If it was not for Desi Lucy would be forgotten

@LJ-ht4zs Год назад

I remember Carol Cook, who was mentored by Lucille Ball, complaining how she was domineering. Carol Cook (I felt had a little talent and tried to style herself after Lucille Ball, dying her hair red etc.- and her comments were petty) Almost felt she thought she was in competition - no way - not even close.

@pattyperkins5007 2 года назад

Lucille Ball was not a monster Desi would have cheated on any woman.STOP BLAMING LUCY FOR HIS DEGENERATED BEHAVIOR.

@lagretastarke9472 2 года назад

If that what made that show so 👍great, so be it!!

@dianelipartito6654 2 года назад

Desi had a lot of creative input also. He insisted the show be filmed in front of a live audience with three cameras, which was unusual for the time. I think he was a perfectionist too. I have read that William Frawley could be not the nicest, not Lucy.

@FactsVerse 2 года назад

Interesting. Thank you for sharing this information!

@LJ-ht4zs 2 года назад

Lucy never complained about any of her co-stars. said that Wiliam Frawley was the same in person as the role he played on tv, indicating that both she and Desi liked him. He got a job after ILL to play on My 3 Sons, which he did throughout the run of that show.

@dianelipartito6654 2 года назад

@@LJ-ht4zs That's right. I forgot he was on My Three Sons!

@davercountingcigars 2 года назад

Hi. Can you do a video on Jean Reno. “The Professional “. 👍👍

@FactsVerse 2 года назад

We'll look into it. Aside from The Professional, what other videos would you like to see?

@davercountingcigars 2 года назад

@@FactsVerse I was just stating his biggest movie. He also had a role in the Pink Panther I have a lot of ideas. LOL. I would love to see one on Chevy Chase. Christmas Vacation has to be close to its 25 year mark. I love your videos as they are. I watch a lot of them. You do a really great job. 👍👍

@dianemurray6550 2 года назад

Gee, powerful women were never called monsters, especially in the 50's, right?

@waizgal Год назад

I read that Vivian Vance was born in 1909 and Lucy was born in 1911.

@valerielyda6414 2 года назад

Lucy Junior in videos where she was interviewed claims her mother was a TOTAL CONTROL FREAK. Interpreted as genius or otherwise, such an attitude would be emasculating to a spouse. Especially when the spouse was equally as creatively talented and possessed much business acumen. Lucy Jr. stated her mother was virtually crippled in maintaining communication if not THE GENERAL! The film, Being the Ricardos conveys an imperial philosophy used by Lucille Ball. Inevitability of marital discord seems a foregone probability.

@harperstacey9604 2 года назад

Lucille ball was the main reason that I Love Lucy was very successful. From Ms. Harper Stacey.