MissGoddess Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 What are some of your favorite or most memorable TV appearances by classic movie stars? It can be in any capacity; as a guest starring role, a game show or talk show appearance. Besides *Lucille Ball* herself starring in her own series, I find Bill Holden's turn on "I Love Lucy" one of the most hilarious, especially when he lights her nose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 heehee! great topic sweet april! i love that episode of lucy! i loved the smothers brothers appearance on the Judy Garland Show, and found it most hilarious!judy was most gorgeous on it too! i love judy. also on the same episode of the judy garland show, i loved barbra streisand's appearance. http://youtube.com/watch?v=o2WSXfXLtMQ i loved harpo marx's appearance on I Love Lucy too. i never stopped laughing to her imitating him like he was a mirror. heehee! Message was edited by: butterscotchgreer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Hi T! I have seen that appearance of Steisand on Judy's show, that was pretty special. I haven't seen too much of the Smothers Brothers...yet! Great picture! I love the Marx Bros. appearance on Lucy's show, too---you know of course she was with them in the movie Room Service...a movie that's not one of their best but I like it...I even crack up whenever that dorky, fake-looking turkey buzzard flys around the room...ha ha!! Lucy and Bob Hope were a great team, too, and he appeared on her show and she pretended to be a hot dog seller at a ball game. They were so cute together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 oh i remember the bob hope episode. that was a funny one too!! heehee! yes ui have Room Service and it was one i first watched at Grandmama's house. lucy should have been the marx sister. that would have been great!! i also loved the teaming of carol burnett and lucy on carol's show and on the lucy show a lot. they are a riotto watch. i cant eat or drink on anything while watching them together, or itll all come out my nose. heehee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Those two red-heads together are too much! I love Carol's show, she is such a funny lady. My favorites are the ones where she does a knock-off of some famous classic movie, like "Mildred Fierce" ha ha! That's another one I should rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 OK I found this picture of Carol & Lucy: And this funny one of Carol doing her bit as "Norma Desmond" from *Sunset Blvd* - oh my she was soooooo hilarious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 oh i heard that one!! "mildred fierce". heeheeheehee! i have a radio show with greer on the charlie macarthy show and they go slumming and meet a waitress at a rastaurant and the charlie asks her if she knows who greer is, and the waitress says,"oh yeah, from that russian picture, Mrs. Minovitch?" i just had to crack up to that one! i would really looooooove to see greer on the Smothers Brothers comedy hour, but it isnt on DVD, so i cant see it yet. i also have carol and julie andrews at carnegie hall and oh my goodness! i couldnt stop laughing!! they are a great pair too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopsgirl Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I love all those episodes of Lucy y'all mentioned. I think overall though the one with William Holden at the Brown Derby is my favorite and I have that season on dvd. I loved the Carol Burnett show too. Here's a pic of her as Scarlett O'Hara. My mom saw that episode when it was new and she said she had never laughed that hard before in her life especially when Carol said "I saw it in the window and just had to have it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 I think I've seen that Carnegie Hall bit with Carol and Julie--they were cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 That episode is *hilarious* Angie! It's got to be the most famous single episode in the whole series. It was funny how the cast would periodically break eachother up during a scene. I also loved whenever Tim Conway appeared, he was hysterical. Especially as "Mr Tudball". Ha ha ha!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 One mega-star who made many appearances on television and even went for her own series several times, was Bette Davis. I found this interesting site all about her TV work (the good, the bad and the ugly): http://www.tvparty.com/movdavis.html One thing I learned, Bette has two stars on the Walk of Fame; one for her movies and one for her television work! Theresa: I noticed on that site there is a link to a clip from one of The Smothers Brothers shows! Bette, on a television special with Elizabeth Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiO Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 There were a number of memorable *I Love Lucy* episodes with movie stars appearing as themselves, but the two biggies for me were: (a) John Wayne -- with Lucy trying to get his footprints in cement, and ( Harpo Marx -- with Lucy, dressed as Harpo, recreating the faux-mirror scene from Duck Soup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 I love both of those. I read once that John Wayne said he thought Lucy was the "sexiest woman in Hollywood." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 i seem to remember seeing a clip somewhere of bette davis and elizabeth taylor. it wasnt that one, but something else that my grandmother recorded a long time ago, i havent seen it agin since, but i remember enjoying it. i saw the clip april! thanks a bunches! i love it. i also love the bill holden episode on lucy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Theresa, have you seen the episode of "The Virginian" that Greer guest-starred on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vallo13 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I remember "Burt Lancaster" selling Sprint Telephone Services in the '80's. vallo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 I remember "Burt Lancaster" selling Sprint Telephone Services in the '80's. No! I can't even imagine that. I have Sprint on my mobile and hate it with a passion. Oh, Burt! :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I saw Jean Arthur in "Gunsmoke." I don't remember much about it as it caught me completely by surprise. On the one hand something new of her to watch but on the other she was now in her 60's and, I think, playing a part that was not all that flattering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hi Chris, I never saw that one, but now with all the seasons hopefully making it to dvd eventually, I will. I know Bette Davis' turn on "Gunsmoke" was pretty rugged---I mean SHE was! I'm trying to think if Matt ever came up against a tougher enemy, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeciff Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Ida Lupino in THE TWILIGHT ZONE. The episode was "16 MM Shrine". Ida plays a former film star who watches old movies at her home and longs to return to that time, and eventually she does! Truly memorable episode directed by Mitchell Liesen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 I wish I could see that one---even more so because Mitch Leisen directed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeciff Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Its been years since I've seen the Lupino episode, but I have never forgotten it. Would love to see it again, and I'm sure its rerun when they telecast the marathon TWILIGHT ZONE'S but I always seem to miss it. Since this one and others from that classic series are now available on DVD its possible to rent or buy some of the episodes. Its unfortunate Mitch Leisen isn't remembered as well as some of the other directors of the 40's since he has worked on so many memorable films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryjmartin Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 The Went With the Wind sketch on Carol Burnett had to be one of her best sketches EVER. I'm old enough to have seen it the first time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 i know she was in "the Virginian", april, and i have looked for it everywhere, but i cant find it anywhere. it ceases to be found for me. oh no! heehee! being a drama queen is essential sometimes, especially when you cant find all the stuff you want too. heehee! i did find the christmas special she did on TV with perry como in 1979. it is about perry exploring the christmas traditions of new mexico. i love wathing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Hopefully one day all of the seasons of "The Virginian" will either make it to dvd or maybe The Western Channel will show them. I haven't seen any except the first few with Lee J. Cobb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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