This song is dedicated to everyone who lost a loved one. God bless. "I'm calling out your name tonight" by Richie Levoith-cam.com/video/JSbGGiSe3S8/w-d-xo.html
The sad thing is, MOST women dressed elegantly back then. Unlike today where its stretch pants, tee and sweat shirts, sneakers and hair like rats nests! Makeup is becoming a thing of the past TOO it seems. My mother and aunts wouldn't leave the house without their makeup!
@@retroguy9494 That’s true! My mother used to be disgusted by woman who wore pants and high heels. She said they looked cheap. And she always wore gloves when she went into New York City.
@@wotan10950 My mother wore gloves back in the '60's as well. Although she would wear dress slacks when appropriate just as Lucy does here, my grandmother never wore pants/slacks in her life. Always a dress. Even at home.
I loved Lucille Ball mouthing Ethel Merman - her movements were perfect and felt just like Ethel Merman's way of singing. Perfect - could watch this skit over and over - Great!!!
I went to a Catholic school and when Gypsy was on Broadway my parents, sister and I went to see it. Ethel Merman came in and I still remember how I had never heard anything like her (age 13) The play was incredible and Ethel was amazing. Parents said don't mention it in school that you went to see Gypsy. (The nuns would not have approved - I laugh to this day about that)
@@larss337Gypsy was about a young girl becoming a stripper so of course they would not approve. Present time, not many nuns left but millions of abortions, single moms, trans kids, gey ppl out the kazoo, etc. We need religion, we need nuns.
When I was 11, I saw the revival of Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters. I also went to a Catholic school, but my parents didn’t warn me not to mention it in school, and I did get reprimanded for it!
As funny as Lucille Ball was, the humor was multiplied exponentially for me by the reaction/response of Vivian Vance. No one could pull off the "I told you so" moment as well as Miss Vance demonstrated in this clip.
@@markcadieux3445 I think naming her "Ethel" was a part of the whole making the character older than Lucy thing. On "The Lucy Show", Lucy and Viv were supposed to be about the same age.
I was never attracted to "show music', but when Ethel Merman turned up the music and belted out that solo, I literally got goosebumps...no matter the genre, talent always stands out.
ess2586, maybe explore some more show music. I think you'd surprise yourself. There are some incredible songs out there. More goosebumps coming your way.
Ethel and Judy were raised in the vaudeville tradition. Before microphones were used on stages, singers had to "belt it out" in order to reach the audience in the back row.
Actually she turned DOWN the music so her actual voice could be heard over her recorded one. But in the beginning, its obvious that Lucy had an orchestra on set that day because its clear it takes over for the recording at 1:28.
@@the_jacobian99 Truly a one-of-a-kind powerhouse voice. I belt out Roses regular, 'round the house, for exercise (Arms swinging, big sound (off key)). Then I need a rest
Judy Garland used to do the same thing. When she was making a movie, she would record the soundtrack for playback during filming. She would have the soundman crank up the recording as loud as he could, then she would actually sing rather than just lip sync. And she would be louder than the recording.
This song is dedicated to everyone who lost a loved one. God bless. "I'm calling out your name tonight" by Richie Levoith-cam.com/video/JSbGGiSe3S8/w-d-xo.html
The replacements they tried were ok (Mary Jane Croft, Ann Southern, and a few others) were ok, but no one knew how to play with Lucy like Viv did. Lucy should've done all she could to keep her. It was never the same after Viv left.
WOW! For about 30 seconds, we heard what it would be like to have two Mermans singing at once. Just WOW!! All three of these ladies define talent. Thanks for posting this!
There is a video on TH-cam of Ethel Merman Ji singing There's No Business Like Show Business at different times all overlapping together in a lovely Tribute type little video of it.
Vance was Merman's understudy in the original production, 1934 of Anything Goes. Vance was also had a small role in Red Hot and Blue. Both show had Cole Porter scores and starred Merman
This song is dedicated to everyone who lost a loved one. God bless. "I'm calling out your name tonight" by Richie Levoith-cam.com/video/JSbGGiSe3S8/w-d-xo.html
ironically, In real life, Vivian was actually Ethel's understudy for 1934's ANYTHING GOES and legend says she went on for Merman around 2 or 3 times during it's huge run of an impressive 420 performances.
Great entertainers the likes we will never see again. They could dance, sing, play the piano. Truely missed. They entertained us for many years. God bless you all.
"What's his problem?" " . . . thinks he's Ethel Merman." (singing) "You'll be swell! You'll be great! Gonna have the whole world . . . everything's coming up rooosssess. " "War is hell."
That is FUNNY. I don't care what ETHEL HERSELF says. I don't care what LUCY says. VIVIAN can chime in, I. Don't. Care. That is FUNNY. God rest them all.
@@mediterraneanworld I don't know where you got your info from dude but it isn't true. She was planning on traveling to Hollywood to attend and appear at the Oscars but she collapsed in her apartment in New York City. The doctors THOUGHT she had a stroke but it was really a brain tumor. They tried to operate but once they got in there, they discovered the tumor was inoperable and like less than a year later she died of brain cancer.
Lucille Ball is my favorite actress of all time. That's the power of a timeless icon like Ethel Merman. I've always known she was a singer and actress, but I'd never even heard her sing until this episode of "The Lucy Show"! When Ethel lowered the volume on the record player and started to sing, chills went up my spine! And I'm 26 years old!
Y'all need to stop saying Lucy was unkind to Vivian Vance. If Lucy was so unfair to Vivian, why did Vivian agree to star in two additional sitcoms and tv specials with Lucy after I Love Lucy went off the air in 1957 (1960). Also, in 1960, Desilu filmed a pilot for a new sitcom starring Vivian.
Oh, that’s Lucy‘s friend’s name, right?! Oh, I love the short skit here! I’ve never seen this before! And I just watched a biographical movie about Ethel Merman last night! So I didn’t really like her voice before until I watched that movie! And her voice is really growing on me! I think she is or was wonderful! And this is so funny with Lucy or Lucille Ball!!! Thank you very much to Lucy and Vivian Vance and Ethel Merman! 😀😄
Lucy was actually a very demanding producer, and expected only the best from her guest stars. Ethel, of course, was the consummate professional. So they got on just fine.
@@zyxw2024 Wait was it a mistake? Sounds like Dave was referring to guest star Ethel Merman. Vivian Vance's character was named Vivian or Viv on "The Lucy Show" not Ethel.
@@zyxw2024 Ha! Just saw your comment two years later! Yes, I was indeed referring to Ethel Merman, not Ethel Mertz. The “I Love Lucy” show had nothing to do with this clip. I thought I was pretty clear.
Lucille Ball and Ethel Merman were legends - Vivian Vance - she played her part well (as did Wm Frawley) in I Love Lucy. He by the way after that show played in My Three Sons for several years. Vivian Vance, did not hear much about her after she left The Lucy Show after 3 seasons. On an interview with Dinah Shore, Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance traded funny stories - however, when asked by one of the guests what Vance was doing - she was doing commercials for a coffee company. (her words)
That's the power of a timeless icon like Ethel Merman. I've always known she was a singer and actress, but I'd never even heard her sing until this episode of "The Lucy Show"! When Ethel lowered the volume on the record player and started to sing, chills went up my spine! And I'm 26 years old!
They DID look awesome! When this aired, Lucille Ball was 52, Vivian Vance was 54 and Ethel Merman was 55! And considering that Merman smoked and drank heavily until eventually stopping, its amazing she looked that good at 55!
I just saw this this morning, it was much more satisfying on the Lucy Show dvd because the voice coming from the record was small and tinny coming from a tiny speaker on the record player. Then when Ethel lowers the volume and starts singing you can tell the difference between a record player and a live great voice. Here they've been edited to both sound the same: record player and live singer. Takes away the surprise element.
I would make a bet that if Ethel Merman sang for Simon Cowell today; he would tell her she can't sing and he'd say no to her audition and then give her one of his "holier than thou" looks.
No it was not. This is from season 2 of The Lucy Show and this aired in 1964. The show was never filmed through a live studio to home feed. They filmed in front of a studio audience but even today with large budgets at times an actor or actress just can't get through a scene without a laugh, chuckle, etc. and it has to be corrected in editing to the best of the editor's ability.
@@norahfarber1076 Uhhhhh...Rosalind Russell played the mother in the film version of Gypsy, not Merman. Natalie Wood and Ann Jillian played the daughters.
I have posted a link to Kleah Blackhurst, a wonderful cabaret and stage performer who was/is just NUTS about Ethel Merman and who performed an act and recorded an album featuring stories and songs strictly from her broadway career. I think you'll like it if you take the time. Of course, TH-cam itself has kinescopes and videos of her TV appearances from the 1950s. You're in for a treat.
THERE'S ONLY ONE ETHEL MERMAN - AND SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY , FANTASTICALLY , SPECTACULARLY GREAT ! ( but who would believe that there was a time when two women out of three , in a sitcom scene could be called ' Ethel ' ! ( although here I think Vivian Vance was called Viv )
Ethel Merman had a real comic gift. She was wonderful in Mad, Mad, Mad, World. Desilu tried to develop a situation comedy for her. They filmed a pilot but the network declined to pick it up. Ethel, with a few exceptions, was not lucky in film. She was a fantastic performer. It's too bad Norman Lear didn't utilize her comic gifts in a sitcom.
Well, as far as movies go, Merman was too big for them. For the stage she was excellent but in film the camera usually pans in to the actors but with Ethel, it had to pan back. Seriously.
Desilu actually filmed a pilot for a sitcom with Ethel Merman. I never saw this. Unfortunately, the network passed and did not pick it up. Ethel had a wonderful comedic talent. I think she could have been a great popular hit with TV audiences if she'd found the right sitcom. Desilu also filmed a pilot for The Carol Channing Show. This is available on TH-cam. I found it a little bizarre. The network also passed on picking it up as a series.
As a child I watched this show mainly for Vivian Vance. Glad to see in these reviews that she's getting well deserved recognition. It takes 3 to tango in this bit and all three were in top form. Yes, I got gossebumps from Ms. Merman's singing. Was not a fan of hers until I was old enough to realize what she was doing. A unique, great talent.
The later shows were not 'I Love Lucy' but someone should trim the long stetches of mediocrity and make a discerning collection of top notch funny and fun moments such as this.
Two icons that the world will never ever see or hear again and this world has lost many entertainers from the past thank God that U Tube can show these classic scenes from many years ago so that the ignorant young people of today,s world can see what they are missing and maybe might give a damn some day !!!!!
This was originally supposed to be a single episode, but they were having so much fun and there was so much going on they decided to make it a 2 part episode. However, the two episodes were filmed several ,months apart. I remember reading that so many things had changed between the two times.
Ethel Merman looks extra lovely and elegant here. And absolutely love her extraordinary voice.
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I want her shoes
The sad thing is, MOST women dressed elegantly back then. Unlike today where its stretch pants, tee and sweat shirts, sneakers and hair like rats nests! Makeup is becoming a thing of the past TOO it seems. My mother and aunts wouldn't leave the house without their makeup!
@@retroguy9494 That’s true! My mother used to be disgusted by woman who wore pants and high heels. She said they looked cheap. And she always wore gloves when she went into New York City.
@@wotan10950 My mother wore gloves back in the '60's as well. Although she would wear dress slacks when appropriate just as Lucy does here, my grandmother never wore pants/slacks in her life. Always a dress. Even at home.
That Merman voice! [ 1:53 ] As Irving Berlin said, "You'd better not write a bad lyric for Merman because people will hear it in the second balcony."
more like the tenth balcony ahaha
Lucy and Ethel Merman were lifelong friends. It was a treat for Lucy to have her on the show.
Vivian was Merman's understudy for "Anything Goes" in 1934
I loved Lucille Ball mouthing Ethel Merman - her movements were perfect and felt just like Ethel Merman's way of singing. Perfect - could watch this skit over and over - Great!!!
I went to a Catholic school and when Gypsy was on Broadway my parents, sister and I went to see it. Ethel Merman came in and I still remember how I had never heard anything like her (age 13) The play was incredible and Ethel was amazing. Parents said don't mention it in school that you went to see Gypsy. (The nuns would not have approved - I laugh to this day about that)
LOL 😆 my Irish friends tell me nuns don't approve of very much
We used to worry about nuns. Now we worry about Florida.
That’s funny! Could you see the nuns faces?
@@larss337Gypsy was about a young girl becoming a stripper so of course they would not approve. Present time, not many nuns left but millions of abortions, single moms, trans kids, gey ppl out the kazoo, etc. We need religion, we need nuns.
When I was 11, I saw the revival of Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters. I also went to a Catholic school, but my parents didn’t warn me not to mention it in school, and I did get reprimanded for it!
The comedic timing here is so great. Ethel Merman had a voice like no other.
Wow, she gave me chills, amazing voice.
She always sounded kind of like a ships foghorn to ME!
@@retroguy9494Me too!
@@theravyshow2570 You too what? You agree with me? Or you sing like a foghorn? 🤔😂
As funny as Lucille Ball was, the humor was multiplied exponentially for me by the reaction/response of Vivian Vance. No one could pull off the "I told you so" moment as well as Miss Vance demonstrated in this clip.
Her "Okay, you don't want to listen to me, fine", moment was wonderful too.
Moment of irony; on I love Lucy, Vivians name was Ethel.
@@markcadieux3445 I think naming her "Ethel" was a part of the whole making the character older than Lucy thing. On "The Lucy Show", Lucy and Viv were supposed to be about the same age.
I know. Lucy didn't want Viv to be more attractive than her.
@@markcadieux3445 There's a legend that Lucy would constantly get on the makeup department if she thought Vivian was looking too "pretty".
I was never attracted to "show music', but when Ethel Merman turned up the music and belted out that solo, I literally got goosebumps...no matter the genre, talent always stands out.
ess2586, maybe explore some more show music. I think you'd surprise yourself. There are some incredible songs out there. More goosebumps coming your way.
Me too. The Merm.
You need to discover Judy garland.
Ethel and Judy were raised in the vaudeville tradition. Before microphones were used on stages, singers had to "belt it out" in order to reach the audience in the back row.
Actually she turned DOWN the music so her actual voice could be heard over her recorded one. But in the beginning, its obvious that Lucy had an orchestra on set that day because its clear it takes over for the recording at 1:28.
Three unforgettable stars gone forever, but never forgotten.
It's a wonder the set didn't implode when the Merm really stepped on the gas.
I love how she can be louder than herself!
It's the miracle of 3-D projection. Ethel was projection +1/2.
Bruce Marmy I know it’s fantastic.
@@the_jacobian99 Truly a one-of-a-kind powerhouse voice. I belt out Roses regular, 'round the house, for exercise (Arms swinging, big sound (off key)). Then I need a rest
Well, she was very competitive. She was probably thinking "I'll show that record!"
Judy Garland used to do the same thing. When she was making a movie, she would record the soundtrack for playback during filming. She would have the soundman crank up the recording as loud as he could, then she would actually sing rather than just lip sync. And she would be louder than the recording.
"That's what I was trying to tell ya." I love the way she said that
Very deadpan!
Vivian Vance was a beautiful woman. She was the most talented friend and partner-in- crime!
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I don't think that Vance ever got the respect and kudos that she deserved. She was brilliant.
@@norahfarber1076 I don't get the comments I don't think she was beautiful or brilliant.
@@LJ-ht4zs of course not.... u r neither yerself...
The replacements they tried were ok (Mary Jane Croft, Ann Southern, and a few others) were ok, but no one knew how to play with Lucy like Viv did. Lucy should've done all she could to keep her. It was never the same after Viv left.
WOW! For about 30 seconds, we heard what it would be like to have two Mermans singing at once. Just WOW!! All three of these ladies define talent. Thanks for posting this!
Mermen, as it were.
There is a video on TH-cam of Ethel Merman Ji singing There's No Business Like Show Business at different times all overlapping together in a lovely Tribute type little video of it.
Boy was Lucy surprised. Vivian had the last word. 😂😂😂😂
Lucy was not only the star of The Lucy Show she was a producer too. She okay the script, acting etc.
YES MA'AM!!!! That powerhouse broadway voice delivered as always!!!!!
WOW! Finally, someone louder than Lucy! I loved the three of them. Timing is the key in this piece. 💖💖💖
Not sure but I think Vivian Vance was Ethel's understudy in the original 'Anything Goes'.
Vance was Merman's understudy in the original production, 1934 of Anything Goes. Vance was also had a small role in Red Hot and Blue. Both show had Cole Porter scores and starred Merman
The Great, great Ethal Merman, a true entertainer, what a voice, she looked Amazing
GOOD OLD LUCY ETHEL & VIV !!!! WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE !!!!!
Rip Ethel Merman January 16th 1908 February 15th 1984
I had a very sad 25th birthday....February 15, 1984.
RIP Vivien Vance ,July 26, 1909- August 17, 1979 and Lucille Ball August 6, 1911- April 26, 1989
@@joryadamson7854 funny how they were born all around the same time and died around the same time and all had extraordinary film/TV careers
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I miss real singing like this. Such talent is missing nowadays.
ironically, In real life, Vivian was actually Ethel's understudy for 1934's ANYTHING GOES and legend says she went on for Merman around 2 or 3 times during it's huge run of an impressive 420 performances.
Coincidentally not ironically.
Three great ladies. No ego, just fun.
No egos? Well, not Miss Vance.
@@tessdurberville711 On I Love Lucy - the cast I always call The Fabulous Four. However Lucille Ball was the linch pin
Lucille and Ethel, no ego? I assume now you're 16 years old.
A very special moment in TV history. Vivian Vance was once an understudy for the great Merman.
Three grand ladies in one clip!
The shtick is as old as the hills but is still hilarious!
Much funnier than the crap we have today.
That's before "competence" became one of "The Three Evil Forbidden 'C's Of Hollywood"
Which are the other two?
Now that's talent
Wasn't that old back then, you know. when it happened..
Great entertainers the likes we will never see again. They could dance, sing, play the piano. Truely missed. They entertained us for many years. God bless you all.
One of the greatest comedic scenes in history.
Damn, Lucy is an excellent teacher!
Love Ethel Merman. First thing I saw her in, oddly enough, was a cameo on Airplane. I was a just a kid and I was like, "who was that lady?".
Ethel Merman obviously was not a performer who took herself too seriously; and the world is just a little happier because of that.
@@majkus She was so convincing as a top-notch B in Mad Mad World, I disliked her as a child... Til I matured enough to really appreciate talent
"What's his problem?"
" . . . thinks he's Ethel Merman."
(singing) "You'll be swell! You'll be great! Gonna have the whole world . . . everything's coming up rooosssess. "
"War is hell."
@@kev7161 even Mel Brooks couldn’t top that.
Me too!!! 😂 YOU'LLLLLLL BE SWELLLL YOU'LL BE GREAT
One of the greatest comic bits ever. All involved were simply fantastic.
That is FUNNY. I don't care what ETHEL HERSELF says. I don't care what LUCY says. VIVIAN can chime in, I. Don't. Care. That is FUNNY.
God rest them all.
I love Viv....
We will never see great people like this again...they lived in a world gone by. Had hard lives and brilliant lives. So missed!
Decades later, and all three still pull it off incredibly well; I'm still laughing.
Rumor has it, that after Ethel Merman died, they still had to shoot her voice. Love her!
It took a minute for me to get that.😊
BWAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! 🤣😂
she was actually on her way to sing at some event when she had the stroke!
@@mediterraneanworld I don't know where you got your info from dude but it isn't true. She was planning on traveling to Hollywood to attend and appear at the Oscars but she collapsed in her apartment in New York City. The doctors THOUGHT she had a stroke but it was really a brain tumor. They tried to operate but once they got in there, they discovered the tumor was inoperable and like less than a year later she died of brain cancer.
Lucille Ball is visibly touched by the situation - she was sharing the screen with her idol!
Look at those gloves. Still in the 1960’s.
Any skit with Ethel singing is priceless.
Any skit with Lucy is priceless.
Imagine the two together!
Lucille Ball is my favorite actress of all time.
That's the power of a timeless icon like Ethel Merman.
I've always known she was a singer and actress, but I'd never even heard her sing until this episode of "The Lucy Show"!
When Ethel lowered the volume on the record player and started to sing, chills went up my spine!
And I'm 26 years old!
Also I loved Lucy's movements paying "The Term"and mouthing the words.
Now go check out Dame Shirley Bassey. Start with a good listen to "Goldfinger". :)
EM looks so elegant and classy 🖤🤍🖤
Merman's expressions are wonderful.
Ethel had a great sense of humor to allow the kidding she got here.
She sure did. And it came up in the first scene (not shown here) as well.
Y'all need to stop saying Lucy was unkind to Vivian Vance.
If Lucy was so unfair to Vivian, why did Vivian agree to star in two additional sitcoms and tv specials with Lucy after I Love Lucy went off the air in 1957 (1960).
Also, in 1960, Desilu filmed a pilot for a new sitcom starring Vivian.
@1:59...Lucy's stunned reaction is priceless!
What a fun scene!! (side note: Viv's hair is SO pretty!!!!)
Very funny. And very generous of Lucy to give Vivian the best lines.
That was common practice for Lucy. She did similar w Barbara Eden in the "I Love Lucy" Country Club Dance in CT episode....best clothes & lines, too.
Oh, that’s Lucy‘s friend’s name, right?! Oh, I love the short skit here! I’ve never seen this before! And I just watched a biographical movie about Ethel Merman last night! So I didn’t really like her voice before until I watched that movie! And her voice is really growing on me! I think she is or was wonderful! And this is so funny with Lucy or Lucille Ball!!! Thank you very much to Lucy and Vivian Vance and Ethel Merman! 😀😄
What movie is there about Merman?
These broads are still hilarious!!
Broads, a word used regularly in the day and it offended no woman...Frank said the word best...
Ethel Merman......fantastic ...a true star......❤️
Viv and Lucy were hilarious !
Lucy was incredible mimicking Ethel Merman - think Vivian Vance was okay.
Beautiful and classy Ethel Merman!! One of the greats!!
WOW What a powerful voice!!!!!!
Ethel Merman jams Russian radar.
Lucy was actually a very demanding producer, and expected only the best from her guest stars. Ethel, of course, was the consummate professional. So they got on just fine.
You know them so well, that you referred to Vivian Vance as her character's name...lol.
@@zyxw2024 Wait was it a mistake? Sounds like Dave was referring to guest star Ethel Merman. Vivian Vance's character was named Vivian or Viv on "The Lucy Show" not Ethel.
@@jaydefelice9887 Ask Dave Glo.
Yes. I felt Dave Glo was indeed definitely refering to Ethel Merman Ji.
@@zyxw2024 Ha! Just saw your comment two years later! Yes, I was indeed referring to Ethel Merman, not Ethel Mertz. The “I Love Lucy” show had nothing to do with this clip. I thought I was pretty clear.
What a hoot!!! Those were the days of class on television
Yes, I agree...total class!!!! We just don't have that any more.
Allan Cuseo so true
They changed class for crass!
@@joepeterson2819 It wasn't television that changed. It was PEOPLE!
Wow Ethel merman had an amazing voice!
Ethel Merman was truly a living legend on Broadway.
These legends are extraordinary and a class act 🥂
Lucille Ball and Ethel Merman were legends - Vivian Vance - she played her part well (as did Wm Frawley) in I Love Lucy. He by the way after that show played in My Three Sons for several years. Vivian Vance, did not hear much about her after she left The Lucy Show after 3 seasons. On an interview with Dinah Shore, Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance traded funny stories - however, when asked by one of the guests what Vance was doing - she was doing commercials for a coffee company. (her words)
Lucy the joke was always on her and we still are loving and laughing.
I love Vivian's hair!!
That line (That's what I was Trying to tell you) I've Seen this Entire Episode.
MY GOODNESS, WHAT A LEGEND! ETHEL MERMAN'S VOICE COULD REALLY FILL THE WHOLE THEATER! I LOVE AND ADMIRE HER! HAHAHAHAHA!
Goosebumps. I actually teared up. And boy Ethel looks pretty here. She was 56
"actually"
That's the power of a timeless icon like Ethel Merman.
I've always known she was a singer and actress, but I'd never even heard her sing until this episode of "The Lucy Show"!
When Ethel lowered the volume on the record player and started to sing, chills went up my spine!
And I'm 26 years old!
@@donaldsimmonsjr for real though.
I have never seen this before and I got goosebumps. These broads looked GREAT for their ages at this time!
Ahhhh I was with you till you called them broads. No.
They DID look awesome! When this aired, Lucille Ball was 52, Vivian Vance was 54 and Ethel Merman was 55! And considering that Merman smoked and drank heavily until eventually stopping, its amazing she looked that good at 55!
@@norahfarber1076 keren... goo awayyy....
Absolutely raw talent!! Amazing!!
Such class & such great ladies. After all these years, still so wonderful to see.
I just saw this this morning, it was much more satisfying on the Lucy Show dvd because the voice coming from the record was small and tinny coming from a tiny speaker on the record player. Then when Ethel lowers the volume and starts singing you can tell the difference between a record player and a live great voice. Here they've been edited to both sound the same: record player and live singer. Takes away the surprise element.
Three legends in one room.
I love these old shows. Miss this type of classy entertainment. 😢😭😔.
I would make a bet that if Ethel Merman sang for Simon Cowell today; he would tell her she can't sing and he'd say no to her audition and then give her one of his "holier than thou" looks.
Because today there's nothing but trash to choose from, we can't have actual talent on TV now can we
@@fujifrontier I wouldn't know; I haven't watched television in 5 years, unless you count reruns on youtube.
Without doubt Simon cowell would be impressed by Ethel Merman Ji.
0:23 Ethel smirks when she says her line, trying to keep from laughing.
There were very few retakes back then since it was still the era of live television.
No it was not. This is from season 2 of The Lucy Show and this aired in 1964. The show was never filmed through a live studio to home feed. They filmed in front of a studio audience but even today with large budgets at times an actor or actress just can't get through a scene without a laugh, chuckle, etc. and it has to be corrected in editing to the best of the editor's ability.
You're both right, though. Transitional period.
I felt she was Supposed to find it a bit amusing, in the scene.
The Lucy Show Is One Of My Favorites
This is the first time I've heard of Ethel Merman. I'm sad I didn't know about her before, she had a beautiful voice!
Watch the movie Gypsy with Natalie Wood and Ethel Merman. A classic.
I remember when she was alive and still performing!
@@norahfarber1076 Uhhhhh...Rosalind Russell played the mother in the film version of Gypsy, not Merman. Natalie Wood and Ann Jillian played the daughters.
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I have posted a link to Kleah Blackhurst, a wonderful cabaret and stage performer who was/is just NUTS about Ethel Merman and who performed an act and recorded an album featuring stories and songs strictly from her broadway career. I think you'll like it if you take the time. Of course, TH-cam itself has kinescopes and videos of her TV appearances from the 1950s. You're in for a treat.
Quality comedy/talent without the smut of today!
I remember seeing Ethel Merman in Airplane, during the one gag.
Totally brilliant xxxxx
THERE'S ONLY ONE ETHEL MERMAN - AND SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY , FANTASTICALLY , SPECTACULARLY GREAT ! ( but who would believe that there was a time when two women out of three , in a sitcom scene could be called ' Ethel ' ! ( although here I think Vivian Vance was called Viv )
Ethel Merman had a real comic gift. She was wonderful in Mad, Mad, Mad, World. Desilu tried to develop a situation comedy for her. They filmed a pilot but the network declined to pick it up. Ethel, with a few exceptions, was not lucky in film. She was a fantastic performer. It's too bad Norman Lear didn't utilize her comic gifts in a sitcom.
Well, as far as movies go, Merman was too big for them. For the stage she was excellent but in film the camera usually pans in to the actors but with Ethel, it had to pan back. Seriously.
Norman Lear was a crook and many seasoned stars refused to work with him.
God, I miss comedy. Lucille Ball and the whole cast were so good.
Goosebumps!! What an amazing scene - and I had never seen it before! Thank you for this post! 12/20/2020
this will always be funny and great!
Loved Ether Merman in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
I agree. She stole the show!
The Merm has some chops...
Desilu actually filmed a pilot for a sitcom with Ethel Merman. I never saw this. Unfortunately, the network passed and did not pick it up. Ethel had a wonderful comedic talent. I think she could have been a great popular hit with TV audiences if she'd found the right sitcom.
Desilu also filmed a pilot for The Carol Channing Show. This is available on TH-cam. I found it a little bizarre. The network also passed on picking it up as a series.
As a child I watched this show mainly for Vivian Vance.
Glad to see in these reviews that she's getting well deserved recognition.
It takes 3 to tango in this bit and all three were in top form.
Yes, I got gossebumps from Ms. Merman's singing.
Was not a fan of hers until I was old enough to realize what she was doing.
A unique, great talent.
The later shows were not 'I Love Lucy' but someone should trim the long stetches of mediocrity and make a discerning collection of top notch funny and fun moments such as this.
Two icons that the world will never ever see or hear again and this world has lost many entertainers from the past thank God that U Tube can show these classic scenes from many years ago so that the ignorant young people of today,s world can see what they are missing and maybe might give a damn some day !!!!!
Right on brother !
I was liking this about ten times more than I was expecting to!
randolph patterson mm
Miss Ethel is so beautiful 💖
“ What’s wrong with you girl ??” 🤣🤣
i wish these episodes were on youtube
Lucy: Haven't you ever watched her in a Broadway musical?
"Agnes': Would you believe it, I never have!
brilliant joke!
Lucy always gets in trouble. Amazing.
That's so Classic for Lucy to do something like that. Hilarious!!
I can't help noticing how slim Merman was which was not always the case this late in her career. Actually in every way she looked FABULOUS!
Snowydog123 well, most of us stack a few pounds on when we aren't youthful anymore. I'd say you likely will as well
This was originally supposed to be a single episode, but they were having so much fun and there was so much going on they decided to make it a 2 part episode. However, the two episodes were filmed several ,months apart. I remember reading that so many things had changed between the two times.
LOL Love it... they dont make shows like that anymore
I would be offended by Ethel Merman if I wasn’t recognized
Ethel looked great here!
she looked beautiful
Ethel Merman required no lessons. Lucy needed tutoring in music. Vivian Vance sung better than Lucy.
Isn't Lucille incredibly pretty?
Yes, she was
Watch some of her early movies from the '40s. She was an authentic beauty.
Her makeup man and hairdresser deserve a lot of credit.
The same thing just happened to me yesterday
How COULD it? Ethel Merman has been dead for 36 years!
Seeing the title made me come here just to say this.... LUCY TEACHING ETHEL MERMAN TO SING?????