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Watch the tense moment Lucille Ball tells a host to take his hands off female audience members

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Lucille Ball told David Sheehan to take his hands off of female audience members in 1978 .

A viral video has been circulating on social media showing Ball 's no-nonsense way of speaking up when she felt the need to.

Ball didn't so much as crack a smile during her clear, simple, repeated "hands off" admonitions.

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