Your Favorite Encounter Between Lucy and a Celebrity
As everyone knows, several episodes of I Love Lucy, and (I think) all of the episodes of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour centered on Lucy's interaction with a celebrity.
Which was your favorite? William Holden? Harpo Marx? Van Johnson? Charles Boyer? Tallulah Bankhead? And why?
I think the Tallulah Bankhead episode is mine. Bankhead was terrific in her one-upmanship of Lucy. I liked her comments like: "Are you sure you aren't talking to me on two Dixie Cups and a string?" and her threat to grab Lucy "by her pink hair" and throw her out, "I've aleady been in one of your homemade jams." And the scene where Lucy sprays Bankhead with white paint, and Bankheaad removes her sun glasses and glares at Lucy, I think is one of the best bits of physical "silent" comedy in the entire series.