Vivian Vance

It's Saturday, August 6, 2011, and it's Lucille Ball's 100th birthday. Google ensured that people don't forget it, by posting an interactive Google Doodle as an homage to the day and to the classic television show, I Love Lucy. The Google Doodle is an old-style (read: not plasma, LED, LCD, or HDTV) TV that "writes" the Google logo onto the screen in much the same way the I Love Lucy logo is written before each episode of the show. After the logo is written, a "Play" prompt shows on the screen...Read Full Story

I Love Lucy: The Complete Series I Love Lucy (Actor) , Lucille Ball (Actor)   |   Format: DVD (230) Buy new: $131.91 67 used & new from $99.99 (Visit the Top Rated in DVD list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description The Whole McGillicuddy: All 9 Seasons! All 194 Episodes! Fall in love again and again with the timeless comedy that entertains generation after generation. This special 34-disc DVD collection contains every hilarious episode of every...Read Full Story

The Hollywood Museum marks the occasion with a special exhibit running through Nov. 30. The actress’ centennial is also being commemorated on TV: Hallmark will broadcast 102  I Love Lucy  episodes, ME-TV will air 100 episodes of various programs including  The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour  and  The Lucy Show , and TCM will show 14 of her films beginning on Saturday. Ball died in April 1989. She was 77. Here are 5 facts about her most successful series,  I Love Lucy , which debuted on CBS in...Read Full Story

Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple Review I have to admit that I skimmed over their early years, but this is a good book!! I laughed so hard at one point with William Frawley in his escapades as "Bub" in "My Three Sons". He was hilarious. Learning more about Vivian Vance made me really admire and come to like her. As usual, anything about Lucille Ball was negative. Apparently she could be a real B%^&#$h in real life and I learned nothing new about her, but...Read Full Story

The Long, Long Trailer Lucille Ball (Actor) , Desi Arnaz (Actor) , Dave O'Brien (Director) , Tex Avery (Director)   |   Format: DVD (146) Buy new: $7.47 47 used & new from $5.91 (Visit the Bestsellers in list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz live slaphappily ever after as newlyweds honeymooning in The Long, Long Trailer, breezily directed by Vincente Minnelli. They quickly find that the interior of a moving trailer...Read Full Story