For every lifelong friendship born on a soundstage, there is also a famous personality clash that the studio public relations teams are working overtime to hide. Case in point, consider for a minute a backstage battle that happened way back in 1970. It was the week Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor guest-starred on Here’s Lucy.
Everyone knew that this was going to be a huge television event. According to the Everything Lucy website, “There was a great deal of national publicity about the show, including a TV Guide cover of the three superstars, Lucy, Liz, and Richard. This is one of the all-time highest-rated programs of Lucille Ball‘s career.”