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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 400152" data-attributes="member: 5079">When the Burton diaries were published in the 80s, Lucy&#039;s family had tried to keep the book from her; they had heard that Richard raked her across the coals.&nbsp; Lucy got her hands on the book and was allegedly quite hurt, not really understanding why Burton disliked working with her.Every star Lucy clashed with on her show was someone who didn&#039;t live up to her (probably unrealistic) expectation of professionalism.&nbsp;&nbsp; They were either inebriated (Bankhead, Crawford) or not up to the rigors of producing a show in 4 days.&nbsp; The later seemed to be the case with Dick; and maybe Liz too.&nbsp; Compared to the leisurely pace of movie filming or lengthy Broadway rehearsals, Lucy&#039;s show was produced quickly and she expected fast results.&nbsp; It&#039;s a safe assumption Liz &amp; Dick agreed to do the show because they thought it would be a romp.&nbsp; But Lucy didn&#039;t run her show like Dean Martin, where celebrities could have a few drinks and read off queue cards.&nbsp; When Burton was giving a mumbly, lazy performance in rehearsals, Lucy &#039;coached&#039; him and probably none to tactfully.&nbsp; That&#039;s apparently what triggered Burton&#039;s resentful recollection in his journal.In 1976, Burton appeared on a TV special testimonial to Lucy, so he apparently didn&#039;t hate her that much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 400152, member: 5079"] When the Burton diaries were published in the 80s, Lucy's family had tried to keep the book from her; they had heard that Richard raked her across the coals. Lucy got her hands on the book and was allegedly quite hurt, not really understanding why Burton disliked working with her. Every star Lucy clashed with on her show was someone who didn't live up to her (probably unrealistic) expectation of professionalism. They were either inebriated (Bankhead, Crawford) or not up to the rigors of producing a show in 4 days. The later seemed to be the case with Dick; and maybe Liz too. Compared to the leisurely pace of movie filming or lengthy Broadway rehearsals, Lucy's show was produced quickly and she expected fast results. It's a safe assumption Liz & Dick agreed to do the show because they thought it would be a romp. But Lucy didn't run her show like Dean Martin, where celebrities could have a few drinks and read off queue cards. When Burton was giving a mumbly, lazy performance in rehearsals, Lucy 'coached' him and probably none to tactfully. That's apparently what triggered Burton's resentful recollection in his journal. In 1976, Burton appeared on a TV special testimonial to Lucy, so he apparently didn't hate her [I]that [/I]much. [/QUOTE]

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