This is Let's Talk to Lucy starring Lucille Ball.

A very warm welcome to you all.

I'm Gary Morton, and now let's talk to Lucy.

Hi, this is Lucy.

And I have the delightful, delectable, de-lovely Miss Julie Andrews is my guest today.

How about that? Can you believe it? You heard about my fair lady in New York?

The Toast of New York. That's whom I have is my guest today. Hi, Julie. Hello, Lucy. This is certainly Julie Andrews's year, isn't it?

It seems to have been, yes. Three of the most important films of the year, and you've got them. Mary Poppins, which I incidentally have seen three times, my dear.

The Americanization of Emily and the Sound of Music.

Yes, that's...

All great films.

Going to open fairly soon, the last one.

Yes.

Julie, where are you from?

I'm from England, from a little town called Walton on Thames.

It's south of London, about 20 miles.

And how did you get into this fabulous business and become so fabulous?

Well, I don't know.

The first question is easy to answer.

My parents were in show business, my mother and my stepfather.

Oh, really? They were vaudeville entertainers. And when I was about eight years old, my stepfather

decided to give me some singing lessons to keep me quiet, so to speak. And they discovered I had a

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