#lucille lewis

[vintage-every-day]

Tête-à-tête: Lucille Lewis and Jean Patchett wearing feathered hats by Sally Victor. Photo Nina Leen, 1948.

[magical-xirl-4]

this will sustain me for the next five years

[zipzapzopzoop]

It took me 17 years to notice this

[ifwebefriends]

I just watched Meet the Robinsons for the first time in like a year or so and it hit me that Lewis built the memory scanner so he could meet his mom, and it actually does do that in the end, it’s just not the mom he was expecting

[xskywalker21]

This pic/scene is always funny the more I look at. You have Wilbur rolling his eyes at the younger version of his mom and the younger version of his dad is in the background minding his business 😂

[back-in-2037]

Ok, to add on that post I made about the Robinsons being a Nintendo household. Here’s who I see everyone maining in smash:

[116t98]

Why do they look like that?? Why is Doris so short?? Why does Goob’s mustache look thicker?? Why are their eyes so BIG???

[food-for-hungry-mtr-fans]

MTR Headcanons part 3 - Cornelius + Parents

Cornelius is the kind of adult that still acts like a kid around his parents.

Bud and Lucille are THE married couple!

Lucille gradually became a little more balanced as time went on.

She stopped using caffeine patches and eventually disowned caffeine after it began to ruin her health.

Big fan of fruit teas.

She seems the most normal. She ISNT.

Weirdly good at fighting, and can use almost every kind of firearm. Nobody knows why, nobody wants to.

Bud is THE dad joke dispenser.

He loves listening to people talk.

Probably the most positive and comforting person alive.

A very minor thrill junkie.

He owns, and frequently operates a snowmobile using Cornelius’s weather machine.

Cornelius tends to stay up for nights and nights without noticing.

Despite his horrific sleep habits and caffeine consumption, and… everything really, he’s big on proper eating.

Goes shopping twice a week on set dates and times.

Plans a LOT for small stuff.

Has to occasionally be told to let schedules go and just CHILL for once.

Never plays video games, but will destroy his family at any game they play.

Writes in his free time.

Penpals with Yagoobian :)

[justquicksshot]

Jerry with the beautiful lucille

Whenever I see pictures of Jerry or Dean with big stars or actors whose work I enjoy, I get a feeling of excitement, because I think that, in one way or another, it was a matter of fate that I got to know them, as if everything was connected by threads. In the end, whether it is a greater will or just a coincidence, Dean and Jerry have been some of the most beautiful things I have had the pleasure of experiencing

[fredandginger64]

Jerry and Lucy at the opening of Jerry's restaurant, 1962

[jerrylewis-thekid]

Dean and Jerry with Lucille Ball.

[browsethestacks]

Remember When... DC Went Hollywood?

[jerrylewisphotocollection]

Jerry with Lucille Ball in The Wacky World of Burlesque.

[zipzapzopzoop]

Meet the Robinsons as vines (part 2)

[jerrylewischildstar]

Jerry talking about Lucille Ball

[papermoonloveslucy]

KIDZ!

The Young People of the Lucyverse ~ Part 3

W.C. Fields famously warned performers never to work with children or animals. Luckily for us, Lucille Ball consistently disregarded his advice. Here’s a look at some of the young performers and characters of the Lucyverse.

“Lucy and the Drive-In Movie” (1969) ~ Jackie Berry is a married friend of Kim’s who has a newborn named Wendy. Her husband is said to be in the service. Jackie Berry uses her married name for the character. She ws the real-life wife of Ken Berry from 1960 to 1972, an actor championed by Lucille Ball. 

“Lucy and Jack Benny’s Biography” (1970) ~ Lucy plays Jack’s mother and  Michael Barbera plays Benny as a boy. Barbera was a child actor who was 12 years old at the time of filming. He accrued 18 screen credits before leaving the industry.

“Lucy Cuts Vincent’s Price” (1970) ~ Lucy says she previously talked on the phone to Mrs. Vincent Price when arranging entertainment for a big party the Price’s threw. In 1970, Vincent Price was married to costume designer Mary Grant (inset photo), although her name is never mentioned here. Making small talk on the telephone, Lucy asks about Little Vicki. This is a reference to the Price’s 8 year-old daughter, Victoria. Although Lucy visits their home, both characters remain off-screen.

“Lucy the Laundress” (1970) ~ Lucy smashes into a laundry truck. In order to pay for the repairs, she has to go to work at the laundry and encounters the owner’s two daughters Sue Chin Wong (left) and Linda Change Wong (right). Linda is played by Rosalind Chao who makes her screen debut with this episode. She created the role of Soon-Ye Klinger on “M*A*S*H” and “After M*A*S*H” but is perhaps best known for playing Keiko O'Brien on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Deep Space Nine.” During that series she also filmed The Joy Luck Club. More recent credits include “Blackish,” “This is Us,” and “The Catch.”  Heather Lee (Sue Chin Wong) makes her screen appearance in this episode. When Lucy meets the sisters, she greets them in an exaggerated and condescending Chinese accent. The girls look horrified and answer back in voices totally devoid of any Asian influence. To further the humor of Lucy’s backward thinking, the girls are eating hamburgers with ketchup, a typical American-style meal.

“Lucy and Ma Parker” (1970) ~ A criminal mastermind (Carole Cook) enlists two little people (Jerry Marin and Billy Curtis) to play her ‘children’. Milton (Marin) is dressed as ‘Little Mildred’ in the style of child star Shirley Temple. Curtis plays Herman Golab, who is dressed as Buster Brown.  

“Lucy and the Italian Bombshell” (1971) ~ Harry’s former flame Donna Colucci (Kaye Ballard) is married and has a large brood of children: Ricardo, Anna Maria, Louisa, Luigi, Vincenzo, Dino, Lucrezia, Alfredo Jr., Margarito, Bruno, Rosa, and Frederico - all of whom appear uncredited.

“Lucy and Donny Osmond” (1972) ~ Lucy takes her pre-teen niece Patricia (Eve Plumb) to see her favorite singer, Donny Osmond. Plumb is probably best known as the middle daughter, Jan, on TV’s “The Brady Bunch” (1969-74). She filmed this episode simultaneously with “The Brady Bunch” which aired Friday nights on ABC. This is her only time acting with Lucille Ball.  Coincidentally, Desi Arnaz Jr. made a guest-appearance on “The Brady Bunch” in 1970 where he was the ‘dream date’ of Jan’s sister Marcia (Maureen McCormick). 

“Lucy and Her Prince Charming” (1972) ~ Harry hastily arranges a home wedding ceremony for Lucy and a Prince (Ricardo Montalban) - including a flower girl and a ring bearer - played by two uncredited young actors. 

Mame (1974) ~ Lucille Ball plays Auntie Mame to orphaned Patrick Dennis, played by Bruce Dern as a child. 

“Life With Lucy” (1986) ~ Lucy Barker and Curtis McGibbon (Gale Gordon) are grandparents to Becky and Kevin McGibbon. Becky is played by Jenny Lewis. Ten year-old Lewis appeared in all 13 episodes, only 8 of which were aired.

“Yes, Lucy was a bit rough around the edges, and yes, she constantly smoked cigarettes on the set. She would pull her face back with tape, sort of like a cheap face-lift.“ ~ JENNY LEWIS

Philip Amelio (Kevin McGibbon) made his screen debut on “Life With Lucy” at the age of 10. He played Stephen Baldwin’s younger self in the film Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He gave up acting by his early teensPhilip died in  2005 at the age of 27 due to a mis-diagnosed bacterial infection. 

Kelli Martin (right) played Becky’s friend Patty in two episodes of the series. Born in 1975, she made her acting debut at age 7 and went on to be seen as an Emmy-nominated regular on “Life Goes On” (1989-93) and “Christy” (1994-95) in which she played the title character. 

BONUS KIDZ! 

“Lucy the Diamond Cutter” (1970) ~ German diamond cutter Gustav (Wally Cox) calls Kim and Craig “the Katzenjammer Kids.” The Katzenjammer Kids was a comic strip created by German immigrant Rudolph Dirks which appeared from 1897 to 2006. The strip featured twins Hans and Fritz, who rebelled against authority. 

“Lucy and the Generation Gap” (1969) ~ In the final sequence of the musical episode set in outer space, the Carters sing “Kids” a song written by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse for the 1960 Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie. The musical was filmed in 1963. This song is originally about the generation gap, so it requires the least lyrical changes. It was sung on stage and screen by Paul Lynde, playing the father of free-thinking kids obsessed with an Elvis-like rock and roll singer.