Hey thank you I’ll watch for it on FR on Youtube. Also maybe there is one of those old movies of hers on DVD on Amazon. Got any suggestions of a good Lucille Ball movie?
The Long Trailer (approximate title) and Fancy Pants.
If you can get the I Love Lucy dvds, go for it. There are many famous episodes but one of my favorites comes from the season where she and Ricky go to Hollywood.
One episode features the great actor Bill Holden. For whatever reason, Lucy dons a disguise, including a long, fake nose. During the scene, she lights up a cigarette, accidentally setting that nose on fire. While Holden watches her in awe and fear, she quickly doses her nose in a cup of coffee and goes right on with the scene.
What a woman!
This was Desi's monumental bonehead move that cost them billions. After the series folded, Desi sold all the rights to CBS which was broadcasting the show.
Desi never figured on eternal reruns and that the show would remain in the public's heart for generations. I'm sure he spent many sleepless nights beating himself up for giving away billions of dollars with the stroke of a pen.
At the time they did receive a lot of money for the rights----about $4 million-----which enabled them to buy a studio and go into TV production.
But that was a drop in the bucket compared to the billions in reruns they could have earned.