Three Little Pigskins - Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Three Little Pigskins also marked one of Lucille Ball's earliest appearances on film - as a blond, as this was before she dyed her hair red. Later in her career, when this short was brought up, Ball (apparently referring to the seltzer squirting scene) would remark, "The only thing I learned from the Three Stooges was how to duck!" noting, "I still got wet!"

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