Art & Lucy?

[*ClassicPinUp*]

I read that Lucille Ball refused to appear in the 1967 big-screen feature A Guide for the Married Man unless Art agreed to costar with her.
Has anyone ever seen this? It sounds like it would be great with 2 of the best in the business.

[The Great One]

I read that Lucille Ball refused to appear in the 1967 big-screen feature A Guide for the Married Man unless Art agreed to costar with her.
Has anyone ever seen this? It sounds like it would be great with 2 of the best in the business.

This is the first time I'm hearing about that. I agree, it would have been great to see them both in the same movie. What was the plot about?
:confused:

[*ClassicPinUp*]

I've never seen it so I'm not sure but I found this link.
http://www.answers.com/topic/a-guide-for-the-married-man

[The Great One]

I've never seen it so I'm not sure but I found this link.
http://www.answers.com/topic/a-guide-for-the-married-man

Hmmm...Gene Kelly is the director. Very interesting.

[Bill S.]

I've never seen this but I know of two other TV specials Lucy did with Art: "Happy Anniversary And Goodbye" (10/19/74) and "What Now Catherine Curtis?" (3/30/76). She also did a special with Gleason called "Three For Two" on 12/3/75 and Gleason once made a cameo appearance on an episode of Here's Lucy as a bus driver named Kramden. Boy, could you imagine a Honeymooners/I Love Lucy special? How sweet it would've been. :)

[Bill S.]

P.S., I thought you guys might find this old thread o' mine pretty interesting:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=179443

[*ClassicPinUp*]

Wow Lucy even worked with Dean Martin! Lucky lady to have been surrounded with Art & Dean! I never knew about Jackie making an appearance on her show...that's something I'll have to check out.

[Benno123]

A Guide For The Married Man is available on DVD, or was anyway. Check Amazon, if you can't get it there you can't get it anywhere. Also, check out the 24 episode Best Of Here's Lucy set for the Kramden appearance.

Don't forget that on the 1977 Christmas reunion special with Gale Gordon, he mentioned something too Ralph about his screwball secretary named Lucy.

[*ClassicPinUp*]

^Thanks! I'll have to ask my sister if I can borrow her I Love Lucy DVD's.

[T-Greg]

Wow Lucy even worked with Dean Martin! Lucky lady to have been surrounded with Art & Dean! I never knew about Jackie making an appearance on her show...that's something I'll have to check out.

Lucy starred with Dean Martin in "Lucy Gets Lucky", a TV movie. The "Here's Lucy" episode (Lucy Meets Jack Benny) with Ralph Kramden's cameo is on this set:

http://www.amazon.com/Heres-Lucy-Best-Loved-Episodes/dp/B00026WV5O/sr=1-1/qid=1169158360/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8392873-4284752?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

Here's a bit of trivia. I used to have a copy of a draft of the script of that episode. The Ralph Kramden bit was not even in the script, so after watching how surprised Lucy and the rest of the cast were when he came out, it leads me to believe that it was a surprise.

[T-Greg]

^Thanks! I'll have to ask my sister if I can borrow her I Love Lucy DVD's.

It's on "Here's Lucy", one of Lucy's other series. You can get it at amazon.com.

[The Great One]

I've never seen this but I know of two other TV specials Lucy did with Art: "Happy Anniversary And Goodbye" (10/19/74) and "What Now Catherine Curtis?" (3/30/76). She also did a special with Gleason called "Three For Two" on 12/3/75 and Gleason once made a cameo appearance on an episode of Here's Lucy as a bus driver named Kramden. Boy, could you imagine a Honeymooners/I Love Lucy special? How sweet it would've been. :)

Thanks!!! Great information! :)

[*ClassicPinUp*]

It's on "Here's Lucy", one of Lucy's other series. You can get it at amazon.com.

Thanks T-Greg! I would have wasted a lot of time watching the wrong ones :p.

[*ClassicPinUp*]

Lucy starred with Dean Martin in "Lucy Gets Lucky", a TV movie. The "Here's Lucy" episode (Lucy Meets Jack Benny) with Ralph Kramden's cameo is on this set:

http://www.amazon.com/Heres-Lucy-Best-Loved-Episodes/dp/B00026WV5O/sr=1-1/qid=1169158360/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8392873-4284752?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

Here's a bit of trivia. I used to have a copy of a draft of the script of that episode. The Ralph Kramden bit was not even in the script, so after watching how surprised Lucy and the rest of the cast were when he came out, it leads me to believe that it was a surprise.

Oh I can't wait to see that! It's to bad Lucy never made a guest appearance on The Honeymooners that would have been great.

[Bill S.]

I just found out that Lucy worked with Audrey Meadows too! In an episode of Life With Lucy called "Mother of the Bride," (http://imdb.com/title/tt0632170/) she appeared as Lucy's sister, Audrey Barker. Also, I found this bit of info at Wikipedia:
The last episode to be aired, "Mother of the Bride", featured Audrey Meadows, who was going to be cast as a regular to give the show a new direction and Lucille's character someone else to play off of.
Very interesting...

[The Great One]

I just found out that Lucy worked with Audrey Meadows too! In an episode of Life With Lucy called "Mother of the Bride," (http://imdb.com/title/tt0632170/) she appeared as Lucy's sister, Audrey Barker. Also, I found this bit of info at Wikipedia:

Very interesting...

This is the first time I'm hearing about this. Very interesting indeed.

[Bill S.]

Wow, and according to IMDb, Jayne Meadows appeared as Laura Trenton in an episode of Here's Lucy called "Lucy Stops A Marriage." And for those who don't know, Sheila MacRae (Alice in the Color Episodes), guest starred on I Love Lucy in "The Fashion Show."

[The Great One]

Wow, and according to IMDb, Jayne Meadows appeared as Laura Trenton in an episode of Here's Lucy called "Lucy Stops A Marriage." And for those who don't know, Sheila MacRae (Alice in the Color Episodes), guest starred on I Love Lucy in "The Fashion Show."

I guess in the arena of sitcom tv it's a small world and very easy for actors to end up making guest appearances on television programs.

[Bill S.]

I guess in the arena of sitcom tv it's a small world and very easy for actors to end up making guest appearances on television programs.
Yup...and guess what else? I found more Honeymooners/Lucy connections! According to IMDb, William Frawley (Fred on I Love Lucy) worked with Sheila MacRae twice. First, in a 1950 movie called Pretty Baby, and once again in an unsold TV pilot in 1960 for a show called No Place Like Home. In addition to Sheila, Frawley also worked with another Alice, Sue Ane Langdon, in a 1964 episode of Summer Playhouse called "The Apartment House." Seems to me like Fred had a thing for Alice! :)

And as if that wasn't enough, Jane Kean (Trixie in the Color Episodes) made an appearance on The Lucy Show, in the 1966 episode "Lucy And The Soap Opera." The last two I found are I Love Lucy cast members appearing on the game show I've Got A Secret, a show in which Jayne Meadows was apparently a regular cast member. The first was an episode from 1956 (info here (http://imdb.com/title/tt0609689/fullcredits)) with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as guest stars, and the second was an episode from 1959 (see here (http://imdb.com/title/tt0609738/)) in which Vivian Vance guest starred.

Well, that's all for tonight...maybe I'll look for some more tomorrow! :wave:

[The Great One]

Yup...and guess what else? I found more Honeymooners/Lucy connections! According to IMDb, William Frawley (Fred on I Love Lucy) worked with Sheila MacRae twice. First, in a 1950 movie called Pretty Baby, and once again in an unsold TV pilot in 1960 for a show called No Place Like Home. In addition to Sheila, Frawley also worked with another Alice, Sue Ane Langdon, in a 1964 episode of Summer Playhouse called "The Apartment House." Seems to me like Fred had a thing for Alice! :)

And as if that wasn't enough, Jane Kean (Trixie in the Color Episodes) made an appearance on The Lucy Show, in the 1966 episode "Lucy And The Soap Opera." The last two I found are I Love Lucy cast members appearing on the game show I've Got A Secret, a show in which Jayne Meadows was apparently a regular cast member. The first was an episode from 1956 (info here (http://imdb.com/title/tt0609689/fullcredits)) with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as guest stars, and the second was an episode from 1959 (see here (http://imdb.com/title/tt0609738/)) in which Vivian Vance guest starred.

Well, that's all for tonight...maybe I'll look for some more tomorrow! :wave:

That's very interesting information. I didn't know any of that before. I do have
a 5 tape video collection from GoodTimes Video about the "I Love Lucy" show and one of the tapes feature an episode of "I've Got A Secret" with Lucille Ball as the special guest. Jayne Meadows was one of the panel players. I wonder if it's possible to buy more episodes of that game show. :(