Hi everybody

I don't know who all gets a Sunday paper, but in the Parade part of the paper had a section on Lucie Arnaz and Desi Jr. It also has an offer to get a Lucille Ball doll. For those who don't have the Parade part, post a reply and I will type out the article and the doll offer up for you.

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Lumpy: Did you go out for anything, Dud?

Dudley: Well, I went out for football, but I got my finger stepped on, so my mother made me quit.

Eddie: Well listen-- I went out for basketball and I got my hair pulled, and my mother made ME quit.

Dudley: It's not that I was afraid of getting hurt or anything; it's just that-- well, it's kind o' hard to play the flute with a busted finger.

[Eddie and Lumpy suppress laughter]

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I dont get parade what i get is called sunshine and i didnt see anything so can you PLEASE type it out for me? THANKS!

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"Love yourself first, and everything will fall into line." - Lucille Ball

"When I came to this country we didn't have a cent in our pockets. From cleanin' canary cages to this night here in New York, I would like to say Thank you America, Thank you." -Desi Arnaz

"Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here" -Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here"

Here is the article:

Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr.

It all began on CBS a half century ago, on Oct 15, 1951. And by the time it ended-six seasons and four Emmys later-I Love Lucy had inaugurated a golden age of television comedy. It was a simple premise: a Manhattan apartment, a gorgeous, dizzy redhead and her Cuban bandleader husband, and their neighbors, Fred and Ethel Mertz. The show and its stars, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, enjoyed a love affair with America that may endure as long as TV itself.
Ball and Arnaz will be remembered this fall on the 50th anniversary of their debut with considerable drumbeating, including a two-hour special on CBS in November and a national tour already under way (www.lucylibrary.com), with contests and interactive events (visit their "apartment," climb into a wine vat and squash grapes).
I recently met with the delightful Lucie Arnaz in Manhattan to talk about I Love Lucy and her parents, and I spoke with Desi Arnaz Jr. by phone at his home in Nevada. I've also been reading up on the show and its stars.
They filmed in Hollywood, but Lucy and Ricky Ricardo supposedly lived at 623 E. 68th St. in Manhattan-which would plop them in the middle of the East River. Vivian Vance, who played Ethel, was just two years older than Ball but had to stay 20 pounds overweight by contract so as to look older. Ball was on the very first cover of TV Guide. Her hair was a "mousy brown," and she dyed it red every two weeks.
What was it like growing up the child of Lucille Ball? "She had her hands filled," said Lucie, "because I was born just before the series started. There was a 'Little Ricky' but never a 'Little Lucy,' because for some reason they thought if there was a little girl on the show, I might be hurt." Says Desi Jr: "My mom and dad never really wanted either one of their kids on the show." (Six actors played "Little Ricky" at various ages."
"I went to Catholic school," said Lucie. "But my college plans all went on hold when my mother did Here's Lucy and gave Desi (Jr.) and me a chance to play on the show. We went through plenty of angst, but we weathered the storm. You know, having two working parents who were also famous wasn't the worst thing that could happen to a child. They adored their cast and crew." And despite their 1960 divorce, added Lucie, "they loved each other until the day they died."

Lucie Arnaz
PERSONAL:
Born July 17, 1951 in Los Angeles. Married to Philip Menegaux, 1971-77. Married to Laurence Luckinbill since 1980; two sons, Simon, 20, and Joseph, 18; one daughter, Katharine, 16.

TELEVISION:
Includes The Lucille Ball Show, 1963; Here's Lucy, 1968-74; The Lucie Arnaz Show, 1985; Sons and Daughters 1990-91.

THEATER:
Includes They're Playing Our Song, 1979; The Witches of Eastwick, 2000.

Desi Arnaz Jr.
PERSONAL:
Born Jan. 19, 1953, in Los Angeles. Married to Linda Purl, 1980-81. Married to Amy Bargiel since 1987; one daughter Hale, 25.

TELEVISION:
Includes Here's Lucy, 1968-71; Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones, 1971; Automan, 1983.

FILMS:
Include Red Sky at Morning, 1971; A Wedding, 1978; The Mambo Kings, 1992.

Brady Bits:
Lucie Arnaz was just back from London, where she starred for 15 months on a West End stage in The Witches of Eastwick. She and her husband, the actor/writer/director Laurence Luckinbill, have a home in Westchester, N.Y., and an apartment in Manhattan. Desi Jr. and his ballerina wife, Amy Bargiel, live in Boulder City, Nev. "I own a theater, run a studio, produce movies, produce music and help my wife with her dance studio," Desi Jr. told me. He won a Golden Globe at 18 for the film Red Sky at Morning. Seven out of 10 Americans with a TV watched the arrival of "Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy when it aired in 1953. Desi Jr. gets a bit cranky with people who can't distinguish between TV and reality. The reality? "The date of my birth was not an accident," he told me. "It was a cesarean, and they planned it for the day when "Little Ricky" would be born on the show."

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Hottest Men alive:
Dale Midkiff
Anthony Starke
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Lumpy: Did you go out for anything, Dud?

Dudley: Well, I went out for football, but I got my finger stepped on, so my mother made me quit.

Eddie: Well listen-- I went out for basketball and I got my hair pulled, and my mother made ME quit.

Dudley: It's not that I was afraid of getting hurt or anything; it's just that-- well, it's kind o' hard to play the flute with a busted finger.

[Eddie and Lumpy suppress laughter]

Dale Midkiff is my man! :)

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Hottest Men alive:
Dale Midkiff
Anthony Starke
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Jonathan Crombie

Lumpy: Did you go out for anything, Dud?

Dudley: Well, I went out for football, but I got my finger stepped on, so my mother made me quit.

Eddie: Well listen-- I went out for basketball and I got my hair pulled, and my mother made ME quit.

Dudley: It's not that I was afraid of getting hurt or anything; it's just that-- well, it's kind o' hard to play the flute with a busted finger.

[Eddie and Lumpy suppress laughter]

Dale Midkiff is my man! :)