ELIZABETH TAYLOR on working with LUCILLE BALL

[@kevinhealey6540]

Met a taxi driver who picked her up at the Stuttgart Airport. She was with a woman friend. Taylor seemed very nice so the Taxi driver started asking her about her films. He had seen all of them. He listened intently to what she had to say. It took an hour to get to the destination. She left him with the biggest tip he had ever gotten.

[@emmad.176]

Many people said similar things... That Lucille Ball was quite serious and blunt in person (even unpleasant), but incredibly smart, hard-working, talented and knew how to create a treat for the audience. She also had a heart, but her playfulness came out on the camera mainly. Interesting to hear Elizabeth speak on her. It's honest and sounds like her experience was a challenge but she appreciates Lucille nonetheless :)

[@ReneeBraxton]

Yes!

[@jerrygottlick4614]

Well the way Lucy's sister Cleo told the story, and she was a producer on this episode and even got Bob and Carol back to write it at short notice. The way she tells the story is Richard asked Lucy at a party if they could be on her show. They approached Lucy not the other way around.

[@sew_gal7340]

Imagine Lucy and Bea Arthur on the same show lol

[@user-SpookyJuice]

@@sew_gal7340 They were wonderful together in the movie Mame!

[@Scorchy666]

@@jerrygottlick4614 That can't possibly be true. Liz and Dick were jet setters. Lucy traveled in small social circles. Lucy threw so much money at them to appear their show budgets were blown for a couple weeks. It was either Jayne or Audrey Meadows that were begged to work for minimum SAG scale on the following episode. Even that script was bought for cheap.

[@gfgall]

Ask Joan Crawford what it was like working with Lucy and you'll get the same response. Lucille Ball was not Lucy Ricardo.

[@hutch1197]

Joan showed up on the set drunk and couldn't memorize her lines. Lucy was doing her a favor by giving her the job in the first place. She wasn't getting many parts at that point in her life.

[@gfgall]

@@hutch1197 She was incredibly nervous during rehearsals, and admitted that, but come time for filming, she was just fine. And Lucy, according to many who appeared on her shows, was no box of chocolates. Many of the celebrities who ended up working for her said never again.

[@garykass114]

@@gfgall Maybe Lucy was no box of chocolates because she shoved all of them down her blouse. Lol.

[@gerardmackay8909]

Crawford’s famous quote on the subject was ‘and they call ME a b1tch’

[@beejjjjjj1]

Or ask Carol Burnett or Barbara Eden, who adored her.

[@zapacila2955]

When Liz said: “I didn’t say a thing!” It had the same “gladiator!!” pitch.

[@ReneeBraxton]

😅

[@jonathankieranwriter]

Lucille Ball was, by all accounts (including her own) a heartbroken woman who took her success and the production of her landmark show(s) VERY seriously. The “Lucy” we all love as a character was just that-a character. That’s a testament to Lucille Ball’s ability to “bring it” as a comedic actress. Amazing gift. She struggled like hell and failed to make it at MGM and then hit huge on TV. She was a pain in the butt, but she was a producer. The buck stopped with her. She admitted to others that she was not a barrel of laughs in “real life” because “real life” was unkind to her. She was a businesswoman. In the case of Liz Taylor and Burton, they were reputedly drunk and unprofessional on Lucy’s set. Lucy didn’t put up with that crap. She had a commitment to the network and her team. I heard that she took Barbara Eden under her wing and love that story. I have a silly hunch that Lucy MIGHT have caught Barbara slapping the shit out of Desi as he tried to make a pass at her and Lucy respected her for it forever. Lucy also loved Judy Garland, MGM’s troubled superstar/genius and box office powerhouse. Perhaps she saw in Garland a fellow woman who had been mistreated and run through the industry gauntlet, yet who always brought magic to the screen. Whatever the case, Lucy was a complicated woman. She wanted to get her shows done on time, within budget, and with no nonsense … despite the nonsensical scripts. I don’t think she was a mean person. I think she took her work seriously and was bitter because Hollywood men used and abused her: Desi Arnaz being exhibit A. She was a pioneer of her medium.

[@tbec3011]

You should have stopped with Lucille Ball was a complicated woman.

[@A2D4]

“Real life was unkind to her”. Wah wah wah.. That is not an excuse to step outside basic boundaries of decency toward how you treat people. You don’t take your unkind life out on those who are not the cause of it. She sounds like a bully and a perfectionist - not a good combination. I never thot she was very funny in “I Love Lucy” and was embarrassing & rather pathetic in “The Lucy Show”.

[@Scorchy666]

Burton hated Lucy after filming this. Its in his autobiography manuscript later discovered and published.

[@Blackjesus3]

Damm

[@zzzbbbooo]

Burton hated everyone.

[@gerardmackay8909]

@@zzzbbbooo no he didn’t that’s yet another KZbin ‘plucked out of thin air’ BS comment. He was a very gracious man on set, famously so, but had zero tolerance for very rude people (particularly if they treated junior staff like $hit) and that’s exactly why he couldn’t bear Lucille Ball.

[@thishandleisntavailablemofo]

That's right

[@beejjjjjj1]

​@@gerardmackay8909Well he did hate his own father and didn't go to his funeral.

[@wotan10950]

Carol Burnett said that Lucy earned the nickname, “Lucille Balls,” but Carol meant it as a compliment. In other words, she was doing a “man’s job” well, and a lot of Hollywood types didn’t like it. Lucy was the boss at Desilu, and she worked hard for the best.

[@steelers6titles]

Actually, I think she and Desi co-ran their company together.

[@meme103840]

Well said

[@beejjjjjj1]

​@@steelers6titlesDesi ran the company from its creation in 1951 until late 1962 when he sold his share to Lucy, then Lucy ran it until selling it in 1967.

[@basilrose]

Elizabeth Taylor was so childlike. Like Judy Garland and Michael Jackson among many former child stars who were put to work and missed critical stages of emotional growth and development. They suffered greatly in their adult lives because of this. How is it that Hollywood is somehow exempt from child labor laws.

[@mikehunt7360]

And all hi out of their mind 😂

[@sew_gal7340]

Hardships in youth makes for strong and resilient kids only if it isnt extreme hardships but more balanced ones...i think she fell into the latter (but her adult life was very tough)

[@RyanThomas-ft9mw]

I sat behind Lucy in a Hollywood restaurant called The Rose Tattoo. I was SHOCKED at the way she spoke to the waiter and the other staff members. I was truly embarrassed for her.

[@canalesworks1247]

My wife can say what she was...I'm a guy so I can't but it begins with a G. I am 100% on Burton's side in this one. Lucy was mean, and by this point in time no longer funny. Also could they have picked a worse sweater for him? Powder blue grampa sweater? Who thought that up? At least later he's in a suit. Burton and Taylor seem very uncomfortable. The lines are awful, and they did the best with what they were given because they were pros. Burton does do something however very interesting at the end of that episode. He has to kiss "Lucy" on the cheek, who melts because Richard Burton just kissed her. He leans in and kisses her cheek a 2nd time, in a very tender way, as though he wanted to kiss "Lucy the American Icon" for American viewers, and put Lucille Ball the autocrat out of his mind. It's very effective. He was after all Richars Burton. Brilliant actor, underrated these days. Liz was decent in this, gorgeous of course and seemly in decent health.

[@brotherofjunk]

elaborate please.

[@gfgall]

@@RyanThomas-ft9mw The Rose Tatoo :)

[@husamelzien5738]

@@brotherofjunkits been alleged that Lucy was very rude in public off-camera, more specifically in her later years.

[@keithwarner6997]

So beautiful Liz

[@RoverBoy1899]

Joan Crawford was drinking on set. And Lucy was bossy because, well, she WAS the boss 😂 Elizabeth was lucky Lucy got her in her mark. They produced that show in four days, from table read to film night, and we're at Mateo's for dinner by nine, according to Lucie Arnaz. Even A- listers like Taylor and Burton weren't treated like Prima Donna's on Lucy's set.

[@breckrichardson390]

Except they kind of were. I understand Lucy spent a fortune setting up a very special, posh dressing rooms for Elizabeth and Richard.

[@canalesworks1247]

Let's make excuses for Lucy. Lucille Ball was a nasty piece of work. She wasn't Lucy Ricardo.

[@Jasper7182009]

@@canalesworks1247…. Lucille Ball grew up in difficult times. Not just later during the depression when she went to New York to get on the stage, but the tragedy in her family when there was an accidental shooting and her grandfather, her beloved grandfather had to pay a civil price for that. You have no idea of the hard work and the innate talent that Lucille Ball brought to the screen because it took years. And nothing you do in your life - or that I do in my life - will ever equal five minutes of Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo.

[@sickheadache9903]

But when Lucy had Desi..He was the boss..which she liked. Lucy said Desi took care of the studio, the productions, the scripts and so on..all Lucy had to do was show up for the table read, rehearse, and do the show. When Lucy split with Desi..She took over everything..back then..Women didn’t run A Studio, Hire and Fire or Approve of New TV Series(Star Trek). And This Episode ..Lucy meets The Burtons..at IMDb it is rated 8.9 ..it is extremely funny…and well done. By All.

[@canalesworks1247]

I Love Lucy is great because Desi was great. Lucille Ball was a washed up 2nd rate Hollywood actress, a never was more than a has been, who went to radio and later TV because that's what was available to 2nd tier talent. Desi was touring band leader because that's the work he was able to get given his thick accent. Desi was the defacto producer of I Love Lucy and knew exactly how to make Lucille's discipline and broad physical acting work in a comedic setting. Lucille was not naturally funny. Desis was, but understood that as the "Cuban guy" he had to be the straight man. Here's Lucy and The Lucy Show are both just as awful as Life With Lucy, but people missed I Love Lucy so the shows were watched despite the fact that they suck. This dreadful Burton and Taylor episode is exhibit A. It's lousy comedy but it's not the guest stars' faults. Lucille ran the show like an SS officer and nothing was allowed to breathe. Comedy has to breathe to be funny.

[@JustAThought155]

I just watched an interview with her daughter and she too says her mom was controlling. Another relative said if she could say anything to her cousin Lucille, she would tell her “it’s all right,” insinuating that her famous cousin could stop controlling things. As with many comedians, this interview clip suggests, the only one not laughing is…them….the funny one. Sad. 🥺.

[@1Kent]

She wasn't used to being treated like an employee.

[@jm7804]

No, she was not. She was used to being treated like a princess, queen, or quite literally a dame...right? She clashed with almost every director she worked with her entire career. It doesn't surprise me that a female telling her where her mark was outraged her.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

Its more than that. Lucy was a total bitch in the later years of her life and treated EVERYONE like dog shit.

[@DaisyPusher]

Lmao. They had a feud that started before taping where they kept sending more and more roses to each other showing off and Elizabeth called her Mrs. C*** to her face during the taping. That’s why that pause before answering is so funny to me. She’s really thinking hard how to respond eloquently. 😂😂😂

[@imeanithonest5704]

Richard Burton could NOT stand Lucille Ball. His quotes are here somewhere.

[@ReneeBraxton]

Oh no! Really?

[@thewanksta36]

@@ReneeBraxton Yes, I believe his journals were published in more recent years.

[@jerrygottlick4614]

I'd like to see the quotes. Because the way I recently heard the story is that at a party Richard motion to Lucy that he wanted to be on her show. But it had to happen quickly because the Burtons were leaving right after the Oscars. Lucy's sister who produced the show got Bob and Carol back to quickly write it. Anyway no one twisted Burton's arm. It was his idea from the beginning and they were the hottest stars at the time and of course Lucy agreed. I also think some people misunderstand Lucy's ambition. Her mother had to let her go to New York at age 15.

[@TheRanaro]

I read some time ago that Richard Burton despised Lucy and almost stormed off of the set. Liz didn't like her either. After watching this sketch, I see that both of them seemed very uncomfortable and just wanted to get the *&%$ out of there.

[@tigergreg8]

Lucy was a business woman, and men esp didn't like that, Women didn't like the power she had. You can't be a push over and act goofy, plus run a whole Studio.

[@steelers6titles]

Of course, she and Richard Burton agreed to guest on Lucy's show in the first place.

[@johnsax1445]

“And they say I’m the Biggest B*tch in Hollywood “ - Joan Crawford

[@nondescript2892]

Lol..refreshingly honest....and of course Ball was nothing like her tv persona....neither happy nor funny...but definitely a professional

[@thewanksta36]

Who said she wasn't happy? She never did. She said she found peace when she married again.

[@canalesworks1247]

An autocrat.

[@canalesworks1247]

@@thewanksta36 She was miserable when Life With Lucy bombed.

[@thewanksta36]

@@canalesworks1247 She died shortly after that, but this experience Liz mentions was in 1970. She'd been happily married to Gary Morton for nine years.

[@alicelopez130]

Lucille ball was a true Leo

[@zacheryspencer]

Apparently Lucy wasn’t as she appeared to be.. people need to look up, “The Richard Burton Diaries” and he quite frankly couldn’t stand Lucy because of how she acted. Also many flight attendants dreaded having Lucy on board from her demands and looking down on them as if they were “beneath her”. I honestly believe it. Even in interviews Lucy appears very narcissistic and acts snobbish with her exorbitant outfits

[@zzzbbbooo]

And many have spoken about how kind and pleasant Lucy was also.

[@zacheryspencer]

@@zzzbbbooo I’m not saying she wasn’t. But it’s sad to read stories she wasn’t either.. always two sides to every story. Also we don’t know her personally. We really don’t know anything about her on that personal level

[@charleneplanthold6580]

After reading many books and articles about Lucy, this seems to be a common opinion. “If you know Lucille Ball, you don’t like her. If you like Lucille Ball, you don’t know her.”

[@Mamadukee1]

Good point 👉

[@tbec3011]

I am of the opinion that Lucy was a blabber mouth. It seems Carol Burnett found out the hard way.

[@gregrich]

Barbara Eden, who played Jeannie in the show I Dream of Jeannie, has said in interviews that Lucille Ball was really kind to her when she appeared in I Love Lucy. Lucille thought Barbara’s costume was too plain for her, and she bedazzled it by hand herself so that it would look nicer on her. Barbara could not believe that Lucille did that for her. Unfortunately, she mentions that she allegedly had to hide on set from Lucille’s then husband and Co-Star Desi Arnaz. It is well known that Desi was allegedly a womanizer and Barbara was married to actor Michael Ansara at the time, and she wasn’t interested. Maybe Lucille appreciated and respected a beautiful lady like Barbara for not wanting anything to do with Desi. It is possible Lucille didn’t like Elizabeth talking with Desi or the flirting she did with men and affairs she had with other women’s husbands.

[@canalesworks1247]

That's because Lucy wanted to clown Desi for hounding Barbara Eden.

[@gtlfb]

Desi was renowned for his “horizontal rumba”

[@nanaberry4120]

Lucy and Desi were already divorced for several years when Elizabeth Taylor was on Lucy’s show.

[@kevinbergin9971]

@@nanaberry4120 I was going to post that.

[@akrenwinkle]

According to Richard, Elizabeth referred to Lucille as Miss (rhymes with bunt). Sorry I can't write that word; it would be censored. Elizabeth found Lucille impossibly controlling and unpleasant, but Richard gave Lucille a back-handed compliment: she taught him that the way to read comedy lines was to shout everything. And if you're even slightly observant, that's exactly what Lucille did in everything after "I Love Lucy."

[@canalesworks1247]

I LOve Lucy is vaudeville, IMO very effective vaudeville. That makes sense because when the show first went up Lucille was still young enough and pretty enough to pull off the "Vaudeville Honey" or "Burlesque Queen" stereotypes. "I'm Sally Sweet, I'm the Queen of Delancey Street" etc.... All four of them played to the back of the studio audience. It worked in 1951. By 1971 it did not.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@canalesworks1247 Arguably Fred, who had more acting experience than all of the others put together, was the most natural in a very unnatural premise, and did not play to the back row. You and I can tell the difference in quality of "I Love Lucy," "The Lucy Show," and "Here's Lucy," but some- probably many- cannot.

[@canalesworks1247]

@@akrenwinkle Hey...the man who saved Santa from a looney bin. Gotta love Bill. No you're right. Fred was the most subtle of the four, and quite frankly the best Vaudevillian, though Ricky was no slouch at doing those Vaudeville bits. If I were to rank their acting I'd say: 1. Bill 2. Vivian 3. Desi (All very close together) 4. Lucille...a very distant 4th.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@canalesworks1247 1,2,3,4... agreed.

[@jess4metoo]

How old are you people? The word is CUNT.

[@deirdre581]

Ironically, there's a video on KZbin where Renee Taylor talks about when Elizabeth Taylor was on 'The Nanny' and wouldn't talk to her or Ann Morgan Guilbert.

[@dmh2000]

They thought they would have an easy gig those two liked to party

[@Light-Shift]

No, she was bossy beyond bossy actually she was condescending and rude, because she had a sharp business like frame of mind not a humane kind one.

[@edglebennett6312]

YES INDEED!!!!

[@Myplop]

Miss C@@@y seemed the perfect nickname for Ball

[@danielrobinson9270]

Elizabeth described what many people who knew Lucille Ball have said about her. If I'm correct, Lucille Ball wasn't too nice to Joan Crawford when she guest starred on her show. I guess Lucy is not so nice when she is not in character.

[@jaf8771]

Liz was correct about Lucy. I know a guy who worked for her (Lucy) being in her home on several occasions and said she had no sense of humor and hated just about everyone. I believe she was a narcissist.

[@blueberrycobbler]

@@jaf8771Stop with the “narcissist” BS, classifying practically everyone that walks the earth nowadays as narcissists is overused and bizarre. You’re not a behavioral expert and you don’t have the clinical credentials or knowledge to diagnose anyone as anything. 🤡🙄

[@thewanksta36]

Richard Burton’s journal reveals his disdain for Lucy. I’m sure it was an eye-opening experience for Liz because she’d never been on a TV set before. Alas, it’s said Lucy really hardened after her divorce from Desie.

[@thewanksta36]

@@jaf8771 Dumb to diagnose people you've not encountered and have no clinical hours. Narcissistic, sure. Personality disorder? C'mon. Leave it to the pros.

[@jaf8771]

@@thewanksta36 Boy, could I tell you some stories.

[@Chutney1luv]

Elizabeth must remember that Lucy was in chargw! She had to have a certain amount of control. We still love Lucy to this day.Her humor and comedic talent goes unmatched. She never had the casting couch experience that the older actors had. Still I loved this clip!! ❤❤❤

[@hutch1197]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Richard Burton, Liz Taylor and Lucille Ball were all difficult people to work with.

[@gerardmackay8909]

You’d be wrong neither Burton nor Taylor were difficult to work with, quite the opposite actually. Burton would not tolerate junior production staff being badly treated (woe betide any snotty assistant director who disrespected and pushed around runners and extras). As for Taylor, my closest friend knew an older guy who worked with her on Cleopatra and he said she was the kindest, most approachable ‘A lister’ he ever worked with (along with Audrey Hepburn)

[@TheSaltydog07]

Richard is much rougher regarding Lucille Ball than Elizabeth.

[@wadedavid4375]

5 days BEFORE 9/11 😢

[@StephanieMT]

Her and dezi both moved people like that apparently

[@kittyglitter8186]

I loved Liz Taylor!

[@kevindelaurentis8666]

Richard Burton said of Lucy, “She is a monster of staggering charmlessness and monumental lack of humor. I am coldly sarcastic to her to the point of outright contempt, but she hears only what she wants to hear. “She is a tired old woman and lives entirely on that weekly show … Nineteen solid years of double-takes and pratfalls and desperate upstaging and cutting out other people’s laughs if she can, nervously watching the ‘ratings’ as she does so. “I loathe her today… “Milady Ball can thank her lucky stars that I am not drinking. “There is a chance that if I had, I might have killed her!”

[@canalesworks1247]

Word. This must have been done around the time that Burton trimmed up for that WWII movie. He looks fit and tan in that film. He stopped the booze for about a year during that period.

[@scottgarbo1288]

Wow! That is intense.

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Bravo, Richard!...he said it better than any American ever did...or would have.

[@zzzbbbooo]

@@Apollo_Blaze He was just a nasty piece of work. Read about what he said about Elizabeth Taylor, his OWN WIFE.

[@productionemployee8032]

If Lucy was a man every will say she’s a strong leader

[@emanabdelhamid7661]

You are right

[@canalesworks1247]

Or...they might call her an autocratic b%^%tard.

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Wrong...if she were a man everyone would have called her lots of names that you call any man who is rude and abusive to others...not all men are rude and awful bosses. It is sexist to imply that.

[@steelers6titles]

I think Elizabeth (she didn't like "Liz") is trying to say she didn't love Lucy, or even like her much lol. One icon being diplomatic about another one.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

By many accounts Lucy was very difficult and unpleasant in the later years of her life and no one wanted to work with her.

[@TheRanaro]

Did anybody else see, "pre-recorded on Sept 06, 2001"? WTF!!!!!!!!!!

[@ReneeBraxton]

What's better than watching Lucy? Watching Lucy, Elizabeth, and Richard Burton working together!

[@zacheryspencer]

You need to look up “The Richard Burton Diaries” on his feelings towards Lucy. He couldn’t stand her at all

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Watching any other show would be better than watching Lucy.

[@nanaberry4120]

The show with the Burtons was ABYSMAL… as was most of Lucy’s work.

[@kakacicimakutuyoung]

You were in her show, not the other way round, get used to with not being treated like a royalty, anyway RIP to both

[@markfiato1521]

Her name just happened to be IN THE SHOW TITLE. 🙄😂

[@zzzbbbooo]

It was LUCY'S SHOW. Egos and poorly disciplined people like Taylor and Burton couldn't cope with her professionalism.

[@Raopines]

I can see where she's coming from tho, I got bad vibes from Lucy

[@MicheleHuffman-d8c]

I think Lucy was bossy and overbearing. She wanted everything to be perfect. I don't blame Desi for cheating on her.

[@jamsid33]

5 days later we know what happened

[@QuinnHamelin]

So liz taylor was in New York on 9/11 I know MJ was he had a meeting in the twin towers but was too tired to go.

[@DeepaChand-lx5mr]

Taylor doesn't say what a big financial burden both the burtons put on Lucy ,with their extravagant demands ( separate bungalows for both in top hotels ,separate limousine) and the millions of insurance for the ring plus their exorbitant fees and Burton's insistence of hiring his men for the show, when Gary generously offered to take him shopping the greedy man bought 12 sweaters in different colors Richard Burton had himself approached Lucy to be on her show ,and Lucy was never overawed by any celebrity ,when she found Burton doing his own thing she pulled him up. And did anyone like Elizabeth's performance as opposed to Lucy's? I never knew she had such a whiny voice I think they were the winners ,winning applase for the performances elicited from them from the meticulous Lucy in a record of ordinary careers And did Elizabeth remember the days when Lucy was the bigger celebrity and she was a struggling starlet I saw a pic of both Lucy and Desi on the top their car with a tiny Elizabeth looking up to them from the ground ( they didn't even bother to come down for her because the motherly Lucy always treated these child stars like kids) I dont

[@scottgarbo1288]

They were the biggest stars of their time, so it comes with the deal of hiring them.

[@edglebennett6312]

Lucille Ball was a Leo!!!!!!! Leo people are hard to deal with.

[@edglebennett6312]

I know that most people don't believe in astrology, but I sho do!

[@edglebennett6312]

Yes ma'am

[@tlw1950]

I’m a Scorpio and my partner is a Taurus

[@neatpaws]

Nah ... Lucille Ball was a hard taskmaster ... particularly in regards to herself. She demanded GOOD WORK from EVERYONE involved. Always. As fabulous a ratings spike .. the VERY newsworthy 'liz & dick' .. would bring to any (undoubtedly HIGHLY PAID) appearance ... LUCY 😙 ... probably NEEDED to 'position' her STAR player(s) by the shoulders!!! Liz is GREAT! Love her to bits. But THIS was .. UNNECESSARY. 😳

[@canalesworks1247]

"Unnecessary" that she dared to shatter your illusion that Lucy and Lucille were the same person? If anything Elizabeth Taylor (who is not my favorite actress) was tactful here. Rosie was expecting her to "gush abotu Lucy". Instead she spoke a tactful truth about Lucille Ball.

[@Apollo_Blaze]

First of all, not everyone "loves" or "loved" Lucy. Not everyone can watch all those corny old shows and think they are "genius"...that type of "comedy" appeals to a very select type of people. Second, just because you are a "star" does not give anyone the right to be rude and mistreat people. You cannot respect anyone who you move around like an object. It is obvious that Elizabeth was being very diplomatic here. I would love to hear her choice of words in private. I think we can all guess what they would be.

[@peaceandlove544]

I love Lucy was superb due to Desi. The rest of her shows are hard to watch, excepto a few where Vivian Vance appears. They don't make much sense. Everyone said that Desi was not only the mastermind, the mogul, the businessman, the lesser, but he was Also the funny one and the very charismatic, charming, pleasant one. But they all work great together, very talented but Lucy was the comedic genious in the show. When they divorce She has to do everything and it was too stressfull and it showed on her character.

[@NoOne-kr4jc]

Damn! 5 days before 9/11!

[@aaronxalapa]

5 days before 9/11

[@getoffmydarnlawn]

But the final scene in that episode with Lucy behind the curtain behind Elizabeth has me laughing hysterically every time, no matter how many times I watch it, for me it's one of the funniest moments in television. Proof that when professionals work together, discord off camera doesn't always show in the final product.

[@canalesworks1247]

Ripped off from an I Love Lucy episode, which was in general a Vaudeville skit.

[@nataliesignor3527]

Coming from someone who hung out with Micheal Jackson. Lol. I’m sure marriage to ETaylor was not easy. Or one would have been enough.

[@mimimi169]

What does this even mean?

[@kleec0203]

Her husband didn’t care for her either hehe.

[@ducheau100]

wow just a few days before 9/11

[@1900intz]

Her private persona was evil.

[@zzzut]

You look up “overrated” in the dictionary and you can see Ball’s picture.

[@AnthonyChambers-y4k]

I loved Lucy ! But my all time favorite was THE most beautiful and famous women to have ever lived MISS ELIZABETH TAYLOR hands down