A/N-This is based off the episode, 'The Women of Atlanta', Charlene convinced the gang to have a photographer take pictures of them which he really wanted...something next to Playboy and Julia ranted to him to 'Suck pearls!'
Didn't you ever wonder about the pictures of the women as the show starts how they got there? This is my interesting take on them. Charlene had also got a bunch of 'I Love Lucy' videos in that the girls were watching in the end so you can imagine that theme song with this episode.
The latest show of I Love Lucy was going off as the girls sat around the television set in Julia's living room upstairs and they hear the door opening and closing downstairs and Anthony calling, "Julia! Mary Jo! Charlene!" Charlene says, "We're up here Anthony!" They hear him coming up the stairs and Suzanne asks, "Why didn't he say my name?" Julia sighs and looks over at her sister and says, "Suzanne, Anthony doesn't need to say your name with every breath he has, if he did the man would run out of the very thing that helps him live!" Suzanne rolls her eyes then Anthony comes in the room and says, "I'm sorry ladies to interrupt your 'I Love Lucy' love-a-thon but I thought you would be intersted in these..." He holds up a thick manila envelope and he says, "These are the pictures from Estelle"
Mary Jo and and Charlene jump up and go get them and Charlene says, "I can't believe we got them this quick, it's only been two weeks!" Mary Jo says, "Things move quickly these days Charlene, why, we might get them one day in a hour!" They go over and put them on a glass table and spread them out and Suzanne smiles and says with a high tone in her voice, "Look how my pictures shine over everybody else's" Everybody looks at her then Julia says, "They don't look any more better than anybody else's Suzanne so shut up" Suzanne gives a hearty 'hmph' and Mary Jo says, "Now this is what good, classy pictures are supposed to be...they say decorator and also show the fun in us all" Julia smiles then says, "I have to agree Mary Jo" Mary Jo then says, "Julia, I know it's not the publicity we wanted but how about we take at least one copy of each of the pictures and this one with us all...and take them down to the newspapers?" "I agree...Charlene, can you do that for us in the morning?" Charlene beams then says, "I would love to...now , can we get back to watching 'I love Lucy?"
Julia and company smile then Mary Jo says, "Sure...come on Anthony" "Oh, this is great, the next show is the one with Tennessee Ernie Ford!" They all go to sit down to watch the great comedy while the pictures shine on the glass table with happy faces. And Mary Jo asks, "I wonder what ever happened to the sleazeball photographer Dewitt?" Everybody looks at each other . At that same time in Las Angeles, working at a seafood restaurant in the kitchen is Dewitt, the sleazy photographer who is hot and sweaty and shucking oysters. A fellow worker comes and he wipes the sweat off his forehead and he says in a heavy Spanish accent, "So, Dewitt, you said you were a famous photographer, what are you doing here? Working in here, at this restaurant?" Dewitt puts down his shucking tool then sneers then says, "They said I was losing my touch" "Who's we?" Dewitt looks around then says, "All these head guys who publish my pictures"
He picks up a oyster and shucks it and he gets a pearl and he smiles a leery smile then says to his co-worker, "Maybe my luck is turning" Just then another man comes in, a man in a three peice suit and he sees the pearl then goes over and grabs it away from Dewitt then in a shocked voice, Dewitt says, "Hey, I thought you said we could keep whatever pearl we find" The man who is clearly the boss, says, "Normally, that's true but we have a important customer and she comes clearly first" The boss picks up a hand towel and wipes the pearl off then turns and goes out and Dewitt and the sweaty co-worker goes to the kitchen doors and looks out and Dewitt's mouth drops open.
He sees his former employee, Estelle in the best of clothes and the most sparkling of jewels and he goes up to her and she holds out her hand and he puts the brand new pearl in her palm then kisses her hand and leads her to a table.
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