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Let's Be An Episode of I Love Lucy

I'm Lucy's failed attempt to break into show business

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by Anonymousreply 602March 4, 2019 3:51 PM

I'm the blowjob delivered in Desi's dressing room minutes before filming.

by Anonymousreply 1February 24, 2019 4:39 PM

I'm the cultural appropriation.

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by Anonymousreply 2February 24, 2019 4:52 PM

I’m the saliva on Cesar Romero’s lips

by Anonymousreply 3February 24, 2019 4:58 PM

I'm Vitameatavegamin !

by Anonymousreply 4February 24, 2019 5:05 PM

I'm Ethel's chic Hostess pants.

by Anonymousreply 5February 24, 2019 5:07 PM

I’m Mrs. Trumbull, closet dyke.

by Anonymousreply 6February 24, 2019 5:12 PM

I'm the hooker hiding in Desi's dressing Room closted

by Anonymousreply 7February 24, 2019 5:13 PM

I'm the World where Dezi Arnez could make a career as a nightclub singer.

by Anonymousreply 8February 24, 2019 5:14 PM

I'm the 10 foot loaf of bread that emerges from a 2 foot oven.

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by Anonymousreply 9February 24, 2019 5:15 PM

I'm twin beds.

by Anonymousreply 10February 24, 2019 5:16 PM

I'm Vivian Vance being told to go back to makeup and find a less flattering shade of lipstick by Lucille.

by Anonymousreply 11February 24, 2019 5:23 PM

I'm Lucy's elaborate daytime outfits for appointments in town ... usually a suit with scarf, bag, gloves, hat, jewelry, heels, hose, etc.

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by Anonymousreply 12February 24, 2019 5:25 PM

I'm The Spider.

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by Anonymousreply 13February 24, 2019 5:31 PM

I’m a box of chocolates that Ethel used to pinch

by Anonymousreply 14February 24, 2019 5:31 PM

I'm the bucket the Ricardos have to poo into because their apartment has no toilet

by Anonymousreply 15February 24, 2019 5:33 PM

I'm the booze on Ricky's breath when he enters the apartment set for the first scene in the morning.

And the scowl on Lucy's face when she smells it.

by Anonymousreply 16February 24, 2019 6:10 PM

I’m Ethel's blue jeans, looking forward to my first subway ride.

by Anonymousreply 17February 24, 2019 6:35 PM

I'm Lucy's thinly veiled disdain during Phil Ober's cameo.

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by Anonymousreply 18February 24, 2019 6:51 PM

I'm some 'splainin'. Lucy better start doing me.

by Anonymousreply 19February 24, 2019 8:48 PM

R3, that wasn't saliva. See R1.

by Anonymousreply 20February 24, 2019 8:49 PM

I'm Fred's shakes, thinking about that bottle of booze waiting for me in the dressing room after filming.

by Anonymousreply 21February 24, 2019 9:33 PM

I’m the embryo.

by Anonymousreply 22February 24, 2019 9:34 PM

I'm the folks at Phipps. We're a bunch of gyps!

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by Anonymousreply 23February 24, 2019 9:50 PM

I'm the lady on the laugh track who can be heard saying "Uh-oh!" in every damned episode when Lucy's latest scheme is about to blow up in her face.

by Anonymousreply 24February 24, 2019 9:56 PM

I'm Lucy's old prostitution clients, looking at the TV and nudging the guy next to him, "Hey, I fucked that broad for a five."

by Anonymousreply 25February 24, 2019 10:00 PM

I'm Bill Frawley's flatulence problem.

by Anonymousreply 26February 24, 2019 10:21 PM

I'm the kerchief in her hair when she does "housework."

by Anonymousreply 27February 24, 2019 10:35 PM

I'm the kitchen, that had a breakfast counter some days, a table some days and just no furniture at all on other days.

by Anonymousreply 28February 24, 2019 10:44 PM

I'm the joke that slipped by censors in which Ethel bemoans that Fred has himself trained to do anything in less than a minute.

by Anonymousreply 29February 24, 2019 10:46 PM

I'm Lucy's mother, fresh off of complaining about "that spic!" and sitting in the front row.

by Anonymousreply 30February 24, 2019 10:47 PM

I'm Desi shouting, "Babalu Aye !" which the audience doesn't know is an Orisha/saint in Santeria (and Voodoo)

by Anonymousreply 31February 24, 2019 11:03 PM

I'm the food that Ethel has had sufficient.

by Anonymousreply 32February 24, 2019 11:10 PM

I’m the cheese baby.

by Anonymousreply 33February 24, 2019 11:29 PM

I'm the Loving Cup trophy that Lucy gets stuck on her head.

"Oh, Lucy, this could only happen to you!".

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by Anonymousreply 34February 24, 2019 11:30 PM

I'm Lucy's riding lawn mower which wrecks her neighbor's prize tulip garden.

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by Anonymousreply 35February 24, 2019 11:33 PM

I'm the smokes.

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by Anonymousreply 36February 24, 2019 11:33 PM

I'm Ricky singing and performing in too many episodes.

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by Anonymousreply 37February 24, 2019 11:46 PM

I'm the piano up center no one ever seems to play

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by Anonymousreply 38February 25, 2019 12:16 AM

I’m the murder mystery book that leads Lucy to believe Ricky is planning to kill her.

by Anonymousreply 39February 25, 2019 12:17 AM

I'm the perplexing space behind the kitchen door.

by Anonymousreply 40February 25, 2019 12:20 AM

I'm Charleston Garden at B Altman, in a somber sulk for never being a location.

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by Anonymousreply 41February 25, 2019 12:24 AM

I'm the early I Love Lucy episode when Lucy and Ethel knock on a woman's apartment door and she opens the door and Lucy says their doing a survey. The woman says YOU'RE NOT FROM KINSEY ARE YOU?-Impressively risque for 1951!

by Anonymousreply 42February 25, 2019 12:33 AM

I’m YOUR washing machine, Ethel.

by Anonymousreply 43February 25, 2019 12:34 AM

I'm the tiny budget Lucy was kept on, despite Ricky being the headline performer at a nightclub he owned.

by Anonymousreply 44February 25, 2019 12:36 AM

R43 The fight over the washing machine. And of course it falls off the balcony.

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by Anonymousreply 45February 25, 2019 12:42 AM

I'm the small pillow that Ricky puts over Lucy's mouth to stop her screaming when he gives her surprise anal a couple of times a month in one of the single beds.

by Anonymousreply 46February 25, 2019 12:43 AM

I'm Edward Everett Horton who has to pretend I have the hots for Lucy and then Miss Lewis.

by Anonymousreply 47February 25, 2019 12:46 AM

I'm the grapes.

by Anonymousreply 48February 25, 2019 1:07 AM

I'm Mrs. Trumbull's eternal lack of opportunities outside the home, which make her forever available to babysit for Little Ricky.

by Anonymousreply 49February 25, 2019 1:11 AM

I'm the most happy fella......

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by Anonymousreply 50February 25, 2019 1:13 AM

I'm Gale Gordon and Bea Benadaret, pissed at not getting the Mertz roles.

by Anonymousreply 51February 25, 2019 1:17 AM

I'm the sex that happens between the scenes where one minute Lucy and Ricky are snuggled together on the couch reading the sports page then after a quick fadeout they saunter back to the living room from the bedroom in different outfits with a very pleased Lucy expressing how good it was and wishing they could do it more often.

by Anonymousreply 52February 25, 2019 1:25 AM

I'm an inspired use of burlap!

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by Anonymousreply 53February 25, 2019 1:46 AM

I'm Teensy and Weensy.

by Anonymousreply 54February 25, 2019 1:56 AM

[quote]I'm the kitchen, that had a breakfast counter some days, a table some days and just no furniture at all on other days.

We're the Desilu set decorators and props department and we're thrilled that you even noticed.

by Anonymousreply 55February 25, 2019 2:01 AM

I'm the brick interior wall.

by Anonymousreply 56February 25, 2019 2:07 AM

I'm Elois Jenssen.....

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by Anonymousreply 57February 25, 2019 2:08 AM

I'm Carolyn Appleby. I'll be damned if that bitch is going to one-up me!

by Anonymousreply 58February 25, 2019 2:11 AM

I’m those square little picture frames on the wall.

by Anonymousreply 59February 25, 2019 2:12 AM

I'm the grapes that got flung in Lucy's face.

by Anonymousreply 60February 25, 2019 2:13 AM

I'm the scene where Lucy gives birth. I'll be done a million times over the next 60 years, on various different shows, and each time I'll be made out to be just the biggest thing you've ever seen.

by Anonymousreply 61February 25, 2019 2:14 AM

I'm Elvia Allman calling for the chocolate assembly line to be speeded up.

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by Anonymousreply 62February 25, 2019 2:21 AM

I'm the Anna Magnani–inspired wig fashion.

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by Anonymousreply 63February 25, 2019 2:33 AM

I'm Edie Adams, singing a beautiful version of "That's All" to Lucy and Desi on the last show with the full cast....unfortunately Mr. and Mrs. Arnaz were not on speaking terms at the time.

by Anonymousreply 64February 25, 2019 2:34 AM

I'm William Holden at the Brown Derby gazing at Lucy.

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by Anonymousreply 65February 25, 2019 2:35 AM

I'm Eve Arden, informing Lucy and Ethel that it's HER portrait on the wall of the Derby, not Shelley Winters or Judy Holliday.

by Anonymousreply 66February 25, 2019 2:40 AM

I'm the entire theater going audience who learned Second Acting from Lucy and Ethel when they snuck in after intermission of "Most Happy Fella."

by Anonymousreply 67February 25, 2019 2:43 AM

I'm Franistan!

by Anonymousreply 68February 25, 2019 2:47 AM

R58

Also known as Lillian Appleby; sometimes blind as a bat, sometimes apparently no need for eyeglasses. Depends on what's needed.

by Anonymousreply 69February 25, 2019 2:48 AM

I'm that episode I think I remember where Lucy pretended to be a chair. I think she thought her neighbors were spies or something.

by Anonymousreply 70February 25, 2019 2:50 AM

VIVIAN VANCE!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 71February 25, 2019 2:54 AM

I am one of Jacques Marcel's models wearing a Jacques Marcel Original based of course upon a monstrosity created by a reasonable tailor hired by Ricky to play a dirty trick on Lucy. Actually, in reality I'm Georgia Holt and am most famous for being the mother of CHER.

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by Anonymousreply 72February 25, 2019 3:01 AM

R70

The 'spies' having been played by Hayden Rourke, better remembered for playing Dr. Bellows on I DREAM OF JEANNIE and K.T. Stevens who was at that time married to Hugh Marlowe (Lloyd Richards in ALL ABOUT EVE). I, K.T. was a friend of Vivian's from when we'd been cast in the same play a decade earlier.

by Anonymousreply 73February 25, 2019 3:05 AM

I'm Lucy's jitterbug dance instructor Arthur King Cat Walsh.

"Man that's cool. Dig the crazy dancin' bear. That coat's a gasser! Frantic. Let's bag it baby."

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by Anonymousreply 74February 25, 2019 3:10 AM

I’m the extra 20 pounds Lucy insisted on from Vivian Vance.

by Anonymousreply 75February 25, 2019 3:20 AM

Thank you r73!

In all the I Love Lucy threads I've seen, I don't think that episode has ever been mentioned. I've seen so many other episodes multiple times, but not this one. Just that one time when I was very young, maybe 6 or 7.

by Anonymousreply 76February 25, 2019 3:29 AM

I'm that terrible, fake, huge laugh coming out of Desi's mouth from time to time that is maybe the most mirthless laugh on TV. That is until Alan Alda came along on M.A.S.H. and almost topped it with his own mirthless, terrible, huge, fake laugh.

by Anonymousreply 77February 25, 2019 3:46 AM

I'm the vacuum cleaner that Lucy lugged all over NYC and didn't make a single sale.

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by Anonymousreply 78February 25, 2019 3:55 AM

I'm Lucy's fake nose!

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by Anonymousreply 79February 25, 2019 3:56 AM

I'm too many Old-Fashioneds.

by Anonymousreply 80February 25, 2019 3:57 AM

I'm Mrs. McGillicuddy's cackle which was a worse egg than Marion Strong's.

by Anonymousreply 81February 25, 2019 3:58 AM

I'm the line "Ethel, look what happened to your washing machine." It was the funniest few seconds of the whole show. Lucy's timing was impeccable.

by Anonymousreply 82February 25, 2019 3:59 AM

R76 Here's your chair episode. In the bottom right photo she's sneaking out the door. Priceless and love it!

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by Anonymousreply 83February 25, 2019 4:02 AM

I'm Don Loper, too grand to learn his lines and stumbling over almost every one.

by Anonymousreply 84February 25, 2019 4:13 AM

I'm DL fave, Mrs. Bow Wow Richard Carlson.

by Anonymousreply 85February 25, 2019 4:15 AM

I'm the toaster that Ethel really wanted for her birthday.

by Anonymousreply 86February 25, 2019 4:24 AM

Well, I'm the scrunchy belt, off-the-shoulder top and ballet flats that Ethel should have gotten to go with her harlequin hostess pants.

by Anonymousreply 87February 25, 2019 4:26 AM

I'm that little bit of Barbara Eden poop on Desi's dick.

by Anonymousreply 88February 25, 2019 4:26 AM

I'm the ghost of Tillie.

by Anonymousreply 89February 25, 2019 4:27 AM

I'm Mrs. Gordon MacRae, with my uppity accent, before I entered into America's consciousness as good old Sheila MacRae.

by Anonymousreply 90February 25, 2019 4:29 AM

I'm itza mu-mu.

by Anonymousreply 91February 25, 2019 4:29 AM

I'm Sally Sweet, I'm the Queen of Delancey Street.

by Anonymousreply 92February 25, 2019 4:30 AM

I'm the mineral oil Lucy got to rub all over John Wayne's muscular nude body.

by Anonymousreply 93February 25, 2019 4:31 AM

We're Evelyn Holmby, HATCHET murderess, and her BLONDE companion and we'd like another HELPing.

by Anonymousreply 94February 25, 2019 4:34 AM

I'm Lucy's chiffon scarf that blows so beautifully from the offstage fan that it convinces the TV audiences that Fred and Lucy really are on the Staten Island Ferry.

by Anonymousreply 95February 25, 2019 4:35 AM

I'm Mrs. Forrest Tucker and I can barely walk.

by Anonymousreply 96February 25, 2019 4:37 AM

I'm Ethel's dungarees.

by Anonymousreply 97February 25, 2019 4:40 AM

I'm Desi Arnaz's idiot savant flash genius for developing the standard sitcom we use today, filming on 35mm and the concepts of reruns and syndication. Never smart before, never after. Rain Man level TV production genius.

by Anonymousreply 98February 25, 2019 4:41 AM

I am King Cat Walsh, the jitterbug dancer

by Anonymousreply 99February 25, 2019 4:41 AM

I'm Little Ricky's cap gun.

by Anonymousreply 100February 25, 2019 4:43 AM

I am mrs Trumbulls old crusty pussy.

by Anonymousreply 101February 25, 2019 4:43 AM

I'm two words that one must never say: SWELL and LOUSY.

by Anonymousreply 102February 25, 2019 4:45 AM

I'm Mrs. McGillicuddy's passive-aggressive insistence on calling Ricky "Mickey."

by Anonymousreply 103February 25, 2019 4:45 AM

They call me Cuban Pete. I’m the king of the Rumba beat .

by Anonymousreply 104February 25, 2019 4:50 AM

I’m Ricky’s foreskin, straining against his fat Cuban pinga.

by Anonymousreply 105February 25, 2019 4:51 AM

I'm "Oh, keep quiet", the closest Lucy ever got to telling off her horrible mother,

by Anonymousreply 106February 25, 2019 4:54 AM

I'm Jimmy Wilson's hefty mother. Without me playing the fairy princess last year, Ethel never would have gotten the chance.

by Anonymousreply 107February 25, 2019 4:58 AM

I don't care if it's already been mentioned. I'm Vitameatavegemin.

by Anonymousreply 108February 25, 2019 4:59 AM

I'm Ethel's leopard outfit from Mrs. Howell's charm school. Addendum: Lucy hated this episode because it was one of the rare ones where Vance got a bigger laugh than she did.

by Anonymousreply 109February 25, 2019 5:04 AM

I'm the audience losing interest in the show every time Tennessee Ernie Ford was on.

by Anonymousreply 110February 25, 2019 5:06 AM

R110 all his episodes were funny though.

by Anonymousreply 111February 25, 2019 5:08 AM

I'm "It's a moo moo."

by Anonymousreply 112February 25, 2019 5:08 AM

We're the bananas that ugly little Stevie Appleby peels with his feet.

by Anonymousreply 113February 25, 2019 5:09 AM

I’m Madam Ethel Mertzola!

by Anonymousreply 114February 25, 2019 5:14 AM

I'm the operetta that Lucy wrote.

by Anonymousreply 115February 25, 2019 5:19 AM

I'm that one time Lucy DID get in the show.

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by Anonymousreply 116February 25, 2019 5:22 AM

I'm the EthelLu Dress Shop.

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by Anonymousreply 117February 25, 2019 5:26 AM

I'm their gypsy QUEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeen!!!

by Anonymousreply 118February 25, 2019 5:28 AM

I'm friendship.

by Anonymousreply 119February 25, 2019 5:28 AM

I am Carlotta Romero and I have been putting on weight mostly.

by Anonymousreply 120February 25, 2019 5:32 AM

I'm world-renowned home economist Mary Margaret McMertz.

by Anonymousreply 121February 25, 2019 5:34 AM

I'm unpoopular. 😓

by Anonymousreply 122February 25, 2019 5:35 AM

I am Joe Maggio, little Ricky’s favorite baseball player.

by Anonymousreply 123February 25, 2019 5:38 AM

I'm the casual references to domestic violence.

by Anonymousreply 124February 25, 2019 5:41 AM

I’m Sir Lancelot, I love to sing and prance a lot.

by Anonymousreply 125February 25, 2019 6:10 AM

I’m Fred Mertz’s pants.

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by Anonymousreply 126February 25, 2019 6:14 AM

And you get called a nancy a lot

When guys pull down your pants a lot.

by Anonymousreply 127February 25, 2019 6:15 AM

I'm the never seen before dog, Butch, that magically appears under the table when Lucy is dieting, so Fred can feed me a scrap and Lucy can try to get to it first.

by Anonymousreply 128February 25, 2019 6:18 AM

I’m Fred Mertz after transitioning.

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by Anonymousreply 129February 25, 2019 6:20 AM

We’re Frausy Ricardo and Dishwater Mertz.

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by Anonymousreply 130February 25, 2019 6:25 AM

I'm Rock Hudson's lips puckering up to blow!

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by Anonymousreply 131February 25, 2019 1:24 PM

I'm Ann Sothern, pissed because I'm prettier, more talented, can sing, dance and act better and am funnier than Lucy but will never be as big of a star.

"If only there was a way to be a bigger star? Thought Ann

by Anonymousreply 132February 25, 2019 1:29 PM

I'm Tallulah's liquored breath.

by Anonymousreply 133February 25, 2019 2:00 PM

I'm Dr. Peterson and the only thing funnier than my dancing is the look on Ricky's face when he hears Lucy's voice from inside the trunk.

I will make this poster laugh his ass of for decades to come.

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by Anonymousreply 134February 25, 2019 2:02 PM

I'm WILLIAM HOLDEN , deciding if I'm going to fuck Lucy after the show.

by Anonymousreply 135February 25, 2019 2:02 PM

I'm the oriental figurines on the mantel.

by Anonymousreply 136February 25, 2019 2:04 PM

I'm Lucy's incipient smoker's croak on [italic]The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.[/italic]

by Anonymousreply 137February 25, 2019 2:04 PM

I'm the Champagne on the house Vivian Vance buys, when William Frawley dies.

by Anonymousreply 138February 25, 2019 2:05 PM

And I am the bottle of Vitameatavegamin that became Lucy's all time most popular episode.

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by Anonymousreply 139February 25, 2019 2:07 PM

I'm Vivian's bruises, covered up by makeup artist Hal King.

by Anonymousreply 140February 25, 2019 2:11 PM

I’m the pastel painting of a male dancer that once hung above Ricky’s bed that I saw for sale on eBay....and was probably a fake.

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by Anonymousreply 141February 25, 2019 2:32 PM

I'm the goldbloots, that came into the US on the back legs of the Booshu bird.

by Anonymousreply 142February 25, 2019 2:47 PM

I'm the pencil she used to dial.

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by Anonymousreply 143February 25, 2019 2:51 PM

[quote]The 'spies' having been played by Hayden Rourke, better remembered for playing Dr. Bellows on I DREAM OF JEANNIE and K.T. Stevens who was at that time married to Hugh Marlowe (Lloyd Richards in ALL ABOUT EVE). I, K.T. was a friend of Vivian's from when we'd been cast in the same play a decade earlier.

I'm Hayden Rorke (not Roarke), trying to figure out if Desi will let me borrow Cesar Romero.

by Anonymousreply 144February 25, 2019 3:57 PM

We're Richard "Dick" Crenna and Janet Waldo, who would go on to greater fame (Him: Our Miss Brooks, The Real McCoys, movies and television; Her: tons of voiceover work, most notably as Judy Jetson.)

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by Anonymousreply 145February 25, 2019 4:02 PM

I'm Bea Benaderet. I missed out on Ethel, but I got this one-off. Oh well, I guess Edward Everett Horton is better than William Frawley.

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by Anonymousreply 146February 25, 2019 4:07 PM

I'm the cheese sandwich that Lucy tries to eat on the sneak while under an avalanche.

by Anonymousreply 147February 25, 2019 4:12 PM

I'm the Sansevieria trifasciata and Philodendron scandens.

by Anonymousreply 148February 25, 2019 4:29 PM

I'm Bob's bubbles......

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by Anonymousreply 149February 25, 2019 4:31 PM

I'm the lines guest star Joan Crawford keeps forgetting because she's drunk.

by Anonymousreply 150February 25, 2019 4:37 PM

I'm the fake gushing when Lucy realizes a guest star is someone famous.

by Anonymousreply 151February 25, 2019 4:38 PM

I'm a Grecian Urn.

by Anonymousreply 152February 25, 2019 4:49 PM

I'ma gonna vamp you!

by Anonymousreply 153February 25, 2019 4:50 PM

I'm the stupendously glamorous Mrs. Alan Ladd!

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by Anonymousreply 154February 25, 2019 4:58 PM

I'm....

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by Anonymousreply 155February 25, 2019 5:03 PM

I'm the yellowface!

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by Anonymousreply 156February 25, 2019 5:15 PM

I'm Lucille's terpsichorean ability.....

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by Anonymousreply 157February 25, 2019 5:20 PM

I'm Little Ricky, relegated to sitting in a room alone for hours, until I'm hauled out for 5 minutes of camera time, or at the zoo with Mrs. Trumble.

by Anonymousreply 158February 25, 2019 5:35 PM

I'm the sunburn.

by Anonymousreply 159February 25, 2019 5:36 PM

I'm the slinky, black dress that Barbara Eden wore on an episode (and she had to keep on dodging Desi's advances during rehearsals, according to her memoir).

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by Anonymousreply 160February 25, 2019 5:42 PM

I'm the green, Puerto Rican prom dress Lucy is wearing in R160

by Anonymousreply 161February 25, 2019 5:47 PM

I’m Sir Lancelot, I love to sing and prance a lot.

I am the good PRINCE Lancelot, I love to sing and DANCE a lot.

by Anonymousreply 162February 25, 2019 5:58 PM

I am the mother of Lucille Ball, often heard from the audience saying "uh oh!!" when Lucy is about to do something wacky.

And thank you, OP for this thread, a respite from so many negative and depressing threads that are clogging up the bowels of datalounge lately.

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by Anonymousreply 163February 25, 2019 6:17 PM

I am Lily of the Valley.

"Tell him not to dilly dally, not to silly sally, come back soon, Lily of the valley."

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by Anonymousreply 164February 25, 2019 6:20 PM

I'm all of the POC who were never on the show.

by Anonymousreply 165February 25, 2019 6:22 PM

I’m Ethel’s arrow dress.

If I’m not in this episode, I’ll be in the next one.

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by Anonymousreply 166February 25, 2019 6:23 PM
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by Anonymousreply 167February 25, 2019 6:28 PM

I’m the pattern on the Ricardos’ old sofa.

In black and white I look like a sea of canker sores.

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by Anonymousreply 168February 25, 2019 6:29 PM

I'm Bill Frawley's farts, still living on in posterity deep within the cushions of r168.

by Anonymousreply 169February 25, 2019 6:31 PM
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by Anonymousreply 170February 25, 2019 6:32 PM

R165 give a rest sjw, it was the fifties lol and they had many cubans !! Anyway I’m Sam the Porter , now shut the fuck up.

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by Anonymousreply 171February 25, 2019 6:36 PM

I'm the dramatic way Mrs. McGullicudy asks "Who's Dory Schary?"

by Anonymousreply 172February 25, 2019 6:59 PM

I'm the PT what?

by Anonymousreply 173February 25, 2019 6:59 PM

I'm your favorite song.

by Anonymousreply 174February 25, 2019 7:00 PM

I’m the corpse of Bobby the bellhop.

He foolishly stowed away in the sidecar of the Mertzes motorcycle thinking he could get more screen time if he somehow got to New York.

I now reside in the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre under the 4th edition of John Wayne’s footprints.

by Anonymousreply 175February 25, 2019 7:01 PM

I'm Albuquerque, New Mexico.

by Anonymousreply 176February 25, 2019 7:02 PM

I’m the Chocolate Soldier.

by Anonymousreply 177February 25, 2019 7:03 PM

I'm the left over children from "The King & I!"

by Anonymousreply 178February 25, 2019 7:03 PM

I’m stage fright.

by Anonymousreply 179February 25, 2019 7:05 PM

I'm strawberries. The greatest actress of the American theater is allergic to me.

by Anonymousreply 180February 25, 2019 7:05 PM

I’m the hem of Valentino's burnoose.

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by Anonymousreply 181February 25, 2019 7:09 PM

I'm the big city vamp, seducing Tennessee Ernie Ford.

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by Anonymousreply 182February 25, 2019 7:11 PM

I’m “Honeybunch”.

I’m hauled out of mothballs whenever Fred is in deep shit with Ethel.

Or if ever he’s feeling randy.

by Anonymousreply 183February 25, 2019 7:13 PM

I’m the porthole Lucy easily could’ve gotten out of if she really tried.

by Anonymousreply 184February 25, 2019 7:16 PM

[quote]I'm the lines guest star Joan Crawford keeps forgetting because she's drunk.

Joan did a guest spot on "The Lucy Show," not "I Love Lucy."

by Anonymousreply 185February 25, 2019 7:16 PM

I'm all the MGM movies that Lucy suggests they remake starring Ricky.

by Anonymousreply 186February 25, 2019 7:18 PM

I'm the wool suit......

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by Anonymousreply 187February 25, 2019 7:21 PM

I'm Cynthia Harcourt, AKA Evenlyn Bigsby, AKA Betty Ramsey

by Anonymousreply 188February 25, 2019 7:24 PM

I'm that egg that Marian Strong laid!

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by Anonymousreply 189February 25, 2019 7:27 PM

I'm the people who never forgot her.

by Anonymousreply 190February 25, 2019 7:29 PM

I'm the wink-wink that Lucy gives when she asks the director of the "Follies" number, "Wouldn't you like to see me die?"

by Anonymousreply 191February 25, 2019 7:40 PM

I am the dizzy wife and her crackpot friends

by Anonymousreply 192February 25, 2019 7:42 PM

I'm the statue that Lucy portrays in the very last episode of I Love Lucy.

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by Anonymousreply 193February 25, 2019 7:42 PM

I'm Tilly.

by Anonymousreply 194February 25, 2019 7:45 PM

I'm Nertz to Mertz

by Anonymousreply 195February 25, 2019 7:48 PM

I'm the cleaning bandana that Fred Mertz wore so nicely.

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by Anonymousreply 196February 25, 2019 7:49 PM

I'm one of the parties that Ethel hasn't been to since she was a little girl.

by Anonymousreply 197February 25, 2019 7:49 PM

I'm the birthday present that Lucy picked out for Ethel - the famous Hostess Pants!

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by Anonymousreply 198February 25, 2019 7:52 PM

I'm the cheese that Lucy pretends is a baby! (Worth repeating if lost in previous 198 entries...)

by Anonymousreply 199February 25, 2019 7:54 PM

I'm the Lucy! You're the Ethel!

by Anonymousreply 200February 25, 2019 7:57 PM

I’m Zeke in Bent Fork. That bitch was richer than everyone combined.

by Anonymousreply 201February 25, 2019 8:02 PM

I'm the feathers.

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by Anonymousreply 202February 25, 2019 8:02 PM

I am Ricky Bacardi the man Lucy married ,according to her marriage license.

by Anonymousreply 203February 25, 2019 8:08 PM

I am songbird Mrs Willoughby head of License Bureau and Mayor of unknown podunk town that has two elderly people in charge of everything.

by Anonymousreply 204February 25, 2019 8:11 PM

I'm Fred in drag in the "Ricky Ricardo doesn't work here anymore?" episode, looking like Barbara Stanwyck in "Double Indemnity".

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by Anonymousreply 205February 25, 2019 8:15 PM

I'm that fake tree that sits in the corner of Lucy and Ricky's apartment during the "Hollywood" season.

I'm the young man that Rock Hudson inexplicably stops to chat with on his way to talk to the girls during the "Palm Springs" episode.

I'm the warning that Desi gave William Frawley on being hired: "You come in drunk or hungover just once, you're fired"

by Anonymousreply 206February 25, 2019 8:16 PM

I'm Don Loper. Here are some of my 1956 fashions.

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by Anonymousreply 207February 25, 2019 8:23 PM

I'm Verna Felton's character who knows exactly how Lucy the vacuum saleslady is going to clean up that mess on her living room floor without electricity.

I'm also Verna's real life son getting some acting work on "I Love Lucy" playing the part of the gofer of the adman who wants Ricky for a Mr and Mrs TV morning show for Phipps department store.

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by Anonymousreply 208February 25, 2019 8:25 PM

I am Her Supreme Highness, the Maharincess of Franistan!

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by Anonymousreply 209February 25, 2019 8:25 PM

I'm Bart Braverman. "She's my birthday too". Nice little bit of acting subtext when he returns the shoes and confesses his scam and you can tell Lucy knew all along but wanted to believe it because she missed her son so much.

by Anonymousreply 210February 25, 2019 8:50 PM

I'M THE FRIENDS OF THE FRIENDLESS.

by Anonymousreply 211February 25, 2019 8:58 PM
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by Anonymousreply 212February 25, 2019 9:01 PM

I'm Theresa, the Italian grape stomper who beat the shit out of Lucy. Although Lucy would tell the story that Theresa didn't speak English and didn't understand what was happening, she was actually an American who was hosting her own radio show in the States in English.

by Anonymousreply 213February 25, 2019 9:02 PM

I'M THE DRAGON FROM SCOTLAND.

by Anonymousreply 214February 25, 2019 9:03 PM

I'm the lack of chemistry between Lucy and her mother.

by Anonymousreply 215February 25, 2019 9:04 PM

R150 , JOAN WAS ON THE LUCY SHOW , NOT ILL.

by Anonymousreply 216February 25, 2019 9:09 PM

I am the grapes that Lucy and Ethel stomped

by Anonymousreply 217February 25, 2019 9:11 PM

I'm Lucy feigning interest in Little Ricky.

by Anonymousreply 218February 25, 2019 9:15 PM

I'm neither Sticky Fingers Sal, nor Pickpocket Pearl.

by Anonymousreply 219February 25, 2019 9:18 PM

I'm Sally Sweet from Chicka-chicka-boom Street!

by Anonymousreply 220February 25, 2019 9:20 PM

Am I the only gay who is not a fan??? I cringe even hearing her voice.

by Anonymousreply 221February 25, 2019 9:23 PM

r221 = Vivian Vance's last husband

by Anonymousreply 222February 25, 2019 9:26 PM

I'm Barbara ("have you got a job for me this week, Lucy?") Pepper. Lucy stayed true to her longtime pals from the early Hollywood days.

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by Anonymousreply 223February 25, 2019 9:27 PM

I am the living room furniture. Don't get too attached to me, Lucy is getting a whole new look in a few more episodes.

by Anonymousreply 224February 25, 2019 9:35 PM

R9, I remember seeing that episode as a small child in the mid-60s, and being strangely turned on by it. Ahem.

Anyhoo, I'm the painted brick wall in the first apartment.

by Anonymousreply 225February 25, 2019 9:38 PM

I am the experimenting little Ricky and Bruce Ramsey had in their rooms as teenagers.

by Anonymousreply 226February 25, 2019 9:39 PM

R163, Lucy's mother was the "uh-oh"? Wow. I remember it well, it seemed to be on every episode. I assumed it was the laugh track on repeat.

by Anonymousreply 227February 25, 2019 9:42 PM

I'm the tears in Miss Bankhead's mashed potatoes.

by Anonymousreply 228February 25, 2019 9:48 PM

I'm Uncle Oscar's walk-in freezer.

by Anonymousreply 229February 25, 2019 10:57 PM

I'm the recycled scripts. Some are from earlier seasons, and many are from "My Favorite Husband."

by Anonymousreply 230February 25, 2019 10:59 PM

I'm.......

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by Anonymousreply 231February 26, 2019 12:06 AM

I'm Frank Nelson. I was both Freddie Fillmore and Ralph Ramsey.

by Anonymousreply 232February 26, 2019 12:16 AM

Oh, Frank -- don't be modest! You were also Ben Benjamin, Henry the waiter, Sgt. Nelson, Dickie Davis, the train conductor, and the customs officer who discovers the cheese.

by Anonymousreply 233February 26, 2019 4:03 AM

Wasn't he also Ricky's boss?

by Anonymousreply 234February 26, 2019 4:06 AM

I'm Peggy Rea. I played one of the demure bridge players on "ILL," but after gaining a substantial amount of weight, I went on to greater fame as Brett Butler's mother-in-law on "Grace Under Fire."

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by Anonymousreply 235February 26, 2019 4:06 AM

I am *clears throat* I am , testing 1,2,3, 4 testing!

by Anonymousreply 236February 26, 2019 4:15 AM

" I'm Mrs. End......."

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by Anonymousreply 237February 26, 2019 4:29 AM

I am the clock that gets set back an hour to improve efficiency, instead of forward.

by Anonymousreply 238February 26, 2019 4:51 AM

I'm Grace Foster, the neighbor/slut who's screwing the milkman!

by Anonymousreply 239February 26, 2019 4:52 AM

I am gorgeous hunk of man( was he ever!) Tom Henderson’s big meaty dick.

by Anonymousreply 240February 26, 2019 5:03 AM

And I am Harry Henderson. Tom’s ugly brother , the hunk who shrunk.

by Anonymousreply 241February 26, 2019 5:05 AM

I'm Tom Henderson who somehow got to Hollywood and became just a lifeguard at the Beverly Palms Hotel.

by Anonymousreply 242February 26, 2019 5:20 AM

I’m butter? On bread?!

by Anonymousreply 243February 26, 2019 6:00 AM

I’m a lovely shade of turquoise.

by Anonymousreply 244February 26, 2019 6:06 AM

I’m a bottle of My Sin.

by Anonymousreply 245February 26, 2019 6:11 AM

I’m the cameraman’s mumps!

by Anonymousreply 246February 26, 2019 6:12 AM

I’m Isabella Clump.

by Anonymousreply 247February 26, 2019 6:14 AM

I’m Risky Riskerdough

by Anonymousreply 248February 26, 2019 6:14 AM

I’m seven layers thick!

by Anonymousreply 249February 26, 2019 6:15 AM

I'm the horseshoe Lucy tried shooting.

by Anonymousreply 250February 26, 2019 6:17 AM

I'm the bad dream after eating too much Chinese food.

by Anonymousreply 251February 26, 2019 6:18 AM

I’m the hunky 1st AD whose feelings get hurt when my down-low-lover/director calls out “Rolling!”

by Anonymousreply 252February 26, 2019 6:21 AM

I’m Can-All-Pet

by Anonymousreply 253February 26, 2019 6:23 AM

We’re the nutrients that can be found in a lima bean’s inner epidermis.

by Anonymousreply 254February 26, 2019 6:26 AM

I am Ricky’s leftover breakfast eggs that Ethel will scarf down after he leaves for rehearsal.

by Anonymousreply 255February 26, 2019 6:27 AM

I’m the shores of Gitche Gumee, by the shining Big-Sea-Water.

by Anonymousreply 256February 26, 2019 6:30 AM

I’m Bennett Cerf.

by Anonymousreply 257February 26, 2019 6:34 AM

I’m the Black Mariah.

by Anonymousreply 258February 26, 2019 6:35 AM

I’m Oh, by yes!

by Anonymousreply 259February 26, 2019 6:36 AM

I’m LucyEth’s.

by Anonymousreply 260February 26, 2019 6:41 AM

Sorry, R259 here, that was supposed to be Oh, BUT yes!

by Anonymousreply 261February 26, 2019 6:47 AM

I am , Splain

by Anonymousreply 262February 26, 2019 7:02 AM

I'm Lucy being shitty. Not letting Ethel be elected president of the ladies club. I even gave away my new sweater.

by Anonymousreply 263February 26, 2019 11:01 AM

I'm 0. I'm the number of episodes in which Lucy does not lie about something.

by Anonymousreply 264February 26, 2019 12:18 PM

I’m MADAME X !!!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 265February 26, 2019 12:31 PM

I’m Theodore

by Anonymousreply 266February 26, 2019 12:32 PM

I’m M A R T H A

by Anonymousreply 267February 26, 2019 12:34 PM

I'm Fred's bone that he wants to bury in Lucy's garden.

by Anonymousreply 268February 26, 2019 12:36 PM

I'm the U-Turn in the Holland tunnel.

by Anonymousreply 269February 26, 2019 12:38 PM

I'm all the gags from "Hellzapoppin'" that they stole for the "Ethel's Home Town" episode.

by Anonymousreply 270February 26, 2019 12:42 PM

I’m the twin bed in which Little Ricky was conceived.

by Anonymousreply 271February 26, 2019 12:45 PM

I’m new doorlocks for Fred.

by Anonymousreply 272February 26, 2019 12:51 PM

I’m the stock numbers Lucy thought were prices.

by Anonymousreply 273February 26, 2019 12:52 PM

I’m beFORE, dear.

by Anonymousreply 274February 26, 2019 12:53 PM

I’m AFter, sweetheart.

by Anonymousreply 275February 26, 2019 12:53 PM

I’m Ricky’s English.

STOP MAKIN’ FUN A ME!

by Anonymousreply 276February 26, 2019 12:55 PM

I’m Unique.

by Anonymousreply 277February 26, 2019 12:56 PM

I’m Euphonious.

by Anonymousreply 278February 26, 2019 12:56 PM

I'm Might-have-met-a-meaty-man, the follow-up product to Vitameatavegamin that acts as an aphrodisiac.

by Anonymousreply 279February 26, 2019 12:56 PM

I'm why Ethel was the way SHE was

by Anonymousreply 280February 26, 2019 12:57 PM

I'm the vacuum cleaner that won't work because the power is off.

by Anonymousreply 281February 26, 2019 12:58 PM

I’m Alvin’s lunch.

by Anonymousreply 282February 26, 2019 12:59 PM

I’m 3 cents a jar.

by Anonymousreply 283February 26, 2019 1:00 PM

I’m Louise!

I’m Mae!

I’m Roberta!

by Anonymousreply 284February 26, 2019 1:02 PM

I'm Ricky's new Pontiac.

by Anonymousreply 285February 26, 2019 1:03 PM

I'm "Fred, Fred, Fred, Fred, Fred!"

by Anonymousreply 286February 26, 2019 1:04 PM

I’m Sylvia’s chipped tooth.

by Anonymousreply 287February 26, 2019 1:19 PM

I’m Frank Zabaglione.

by Anonymousreply 288February 26, 2019 1:22 PM

I’m honeydew melon filled with strawberries, Eggs Benedict and hot chocolate.

by Anonymousreply 289February 26, 2019 1:26 PM

I’m Lily of the Valley.

by Anonymousreply 290February 26, 2019 1:30 PM

I'm Fred falling over dead in the Maharincess hotel room, but falling too far forward so that I have to inch my way down a little bit to be more comfortable as I lay there for the rest of the scene.

by Anonymousreply 291February 26, 2019 1:31 PM

I’m...a radish!

by Anonymousreply 292February 26, 2019 1:31 PM

I am the egg tango that Lucy and Ricky are rehearsing for the PTA Talent Show.

by Anonymousreply 293February 26, 2019 1:33 PM

I'm "Wildcat!" People came to see Lucy Ricardo, but I didn't give it to them.

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by Anonymousreply 294February 26, 2019 1:34 PM

I’m Lucy’s mink stole - you’re sitting on me.

by Anonymousreply 295February 26, 2019 1:34 PM

I’m measles.

by Anonymousreply 296February 26, 2019 1:35 PM

I'm the furniture being unloaded from a van next door. I'm either worthless junk or priceless antiques.

by Anonymousreply 297February 26, 2019 1:36 PM

I’m Lucy’s missing earring.

by Anonymousreply 298February 26, 2019 1:37 PM

I’m The Anniversary Waltz.

When Desi sings me to Lucille, I will bring tears of bitterness and resentment that, fortunately, appear to America as tears of joy.

by Anonymousreply 299February 26, 2019 1:43 PM

I’m Marco!

by Anonymousreply 300February 26, 2019 1:45 PM

I’m Desi’s physique.

Thank God, clothes really DO make the man.

by Anonymousreply 301February 26, 2019 1:46 PM

I’m homemade bread.

by Anonymousreply 302February 26, 2019 1:47 PM

I’m home-churned butter.

by Anonymousreply 303February 26, 2019 1:48 PM

I’m the missing steering wheel.

by Anonymousreply 304February 26, 2019 1:50 PM

I'm Desi Sr., watching Desi Jr. playing Ricky on "SNL" parodies of "I Love Lucy" which change from "I Loathe Lucy" to "I Love Louis" (turns out to be Louis Armstrong) to even a gay version with "I Love Luiji" where Luiji was going to make chocolate moose but couldn't get the moose through the door.

by Anonymousreply 305February 26, 2019 1:51 PM

We’re Aunt Sally's Pecan Pralines

by Anonymousreply 306February 26, 2019 1:51 PM

I'm the broken lock on the freezer Lucy got stuck in.

by Anonymousreply 307February 26, 2019 1:57 PM

I’m Cornel Wilde’s massive dong.

I was in the bathtub being deftly stroked to soapy completion when some dizzy bitch chucked a newspaper at me.

by Anonymousreply 308February 26, 2019 1:58 PM

I’m Robert Taylor’s orange.

by Anonymousreply 309February 26, 2019 2:01 PM

I’m Richard Widmark’s grapefruit.

by Anonymousreply 310February 26, 2019 2:01 PM

I'm the lost footage from Ricky's aborted MGM film "Don Juan", which is now as mythical as the edited half hour of Judy's "A Star is Born" shot the same year!

by Anonymousreply 311February 26, 2019 2:02 PM

I'm Ethel's cuticle scissors. I cut Lucy's spaghetti at the Brown Derby.

by Anonymousreply 312February 26, 2019 2:03 PM

Hark!

Do I hear a footfall?

Is that you, lost footage?

by Anonymousreply 313February 26, 2019 2:04 PM

I’m the deep gully in Fred and Ethel’s bed.

You DON’T wanna know how I got here.

by Anonymousreply 314February 26, 2019 2:07 PM

I’m Lucy’s skirts.

You’ll want to hike me up for maximum impact.

by Anonymousreply 315February 26, 2019 2:09 PM

I’m Sam Francesca.

by Anonymousreply 316February 26, 2019 2:13 PM

I’m the border guard between Italy and France.

I think I’ll go grab some lunch.

by Anonymousreply 317February 26, 2019 2:15 PM

I'm the "older woman" who laughs and shakes my head when Ricky asks me if I'm the pregnant one while singing "We're Having a Baby, My Baby and Me." I'm actually younger than Lucille Ball.

by Anonymousreply 318February 26, 2019 2:18 PM

I’m that fat guy’s lower lip.

I get chomped on every time his dopey wife thinks she has seen Superman.

by Anonymousreply 319February 26, 2019 2:19 PM

I am the Duke’s cement footprints

by Anonymousreply 320February 26, 2019 2:51 PM

Was Cornel wild, r308?

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by Anonymousreply 321February 26, 2019 2:58 PM

[quote]I'm all of the POC who were never on the show. —It had to be said

We’re [italic]Amos n’ Andy[/italic] and [italic]Beulah[/italic], the shows they were on instead.

by Anonymousreply 322February 26, 2019 2:58 PM

I'm Mary Jane Croft, Lucy's pallid replacement for Vivian Vance as her sidekick in her future sitcoms. On "I Love Lucy," I'm the mom seated next to Lucy in the cheese baby episode, and I'm Betty Ramsey in the Connecticut episodes. I was pretty busy in the '50s, and also played Clara Randolph on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" and was the voice of a basset hound on "The People's Choice."

by Anonymousreply 323February 26, 2019 3:00 PM

I'm Ethel's age, I'm somewhere between the speedy cleaners and goldblatt's delicatessen.

by Anonymousreply 324February 26, 2019 3:14 PM

R323 She's also Cynthia Harcourt, the rich socialite who hit Lucy up for charity, and the reason L&E end up on top of the Empire State Building.

by Anonymousreply 325February 26, 2019 3:17 PM

I'm the A list Movie Stars, Ricky becomes good buddies with. Even though I'm new on the lot.

by Anonymousreply 326February 26, 2019 3:18 PM

I'm the CHESTERFIELDS , Lucy put in her PHILIP MORRIS tin.

by Anonymousreply 327February 26, 2019 3:31 PM

I'm sorry your mother looks like a weasel.

by Anonymousreply 328February 26, 2019 4:15 PM

Wilde West, for r321

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by Anonymousreply 329February 26, 2019 4:15 PM

We’re Ricky’s white knuckles. making an appearance whenever Rick clenches his fist.

We’d sure like to make an impression on Mrs. McGillicootie’s face every time she says, “You didn’t ask me.”

by Anonymousreply 330February 26, 2019 4:27 PM

I’m Lucy’s hair when she wears me down.

by Anonymousreply 331February 26, 2019 4:36 PM

I can’t remember if I’m a dormie or a mashy.

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by Anonymousreply 332February 26, 2019 4:37 PM

We're all the busboys at the club that Ricky shares his hot Cuban pinga with. We come pre-lubed.

by Anonymousreply 333February 26, 2019 4:40 PM

I’m Eleanor.

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by Anonymousreply 334February 26, 2019 4:42 PM

I’m Glow-Worm

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by Anonymousreply 335February 26, 2019 4:47 PM

I’m that teller that Lucy intends to fire when she’s rich enough to buy that bank.

by Anonymousreply 336February 26, 2019 4:49 PM

I'm the bus driver who let Mrs. Magillicuddy off at the front door even though the bus doesn't come down East 68th Street.

by Anonymousreply 337February 26, 2019 4:52 PM

I’m the look on r42’s face when he realizes that rough old broad from the ‘Kinsey’ episode would go on to play Lucy’s mother.

by Anonymousreply 338February 26, 2019 5:47 PM
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by Anonymousreply 339February 26, 2019 5:50 PM
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by Anonymousreply 340February 26, 2019 5:50 PM

Back then we had voices AND faces!

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by Anonymousreply 341February 26, 2019 5:53 PM

I'm Mrs. Magillicuddy's laugh when Lucy says the studio thinks Ricky is another Rudolf Valentino.

And anyway:

"I can't hear you. According to you, I'm not even HERE yet!"

by Anonymousreply 342February 26, 2019 6:23 PM

I'm the wobbly headdress that ruined Lucy's chances of being seen in a movie.

by Anonymousreply 343February 26, 2019 6:27 PM

I’m Boffo the Clown. Not to be confused with Pepito.

by Anonymousreply 344February 26, 2019 6:30 PM

I'm the affect Lucy often used in her speech. The Don Loper SAY-lon or Los Angel-EES.

by Anonymousreply 345February 26, 2019 7:05 PM

R343, I'm the Woman in the Moon in Mame which directly stole from that scene.

by Anonymousreply 346February 26, 2019 7:12 PM

I'm the "lost" pilot for the show, which turned up in a shoebox under the bed of Pepito the Clown. Or someplace like that.

by Anonymousreply 347February 26, 2019 7:21 PM

I'm MGM, taking a bit of a chance hiring a New York nightclub singer as a film star.

by Anonymousreply 348February 26, 2019 7:24 PM

I'm "Barely a mouth full"

by Anonymousreply 349February 26, 2019 7:34 PM

I’m the home perm and the homemade dress.

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by Anonymousreply 350February 26, 2019 7:37 PM

I’m the helmet and plaid boxer shorts Lucy believes are part of Superman’s costume.

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by Anonymousreply 351February 26, 2019 7:49 PM

I'm 33, 129 pounds and mousy brown...

by Anonymousreply 352February 26, 2019 7:50 PM

I'm a watercress sandwich, also known as buttered grass

by Anonymousreply 353February 26, 2019 7:53 PM

I'm the fender Lucy and Ethel ruin while changing a tire.

by Anonymousreply 354February 26, 2019 7:59 PM

I'm the spanking.

by Anonymousreply 355February 26, 2019 8:21 PM

I'm every Tom, Dick and Harry that's named John.

by Anonymousreply 356February 26, 2019 8:33 PM

I'm Ricky trying to electrocute Lucy by plugging in the television while she's inside the console pretending to be on TV.

by Anonymousreply 357February 26, 2019 8:34 PM

I'm George Reeves, doing a guest spot during which everyone will pretend I'm actually Superman and not an actor named George Reeves.

by Anonymousreply 358February 26, 2019 8:37 PM

I'm the usually close friendship between the Ricardos and the Mertzes. I'll run hot then cold in this week's episode if the plot calls for it.

by Anonymousreply 359February 26, 2019 8:44 PM

i'm BABA...LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU !!

by Anonymousreply 360February 26, 2019 8:50 PM

I am the telegram from the Roxy Theatre that Mrs McGullicutty forwarded to Mickey thru snail mail.

by Anonymousreply 361February 26, 2019 9:37 PM

Young Desi was dreamy.

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by Anonymousreply 362February 26, 2019 9:40 PM

Try again.

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by Anonymousreply 363February 26, 2019 9:44 PM

I'm the original cartoon opening featuring the episode's sponsor.

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by Anonymousreply 364February 26, 2019 9:48 PM

I'm the bebop.

by Anonymousreply 365February 26, 2019 10:02 PM

I'm Harry Henderson who became a masher in front of Eddy's hotel room. "If Eddy wont let you in, I will."

by Anonymousreply 366February 26, 2019 10:17 PM

I'm the lump that Lucy gave Bob Hope.

by Anonymousreply 367February 26, 2019 10:24 PM

I'm Madelyn Pugh

by Anonymousreply 368February 26, 2019 10:30 PM

I’m Max Factor.

by Anonymousreply 369February 26, 2019 10:36 PM

I’m the general patriarchal attitude of the time that let’s Ricky spank his wife and not let her wear her how she wants to and everyone seems fine with me.

by Anonymousreply 370February 26, 2019 10:39 PM

I'm Charles Lane, and I play a sour man with nine daughters, among other sour characters.

by Anonymousreply 371February 26, 2019 10:40 PM

I'm Phil Ober's seething jealousy.

by Anonymousreply 372February 26, 2019 10:53 PM

I'm Hal March.......what used to be considered "tall, dark and handsome" on 1950s TV.

by Anonymousreply 373February 26, 2019 11:23 PM

One of the best episodes.

Ricky and Fred build a nifty barbeque which Lucy and Ethel dismantle that night - and haphazardly put back together again - while looking for Lucy's lost wedding ring.

Ricky - "It looks like hurricane hit it!".

Fred - " Yeah, Hurricane Lucy and Hurricane Ethel".

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by Anonymousreply 374February 26, 2019 11:31 PM

Second to Ethel's washing machine is Lucy driving by the window on the lawnmower.

by Anonymousreply 375February 26, 2019 11:33 PM
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by Anonymousreply 376February 26, 2019 11:37 PM

Renita Perez here. Lucy couldn't understand our Spanish but felt obligated to speak to us as though we were deaf:

THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLiCY WOULD BE HELPED !

I really don't mind. You see I get to go home and fuck my humpy husband Rory Calhoun. Well, unless he's out catting around again or when he forgets to wash and I can clearly smell Guy Madison's ass on his cock. I really hate that, you know ?

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by Anonymousreply 377February 26, 2019 11:54 PM

I LOVE this thread ❤️! Makes me want to start the series all over again (I haven’t seen a full episode in years now, but this thread is making me laugh a lot and making tons of “Lucy”-related memories flood back...)

by Anonymousreply 378February 27, 2019 12:23 AM

I'm the single greatest two minutes of comedy that Vivian Vance provided during the series.

She was tremendous in this scene.

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by Anonymousreply 379February 27, 2019 12:25 AM

I'm Wee Donut.

by Anonymousreply 380February 27, 2019 12:26 AM

I’m one of the Women From Mars!

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by Anonymousreply 381February 27, 2019 12:35 AM

I'm the little black off the shoulder blouse, the big crushy belt and the little ballet slippers that Lucy was too cheap to buy for Ethel.

by Anonymousreply 382February 27, 2019 3:59 AM

I'm the 15 minutes Lucy needed more of for "that".

by Anonymousreply 383February 27, 2019 4:02 AM

I'm Lucy's classic hairdo that helped to cement her image as Lucy Ricardo.

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by Anonymousreply 384February 27, 2019 4:34 AM

I'm this beautiful, color photo of Lucy and Ricky.

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by Anonymousreply 385February 27, 2019 4:37 AM

I'm arroz con pollo, Ricky's favorite dinner dish !

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by Anonymousreply 386February 27, 2019 4:40 AM

I'm Lucy's final fib before she begins the 24 hour bet.

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by Anonymousreply 387February 27, 2019 4:42 AM

I’m Lucie Désirée. Didn’t they like me?

by Anonymousreply 388February 27, 2019 4:52 AM

I'm the most delightful scene of the whole series- the Ricardos and the Mertzes singing "California Here I Come" in a process shot of the George Washington Bridge.

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by Anonymousreply 389February 27, 2019 4:54 AM

I'm well done, Medium Raya!

by Anonymousreply 390February 27, 2019 5:00 AM

I'm the final season of the series when makeup couldn't hide Desi's drinking, gambling, and whoring and Lucy's real age. But for some reason, The Mertz's looked better than ever.

by Anonymousreply 391February 27, 2019 5:15 AM

I’m Tillie. Ethel called me!

by Anonymousreply 392February 27, 2019 7:22 AM

Has Lucy got a dildo in her belt at r381?

by Anonymousreply 393February 27, 2019 7:23 AM

[quote]I am the telegram from the Roxy Theatre that Mrs McGullicutty forwarded to Mickey thru snail mail.

And I AM the Roxy Theatre. But my greatest fame will come when I’m demolished four years later and Gloria Swanson poses in my ruins, inspiring the musical FOLLIES and thus, a whole generation of DL posters.

by Anonymousreply 394February 27, 2019 7:31 AM

R394 Gloria

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by Anonymousreply 395February 27, 2019 7:41 AM

I'm the now defunct GIMBEL'S department store where Ethel got her formal that matched the one Lucy purchased at MACY'S.

Hep hep hep

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by Anonymousreply 396February 27, 2019 12:49 PM

I guess I can come to the conclusion that DL Queens LOVE I Love Lucy.

by Anonymousreply 397February 27, 2019 1:27 PM

R391- It's hard to believe that when I Love Lucy premiered in 1951 Lucille Ball was already 40 years old. She looked 10 years younger until it morphed into the Lucy Desi Comedy Hour. By the very end of the series time caught up with Lucy and she finally looked her age-if not older-which was 48 or 49 years old.

by Anonymousreply 398February 27, 2019 1:30 PM

R397 DL Queens have taste!

by Anonymousreply 399February 27, 2019 1:50 PM

Vivian Vance aged much better than Lucy, r398

by Anonymousreply 400February 27, 2019 2:05 PM

R400

I thought so too, even with her then (onetime) physically abusive husband Phil Ober and her ongoing issues with depression & other mental health ails.

by Anonymousreply 401February 27, 2019 2:10 PM

The bitterness that gnawed at Lucy aged her quickly.

by Anonymousreply 402February 27, 2019 2:12 PM

I always felt Lucy was terribly lonely. She didn't have many genuine, close female friendships.

Vivian, on the other hand, had a number of sisters whom she remained close to throughout her life.

I once read Lucy considered Vivian her closest friend. I doubt that Vivian felt the same.

by Anonymousreply 403February 27, 2019 2:20 PM

I am the peanut butter sandwich Lucy choked down

by Anonymousreply 404February 27, 2019 2:21 PM

I’m feeling dauncy.

by Anonymousreply 405February 27, 2019 2:30 PM

I think Lucy has to wake up every day wondering if her husband was busted the previous night for gambling or soliciting whores. Didn't they have to pay off Confidential several times to hush up stories?

I am Chinese Modern.

by Anonymousreply 406February 27, 2019 2:31 PM

I’m the Maharincess of Franistan!

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by Anonymousreply 407February 27, 2019 2:45 PM

We’re the publishers of “California Here I Come” getting richer and richer with every rerun and home video release.

by Anonymousreply 408February 27, 2019 3:03 PM

I'm the trophy that got stuck on Lucy's head.

by Anonymousreply 409February 27, 2019 3:34 PM

.I'm the Bonus Buck that got soaked in the starch vat

by Anonymousreply 410February 27, 2019 3:40 PM

I'm the sweet 90 year old cleaning woman whom Desi serenades during rehearsal.

by Anonymousreply 411February 27, 2019 4:08 PM

[quote]I think Lucy has to wake up every day wondering if her husband was busted the previous night for gambling or soliciting whores.

Well, not anymore.

by Anonymousreply 412February 27, 2019 6:47 PM

I'm the men from the Smithsonian who were interested in the Cadillac that Fred bought for the trip to California.

by Anonymousreply 413February 27, 2019 7:26 PM

I'm Jean Valjean Raymond, the lovestruck Frenchman who wants to duel Ricky for Lucy.

by Anonymousreply 414February 27, 2019 7:39 PM

Bet JVR really wanted to duel Lucy for Ricky.

by Anonymousreply 415February 27, 2019 7:41 PM

I'm Martha!

by Anonymousreply 416February 27, 2019 7:43 PM

I am the magical rapid drying cement which somehow dried up around Lucy’s foot before she could pull it off.

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by Anonymousreply 417February 27, 2019 7:46 PM

I am the touring bus with only three sides Lucy and Ethel rode, in Hollywood.

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by Anonymousreply 418February 27, 2019 7:51 PM

I'm Ricky's poor vision and hearing. We're so bad Ricky doesn't notice Lucy when she puts on a wig or disguises her voice.

by Anonymousreply 419February 27, 2019 7:54 PM

I'm this number that was never recreated on ILL....

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by Anonymousreply 420February 27, 2019 8:00 PM

I'm the lousy cookies that Lucy feeds to the twin boys that she babysits.

by Anonymousreply 421February 27, 2019 8:00 PM

I'm the two MGM movies that Desi & Lucy did after Ricky's contract was cancelled.

by Anonymousreply 422February 27, 2019 8:01 PM

It's been so long since I've seen the episodes. Why was Rick's contract cancelled?

I just remember Fred and Ethel planning to ride a motorcycle back to NYC after Ricky sold the car.

by Anonymousreply 423February 27, 2019 8:14 PM

I'm "a-ha" that little bit of business that Teensy does at the 30 second mark in 'Ricochet Romance'

Or is it Weensy?

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by Anonymousreply 424February 27, 2019 8:14 PM

I am “Real Gone with the wind” , the story of the one of the brightest lights in Hollywood and how she dimmed her bulb featuring poor bongo player Nicky Nicardo ,mother figure Ethel Nurtz and cranky old coot Fred Nurtz.

by Anonymousreply 425February 27, 2019 8:39 PM

I’m dead, you know.

by Anonymousreply 426February 27, 2019 8:59 PM

We're Harry and Bess Truman.

We beat out Miss Scarlett Culpepper for the last table at Xavier Valdez's opening night at the Tropicana

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by Anonymousreply 427February 27, 2019 9:11 PM

I’m reverse psychology.

by Anonymousreply 428February 27, 2019 9:12 PM

I'm the cheese that Ricky is NOT the father of.

by Anonymousreply 429February 27, 2019 9:26 PM
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by Anonymousreply 430February 27, 2019 9:29 PM

R430 well, that was a neaseating scene.

by Anonymousreply 431February 27, 2019 9:32 PM

I'm Don Loper who won't be at rehearsal before nyoon.

by Anonymousreply 432February 27, 2019 9:52 PM

I'm Percy Livermore, noted English tutor. Business is not too good, so I moonlight as a used furniture salesman.

by Anonymousreply 433February 27, 2019 10:10 PM

I'm "A Tree Grows in Havana."

by Anonymousreply 434February 27, 2019 10:10 PM

I'm the guy who spoke German in the translation chain.

by Anonymousreply 435February 27, 2019 10:10 PM

I'm Adele Sliff. I was a real person, not just a character in a Rock Hudson story.

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by Anonymousreply 436February 27, 2019 10:13 PM

I am Lucy and Ethel’s charm school tutor, a few years later I got shipwrecked on an island.

by Anonymousreply 437February 27, 2019 10:31 PM

I’m the “Indian Show” episode that could never be made today by any sit com.

by Anonymousreply 438February 27, 2019 10:39 PM

I'm "Forever Ember."

by Anonymousreply 439February 27, 2019 11:06 PM

I'm Harper's Bazaar. Well, they're certainly bizarre.

by Anonymousreply 440February 27, 2019 11:13 PM

I'm the blonde bimbo who tells the other other that "Ricky Ricardo is the end... the living end!".

by Anonymousreply 441February 27, 2019 11:28 PM

^^ tells the other one

by Anonymousreply 442February 27, 2019 11:29 PM

I'm en bas. en bas. EN BAS.

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by Anonymousreply 443February 27, 2019 11:32 PM

I'm Van Johnson's dance partner at the Beverly Palms Hotel.....I don't feel very good.....somebody call Van....

by Anonymousreply 444February 27, 2019 11:33 PM

I’ll say, R431.

Honestly, I could have done better with a pitchfork!

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by Anonymousreply 445February 27, 2019 11:39 PM

It is amazing how the show took a toll on Lucy's looks. When it started she really did look like a young newlywed. By the end of the show she looked like someone's bitter mother in-law.

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by Anonymousreply 446February 27, 2019 11:41 PM

I’m Auf!

by Anonymousreply 447February 27, 2019 11:43 PM

R446 I think it was the popping out two kids in 3 years that added to it plus the heavy smoking. I’m Snoopy Mrs DeVries from across the steet.

by Anonymousreply 448February 27, 2019 11:47 PM

It must have been strange to go from an obscure D list actress to arguably the most recognized woman in the world in a year's time.

by Anonymousreply 449February 27, 2019 11:51 PM

I’m Ruth Knickerbocker’s mousey exterior under which beats a cut glass punch bowl and 20 cups.

by Anonymousreply 450February 28, 2019 12:02 AM
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by Anonymousreply 451February 28, 2019 12:07 AM

Do DL Queens think William Frawley was a HOMO? He was married briefly but his companion in his later years was a man.

by Anonymousreply 452February 28, 2019 12:35 AM

I'm the Mertz's townhouse at 623 East 68th Street in the middle of the East River.

by Anonymousreply 453February 28, 2019 12:41 AM

I'm the yuppy who bought the Mertz's townhouse in 1976 for $24,000. I sold it last year for 24 million.

by Anonymousreply 454February 28, 2019 12:42 AM

I’m the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League. We’re meeting on Friday afternoon this week. We usually meet on Tuesday.

by Anonymousreply 455February 28, 2019 12:49 AM

I'm Gary Morton. Lucy never had any real success until she married me.

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by Anonymousreply 456February 28, 2019 12:56 AM

I’m the actual audience laughter heard on the sound track. No canned laugh track was allowed on my show.

by Anonymousreply 457February 28, 2019 1:07 AM

okay, could someone with more technical ability than me please post the scene from the final "Lucy" where Edie Adams sings "That's All"? It's beautiful, but heartbreaking too, considering the circumstances.

by Anonymousreply 458February 28, 2019 1:13 AM

Good idea, R458. Here it is.

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by Anonymousreply 459February 28, 2019 1:15 AM

here Mrs. Trumbull.

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by Anonymousreply 460February 28, 2019 1:16 AM

You must have been really good at swimming for all those years R454.

by Anonymousreply 461February 28, 2019 1:17 AM

I'm the lease that Mrs. Trumbull reads to Lucy and Ricky, Fred and Ethel.

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by Anonymousreply 462February 28, 2019 1:19 AM

R459 and R460, thanks!

by Anonymousreply 463February 28, 2019 1:22 AM

I'm Helen Kaiser who suddenly became younger than Lucy when her husband walked in.

by Anonymousreply 464February 28, 2019 1:32 AM

Hey r464 - it’s me! Droopy Drawers!!

by Anonymousreply 465February 28, 2019 1:42 AM

I'm the black lace dress worn by Edie Adams in the final episode. Lucy was so overwrought that night, I was actually the 5th dress Edie tried on for Lucy's approval.

by Anonymousreply 466February 28, 2019 2:12 AM

I'm all the bric-a-brac that a terrified Lucy hands off to Ricky one by one to fling and break into a thousand pieces onto the carpet of their Hollywood suite, when she breaks it to him that she got him fired from MGM and he has a meltdown.

by Anonymousreply 467February 28, 2019 2:19 AM

Also, I'm Lucy's mother who attended every taping and was the voice of that "Oh, no...!" heard in the audience laughtrack, many segments of which went on in TV history to be used by and heard on several other Desilu and other studio/network's sitcoms in the ensuing decades.

by Anonymousreply 468February 28, 2019 2:22 AM

I’m released

by Anonymousreply 469February 28, 2019 2:40 AM

I’m the BLACK LACE LINGERIE Ava Gardner bought that Lucy tells the whole tour bus about.

by Anonymousreply 470February 28, 2019 2:44 AM

R470 Tour bus scene. Lucy insists that she and Ethel get off the bus for awhile to look around. Then when she gets back on there is a confrontation with a heavy woman.

Lucy - "I'm sorry Madam but that seat is taken.".

Fat woman - "It sure is honey".

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by Anonymousreply 471February 28, 2019 3:37 AM

Not quite r570...Lucy just insists on changing their seats back and forth across the aisle and before she slides back into her original seat, the large lady sits down without realizing Lucy is in the seat. I love the look the lady gives to Ethel when she thinks that Ethel is the one talking to her.

by Anonymousreply 472February 28, 2019 3:52 AM

Oops make that a reply to r471 not 570.

by Anonymousreply 473February 28, 2019 3:55 AM

I'm Aunt Martha!

by Anonymousreply 474February 28, 2019 5:12 AM

I am Keith Tribodeaux, who played “little Ricky”

by Anonymousreply 475February 28, 2019 5:40 AM

I'm the Q-tips that Lucy asked Fred to buy, and he comes back with cue sticks for playing pool. NOTE: I always wondered if this was an early attempt at payola for product placement. It's such an odd scene, and so unnecessary. Did Desi owe a favor to someone in the Johnson & Johnson company?

by Anonymousreply 476February 28, 2019 6:36 AM

I'm "Over the Teacups".

by Anonymousreply 477February 28, 2019 6:37 AM

R476, I thought it was an odd scene too. My take was the writers were burnt out and that's all they came up with to fill the time requirements for the episode.

by Anonymousreply 478February 28, 2019 6:46 AM

R476, R468, I also agree. That scene is often cut out and when I saw it, I understood why. Just a real waste of time but it's also impossible to believe cheapskate Fred Mertz would ever buy pool cues.

by Anonymousreply 479February 28, 2019 7:02 AM

I'm Ethel during the transition episode.

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by Anonymousreply 480February 28, 2019 8:43 AM

We know that one of the shows sponsors was Philip Morris cigarettes and the characters mentioned them by name in several episodes, so maybe Q-Tips was a sponsor too.

by Anonymousreply 481February 28, 2019 6:39 PM

I'm Lucy's affected singing voice.

by Anonymousreply 482February 28, 2019 6:40 PM

I'm Lucy's mink T-shirt.

by Anonymousreply 483February 28, 2019 6:53 PM

[quote]It must have been strange to go from an obscure D list actress to arguably the most recognized woman in the world in a year's time.

Lucy certainly wasn't an A-list star in movies, but she was hardly "an obscure D list actress" before "I Love Lucy."

by Anonymousreply 484February 28, 2019 6:57 PM

I'm Mamãe Eu Quero, the Brazilian song Lucy mimes to when she thinks Ricky is homesick for Cuba, completely ignoring the fact that the song is in Portuguese and not Spanish, and that, geographically, Havana is closer to Halifax, Nova Scotia than it is to Brazil.

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by Anonymousreply 485February 28, 2019 7:11 PM

I am little boy blue and peter cotton tail the two most eligible young bachelors in town. (Why the fuck is this episode not available on Hulu or prime by the way?)

by Anonymousreply 486February 28, 2019 7:21 PM

I'm the 5 pound box of candy Ricky got Lucy when he destroyed the kitchen.

by Anonymousreply 487February 28, 2019 7:58 PM

I'm Don Loper adjusting his fashion outfit on Lucy while she has a terrible sunburn.

But she got to keep the outfit for free!!

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by Anonymousreply 488February 28, 2019 8:29 PM

I'm the drunk effect overtaking Lucy after taking too many teaspoons of Vitavetavegamin (which was alcohol based).

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by Anonymousreply 489February 28, 2019 8:34 PM

I'm the look on Ricky's face reacting to another one of Lucy's crazy antics.

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by Anonymousreply 490February 28, 2019 8:36 PM

I’m Betty Ramsey, and I’m thrilled to know that Ethel Mertz is little Ethel Mae Potter from Albuquerque!

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by Anonymousreply 491February 28, 2019 9:09 PM

Hi everyone! I just got here!

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by Anonymousreply 492February 28, 2019 9:15 PM

I'm the shells in r491

by Anonymousreply 493February 28, 2019 9:19 PM

I'm Walter Reilly, the MGM Vice President in charge of Ricky Ricardo.

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by Anonymousreply 494February 28, 2019 9:36 PM

I'm the story that Ethel keeps telling. The one that has had more performances than South Pacific.

by Anonymousreply 495February 28, 2019 10:11 PM

Even though it's classic, I didn't like the Vitameatavegimin Episode. In fact, I didn't like any episode that didn't have Ethel.

by Anonymousreply 496February 28, 2019 10:45 PM

I'm Frank Nelson, the conductor on the train that keeps coming to a screeching halt because Lucy keeps pulling the emergency brake. My signature phrase was a long, drawn-out "Yehhhhssss?".

I'm Sam McDaniel and I play the train porter in the same train episode. I'm the only African-American actor ever shown on I Love Lucy. I'm the older brother of Hattie McDaniel.

by Anonymousreply 497February 28, 2019 10:50 PM

Frank Nelson played several different roles on "I Love Lucy," finishing up as Ralph Ramsey.

by Anonymousreply 498February 28, 2019 11:10 PM

After you’ve seen the episodes a lot it is fascinating to see the same background characters pop up over and over in different episodes.

by Anonymousreply 499February 28, 2019 11:16 PM

I'm one of the campaign slogans used to win the role of President Of The Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League:

YOU'LL GO FARTHER WITH ETHEL

by Anonymousreply 500February 28, 2019 11:29 PM

I'm the beard that Lucy wears in disguise when she goes down to the club in order to spy on Ricky to see if he is having affairs with the hot rumba boys in his band.

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by Anonymousreply 501February 28, 2019 11:34 PM

The beard works so well with the false eyelashes and heavy eye makeup.

by Anonymousreply 502February 28, 2019 11:51 PM

I'm 2000 ice cream molds in the shape of shriner's hats.

by Anonymousreply 503March 1, 2019 12:08 AM

I have to be honest, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" hits its peak early on and has nowhere to go pretty quick.

by Anonymousreply 504March 1, 2019 12:35 AM

I agree with someone upthread. The episodes without Vivian Vance weren't as funny

by Anonymousreply 505March 1, 2019 12:40 AM

Vivian aged so much better than Lucy

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by Anonymousreply 506March 1, 2019 12:43 AM

I am Lucille Ball's close, personal friend, Mary Wickes.

by Anonymousreply 507March 1, 2019 12:44 AM

I'm the big movie start Cornell Wilde

by Anonymousreply 508March 1, 2019 1:56 AM

[quote]I'm the Q-tips that Lucy asked Fred to buy, and he comes back with cue sticks for playing pool. NOTE: I always wondered if this was an early attempt at payola for product placement. It's such an odd scene, and so unnecessary. Did Desi owe a favor to someone in the Johnson & Johnson company?

Well, that would've been a waste, since Johnson & Johnson never manufactured Q-Tips.

by Anonymousreply 509March 1, 2019 2:56 AM

I'm Lucy's iconic navy blue tailored A-line dress with the white polka dots.

by Anonymousreply 510March 1, 2019 3:14 AM

I'm the incident involving Lucy, Tallulah and the freshly-painted, still wet kitchen chair. A predictable bit, but, admit it: you laughed.

by Anonymousreply 511March 1, 2019 3:17 AM

I'm Lucy's turbo charged toaster that sent the toast into orbit when it popped up.

by Anonymousreply 512March 1, 2019 3:26 AM

I'm tomay - mahto juice and Viv's trayzhur trove!

by Anonymousreply 513March 1, 2019 3:36 AM

I'm Lucy and Ricky's oh-so-tasteful Early American living room, after they moved to Connecticut.

by Anonymousreply 514March 1, 2019 1:45 PM

I'd go to Hell for Cornell!

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by Anonymousreply 515March 1, 2019 1:57 PM

I love watching Viv in interviews. Her intelligence always shines through. I remember one interview when she said since I Love Lucy she never had to spend a dime at a restaurant. Someone from another table would always insist on picking up her tab.

by Anonymousreply 516March 1, 2019 2:00 PM

I'm the check that on the back says "Dear Teller: Be a lamb and don't put this in until next month."

by Anonymousreply 517March 1, 2019 2:02 PM

I'm the phrase "Oh, honestly, Ethel..", usually said when Ethel is reluctant to join in on one of Lucy's crazy schemes: "Oh, honestly, Ethel, all we have to do is go out and stand on the ledge for two minutes."

by Anonymousreply 518March 1, 2019 2:06 PM

I may or may not be an ax murderess.

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by Anonymousreply 519March 1, 2019 2:06 PM

I'm the band members who could never completely hold in their laughter whenever Lucy finagled her way into the show.

by Anonymousreply 520March 1, 2019 2:13 PM

I'm the convertible they have to drive to the country club with the top down because Lucy can't sit in her tight dress.

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by Anonymousreply 521March 1, 2019 2:37 PM

I'm the hotel kitchenette, where Lucy and Harpo did their "mirror image" act.

by Anonymousreply 522March 1, 2019 2:41 PM

R522 Lucy and Harpo.

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by Anonymousreply 523March 1, 2019 2:52 PM

What was wrong with $10.00?

by Anonymousreply 524March 1, 2019 3:15 PM

[quote](Why the fuck is this episode not available on Hulu or prime by the way?)

A lot of the Hollywood episodes were missing on Hulu.

by Anonymousreply 525March 1, 2019 3:30 PM

I'm the references to Fred and Ethel's time in Vaudeville.

by Anonymousreply 526March 1, 2019 3:31 PM

I’m the Senior Shenanigans of the Rappahannock School For Girls

by Anonymousreply 527March 1, 2019 3:45 PM

I’m Phoebe

by Anonymousreply 528March 1, 2019 3:47 PM

I'm the charcoal covering the burnt waffle that Ricky made for Lucy.

by Anonymousreply 529March 1, 2019 3:54 PM

Donald Trump is forced to tell the truth for 24 hours.

by Anonymousreply 530March 1, 2019 4:01 PM

R530 Kelly Anne Conway is the Marian Strong of Washington D.C. The only problem is that she hasn't laid anything in years.

by Anonymousreply 531March 1, 2019 4:06 PM

I'm the wax apple that Lucy tried to eat at the Littlefields home.

by Anonymousreply 532March 1, 2019 4:08 PM

I'm Fred and Ethel's sex life; I don't exist.

by Anonymousreply 533March 1, 2019 4:09 PM

and now it's a donald trump thread.

by Anonymousreply 534March 1, 2019 4:41 PM

I am the hat perched on Marion Strong's head that Lucy, in an attempt to not lie about its ugliness, described as "Well, Marion, if that's the kind of hat you wanted, you sure got a good one". Here are Ethel and Carolyn lying about how beautiful I am.

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by Anonymousreply 535March 1, 2019 4:50 PM

[R. 525] You're so right. My favorite episode -- when Lucy and Ethel create the bogus association, "Ladies Overseas Aid" to get to Europe -- is missing from Hulu. Maybe because it's a model for Trump's charity.

by Anonymousreply 536March 1, 2019 5:08 PM

I am the old lady from Terre Haute Indiana happy to get the donation to the real Ladies Overseas Aide.

by Anonymousreply 537March 1, 2019 7:26 PM

Women's Overseas Aid.....that is.....

by Anonymousreply 538March 1, 2019 7:28 PM

I'm the "local color" the film producers in Italy were looking for, by which they presumably did NOT mean, a woman with purple and blue skin from rolling around in a vat of grapes.

by Anonymousreply 539March 1, 2019 7:56 PM

I'm the intercom system in the Connecticut house.

by Anonymousreply 540March 1, 2019 7:58 PM

I'm Ellen Corby, who had a guest appearance as an acting teacher, and, even though only in her 40s at that time, already looked like she was old enough to play Grandma Walton.

by Anonymousreply 541March 1, 2019 8:02 PM

I'm the last laugh. Jess Oppenheimer is having me since this thread is outnumbering the [italic]Lucy Show[/italic] thread in its current post count by 10 to 1.

by Anonymousreply 542March 1, 2019 8:36 PM

I'm the furry hat that Fred and Ricky laugh at, that precipitates Lucy putting the loving cup on her head. *I liked that bucket hat and never understood their amusement.

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by Anonymousreply 543March 1, 2019 8:47 PM

I am Fred’s lost glasses on top of his head and If I had been a snake I would have bit him.

by Anonymousreply 544March 1, 2019 8:52 PM

I am Ethel’s pride and where ever it is ,it is Frozen.

by Anonymousreply 545March 1, 2019 9:03 PM

I'm the word "pregnant". I've been banned.

by Anonymousreply 546March 1, 2019 9:05 PM

I'm the hernia Ricky almost got from carrying that gigantic (by 1950s standards) TV set to the Mertzes' apartment.

by Anonymousreply 547March 1, 2019 9:06 PM

I'm the nearly perfect life that Lucy never even realized she had: living in a great apartment in the middle of Manhattan, with a husband who loves you, your best friend lives in the same building, and the two of you have all day long to get into trouble together!

by Anonymousreply 548March 1, 2019 9:08 PM

We're almost every other sitcom ripping it off in some way over the next 50 years.

by Anonymousreply 549March 1, 2019 9:12 PM

I'm the price tags on the Don Loper dresses that all read $500. Even the little black dress.

by Anonymousreply 550March 1, 2019 9:26 PM

This is my favorite DL thread in years. I've been a fan of the show since I was a kid and it still makes me laugh. It has so many indelible moments.

by Anonymousreply 551March 1, 2019 9:29 PM

Mornin', y'all! I'm the spirit gum holding up Lucy's mustache and goatee while she poses as Colonel Ricardo.

by Anonymousreply 552March 1, 2019 9:30 PM

I'm the emergency brake on the train.

by Anonymousreply 553March 1, 2019 10:24 PM

I'm everything in this picture.

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by Anonymousreply 554March 1, 2019 10:27 PM

I'm a plate of spaghetti. Ready! Aim! Hey, there's William Holden's head!

by Anonymousreply 555March 1, 2019 10:30 PM

I'm Lucy's stand in who got to appear in several episodes....I'm on the left...

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by Anonymousreply 556March 1, 2019 11:11 PM

I'm licensing.....

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by Anonymousreply 557March 1, 2019 11:34 PM

R527 I’m the show that would be over by the time Lucy said Senior Shenanigans of the Rappahannock School for Girls.

by Anonymousreply 558March 1, 2019 11:47 PM

Im drunk off my ass Harpo Marx , looking at Lucy with a clown wig on was like looking in the mirror.

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by Anonymousreply 559March 2, 2019 12:58 AM

I'm the restaurant where Lucy and Ethel have to wash dishes because they didn't have any money to pay the bill.

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by Anonymousreply 560March 2, 2019 1:11 AM

I'm the bathrobe that Lucy ever so shyly pulls off of John Wayne which pretending to be his masseur in order to give him a massage.

Remember this is the 1950's when people were reserved about bare or near bare bodies and things of a sexual nature.

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by Anonymousreply 561March 2, 2019 1:19 AM

I'm Nancy Kulp's horribly misguided Cockney accent as the chambermaid in the Ricardo's London hotel.

by Anonymousreply 562March 2, 2019 1:24 AM
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by Anonymousreply 563March 2, 2019 1:32 AM

I’m the bellhop with the same problem.

by Anonymousreply 564March 2, 2019 1:32 AM

I am the bongos Ricky played

by Anonymousreply 565March 2, 2019 1:35 AM

I'm Frank J. Scannell. I play the clown/comic who tried to teach Lucy a comedy routine: "slowly I turn, step by step, inch by inch..."

by Anonymousreply 566March 2, 2019 1:41 AM

I'm "and you forgot Lana".

by Anonymousreply 567March 2, 2019 1:47 AM

I'm the crib liner in Little Ricky's crib that strangely has the Lucy and Rickey characters from the show's open on it.

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by Anonymousreply 568March 2, 2019 1:54 AM

I'm Scotty MacTavish MacDougal MacCardo.

by Anonymousreply 569March 2, 2019 1:57 AM

I'm that frowsy redhead and that middle-aged dishwater blonde.

by Anonymousreply 570March 2, 2019 1:59 AM

I'm the cashmere sweater and purse set that was used to bribe Lillian Appleby into nominating Lucy for president of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League.

by Anonymousreply 571March 2, 2019 2:17 AM

That was one episode I never got. For those few minutes I hated Lucy.

by Anonymousreply 572March 2, 2019 2:19 AM

I'm Ricky's undisclosed okay-ness with Eddie Grant's (Fred's visiting negligee salesman friend) desire and plan to fuck Lucy in his hotel room at the Cheri Plaza.

by Anonymousreply 573March 2, 2019 2:27 AM

I'm the eggs squashed on Lucy's bosum when she and Ricky do the tango. And the eggs squashed on Ethel's butt when Fred hits it with the door.

by Anonymousreply 574March 2, 2019 3:09 AM

I'm Tulsa. Lucy once spent two weeks in me.

by Anonymousreply 575March 2, 2019 3:11 AM

I'm the red red robin that keeps bob bob bobbin' along.

by Anonymousreply 576March 2, 2019 3:47 AM

Today is my birthday! I would be 102 years old today.

Love from Desi Arnaz living on in reruns in that great sitcom in the sky.

by Anonymousreply 577March 2, 2019 4:10 AM

I'm the helicopter pilot who is dangling a woman over an ocean liner.

by Anonymousreply 578March 2, 2019 4:35 AM

I'm Vivian Vance's birth certificate Lucy changed after Viv died to make everyone think Viv was older.

by Anonymousreply 579March 2, 2019 5:11 AM

I am Lucy ( doing her best acting) not being a tough bitch boss to her maid who walks all over her.

by Anonymousreply 580March 2, 2019 6:32 AM

I’m director Bill Asher hoping no one is paying attention to r549 or the fact that I blatantly “borrowed” from myself when directing my exceedingly fuckable wife (back off Desi!) in an episode of Bewitched - right down to the Big Dipper line (apologies to Bob, Jess and Maddy).

And if you’re reading this, my darling director daughter, Rebecca, it’s called H O M A G E.

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by Anonymousreply 581March 2, 2019 12:17 PM

I’m a sea of Honeydew Melons.

by Anonymousreply 582March 2, 2019 12:28 PM

I'm today's Google doodle!

by Anonymousreply 583March 2, 2019 12:34 PM

Hey, fun r583!

How do you suppose one can post those??

by Anonymousreply 584March 2, 2019 12:38 PM

I'm sorta breaking the race barrier with a Cuban marrying a white American woman.

by Anonymousreply 585March 2, 2019 12:40 PM

I’m big globs of cheese and butter!

by Anonymousreply 586March 2, 2019 12:40 PM

Like this, r584?

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by Anonymousreply 587March 2, 2019 12:41 PM

R587!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 588March 2, 2019 12:43 PM

I’m Asparagus tips.

Fresh, tender asparagus tips.

by Anonymousreply 589March 2, 2019 12:47 PM

[quote]And if you’re reading this, my darling director daughter, Rebecca, it’s called H O M A G E.

So is that what the French call a rip-off?

by Anonymousreply 590March 2, 2019 1:31 PM

I'm Helen Erickson Sears Kaiser. Age 29.

by Anonymousreply 591March 2, 2019 2:04 PM

I’m dyed--WASHED!

by Anonymousreply 592March 2, 2019 2:11 PM

We’re Lucie and Desi Jr. standing in a crowd in the last episode.

by Anonymousreply 593March 2, 2019 2:20 PM

I'm Dan Jenkins. I play a musical instrument: tissue paper and comb.

by Anonymousreply 594March 2, 2019 2:25 PM

I'm Part Two!

Is this a first?

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by Anonymousreply 595March 2, 2019 2:27 PM

I'm Chesterfields the brand Lucy preferred over Phillip Morris. They would put me in Phillip Morris containers and the audience was non the wiser.

by Anonymousreply 596March 2, 2019 2:28 PM

Jussie Smollet has 14 threads....but I Love Lucy deserves at least two!!!

by Anonymousreply 597March 2, 2019 2:29 PM

r597 The theatre threads are in triple digits! I was wondering if this was a first for a "Let's be..." thread.

by Anonymousreply 598March 2, 2019 2:37 PM

Thank you r595!

by Anonymousreply 599March 2, 2019 2:39 PM

You are so welcome OP, I wasn't sure if you were up, and I was worried about the thread closing. I hope I didn't step on your toes!

by Anonymousreply 600March 2, 2019 2:41 PM

Wildcat Bajour!

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by Anonymousreply 601March 2, 2019 2:41 PM

I'M the twin beds , sometimes pushed together. they must have been the nite they had little Ricky.

by Anonymousreply 602March 4, 2019 3:51 PM
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