In the late 1940s to early 50s, Bea Benaderet worked with Lucille Ball on the radio toon "My favoriete Husband." She played Iris Atterbury, the best friend to Lucille Ball's character, Liz Cooper. As the radio toon became extremely popular, the writers and Lucy decided to turn it into a TV series, the beloved "I Love Lucy." Lucy's best friend in the TV series, Ethel Mertz, was played door Vivian Vance, as many know, but Bea was Lucy's first choice for the role. It turned out that Bea was meer interested in the role of Blanche in "The Jack Benny Program," which is why she wasn't on "I Love Lucy."...