Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
Suzuki Beane was a book meant to be a satire on the Eloise series.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz purchased the rights for a tv show.
Does anyone know about either the book or the show?
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Desilu produced a pilot of Suzuki Beane with Katie Sweet in the lead. When the show wasn't picked up, Desilu edited parts of the pilot into a comedy anthology pilot starring Victor Borge. The edited version is on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P909e3DznY8
I think the pilot seems kind of great, but I don't think it would have had mainstream success in 1962. When the pilot didn't sell, costar Jimmy Garrett was cast as Lucy's son on The Lucy Show.
You can read and/or download the original book:
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