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New Mary Wickes Bio Tells of “Close Relationship” with Lucy
There’s a new biography of Mary Wickes out — called Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before — that is fascinating, and must-reading for any Lucy fan. The two were best friends for more than 30...
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Nostalgia for I Love Lucy was Pretty Much Immediate
Forty-eight years ago today…people were already missing Lucy, Ricky, Fred & Ethel. It was July 8, 1965, and I Love Lucy had only been off the air for eight years—five, if you count The Lucy-Desi...
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Ethel Mertz Tops Entertainment Weekly’s 50 “Greatest Sidekicks Ever” List
Okay, she isn’t No.1 (that’s Ed McMahon), but Ethel Mertz, as played by the inestimable Vivian Vance, made the list at a cool No. 5. This is even more fabulous considering that EW used the term...
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Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball!
Lucy would have been 102 today! Happy Birthday to the redheaded clown whose face has been seen, it is estimated, by more people, more times, than any other face in the history of humankind, and who...
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Lucille Ball Polka Dot Dress Fetches $168,000 at Profiles in History Auction!
According to UPI, “Lucille Ball’s iconic black-and-white polka-dot dress worn [as Lucy Ricardo] on I Love Lucy has sold for $140,000 — $168,000 after house fees — at a Profiles in History sale of...
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I Love Lucy’s “Birth of Little Ricky” Episode Most Riveting TV Moment Ever!
The love affair between TV Guide and Lucille Ball, and her classic series I Love Lucy, continues as the weekly magazine, celebrating 60 years of its national edition this year, recently voted the...
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Jane Connell, Lucy’s Mame “Gooch,” Dies at 87
Jane Connell, the Broadway, stage, television and screen veteran, who is perhaps best-known for her many roles on the sitcom Bewitched and for co-starring in the 1974 movie Mame with Lucille Ball...
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Lucille Ball in Rare Hollywood Home Movies
This is the week for personal, not-your-usual glimpses into Lucille Ball’s life. First, I caught 1963′s Hollywood Without Make-Up on Turner Classic Movies, a fabulous film by Ken Murray that takes us...
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I Love Lucy Xmas Special to be Broadcast in Color!
The “I Love Lucy Christmas Special,” a one-hour special featuring two newly colorized back-to-back classic episodes of the classic series, will be broadcast Friday, Dec. 20 (8:00-9:00 p.m.) on CBS,...
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Printing Plate for Classic Lucy TV Guide Cover Surfaces
On my website/blog, there’s an email to get in touch with me (lucyfann@hotmail.com). It’s used mainly by Lucy fans and collectors with questions about memorabilia they own and what it might be worth....
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Lucy Ricardo Got Pregnant 61 Years Ago — And Changed the Face of TV!
On December 8, 1952, 61 years ago, I Love Lucy aired the episode “Lucy is Enceinte,” in which Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball), after telling neighbor Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) that she’s going to have a...
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The TIME 100 Cover Controversy
If you know me, you know I’ll use any excuse to post an Al Hirschfeld drawing. In that spirit… One doesn’t often associate Lucille Ball with the Beatles, but in light of the 50th anniversary of the...
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MAME Premiered 40 Years Ago Today!
Forty years ago, on March 7, 1974, one of the last “big” movie musicals opened at New York’s Radio City Music Hall (I dragged my mom there so I could see it in one of the most magnificent theaters in...
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