‘SLOWLY I TURN’–THE LUCY RICARDO TAKE

See yesterdays post (as well as the weekend Three Stooges offering) for more info than you could possibly ever need about the classic Vaudeville sketch commonly known as ‘Niagra Falls’ but accurately titled ‘Slowly I Turn’. We’ve seen the Stooges version, we’ve witnessed Lou Costello’s interpretation and now we come to Lucille Ball’s take. This is from the first season of ‘I Love Lucy’ and the actor playing opposite her is named Frank J. Scannell. Desi can be heard laughing quite loudly in the background and the seemingly surefire old warhorse of a routine knocks ’em dead as usual. As with the Costello version this one is subject to its own variations but I’ll let you–Vaudeville connoisseurs that you clearly now have become–parse the differences for yourself.

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