A Lucille Ball Special: "Lucy Calls The President" - November 21, 1977

 

Back row (1-r): Ed McMahon, Gale Gordon and James E. Broadhead
Front row (1-r): Vivian Vance, Lucille Ball, Mary Jane Croft and Mary Wickes

In this special housewife Lucy Whittaker contacts President Jimmy Carter to discuss some civic issues concerning her in Muncie, Indiana.  When Mr. Carter informs her that he will be stopping by her house to discuss her issues personally suddenly everyone Lucy knows wants to get on the guest list.

Starring Lucille Ball as Lucy Whittaker, Vivian Vance as Viv, Gale Gordon as Omar Whittaker, Ed McMahon as Floyd Whittaker, Mary Wickes as Aunt Millie Baker, Mary Jane Croft as Midge Bowser and James E. Broadhead as Mayor Wally Bowser.  Special Appearances by: Miss Lillian Carter (President Carter's Mother) and Steve Allen

This was the final time Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance worked together before Vivian's death on August 17, 1979.  It was also the final time Ms. Ball worked with Mary Wickes and Mary Jane Croft, two actresses that made several appearances on her previous television shows.  She would go on to work with Gale Gordon again in future television specials most notably "Lucy Moves to NBC" in 1980 and in the short lived sitcom "Life with Lucy" in 1986.

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