LUCY TALKS TURKEY!

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES ~ 1940 to 1992

~1944~

Associated Press reported that Lucy’s cousin Cleo was late for her TURKEY dinner!  Hopefully, Lucy gave her a calendar for Christmas!

~1969~

Here the brief mention puns on the double meaning of TURKEY. In addition to the traditional Thanksgiving main course, TURKEY is show-biz slang for a disastrous play or movie!  

~1983~

Seems an awfully strange way to get a pie delivered!  In 2019, a 72 year-old Caisse was reported missing due to confusion brought on by Alzheimer’s and dementia. Palm Springs Police eventually located him. 

~1944~

Columnist Sheila Graham mentioned that Lucille Ball was counting her TURKEYS from her investment in her ex’s TURKEY farm!  One story says that after Lucy phoned Al to tell him their romance was over, Hall sent her a trussed TURKEY from his farm as a parting gift!  

~1971~

This comedy double bill makes it look like Lucille Ball is starring in Cold TURKEY, a film about a town that collectively tries to give up smoking. The term cold TURKEY comes from the goose bumps people sometimes get in the days after they quit, which look like the skin of an uncooked, cold TURKEY in the fridge!

~1940~

During the holidays, cinemas would do TURKEY giveaways to patrons. 

~1950~

This cinema is doing a holiday TURKEY giveaway, but their use of “quotation marks” make it looks like a triple bill of Wyoming Mail, Fuller Brush Girl, and that smash hit TURKEY Surprise! 

~1992~

Okay, someone was bound to say it.  This harsh blurb comes from Australia. 

GOBBLE GOBBLE!