I'm Barbara Eden, hiding from Desi in my dressing room.
Let's be things you'd find on the set of I Love Lucy
by Anonymous | reply 296 | November 6, 2024 4:50 AM |
Chesterfield cigarette butts.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 16, 2024 2:00 AM |
I'm Bill Frawley's delirium tremens.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 16, 2024 2:03 AM |
Uh-oh!
by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 16, 2024 2:10 AM |
Desi, rapidly deteriorating and developing an oily, gray, grimacing face while doing what he kept doing and done did until he couldn't do it no more.
He liked the good life and was able to enjoy a lot of it. But that health!
by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 16, 2024 2:16 AM |
I'm Bob Carroll Jr's eyebrow.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 16, 2024 2:19 AM |
I’m the well-worn prop wire hanger used whenever the Ethel character had one of her madcap “procedures”.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 16, 2024 2:20 AM |
The phoniest brick and the fakest-looking windows (depending on the season) on TV.
"The Honeymooners" was the creepiest set, for me, but at least it started as sketches on two other of his shows before he did the 39 episodes and specials.
Off-topic. Sorry.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 16, 2024 2:24 AM |
I’m the constant farts coming out of Bill Frawley’s asshole.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 16, 2024 2:28 AM |
I’m Carolyn Appleby’s Chinese Modern Furniture.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 16, 2024 2:29 AM |
I'm Lucy's much-abused kitchen stove and oven.
The rice. The bread. The horribly overdone roast beef. The dry-toast breakfasts with soap-water percolator coffee.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 16, 2024 2:31 AM |
And I'm Desi's large cock in his boxers, smooth with Caesar Romero's ChapStick.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 16, 2024 2:34 AM |
I'm Viv's black eye.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 16, 2024 2:34 AM |
I'm Mrs. DeVries, from across the street
by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 16, 2024 2:39 AM |
I’m the furniture Lucy changed every 10 minutes.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 16, 2024 2:47 AM |
The cheap-assed Asian Brick-a-brack on the mantel.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 16, 2024 3:09 AM |
The banjo clock. We had one too. I loved their apartment with the windows. The first one was claustrophobic. I thought their country place was devoid of charm and warmth.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 16, 2024 3:09 AM |
The Franciscan Ivy dinnerware .
The Chinese ceramic figures on the mantel in the second apartment.
The framed reproduction of a Degas ballet dancer , also in the second apartment.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 16, 2024 3:14 AM |
"Wondahfull!"
by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 16, 2024 3:37 AM |
I'm Ethel's hostess pants.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 16, 2024 3:38 AM |
R19. I saw those in Harper's Bazaar.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 16, 2024 3:55 AM |
R20. Oh they're bizarre all right.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 16, 2024 3:57 AM |
I’m Ethel’s toaster.
Oh, wait, she never got one!
by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 16, 2024 3:57 AM |
I’m Viv’s false eyelashes that Lucy ripped off.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | October 16, 2024 11:09 AM |
I'm the separate conjugal beds.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | October 16, 2024 11:12 AM |
We're the hookers in Desi's dressing room.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | October 16, 2024 11:25 AM |
I'm Mrs Trumball giving blow jobs in my dressing room.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | October 16, 2024 11:55 AM |
I’m scattered chocolates that fell off the conveyor belt.
Don’t worry, Viv will scarf us up.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | October 16, 2024 12:15 PM |
I'm the pages of Frawley's script from the scenes in which he does not appear in the trash can.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | October 16, 2024 2:06 PM |
I'm the used Kotex Viv stuck in Bill's script.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | October 16, 2024 3:34 PM |
A door in the kitchen that goes nowhere.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | October 16, 2024 4:40 PM |
I'm the hidden bottle of Vitameatvegamin Lucy drinks on the sly when she needs a bit of liquid courage.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | October 16, 2024 4:53 PM |
I'm the hostility.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | October 16, 2024 5:19 PM |
I'm the actor playing Little Ricky, wandering off onto the set of Gunsmoke.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | October 16, 2024 5:29 PM |
I'm Lucy's Don Loper original.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | October 16, 2024 6:16 PM |
Ethel's dungarees.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | October 16, 2024 6:22 PM |
I'm the waxed fruit Mrs. Littlefield's mother gave her and Mr. Littlefield for their anniversary.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | October 16, 2024 6:26 PM |
I'm the Degas prints that seem also to appear in the Beverly Palm, or at least something similar. (Did I also appear in Westport...?)
by Anonymous | reply 39 | October 16, 2024 6:26 PM |
I'm the fat jokes about Ethel when Viv still weighed the same as Lucille.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | October 16, 2024 6:36 PM |
I'm Vivian's on-set psychiatrist.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | October 16, 2024 6:54 PM |
I’m Fred’s pants that are pulled up to his tits.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | October 17, 2024 2:19 AM |
I'm Little Ricky's birth mother who weighed 400 pounds.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | October 17, 2024 5:33 AM |
I’m the scissoring that takes place between Lucy and Viv after a few too many drinks in Lucy’s dressing room when Desi is out with “the boys”. At first, Viv feels dirty and abused, until Lucy does this thing with her pelvis that cause Viv to squirt more than the Bellagio fountains…..
by Anonymous | reply 44 | October 17, 2024 7:02 AM |
I'm the daily crate delivery of Bacardi rum, half empty by 11am.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | October 17, 2024 12:29 PM |
I'm one of the two twin beds in their bedroom. The one where the action happened... when Lucy was out of town.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | October 17, 2024 12:37 PM |
I'm Barbara Eden, trying to be a more important guest star than I really am.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | October 17, 2024 12:41 PM |
I’m Jay Sandrich. Desperate to get away from Lucy. Just had lunch with an ad agency guy named Tinker. I pitched an idea for a show set in Minneapolis.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | October 17, 2024 1:30 PM |
[quote]I'm the waxed fruit Mrs. Littlefield's mother gave her and Mr. Littlefield for their anniversary.
WAX fruit (i.e., fruit made from wax), not WAXED fruit (actual fruit that has been coated with wax.)
by Anonymous | reply 49 | October 17, 2024 4:56 PM |
R49, your Virgo is showing.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | October 17, 2024 5:08 PM |
I’m Lucy’s racist, Chinese dance.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | October 17, 2024 5:09 PM |
I am the good prince Lancelot.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | October 17, 2024 5:12 PM |
R51, which episode was that?
by Anonymous | reply 53 | October 17, 2024 5:13 PM |
I’m the Philip Morris signs and banners in the studio. I did Jack shit for the company.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | October 17, 2024 5:18 PM |
I'm Ethel's blue jeans. I have never seen the inside of a subway.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | October 17, 2024 5:26 PM |
R53. When Ricky's "mamacita" visits.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | October 17, 2024 9:37 PM |
I'm the 3 year old emergency box of chocolates.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | October 17, 2024 10:09 PM |
I'm Lily of the Valley's elbow.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | October 17, 2024 11:06 PM |
I'm the bottles of bourbon in Tallulah Bankhead's dressing room.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | October 18, 2024 12:19 AM |
OP I congratulate you on a genuinely interesting and original "Let's Be..." thread. Like the old days of DL!
by Anonymous | reply 60 | October 18, 2024 12:55 AM |
Is r60 being facetious?
by Anonymous | reply 61 | October 18, 2024 1:38 AM |
I’m the grapes stuck in Lucy’s nose and ears.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | October 18, 2024 1:58 AM |
I'm William Holden's meaty cock.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | October 18, 2024 2:03 AM |
[quote] Let's be things you'd find on the set of I Love Lucy -- I'm Barbara Eden, hiding from Desi in my dressing room.
Well, then you actually wouldn't be found on the set, now would you?
by Anonymous | reply 64 | October 18, 2024 2:08 AM |
I'm Frank Nelson, pinging.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | October 18, 2024 2:36 AM |
Tonight at 12:30 on Pluto TV “Ricky’s Movie Offer” will air. On the set you’ll see one of the greatest improv bits by Ethel when they prop up Ben Benjamin (the inimitable Frank Nelson). You can tell by Lucy’s reaction that it was not scripted or rehearsed. I wish I could find the isolated clip. YouTube has the lead up but then stops just before it.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | October 18, 2024 2:41 AM |
I am (allegedly) Lucy's real Mother tied to a seat in the audience and ordered to give that "Oh Oh" laugh for every episode.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | October 18, 2024 3:15 AM |
R37- I must correct that. She refers to them as Blue Jeans 👖 not dungarees.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | October 18, 2024 3:24 AM |
I'm Phil Ober's fist.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | October 18, 2024 3:25 AM |
I’m Butch Mertz, Fred’s dog.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | October 18, 2024 3:30 AM |
I'm A Little Bit of Cuba
by Anonymous | reply 71 | October 18, 2024 3:31 AM |
Well, I'm a Big Hunk of America
by Anonymous | reply 72 | October 18, 2024 3:43 AM |
I’m the Italian haircut.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | October 18, 2024 4:02 AM |
I’m henna rinse bottles.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | October 18, 2024 4:02 AM |
R66, it was definitely in the script. Lucy absolutely wouldn't allow that kind of improvisation.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | October 18, 2024 4:04 AM |
I’m Ethel’s bustle.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | October 18, 2024 4:24 AM |
I do t k ow R75, the way that Lucy snorts out that cigarette smoke has always made me feel that it was improvised, though of course you’re right in that Lucy left nothing to chance. Here’s the script though it doesn’t have business or stage directions included.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | October 18, 2024 4:33 AM |
I'm the genius of Karl Freund.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | October 18, 2024 1:25 PM |
I’m the swaging-sheer curtains in the Ricardo’s windows just like my grandmas house+ the “Benician” blinds
by Anonymous | reply 79 | October 18, 2024 2:24 PM |
I'm Ethel's hideous wardrobe, especially in early seasons.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | October 18, 2024 3:54 PM |
I'm spaghetti. Lucy orders me in restaurants a lot.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | October 18, 2024 6:14 PM |
I'm Mrs. Benson. I have a roast in the oven but I'm willing to move apartments TODAY!
by Anonymous | reply 82 | October 18, 2024 6:43 PM |
Carolyn Applebee’s Chinese Modern decor.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | October 18, 2024 6:53 PM |
I’m Don Loper’s scathing bitchiness.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | October 18, 2024 7:01 PM |
I read that the live audience laughter was padded out with recorded laughter. I’ve heard that same “uh oh” in other tv shows.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | October 18, 2024 7:03 PM |
Someone in the Desilu circle said that Phil Ober used to laugh really hard during filming, because -- they speculated -- he liked hearing himself when the episodes aired. I've never been able to isolate his laugh, though.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | October 18, 2024 8:12 PM |
I'm Rock Hudson and I'm checking out Desi's ass. I think Lucy knows what I'm doing.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | October 18, 2024 8:21 PM |
I'm the baby chick that Lucy smothered when she lay the box on top of me.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | October 18, 2024 8:41 PM |
I'm Mary Wickes, waiting for r44's sloppy seconds.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | October 18, 2024 10:02 PM |
I’m a can of All Pet.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | October 19, 2024 1:19 AM |
Lucy’s menopausal hormones…in their Westinghouse refrigerator.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | October 19, 2024 2:03 AM |
No artifical hormones back then. Menopausal women medicated themselves with booze and cigs.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | October 19, 2024 2:05 AM |
I’m the trick cello with a plunger
by Anonymous | reply 93 | October 19, 2024 2:17 AM |
R92:
“First defined only in 1821 by a French physician, menopause had historically been treated with everything from opium to acupuncture. Then, in 1942, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals introduced… Premarin, whose name was derived from its primary ingredient: pregnant-mare urine.”
How delightful!
Refrigeration was apparently not required, but knowing that crafty Lucy, it had to be hidden somewhere.
So there!
by Anonymous | reply 94 | October 19, 2024 2:28 AM |
I’m the Vintage Lady Bradford Zippo Table Lighter.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | October 19, 2024 3:14 AM |
I'm the Philip Morris cigarettes that killed both of them.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | October 19, 2024 3:21 AM |
I’m the toilet in Lucy’s dressing room, which she had to allow female audience members to use during the first filming in order not to violate the health code.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | October 19, 2024 3:27 AM |
r97 is that really true?
by Anonymous | reply 98 | October 19, 2024 3:32 AM |
R98 Yes, it was featured in at least one biography, “Ball of Fire”.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | October 19, 2024 4:09 AM |
[quote] I’m the toilet in Lucy’s dressing room, which she had to allow female audience members to use during the first filming in order not to violate the health code.
R97 Why didn’t Lucille make them use Viv’s toilet, or did Viv have to use the Texaco station next to Desilu?
by Anonymous | reply 100 | October 19, 2024 4:22 AM |
I'm the none-too-convincing Connecticut house set.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | October 19, 2024 4:28 AM |
I used Lucy's dressing room bathroom during a taping of Out of Practice back in 2005. I think at that point they had installed other bathrooms, but I was taken on a private tour and asked if I could use it. I urinated quite demurely.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | October 19, 2024 4:30 AM |
I'm the painstaking recreation of the Imperial Theatre lobby seen in the episode when the gang attends Broadway's "The Most Happy Fella."
by Anonymous | reply 103 | October 19, 2024 5:03 AM |
I'm William Holden. I managed to stay sober for exactly one hour while I filmed my episode.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | October 19, 2024 5:08 AM |
I’m Tallulah Bankhead. I will be so drunk I barely make it through rehearsal but I’ll steal the show on tape night.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | October 19, 2024 5:18 AM |
I’m the vodka in Desi’s tomato juice.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | October 19, 2024 5:19 AM |
I'm the vodka in Desi's urine.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | October 19, 2024 5:27 AM |
I'm Viv's potato salad.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | October 19, 2024 5:29 AM |
I'm the teacups used by the Wednesday Afternoon Fang and Claw Society
by Anonymous | reply 109 | October 19, 2024 5:30 AM |
I'm a turquoise cocktail hat with pearls. Pearls!
by Anonymous | reply 110 | October 19, 2024 5:43 AM |
I’m Ethel’s dresses. All three of ‘em!
by Anonymous | reply 111 | October 19, 2024 10:40 AM |
I'm the lyrics to Shortnin' Bread
by Anonymous | reply 112 | October 19, 2024 1:56 PM |
I’m Lucy’s mink stole. You’re sitting on it.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | October 19, 2024 3:12 PM |
I’m multiple slabs of John Wayne footprints.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | October 19, 2024 4:01 PM |
Barbara Eden didn't run from Desi except when he didn't gave a c note in his conga fist.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | October 19, 2024 4:09 PM |
I'm a naked Cornel Wilde
I'm a (nearly) naked John Wayne
I'm a naked Desi Arnaz
by Anonymous | reply 116 | October 19, 2024 4:21 PM |
R116 Bob Cummings
by Anonymous | reply 117 | October 19, 2024 4:25 PM |
I'm Cynthia Harcourt's donations ledger, with pledges of $500 each from Lucille McGillicuddy Ricardo and Mrs. Mertz.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | October 19, 2024 6:53 PM |
I'm enceinte.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | October 19, 2024 11:26 PM |
I'm the very mean LESBIAN who says to Lucy and Ethel that if one piece of chocolate gets by them without being wrapped you're BOTH FIRED!
by Anonymous | reply 120 | October 19, 2024 11:39 PM |
I'm Mary Wickes, servicing the very mean LESBIAN after the show.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | October 19, 2024 11:40 PM |
I am the George Washington Bridge with Lucy ,Ricky, Fred and Ethel drive over as their long journey to California begins
Don't forget about me- I'm the 1955 Pontiac Star Chief Convertible that takes them 3,000 miles across the country AND over the George Washington Bridge
by Anonymous | reply 122 | October 19, 2024 11:49 PM |
R20 well they certainly are "bizzare"!
by Anonymous | reply 123 | October 20, 2024 12:39 AM |
I'm Giuseppe and you wanna know sumtin'? Today, she's a my birthday too!
by Anonymous | reply 124 | October 20, 2024 12:39 AM |
R118. That's Mrs. "Nertz."
by Anonymous | reply 125 | October 20, 2024 2:19 AM |
I’m wrinkled canvas flats for background scenery.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | October 20, 2024 2:24 AM |
Under the video of them driving over the George Washington Bridge someone commented- They should not be singing California here we come. They should be singing New Jersey here we come- I thought it was a funny comment.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | October 20, 2024 2:41 AM |
I'm a crucifix and Holy Water.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | October 20, 2024 4:00 AM |
I'm the back porch/balcony that's only seen in 1 episode.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | October 20, 2024 4:03 AM |
They were on the back steps while dressed in turn of the century clothes. And when the bum tried to pretend to be Lucy's first husband.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | October 20, 2024 5:27 AM |
I’m the Christmas episode that bombed.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | October 20, 2024 5:29 AM |
Look what happened to YOUR washing machine,
by Anonymous | reply 132 | October 20, 2024 3:38 PM |
I'm the big, black telephone.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | October 20, 2024 7:50 PM |
I'm Eddie Grant's rack of wholesale lingerie...
by Anonymous | reply 134 | October 21, 2024 12:27 AM |
I'm Desi's foreskin.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | October 21, 2024 12:30 AM |
I'm the haggard look of the cast by the time the hour-long episodes began. Even Karl Freund can't erase me.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | October 21, 2024 2:57 AM |
Actually, Fred and Ethel looked younger than Lucy and Ricky in those hour-long episodes.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | October 21, 2024 3:19 AM |
I’m Max Factor makeup.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | October 21, 2024 3:23 AM |
I'm Sweet Sue.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | October 22, 2024 12:02 AM |
I'm Barbara Pepper shakin' what God gave me during the midnight jam session.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | October 22, 2024 1:33 AM |
I'm a potato sack.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | October 22, 2024 1:39 AM |
I’m the old bitch babysitter who dictated her hours to Lucy. I later showed up as a neighbor Lucy tried selling a vacuum to. I was just as bitchy then.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | October 22, 2024 2:05 AM |
I’m Lucy telling a crowd, “whyncha tell it to her face?!” whenever Vivian comes back from the bathroom.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | October 22, 2024 2:17 AM |
I'm a raging headache from all the unfunny shouting.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | October 22, 2024 2:27 AM |
I’m the keys Fred jingles.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | October 22, 2024 2:30 AM |
R145- More important I'm the pants Fred wears OVER HIS HEAD that showcases his huge stomach.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | October 22, 2024 2:41 AM |
I’m a trash can loaded with jelly-filled chocolates.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | October 22, 2024 3:00 AM |
She wasn’t a babysitter, she was a maid. And she informed Lucy that she wasn’t doing Lil Ricky’s laundry.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | October 22, 2024 3:12 AM |
I’m Mrs. Porter’s peanut butter sandwich, still stuck to the roof of Lucy’s mouth.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | October 22, 2024 5:14 AM |
OP: you MUST be an Elder Gay!
by Anonymous | reply 150 | October 22, 2024 5:19 AM |
R149 That's how you eat a peanut butter sandwich!
by Anonymous | reply 151 | October 22, 2024 5:28 AM |
I’m Fred in a fur coat.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | October 22, 2024 6:28 AM |
[quote]I'm a raging headache from all the unfunny shouting.
Which got progressively worse over the years in her subsequent series. "Here's Lucy" was one long shout-a-thon.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | October 22, 2024 9:59 AM |
I'm a mink T-shirt.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | October 22, 2024 11:03 AM |
I'm hostess pants.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | October 22, 2024 1:52 PM |
I'm a henna-rincess not a maharincess
by Anonymous | reply 156 | October 22, 2024 1:59 PM |
I'm the rope the twins used to tie Lucy up.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | October 22, 2024 2:19 PM |
I’m Don Loper originals.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | October 22, 2024 2:31 PM |
I’m the pantry stuffed with unsold Aunt Martha’s Old Fashioned Salad Dressing jars.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | October 22, 2024 2:49 PM |
I’m a little bit of Cuba.
I’m a big hunk of America.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | October 22, 2024 4:27 PM |
I'm always wanting to look like a chrysanthemum...
by Anonymous | reply 161 | October 22, 2024 6:23 PM |
I'm 623 east 68th street New York City.
The address the Ricardo's and Mertz's lived , however if you try to find the actual address you'll end up in the East River.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | October 22, 2024 7:52 PM |
I'm soaking up the local color.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | October 22, 2024 8:25 PM |
Grab a fork. I'm the world's biggest BBQ.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | October 22, 2024 9:53 PM |
I'm the looooong loaf of bread that could not have possibly fit in the oven from which it's emerging.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | October 22, 2024 10:06 PM |
I'm Ricky trying to electrocute Lucy by plugging in the television after she's removed the picture tube and is inside the console pretending to do a commercial.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | October 22, 2024 10:10 PM |
I'm the overly generous beauty parlor allowance given to Lucy for her "henna rinse" and poodle pouf 'do. Ricky didn't get his money's worth.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | October 22, 2024 10:29 PM |
I'm the domestic violence.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | October 22, 2024 11:05 PM |
I'm Bill Frawley, who looked exactly the same age in the last Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour episode as I did in Episode 1 of I Love Lucy.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | October 22, 2024 11:08 PM |
I’m Squeeze Comb Lilt Home Permanent.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | October 23, 2024 12:30 AM |
I’m Little Ricky, a gift from God considering Lucy’s incessant smoking, prior abortions and peri-menopausal plumbing.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | October 23, 2024 12:34 AM |
I'm Phil, roughing up Viv in her dressing room.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | October 23, 2024 12:40 AM |
I’m the “Home Sweet Home” sign that turns up in both the Mertz’s bedroom and the One Oak Cabin.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | October 23, 2024 12:45 AM |
Captain Stubing
by Anonymous | reply 174 | October 23, 2024 1:54 AM |
We're young lovebirds played by Richard Crenna and Janet Waldo (Judy Jetson). One of us was pushing 30 and the other pushing 40 but we were supposed to be teenagers.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | October 23, 2024 2:25 AM |
R175 "Keep gigglin' Peggy!"
by Anonymous | reply 176 | October 23, 2024 5:06 AM |
I’m a few unfortunate, squashed baby chicks.
“Great, now we need a new rug!” gripes Lucy.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | October 23, 2024 8:02 AM |
[quote] "Keep gigglin' Peggy!"
JIGGLIN'
by Anonymous | reply 178 | October 23, 2024 5:05 PM |
Teresa Tirelli who spoke perfect English but Lucy kept saying she only spoke Italian because it made her story better. Jess Oppenheimer's son said that the entire grape fight was rehearsed within an inch of its life for the entire week of the taping because Lucy wanted it perfect. There was no misunderstanding or actual fight.
by Anonymous | reply 179 | October 23, 2024 5:56 PM |
I'm Little Fred the Dog
by Anonymous | reply 180 | October 23, 2024 6:40 PM |
R175 I had no idea that was Richard Crenna and Janet Waldo! OMG they did look old
by Anonymous | reply 181 | October 23, 2024 6:55 PM |
I'm all the things Fred has himself trained to do in less than a minute.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | October 23, 2024 6:57 PM |
R179- That is not true. I watched an episode of The Dick Cavett show from 1974 and Lucille Ball was talking about the grape stomping scene from that ILL episode. She said that big woman in the vat with her did not understand English and really went after Lucy when they were fighting- it was NOT rehearsed.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | October 23, 2024 8:06 PM |
I feel like Ball embellished certain aspects of the show later.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | October 23, 2024 8:36 PM |
R183. Um, she LIED!
by Anonymous | reply 185 | October 23, 2024 9:15 PM |
R183, that's Lucy's story. Jess Oppenheimer's son Gregg says this: Cleanup time after Lucy's famous grape-stomping scene in "Lucy's Italian Movie." The only real problem they had with the scene was that during rehearsals, Lucy's hair kept going underwater. The prop and makeup people had to find something that wouldn't leave Lucy with permanently purple hair. At the last minute they came up with a food coloring that would wash out easily. Problem solved. Any stories you may have heard that the Italian woman in the vat spoke no English, or that Lucy nearly drowned, are simply untrue. The fight scene in the grape vat was carefully rehearsed all week. The Italian actress, Teresa Tirelli, was a card-carrying SAG member who spoke perfect English. She later appeared on the TV series "Dr. Kildare" and as a midwife in "The Godfather Part II."
by Anonymous | reply 186 | October 23, 2024 9:17 PM |
I'm the suspension of disbelief that kicks in whenever Lucy and Ethel don wigs and costumes and their respective spouses take leave of their senses and fail to recognize them.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | October 23, 2024 9:22 PM |
I'm the ancillary cast of characters, like Mrs. Trumbull, Carolyn Appleby, Freddie Fillmore, Dory Schary, Mr. Ritter, and Betty Ramsey, who all appear to have had a thing for Ricky and/or Lucy at one time. (I know Dory was played by Viv's lout of a husband). The Ricardos weren't THAT great looking.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | October 23, 2024 9:30 PM |
The one man who appeared to have zero attraction to Lucy was the bus driver in the Hollywood episode. He clearly hated her from the second she boarded.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | October 23, 2024 9:32 PM |
The only time I ever got mad at the Mertz's was when they blamed Lucy for all the feathers going everywhere in "Redecorating the Mertz's Apartment"
by Anonymous | reply 190 | October 24, 2024 12:35 AM |
R189- That Nightgown salesman had the HOTS for both Lucy and Ethel.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | October 24, 2024 2:08 AM |
Lucy wouldn't have done the grape stomping scene w/o rehearsal. Madelyn Pugh probably had to do a run through as well before Lucy agreed to do it.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | October 24, 2024 2:09 AM |
I’m Carole Cook in ‘53, practicing Lucy’s wide-eyed facial expressions while hitting every Broadway audition…stunning producers with both my talent and that subtle hint of Arpege.
by Anonymous | reply 193 | October 24, 2024 2:25 AM |
I’m Tallulah Bankhead naked backstage.
by Anonymous | reply 194 | October 24, 2024 4:27 AM |
R190, I used to think that but Ricky's argument was sound. Lucy kept butting into the Mertz' business. She says she doesn't want "a boo boo on my record", yet she was close to breaking them up. It was Lucy's comeuppance, sorta like when she cried wolf and actually got kidnapped.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | October 24, 2024 6:02 AM |
The fight in the vat actually came about during rehearsal. The original script called for Lucy to lose one of her earrings and she tries to find it only to have Teresa step on it and howl with pain. Lucy secretly takes off the other earring and throws it outside the vat. End scene. It clearly needed something more and during the rehearsals is where the concept of the fight happened. If you remember one of those Lucy TV movies (maybe Nicole Kidman), it showed Lucy on her back trying to find the earring by flipping her arms and legs wildly.
by Anonymous | reply 196 | October 24, 2024 6:08 AM |
I’m the changing sets for the Mertz’s roof.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | October 24, 2024 6:24 AM |
I’m Ricky’s uncle. Lucy calls him a fat pig in Spanish.
by Anonymous | reply 198 | October 24, 2024 9:27 AM |
I’m the Ricardo’s TV set, only showing up when needed.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | October 24, 2024 9:51 AM |
Did Lucy learn Spanish during her years with Desi?
by Anonymous | reply 200 | October 24, 2024 2:04 PM |
I'm a figurative title
by Anonymous | reply 201 | October 24, 2024 2:13 PM |
I'm a carton of Chesterfields.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | October 24, 2024 2:15 PM |
I am also Mrs. Benson who wants to remind you all that I was Lady Beekman in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
My real name is Norma Varden.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | October 24, 2024 2:31 PM |
Gin and regret
by Anonymous | reply 204 | October 24, 2024 2:47 PM |
I’m Desi’s pit-stained shirts.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | October 24, 2024 10:18 PM |
And I'm Cesar Romero, taking a whiff of r205.
by Anonymous | reply 206 | October 24, 2024 10:21 PM |
I'm Hal March, years before the quiz show scandals, which would eventually kill him (that and Chesterfields).
by Anonymous | reply 207 | October 24, 2024 10:43 PM |
I’m the magical checked suit that Lucy wore in both the Vitametavegamin and Candy Factory episodes. Talk about a good luck charm.
by Anonymous | reply 208 | October 24, 2024 11:13 PM |
I'm the ugly jacket that was worn (in different episodes) by Ricky, Fred, and Dore Schary.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | October 24, 2024 11:14 PM |
We're the feathers that some poor schmucks had to clean up after the pillow-fight-meets-painting-party episode.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | October 24, 2024 11:36 PM |
Vivian's on it, r210.
by Anonymous | reply 211 | October 24, 2024 11:37 PM |
Up until now, I never realized that not only does 623 E. 68th St. not exist, neither does 62 E. 68th St., nor 23 E. 68th St. I daydreamed about living on either the third or sixth floors of those buildings and having a secret Lucy room or something.
by Anonymous | reply 212 | October 25, 2024 12:07 AM |
[quote] A door in the kitchen that goes nowhere.
It goes the back porch.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | October 25, 2024 1:04 AM |
I’m Lillian Appleby, Carolyn’s evil twin sister.
by Anonymous | reply 214 | October 25, 2024 1:06 AM |
I'm Carolyn's glasses.
by Anonymous | reply 215 | October 25, 2024 1:17 AM |
I'm Harpo Marx's curly mound of blond pubes
by Anonymous | reply 216 | October 25, 2024 1:21 AM |
I'm Marion Strong, slaying in "The Senior Shenanigans of The Rappahannock School For Girls!"
by Anonymous | reply 217 | October 25, 2024 1:22 AM |
I’m the wilting wax flowers in Connecticut.
by Anonymous | reply 218 | October 25, 2024 2:09 AM |
R213 at some point there was a door that went nowhere on the same wall as the refrigerator
by Anonymous | reply 219 | October 25, 2024 3:41 AM |
Yes, that door was on the same wall as the fridge, in the far left.
Of course I know the back door went to the porch. Duh. But there was ANOTHER door in the kitchen besides that one, R213.
by Anonymous | reply 220 | October 25, 2024 11:57 AM |
I’m Fred’s idea of a Hollywood outfit.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | October 25, 2024 12:01 PM |
I am the Queen of the Gypsies.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | October 25, 2024 12:23 PM |
R215- I’m the strings attached to Lillian Appleby’s glasses.
by Anonymous | reply 223 | October 25, 2024 12:42 PM |
Maybe Lilian Appleby was the original Chris Costner Sizemore.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | October 25, 2024 12:47 PM |
In one Hollywood episode Ricky called her Lillian (.her original name) but by Hollywood it had already been changed to Carolyn, which Lucy and the others called her.
by Anonymous | reply 225 | October 25, 2024 4:52 PM |
Good catch, r225.
I'm Desi, who can sometimes be heard laughing off-camera. I also cracked up a lot on-screen when Viv nailed a particularly funny line.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | October 25, 2024 8:07 PM |
I'm Bobby the Bellboy. You don't see me around the hotel after the Cornel Wilde incident because I got fired. Mrs. Ricardo neglected to tell you that, didn't she?
by Anonymous | reply 227 | October 26, 2024 2:28 AM |
I’m two sides of beef, only 69¢ a pound.
by Anonymous | reply 228 | October 26, 2024 3:41 AM |
I'm Lucy's mother laughing.
by Anonymous | reply 229 | October 26, 2024 4:08 AM |
R225, not necessarily correct. The prop post card used on that episode is addressed to Lillian.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | October 26, 2024 4:13 AM |
[quote]I'm Harpo Marx's curly mound of blond pubes
Here you go
by Anonymous | reply 232 | October 26, 2024 6:09 AM |
R232. Harpo was uncut! Where did you find such a thing?
by Anonymous | reply 233 | October 26, 2024 7:59 AM |
R220 I always assumed it was a pantry closet.
by Anonymous | reply 235 | October 26, 2024 9:06 AM |
Seeing as how Minnie's boys were Jewish I doubt he was uncut.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | October 26, 2024 12:02 PM |
Connected to All In The Family. I read once that Lucille Ball did not like or approve of All In The Family and though it should be taken off the air.
by Anonymous | reply 237 | October 26, 2024 1:32 PM |
R237 Lucy was pretty prudish.
by Anonymous | reply 238 | October 26, 2024 3:01 PM |
Lies r238!
by Anonymous | reply 239 | October 26, 2024 9:19 PM |
I must oh dear myself again.
It's thought not though
by Anonymous | reply 240 | October 26, 2024 9:47 PM |
I confer on you my forgiveness, r240.
by Anonymous | reply 241 | October 26, 2024 10:18 PM |
R236. The photo in R232 looks like a turtleneck to me...
by Anonymous | reply 242 | October 26, 2024 11:24 PM |
I’m the Don Loper salon set. Fancy schmancy!
by Anonymous | reply 243 | October 27, 2024 3:19 AM |
I'm the fireplace in Connecticut that's never used.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | October 27, 2024 4:56 AM |
R243. I'm Don Loper's salon saleswoman who moves to Miami and becomes great friends with Celia Rubenstein.
by Anonymous | reply 245 | October 27, 2024 8:28 AM |
I'm Vivian Vance's messy hair and unflattering clothes on "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour."
by Anonymous | reply 246 | October 27, 2024 10:02 AM |
I'm Hal King, Max Factor Makeup Director and Lucy's makeup artist.
by Anonymous | reply 247 | October 27, 2024 6:01 PM |
r246 = Phil
by Anonymous | reply 248 | October 27, 2024 6:43 PM |
BTW, I am the actor who played the hobo who tried to pass himself off as Lucy's first husband. In real life, I was the only husband of the fabulous Tallulah Bankhead. Tallulah dahling once led a party of her friends into their bedroom with the express purpose of confirming the size of his manhood which she had always bragged about to all and sundry. The guests observed him sleeping naked and were able to confirm the description absolutely.
He also appeared on the show as a potential renter of one of the apartments. His name was John Emery.
by Anonymous | reply 249 | October 27, 2024 9:41 PM |
R249 wins
by Anonymous | reply 250 | October 27, 2024 10:10 PM |
r249 = Cesar Romero
by Anonymous | reply 251 | October 27, 2024 10:13 PM |
Size 56 boxers with skid marks.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | October 28, 2024 3:32 AM |
I'm Desi's elevator shoes.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | October 28, 2024 1:16 PM |
I’m the extra couch cushion to help Desi look taller when sitting.
by Anonymous | reply 254 | October 28, 2024 2:29 PM |
I'm the flats Lucy always wore to make Desi look taller.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | October 28, 2024 6:17 PM |
R237, Lucy's trite moralizing is another reason why she never should have played Mame.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | October 28, 2024 7:21 PM |
I’m Mrs. Pettibone and Mrs. Pomerantz of The Society Matron’s League
by Anonymous | reply 257 | October 29, 2024 2:08 AM |
I’m frozen peas.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | October 29, 2024 5:24 AM |
I'm a snively little morsel of roast beef...
by Anonymous | reply 259 | October 29, 2024 5:29 AM |
I’m Cesar Romero, sucking Desi’s uncut pinga.
by Anonymous | reply 260 | October 29, 2024 8:40 AM |
I’m a pile of horse shit in the den.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | October 29, 2024 10:40 AM |
I would day "I'm okay," but that's a swell way to get off to a lousy start.
by Anonymous | reply 262 | October 29, 2024 11:03 AM |
I'm Pepito the Clown doing those baby crying imitations for Mrs. Trumbull.
by Anonymous | reply 263 | October 29, 2024 10:36 PM |
I'm the bass drum belonging to one of the Friends of the Friendless.
by Anonymous | reply 264 | October 30, 2024 1:08 AM |
I'm Tallulah Bankhead and I'm not wearing any panties.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | October 30, 2024 1:27 AM |
[quote] at some point there was a door that went nowhere on the same wall as the refrigerator
Pantry?
by Anonymous | reply 266 | October 30, 2024 1:32 AM |
I’m Ethel’s girdle.
by Anonymous | reply 267 | October 30, 2024 3:55 AM |
I'm Myra Marsh who only gets through a few lines of "Hiawatha". Lucy also recited it.
by Anonymous | reply 268 | October 30, 2024 4:33 AM |
R268 “AH HA HA HAAAAAAH! AH HA HA HAAAAH! A HA HA…erm, well, anyway.”
by Anonymous | reply 269 | October 30, 2024 4:34 AM |
I’m Lucy’s mother in the audience going “uh oh”.
by Anonymous | reply 270 | October 30, 2024 4:55 AM |
I’m Ethel’s “Why don’t you think it ovah” to Mrs. Trumbull.
by Anonymous | reply 271 | October 30, 2024 4:56 AM |
I'm Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien and we are going to blow up the Capitol.
by Anonymous | reply 272 | October 30, 2024 5:06 AM |
I'm Miss Dorothea Wolbert, President of Ladies Overseas Aid. I flew all the way from Indiana for this, so give me the $3,000, Miss Mertz!
by Anonymous | reply 273 | October 30, 2024 5:48 AM |
I am the self-congratulatory story that Ethel keeps repeating to anyone who will listen about how her friendship with the Ricardos means more to her than anything else. I've had more performances than "South Pacific."
by Anonymous | reply 274 | October 30, 2024 9:02 AM |
I’m the photo of “Shrinking Violet” daddy keeps on the mantle.
by Anonymous | reply 275 | October 30, 2024 11:40 AM |
"Is she coming with us?"
by Anonymous | reply 276 | October 30, 2024 3:23 PM |
R273. Dorothea, please take a couple hundred out of the ladies' donation and purchase a fur that isn't molting with bald spots. That always bothers me, how crummy that woman looks.
by Anonymous | reply 277 | October 31, 2024 12:53 AM |
I'm hitching up my girdle.
by Anonymous | reply 278 | October 31, 2024 7:58 PM |
The telephone that the Ricardos were too stupid to use to call the Littlefields to say that they were going to be an hour late.
by Anonymous | reply 279 | October 31, 2024 8:36 PM |
I'm the clock that Lucy was too stupid to set forward an hour.
by Anonymous | reply 280 | October 31, 2024 8:39 PM |
I'm Fred's tie with a split pea soup stain.
by Anonymous | reply 281 | October 31, 2024 9:01 PM |
Im Bobby the Milkman who was run out of town by Mr. Foster for screwing Mrs. Grace Foster, so I moved to Hollywood and got a job as Bobby the Bellman.
by Anonymous | reply 282 | October 31, 2024 9:05 PM |
The Fairy Princess costume that Ethel got to wear because she was the same size as Jimmy Wilson's hefty mother.
by Anonymous | reply 283 | October 31, 2024 9:43 PM |
R256.
My folks received a mailer around 1980, listing her among other notables supporting prayer in schools, a return to family values, etc. and my mother was horrified.
Carole Cook, as a good friend and part of my extended family, said…wait for it… look at Gary for that bullshit.
Yet another example of him not able to read the room.
I hope he’s roasting in hell.
by Anonymous | reply 284 | November 2, 2024 2:45 AM |
I’m all of the chicken shit on the Connecticut house floor when Lucy was trying to raise chickens.
by Anonymous | reply 285 | November 2, 2024 6:01 AM |
r284 Gary? Really? I've never known a Jew in my life who supported "prayer in schools."
by Anonymous | reply 286 | November 2, 2024 9:21 AM |
I'm Little Ricky's teddy bear that Lucy wheeled into surgery.
by Anonymous | reply 287 | November 2, 2024 9:34 PM |
Can someone please explain r128 to me? I assume Desi was Catholic, but ...
Ball was the devil?
by Anonymous | reply 288 | November 4, 2024 10:57 AM |
I'm the happy expression on Frawley's face when he gets to do a little song and a little dance.
Just watch him light up while doing it.
by Anonymous | reply 289 | November 5, 2024 5:21 AM |
I'm Don Juan.
by Anonymous | reply 290 | November 5, 2024 12:37 PM |
And I'm Don Juan's footfall...
by Anonymous | reply 291 | November 5, 2024 8:28 PM |
I’m Lucy’s giant headdress.
by Anonymous | reply 292 | November 6, 2024 2:26 AM |
I'm Desi Arnaz's uncut cock that the crossdresser Edgar Hoover got to see when he had Arnaz picked up on trumped up charges in the 1940's- arrested and strip searched and photographed naked after Hoover saw him in a play and apparently had the hots for him and wanted photos of him naked.
by Anonymous | reply 293 | November 6, 2024 2:37 AM |
I'm the italian style wig Lucy wore that was very "sheik" during that time. Short, dark and feathered, like all the neorealist girls. I made Ricky look at Lucy in a way he hadn't "since before they were married" . I made Ricky super horny, apparently.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | November 6, 2024 3:52 AM |
R294. On Ethel it looked like Life with Luigi
by Anonymous | reply 295 | November 6, 2024 4:33 AM |
I’m wigs styled by Irma Kusley.
by Anonymous | reply 296 | November 6, 2024 4:50 AM |