Tag: Vitameatavegamin
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ROSS ELLIOTT
June 18, 1917 Ross Elliott was born Elliott Blum in the Bronx, New York. While at City College of New York, he participated in the college’s dramatic society, causing him to abandon his original plan to become a lawyer. He did four Broadway shows between 1938 and 1946. After serving in World War II (where he…
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DRAG LUCY!
The first episode of “RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race” included Nico Tortorella on ‘Snatch Game’ as Lucille Ball. Tortorella, dressed in Lucy Ricardo’s iconic polka dot dress, included Lucy’s mannerisms and a parody of the Vitameatavegamin patter. “Ewwwwwwwwww!”
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Randy Rainbow’s impeachment video starts with him referring to witness Vindman as “Lieutenant Colonel Vitameatavegamin” (although the phonetic closed captions spell it wrong)! To watch the video, click here.
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LUCY on AMERICA ALIVE!
November 10, 1978 “America Alive!” was an hour-long NBC daytime show which featured consumer tips, relationship advice, entertainment news and reviews, and comedy, from its home studio in New York City, which resembled a Manhattan loft apartment, as well as remotes from Los Angeles. In the planning phase, the show was titled “People to People.”…
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LUCY on BODY LANGUAGE
September & December 1984 “Body Language” is a game show produced by Mark Goodson Productions which aired on CBS from June 4, 1984 until January 3, 1986 and was hosted by Tom Kennedy. Kennedy had hosted “Password Plus” (on which Lucy made several appearances) after the death of host Allen Ludden. Johnny Olson was the…
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LUCY IS REALLY IN A PICKLE
S5;E15 ~ January 1, 1973 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis Synopsis Lucy’s show business aspirations get her cast in a pickle commercial with Harry as her agent. When the commercial is suddenly changed to a duet song and dance number, Lucy and Kim become singing and dancing…
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“Lucy Does a TV Commercial”
(S1;E30 ~ May 5,1952) Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed March 28, 1952 at General Service Studios. Rating: 61.1/88 Synopsis ~ Lucy gets hired to do a TV commercial on Ricky’s new show, not realizing the health tonic she has to consume is full of alcohol! This is…
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Papermoon Loves Lucy 