Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aah, THAT Lucy. No way I grew up watching that show. Well maybe a bit. Xena would kick her butt. Cheers Hoppy I have been clearly misinformed. I throught that the sun never set on reruns of "I Love Lucy." For a number of years "I Love Lucy" was the most popular comedy show on US television. I saw endless reruns on British TV. This was a classic episode of the show that aired two decades ago. For the uninitiated, Vegameatavitamin was the name of a patent medicine that Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) was expected to hawk on her tryout as a TV spokesperson She was required to take a swig from the bottle then deliver a short spiel in praise of the product. Because of a number of minor errors, a lot of retakes were required. Since Vegameatavitamin allegedly contained over 50% alcohol, the results were predictable (and hilarious). So now you know a bit of American television folklore. Sounds like Vegamite and Vegameatavitamin come out of the same patent medicine factory. Larry Z _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information