Hedda Hopper, Agnes Moorehead, and Orson Welles at the Brown Derby

Lucy at the 1964 New York World's Fair... "Miss Ball's first stop was at the Hollywood U. S. A. Pavilion, where she pressed both hands into wet concrete. So did Miss Hopper, who first removed six rings. When the guest of honor left for the next stop, so did most of the crowd, ignoring the invitation of the barker to spend $1 to see the inside. High points of the day were a luncheon for more than 300 at the Pavilion of Indonesia and a Lucy Luau at the Hawaiian Pavilion. In between there were snacks, like the dates and milk at Morocco and the cheese fondue and chilled white wine at Switzerland. The day was billed as an international salute—TV's Lucy show is seen in 44 countries—and none of the foreigners working at their country's exhibits seemed to have trouble recognizing the guest of honor."—The New York Times, September 1, 1964. #lucilleball #heddahopper #newyorkworldsfair #lucyday #luau #guestofhonor https://www.instagram.com/p/B11RC_znT-f/?igshid=1n8hvcce0ufzv

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Fifty-seven years ago today Lucy was the guest of honor for Lucy Day at the New York World's Fair. Lucy's entourage included her mother DeDe, her husband Gary, Hedda Hopper and, much to Lucy's dismay, Hedda's 'Topper'. 'Lucille Ball rode in the Fair's official white Cadillac convertible touring pre-arranged destinations throughout the grounds. Somehow, the notorious newspaper columnist Hedda Hopper, who was at one time one of the most powerful columnists in the world, managed to get into the convertible with Lucy. Hopper was known for wearing large outlandish wide-brimmed hats. Her hat not only kept poking Lucy in the eye, more important, Hedda Hopper was upstaging the star attraction. Lucy became angrier by the minute at Hopper's antics. After about a half-hour of this, the beloved TV star turned to me and startled me with a string of four-letter words that would truly make a sailor blush. She made it clear to me that if Hedda Hopper were not out of the car at the next stop, Lucy was prepared to call it quits and leave the Fair! We certainly were not going to let that happen, but at the same time, we did not want to anger Hopper to the point that she would write something negative in her column which was still read by millions. We arranged a "special VIP private tour" just for Hedda with her own guide. She felt that she was being singled out for her fame, popularity and power and being given a tour that not even Lucy was able to have. Problem solved.'—Albert Fisher, Director of Television for the Thomas Deegan Company/New York World's Fair Corporation. #lucilleball #heddahopper #worldsfair #bighats #topper #chapeau #ladieshats #privatetour #problemsolved #antics #upstage https://www.instagram.com/p/CTPj1tVH89w/?utm_medium=tumblr

Lucy at the 1964 New York World's Fair. "Miss Ball's first stop was at the Hollywood U. S. A. Pavilion, where she pressed both hands into wet concrete. So did Miss Hopper, who first removed six rings. When the guest of honor left for the next stop, so did most of the crowd, ignoring the invitation of the barker to spend $1 to see the inside. High points of the day were a luncheon for more than 300 at the Pavilion of Indonesia and a Lucy Luau at the Hawaiian Pavilion. In between there were snacks, like the dates and milk at Morocco and the cheese fondue and chilled white wine at Switzerland. The day was billed as an international salute—TV's Lucy show is seen in 44 countries—and none of the foreigners working at their country's exhibits seemed to have trouble recognizing the guest of honor."—The New York Times, September 1, 1964. #lucilleball #theworldsfair #heddahopper #garymorton #pavillions #1964 #guestofhonor #crowds #luau #cement #handprints #newyork #cheesefondue #hawaii #switzerland https://www.instagram.com/p/CEjrhKCH4zd/?igshid=16m2eo8f2ixdl