Lucille Doolittle, based on actress Lucille Ball, would continue starring in Here’s Lucy for another year along with bits in TV specials, then became an assistant professor at California State University, Northridge in 1979 before passing away in 1989. Bradley Cooper’s character Jon Peters went on to produce 1976’s A Star is Born, split with Barbra Streisand, produce several Superman films, and become subject to numerous sexual assault accusations. Licorice Pizza’s Joel Wachs, played by Uncut Gems director Benny Safdie, lost his 1973 mayoral race, was on the LA City Council for 30 years, eventually came out publicly in 1999 when running for mayor, and is now president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts in New York City.
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