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Q.   Hi Lucie- Are you thinking of doing any television again? I loved your last series Sons & Daughters.  If not, will you be back on broadway?

Lucie:   I loved Sons and Daughters, too -- it was a great  series which was not given enough time to find an audience. I have no immediate television plans. However, in this wacky business we call show, one never knows. By the time I click "send," that could all change. I do have plans to be in a production of Wonderful Town at the Music Theatre of Southern California in San Gabriel opening October 8 and then at the Alex Theatre October 29-31. Also, look for me in a new Miramax film, Down to You, starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Henry Winkler, which will be released after the first of the year.

Q.   I just finished "The Other Side of Ethel Mertz". I've always loved Vivian Vance and I'm glad I got to read more about her. She seemed to have really loved you. It sounded like she had a hard time most of her life. Any words on her?

Lucie:   Most of the words I have to say on my darling Viv, I've already contributed to that marvelous book that Frank Castelluccio and Alvin Walker wrote. Viv was my main inspiration for venturing into the world of legitimate theatre, and for that, I will always be grateful. She was a great spirit. She had a tremendous energy and joie de vivre. She knew how to talk to young people and never talked down to us. She was courageous in her life and in her death. I miss her every day.

Q.   Is there any chance you might be marketing some of your mom's more rare TV projects in the future? (Eg. Lucy calls the President, Life with Lucy series?)

Lucie:   We have licensed the marketing of all seven of the Lucille Ball Specials to a production company which is currently looking into getting them on TV or released on video. It's possible that there may be a set of them out in conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebration of the I Love Lucy show in the year 2001.

Q.  Is it true that they totally remodelled the home you grew up in on Roxbury Drive? If so, how did that make you feel?? Also, if it is not too personal, why didn't you and Desi keep the home?? By the way, how are you and Desi doing?

Lucie:  Our childhood home at 1000 North Roxbury Drive was finally sold three years after our mother's death. The folks who purchased it were the only ones who didn't want to tear it down completely. We're happy that someone has given it a face lift and a new life. They did make a lot of changes, but it's their home now and they have the right to do whatever they wish. As far as preserving things exactly as they are because famous people lived there once, it's just not practical unless you intend to turn the property into a museum (and Roxbury Drive isn't zoned for that!!)

There are three reasons my brother and I didn't keep the house: we both had our own homes and families in other states and had no desire to move back, our stepfather moved out of the house to Palm Springs, and it was our mother's wish that the house be sold and the proceeds distributed.

Desi and I are doing just great, thanks! He lives in a lovely, small community in the West where he and his wife own and run a ballet company and a theatre. He's writing and recording music again with his Dino, Desi and Billy partner, Billy Hinsche, and Dino's younger brother, Ricci Martin. They have an album coming out soon dedicated to Dino Martin, Jr. who was tragically killed piloting a plane in 1987. The album is to be called My Old Friend. Keep an eye out for it. Meanwhile, my husband of 20 years and I are raising 3 teenagers in a small community outside of NYC, performing in plays and films when my family schedule permits. Desi and I oversee the running of our parents' estates. We see each other often and are very close.

Q.   I just bought the first CD-Rom about your parents. It said Vol. 2 would be out. When can we find it?

Lucie:  We are very proud of the CD ROM we created. It garnered some wonderful reviews and won a few awards. However, we found out we really don't know how to compete in that arena. So, we're sticking to our core business -- entertainment. The multimedia world of commerce is, right now, too much of a niche market. We still may find a way to develop a second volume one day.

Q.   How can I contact Desi Arnaz, Jr.?

Lucie:  Desi can be written to at PO Box 60684 Boulder City, NV 89006.

Q.   With your substantial musical pedigree, I was wondering who your father's favorite musical performers and/or composers were, as well as yours?

Lucie:  My dad loved Latin music (of course!) and Irving Berlin. My dad said Mr. Berlin "was the only American composer to ever write a song about Cuba!" (The song was "I'll See You in C-U-B-A). As for me I love Berlin for sure. Also, Dave Frishberg, Jule Styne, Ron Abel and Chuck Steffan, Steve March Torme, Cy Coleman, David Zipple, and on and on. Every day I find more.

Q.   Lucie, how many children do you have?

Lucie:  I have three children, Simon, Joseph and Katharine, and two step children, Nicholas and Ben.

Q.   Hi there. If your mother was still alive, do you think you might do a TV show or make any movies together?

Lucie:  My mother and I were on TV together for 6 years in Here's Lucy. I think if she were alive she would be a bit old (she would be 88) to be doing a series or any movies. She would probably be just making appearances like Bob Hope does now. I think older performers deserve their rest and all the accolades we can give them. Lucy Ricardo was a young woman and I don't think she would be as funny played by a grandmother.