European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Lucy s Back again by Rick do Browl Ucille Ball was near tears. It s is Rible to she said. It s the last thing in the world i Ever wanted to do Ball. 74, stood before an audience of More than 100 wailing to columnists at the Century Plaza hotel in los Angeles recently to answer questions about her new Abc series. Shell be 75 in August before her Hall hour sitcom Ufa with Lucy debuts this fall in the United states. But in a dazzling emotional authoritative session with the press the most popular Star in to history came out fighting. In f love Lucy. Tel Al Lucy show and Here s Lucy her Stock in Trade was physical comedy. She was a lot younger then. Bui asked by one questioner if she was going to do physical comedy in her new series she said. You Bel your double hippy. Yeah. Our writers know it so they Pul some in right in Lite with Lucy Ball and her old sidekick Gale Gordon Ere partners in a hardware store and their children Are married to each other. The show we be broadcast at 8 . Saturdays and an Abc official said it s our big one for the Abc is hoping viewers win flock to bad the Way they did to another old pro Bih Cosby in his Abc family comedy. During Marty an hour of questioning Ball s most emotional moment came when she was asked about retirement and choked up remembering her old i Low Lucy cohorts Vivian Lance and pm Frawley both now dead. Asked if she Ever considered herself retired bal rented Lown a but then was. You know us Dajany realizing How Tong can 1 say 1 Haven retired it took me a Tong time to get Over the Bra of Vivian and by and a Tot of other people. But i never expected to retire. 11 just happened. Anyway i m glad i m Back. Thanks for Ball made periodic show business appearances in recent years but a smash hit lbs drama in which she starred last season As a bag lady. Stone Pillow opened Industry eyes about her continuing popularity. Now she s Back thanks to former 201h Century Fox owner Marvin Davis getting her together As a Mutual Friend with producer Aaron spelling. Ball and seeming own ins new series. Although the re haired comedian has been married Tor 24 years to Gary Morton co executive producer of the show she paid tribute during the questioning to her former husband and / love Lucy co Star Deal Amai. Responding to a questioner who said she revolutionized to when you made the decision to film love Lucy Ball said or. Roesl Amaz revolutionized a lot of ii was Amai who saw the possibility of reruns gained ownership of f love Lucy and built an Empire with them setting the pattern for to fortunes thai could be made with repeals of series. At a h Che had Pohm to Amaz about her new series Ball said you bet. You bet he was Al ear to and said on the of ton what a you so Long to gel Back to work?1" Bat told the questioner who applauded her several times for her earthy frankness and humor. 1 Don t expect to top what we be done not by a Long shot but the Lime has come around again according to what you what she mean she said was that family series had returned As epitomized by 77� Cosby show. Other actors she added were the use of older stars in such programs As the Golden gals and the partnership with spelling a real saying she was a Ian of the Cosby Snow. Ball said family comedies Are Back in Vogue at the moment thank god. I like the idea that families Ere beginning to make an impression again. The getting together of the generation Gap is important. Grandmothers and grandfathers of necessity these Days we know Are having to move in with the kids and it s one of the greatest things that Ever happened although it s a tragedy the reason is a tragedy they can t afford to live alone. I think the inserting of the older parents there to help the younger generation is very very important. We be gotten away so far it s so easy to travel and live 3,000 Miles away or even More. And i think the fact that families Are becoming families is damned important. I really mean Ball teemed to Gam Energy As the session went on running the show Erseil As she barked out next Lor queries and fired such retorts As yes. Air and that s a hell of a question wearing Black trousers and a Light coloured sparkling top Ball said she d rounded up the writers of her past series. Madeline Davis and Bob Carrolljr. Everyone in town s been copying from hem for reminded thai she had spoken out about the physical demands in making Stone Frowin new York Ball said the demands that were made on me would have been demands on most anyone i Don t care what age. Because it was in unbelievable heat. Everything was above 100. One place we worked was 122 and i was loaded Down with wigs and heavy woolens and scarves end sweaters and boots and in was a trial but Only because of the weather. Nothing else bothered she said she s working out to prepare for life with Lucy with the same things i be always done. I do my Bend overs and my bar work end my swimming. I Don t fog but i m a Walker. I ride a of Cycle. I take care of myself and keep my weight Down. I eat bal said her series which has a 22 episode commitment Wil be shot before a live audience and that she Wourn t dolt any other Way because she ref Shes the the Ham always rises she cracked. She did t make a Pilot show for Abc i Ain l Gonna make no Pilot. I Don l have anything to prove i King fun Symcma. 20 years of Monteux jazz smoke on the water music in the air by Hii Ipa. Frayne associated Pressw Hen Mick Jagger and the roofing stones played in Monteux Switzerland on heir first european tour in 1961, tie quiet resort with a Yawn. If seemed Tel mourn us a sleepy turn of the Century refer Emend Community was t quite ready for jumping Jack Flash and company. A Quarter of a Cen Kiry later tie name Mon Rex is known primarily for its jazz festival. Bui ii sell showcases plenty of loud Rock pop and Salsa in one of the world s most famed music galas. This year the Mon Rex jazz festival which ended saturday alter a 17-Day Jam. Featured the sultry British jazz Singer says. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis Rock Star Eric Clapton and song stylist guitarist George Benson. Other performers included brazilian musician Gilberto Gil. The pop group simply red saxophonist David Swanbom and pianist Mccoy Tyner. An estimated 60,000 fans from a Over the world who paid up to $43 Lor a ticket attended the Estiva which began july 3. Some 10,000 people lined the streets Al the festival s Slart As More than 100 musicians marched through the Center of town Page 16 the stars and stripes creating a new Orleans Ryla Jamboree. Many Taw. Unable to afford hotel rates thai reach $150 a night staved in nearby campgrounds or simply unfurled bleeping bags along the shores of Lake Geneva. The wit Ink Jan fat Oral kicked off six Yean after he Rehng stones flopped and has been Alan Cong lop Arista Ever since. Festival director Michel Ferta thinks he musicians Are attracted to to same Beauty of he Region thai inspired Igor Stravinsky to compose the rile of Spring in 1912. Although Ferta says Monteux la no longer a town of English ladies wafting in the Garden along the Lake promenade ii b still a picturesque City of about 25,000 people in the Foothills of the Alps. It has this aspect which plays on the artists he said gazing out his office window As a water skier whizzed by on the Lake. People like David Bowie and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull Felt the same kind of vibrations As but big stars can also bring big egos. Miles Davis once sent the organizers scrambling when he demanded that a Ferrari be waiting for him at the Airport so he could drive to the summer festival in style. And last year pianist Keith Jarrett kept a Lull monday. July 21,1986 House Walling for an hour because he insisted on a different piano. He eventually played on the original instrument although somewhat reluctantly. Today s Olga mostly take place inside the Modem Lakeside Casino so residents rarely complain about noise according to festival spokeswoman Edith be Ewe. Fifteen years ago tie annual less Cal almost was cancelled after tie old Hall burned Down tie previous Winter. Ironically tie fire helped implant he name Mon Rex in he minds of Young Rock Jans when it was commemorated in he 1972 deep purple hit smote on
