Babalou! Desi's famous Number

Babalu
Babalu
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu
Jungle drums were madly beating,
In the glare of eerie lights;
While the natives kept repeating
Ancient jungle rites.
All at once the dusky warriors began to
Raise their arms to skies above
And a native then stepped forward to chant to his Voodoo Godess of love.
Ah!

CHORUS
Great Babalu!
I'm so lost and forsaken.
Ah, great Babalu!
Bring back the love you've taken.
You can restore all the dreams that once were mine
If only you'll use some mystic sign.
Ah! Great Babalu!
Bring her back to me.
Ah!

2nd VERSE (CONCLUSION)
[Repeated 10 times:]

Babalu a ye!

Do you remember Frank Nelson?

Frank Nelson was a very a familiar friend to us o n the I Love Lucy show, playing a multitude of parts from Freddy Filmore, to a disgruntled waiter and a Hollywood agent to Ralph Ramsey. Whatever part he played we loved his famous voice and the way he played his part with the cast. He also was a regular on the Jack Benny show who was also a friend of Lucy's. We remember him fondly and his wonderful contributions to our favorite show.

A Funny Ethel and Fred Quote

Have you ever met a man that did not just LOVE Fred Mertz and think he was hilarious? Well, I haven't. Women think his mean quips at Ethel are horrible, mostly directed at her weight. Poor Ethel wasn't even fat! Anyway, as a salute to the character that most likely spawned the Married With Children character "Al Bundy", I thought I'd put some famous Fred and Ethel retorts here every now and then.

Ethel : Imagine me meeting a Queen face to face, I'm scared!
Fred : You're scared? Think of the Queen!

Ethel : Gee, this high altitude sure gives me an appetite.
Fred : What's your excuse at sea level?

Ethel : If I let my hair go like that you'd never let me hear the end of it.
Fred : Honeybunch, if the rest of you looked like that I wouldn't care if you were bald!

Do You Remember Teensy and Weensy?

You know them as Teensy and Weeny but their real names are Roz & Marilyn Borden, the Borden Twins(no relation to Lizzie!). These lovable girls are well known for their appearance on I Love Lucy in 955, Episode Number 112, entitled "Tennessee Bound," with their now famous song and dance number, "Ricochet Romance". The girls actually recreated this scene at the 50th Anniversary of the Lucy Reunion.
Amazingly, the twins started their show business careers at the young age of three, singing on Uncle Ed's Children's Hour,a radio show that came out of Connecticut that was hosted by Ed Begley, Sr.
The first national TV show was in 1952 with Spike Jones and his band. They became so popular, they also appeared on several Colgate Comedy Hour shows and the Ed Wynn Show, where they first met their idol, Lucille Ball. In the 1950s they began a 7-year association with Jimmy Durante, where they appeared on quite a few of his TV shows and traveling with his nightclub act. In the early 1960s, the twins changed their stage name to "Hotsy and Totsy" -- the and in the 1980s they traveled with Bob Newhart as part of his nightclub act.
As the got older, their popularity actually grew and their TV appearances included Maude, Rhoda, The Ropers, CHIPS, The Phil Silvers Show,and Out of This World.
For me, no matter what else you can say these girls did, I will always remember them as Teensy and Weensy, square dancing and singing with the gang and Ernie Ford. Those were fond memories and the good old days!

Lucy-Desi Festival Days

Just a note of things to come. The annual Luci-Desi Festival will be taking place in Jamestown, New York this year on Friday May 22 through Sunday May 24, 2009.

Most details are still unavailable about this years festival, but my family and I are going. This festival is so amazing, in order to get a room we had to book it last August! Anyway, I will keep you posted and will be sure to give a full report of the great fun going on that weekend!

Goodbye TV land, Hello Hallmark Channel

It took me a long time to admit it, I thought they were just shuffling their schedule, but I can't deny it any more. TV land has dropped I Love Lucy from their schedule. The good news (for you I hope, but not for me. We only have the basic, basic cable) is that the Hallmark Channel has picked I Love Lucy up.
Hallmark is running the show at 2:00am, 8:00am and 8:30am Monday through Friday, but check their website to be sure of the time in your area.

I hope TV land changes their mind and gets this new rotation squared away....or put away and gets back to basics. I for one, can do without High School Reunion and some of the other newer shows that seem out of place on TV land. To quote Collin Quinn, "that's my story and I'm sticking to it". Anyone have an opinion on this?

All about Mrs. Trumble

It was in season 3 when character actress Elizabeth Patterson made her first appearance as the Ricardo's' neighbor and often time babysitter Mrs. Trumble. She became a well loved, and often appearing visiter to the Ricardo's home often offering her help so Lucy could be free to work up her crazy plans with Ethel.

Mrs. Trumble remained on the show until Season 5, where the last episode she was shown in was the Bon Voyage episode where Lucy misses the boat to Europe and has to be flown over it on the helicopter (episode 13). Well, that was her last visit on the show, but did you know (of course you did!) that her first time on the show was not as Mrs, Trumble but as Mrs. Willoughby, the wife of the Greenwich, Connecticut justice of the peace who re-marries Ricky and Lucy after she finds an error on their marriage license? I guess Lucy and Ricky liked her so much they made a recurring role for her. Here's some more info on our favorite little old neighbor.

Elizabeth Patterson was born on November 22, 1875, the daughter of a Confederate soldier in Hardin County Tennessee. Even as a young girl, all Elizabeth wanted to do was have a career on the stage but her parents strongly disapproved so they sent her to France hoping she would find something to otherwise occupy her thinking. After a few times taking in some plays and the

comedie Francaise, Elizabeth was more sure than ever of what she wanted. Upon her return home she used a small inheritance to move to Chicago where she joined a theatrical troupe to learn her craft.

Her first big break came in 1913 in the form of her first Broadway role in the show Everyman. In 1926, at the age of 51, Patterson was cast in her first movie, The Boy Friend. Other movie credits include A Bill of Divorcement, Tarnished Lady, Dinner at Eight, High, Wide and Handsome, Intruder in the Dust, Little Women, My Sister Eilene, and Pal Joey with Frank Sinatra later in her career.

Elizabeth Patterson never married. She lived to the age of 90, dying from complications of pneumonia in Los Angeles. She is buried in her home town of Savannah Tennessee