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The Landlord’s Long-Lasting Grudge | Entertainment and Celebrity News
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A tiny insult on the first day of filming sparked a decades-long feud between Vivian Vance and William Frawley, the iconic landlords of “I Love Lucy.” When Vance called Frawley “the old coot” and joked he looked like her grandfather, he took offense—and held onto it. Their real-life tension even made it into the show’s scripts. Years later, after both starred in separate shows on neighboring soundstages, Frawley escalated the prank war by teaming up with two young castmates to ambush Vance with crashing film canisters every time she walked by. The Livingston brothers, proud “little toadies,” gleefully helped Frawley wreak havoc—proving that some grudges, like bad first impressions, never really fade.
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