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bb25 · 05-23-2003, 07:41 PM

I know this is going to sound stupid, but I was just pondering it the other day...you may or may not know that when she was a regular from 62-65, Viv made a weekly commute from the East Coast to L.A. to shoot The Lucy Show. Now, I'm sure she got really tired of this, and I also wonder why she didn't just stay in L.A. until the show went on hiatus...it would have saved a lot of money and travel time...anyway, my question was, does anybody know, most likely, what airline she would have flown on and from where to where? Like I said I know it's silly but I was wondering...it was probably Pan Am or United from New York - L.A. but it could have been something else...anyone know?

MyMovieRomance · 03-08-2014, 02:27 AM

I wonder why she didn't just stay in LA until the show went on hiatus too – it was made much more sense. She should've gotten a second home, or something like that. I'm hoping it was because of her husband, because he had business on the East Coast or something and they didn't want to be apart from each other. That would make sense.

missy's pop pop · 04-27-2014, 12:06 PM

When Lucille Ball offered Vivian Vance a role in "The Lucy Show," Viv said "Lucy, don't take it (the script) out of your purse. I won't read it."

Remember, too, that in the years between "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy Show," she divorced Philip Ober and married Johnny Dodds; she moved to Connecticut (life imitating art?) and became active in the Connecticut Association for Mental Health--and won an award for her work, too!

Dodds felt letting Vivian work in the show would be good for her, too, but her home was now in Connecticut. The quote that's the title of this post was her philosophy, because by 1965 she was tired of commuting back and forth, among other things, and went back home....

ILuvCarolBurnett · 06-02-2014, 02:37 AM

According to "The Other Side of Ethel Mertz", Vivian would "make weekly commutes between coasts. She would arrive in LA on Sunday night or Monday morning, then return home [to New York] on Thursday nights after filming the show." Now that would not be something I could NOT do, certainly not for three years.

Coffeecup · 08-30-2015, 08:39 PM

I am surprised actors do the commute. Didn't Hugh Beaumont commute to the Beaver set from Minnosota to California weekly too. I read Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars host commutes from Connecticut to California. It must take a toll but I guess some do it for their family isn't living in tinseltown and the family has a better life in quieter area.

ILuvCarolBurnett · 08-30-2015, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffeecup

I am surprised actors do the commute. Didn't Hugh Beaumont commute to the Beaver set from Minnosota to California weekly too. I read Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars host commutes from Connecticut to California. It must take a toll but I guess some do it for their family isn't living in tinseltown and the family has a better life in quieter area.

I've lived in Los Angeles since 1996, and trust me, I am more than ready to get out. It is like living in a third-world country here now. It is bad. The cost of living is out of control.

Florence Henderson lived in New York for the first two seasons of "The Brady Bunch" and flew back and forth on the weekends. Some actors get airfare figured into their contracts, so it isn't necessarily an out-of-pocket expense. For the production company, yes, the actor, no.

You would be surprised how few actors live in LA now. They pack up and move to small towns and rural areas where their money goes a lot farther. In LA, the average home is $1 million, and that is in a not-so-great area. The same home in the Midwest would be $100,000 tops. I can totally understand why people choose NOT to live here.....

05-23-2003, 07:41 PM	#1
bb25 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 22, 2002 Posts: 784	Viv's flights... I know this is going to sound stupid, but I was just pondering it the other day...you may or may not know that when she was a regular from 62-65, Viv made a weekly commute from the East Coast to L.A. to shoot The Lucy Show. Now, I'm sure she got really tired of this, and I also wonder why she didn't just stay in L.A. until the show went on hiatus...it would have saved a lot of money and travel time...anyway, my question was, does anybody know, most likely, what airline she would have flown on and from where to where? Like I said I know it's silly but I was wondering...it was probably Pan Am or United from New York - L.A. but it could have been something else...anyone know?

04-27-2014, 12:06 PM	#3
missy's pop pop Hooray for "Hazel!" Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 19, 2013 Location: St. Louis Posts: 396	"When I'm in California, even though I have a home here, I live like a visitor." When Lucille Ball offered Vivian Vance a role in "The Lucy Show," Viv said "Lucy, don't take it (the script) out of your purse. I won't read it." Remember, too, that in the years between "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy Show," she divorced Philip Ober and married Johnny Dodds; she moved to Connecticut (life imitating art?) and became active in the Connecticut Association for Mental Health--and won an award for her work, too! Dodds felt letting Vivian work in the show would be good for her, too, but her home was now in Connecticut. The quote that's the title of this post was her philosophy, because by 1965 she was tired of commuting back and forth, among other things, and went back home....

03-08-2014, 02:27 AM	#2
MyMovieRomance Lucy & Viv forever! <3 Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 12, 2013 Location: somewhere in TV Land, U.S.A Posts: 67	I wonder why she didn't just stay in LA until the show went on hiatus too – it was made much more sense. She should've gotten a second home, or something like that. I'm hoping it was because of her husband, because he had business on the East Coast or something and they didn't want to be apart from each other. That would make sense.

06-02-2014, 02:37 AM	#4
ILuvCarolBurnett Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 20, 2014 Location: Beverly Hills CA Posts: 312	According to "The Other Side of Ethel Mertz", Vivian would "make weekly commutes between coasts. She would arrive in LA on Sunday night or Monday morning, then return home [to New York] on Thursday nights after filming the show." Now that would not be something I could NOT do, certainly not for three years.

08-30-2015, 08:39 PM	#5
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,176	I am surprised actors do the commute. Didn't Hugh Beaumont commute to the Beaver set from Minnosota to California weekly too. I read Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars host commutes from Connecticut to California. It must take a toll but I guess some do it for their family isn't living in tinseltown and the family has a better life in quieter area.