It was revealed that wrestling was fake in the 50s... - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Frank Gannucci · 11-01-2020, 10:00 PM

I have an old I Love Lucy comic book that I got off of eBay entitled I Love Lucy: Lucy secretly follows Ricky to Florida. In the comic, there is a storyline where Lucy drags her friend Ethel to a job for a stage manager. They drive down to the address in the ad. They find out that the address is Joe’s Gym. They go inside and they see wrestlers practicing moves on each other. Lucy finds out that the ad is for managing a wrestler named Mop Hair Harry.

Mop Hair needed someone to tell him when to holler and groan. He says that actors and wrestlers are the same thing. Yes, this book says that pro wrestling is fake. Lucy says she wants to be in Show business. The wrestler says that he is in Show business and his matches are on national TV. When Ricky (Lucy’s husband) finds out about it at home, he won’t permit it. When Ricky sees Mop Hair Harry in person, he gets frightened and changes his mind.

Match time, Mop Hair is wrestling an unnamed opponent. Lucy from ringside says: “The script says you groan and then he gets you in a hammer lock. When the ref looks away, you pull your opponents hair. When the ref turns around, you act innocent. The next night at the matches, Mop Hair is getting his hair fixed by Lucy. Now it’s time for the match against an unnamed opponent. Lucy is telling Mop Hair to grunt and sell the pain. Ethel is watching the TV monitor at ringside and she asks Ethel how she is coming over. Ethel s says that she isn’t on screen. So Lucy leans to far into the ring and that is when Mop Hair’s opponent grabs her. The ref says: “Get the Dozzy Dame out of here.” Mop Hair takes exception to this and shoots on the ref and throws him out. The opponent attempts to shoots on Lucy which causes skinny Lucy to somehow throw the much bigger person out of the ring in one fell swoop.

Mop Hair takes exception to Lucy upstaging him. Lucy says that all she did was throw him out in one fell swoop and somehow she demonstrates it on Mop Hair Harry. In the final panel, Ricky tells Little Ricky (their son) that Lucy is retiring due to the aches and pains from being a wrestler.

I would post screen caps.

Mikey Osmond · 11-02-2020, 05:03 PM

Even before then the business got exposed. Promoter Jack Pfefer revealed to a newspaper the results for a show some other promoters had in 1932 due to a falling out w/ them.

11-01-2020, 10:00 PM	#1
Frank Gannucci Member Forum Star Join Date: Mar 05, 2007 Posts: 16,129	It was revealed that wrestling was fake in the 50s... I have an old I Love Lucy comic book that I got off of eBay entitled I Love Lucy: Lucy secretly follows Ricky to Florida. In the comic, there is a storyline where Lucy drags her friend Ethel to a job for a stage manager. They drive down to the address in the ad. They find out that the address is Joe’s Gym. They go inside and they see wrestlers practicing moves on each other. Lucy finds out that the ad is for managing a wrestler named Mop Hair Harry. Mop Hair needed someone to tell him when to holler and groan. He says that actors and wrestlers are the same thing. Yes, this book says that pro wrestling is fake. Lucy says she wants to be in Show business. The wrestler says that he is in Show business and his matches are on national TV. When Ricky (Lucy’s husband) finds out about it at home, he won’t permit it. When Ricky sees Mop Hair Harry in person, he gets frightened and changes his mind. Match time, Mop Hair is wrestling an unnamed opponent. Lucy from ringside says: “The script says you groan and then he gets you in a hammer lock. When the ref looks away, you pull your opponents hair. When the ref turns around, you act innocent. The next night at the matches, Mop Hair is getting his hair fixed by Lucy. Now it’s time for the match against an unnamed opponent. Lucy is telling Mop Hair to grunt and sell the pain. Ethel is watching the TV monitor at ringside and she asks Ethel how she is coming over. Ethel s says that she isn’t on screen. So Lucy leans to far into the ring and that is when Mop Hair’s opponent grabs her. The ref says: “Get the Dozzy Dame out of here.” Mop Hair takes exception to this and shoots on the ref and throws him out. The opponent attempts to shoots on Lucy which causes skinny Lucy to somehow throw the much bigger person out of the ring in one fell swoop. Mop Hair takes exception to Lucy upstaging him. Lucy says that all she did was throw him out in one fell swoop and somehow she demonstrates it on Mop Hair Harry. In the final panel, Ricky tells Little Ricky (their son) that Lucy is retiring due to the aches and pains from being a wrestler. I would post screen caps. Attached Images

11-02-2020, 05:03 PM	#2
Mikey Osmond Banned Banned!! Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 29, 2020 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 38	Even before then the business got exposed. Promoter Jack Pfefer revealed to a newspaper the results for a show some other promoters had in 1932 due to a falling out w/ them.