Lucille Ball Reflects On Being Fired By Florenz Ziegfeld

Lucille Ball Reflects On Being Fired By Florenz Ziegfeld | The Dick Cavett Show

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Lucille Ball discusses how she contemplated jumping in front of a Limo when she was fired from her first job on Broadway!
Date aired - March 9th 1971 - Lucille Ball, Lucie Arnaz, Carol Burnett
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.
Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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@stephenalbertson8920 5 жыл бұрын

Take note of how she entered...THAT is true Hollywood royalty!!!

@saraheart2804 5 жыл бұрын

She thought she was.

@TheDefeatest 5 жыл бұрын

@@saraheart2804 Wasn't she? What am I missing?

@stephenalbertson8920 4 жыл бұрын

Well...at least 40 people agree with me...@Under the Surface

@saraheart2804 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheDefeatest, she was but she knew it too. She just wasn't humble.

@reealitychick 4 жыл бұрын

Such CLASS and she earned every step of the way... luv her story in her beginning years.. she fought hard and had the talent-- beauty and brains... but mostly HEART!!!

@integral 5 жыл бұрын

That "two empty chairs" comment was perfect.

@georgefoshee6047 5 жыл бұрын

I met Lucy when she stayed at local lodge in the off season. She rubed my head bought me a roy rodgers and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

@Yeiyn343 4 жыл бұрын

I love hearing these stories. I read a comment about someone working on Dolly Parton's house and how she brought them lemonaide, and then a lady who ran into Loretta Lynn. :-)

@steve-o4207 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it nice to watch a talk show host listening instead of constantly butting in on their guests stories. Lucy, a true legend.

@tomitstube 4 жыл бұрын

great story, lucie arnaz just 19 here. lucy is 59, you can do the math. lucy and carol burnett had become good friends, the story as carol tells it, lucy would always send carol flowers on her birthday. well lucy died in 1989 on carol's birthday, and got her flowers from lucy that afternoon with a card that said "happy birthday kid". lucy called her "kid" for 30 years, including the first time they met.

@evilchynette 4 жыл бұрын

I've heard that story before too. I lived with my husband with a good friend of his a elder war veteran. (Man was almost 90 but still looked 60 max 65). He always called me kid. From anyone else I'd take offense but to him, I was like another daughter. I miss him😥. We both used to like to talk about old bands and actors/actresses. One of our favs was Lucy and Desi. R.I.P Lucy!

@benm5221 5 жыл бұрын

What an entrance. What a story. What a look of shock/horror/embarrassment/disbelief/pain/sadnes on her daughter's face.

@allme2547 4 жыл бұрын

You know, her daughter looked like she was hurt on her mother's behalf when she told that story. No one is a perfect parent but I bet you Lucy genuinely loved her kids.

@Grigsy 2 жыл бұрын

@@allme2547 her daughter was 16 or 17 at the time and was raised well. She was just embarrassed like any kid would be. But also it was like she was seeing her mom as a person for the first time.

@LJ-ht4zs Ай бұрын

@@Grigsy Actually her daughter was 19 here.

@alankelly-hamm2702 5 жыл бұрын

Dick Cavett is such a class act. I always enjoy his interviews , they are still relevant and interesting 40 years later.

@davidcawrowl3865 5 жыл бұрын

Kudos to Mr Cavett for elicting--ever so gently--this marvelous tale from Lucy.

@thArt-ei5yf 5 жыл бұрын

you make sense

@carolbenson6524 4 жыл бұрын

Raspy voice from smoking. She was a legend for sure.

@Apathynosebleed 4 жыл бұрын

That beautiful closing theme was written by myself and the arrangement was by Jon Charles

@NxDoyle 4 жыл бұрын

Lucie's "two empty chairs" line was brilliant.

@arthurtrauer5684 5 жыл бұрын

All of the people that are young now will be watching old clips of their favorite entertainers in the coming decades and reminiscing about how great it was back in the day. Some things don’t change.

@benm5221 5 жыл бұрын

And aliens will scratch the base of their antennae wondering what primitive religion any of the interviews represent.

@watermelon520b 5 жыл бұрын

Arthur Trauer true. And we will all be saying how good everything was in the 2010’s-2020’s, when music was REAL! 😹😹😹😹😹😹

@StonyRC 4 жыл бұрын

A razor-sharp businesswoman who had her finger on the US pulse at a time when show-business, society and TV were changing massively. Revered as she was (and still is, even over here in Europe) she is tremendously under-appreciated for what she managed to achieve in a male-dominated business.

@Tmanaz480 5 жыл бұрын

Dick's band does a very respectable rendition of the I Love Lucy theme.

@independentfilmchannel1476 2 жыл бұрын

Lucie Jr's ad lib after the story was immediate and punch-perfect. Comedic instincts can be hereditary.

@geoffjoffy 4 жыл бұрын

I always found Lucille Ball very attractive - even when she got older.

@allme2547 4 жыл бұрын

Despite her voice she had a very sharp energy about her that seems ageless.

@hotwax9376 3 жыл бұрын

Sure, but you can tell by her voice that all those years of smoking took a toll.

@TM15HAKRN 3 жыл бұрын

@@hotwax9376 True

@tambert3897 3 жыл бұрын

She was really cute when she was in her 20s.

@hotwax9376 3 жыл бұрын

@@tambert3897 If she was a Ziegfeld girl then I would think so.

@jeffstone2136 4 жыл бұрын

Without Lucille Ball and her willingness to take on unusual projects, there may probably have been Mission: Impossible, but there would definitely have been no Star Trek. Bless her. "No thanks, Gene, we have something better," - CBS, 1964, referring to Lost In Space

@keaton718 10 ай бұрын

We would have got something like Star Trek, just decades later, or at a much lower budget on a channel no one watches.

@mattwest9554 5 жыл бұрын

My god that Coat. I love her coat!

@tyrellanderson4722 5 жыл бұрын

Isn't it great?!

@hankaustin7091 5 жыл бұрын

It's absolutely gorgeous!

@spoly8139 4 жыл бұрын

@@hankaustin7091 Are you serious? LOL It looks like living room curtains. Not elegant at all!

@hankaustin7091 4 жыл бұрын

@@spoly8139 well CLEARLY the 19 of us that gave Inrepid Asylum a thumbs up think so! You must be some kind of millennial not to appreciate something from 1971 like the rest of us do.

@LadyMissCoppertone 4 жыл бұрын

Hostess pajamas...

@THT01 5 жыл бұрын

Love Lucys outfit.

@GenevieveThornton 5 жыл бұрын

I’m glad that limousine stopped. “I Love Lucy” is one of my favorite shows of all time. I’ve seen each episode numerous times. It’s timeless & Lucy is so damn talented.

@robcreel4257 5 жыл бұрын

I think daughter Lucy was kind of horrified at her mother's story.

@orgelspielen 5 жыл бұрын

I just thought the same thing.

@unowen-nh9ov 5 жыл бұрын

But she came up with the punch line!

@orgelspielen 5 жыл бұрын

@@unowen-nh9ov Yes!True comedians!

@taraniso 5 жыл бұрын

Look at her face at 5:08. Carol totally understood the gallow's humor.

@bhbluebird 5 жыл бұрын

It was obvious that she adored her mother.

@catman3552 5 жыл бұрын

Lucy was also one of the original Goldwyn girls along with Betty Grable and Paulette Goddard.

@BurnTheReciept 3 жыл бұрын

Omg Lucie's comment "2 empty chairs" haha she definitely got her quick wit and perfect comedic timing from her mom

@dashfatbastard 4 жыл бұрын

Lucie's face gets so sad and upset as her mom tells that story :(

@allme2547 4 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too. I made a comment earlier that it looked like she was feeling her mother's pain while listening

@unowen-nh9ov 5 жыл бұрын

Watch the classic '30's comedy Stage Door. Young Lucy has a supporting role as 1 of the struggling actresses, basically playing herself @ that time. Gorgeous.

@marias7599 5 жыл бұрын

I found her very attractive at the age of this interview.

@Eowyn187 5 жыл бұрын

My two idols on one stage!! Probably 5 or 6 when I discovered Lucy and about 8 for Carol. And I love em as much now as I did then. Can't say that about very many.

@TheBraveIntrovert 5 жыл бұрын

Two of my fave red heads.... I grew up watching Lucy from a young age as well. I grew up in the 90 though so I watched on tv land and Nick at Nite. I was recently gifted the complete series as well as the Lucy Desi comedy hour.

@lisac2133 4 жыл бұрын

Her outfit is so pretty and seems to be back in style.

@karlschwinbarger105 4 жыл бұрын

Wow a comedian we all grew up with and put on a pedestal. We all love Lucille Ball. And she came so low at 16. This is time kind of story that anybody down on their luck should hear twice.

@JudgeJulieLit 4 жыл бұрын

Lucille was 60 here.

@Maliceah 4 жыл бұрын

My dad always had the biggest crush on her. I bought her biography for him for his birthday a couple years before he died. He read it right away. Carol Burnett must have been so thrilled to be there with her idol.

@baja8072 4 жыл бұрын

What an epitome of a classy and elegant lady! I've always loved her!

@photo161 5 жыл бұрын

Say what you will, that is a very sad story, and instructive.

@allme2547 4 жыл бұрын

It's a hopeful story because she went on to such major success. But, it didn't happen all at once like some gift from a fairy godmother. It shows that you can have a bad day and feel like your life is over with no immediate happy solution, and still have success in your future

@hankaustin7091 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic interview!! Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett and Little Lucie, all on the same show, doesn't get any better than that!!

@patricksandrononn8309 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for everything you made possible for Star Trek.

@scotnick59 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE LUCIE, too!

@lynnfyffe7910 4 жыл бұрын

What a way to make an entry! Lucy's outfit is absolutely beautiful

@JB-ox7ib 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing lady in so many ways. Thanks for upload.

@bhbluebird 5 жыл бұрын

FYI, Carol Burnett is one of the guests also.

@Honeycombe88 4 жыл бұрын

I miss her. She was a wonderful talent and in many ways, an extraordinary person. A role model for women.

@rjkral 4 жыл бұрын

“Two empty chairs!!” Classic!!!!

@BenedictHarris 5 жыл бұрын

Ahahahaha Lucie Arnaz with the big laugh. Great.

@tla9895 5 жыл бұрын

I ❤️LUCY!!!!!!!

@THT01 5 жыл бұрын

Three since Carol credits Lucy for her break.

@rickrick5041 5 жыл бұрын

Ziegfeld sure knew talent. She never got anywhere

@seamac206 4 жыл бұрын

“I saw where you were looking” Mount Rushmore of American comedians

@peace-yv4qd 4 жыл бұрын

Lucy was the real deal. Very genuine. Grew up watching I Love Lucy. Came up and succeeded the hard way. A true professional.

@BernardProfitendieu 4 жыл бұрын

she really looks great here ... '70s glamor was great!

@starcrib 4 жыл бұрын

She was always larger than life . TV was her platform. a maverick at the time. a real broad too.

@PlasmaCoolantLeak 4 жыл бұрын

The brains of Desilu. If it hadn't been for Lucy, there would be no "Star Trek" or "Mission: Impossible."

@ferdburfel7447 4 жыл бұрын

Desi gets a lot of credit, too. He was the one who came up with the idea of filming I Love Lucy on 35mm film so that it could be rebroadcast indefinitely. A decision that's still paying off 60 years later.

@lindaf4836 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, and the 3 CAMERAS at the same time thing, with a live studio audience. He approved ALL the scripts too.

@misterhoeflak 4 жыл бұрын

@@ferdburfel7447 According to Lucie Arnaz, the idea of shooting on film came from the fact that Lucy and Desi didn't want to move to NYC to shoot the show. The network originally didn't want to shoot it in California and relegate its NY audience to watching a (poorer quality) kinescope recording of the show. Shooting it on film blew the budget, and Lucy and Desi offered to cover the shortfall out of their fees, on the proviso they got ownership of the film reels. So much about what they did was pioneering and visionary, and I think that pioneering spirit is also reflected in their championing of Star Trek.

@markhawke9009 3 жыл бұрын

We all will always love Lucy.

@JohnSmith-mk8hz 5 жыл бұрын

Carol Burnette and Lucile Ball on the Dick Cavett Show at the same time. Two comedy geniuses. Sorely missed.

@MrCrowebobby 4 жыл бұрын

God, she looks great. Imagine being a daughter and having to live in the shadow of that.

@allme2547 4 жыл бұрын

Some people radiate enough love and warmth that you'd gladly live in their shadow

@fredsalfa 5 жыл бұрын

I miss her

@fanboy2015 4 жыл бұрын

“Two empty chairs”. That was a good one.

@leilanirocks 10 ай бұрын

I for one couldn’t be happier that limo had just got a brake job. I Love Lucy. ❤

@queerchoreography54 5 жыл бұрын

YEAH! My homegirl mentioned Jamestown!

@wetlazer 5 жыл бұрын

Ball always reminded me of my mother... (when she was acting zany, my mom was nuts, and acted like Lucy's wacky alter ego) ... and she reminds me of my niece. However, I just noticed something in her voice and manner, a certain toughness, and it was specifically reminiscent of John Wayne. I'm not sure where that came from, but it's clear as day to me now. 1:58 "How old do you have to be, to be an institution?" I can't tell you why that reminded me of something Wayne would say, but it did.

@_martino87 4 жыл бұрын

Lucille Ball... the best

@ultramagahoosierhermit2767 5 жыл бұрын

Love me some Lucy 💕

@SteveJonesPerezCom 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVED LUCY!!!

@ComeAlongKay 4 жыл бұрын

All hail the queen of Hollywood.

@deninevh 5 жыл бұрын

I want that whole ensemble of hers, it's fantastic.

@rickmeade2643 4 жыл бұрын

lucy an angel sent by god to make us laugh and when she passed we cryed because she was like family rest in peace lucy

@larissabrewington9065 2 жыл бұрын

This was perfect. (Six minutes that feels like one...)

@annlove4879 Жыл бұрын

Lucille Ball....a Legend💗🌹💗🌹💗🌹💗🌹

@marcelojijon927 Жыл бұрын

Luci siempre dandonos alegrias y risas .Que bendición tu payaso y niño de tu corazon.Luci cuanto te necesitamos y amamos.Gracias

@williamabel985 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful, glamorous woman.

@juliemitchell3794 5 жыл бұрын

Poor Lucie! What a story to hear on national T.V. 🤦🏽

@wanderingfree149 4 жыл бұрын

Such a Pioneer for female comedians! I do love Lucy!!

@reneemorris7197 4 жыл бұрын

There was only one Lucille Ball,; no one could play comedy like her.

@samsum3738 5 жыл бұрын

Two empty chairs .Everything turns on a dime .

@LJ-ht4zs 2 жыл бұрын

I wondered if Lucy did not tell her daughter this story before going on this show. Yes, her daughter looked sad while she was telling the story but her uptake was so quick. I would have thought that her mind would have lingered on that story a much longer time, if it were the first time hearing it.

@scotnick59 2 жыл бұрын

If you can, catch Lucy in "Panama Lady"/ a 1939 B programmer; so bad it's good and she's darling in it. Her name is even Lucy in the film!

@hydranjablooms9093 5 жыл бұрын

oh i just loooove lucy !!!

@cats0182 5 жыл бұрын

Cavett's talk show was really excellent. It is unfortunate that he couldn't hold his own against Carson. But then again, I guess no one really could.

@stephenalbertson8920 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent point!! Carson NEVER had an equal!!

@davidwright5379 2 жыл бұрын

awesome story

@cedrikmichelofficiel 4 жыл бұрын

'Two empty chairs!' 😂😂

@colossus112785 4 жыл бұрын

Lucy's daughter is gorgeous

@AL-gi2op 4 жыл бұрын

Many trials and tribulations she went through to forge her career. Fired, told she wasn’t good enough, didn’t breakout until age 40 but the fruits of her labor paid off! True American story

@jojoreyes5072 4 жыл бұрын

Lucy Ricardo definitely came out at 1:18 😂😂 love her so much! ❤️

@danadretzel1171 4 жыл бұрын

Is it just me noticing that stars today can’t compare to the stars from the past. No sharp wit. No intresting stories. No sophistication and vulgarity has replaced true sexiness.

@sheree1994sa 4 жыл бұрын

ICON

@carolinecorma8n69 4 жыл бұрын

Unique lady.

@booth2710 4 жыл бұрын

she looks like Endora

@corneliuswhite5139 4 жыл бұрын

Diva!!!! That's class.

@mscarolynnigro 5 жыл бұрын

Like a queen

@thumper6425 2 жыл бұрын

💜💜💜

@julie5310 Жыл бұрын

That's a sad story. Love the fashion.

@simplymj9032 4 жыл бұрын

I love herr 💖💖👑

@eliasashoal8723 4 жыл бұрын

we used to laugh so hard watching her tv show.

@goldenglove4663 4 жыл бұрын

love her.

@ronanrogers4127 5 жыл бұрын

Carol Burnett’s still with us. Stars of yesteryear had so much less hubris and arrogance. Sure, some were at times Prima donnas, but they were engaging when interviewed, whereas today almost all of them are vapid, as are the interviewers.

@sammyjo2852 2 жыл бұрын

Lucy looked so beautiful here.

@nicoles7800 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing woman. Extremely driven and sure, when it was socially not supported. She was a comedic genius and knew it. She knew it was more important to make a difference beyond looks and she was breathtaking. She was also, unfortunately an alcoholic, had a difficult disposition and was very bitter in her last years. Left a great legacy. Not really a happy person.

@kevinr.3542 5 жыл бұрын

You can tell she was a little prickly. She definitely didn't hold back or put on a big smile if she didn't feel like it. I'm a big fan but I definitely noticed in every interview from the 60s on, she's a little testy. But maybe she just didnt want to pander to the audience and act.all fake

@nicoles7800 4 жыл бұрын

@Cassie Miller Ms Ball was definitely not in the programme. The old fashioned 12 step still works for some. Those I know who have tried really hard to make it work, have found it a hot bed full of predators. Especially for young girls. It's not a safe space for some. There are other alternatives, such as smart and others. No matter the help sought, it is a very hard road. You either take it or die a premature and horrid death.

@LJ-ht4zs 2 жыл бұрын

I never heard that she was an alcoholic. Desi Arnaz was - but never heard that Lucille Ball was. Their son was an alcoholic and a drug addict and both his parents went to rehab meetings with him. Finally, Desi Jr talked his father into going, which he finally did. Desi Jr never mentioned his mother was - nor has anyone. Lucie Arnaz says her mother was driven (work) and was a perfectionist and even a control freak, but never indicated her mother was an alcoholic.

@LJ-ht4zs 2 жыл бұрын

I don't feel she was bitter - Kept contact with people she had worked with. Had close friends - Dinah Shore, esp. Carol Burnett. She maintained a close relationship with Desi - they talked about 3x a week every week. Also had a long stable relationship with her 2nd husband Gary Morton. She felt very sad when Vivian Vance died, when her mother DeeDee died and when Desi died. She was not bitter she was sad about these losses.

@elvirastokes1335 4 жыл бұрын

Classy:)

@ashleyhyatt6319 5 жыл бұрын

I've always admired her for resisting the Communist witch-hunt in Hollywood during McCarthy's insanity.

@branon6565 4 жыл бұрын

Ashley Hyatt ....from how the vast majority of actors and actresses are behaving today, pandering to and supporting libtard socialists and communists, it's totally possible that McCarty was on to something, even way back then...

@TheMaxKids 4 жыл бұрын

She was a member of the Communist Party.

@heidithaw1072 4 жыл бұрын

TheMaxKids. Her grandfather was a member and he got his grandchildren to register. It was not that unsusual in the 1930s. She was never an active member or was political at all. She got abused by McCarthy like many other Americans. . .

@heidithaw1072 4 жыл бұрын

Branon Fontaine. You clearly know nothing about the McCarthy or the abuse of power and the lives he destroyed. He was a drunken power mad tyrant.

@mckenzie.8653 4 жыл бұрын

Branon Fontaine libtards. A 5th grade level retort. So hard to take anything you say seriously if it starts with immaturity.