"UN-MONOGAMOUS" Carol Channing's RANT breaks up Lucille Ball & Betty White

[@TheVerbalVolley]

So good to see Lucy laugh so hard at Carol's antics. They should have teamed up for a comedy series, because their chemistry was absolutely spot on.

[@justwaiting5744]

Desi produced and directed a pilot for an unproduced series meant to star Carol. This was sometime after he and Lucy divorced.

[@TheVerbalVolley]

@@justwaiting5744 I never knew that. Thanks for the 411. Oh, how I wish that they would have teamed up in a series. It would have been hysterical. She could even have been Lucy's ditzy sister in "Life with Lucy". The other actors on that show were terrible, with the exception of Gale Gordon. They all shouted their lines, rather than just speaking them. Also, they should have hired Larry Gelbart for the show, and not people from "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy". But Lucy was nothing if not faithful to those that worked with her previously. That was a huge mistake, as Gelbart was part of the incredible program, "MASH", and could have brought some great new vitality and fresh ideas to the program.

[@AllenMQuinn]

I'm shocked Carol Channing never made an appearance on a Lucy show. Would have been amazing

[@TheVerbalVolley]

@@AllenMQuinn Absolutely, Allen. And can you imagine the chemistry these two would have had together on a television series? It absolutely boggles the mind to even consider it!

[@stevarino1989]

I feel like the last couple years of Miss Ball's life weren't very happy for her, considering that in 1986, her TV career ended with the short-lived Life With Lucy getting cancelled, and 2 weeks later, Desi passed away and she was just absolutely heartbroken. Plus earlier in 1988 she had a stroke. But here, she actually seems happy because she's working with Betty White AND Carol Channing! Sad that 7 months after this episode was taped, Lucy was gone :( I also agree with you about Life With Lucy. God, she deserved so much better. The network change didn't help either. Everybody knew her for being the Queen of Monday Nights on CBS for 23 years, but they put her on Saturday nights on ABC.

[@Norvo82]

The most hilarious thing about this is the fact Carol Channing decided to dress up like a sea captain and no one batted an eye.

[@justrosy5]

Not hilarious at all! -> Progress

[@heyokaempath5802]

Yes!!!! Omg I loved them all. TV isnt the same

[@lasuvidaboy]

I saw her at LAX 20-years ago w/a similar outfit minus the hat.

[@Wildstar40]

Channing used to dress like this often so people back then were used to it.

[@sweetmarie72ply]

Jef Willemsen She could have been a female Popeye! 😂

[@iamtimmay90]

"Well, let's not argue about it." I love her so much.

[@SavingHistory]

“You can be un-anything!”

[@CharlieQuartz]

She’s right. We can be underwhelmed just as well as derwhelmed.

[@SavingHistory]

Lol!

[@CS-yr5jr]

Lol I laughed so hard at that. “un-anything” is nothing Carol!

[@nickwheeler5396]

How did the universe not implode with all that talent in one room?

[@soaringvulture]

And why were they wasting time on that show?

[@myfriendisaac]

Well let’s not argue about it 😂

[@CS-yr5jr]

Carol Channing is the person who is absolutely hilarious, but she doesn’t even know it and she’s fine with it.

[@delennamachoo]

Oh, she knew it. That was her schtick. Lucy didn’t suffer fools.

[@patriciaelliott1383]

@@delennamachoo WORD!

[@jameshamilton8245]

I think acting clueless was part of her personal act. And it allowed her to get away with some borderline provacative topics. Remember she originated the role of Lorelie Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes on Broadway and she was also chosen by George Burns and Gracie Allen to replace Gracie in the act when Gracie became too ill to perform.

[@skinsey85]

I died when Carol grabbed Lucy's head lol

[@petemcintire4339]

Oh dear! I hope you had a nice service.

[@ah7910]

Pete, don’t give up the day job. @@petemcintire4339

[@paulgraham4293]

I once interview Carol Channing and I told her that we met before ... when my mother was giving birth to me ... and Carol was giving birth to her son on the same floor in the hospital ... she said "I recognize you from the nursery." and as she left I asked her if I was the cutest baby and she said just as quickly as her first response - "you were the smallest." Wit overload !!!

[@horaciocapanelli-soto4710]

😂

[@billhilton3265]

I ran into Carol Channing on second ave and around 71st street, she was walking all alone. I told her how much i loved her work , etc. And she was so friendly and thankful . A real normal funny gal!

[@rickredmond9847]

Just the nonverbal chemistry between Lucy and Carol alone is hilarious.

[@queerchoreography54]

Carol Channing is a GREAT ENTERTAINER

[@outlawdirty7886]

when carol channing makes up a word, it is at that moment, officially a real word!!

[@darreylhenderson8979]

Carol: "Un-Monogamous" Lucy should have replied : "DESI" LOLZZZ

[@jazzyjaz9108]

Awwwww lol

[@themaggattack]

Oof!

[@katbowl9971]

Love that!

[@rickdack9374]

That is precisely what I was thinking but that it would have been way too behind the scenes for that are up for people to understand. People today would get it but not back then plus it might have been edited out since Desi still have been alive then

[@stevemoore9509]

Very good answer if she said it.

[@CrooklynKnight]

Lucy’s laugh was everything.

[@EagleRockers]

Lucy & Carol, what a great comedy team! Who knew?

[@leemclaury6251]

Betty White is the only one still alive in Sept of 2019 .

[@DePirre]

Make that november 2019 🧡

[@Trayxxxx]

@@DePirre Make that December 2019

[@michaelcloud2976]

Make that July 2020, 98 years old!

[@mckavitt13]

Lee Mclaury Male that August 2020!

[@sarahmarshall9758]

Make that September 2020

[@akampfer]

I wish someone would post more of this week. It looked like it was a lot of fun.

[@questionblock8949]

Good lord the thumbnail looks like Lucy is stabbing her in the stomach lol

[@Userhandleidk]

This almost made me spit out my cereal

[@stonerrocky]

I come back to this so often when I see it pop up. Lucy's laugh when Carol says "Well let's not argue about it!"

[@TR-wm3sg]

I love that Carol Channing has no qualms about grabbing and turning someone with the legendary stature of Lucille Ball.

[@deanleonard3113]

And Lucy is totally tickled by it.

[@namj8145]

I long for the days you could turn on the afternoon TV and see Betty White, Lucille Ball, and Carol Channing stopping by to be part of it.

[@storybellz]

Lucy still had that same bright Lucy smile! I love seeing her happy with her legendary buddies! This generation could sure take a cue from the class and charisma of the legends or this period here. R.I.P. Lucy, and Carol. As for Betty, so glad she's still with us, and dang, how I wish time stood still for everyone!

[@jenniejoyz]

Betty...not anymore. 😔

[@TechySpeaking]

Oof.

[@JustJason1977]

Carol is HILARIOUS! I miss that lady!

[@uhejnjd]

Anyone else actually kind of go "she does have a point."

[@deanleonard3113]

Yes. I did. :)

[@philthy903]

My three favourite ladies. Thanks so much 💖

[@rgrndu]

I used to play Password online years ago. It was so much fun. I miss it.

[@sweetmarie72ply]

I loved Lucille Ball!❤️ She looked so much like my Grandmother. I had a tour of Jamestown, NY where Lucille was from. So amazing!

[@Leadeshipcoach]

Love Carol Channing!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tweetybird59]

I saw this! Legendary ICONS!!!

[@maestroclassico5801]

When Carol said "Unmonogamous" I swear I thought Lucy was going to say "DESI".

[@lasuvidaboy]

Lucy was obviously not well when this was taped. 5-months later she was admitted to Cedar-Sinai Hospital in LA for an aortic transplant which was successful. I remember the reports of her getting better and seeing a large 'Get Well Lucy' banner hung on the Hard Rock Cafe across from the hospital. She unexpectedly died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm not related to her surgery. Her heavy smoking apparently was the contributing factor with the ruptured aneurysm.

[@scotnick59]

Lucy made the cover of TIME in October of 1952. The heading read = "Lucille Ball: Rx for comedy - a clown with Glamour"

[@carlsbad7113]

So nice Lucy had a few laughs before her death. She died not long after this was filmed. I think within a few months.

[@stevarino1989]

Yup April 26th 1989. :( Her final public appearance was just a few weeks before her death, at the 1989 Academy Awards, as she presented an award with Bob Hope. And she seemed to be in really good spirits there too, but I did read that behind the scenes she wasn't feeling great, physically.

[@DJUniMekaju]

OMG, Carol. She's so mischievous and she made sure Lucy was on board. XD

[@margies735]

3 of tv's most brilliant commediennes! Lucy looks frail but still has her incredible wit, great to see her laughing and clearly enjoying herself here.

[@roboppi6368]

These legends are just too amazing. I can't stand them. They are so awesome.

[@stevarino1989]

Betty White, Lucille Ball and Carol Channing. Doesn't get any better than that lol. There was even another from 1986 with her, Betty and Estelle Getty! I wish she could've guest starred on the Golden Girls. She almost did but turned it down. She had previously worked with Bea Arthur in Mame.

[@roboppi6368]

@@stevarino1989 I mean just imagine being within near vicinity of all three at the same time???!!! 🤯🤯🤯

[@BlacKnightRising]

was Carol Channing something, or was she something LOL

[@asadmarji5023]

Betty White is the only one still alive in Sept of 2019 .

[@katbowl9971]

That was fun!

[@funkyducky8751]

I love this so much.

[@AndreDMalan1966]

Brilliant!

[@barbaranewton8732]

Lucille Ball is such a class act!! She is humble and thankful for her audiences. Miss her and Joan.

[@scotnick59]

I once read in I LOVED LUCY that in her later years Lucy had a physical therapist who was a foreigner and knew nothing about the sometimes crabby Mrs. Morton much less Lucille Ball as zany Lucy Ricardo. Author of the book, who was a guest of Lucy's played a few episodes of the beloved sitcom to the man who flat-out said "That cannot POSSIBLY be the same woman" -

[@hollytreadway3743]

Lucy's face when she waited to say "cheating" 🤣😂

[@tatyanabressani8798]

Carol channing 🌟

[@jamesbeachem2003]

She is so right "un" goes on so many words.

[@MidwestGirl]

One of the best game shows on TV - along with Hollywood Squares. Too bad there isn't anything like this on TV anymore.

[@hummingbirdcity]

Betty: "If they buzz a legend one more time."

[@davidedwards1705]

Three of the funniest women in comedy on one stage.

[@latachalexander3618]

😂😂 I love this!

[@mahonnicklin9108]

Words wind up in the dictionary once people start using them, which basically means that if you can form a word with morphological accuracy, it's a word. Carol was the smarter one here.

[@dickmiles1]

5 legends

[@TheVerbalVolley]

Lucy and Carol have a connection to the past. Desilu wanted to put her into a weekly series, but the pilot episode was not picked up by the network. Here is a quote from a source: "...Due to her success on Broadway in Hello Dolly! and her co-starring role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Channing attracted the attention of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who were interested in starring her in a sitcom. Directed and produced by Arnaz and written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis (who co-wrote I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show), The Carol Channing Show starred Channing as Carol Hunnicut, a small-town girl trying and failing to make it in New York City show business. Character actors Richard Deacon and Jane Dulo were in the supporting cast. The pilot was filmed in front of a live audience (with a laugh track added) at Desilu in 1966 but did not sell as a series..."

[@Luke_Bryan_shakes_it_country]

I love Carol's laugh when Lucy grabbed her shoulders. That really became a Lucy Vivian moment. I bet Lucy also got a kick out of Carol's costume too since Lucy loved to do different acts in costumes. Was really great to see Lucy smile.

[@abe_froman8360]

I think Lucy had a few spoonfuls of Vitameatavegamin before the show.

[@John-Adams]

She was losing her mind to dementia. This was also her last televised appearance.

[@luismalveiro8136]

She also had had a stroke a few months before

[@delennamachoo]

John Adams Where did you read that? I can’t find anything on dementia. There’s always been conflicting information about whether she had a stroke or a heart attack the year before, but she was taking meds for chest pain that they’ve suggested contributed to the massive aortic dissection she ultimately had a few months after this. The meds were known the weaken the heart and blood vessels. More likely, she’s just weak here.

[@delennamachoo]

There’s actually another video from this episode where Lucy is struggling, and Carol specifically says “but it’s not her brain”, and Bert says he “I know that.”

[@kalevala29]

I don't think she was well. She died the next year.

[@jessicatravis94]

The dude who does the password. His voice! Love it!

[@danseabreeze1404]

Only 5 months before Lucille passed away.

[@DRIVEIN101]

Five late greats in entertainment, all dearly missed

[@tomtalker2000]

Who said Rose was stupid...??!!! (g) I loved these old game shows.

[@sheisveryfamous]

“Giggling, Flat and Fickle” The answer is Joy Scroggs

[@rhodamackenzie1105]

I thought the same!

[@OceanbornAngel]

Poor Carol Channing...if only she lived to see 2020 she would have learned the word for not being monogamous, polyamorous.

[@raziele92]

Why would she have had to wait until 2020? Those concepts have been around for millenia.

[@flamethrow868]

It's Polygamous, polyamourous is different.

[@terrapax8554]

Promiscuous used to be considered the opposite of monogamous

[@ccbsnyc]

Lucille Ball was showing signs of her age. Compare this episode with the episodes she played in the 1960s. She was very well known for her competitiveness.

[@stevarino1989]

Yeah, sadly she was gone 5 months later :( Pretty sure she was still recovering from her stroke earlier in 1988 too. She was also a heavy smoker for most of her life and at this point she had quit but still, her voice sounded like a bullfrog from all those years of smoking.

[@delennamachoo]

It wasn’t just her age. She was having a lot of health issues.She had an aortic valve replacement and a dissecting aortic aneurysm just months after this.

[@davidt3956]

"''finger of fate' would have done it." Wonderful :)

[@irvinemuscle]

Lucy is sorely missed.

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

Lucy was always the first to appreciate natural humor in people because she worked so hard at her own comedy.

[@scotnick59]

Bert was such a cool guy & left us too soon.

[@neversaygoodbye4]

I loved when she turned Lucy around 😂😂

[@candicesacks2211]

When you get a good close up of Lucy you can see her age but she was still sharp and beautiful!!

[@prowrestlingcountdown208]

Always nice change to see a video where all the ladies are bigger stars and more influential than the men.

[@LoraCoggins]

3:05 Cool video, but, uh, why is "oil" spelled with a Y instead of an I?

[@Bradat26]

Oyl was the correct spelling of Olive's last name, but I don't know what the reason was.

[@ShaiMyst]

@@Bradat26 that's right. It is her last name.

[@missb5982]

What happened to part 3 with Betty White Lucille Ball and Ester

[@TJ-kk5zf]

Carol was a wonderful loony bird

[@TrentoSan]

I would love to see the entire episode of this! Is there a way?

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Great fun. 🇬🇧

[@allankelly2500]

obvious clues only Dick Martin might have gotten the word on : finger,fate

[@TheBarbraStreisand1]

Very fetching hat and hair on Carol. Betty looks great. Love Lucy.

[@ZMike38]

Carol forcibly grabbing Lucy and then having absolutely nothing to say is such a power move

[@kathberry8]

I love Lucy Carol and Betty

[@harveyabel1354]

Please closed caption.

[@StevenBarryVideos]

I've tried. How do I do that?

[@lohphat]

@@StevenBarryVideos In the video editor settings you can enable CC and either upload, manually add, or enable auto-generated CC.

[@gregos.f.2841]

Adorable

[@IMCcanTWEESTED]

The KZbin thumbnail for this video really makes it look like Lucille Ball is kicking Carol Channing hard in the kootch.

[@blujay1608]

Carol: Well, what's the word for un-monogamous? Me (if I were host): The password you're trying to have her guess!

[@blujay1608]

In other news, was 'flat' describing Olive Oyl's 2-D shape, or was that a reference to her chest??

[@misledprops]

Holy shit this is comedy gold

[@hoyden1960]

Amazing Lucille didn’t answer “Desi Arnaz”! 😂

[@springstud]

carol channing is very funny just think 5 months after this air lucy went to heaven

[@justrosy5]

:'(

[@springstud]

@@justrosy5 what does that mean

[@RockinDaBoombox]

It’s a sad face

[@thezmanchar]

I wish people knew how drop dead gorgeous Carol Channing was in her day. She was beautiful till the end.

[@compete247]

Watching in 2024. Why was the "password voice" like that?

[@thedisneybroentertainment5547]

One of Lucy’s last appearances. She died the following year.

[@nonayobiz8511]

Good ole days..

[@simplymj9032]

1:54 hilarious

[@KratostheThird]

Lucille Ball obviously had a stroke, which is obvious by her delayed reactions and timing. Carol Channing had to physically touch Lucy and turn her to where she was facing Carol. Lucy’s health was deteriorating and according to what I read regarding the final months of her life, she was constantly rude and inconsiderate to others around her. Her daughter Lucie finally admitted her mother had chest pains. In the weeks following her final public appearance with Bob Hope at the 1989 Academy Awards, Lucille Ball was admitted to the hospital. She passed away shortly thereafter on April 26th, 1989.

[@Nacho-Mamma]

"Picky" would have been a great clue in conjunction with the other "Fickle" clues.

[@girlwalkerII]

that's me with me choosing a mate, boyfriend, companion now in my life...ha ha ha

[@triggerhappy6398]

undecided would have been a good one to use

[@stephenr3910]

I didn't know they were allowed to add gestures and acting to the clue.

[@morgancleyrat5517]

I loved watching this, even if your title is extremely misleading and click bait. No rant exists and it sure didn't break anyone up. High levels of Tried It detected.

[@roycey32]

Are you that slow that you don't know figurative language when you read or hear it???

[@uhejnjd]

She was ranting to the producer behind the scenes and could you not see Lucy laughing her head off during it. Yes the clip went longer than it needed to but the message is still clear.

[@StevenBarryVideos]

You loved watching this… Yet you still had time to complain about a free video. A video that I did not have to make and share but I did so that others can enjoy it. Anyway, glad you loved watching it. That’s the whole point after all.

[@mikeykm1993]

Deary, marry the mole!

[@xxwhispersxx2856]

I just started singing that, thank you very much.

[@margicates553]

😍😍😍

[@sickheadache9903]

U guys do remember that Dick Martin was on in the first season of The Lucy Show!

[@jaredjlinden]

The actor who played Lucy’s son said that Dick Martin was very cool and give him a sip of his beer. Shortly after, he had a scene where he had to kiss Lucy. When they finished the scene, Lucy yelled, “Dick! My dressing room!” LOL

[@jimwoods2180]

In this clip - Lucy has approximately 5 months to live :(

[@robertriley1569]

Was carol Channing going yachting after they finished tapeing, whats with the outfit?

[@bjrizen2188]

Indecisive