Lucille Ball Turns 101 Years Old Today- August 6th... Post Apocalyptic Bohemians Love Lucy

“Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights & privileges of free people & who would preserve what is good & fruitful in our national heritage.”

Girl Talk

Lucille Ball in the I Love Lucy episode "The Moustache" (originally aired March 17, 1952)

"When I worked with Katharine Hepburn, decades ago, I was terrified of her -- that voice, her jaw, the whole package. I'm still scared of her!" - Lucille Ball

Katharine Hepburn in Sylvia Scarlett (1935, RKO)

Someone Please Revive Jerry Herman

Lucy is Mame-ing another of his scores, and croaking out an audition of "I Won't Send Roses."

100

"It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy."
Lucille Ball

Goodness Geisha

Rosalind Russell in A Majority of One (1961, Warner Bros.)

Shirley MacLaine in My Geisha (1962, Paramount)

Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in "The Ricardos Go to Japan" from The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959)

Blonde Alley

Skirts Ahoy

Remember, Girls:

When attempting a drastically new hairdo...



...there's always an element of risk involved.

They Walk Among Us

We're Back...

...with a challenge for you! Meet our Divine Dozen:

These broads -- and we use that term with the utmost respect and affection -- are the most frequently-posted on SSUWAT. But only one, by way of your votes, can be named Queen of the Lot. Tell us who should wear the crown, and why. We can't wait to hear from you, darlings -- and, needless to say: we've missed you.

We'd Like to Propose a Toast

"She was drunk. She showed up at ten o'clock in the morning for the first read-through, and she was bombed. She was drinking straight vodka from this silver flask, and she was drinking it in front of the kids. She was saying all the words, but it was like she was a robot. About lunchtime, Joan passed out cold, and that did it. As soon as she woke up, I fired her." - Lucille Ball on Joan Crawford

Dark Ladies

"And people have the nerve to call me a bitch...!" - Joan Crawford on Lucille Ball

Girlfriends

"If this show's a success then I'm going to learn to love that bitch." - Vivian Vance on Lucille Ball

The Many Faces of Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

Patricia Neal

Alexis Smith

Lucille Ball

Alexis Smith

Joan Crawford

Alexis Smith

Liza Minnelli

The Happening

We can only dream that Lucy croaked out "Love Child."