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| I Love Lucy episode with guest star Rock Hudson. |
Have you ever heard of Rock Hudson
? The guy was incredibly tall. He guest starred as himself on a 1955 episode of I Love Lucy.
The show is a bit goofy. Lucy is star-struck when she notices him poolside in Palm Springs.It was disappointing that the show wasn't filmed there, but, instead, on a Hollywood set (my guess).
Lucy and Desi frequently went to Palm Springs, though--by helicopter. The copter would fly to the Canyon Country Club, which at the time was the place to party.
Hudson also frequented Palm Springs with his wife, Phyllis Gates, lodging at the Racquet Club. After his marriage, Palm Springs was still on his agenda, a place he met various man-friends for some sun-worshiping.
You can get the Palm Springs episode and every other episode in a set of DVDs:I Love Lucy: The Complete Series
Watching them today on a big-screen TV is way better than when you watched them when they aired because back then television sets were not that big. Many of the shows are also on YouTube.