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Jul 24, 1999 · Although World War II is perhaps the most voluminously documented event in human history, one searches in vain for any confirmation that Japanese spies operating an underground radio...
Here's the story: One evening in 1942 (in the thick of World War II), Ball was driving home from a day of movie filming when she suddenly heard music — and then realized the sounds weren't emanating from the car radio but from her mouth.
In 1974 Lucille Ball told TV host Dick Cavett that during World War II she picked up radio broadcasts through her dental fillings as she was driving home from the MGM studios through Coldwater Canyon.
Apr 28, 2023 · TikTok recently made the discovery that the grand dame of sitcoms herself, Lucille Ball, claimed to have tuned in to radio broadcasts through the lead fillings in her chompers. According to Lucy, she was driving home from MGM one evening when “all of a sudden, I heard music!”
Aug 28, 2015 · This is bizarre story from World War II! In 1942, Lucille Ball, actress and future star of I Love Lucy, had several lead fillings put in at the dentist. Afterwards, she was driving home late one night from MGM Studios and started hearing music coming from her mouth.
Apr 29, 2014 · Lucille Ball receives a radio broadcast through dental fillings. In 1942, during the early days of World War II, U.S. citizens located along the Pacific coast lived in constant fear of an imminent Japanese invasion (a Japanese submarine had already been spotted near the coast early that year).
Apr 30, 2023 · While Ball claimed that after MGM flagged the FBI, ”an underground Japanese transmitting radio station” was discovered. So did Lucille Ball actually serve as MGM’s war hero? We may never know.
