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Lucille Ball was a massive admired of Harpo Marx so when she eventually got to work with him on I Love Lucy, she actually infuriated him. How? Welp, Ball was not prepared for Marx’s “never the same way twice” method to his comedy procedures. When the episode required Ball to mirror his moves, she insisted on round-the-clock rehearsals to get the scene as perfect as possible. However Harpo’s reacted and said, “I’ve done this bit for 35 years, why do I need so much rehearsal?” Eventually, the scene was re-shot numerous times, well after the studio audience left, and was then pieced together by the editor Dann Cahn.
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Believe it or not but the longest audience laugh on I Love Lucy was 65 seconds long! It was during the scene where Lucy hides dozens of eggs and then dances the tango with Ricky. Which of course leads to her blouse getting filled with runny yolks. And this lead to the audience roaring with laughter for so long that it had to be edited! Additionally, neither Ball nor Vance used eggs during rehearsals so their onscreen reactions were as genuine as it gets.
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