Robin Strasser Was One Of Only 50 People Invited To Lucille Ball's Funeral

To piss off Lucie and Larry?

Gary told her not to come.

I guess Lucy only had One Life To Live.

Probably because Robin Strasser's ex-husband became Lucie Arnaz's current husband. Duh.

[quote] Probably because Robin Strasser's ex-husband became Lucie Arnaz's current husband.

And that is a reason to invite the ex-wife of your daughter's husband?

Her kids by Larry were her step-grandchildren. Maybe?

Is she connected to Gregor Strasser (1892-1934), murdered in the Night of the Long Knives?

One of the few who actually liked Mame.

"One of the few who actually liked Mame."

One of the few who actually SAW Mame.

Her famous Bereavement Chicken casserole.

Lucie Arnaz said in an interview that the morning Lucy died, the first person to arrive at her and Larry Luckinbill's residence was Robin Strasser, who came to care for their children while Lucie and Larry went to make funeral arrangements.

[quote]One of the few who actually SAW Mame.

Enough people saw it to rate 30 out of 117 films released that year. $18.5 million BO on $12 budget is $6.5 in profit.

Does anyone have the chicken casserole recipe? I make mine with cream of mushroom soup and a little sherry.

There were 3 services with hundreds of mourners.

So again why was Robin invited?

Mame was a flop---you need to cover marketing as well as production costs.

Strasser's birth name is "Robin Victory in Europe Strasser" since she was born the day Germany surrendered in World War II.

Mary Jane Croft and Mrs Forest Tucker were unavailable

I hope Robin wore a Don Loper original.

[quote]R17 Strasser's birth name is "Robin Victory in Europe Strasser" since she was born the day Germany surrendered in World War II.

Well that’s not a name that will age you.

Seriously though R16, how much could it cost to cover the Cinerama Dome with an Easter Bonnet?

I hope Michele Lee was invited so she and Lucie could sing "Nobody Does It Like Me."

Nobody invited me!

So was Robin Strasser Lucy favorite soap star?

That is the only I can think as to why Robin would be invited to her funeral

What other reason would there be?

Put some respect on Robin Strasser's name. The original Rachel on Another World and Dr Dorian on One Life to Live. These characters were legendary on television.

[quote] Put some respect on Robin Strasser's name. The original Rachel on Another World and Dr Dorian on One Life to Live. These characters were legendary on television.

Only Eldergays (who watched Soaps) would know that - which is dwindling as the years go on

Vicky Wyndham was unavailable -?

R11 seems to have the answer. It was because she was the mother of Luckinbill's elder children and therefore stepped in to help take care of her children and their half-siblings so as to allow the adults to do what they needed to do. That was a lovely thing to do and I wouldn't say is necessarily common.

R7. Yes, because all people with the same last name are related or know each other.

R28 and how would Lucille Ball know this as she had died?

R30 - Do you think it was zombie Lucy sending out invitations to her funeral? Waaaaaaaaah!

R30 Do you think the dead are the ones that invite people to their funerals? Sometimes they might leave a list, but usually people are invited by the family.

R32 this is not a cocktail party - why invite someone to a funeral the person doesn't even know?

Why didn’t Mrs. Trumbull watch the kids?

R33 I'm sure they had probably met at some point, during family events, Lucy might've even liked her. But, most importantly it would be for the kids to have another person at the funeral they could turn to, when the others might have to focus on other things. They appear to have one of those relationships where they were good at co-parenting.

R34 - Ethel outed Trumbull as a Sister of Sappho. Ricky would have none of it. It was a very special episode.

R33 I forgot to add, I have been invited to attend a funeral for a person I didn't know, because I did know the dead person's elderly sister. They asked me to come to help look after her, because she really liked me and I could keep her calm.

r26 you're in a thread about Lucille Ball and you're being dismissive of 'eldergays'... come again?

[quote] you're in a thread about Lucille Ball and you're being dismissive of 'eldergays'... come again?

a new Lucille Ball bio-film is coming out in movie theaters and on-demand TV

Do we see a reboot of One Life To Live coming up?

Because Gary said that she could be invited R15.

r39 stop with that eldergay shit you little cretin.

Were Betty White & Carol Channing invited?

No r19. She wore an outfit from Phipps Department Store. "The folk at Phipps are a bunch of gyps!"

And yet Major Strasser from Casablanca was not invited.

Robin Strasser was just as beautiful as Natalie Wood, any day of the week.

My mother watched my father's new kids when his mother died (my paternal grandmother) and he had to go off and make arrangements. They had flown in from out of state. It was pretty big of my mother being that my father walked out on us some years before and then divorced my mom for their mom.

But by golly they sure were cuties. No one could look at their faces and not see joy, no matter what a dick my father was.

Imagine trading in hot Robin for little Lucy?

[quote] Do we see a reboot of One Life To Live coming up?

Came and went.

R11 didn't Robin have custody of the kids?

I officiated the eulogy.

She was probably looking for work as an extra and got lucky. No way did the bitch Lucy know 50 people who would want to attend her funeral for free- unless they were guaranteed a good piss on her grave after.

Others were NOT invited to the funeral for reasons that are well known to them!

R49 They probably had joint custody. Also, the implication is that she not only took care of her own kids during that time but also he ex's kids with Lucie, who would've all been under the age of 10 at the time. I've seen it happen quite often where the ex will still feel some connection to and care for such children because no matter what they are their own children's siblings.

Because she brought the Vitameatavegamin, Rode!

One old cunt showing respect to an old dead cunt.

And with a middle name like that, Strasser was clearly raised by asshole parents, so she really can’t help being a handful.

OP's follow up question:

"And why wasn't I?!"

R55 = the OG of CUNTS

Larry and Robin had a civilized divorce. Everybody got along and Robin is the mother of Lucy’s step-grandkids so it’s not unusual that she would be included. Lucie is also very close to Linda Purl who was married to Desi Jr. and, remember, Lucy, Desi, the infamous Gary and Desi’s wife all socialized and were friends. Sometimes those Hollywood folks surprise us with how civilized they can behave.