Ethel Loves Lucy - Vivian Vance salutes Lucille Ball - 1976
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- Vivian Vance from the television special “CBS SALUTES LUCY - THE FIRST 25 YEARS”.
Aired: November 1976, CBS
This tv special is available on DVD.
Produced by Gary Morton (husband of Lucille Ball)
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I remember hearing how Lucy went to see Vivian while she was dying. So happy to see they remained friends.
When they saw each other, they both just cried. I heard the same thing.
They were VERY good friends. Vivian's husband Philip Ober (he played Dore Schary on one of the I Love Lucy episodes when they are in Hollywood) was very abusive. It was Lucy who not only got her to see the abuse and convinced her to leave him, but paid for all of Vivian's therapy sessions as well.
I can't believe they were such good friends all those years.... I miss them
@Lance Lanny It sure looks like it may have been.
Really? God thats so sad but awesome
I love Vivian more then any other TV personality and I love lucy will always be my favorite show
You can't beat black and white
The stuff on TV is garbage
Vivian deserved a salute/tribute of her own. She was excellent
Absolutely.
I just loved Vivian. She seemed so comfortable in her own skin. Great lady!
Actually she wasn't. She had a lot of issues including depression and an abusive husband. She was in therapy for a long time. Lucy paid all of her therapists bills because they were such good friends.
@@retroguy9494 Correct. But she came across that way. I loved her demeanor.
Seems to me Vivian was comfortable in her own skin. She had class an style
@@oceanlover3530 I agree and understand exactly what you mean.
Sadly it was only a year later that she had her tragic stroke leading up to her untimely death in 1979 at the age of 70. She looks so vibrant and beautiful here. We miss you Vivian.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1973 and died from that in 1979.
Metastatic cancer puts a strain on the heart, which increase the risks for strokes.
Pretty sure her stroke was related to her metastatic breast cancer.
Vivian Vance was absolutely one of the best second bananas ever! And I mean that in a loving way!! The only one of Lucy's series that didn't make it, was the one that didn't have V.V. in it!!!
@Avery Pedro 👌
Life with Lucy (1986) flopped during the first season
@@mainecoon6514...during its only season.
Lucy and Ethel were the best. They are so funny after all of these years
@@erikkahoooper2649 They're a big slice of Americana!👩🦰👱♀️
From things I have read, Lucy never got over losing Viv in August 1979. In interviews over the next 10 years whenever Viv’s name came up Lucy became emotional and you could see the pain in her face.
I'm a huge Vivian Vance fan. When I was in Sa Feancisco, I drove to Belvedere across the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County. Vivian lived Beach Rd right on San Francisco Bay. The house stilI looks the same. I tossed a dozen yellow roses into San Francisco Bay remembering her. It was very moving. Her ashes were scattered there. Belvedere is a beautiful part of Marin County. I loved Vivian Vance. I know she's up there dancing with the angels reunited with Lucy. The brilliant talent of Lucille Ball & Vivian Vance could never be topped today.
I am a huge fan of Vivian's as well. She was unique and her comic delivery was impeccable. She had an inner warmth which cannot be "faked"; something Lucille did NOT have.
@@scotnick59
Lucy was...
What a nice tribute to Viv with the yellow roses. Robin Williams was also scattered in the San Francisco Bay...
The best female comedy connection to ever hit television. May they both rest in peace their show was way before my time but I grew up watching it and I still do.
I LOVE LUCY IS STILL FUNNY TODAY, ALMOST 70 YEARS LATER. INCREDIBLE!
Vivian is like the beloved aunt you never got to meet.
An irreplaceable jewel. RIP dear Vivian Vance.
Miss all four them!
After almost 70 years I still Love Lucy (& Vivian too)!! 💘💘💘
We missed you a lot Viv!! ❤️❤️❤️ Lots of love from your biggest fan in Malaysia 🇲🇾
I don't think she's able to read your message these days.
Thanks for this video! My favorite show to this day. They don't make TV like that anymore :(
i know right! i’m 14 years old and have watched mostly black and white or before the 2000s. i love lucy, the lucy show, here’s lucy, golden girls, andy griffith show, green acres, and the brady bunch are some of my favorites.
Has been my fav show too since I can remember. It will always be ❤️
Same here!!! I'm addicted to I love Lucy!!🙏❤👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@@minivegana6516 I Love Lucy will always be Lucy's best. That show was one of a kind.
@@mainecoon6514 TOTALLY AGREE!!!🙏❤
These women were such a huge part of my childhood. Two giants in television royalty ❤
lucy was the epitome of comedy. when we lost lucy and vivian we lost 2 great legends of humor
Lucy and Viv are two of the funniest comedians ever. They live on in I love Lucy and the Lucy show.
The candy packing on a conveyor belt job episode with Lucy and Ethel was pure genius. Thanks to that old TV show for being an important part of my life.
'Job Switching' is probably my favorite episode too. Pure genius as you stated, Fred.
How is it that I miss her but never met her. 🥺❤️
I feel that way, too!! That happens to me sometimes with other people, too, like historical figures I admire or even fictional characters I've loved. I have never encountered anyone else who has had that experience of missing someone they've never met!
Loved this show!!! Lucy and Ethel were the perfect comedy team! They were so in sync with each other!!💝
Vivan Vance was a great straight to Lucy. I find some of her response to situations that Lucy got her into like the shower episode. She was hilarious in that with her dry sense of humor. Both ladies were legends never be another pair of comdians like them again. Rip Lucy and vivan
Gosh...how beautiful that they were such good friends on the show and in real life.
And a little under 3 years later brain cancer would claim her. What a tragic loss.
Wikipedia says she died of bone cancer which was secondary to breast cancer
E K you honestly can’t trust Wikipedia
@@BecauseHeLives39 it was bone cancer though..
Barbara Paschali yea I know, but I wouldn’t trust Wikipedia on everything. Tho this one was true
@@BecauseHeLives39 yeah i don't trust wikipedia either. I read it in an article
I love her and Lucy. Great contribution to this world. Many hours of laughs.
Vivian Vance aged well. She seems like a nice lady.
The good ole days... When people reminisced about how wonderful it was to work together (regardless of whether it was true or not).
Scandals and hatred were swept under the rug, and kept there. People wouldn't bad mouth others particularly in public.
However, is that lying?
There's some sort of distinction there but I'm not sure what it is. Maybe it's respect, maybe it's because they don't want the person to say negative things about them.
You know, there is ALWAYS a backstory. Lucy was old school Hollywood and went by the rule that you never have anyone on the set prettier or better looking than you. At first, when Desi first hired Vivian, Lucy was jealous of her looks. But once Lucy realized that Viv would never upstage her, they became VERY good friends in real life.
Hatred is a pretty strong word. And what scandals? I don't think they ever hated each other. Lucy was threatened by her at first, but they got past that. They got past EVERYTHING that came between them & were together just days before Viv died. Isn't THAT what matters? Desi was a womanizer & alcoholic & Lucy realized they couldn't stay married, but they always cared about each other & remained close. They were all just flawed human beings,- some more flawed than others or having different flaws,- who also had good qualities.
Isn't forgiveness a good quality? Except in the case of actual physical or emotional abuse, it seems like the deepest relationships almost always involve forgiveness. Lucy didn't abuse Viv. In fact, when Viv WAS in an abusive relationship with one of her husbands, Lucy told Viv she needed to leave him & Viv eventually did. They went through a lot together, including their divorces. It's quite a pronouncement to speak of, "scandals & hatred" being "swept under the rug", as if you were there & witnessed it all.
Also, people were way more polite at that time, esp. compared to now, where we have girls dropping the F bomb regularly. When I was a kid, only the crudest of men, like sailers or prisoner, used that word. Now everyone uses it.
This will always be one of my favorite shows! And listening to vivian Vance talk bout the show and all is really sweet, love that they co starred in lucy show 2, they worked awsome together loved both shows
The "I Love Lucy Show" was a gem for it's time. However, after the show disbanded, the magic left as well. Never again, were any of the Actors in the show ever to reproduce the magic of the original show. This occurs often in Hollywood.
I agree. The Lucy Show was a notch below I Love Lucy. Here's Lucy was another notch below The Lucy Show. Life With Lucy simply should not have been made.
I agree completely! Well said!@@Lava1964
That shower scene was the funniest non “I Love Lucy” episode. I always remembered that one, my favorite Lucy is “Hollywood at Last”. After seeing these episodes countless times since I was probably 4, they still make me laugh.
I wasn’t born in the 20th century, but I can’t fathom that the “I Love Lucy” show is over 60 years old. It’s crazy!
Viv & Lucy were two of a kind.
In October of this year it will have been 70 years since it first aired.
@@timcarr6401 I know! It’s crazy. I wasn’t alive back then, but I grew up watching the reruns when I was a little kid ( I’m 19 now)
@@Reed___ Well, I WAS born in the 20th century. Right around the time things started to change in America and not for the better at that. When I was born, The Lucy Show was still on in first run episodes. So what does that tell you that after 70 and 60 years respectively I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show still work with today's younger audiences like yourself?
There's nobody in TV history ever got into so much madness than these two
Vivian Vance could, act, sing, play the piano, and more, she had multiple talents. She was an asset to the success of all the shows she did with phenomenal Lucille Ball. I just love watching these two amazing actresses performing. Their chemistry as best friends was top notch. I'm so thankful that we can watch the magic of these two awesome ladies, thanks to uploads on "You Tube..
I always loved that episode of The Lucy Show when Lucy bought a boat and it started leaking water. Vivian got the only life jacket.
Lucy: What am I supposed to do?
Viv: You're the captain! You're supposed to go down with the ship!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
VV was my 2nd favorite actress right after LB! What a great team together on top of them being best friends in real life ❤️❤️❤️
I always think that Viv was funnier than Lucy.*** Thank you for sharing this video.
Both were awesome ! They complimented one another !!!
Oh dear God it hurts that these legends are no longer with us. I wish life didn’t end so we could all still have these wonderful people around. 😢😢❤❤
My favorite episode of all time was Oil Wells!!! Funny, funny, funny! The comic timing on that show! Thank you,
Vivian is a favorite of mine.
just as funny and talented and beautiful as Lucille Ball
She looked great right up til her passing.
She did! 🙂
What did you think of her as a person? What did you think about as you watched this video?
@@Michelle-pn9xt i thought she was a great person and i thought she was great in this video....all around great.
I doubt that. By the time she was in hospice, I'm sure she looked pretty bad. I can't imagine how difficult that last visit was for them. People in the house gave them privacy & said they could hear laughter coming from the room at first as they reminisced, and later, sobbing. My God, I cry just thinking about it.
Wow.Didnt know this existed..Before she passed away .Both and whole cast were magical.Perfect chemistry..I miss them all.I wish we could Thank them and let them know how much there talents are appreciated.Thank you I love Lucy Cast..2019 i got to visit Jamestown and Lucy's Grave.Closest i can get
My favorite duo of all times!!
Vivian was so beautiful.
Odd to begin as she was pouring coffee....wonder if it was a nod to the coffee commercials she had done years earlier.
That's what I assumed
I was thinking the same thing! It was a cute nod.
It wasn't coffee. It was water. Look closely and you can see it.
@@retroguy9494 Vivian's commercials were for Maxwell House Instant Coffee so the nod recognizes that she'd be pouring hot water into a cup that contains the instant coffee (though that may not have been in there).
@@chrisparker7256 Gotcha! And yes. I remember those commercials. Even more, I remember Margaret Hamilton's (the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz) commercials for Maxwell House coffee as well!
She was my favorite ❤️
Mine too!
Lovely Viv
I spent some time with Vivian Vance when she lived in Marin County. She was a delight. I feel privleged to have know her, even a litttle bit.
Vivian Vance was such a good actress her and Lucille were equally matched.. one of favorite scenes women from mars! Another was lucy and Ethel busting in from knocking over a gas station the two had the mannerisms down to a tee.. when Ethel goes to shake the psychiatrist hand she was wearing some brass knuckles and her facial mannerisms was absolutely priceless.. one thing about the show was Desi and Bill Frawley were both pisces and Lucy and Vivian were both Leo's the show will still be popular when it celebrates its one hundredths anniversary
Leos. It's plural, not possessive, so there's no apostrophe. You aren't talking about Leo's phone or job or feelings or kids. You are talking about 2 Leos.
I would have preferred hearing from Vivian. I have already seen the episodes.
I know, I wonder if there’s more footage of this. She’s spoken elsewhere but we needed more of her here.
I think this was the time when Viv was ill and the outcome was not going to be good. Mary Wicks, Lucy's friend, drove her to San Francisco to see Viv. They had a great time and nothing was said about Vivian's illness. As Mary was driving down the driveway from Viv's house she looked over at Lucy and saw she was compleyely demolished, knowing it would be the last time she would see Viv.
Can you BLAME Lucy? There were VERY close friends in real life. My guess is that is WHY Lucy had Mary Wickes drive her. Lucy probably knew she would be too upset to drive back and wanted a friend for moral support.
~These two still make me laugh just being together cause I know whats next.....❤
A great Vance Vance.I love her
I loved them both. RIP Lucy and Vivian.
Loved her
Some of the greatest shows
So much fun . So good clean fun
I love them both so much!
The Lucy show wasnt the same after she left. Kind of went down hill
I wouldn't exactly say downhill. The show changed its format to include a lot of guest stars in the episodes because Lucy Carmichael was then living in Los Angeles. But there was definitely something missing. And that something was Viv.
@@retroguy9494 exactly definitely not downhill LOL
@@anamarier4791 👍😃
She eventually got Mary Jane to fill the gap left by Viv, but before that had Joan Blondell at least in a few episodes. I'm not sure what happened but apparently Joan had upset Lucy somehow and she yelled (at Joan) in front of the studio audience, ending that 'experiment' for a fill in. It's too bad because Joan was really good. It's also a little shocking when you realize Joan Blondell was a very big star also.
@@robmcgowan4034 For Lucy, no one could replace Viv. She may have sabotaged having Blondell as a substitute. Honestly, I'd never even HEARD of Blondell until recently, while binging on The Lucy Show eps here on YT. So she wasn't THAT big of a star! Who was she?
I loved to watched them
I would laugh so hard. What I thought was the good ol days. When America had it’s issues but nothing like the America of 2020. When TV was good and not 24 hours a day news
Great video! Thank you!
❤best show ever❤
Now they are together laughing and enjoying each other’s company ❤
An outstanding actress and friend to Lucille Ball.
Lucille ball said she cried like a baby when Vivian Vance died.
Was her acting ability tied to her friendship with Lucille Ball?
Lucy and Vivian made the greatest team in comedy.
We are still lucky, to watch
I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show,
Here’s Lucy.
We are lucky to see Vivian in many episodes.❤
I don’t think people realize just how nimble and lightning fast Lucy’s hands were. She’s plucking up each chocolate whizzing by her, barely missing one.
The fact that no pair of human beings could possibly wrap every piece of candy coming down the conveyor belt at that speed does not take away from the comedic brilliance of that scene.
Vivian Vance was an amazing and awesome actress. ❤❤❤
R.I.P 1979 😇 🦋 🕊 🕊 🕊 ❤ 🪽
My favorite candy wrapping still makes me laugh!!!
Ricky and Fred were a hoot as housewives
I WAS 4 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS VIDEO WAS MADE, AND 6 WHEN VIVIAN DIED IN 1979. SO SAD 😞❤️❤️
Me too! I was born in Nov. of '72.
@@crmay72 November 72 also?? What day?? I was born in the 8th.
@@Carlsjennifer The 2nd so I am six days older than you! We will be "over the hill" later this year, ha ha ha! ;)
@@crmay72 😊😊
@@crmay72 I still feel like I’m 25 years old 👍😊
Should have an emergency exit? I doubt emergency like this ever crops up! Lol 😂 🌊👯🌊🚿
I remember her finding a lottery ticket and found herself in a starch laundry to get it
LOL. These two ladies were a pair. I don't think we will see the likes of them again.
Vance could have had a great career regardless. She could have had countless roles on television, movies or the stage. In essence she is the quintessential character actress.
lol Viv promoting her maxwell house at the beginning there
Oh, good catch! I thought it was weird that they'd show her sipping a beverage before she addresses the camera.
She was definitely channeling Ethel May Potter !
Vivian Vance and Lucy Will always make me laugh, the first 2 seasons of The Lucy Shwo were my favorites cause Vivian Was in it
Mine too! I mean, Gale Gordon was funny too. But there was just something missing when Lucy moved from Danfield to Los Angeles in the show. And that something was Viv.
@@retroguy9494 it lost a lot when Viv left..
@@lisagialucci2296 Indeed it did.
I liked Vivian Vance being on The Lucy Show too. They were like Lucy and Ethel all over again.
@@deannaroberson8012 I stopped watching after vivian left
Vivian deserved better.
Vivan Vance was the best partner in crime in tv history!!❤
I grew up never seeing the actors off the show years after the show ended this is the first time I’ve actually seen what at least one of them looks like in color lol all my memories of them are in black and white lol
Lol lol the greatest scene lol and Lucy in the grape barrel making wine lol lol
Do you know she almost died making that scene? They used a real Italian vineyard employee and not an actress. She was given instructions on how to let let Lucy up from time to time so the camera could see her. But instead, she got angry and held Lucy's head under the grapes (which were real) and wouldn't let her up. That fighting you see in the scene is real. Lucy insisted it be left in BECAUSE it was so real.
RIP 😂Beautiful Vivian ❤
What Stan and Ollie were to movies, Lucy and Viv were to television.
Queen of the Gypsys was the friggin best
I'm saddened to find out Vivian died the day I was born
Lucy and Viv= comedic genius!
Fun fact she is my great grandads cousin.
Wish had a friendship like theirs
One of her final appearances
What was Lucy without Ethel nobody? Viv was one of a kind
rick nineg did a very good video about Lucille in that shower seen! She almost drowned! Go check it out. I don't know him at all but he has done good videos About I Love Lucy
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Loved yall
Guessing Vivian woulda been more fun to have lunch with than Lucille.
My biggest crush
Lucy had a lot of respect for Viv because they all started out together. However, in later years, Lucy was insistent on affirming her control over Viv, calling her a "fat cow" - although I think Viv answered her back (which no one else dared to do). This lookback by Viv was in 1976, but only a few years later she suffered a stroke. Nevertheless, she made an appearance in a show "Lucy Calls The President" where Lucy ends up talking with POTUS Jimmy Carter's mother. Viv's paralysis from the stroke was quite evident: she only appeared in a scene where she and Lucy talked on the phone.
Vivian Vance did more than just appear in the scene where Lucy talked to Jimmy Carter's mother on the phone. She had a big part and was very much in the show "Lucy Calls the President."
@@crmay72 Okay. But I do remember one side of her face showing the effects of the stroke. How many speaking lines did she have?
@@rcruz4510 I don't know about that but she was in quite a few scenes throughout the whole show. She was a major co-star. I agree that when you watch her, you can tell something is different. If I can find the link, I'll send it to you. Viv was so talented!
@@crmay72 I watched some of it. Viv keeps the right side of her face away from the camera. When the right side of her face is in view, you can tell there's some sort of paralysis.
Queen of the gypsies was hilarious
I loved Lucy and Vivian they were a great team in both series. Viv left the Lucy show cause she was mad at Lucy. But they made up years later before Viv passed away
They weren't estranged for that long!! The Dinah Shore Show brought on Viv to surprise Lucy 2 years before Viv was diagnosed with bone cancer. They were affectionate & so happy to see each other. Then Viv tells a story that made it sound like they got together regularly. You make it sound like they didn't make up until Lucy went to visit Viv just days before she died!
Vivian was tired of commuting to do The Lucy Show & was finally in a happy marriage (after 3 failed marriages, one of which was abusive) & wanted to spend time with her husband.
Regarding any conflict between them re The Lucy Show, the only person alive that I trust to know the truth is Lucy Arnez. I wish I could ask her to clarify exactly what happened.
I heard that Viv wanted to direct some episodes. IDK if that's true. It would be remarkable if it was because there just weren't any women directors in television in those days. I also heard that Lucy got some bad advice regarding Viv's desire for more creative control.
Friends fight. Their relationship was quite complex because not only were they best friends, but Lucy was Viv's boss, her co-worker, & her scene partner. Those are 4 roles that are sometimes going to come in conflict with each other no matter who the people are. Maybe Viv wasn't so much mad as she was frustrated & hurt.
Perhaps you are right, but that's news to me. From what I gather, the was no ill feeling. Vivian Vance lived on the east coast and was simply tired of the trans-continental flights she had to make to play Vivian Bagley on the Lucy Show.
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At 3:16 you can hear Lucy say Viv 😅
Actually, Vivian Vance was named "Viv" on the show.
Between 3:15 and 3:20, Lucy says, "Oh Viv!" Made me laugh!
That was her character's name Vivian Bagley in "the Lucy Show"
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