Choco-holic
Even if you’ve never watched an episode of I Love Lucy a day in your life, you’re probably familiar with the scene showing Lucy and Ethel stuffing their faces and clothes with chocolate as they attempt to keep up with a quick conveyor belt. Well the Candy Lady in the scene was a real life dipper! The stage manager, Herb Browar, saw her working at See’s Candies on Santa Monica Boulevard and believed she’d be perfect for the show. Why? Well, Amanda Milligan’s deadpan expression was the perfect platform for Lucille to react to! In fact, when a break during filming came about, Lucille asked Milligan “So, how do you like working in show business?” To which an unsmiling Milligan, who’d spent some eight hours per day for 30 years putting swirls on chocolates, replied, “I’ve never been so bored in my life.”
Choco Holic
A Fan Favorite
From one fan favorite to another, although in this case, Lucille Ball was way too stressed to even appreciate the humor in what came to be one her most popular episodes. During filming of the episode “Lucy Does a TV Commercial”, she was incredibly worried she would mess her lines up! Come on, imagine saying “Vitameatavegamin” over and over. While Ball is a talented comedian, she is not an improviser, which is exactly why she had the script supervisor Maury Thompson create and place cue cards on set. Only when “Lucy Does a TV Commercial” was voted the best in viewer polls did Ball even acknowledged that it actually was a funny episode.
A Fan Favorite
