tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post4578403896979674002..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Finding Harry MortonYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-40411051138992349322018-10-25T11:17:07.167-07:002018-10-25T11:17:07.167-07:00Would have been interesting to see how Bea would h...Would have been interesting to see how Bea would have adapted her character to play off Bill Frawley. Like Bob, Fred Mertz was also my favorite character in " I Love Lucy ". Also enjoyed his lovable, but loving grouch " Bub ", in the first four seasons of " My 3 Sons ". I remember very well his final role, the short " walk on " in an episode of " The Lucy Show ".Errolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-7432652657756855582018-10-24T20:28:27.855-07:002018-10-24T20:28:27.855-07:00This made my smile. I Love Lucy was huge in reruns...This made my smile. I Love Lucy was huge in reruns when I was a kid, and I was the only guy whose favorite character was Fred. (I always thought he walked away with Miracle on 34th Street effortlessly.) The musical numbers with Fred and Ethel on Lucy were always a highlight, and I wish there were more of them.<br /><br />Now it's mea culpa time. I've been reading this blog for years and always thought of posting a comment, but never have. I just wanted you to know how much I love this mix of cartoons, OTR and vintage television. Born in 62, I was raised during the height of the great nostalgia craze, and all of this stuff was still new and current -- and somehow more compelling -- to you young 'nostalgia-crazed' kid. <br /><br />So, though this is the pop culture of my dad (and grand dad), it is mine, as well.<br /><br />Thanks!Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-79259540410958309082018-10-24T19:08:50.801-07:002018-10-24T19:08:50.801-07:00Keating's pompous character would make for a b...Keating's pompous character would make for a better foil than Clark's Harry, while Bea's Blanche had the ability to be around Gracie and accept her view of the world for what it was, and even enjoy it on occasion, while saving up her anger (on occasion) for George (Had Frawley taken the role, he definitely would have been written more in the Fred Clark almost-ready-to-blow-his-stack role than Keating's interpretation of Harry).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-65118030107069131912018-10-24T13:39:23.674-07:002018-10-24T13:39:23.674-07:00Frawley must not have hated being Fred Mertz--or e...Frawley must not have hated being Fred Mertz--or even working with Vivian Vance, whom he claimed to dislike--too much because he was willing to star in a Fred and Ethel spinoff when <i>I Love Lucy </i>concluded its run. Probably he liked the money Desi was offering him. Vance, on the other hand, wanted no part of it, no matter how good the pay.Mike T.noreply@blogger.com