15: Life With Lucy; Or, Lucille Ball Gets Fired
Episode description
A legend stuck in the past or a victim of ageism?
To celebrate Being the Ricardos, we take a look at Lucille Ball's last sitcom, Life With Lucy,...from which she was fired. Yes, the Queen of Comedy was fired!
Rob teaches Ray about Lucille Ball's career post I Love Lucy, her bizarre television movies in the 1970s (including Lucy becoming President of NBC), how Lucy was courted by ABC, why The Cosby Show and The Golden Girls created Life with Lucy, Lucy's loyalty to her staff, and how she was brutally dismissed by a network then stole her schtick!
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WEBSITES
BOOKS
ARTICLES
Life With Lucy Deserved a Better Chance
You Can't Go Home Again, Lucy- The LA Times
Compulsively Lucy- The LA Times
Life With Lucy- New York Times
Lucille Ball Dusts Off Her Slapstick
AUDIO/VISUAL
Lucille Ball & Barbara Walters: An Interview of a LifeTime (FULL)
Gary Morton roasts Lucille Ball
Life with Lucy (1986) Opening Theme
Life With Lucy 1986 E01 One Good Grandparent Deserves Another SVkBbV2cGKc
Life With Lucy | Television Academy Interviews
Lucille Ball on Joan Rivers (Part 1)
September 1986 - Promo for Premieres of 'Webster' and 'Sidekicks'
Music and Sound Effects
“Laughter Burst,” “All Choked Up,” and “Laugh and Clap” by Hollywood Laugh Tracks
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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