William Holden who co-starred with Lucille Ball in Miss Grant Takes Richmond in 1949 got to be a guest star on I Love Lucy five years later as the Ricardos took that celebrated trip to Hollywood where several film stars appeared as themselves. The one common thread was every time Lucy met a film star, something hilarious happened.
In the case of William Holden, Lucy had to go to that celebrated Hollywood eatery The Brown Derby which sadly is no longer there. You would think that being married to an orchestra leader like Ricky Ricardo would give her some kind of immunization from bad behavior toward celebrities. But that was some of the charm. Improbable though it is Lucy behaved like any other star struck film fan and the TV audience loved it.
When she saw Holden just trying to have a meal there, she goes ballistic in the end resulting in Holden getting a pie dumped in his face by a traveling waiter. It was the highlight of the episode though it came in the middle of the story.
Later on when Desi Arnaz brings Holden to their hotel room, Lucy puts on a Groucho Marx type glasses and mustache disguise in a vain attempt to avoid another scene with the film star she caused such an embarrassment to.
As for Holden I'm sure he loved the comic respite from his roles on film. He took the pie like a true Mack Sennett comic.
In the case of William Holden, Lucy had to go to that celebrated Hollywood eatery The Brown Derby which sadly is no longer there. You would think that being married to an orchestra leader like Ricky Ricardo would give her some kind of immunization from bad behavior toward celebrities. But that was some of the charm. Improbable though it is Lucy behaved like any other star struck film fan and the TV audience loved it.
When she saw Holden just trying to have a meal there, she goes ballistic in the end resulting in Holden getting a pie dumped in his face by a traveling waiter. It was the highlight of the episode though it came in the middle of the story.
Later on when Desi Arnaz brings Holden to their hotel room, Lucy puts on a Groucho Marx type glasses and mustache disguise in a vain attempt to avoid another scene with the film star she caused such an embarrassment to.
As for Holden I'm sure he loved the comic respite from his roles on film. He took the pie like a true Mack Sennett comic.