Lucy's Big Fat Greek Wedding Dance (Lucille Ball)

[rickhatch1]

It was from season 3 of Here's Lucy......

[Prizm2356]

This looks like the set from seaon one of the Lucy Show

[ekaterine002]

This is too funny! love it!

[seabisquit45]

Best set of gams EVER!

[frikadellur]

One of my things on my bucket list: Learn how to dance a greek dance.

[musicgrl492]

I think Lucy looks stunning here.

[Greece200a]

Thank you for sharing;

Excellent!!

[elsangrecaliente]

Whaddya know? Not bad at all. When she really dances: i .e., w/ Van Johnson, The Anniversary Waltz w/ Ricky, the Cuban Pete number, she really showed what she could do. Not just a comedienne, but a competent dancer with real talent.

We all loved Lucy, yes?

[nomiki30]

Opa!!!!

[meganXamyXtinaX4ever]

She has the most graceful legs of all time.

[tinatoby1212]

I love Lucy

[MrSexy85]

This is the best best best dance in the whole wide world!!!

[beyoncetyratina]

Lucy did a WONDERFUL job! LOL, I'd loveto learn how to do that, that looks like soo much fun!

[Etheline]

OMG, these lovely legs!!! And in addition to these she has as huge talent -dancing, doing a comedy - amazing and unforgetable!

[michaelgenung1]

WOW WOW WOW!!! She was such a talent & spirit of play!!! I can totally seeing Kirstie Alley playing her for what that's worth.

[rachelazw]

@michaelgenung1 , Kirstie Alley playing Lucille Ball??? I'm sure you meant that as a joke.

[arnaki416]

OMG!!!! i needed to laugh and smile and this was absolutely perfect!!!!! being that she was a perfectionist, i am sure that we worked very hard to learn those moves and she actually danced with the group quite beautifully!!!!!!

[randomgreek1234]

Omg!!! I laughed so hard! Fabulous BRAVO!!!

[silkfog]

OPA Luuuuuuuuuuucy:))))) this is fabulous!!!!

[GIGIBABY1977]

No one can beat Lucielle Ball she and Carol Burnette will always be up there as funny girls

[RitvarLegend]

OPA!

[Yobachi2007]

Legs on Lucy's left, our right, at 0:25 --- nice!

[kannika12]

Thanks so much. Love her, Lucille Ball. She was so talented!

[steven1660]

Season 3 of Here's Lucy, which includes this episode, comes to DVD June 15, 2010! Also The Official Second Season of "The Lucy Show" Lucy's second series comes out on dvd July 13, 2010!

[chololatino]

song name please

[rachelazw]

@chololatino, it's Zorba's dance. Per Wikipedia, it's a song by Mikis Theodorakis, based on two traditional Cretan songs, "Armenohorianos Syrtos" and "Kritiko syrtaki" by Giorgis Koutsourelis .The song appeared in the film Zorba the Greek, for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack. It's now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas in Greece & worldwide. It's also known as "Syrtaki" which is a version of the traditional Greek hasapiko ("butcher's") dance, choreographed by Giorgos Provias.

[chololatino]

oooooo, all the history,tank you

[cubanita1101]

Lol dat wuz awesome n cool she did great n now we know were break dancing came from :D

[cyprussunizhot]

ok im confused. is this Lucille Ball danceing or Rena Vlahopoulou

[steven1660]

The Official Second Season of The Lucy Show is being released on DVD, July 13, 2010! It's in Color, and co-stars Vivian Vance!

[MichaelxNixon]

hopa !

[rickhatch1]

Not bad for 60 years old--Lucy could do anything!

[sweetcherrycola]

OPA!!!! LUCY!!!!

[petrosz12]

haha i love the way my crazy greek ancestors danced ;] good times

[misterkay1]

You can see this dance demonstrated on the disc set "Now You Can Dance - Greek"

Search "greek dance DVD" for info!

[MartaGabri]

Great performance! Lucille Ball was fantastic!

[anna1960schild]

i adore lucy too, she had amazing legs!!

looks like a teen-ager, in real life she could really move according to the movie i saw anyway

-annabella

[ILoveLucyStreet]

I love her dress!!

[angeebaby1]

opa lucy!!!! yasu!! i love you the first lady of comedy angela

[Nolli86]

Hahaha it's so funny how she's been dragged back and forth and poor Lucille looks so confused.

[Philflash]

Lucy is the best! Her background is dancing. All she had to do was see it once and she knew what to do!

[abdeldu312009]

voir youtube tu repartiras a souffrir

[angeebaby1]

yasu lucy we all love you!!!!! opa

[rockgor]

Great dancing. Both by Lucy and by the

guys.

Never seen Lucy wear such an unflattering

dress. Makes her look chubby.

Haha! I'm so old I remember when Lucy

(and TV) were new.

Tx 4 posting

[spongiebungie]

her dress is gorgous, her hair matches her dress and the blokes dancing up a storm pre stretch fabric !! AWESOME

[cjnnba]

in 2:24 to 2:29 was th 1st breakdance ever

[maroDUH]

kale, when did lucy learn to do tria duo ena, tria mesa, with the rocks and then back to basic step. and dont get me strated on those variations for the hasaposerviko. panagia mou.

[servoellhnas]

γρεεεεεεεεεεεεεεεααααααααααααα­αααττττττττ!!!!

[EmmaLoveJen]

I don't want to sound "addicted to Lucy", but think Lucille wore this dress on "What's My Line" in 1962?

There's a clip on YouTube of the WML episode, and it seems like it's the same dress, but for this episode it has been shortened?

[RememberingLucy]

Oh no, Lucy addiction! Betty Ford, please help. :) Actually, that's a really good catch. I had to go check it out myself, and I agree with you. That looks like the same dress. She often wore the same clothes more than once. A friend pointed out a scene in HERE'S LUCY where Lucy is in the attic with her kids going through their old belongs (that magic lamp episode). There's a dress hanging in the background. It's the same dress she wore in the Lucy-Desi Hour, "Lucy Goes to Sun Valley."

[ladyvee7110]

LOL....you're "addicted to Lucy" for noticing that.

It's all good, so am I. ;o)

[fernardobriass]

memories from old good times of childhood. Lucille Ball and other old good american series of TV! 500000000000 stars! for the sweety memories! God bless you!

[AslomProductions]

Awesome...

[barbsrose]

Opa! Opa!

[MoeRanda12]

goodness i love her dress(:

And i love her!

I LOVE LUCY!

[zeena61]

Very special indeed!

Thanks for the upload!

[alexpapacrits]

I am happy because I am Greek with the more beautiful traditional dances of the world 5000000**************

[rangvi]

This is great fun, thank you very very much ! What's exactly the title of the film ? Would like to see it ? Thank you once again. Greetings from France !

[rachelazw]

This is from an episode of the Lucille Ball television series, HERE'S LUCY. The title of the episode is "Lucy's Wedding Party."

[akisioannina]

5 * * * * *

[lucyna52]

SUPER

[jimakos61]

GREAT!!

A lot of memories here! Music of Mikis

Theodorakis.

Thanks my friend ggg59 for this sharing!

***** + fav

[treliyiaellinika]

Thank you for sharing...and here goes my dancing class that you promised !!!

M'aresi poli....wow!!!

[goldenglovegreek59]

OPA Lucy RIP

[jimakos61]

thanks my friend for sharing this great video!

[loverplease]

saw the movie 3 times!love it1

Oppa!!!

[FondOfGreek]

Great!! Excellent!!

Greece brings happiness in the world...!!

[KFMWH]

Ligo Stereotypo egine i katastasi. Zorbas , kai dos tou opa opa opa opa opa.

[dudaidoj]

hahaha so cute the dance! Loved it!

[StevieRayKnopfler]

Lucy Had A Fine Pair Of Legs Alright!

[EmmaLoveJen]

I just have to say look at Lucille's legs! I think she about 60 years old in this show!! I sure hope I have legs that beautiful when I'm that age!!

[jjgreek1]

Po Po Po Po pO

[leonis53]

Few people do the Hasapikos. All do the Syrtos, and especially the Island syrtos.

If you want to dance a lot at any Greek event, learn syrtos as shown in this vid: /watch?v=GUKJNfpt7dY

It doesnt get better than this. especially the way the lead dancers perform it.

[man975dog]

Lucy, how NICE! Like they say in Greek "How you make your life is the way you will live it". Oh-pohs-drohsees-dah-kee-mee-f­ees!

[toxristomou]

OPOS STROSEES THA KEEMEETHEES

[man975dog]

EIF-HAREEH-STOH!

[mm1sis]

Awesome, totally awesome!!! thanks for posting!

[annoulzz]

THAT IS AMAZING!!!!!

[GreekDiva]

That was great! Im a mad Lucille Ball yet I havent seen this episode :(

Im also Greek and loved watching Lucy attempt the Zorba! Opa!

Cant wait for the full DVD set of Here's Lucy to come out!!! :D

[LucilleBallFanAtYT]

i love Lucille Ball as my nik states the obvious...lol and being of Greek heritage this is a fantastic clip!...BRAVO!

[anemos12345]

Apisteythhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...­.Amazingggggggggggg

[chalastay51]

This is so grand, Lucy can do anything, given the chance and those legs, WOW! Thanks for posting. Is this a scene from on of the Lucy Shows.

[rickhatch1]

This is a scene from "Here's Lucy", which ran from 1968 to 1974. This episode must've been filmed before Lucy broke her leg "in real life" skiing in Snowmass, CO in 1972~she danced wonderfully here. Of course, she could do anything!

[kostas1672]

Good for you for looking up Rena Vlahopoulou! She was affected by Lucille Ball indeed, although she was involved in musicals, unlike Lucy. Vlahopoulou was also a jazz singer (very rare for a Greek artist) and had a great voice, that's why she was cast in many musicals. The scene you mention with the record that slows down and speeds up is actually based on the similar scene from I Love Lucy.

[kostas1672]

Thank you so much for this vid. I am a Greek living in Athens and loving Lucy, and seeing this video was just out of this world! We have a Greek comedienne called Rena Vlahopoulou (unfortunately she's gone now) who was nicknamed "the Greek Lucille Ball" due to her talent and capacity of appearing very glamorous and comic at the same time. The video kind of brought the two talented women closer together

[dkri2]

Thanks for the information about Rena Vlahopoulou. As soon as I read your message, I looked for her on Youtube. It seems she did a lot of musicals? One clip I found has her trying to lip sync to a record that slows down and speeds up. It's some very funny stuff.  It reminds me very much of a scene Lucille Ball did on I LOVE LUCY.

[melonmaniac]

@dkri2 I recall watching that as a child - so funny. Thank you so much for this amazing upload.

[antoniskrhti1993]

hi am antony and im from crete,greece bill thnx for ur mail////I JUST LOVE DANCING!!!!!

[kosta224]

haha, those guys are awesome

[Suzywriter]

wait, was she tap dancing there for a few seconds?

[greektigergirl]

Yassou Lucy! brava! she did very well for her first time doing a syrtaki!

[JIMY45GR]

long live greek dance uniqe and  originals nothing to do wit other dances

[Greekdancer9]

This video is a reminder that Lucy was a hoofer before becoming an actress. She did was practically flawess when she is in the syrtaki line. Brava Lucy!

[rachelazw]

Not bad, given that her character is supposed to be doing a Greek dance for the first time. :) It's worth mentioning that, these days, a typical sitcom episode takes 4 to 6 hours to shoot. They do takes, retakes, and re-retakes of every minute of footage shot. That was not Lucy's style. She rehearsed to death to get it right the 1st time so her studio audience wouldn't have to sit through all that nonsense. No redos, no retakes. It was all done within 45 minutes to an hour.

[TrinityAvenue]

Now you spoiled it for me. Sto thialo!

Alos Kostas

[rachelazw]

The cast of her show would get their script at the end of the week, read it over the weekend, sit down and have their first script reading together on Monday morning, rehearse intensely from Monday to Wednesday, have a dress rehearsal Thursday, and then shoot the episode that night, usually in one take. So in episodes like this, not only did all the technical stuff have to be worked out within a few days, and Lucy and her cast learn their lines and positions, but Lucy had to learn a new dance.

[sophsterm]

She actually did really well. That is actually called the syrtaki, starts off slow and ends with the hasaposerviko dance. And yes, it was performed in Zorba the Greek. Very fun dance. Very nicely done!

[dkri2]

Thanks for that! I've always wondered what that was called. I love watching Greek dancers, but the steps look so difficult.

[MTPippin]

That's our America's Lucy!!!!

[whadgig]

Opa !!!!  Y'assou!!!

[Starlet21]

What's this dance called?

[georgez113]

Hasaposeviko! " The Butchers Dance" Zorba made this famous!

[Surftouka]

Thank you so much for sharing that! That brought me back quite a few years :) I loved Lucy in all her shows and though I was looking for some other Greek wedding dances, I found such a gem-Lucy!

[soulierinvestments]

Here's Lucy does not get any more the attention it deserves. Some of the better individual episodes that Lucille Ball ever did in her 4 series she did in Here's Lucy. True, the Here's Lucy episode quality was somewhat uneven, but when it is was good, it was great. Thanx for posting this great sequence. Lucy had a lot of stamina for a woman at the time pushing 60! And she wasn't afraid to take a chance. You go girl!

[rachelazw]

Very well said. I've long maintained that Here's Lucy was a mixed bag. Often the episodes were mediocre, and some were downright bad. But usually it was pleasant and had at least some great little moments. And every once in awhile, there would be an episode that was an absolute gem and laughfest that almost made up for everything else.

[Blondie1012]

jeezeee the both of you.. give her a break, for 60 something, and smoking over three packs a day.. she kicked ass!!!! ' heres Lucy episode quality was somewhat uneven" sheesshh!!

[rachelazw]

You're telling us to give her a break, but what you write basically parrots what soulierinvestments and I said. Did you even read our comments?

[DeanLeonard1]

Go, Lucy!

[dalxzzx]

that was great!

i wanted to get up and dance.

loved her dress.

[freak0n8ure]

Simply LOVED it! Brings back some great memories of my childhood.

[Indy788]

What is the title of this episode?

[dkri2]

It's called "Lucy's Wedding Party."

[muhie711]

WOW!!! That was amazing and I absolutely adore that dress:)

[italoman9]

That looked like one of the more I Love Lucy-esque sequences of The Lucy Show...sorta like a peak into the living room of Lucy Ricardo and an zany afternoon in her life, if she were still on TV in the '70s. ;)

[dkri2]

Actually, it's from the third season of Here's Lucy, and it's Harry's living room. A young woman from Lucy's office building needed a place for a wedding reception, so Lucy offered Harry's place since he was going to be out of town for the weekend. The problem is Lucy didn't ask Harry's permission, nor did she anticipate that his flight would be canceled and he would be coming home to discover a wedding party going on in his house.

[LHSnLA]

Is this from Here's Lucy?

[dkri2]

Yes, it's from Here's Lucy.

[steven1660]

Great clip, keep them coming!

[4EverDarling]

Lucy is so great! Even at that age she's still dancing great!

[Starlet21]

That was fantastic!