Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett Sing About Chutzpah

Carol + 2 was the second of a multi-year series of variety television specials starring Carol Burnett, aired on CBS network in the United States between 1962 and 1989. The first special, Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall, was aired in 1962. It featured Burnett and Julie Andrews. 

On March 22, 1966, Carol + 2 aired, in which Carol was joined by actor Zero Mostel and comedian Lucille Ball.

In this video clip from the show, Ball and Burnett perform a song and dance routine in which they give an energetic and comprehensive definition of the word chutzpah.

Enjoy! 

 

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Throwback Thursday Comedy Showcase: Totie Fields Roasts Lucille Ball in 1975

It's another Throwback Thursday and we're turning the calendar back to 1975 when comedian Totie Fields roasted Lucille Ball on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roast.

Totie Fields was born Sophie Feldman in Hartford, Connecticut. According to Wikipedia, she started singing in Boston clubs while still in high school, taking the stage name of Totie Fields. The name "Totie" was a childhood nickname, a baby-talk pronunciation of the name "Sophie"

Fields gained fame during the 1960s and 1970s. Ed Sullivan gave Fields her first big break when he booked her on his show after seeing her perform at the Copacabana in New York. She made multiple appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Mike Douglas Show, and The Merv Griffin Show, as well as a fifth season episode of Here's Lucy starring Lucille Ball.

Here's a video clip of Totie appearing on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of Lucille Ball in 1975.

Enjoy!

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Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Harpo Marx and Lucille Ball in the Mirror Scene

The Marx Brothers were a great team in all of their movies, but each brother was a comedian in his own right. Harpo got a chance to show off his comedic talents in this sketch that he did with Lucille Ball in an episode of I Love Lucy.

This episode, originally in black and white, was colorized. It's a takeoff on the famous scene with Groucho Marx in the 1933 film Duck Soup, one of the Marx Brothers' funniest. It comes from an old vaudeville routine used by other mimes.

The premise of the episode is that Lucy promises nearsighted Carolyn Appleby she’ll meet some Hollywood celebrities. To fulfill the boast she dresses up as a few such as Clark Gable, Gary Cooper as well as Harpo Marx. The real Harpo shows up for this great mirror scene.

Harpo, born Adolph Marx in 1888, got his stage name during a card game at the Orpheum Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois. The dealer called him "Harpo" because he played the harp. He learned how to hold it properly from a picture of an angel playing a harp that he saw in a five-and-dime store.

Enjoy!

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