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Your Favorite Encounter Between Lucy and a Celebrity

posted a month ago by Corryveckan45 (145)
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As everyone knows, several episodes of I Love Lucy, and (I think) all of the episodes of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour centered on Lucy's interaction with a celebrity.

Which was your favorite? William Holden? Harpo Marx? Van Johnson? Charles Boyer? Tallulah Bankhead? And why?

I think the Tallulah Bankhead episode is mine. Bankhead was terrific in her one-upmanship of Lucy. I liked her comments like: "Are you sure you aren't talking to me on two Dixie Cups and a string?" and her threat to grab Lucy "by her pink hair" and throw her out, "I've aleady been in one of your homemade jams." And the scene where Lucy sprays Bankhead with white paint, and Bankheaad removes her sun glasses and glares at Lucy, I think is one of the best bits of physical "silent" comedy in the entire series.

[–] pjpurple@verizon.net (5551) 23 days ago

I would definitely agree with the Tallulah Bankhead episode from the hour long series. Lucy met her match with the great Talloo!

From the Hollywood arc I would go with the Bill Holden episode. Their encounter at The Brown Derby is a classic.

[–] Corryveckan45 (145) 23 days ago

Yes, the William Holden episode was great. When Holden was so gracious about their encounter, I wonder who "Spinned the Beans Out of the Catbag" as Ricky would say, that later on, everyone seemed to have heard the truth.

I guess in a town like Hollywood, it's not so hard to believe. In the John Wayne episode, he even mentions that William Holden told him some stories about Lucy, though that doesn't mean he mentioned their encounter at the Brown Derby...maybe he just mentioned her nose catching on fire.

[–] pjpurple@verizon.net (5551) 18 days ago

I can't believe I forget the John Wayne episode! One of my favorites. Lucy's encounter with the Duke was hilarious.

"Does she always wear her pocketbook on her head?"

The Cornell Wilde episode is funny, but Lucy never really has a face to face encounter with him. She's hiding under the room service table pretending to be a voice that Bobby the Bellboy is doing.

[–] PaladinNJ (20626) 22 days ago

George Reeves.

"You're married to her?"
"And they call me Superman?"

[–] Corryveckan45 (145) 21 days ago

And for 15 years!

Great choice! George Reeves was terrific in this episode, and his closing comment is one of the funniest in the entire series, emphasized by Lucy's look of shock and turning to face the wall in embarrasment.