Real Reason Barbara Pepper was REJECTED to Play Ethel Mertz On "I Love Lucy!"

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Real Reason Barbara Pepper was REJECTED to Play Ethel Mertz On "I Love Lucy!"
Sometimes things don't happen for a reason--and that reason is often times valid and other times, not. Here is why Barbara Pepper, Lucy's really good friend, was rejected to be Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy. She made a hard decision but it was for the good of her family and the show. Do you think it was justified?
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@lindapro1287 3 года назад

I liked her role as Mrs. Ziffel in Green Acres! Very funny!

@SSN515 3 года назад

Yep. She was Arnold's mom! And Arnold was the best actor in TV history!

@Mouserjan0222 3 года назад

she died during Green Acres and was replaced. if you watch some of the last episodes she was in, she looked awful, you could tell she was sick

@jehobden 3 года назад

@@Mouserjan0222 Yes, after her death, Fran Ryan took over as Doris Ziffel.

@nutrianirvana6823 3 года назад

Linda Pro 1: I remember that! She was so thin during that time, she was very ill. I loved Arnold haha! 🐖

@jerrygillespie1214 3 года назад

@@jehobden Although Fran Ryan was not as good as Barbara Pepper Fran played the housekeeper on the first episodes of The Doris Day Show

@poochillipickles8525 3 года назад

The show wouldn’t be the same without Vivian Vance!

@dujon55 3 года назад

She also played Doris Ziffel in green acres

@howardbroadnax8292 3 года назад

I can't picture anyone other than Vivian Vance in the role of Ethel. She and Lucy played well off one another.

@greggwatkinsjr.8298 3 года назад

My favorite episode with Barbara Pepper is the tour, love the part where Lucy said,"Pardon me Madame, but this seat is taken." And right on cue Barbara said,"It sure is honey!" I thought that was funny!😆

@paulk9985 3 года назад

I thought the scene where the huge woman sat on Lucy's lap, not realizing Lucy was already in the seat. This is often cut by some stations, to make space for more advertising. Too bad, as it is a hilarious scene.

@CoachDarren 3 года назад

They considered Bing Crosby for Columbo can you imagine that show with him and without Peter Falk? Thank God that move never happened. And smart decision choosing Vivian Vance I can see nobody else playing Ethel.

@ceilcaswell4041 3 года назад

How ironic that Desi, being the heavy drinker that he was, ruled with an iron fist when it came to others' drinking smh. I will always remember Barbara Pepper as Mrs ZIffel....

@timlamb9428 3 года назад

He would've made a good communist dictator ;)

@miketype1each 3 года назад

Perhaps he didn't like competition 😅.

@elizabethchapman4758 3 года назад

Desi jr. Is in rehab for alcohol, and drugs.

@syd8802 3 года назад

I love Mary wicks and it would have been funny to see her as Ethel Mertz but no one could every be her like Vivian Vance ♥️

@mstrsims2 3 года назад

and she was a good character actress

@guessmyname6210 3 года назад

I love Mary Wickes, too. But I think since she was such a strong actress she would've overtaken any scene she was in.

@bdh70 3 года назад

Both Lucy and Mary Wickes stated many times that the reason Mary turned down the role was that she and Lucy were very close friends in real life and Wickes felt that working together so much would ruin their friendship. But she did make many guest appearances over the years

@lemorab1 Год назад

@@guessmyname6210 Mary Wickes was a force of nature. I best remember her as Sheridan Whiteside's nurse in "The Man Who Came To Dinner." I wanted her to give Monty Wooley a punch in the gut. Mary could dominate a scene, but she could also play long suffering and put upon, as she did here. By the time the movie is half over, you want everyone to beat the crap out of him. Still, she and Lucy would not have had the energy between them that Lucy had with Vivian Vance.

@felistine 3 года назад

I love to spot. Barbara Pepper. What a great friend Lucille Ball was to her! ❤️

@Prizm2356 3 года назад

Im so glad they selected Vivian Vance because she is my all time favorite

@theastewart6721 3 года назад

What I knew about her is that she was in many of the episodes. I recognized her a lot. Just like Charles Lane who was in many episodes as well, most notably, the business manager who wasn’t giving in to Lucy’s pleas for more money. Too funny! There were many who had different roles on the show which was nice! What I didn’t know is that Lucy and Barbara Pepper were good friends and that she was a drinker or that she was considered for the role of Ethel. Great video Rick!

@Jared_Wignall 3 года назад

Never knew Barbara Pepper was considered to play Ethel. She’s a fine actress, but Vivian Vance was great as Ethel.

@jons.6216 3 года назад

I never knew she was being considered to play Ethel but did know about her being a good friend of Lucille Ball. I read in one of the books that Pepper would be in the mahjong games often played during down time! Lastly, one of my favorite deadpan lines she had was on the tour bus as Lucy and Ethel are making pests of themselves changing seats until Pepper takes one of the ones Lucy wants to go back to! Her reply to Lucy's ".. Pardon me, ma'am! This seat is already taken..!" with ".. Sure is, Honey..!" was priceless!

@emilyischarmed13 3 года назад

Lucy must have really loved her to keep giving her guest appearances. That's true friendship right there!

@ddavenpAZ 3 года назад

Lucy looked so different when she was a blonde and Barbara Pepper looked way different with long hair! Both in a good way. I think the casting of Vivian Vance as Ethel was solid. She nailed the character. And despite the off camera disrespect Bill and Viv had for each other, you can’t dispute the on camera chemistry of the characters. I think Mary Wicks would have played too strong of an Ethel for Fred and no one would have believed they could ever be a married couple. Barbara I think would have played Ethel as more of a clone of Fred and there wouldn’t have been that comedic contrast that needed to make the Mertzes a believable couple. Bea Benederet could have been a good Ethel but her character of Blanche Morton was truly needed most on The Burns and Allen Show and was one of her strongest, especially when supporting Gracie Allen’s character, as Blanche never considered or treated Gracie as a joke, thus gaining Gracie more plausibility and sympathy from the audience. You’ve spoke of Barbara Pepper several times before on your channel Rick but this video was a perfect summary of all that was previously stated. Great work! 👍🏻

@judithmitchell4667 3 года назад

Hi Rick - I knew Barbara was Lucy's friend and was on many episodes but didn't know she was up for the roll of Ethel. I didn't know about Mary Wicks either. She was in everything from White Christmas to Sister Act. What a long and rich career. Barbara was also on Green Acres as well. Two hard working ladies. Thank you for this interesting video Rick. Happy Halloween! Blessings - Judith 🎵

@jenniferwhitewolf3784 3 года назад

That is sweet that Lucy gave her real friends recurring appearances. Did not know she was even considered for Ethyl role, but in the end, Vivian was the right choice.. I did enjoy her a LOT on Green Acres... what a delightful comedy it was..

@sallyn2393 3 года назад

Albert! Eat your lunch!! I didn’t know she was the voice behind that very funny scene. I enjoyed her whenever she was on, but could not see her as Ethel, she was too much like Fred!😊

@julier.1902 3 года назад

For heaven's sake Albert go eat your lunch!! lol

@sallyn2393 3 года назад

@@julier.1902 one of my favorite scenes! 😂😂

@paulk9985 3 года назад

I think Verna Felton was the voice. She also played the maid and the woman who made Lucy clean up the dirt clod she threw while trying to sell a vacuum cleaner door-to-door.

@bdh70 3 года назад

I'll bet Bill Frawley would have gotten along well with her. I can even hear him saying, "That dame's all right!"

@ohdaddy2029 3 года назад

I just got Lucille Ball's book, "Love, Lucy" and it's so good! If you haven't read it, I definitely reccomend it!

@lla788 3 года назад

Really loved that book

@maddyhayes617 3 года назад

Author?

@ohdaddy2029 3 года назад

@@maddyhayes617 the author is Lucille Ball herself :)

@catherinedomitrowsky3692 3 года назад

Yes I’ve read this book, it’s Great!

@LJ-ht4zs Год назад

@@maddyhayes617 Lucille Ball wrote the book - in manuscript form her daughter got it published

@deborahleroy5323 3 года назад

Alcoholism isn't a joke. Although Pepper held her ground as Vance both giving audiences a polished performance . Lucy was a good egg, Lucy remember and help those who struggled with her so many years before. To me it says plenty about Balls character.

@bradsmack1 3 года назад

Like the Beatles, Lucy, Ricky, Fred & Ethel were a foursome brought together by equal parts luck, fortuitousness, providence, casting genius, individual talents working together as a whole, and a once-in-a-lifetime lightning strike of pop culture magic. Separated by less than a decade, that one-time Beatles Pete Best and Stu Sutcliffe ended up not being Beatles are the musical equivalent of the "ILL" cast not, for their own rationally sound reasons, finalized their legendary lineup with Lucy, Desi, Bill & Viv!

@christopherkraft1327 3 года назад

Happy Halloween & congrats on 98k. I think that they got it right, Vivian Vance was absolutely Ethel Mertz!! Barbara Pepper did a great job in the bit parts she did throughout the series. I'm a big fan of Mary Wicks too. 🎃

@ricknineg 3 года назад

Thank you! We are pushing forward! Things are going well.

@vincentlara4563 2 года назад

HI Rick! Am very familiar with Barbara Pepper, her friendship with Lucille Ball, her not being considered for the role of Ethel Mertz because of her drinking but had no idea Mary Wickes was also a potential candidate for the role of Ethel! As always you give trivia I did not know. You cracked me up imitating MW's role as Madame Lamond in The Ballet- "ah one, ah two.....", lol. Not as severe as your imitation of Frank Nelson's "Yeeeees" from one of your The Lucy Show videos, now that one really had me laughing so hard it hurt!! Thanks again Rick, love your work, you are great!

@roberttelarket4934 3 года назад

*Ethel Mertz yesterday, Ethel Mertz today, Ethel Mertz forever!!! *Vivian Vance-NO ONE ELSE. My favorite name in one episode that Ethel has: PICK POCKET PEARL!!!

@01chippe Год назад

Her line in The Tour always kills me. Lucy: “Pardon me, but this seat is taken”. Barbara: “Sure is honey”. She has that perfect sarcasm about her. She would have been a good match for Fred Mertz.

@indigowolf556 3 года назад

I did not know she was a consideration to be Ethel Mertz. But I did know she was a good friend of Lucy's. And to me even though she wasn't in these episodes very much she was really funny. She just always had that little glance or that little feisty come back and it was great I really like her. Example Lucy and Ethel go on the tour bus and Lucy can't figure out where to sit. Finally she Taps Barbara on the shoulder and says oh excuse me but this seat is taken. And Barbara says it sure is honey. And the other part where she is a nurse and she sees Ricky come in all dressed up in his Voodoo makeup and she throws the towels up in the air that was hilarious. Great comedy that still holds up to today. Thank you for sharing this Rick we always gain some information from your videos.

@kevinkeller4924 3 года назад

Great info! Also loved Mary Wicks character of the visiting colonel who had the hots for Frank Burns! She had some great one liners in that episode!!

@timothykandel169 3 года назад

Barbara Pepper was hired to play the recurring role of Mrs. Fred (Doris)Ziffel on Green Acres (1965-1968). Health issues forced her to leave the series and she died less than a year later.

@okjoe5561 3 года назад

Bea Benaderet was already under contract doing the Burns and Allen Show.

@tammyevans7333 3 года назад

Very interesting, thanks for the info

@jonmcintosh2729 Год назад

Mary Wicks also appeared several times in the Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. Among other parts played Lucy's Aunt and a Nun who was Harry's (Gale Gordon) sister.

@donaldmanthei1224 3 года назад

Hey Rick, you didn't mention that Barbra Pepper appeared on Green Acres as Doris Ziffel. Also, Mary Wicks was seen on Dennis the Menace quite often as a neighbor lady. Her name on that show escapes me right now.

@ravenpoe7093 3 года назад

Ive known about Barbara and Bea for a long time having been considered for Ethel. Bea seemed too old but they did age her up on the show. Barbara seemed a good fit but its too bad about her drinking issues which i didn’t know that part. I did notice all of Barbara’s appearances tho, mainly after learning she was almost Ethel. Its great they found roles for her in the show.

@bejoyful 3 года назад

Always liked Barbara Pepper and seeing many repeats of the same actors; it was a family business for Lucy and Desi. So enjoyed seeing the early photos of Lucy and Barbara; didn't know that the plan was for physical comedy between Lucy and Ethel.

@ricknineg 3 года назад

Well, there def is a lot of physical comedy bt them throughout the series

@catherinedomitrowsky3692 3 года назад

I knew Barbara Pepper was Lucy’s good friend. I noticed her in only 2 of the episodes mentioned here: Breaking the Lease and Ricky loses his voice. I didn’t know why she wasn’t chosen as Ethel Mertz. Thank You fir the info! I also enjoyed her performance as Doris Ziffel in Green Acres. Love Your Videos! 👍🏻

@zoperxplex 3 года назад

Rick, have you ever consider doing a video on members of Rickey Ricardo's band? Were they actual musicians and did they ever work with Desi Arnaz before?

@ricknineg 3 года назад

I already have. Look for it in my ILL playlist. Thank you!

@zoperxplex 3 года назад

@@ricknineg Thank you for the information.

@christopherheflin5919 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing this. What a history for this show.

@alecj9570 3 года назад

Great information as always Rick. I did not she was the voice of the lady in 4b.

@ricknineg 3 года назад

Cool huh?

@alecj9570 3 года назад

@@ricknineg "Albert, lunch is ready."

@atarah6898 3 года назад

@@alecj9570 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@donnicholas7552 3 года назад

I didn't know her background story. Very interesting! I remember her more for Green Acres.

@manuelav.8249 3 года назад

I love this video! Never noticed!!!

@elissaskirdine5735 3 года назад

That’s very interesting. Thank you.

@LyrinLoreweaver 3 года назад

Thank you for your videos. I love learning about my favorite shows, and I cannot imagine how much work you put into them. Thank you for handling them with class, not being negative, being kind when having to mention drinking issues and weight. You're the best!!

@ricknineg 3 года назад

Stay tuned as more vids are coming and browse the channel as 1,300 vids await you

@Gman64505 3 года назад

Great info and who's the lady that is next to Barbara pepper in the chorus she is always playing in the audience or in the scene in L.A. at last she was the customer next to the front door of The Brown Derby thanks for your vlogs enjoy them alot. Happy Halloween 🎃🎃 be safe everyone

@howardstern8249 3 года назад

Rick what treat ! Never told you I grew up in the NY area and alot of fans of your generation don't now that the HEART-OPENING was only after the show ended and started on CBS Mornings. Also the stick-figures were gone! On one occasion there was only one episode that HAD the stick-figures in the middle-break of the show that must have slipped by CBS and I was ecstatic! Had to share this with you. Happy shitty Halloween this year.

@lazyhomebody1356 3 года назад

HaHa, yeah Happy Halloween

@Starswake 3 года назад

She was so young and beautiful :34 in that picture, look at her long hair and even at 4:43 she looks lovely.

@patriciaseier2800 3 года назад

Great job

@sherlyfree8436 3 года назад

Hi Rick,, thanks for the interesting vlog. I didn't know that about Barbara Pepper. I have seen every episode that she was in and thought she might have been Lucy's friend. Wax Jay Novello also her or Desi's friend? I notice him in some episodes as well. Your knowledge about the show is amazing. Thanks for sharing it with us.

@ricknineg 3 года назад

My pleasure! Jay Novello was amazing!

@TheLorrephile 3 года назад

She eventually wound up playing Mrs. Ziffel in Green Acres!

@traczebabe 3 года назад

That's cool to new. Thanks!

@markswishereatsstuff2500 3 года назад

The whole time watching her younger self, it never occurred to that she was Mrs. Ziffel. She looked a lot like Sally Struthers in that very early pic with Lucy from the 30's?

@PaulTesta 3 года назад

And then Barbara Pepper DIED during the "Green Acres" run, and she was replaced by Fran Ryan to portray Doris Ziffel.

@shellyblanchard5788 3 года назад

@@PaulTesta according to to imfo, she died of heart trouble at 55. in 1969

@JJJBRICE 3 года назад

@@markswishereatsstuff2500 The aged Sally Struthers looks awfully like the aged Barbara Pepper when Ms. Pepper was mom to Arnold the pig in Green Acres .

@nutrianirvana6823 3 года назад

Wow, that's really interesting about Barbara Pepper. I hadn't heard that before though I was aware she and Lucy were friends. What also surprised me was Mary Wickes! I've always loved her work and actually, if they'd taken the Ethel Mertz character a different way, I could see her having played it. Great actress. Thanks so much for these, Rick...always learn something new! =*)

@ricknineg 3 года назад

I’ve always got cool tidbits for you all 😉. Thanks for the support

@leebest1a470 3 года назад

Interesting vid, thx. Did not know about Bennett Green !

@louisianagrandma9787 3 года назад

If you look at early photos of Barbara Pepper, she was a very beautiful woman. I'm not sure, but I think that I read that she and Jack Benny had been girlfriend and boyfriend before they married their future spouses. I think I spotted something interesting apart from Barbara. In the photo you provided from the episode, "Lucy's Last Birthday", isn't that William Demarest behind Lucy's right shoulder, as one of "The Friends of the Friendless"? He would go on to replace William Frawley ("Bub") as "Bub's" brother, "Uncle Charley" in the television series, "My Three Sons". I'm excited because I don't have the eagle-eye you do, Rick. I hope I'm right.

@roberttelarket4934 3 года назад

Thanks for pointing out Demarest. I will watch it next time and see if it is him.

@louisianagrandma9787 3 года назад

@@roberttelarket4934 Thanks Robert!

@timtmt522 3 года назад

Wow! Didn't realize she played so many different characters on I love Lucy.

@Lisa80mba 3 года назад

Barbara Pepper I believe was in the Andy Griffith show also, I think as a convict.

@josephorts2089 2 года назад

What great details!!! Wow!!!

@MsBackstager 3 года назад

Many celebs both on stage and screen use the friends that they have had great working relationships.

@ohdaddy2029 3 года назад

I watched her on green acres before watching her on I love lucy

@Spike643 3 года назад

Barbara Pepper was a model for plus size women in New York City, when Lucy first hit the big city when she left Jamestown. They became friends, that lasted for years. So many of the extras on I Love Lucy appeared often. For years, while watching the show, I would spot the extras. Barbara Pepper was one of my favorite characters on Green acres. What a contrast between Barbara and Eva Gabor.

@roberttelarket4934 3 года назад

spike Landman: Barbara could not have been a plus size when she knew Lucy in the 1930s since if you watch the movie They Made Me a Criminal(1939) with John Garfield and Barbara she had a great figure and was pretty.

@mikekeenan8706 Год назад

Barbara Pepper also played a shop girl in May Company store with Mary Livingston on the Jack Benny show. Of course, we all knew her as Doris Ziffel-1965-1968(Fran Ryan took over when Pepper became too ill to continue in the part) on Green Acres. Did anyone notice that Barbara, in that very young picture, looked a whole lot like Sally Struthers? I had a large book on the early sitcoms, with little known facts. It was said to have been in Vivian Vance's contract that she had to remain 20 pounds overweight and wear frumpier clothing to make Lucille Ball look better than she did.

@jerrygillespie1214 3 года назад

Bea Benederet was already on Burns and Allen. Mary Wickes last role was in Sister Act movies

@brianrebmann5398 3 года назад

Very good video. I just love learning history and facts especially about I love Lucy its my favorite classic show. Keep up the great work.

@ricknineg 3 года назад

Always working hard to bring you all good quality work 😃

@larrygonzales2033 3 года назад

You’re a talent and good researcher. Thanks for the insights!

@ricknineg 3 года назад

My pleasure!

@MsDisneylandlover 3 года назад

Loved that tour part especially the part were that heavy set lady sat on top of lucy lol.

@charlotteavery4040 Год назад

Rick, I just want to say how much I enjoy your videos since I am a huge fan of I Love Lucy and find your research fascinating with facts that we would not otherwise know. So thank you so much for posting such interesting content.😊

@emanuelbravo1563 3 года назад

I liked when you said a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 lol good show loved Barbara Pepper friends of the friendliest yes we are yes we are good episode too. Happy Halloween Rick ♡

@jovanweismiller7114 3 года назад

I knew she was Doris Ziffel on 'Green Acres'. I didn't know she was considered for Ethel.

@jsimpers 3 года назад

I had heard that her affinity for alcohol was why they didn't have her play Ethel, especially since they were worried at first about Frawley (needlessly, thank goodness). I didn't realize she was in that many episodes, but I remember her most as Mrs Ziffel on Green Acres. I also heard that originally she wanted Gale Gordon for Fred, since they worked together on the radio series "My Favorite Husband", but he was unable to commit to the show. That didn't stop him from guesting from time to time (as did Bea Benederet), but Gale eventually became a regular on The Lucy Show as the greedy banker with a heart of gold, Mr Mooney.

@tlw1950 3 года назад

Rick, do you know if Barbara Pepper made any appearances on The Lucy Show before she was cast on Green Acres? Thanks 🙏

@49commander 3 года назад

Barbara Pepper as Mrs Ziffel in Green Acres was a perfect part for her. Too bad her health problems took her life before the series finished. I always loved to see her little appearances in I Love Lucy. I knew her and Lucy were long time friends.

@clarkbabin9799 3 года назад

I used to also love the episodes with Tennessee Ernie Ford.

@dennisthomas6782 2 года назад

Miss. Pepper was under rated as an actress ! 🥰💕❤️

@reggiemelonson3965 Год назад

I loved catching Barbara Pepper during many appearances, but I did not know she was the voice in the furnace. Also now I am thinking how different the character interactions would be if Mary Wickes portrayed Ethel. A casting decision I never knew. Thanks, Rick!

@ricknineg Год назад

🙏

@shannonburns2525 3 года назад

I've seen everyone of those episodes

@ceilcaswell4041 3 года назад

Who hasn't lol?

@marjoriemargel1567 3 года назад

And isn’t it ironic that while Lucy didn’t want the unreliability of a alcoholic actor on set ( Bill Frawley, Barbara Pepper) it was Desi falling apart with drinking at the end. Life is strange....

@mikenelson1495 3 года назад

You sir, are an avid historian. Thank you.

@VIDEOHEREBOB 3 года назад

I knew about her drinking, but she also lost her husband in a tragic motorcycle accident. That probably didn't help her drinking problem.

@thomasswafford250 3 года назад

I was going to mention that.

@georgealexander7976 3 года назад

ALWAYS LOVED HER ON THE SHOW!

@rickyn1135 3 года назад

I can’t imagine Anyone it Vivian playing Ethyl

@gailwatson4927 3 года назад

She was a great actress.

@cherrelle9964 3 года назад

I never realized this. How exciting 😀

@michaeltaylor1603 3 года назад

Lucy was loyal in many regards. Barbara was a very beautiful woman & was a Ziegfeld Follies girl. Lots of tragedy in her life that caused over eating & alcoholism. I'm glad she got to play Doris Ziffle. She was till a pretty lady with lots of personality. Bus Tor & the Freezer were my favs. Didn't know she was voice in the "furnace" I thought that was Verna Felton? guess i was wrong. Also talk about do as I say. Desi (loved him some Bacardi rum daiquiris) I guess he didn't get too kerScnookered before filming. LOL!

@sandrapenello4500 3 года назад

She was also Doris Ziffel on Green Acres

@AdeleLarsen-zf8my Месяц назад

Yes ,didn’t know she was considered to play Ethel ,thanks

@aldomni45 3 года назад

Rick who was the other woman in that picture?

@GeneJenkins 3 года назад

Love Barbara Pepper but they chose the best suited for the Ethel Mertz part in Vivian Vance!

@ricknineg 3 года назад

Truth!

@jeanagifford8286 3 года назад

I always wondered about the actress and who she was

@mindyteddybear 3 года назад

she was also in the subway when Lucy had the loving cup on her head.

@JJJBRICE 3 года назад

Barbara Pepper was real cute in her day, the 1930s . She always kept her beautiful eyes all through her life .

@jamesrender6701 3 года назад

Vivian was the perfect choice!!!

@alexanderheidelberg9198 3 года назад

❤️

@phoenixmoon9116 3 года назад

But why William Frawley? 😔

@mstrsims2 3 года назад

Knew her by sight but not by name. Hope you had a good Halloween. I thought you'd be doing MUNSTERS vids on the 31st!

@TW-sb7ug 3 года назад

I love Lucy! ♥️

@georgiaayres5805 3 года назад

Interesting.

@frenchjr25 3 года назад

She as never really thought of for the role. Her acting was too sarcastic and had severe issue with alcoholism. Just like Gale Gordon was never really thought of for Fred - even though they would have loved to have him. Jess Oppenheimer and Desi knew he was under contract for 'Our Miss Books' for both radio and TV and was not available (the TV series would be produced at/by Desilu starting in 1952).

@wendellbrownbrown5968 3 года назад

You could tell William Frawley had a drinking problem, in one episode, you could see Fred's hands shaking from the DT's. When I was a young man even I could see that

@ricknineg 3 года назад

His hands shake in many episodes of the show. It can be Parkinson’s or other medical condition. I am no expert

@merdelune9 3 года назад

Was she also the housekeeper that Lucy hired, but she didn't know how to fire?

@gubbie2u 3 года назад

She was great as Doris Ziffel on Green Acres!!

@chazblitz 3 года назад

She was fantastic as Arnold Ziffles mom!

@roberttelarket4934 3 года назад

Love Mary Wickes but she was too tall for Frawley as well.

@frankfrank9437 2 года назад

Hey Rick, why is I love Lucy, The original "The Lucy show" , you still have to pay for to see? My DVD'S of both shows are almost worn out. I wish I could stream these shows for free. I can find some streaming services that provide some of the favorite shows but not all. Who is profiting off of these shows that you still have to pay for and why? Can you provide any information on this, please?