I just got "Lucy Fakes Illness" on DVD and I think she would have played a good Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind"...LOL, she can do a good southern accent, but like someone said before "Even Clark Gable couldn't even look in her big, blue eyes and say "Frankly, I don't give a d***." Too bad...

Haha! :) I believe it was Joan Collins who said that at the All-Star Party for Lucy. I think most of us know the story of what happened when Lucy auditioned for Gone with the Wind. :lol: Still, there's a picture of her in Loving Lucy dressed as Scarlett O'Hara, and she looks positively stunning!

I have that book...I'll have to check it out! ;)

I saw "Gone with the Wind" for the first time last week and I could definitely see Lucy in that role. Just watch "The Big Street," Gloria Lyons' attitude was pretty similar to Scarlett O'Hara's. It's too bad her audition had to go like that because she'd be great in that movie.

But if she'd won the Oscar for Gone with the Wind, we might not have gotten Lucy Ricardo! For those who don't know the story, she drove to the studio and got lost and got drenched in a downpour and showed up soaking wet, dried by the fireplace in Selznick's office with a Brandy the secretary got her and did the whole audition on her knees. The upshot was she said she always had trouble finding that Culver City studio, even later on when she owned it! LOL!

Why she was on her knees ;because of the Scotch?? and yes, Lucy would always get lost inside the studios even when she owned them. Isnt there a story about her asking Desi where the exit was and him telling her that after all those years she hadn't figured it out yet??:rolleyes:

Desilu Gower and Cahuenga were both easily found, they were centraly located, but Desilu Culver is out in the sticks, you see it every night on Wheel of Fortune, that old style Columned building that looks like the set for Gone with the Wind. That's the one she couldn't find because she seldom had any reason to go there. As for the reason for her being on her knees, she was drying out by the fireplace, and the fireplace i assume was low and not high, but she never thought to rise when Selznick came in, too nervous i guess!

Probably Selznick thought Lucy wouldn't fit the part because of her 'height problem"?:D

I have an answer that could close this board down, lemme clean it up and say maybe Lucy assumed the normal position for an actress auditioning back then and maybe even now, although nowadays both sexes might do it that way. If we only knew how many GOOD actors lost jobs to these individuals with no scruples who just wanted to get ahead, so to speak, so unfair and maybe why movies are so bad nowadays.

:lol: I can't imagine Lucy on the title role:eek: . Then we would be without ILL then:(

If you ever see the Here's Lucy episode with Flip Wilson, Lucy actually does play that role, so you can judge for yourself.:)

Lucy was on her knees because Marcell Rabwin gave her a long sweater to put on while her clothes were drying out and it wasn't long enough, so she had to be on her knees to cover herself.

I heard all of those stories but I never heard that the sweater wasn't long enough, but thats kind of funny.

Thanks for the info on the sweater, didn't remember that part. Apparently Selznick was surprised by her audition and thought it was different, don't forget the man had done this thousands of times with every woman in Hollywood. This was THE most sought after role in Hollywood as the book had caused such a sensation. And i seem to recall Gone with the Wind was the biggest money earner ever for decades afterwards until The Sound of Music took over the title. And, they also say if you adjust for inflation, it would still have the title today.

Originally posted by SPLAIN
I have an answer that could close this board down
I know what your answer would be and trust me, that's not gonna close THIS board down. It probably wouldn't even get you banned. Hop on over to chit chat and read some of those posts. :lol:

Originally posted by Lodee
I know what your answer would be and trust me, that's not gonna close THIS board down. It probably wouldn't even get you banned. Hop on over to chit chat and read some of those posts. :lol:
Especially on the 'How to pop corn thread":D

Really? I'll hop right over and check that one out. :D I might learn something!:eek:

Karen, I can't find it!:( I searched and everything.

I know, i went there yesterday and saw some of those political things, but decided for my blood pressure's sake to avoid those chit chats, LOL!

Originally posted by Lodee
Karen, I can't find it!:( I searched and everything.

Probably it got left behind with all the new ones popping in:D

Closest I could come was a thread on Corn Pops cereal!:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Lodee
Closest I could come was a thread on Corn Pops cereal!:rolleyes:
Here's one
:http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=100284

WOW, that was one FUN thread, i love clever people who know just what to answer, me i'm like George Costanza, i'll think of the best reply three hours later. Thanks for sharing that, that was a riot!

Thanks Desilover. :) That thread is hilarious. Safetypin cracks me up. Did you see the picture she posted of herself? It was a pair of scissors. Of course desilovers was a gorilla. LOL!

I liked Yabadabadoo myself and some of those answers were awesome, so clever. I always have trouble with things like popcorn, but even I know when the pops diminish, get ready to take it out, regardless of the microwave or the age or the power, it was just so funny.

Originally posted by x1LucyFanx
I just got "Lucy Fakes Illness" on DVD and I think she would have played a good Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind"...LOL, she can do a good southern accent, but like someone said before "Even Clark Gable couldn't even look in her big, blue eyes and say "Frankly, I don't give a d***." Too bad...


Get real ... I don't think so

Can you be more specific ??

Originally posted by SPLAIN
I liked Yabadabadoo myself and some of those answers were awesome, so clever. I always have trouble with things like popcorn, but even I know when the pops diminish, get ready to take it out, regardless of the microwave or the age or the power, it was just so funny. Did you see the person who wrote out the instructions really big? POP POP POP POP :lol:

Originally posted by SPLAIN
I have an answer that could close this board down, lemme clean it up and say maybe Lucy assumed the normal position for an actress auditioning back then and maybe even now, although nowadays both sexes might do it that way. If we only knew how many GOOD actors lost jobs to these individuals with no scruples who just wanted to get ahead, so to speak, so unfair and maybe why movies are so bad nowadays.

:lol: Good point.

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
:lol: I can't imagine Lucy on the title role:eek: . Then we would be without ILL then:(

Me either. Vivian Leigh did fine.

Originally posted by Lodee
I know what your answer would be and trust me, that's not gonna close THIS board down. It probably wouldn't even get you banned. Hop on over to chit chat and read some of those posts. :lol:

Yep. You gotta lie or pretend you're someone else to get banned.

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
Especially on the 'How to pop corn thread":D

:lol:

Try the current Rosie O'Donnel thread...or the Child Support one. Or anything started by Sitcom Analyzer.

Originally posted by Lodee
Did you see the person who wrote out the instructions really big? POP POP POP POP :lol:

She has a way with words. :D

Oh yeah, i thought that was one of the funniest ones of all!

Yep. You gotta lie or pretend you're someone else to get banned.
You mean like sign up repeatedly after you're banned? :rolleyes: And is suspended the same as banned?

Hey splain, I see ya posted on the chit chat board!!! ;)

Originally posted by Lodee
You mean like sign up repeatedly after you're banned? :rolleyes: And is suspended the same as banned?

Hey splain, I see ya posted on the chit chat board!!! ;)

Exactly. And if you're suspended, you're like temporarily banished, but after a couple weeks, you can come back. Banned means you can't ever come back. But they try...and try...and try. Despite the fact that they're almost always caught.

Or...there have been people who have pretended to be 2 different people at the same time.

Oh i see, and they post and answer themselves huh? Like they used to say the only way to have an intelligent conversation is to talk to YOURSELF! LOL! I'll get you for that avatar Lodee!

Originally posted by dawsongirl
Or...there have been people who have pretended to be 2 different people at the same time.

There are a lot with multiple personality disorder around here:lol:

Originally posted by SPLAIN
Oh i see, and they post and answer themselves huh? Like they used to say the only way to have an intelligent conversation is to talk to YOURSELF! LOL! I'll get you for that avatar Lodee!
I knew you'd like it. :D

I should take back that tape offer! Remember that he did marry a Democrat!:lol: