Lucille Ball's Dried Up Lemons Sell For $152 on eBay

From Daily Southtown.com:

They were just some dried up lemons once owned by Lucille Ball, but Sean Lindsay was able to sell them on eBay for $152.

In Tinley Park on Thursday, the Monee resident was trying to persuade visitors to the Chicago Southland Chamber's Expo & Conference he could turn their lemons into lemonade.

An exhibitor at the 21st annual business-to-business event, Lindsay touted his home-based business, iSellYourItems, as the Southland's "first mobile eBay consignment business."

Rather than taking items to an eBay drop shop, Lindsay drives to customer's homes to pick up goods and then sells them, for a fee, on the popular online auction site. It's been his full-time job since April.

The customer with Lucy's lemons had picked them up at an estate sale. Lindsay started the bidding on eBay at 99 cents.

"They were just four little dried up lemons," he said. They sold for $152.50.

Lucy and Desi on TV in November

Lucille Ball is Turner Classic Movies' "Star of The Month" for November 2006. Tune in every Wednesday and Thursday night for a marathon of films starring or featuring Lucille Ball.

*All times listed are Eastern*

Lucille Ball on TCM:

November 1
8:00PM The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

10:00PM Forever Darling (1956)

11:45PM Too Many Girls (1940)

November 2
1:15AM I Dream Too Much (1935)

3:00AM Bunker Bean (1936)

4:15AM Chatterbox (1936)

5:30AM That Girl From Paris (1936)

7:30AM Don't Tell The Wife (1937)

8:45AM Follow The Fleet(1936)

10:45AM Top Hat (1935)

12:30PM MGM Parade Show #22

November 8
8:00PM The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)

9:30PM Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)

11:00PM A Girl, A Guy, and A Gob (1941)

November 9
12:45AM Beauty For The Asking (1939)

2:00AM Look Who's Laughing (1941)

3:30AM Easy Living (1949)

5:00AM Valley of the Sun (1942)

6:30AM Next Time I Marry (1938)

7:45AM Seven Days' Leave (1942)

9:15AM Having Wonderful Time (1938)

10:30AM Easy To Wed (1946)

12:30PM Without Love (1945)

2:30PM Joy of Living (1938)

November 15
8:00PM The Big Street (1942)

10:00PM Five Came Back (1939)

11:30PM Panama Lady (1939)

November 16
2:00AM The Marines Fly High (1940)

3:15AM Go Chase Yourself (1938)

4:45AM Two Smart People (1946)

November 22
8:00PM Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

10:00PM The Facts of Life (1960)

November 23
12:00AM Her Husband's Affairs (1947)

1:30AM You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)

2:45AM Du Barry Was A Lady (1943)

4:30AM The Magic Carpet (1951)

November 29
8:00PM Meet The People (1944)

10:00PM Stage Door (1937)

11:45PM Best Foot Forward (1943)

November 30
1:30AM The Affairs of Annabel (1938)

2:45AM Annabel Takes A Tour (1938)

4:00AM That's Right - You're Wrong (1940)

5:45AM Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

7:30AM Room Service (1938)

9:00AM Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

Even More Lucy!:
The Dark Corner (1946)
Nov 1, 5:15AM, on American Movie Classics

Don't forget!
Fridays: I Love Lucy Marathons 10:00AM-12:00PM on TV Land.
See also Women From Mars On TV Land for details on a special airing of "Lucy is Envious."

Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. on TV in November

*All times listed are Eastern*

Lucie Arnaz:
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child "Sleeping Beauty"
Nov 11, 7:00AM, on HBO Family

The Kennedy Center Presents: The 2006 Mark Twain Prize celebrating Neil Simon
Nov 20 - 9:00PM, on PBS

Desi Arnaz Jr.:
The Mambo Kings
Nov 9, 12:00PM, on HBO Signature
Nov 13, 5:45PM, on HBO Signature
Nov 17, 10:15AM, on HBO Signature

Red Sky at Morning
Nov 2, 7:00AM, on Sundance Channel
Nov 13, 9:30AM, on Sundance Channel
Nov 14, 5:45AM, on Sundance Channel

A Wedding
Nov 5, 6:05AM, on HBO Comedy
Nov 11, 1:10PM, on HBO Comedy
Nov 12, 5:15AM, on HBO Comedy
Nov 13, 7:50AM, on HBO Comedy

Lucy M.I.A. From Best of Donny & Marie DVD

DizzyArnizzy (Josh) writes:

Well, I have some disappointing/unfortunate news.

I received an early release copy of the "Donny & Marie" (Best of; Volume 1) DVD set today, and neither Lucy nor Desi are included on the set.

DizzyArnizzy also noted that Lucille Ball's name had been removed from the DVD's order page and that the set contains 3 DVDs instead of the 4 advertised. You can read DizzyArnizzy's full review (and see screencaps!) here:

http://longlivelucy.proboards51.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=lbnews&thread=1148952362&page=2

Desi's Dance Partner Still Kicking High - Corrected

**Correction - I now believe that Tronzo was on Broadway with Desi and not in the movie version of Too Many Girls. I have corrected this blog entry to reflect this.

At age 16, Key Tronzo danced alongside Desi Arnaz on Broadway in Too Many Girls. Where is Ms. Tronzo now? According to The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, she's still dancing! Tronzo stated:

"It's a happy thing to do and is good for you physically and mentally. I hope to die dancing."

Tronzo ,80, continued performing on Broadway after appearing in Too Many Girls, but returned to her home in Houston, Texas sooner than she expected because her father didn't approve of her career.

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November Reflections Contest - Entries Due Nov. 1

Kyle writes:

In an effort to revive the use of Lucys and to have a little fun, I have decided to start another competition. This competition is a reflections competition, and will happen bimonthly. Basically, there will be a topic or prompt of some sort, and if you would like to participate, you must enter a repsonse to the topic in some artistic form. The entry can be in any medium: photography, poetry, music, etc.

This month's topic is:

My Favorite Lucy Moment

All entries are due by November 1st. All you must do is post them in this thread [Official Board Competitions->November Reflections Contest]. Please feel free to comment on others' attempts, but keep it nice! You may enter more than one thing, and, if you feel it to be necessary, you may take out one of your attempts and create a new one, or just leave it out completely.

The winner will receive 1000 Lucys. All participants will receive 200. Have fun!

Lucys are the currency of The Long Live Lucy Forum. You can use them to purchase prizes in the Ye Ol' Lucy Shoppe. Good luck!

Women From Mars on TV Land

This news comes to us courtesy of misslucy (Liz). Thanks misslucy!



TV Land will be showing Lucy Is Envious as apart of a space-theme week. You can catch Lucy is Envious Monday, November 13 at 5:00 AM Eastern. In this episode Lucy and Ethel (Vivian Vance) pose as Martians and invade the Empire State Building.

Lucy is Envious will also air Saturday, November 19, during a sitcom space block that starts at 8:00 AM Eastern with Benson.

Read misslucy's post for more information.

Joan Collins on Lucille Ball

Joan Collins goes for laughs:

"People don't think good-looking women are funny," comments Collins during a telephone interview the morning after Legends! opened its North American tour in Toronto after three weeks of previews. "The only one who got away with it is Lucille Ball.

Joan Collins, 73, is best known for her role as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty.