Lucille Ball 1970's Solitaire Commercial

I believe that this was the project Lucy chose instead of taking the Mrs. Robinson part in The Graduate. Since she was still on a regular series at the time she had only so much time for outside projects and she really believed in Solotaire so she turned down Nichols.

She was originally supposed to do a commercial for Marlboro, but then the cigarette advertising ban went into effect, and that was that.

See what they did there? They changed a letter so it went from meaning “one person” to meaning “one person”.

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Lucille did commercials for Soloflex? No wonder that her throat seemed so ripped.

R1- Was Lucy really considered for the part of Mrs. Robinson?

I know- you're going to tell me yes but Gary talked her out of it.

Why was she offered all those dramatic roles? The Manchurian Candidate? The Graduate?

Even for the commercial, you used Lucy’s “Vaseline on the lens” filter to hide her wrinkles

Being on some random list of actresses tossed around by a production team does not a role, or offer, make.

"Black Bart you are now the second best Solotaire player. Now get me a goddamn drink and a cig!"

They sell on eBay for around $15.00 (plus shipping).

I've never heard of it before.

Lucy and Lucie did a Summer's Breeze ad that was supposed to air during the Miss America pageant ("Mom, sometimes I don't feel so fresh... 'down there'"). Never aired.

This must be where Sarah Jessica Parker got the inspiration to do commercials for solitaire grand harvest!

Did Lucy also turn down the part of Helen Lawson in "Valley of the Dolls?" What a hoot it would have been for Lucy to lecture Desi Jr.'s future girlfriend about BOOZE and DOPE!

We had this game, it was really fun, and you can play it in the car....unlike Pivot Pool!

I saw Lucy in Mother Courage at the Burt Reynolds’s Theatre in Jupiter FL.

My grandmother would spend hours in the kitchen playing solitaire, that is how I could get away with watching the Late Show with Joan Rivers and the Dr. Ruth show.

I paused it at 0:22 & still can't figure out what she was trying to accomplish.

Can someone tell me what greatness she achieved there?

I see see has a bunch of Jacks but the rest is just a mess.

I’m surprised she didn’t shill backgammon sets. She loved that game.

She's trying to make a poker hand in each row and column, R18. The four jacks in the fourth column is four of a kind, she has a flush in the top row, and the ace of spades gave her a royal flush in the bottom row. I'm surprised they didn't move the 8 of diamonds on the left corner to the right corner so she'd have a straight in the fifth column. Guess they didn't want Lucy's win to be too lopsided.

R14- Was she really considered for the role of Helen Lawson?

You're going to say yes and but that Gary talked her out of it.

I wanted to hear her warble the Neil Sedaka/Carpenters song

It’s tasteless too.

And yet here we are 50+ years later watching it.

I'm actually intrigued. Is the game more enjoyable than regular solitaire?

Why was she doing commercials? She needed the money?

Did Gary gamble all her money away like all the husbands of famous actresses? Why do they never know this until years after they marry them? Nobody knows these men are grifting compulsive gamblers? They must have hidden charms.

Black Bart looks like he could throw a savage fuck.

[quote]Why was she doing commercials?

With Gary hanging around the house all day, she needed a reason to get out of the house.

R20 Thanks for the kind & thoughtful reply.

Now that you mentioned the Poker angle, it makes more sense.