If you had a choice of either Lucille Ball or Desi Arnaz to be your best friend..who would you pick? (I'm not talking about Lucy or Ricky Ricardo.)
Think now...

Hands down, without a doubt, no questions asked..........

LUCILLE BALL !!!!!!!!!

Desi. Fun loving, extroverted and carefree (mostly!). Plus drums. :)

Desi definitely!! Of course ya'll probably already know that. I don't like how Lucille Ball treated her friends. Most of ya'll are probably gonna say Lucy because she's more recognized and loved. lol
But for mee..
DESI! I would die to be his best friend. lol j/k
Then I could slap him when he started drinking and stuff! LOL
*hugs Desi's picture* lol

Desi for all of the reasons listed by the last few posts. From what I've heard, he just seems like a more personable guy.

But the basic difference is if you're ever in trouble monitarily, Lucy will LEND you money, Desi will borrow some! LOL! Put me down for levelheaded Lucille, although Desi would have been fun in the early days, not so much at the end, although she had troubles at the end of HER life, she still made the effort to be good to her friends. Both of them were great with that, both very considerate and caring, all or most of their lives. Two better friends would be hard to come by.

yeah, lol, but what do you mean by Desi will borrow some? From what I've head he was a very generous guy, like the time one his employees at Desilu needed money for his daughter's surgery and Desi gave him a check for the whole thing. Even Keith Thibodeaux said he loved Desi the best and looked up to him. ^^
*closes Little Ricky's eyes when Desi was drinking* LOL
I think Desi was very generous, even though I think Lucy was too.
:)

What i meant was that BOTH were incredibly generous with family, friends and even strangers their entire lives. HOWEVER, Lucy had the means to do it till the end of her life, Desi had nothing left at the end to do it, because his and his wife's medical bills wiped out what was left after the drinking and gambling took their toll. He took the capital from the sale of HIS share of Desilu to Lucy, and with that 2 and one half million, he lived on the entire amount instead of living off the interest. Edie used to be married to a multimillionnaire, so she found it hard to live like that, having to watch every dollar. If he was the brilliant businessman Lucy made the world think he was to boost him up in the world's eyes, he would have kept the I Love Lucy shows instead of selling them at a low price to CBS to buy a run down movie studio.

poor Desi..he had a rough end. :(

I guess it all adds up though.

Yeah, even in their earliest days, Lucy was smart enough to keep all their money seperate. Which is surprising to us who think she was the ditz she portrayed on TV, far from it, she had stocks and bonds from the very start while he went through money the way i do. True, one has to live well and enjoy our lives, but Lucy thought about the security of never having to worry about money again, she had been poor as a kid, so she knew how important that was, Desi had been a rich spoiled kid, and then lost it all, which could have been a afctor in how he lived his life till the end.

Yeah, Desi in the early days would have been good, but later??? I think I'll go with Lucy too.

Alcohol like any other serious affliction is not easy on the people surrounding the person suffering through it.

Lucy... I am sure Desi was a great friend.. but i would trust Lucy alot more..

I bet in their earlier years, both Lucy and Desi would be great friends. And I'm sure Desi was a good guy in his later years too, but I'm gonna go with Lucy because she just seems like someone who you'd be able to count on more in the later years.

Actually, BOTH were great friends to many many people, but the turnout at Desi's funeral proved that he wasted his time with the Hollyweird crowd, only Danny Thomas showed up from that group!

Really? That's pretty sad.:(

That's a shame. How sad. :(

I have no doubt that Desi wouldn't be a great friend, but compared to Lucy in his later years, she just seems more dependable.

Yeah, there was a book that said that Desi mentionned that none of them called him or saw him at the end, so they would most likely all show up at his funeral he said he would bet, then the author added that that would have been another bet that he would have lost, because only Danny showed up to do the eulogy.

Originally posted by crazyredhead
I don't like how Lucille Ball treated her friends

What do you mean "how Lucille treated her friends"? She was a VERY loyal person! Just don't piss her off, that's all.

Originally posted by onlyonelucy
What do you mean "how Lucille treated her friends"? She was a VERY loyal person! Just don't piss her off, that's all.

I agree. I'm sure we all know about Lucy's temper, but it isn't fair to say that she treated her friends badly when none of us (I'm assuming) were there and knew her personally. I've read in many books what a loyal person she was, and once she knew she could trust you, and you'd be loyal to her, you had her for life. Lucy was extremely generous too, and yes, *gasp*, she could be very tactful with the people she cared most about. Sounds like a pretty good friend to me.

:rolleyes: i never said she wasn't.. why don't you go back and watch the home movies?

I still think Desi is the best friend. :p

Originally posted by crazyredhead
:rolleyes: i never said she wasn't.. why don't you go back and watch the home movies?

I still think Desi is the best friend. :p

Do you have to snap at everybody? Use as many usernames as you want, but stop snapping at people. They didn't snap at you.

whaat? im not snapping at anyone! and this is only my second and permanent username. geez..

Originally posted by MagsLovesLucy
I agree. I'm sure we all know about Lucy's temper, but it isn't fair to say that she treated her friends badly when none of us (I'm assuming) were there and knew her personally. I've read in many books what a loyal person she was, and once she knew she could trust you, and you'd be loyal to her, you had her for life. Lucy was extremely generous too, and yes, *gasp*, she could be very tactful with the people she cared most about. Sounds like a pretty good friend to me.

I agree with you.. i rather have someone tell me the honest to god truth then to sugarcoat everything.

Yeah, put me down for that also, honesty is hurtful sometimes, but so much better in the long run! An honest friend is a R E A L friend.

you can be honest, but not hurtful.. sorry, from lots of books i've read, Lucy could be very offending and hurt your feelings, even though she probably doesn't mean to. sorry, but I can't S T A N D that! she must have been insecure in some ways..even though i can't imagine how..

Originally posted by crazyredhead
you can be honest, but not hurtful.. sorry, from lots of books i've read, Lucy could be very offending and hurt your feelings, even though she probably doesn't mean to. sorry, but I can't S T A N D that! she must have been insecure in some ways..even though i can't imagine how..

everyone is insecure in some way. Cant believe everything you read/hear though either.

Yes, exactly, those stories are exaggerated to sell more books!

yeah, anywho..

I LOVE LUCY & DESI!! lol :D

(they're my best friends even though they don't know it ;) )

Well, as long as she gets TOP billing!

Originally posted by SPLAIN
Well, as long as she gets TOP billing!


LOL You are too much!! I love it.

I am a little OVER THE TOP sometimes, but what do you expect when Lucy Ricardo babysat me as a child and i spent all my formative years looking up to her as a mentor and role model, except MY big nose isn't fake!

Well, as long as she gets TOP billing!

lol, what do you mean?

Originally posted by SPLAIN
I am a little OVER THE TOP sometimes, but what do you expect when Lucy Ricardo babysat me as a child and i spent all my formative years looking up to her as a mentor and role model, except MY big nose isn't fake!


ahh c'mon claude your no fun!! No fake nose with a candle wick at the end of it?? pooh. :p. I agree though Lucille will always be my mentor/role model. I may have alot of favorite actresses but she will always be my number one redhead ;) I found an awesome awesome picture of her!! I'll post it for ya guys.. here it is!! file:///C:/WINNT/Profiles/axbp82.000/Personal/My%20Pictures/lucy_chocolate_lick.jpg


its really cute of Lucy & Desi! I Havent seen this one yet!

Ash*

Top billing means Lucy's name was mentionned by you first! Ash, i'm surprised you haven't started using that picture already, your pics are always awesome, the one you're using now, she looks positively ANGELIC!

Lucy? Angelic? I think not...

:)

I meant the picture, and besides wether you like it or not, she is one NOW!:)

Hmm. Could say that depends on what she got up to in life! And would she want to be an angel?! ;)

Originally posted by SPLAIN
Top billing means Lucy's name was mentionned by you first! Ash, i'm surprised you haven't started using that picture already, your pics are always awesome, the one you're using now, she looks positively ANGELIC!


Thanks Claude!!! I love that picture too.. im trying to find more on the internet that i havent seen yet!! i have a big file of her pictures on my work computer & at home... i think i maybe a little obsessed LOL! She does look like an Angel, and Mickey I think she would want to be an Angel ;) But, thats just me.

Sorry i know this place is full of atheists but deep down i so want to believe there's something else after this, and if there is, Lucy is an angel because she's guiding people's lives and is a mentor to so many people, the guiding part, isn't that what angels are supposed to do? They get paid for that sort of thing and for people like you and me Mickey, they can get time and a half!

She's up there (or down here) helping out Michael Landon, you mean?! Not a bad destiny I suppose... but I think that traditionally speaking angels are supposed to be a bit more polite. So she'll have to watch her tongue or she'll get her wings clipped!

That BIT about her being so brusque with people is the exact same thing Kate Hepburn and Bette Davis did, you don't get to the top in a man's world by being a wimp, and although Kate did it with more class than Bette, they all had to exhibit that behavior to survive and get to where they were on that Hollyweird ladder. Lucy used to say that Carole Lombard came to her in a dream and told her to do The I Love Lucy show, her exact words were GO AHEAD, GIVE IT A WHIRL! When i look at the current world around me, i desperately want to believe that if some young girl is in trouble, she prays to Lucy for guidance and she gets an answer, if that's not the case, she at least can still look at the show and forget her troubles for a while, and that pleases me too, and to still yield that power although you've left the world alomost 15 years ago, now that's angelic to me.

Of Course!! LUCILLE BALL!! She would be such a loyal and caring friend...and also a very interesting woman at that!;)

Originally posted by x1LucyFanx
Of Course!! LUCILLE BALL!! She would be such a loyal and caring friend...and also a very interesting woman at that!;)


I like how you think!!!

Give her a chair in our club Ash! A padded one! With an ottoman, like Lucy liked and always had.

:lol:

Originally posted by MagsLovesLucy
:lol:

OMg you like the nanny too?? I LOVE that show!!! its awesome!

Originally posted by *ShortCake*
OMg you like the nanny too?? I LOVE that show!!! its awesome!

Awesome! I LOVE that show! :D