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A Love Most Enduring

It might be hard to imagine for ‘Lucy’ buffs, even though she herself said this in interviews: Lucille Ball was not ‘naturally funny.’

Lucille Ball, New York Sunday News, April 1944. Via Wikimedia Commons
WILL FRIEDWALD
WILL FRIEDWALD

Not even a pandemic could overshadow the 70th anniversary of the funniest show ever on TV. 

Since October, there have been at least three official opportunities to love everybody’s favorite redhead, Lucille Ball.

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WILL FRIEDWALD
WILL FRIEDWALD

Mr. Friedwald writes about music and popular culture for The New York Sun and other publications. The host of the radio show ‘Sing! Sing! Sing!’ on San Diego KSDS on Saturday mornings, he also is the author of 10 books. He has written more than 600 liner notes for compact discs, received 11 Grammy nominations, and appears frequently on television and in documentaries.

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