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Tag: Lucille Ball

Amy Poehler will Direct a Documentary about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
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Amy Poehler will Direct a Documentary about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 24, 2020August 24, 2020

With the blessings of the estates of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, comedian Amy Poehler is on track to direct a documentary about the legendary …

Anniversary of Lucille Ball’s birthday greeted with new statue, all-star comedy fest and prep for a national comedy museum in her New York hometown
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Anniversary of Lucille Ball’s birthday greeted with new statue, all-star comedy fest and prep for a national comedy museum in her New York hometown

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 6, 2016August 6, 2016

Lucille Ball would have turned 105 today. To celebrate, Ball’s hometown of Celeron, N.Y., unveiled a brand-new statue of the iconic TV comedy legend today …

Carol Burnett recalls the advice Lucille Ball gave her about managing writers, producers
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Carol Burnett recalls the advice Lucille Ball gave her about managing writers, producers

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 18, 2015

Carol Burnett visited Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thursday night and recalled the times that Lucille Ball guested on Burnett’s hit sketch comedy series, …

Cate Blanchett to star as Lucille Ball in authorized biopic
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Cate Blanchett to star as Lucille Ball in authorized biopic

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 3, 2015September 3, 20151

Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett will portray the lovable Lucille Ball in a new big-screen biopic authorized by Ball’s children, Lucie Arnez and Desi Arnez …

Comedy’s mirror routine over the years in TV and movies: From The Marx Brothers to The Muppets, with Bugs and Lucy in between
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Comedy’s mirror routine over the years in TV and movies: From The Marx Brothers to The Muppets, with Bugs and Lucy in between

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 21, 2014March 24, 2014

Kermit the Frog employs the ol’ mirror routine gag — spoiler alert! — in a scene during the new Muppets Most Wanted movie, in cinemas …

“Funny Ladies” on PBS: Watch this hour of “Pioneers of Television”
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“Funny Ladies” on PBS: Watch this hour of “Pioneers of Television”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 17, 2013

The “Funny Ladies” hour of the PBS documentary series, Pioneers of Television, debuted this week. Narrated by Ryan Seacrest? Oh well. Can’t win ’em all. …

LIFE celebrates Lucille Ball at 100 with gallery of unpublished photos
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LIFE celebrates Lucille Ball at 100 with gallery of unpublished photos

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 4, 2011August 5, 20111

Lucille Ball would have turned 100 on Saturday, Aug. 6. To celebrate her legacy, LIFE magazine at life.com has posted a gallery of never-before-published photographs …

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