My Fair Lucy: Revisiting “Lucy in London" (1966) with Special Guest Thomas J. Watson

About this episode

The episode explores the unconventional television special 'Lucy in London' featuring insights from guest Thomas J. Watson.

Think you know Lucy? You don't know Lucy. In this episode of "Going Hollywood" we dive into "Lucy in London" (1966), the most unconventional hour Lucille Ball ever made, and unpack how a TV icon tried to outrun her own legend at the height of the British Invasion. Today, Tony is joined by "Lucy" insider Thomas J. Watson, and we retrace the bold creative choices that stripped away the laugh track, left the studio behind, and embraced single-camera street shooting, speed-ramping, and stil...

People in this episode

Host: Tony Maietta

Guest: Thomas J. Watson

Topics covered

• Lucille Ball
• British Invasion
• television history
• single-camera shooting
• creative choices

Keywords

• Lucy in London
• Lucille Ball
• British Invasion
• television
• single-camera
• speed-ramping
• creative choices

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lucy in London

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