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marble falls

(64,816 posts) Sat Apr 19, 2025, 09:14 AM Saturday

Lucille Ball - Jitterbug Bite

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Lucille Ball - Jitterbug Bite (Original Post) marble falls Saturday OP

Beautiful, talented and hilarious, what a gem. Emile Saturday #1

OMG, how awesome is this! Lucille Ball was a true national treasure - so inventive, funny, beautiful & wonderful! lark Saturday #2

It's hard to think of any other person who went from the chorus to the top in three or four genres ... marble falls Sunday #4

Neat SuzyandPuffpuff Saturday #3

These are the days, too. We're creating someone else's nostalgia right now. marble falls Sunday #5

Emile

(34,155 posts)

1. Beautiful, talented and hilarious, what a gem.

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Sat Apr 19, 2025, 09:36 AM

Saturday

lark

(24,921 posts)

2. OMG, how awesome is this! Lucille Ball was a true national treasure - so inventive, funny, beautiful & wonderful!

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Sat Apr 19, 2025, 10:17 AM

Saturday

We were truly blessed to have her pioneering tv production efforts and awesome performances and delicious comedy. I knew she was a dancer first, but never saw her dance until this clip. I LOVE it!!! Thank you so much for sharing this beauty!!!

marble falls

(64,816 posts)

4. It's hard to think of any other person who went from the chorus to the top in three or four genres ...

Reply to lark (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 08:32 AM

Sunday

... and actually was quite successful in all of them. She knew when it was time to make a shift. And she was able to stay accessible to the public. She managed to have "seen it all", succeed against the tide and times, toughened without seeming hardened. A genuine one of a kind.

SuzyandPuffpuff

(110 posts)

3. Neat

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Sat Apr 19, 2025, 10:17 AM

Saturday

Those were the days

marble falls

(64,816 posts)

5. These are the days, too. We're creating someone else's nostalgia right now.

Reply to SuzyandPuffpuff (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 08:37 AM

Sunday

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