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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.

by Anonymousreply 296November 6, 2024 4:50 AM

Chesterfield cigarette butts.

by Anonymousreply 1October 16, 2024 2:00 AM

I'm Bill Frawley's delirium tremens.

by Anonymousreply 2October 16, 2024 2:03 AM

Uh-oh!

by Anonymousreply 3October 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 Anonymousreply 4October 16, 2024 2:16 AM

I'm Bob Carroll Jr's eyebrow.

by Anonymousreply 5October 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 Anonymousreply 6October 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 Anonymousreply 7October 16, 2024 2:24 AM

I’m the constant farts coming out of Bill Frawley’s asshole.

by Anonymousreply 8October 16, 2024 2:28 AM

I’m Carolyn Appleby’s Chinese Modern Furniture.

by Anonymousreply 9October 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 Anonymousreply 10October 16, 2024 2:31 AM

And I'm Desi's large cock in his boxers, smooth with Caesar Romero's ChapStick.

by Anonymousreply 11October 16, 2024 2:34 AM

I'm Viv's black eye.

by Anonymousreply 12October 16, 2024 2:34 AM

I'm Mrs. DeVries, from across the street

by Anonymousreply 13October 16, 2024 2:39 AM

I’m the furniture Lucy changed every 10 minutes.

by Anonymousreply 14October 16, 2024 2:47 AM

The cheap-assed Asian Brick-a-brack on the mantel.

by Anonymousreply 15October 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 Anonymousreply 16October 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 Anonymousreply 17October 16, 2024 3:14 AM

"Wondahfull!"

by Anonymousreply 18October 16, 2024 3:37 AM

I'm Ethel's hostess pants.

by Anonymousreply 19October 16, 2024 3:38 AM

R19. I saw those in Harper's Bazaar.

by Anonymousreply 20October 16, 2024 3:55 AM

R20. Oh they're bizarre all right.

by Anonymousreply 21October 16, 2024 3:57 AM

I’m Ethel’s toaster.

Oh, wait, she never got one!

by Anonymousreply 22October 16, 2024 3:57 AM

I'm the Franciscan Ivy.

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by Anonymousreply 23October 16, 2024 4:25 AM

I'm

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by Anonymousreply 24October 16, 2024 11:02 AM

I’m Viv’s false eyelashes that Lucy ripped off.

by Anonymousreply 25October 16, 2024 11:09 AM

I'm the separate conjugal beds.

by Anonymousreply 26October 16, 2024 11:12 AM

We're the hookers in Desi's dressing room.

by Anonymousreply 27October 16, 2024 11:25 AM

I'm Mrs Trumball giving blow jobs in my dressing room.

by Anonymousreply 28October 16, 2024 11:55 AM

I’m scattered chocolates that fell off the conveyor belt.

Don’t worry, Viv will scarf us up.

by Anonymousreply 29October 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 Anonymousreply 30October 16, 2024 2:06 PM

I'm the used Kotex Viv stuck in Bill's script.

by Anonymousreply 31October 16, 2024 3:34 PM

A door in the kitchen that goes nowhere.

by Anonymousreply 32October 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 Anonymousreply 33October 16, 2024 4:53 PM

I'm the hostility.

by Anonymousreply 34October 16, 2024 5:19 PM

I'm the actor playing Little Ricky, wandering off onto the set of Gunsmoke.

by Anonymousreply 35October 16, 2024 5:29 PM

I'm Lucy's Don Loper original.

by Anonymousreply 36October 16, 2024 6:16 PM

Ethel's dungarees.

by Anonymousreply 37October 16, 2024 6:22 PM

I'm the waxed fruit Mrs. Littlefield's mother gave her and Mr. Littlefield for their anniversary.

by Anonymousreply 38October 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 Anonymousreply 39October 16, 2024 6:26 PM

I'm the fat jokes about Ethel when Viv still weighed the same as Lucille.

by Anonymousreply 40October 16, 2024 6:36 PM

I'm Vivian's on-set psychiatrist.

by Anonymousreply 41October 16, 2024 6:54 PM

I’m Fred’s pants that are pulled up to his tits.

by Anonymousreply 42October 17, 2024 2:19 AM

I'm Little Ricky's birth mother who weighed 400 pounds.

by Anonymousreply 43October 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 Anonymousreply 44October 17, 2024 7:02 AM

I'm the daily crate delivery of Bacardi rum, half empty by 11am.

by Anonymousreply 45October 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 Anonymousreply 46October 17, 2024 12:37 PM

I'm Barbara Eden, trying to be a more important guest star than I really am.

by Anonymousreply 47October 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 Anonymousreply 48October 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 Anonymousreply 49October 17, 2024 4:56 PM

R49, your Virgo is showing.

by Anonymousreply 50October 17, 2024 5:08 PM

I’m Lucy’s racist, Chinese dance.

by Anonymousreply 51October 17, 2024 5:09 PM

I am the good prince Lancelot.

by Anonymousreply 52October 17, 2024 5:12 PM

R51, which episode was that?

by Anonymousreply 53October 17, 2024 5:13 PM

I’m the Philip Morris signs and banners in the studio. I did Jack shit for the company.

by Anonymousreply 54October 17, 2024 5:18 PM

I'm Ethel's blue jeans. I have never seen the inside of a subway.

by Anonymousreply 55October 17, 2024 5:26 PM

R53. When Ricky's "mamacita" visits.

by Anonymousreply 56October 17, 2024 9:37 PM

I'm the 3 year old emergency box of chocolates.

by Anonymousreply 57October 17, 2024 10:09 PM

I'm Lily of the Valley's elbow.

by Anonymousreply 58October 17, 2024 11:06 PM

I'm the bottles of bourbon in Tallulah Bankhead's dressing room.

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by Anonymousreply 59October 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 Anonymousreply 60October 18, 2024 12:55 AM

Is r60 being facetious?

by Anonymousreply 61October 18, 2024 1:38 AM

I’m the grapes stuck in Lucy’s nose and ears.

by Anonymousreply 62October 18, 2024 1:58 AM

I'm William Holden's meaty cock.

by Anonymousreply 63October 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 Anonymousreply 64October 18, 2024 2:08 AM

I'm Frank Nelson, pinging.

by Anonymousreply 65October 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.

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by Anonymousreply 66October 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 Anonymousreply 67October 18, 2024 3:15 AM

R37- I must correct that. She refers to them as Blue Jeans 👖 not dungarees.

by Anonymousreply 68October 18, 2024 3:24 AM

I'm Phil Ober's fist.

by Anonymousreply 69October 18, 2024 3:25 AM

I’m Butch Mertz, Fred’s dog.

by Anonymousreply 70October 18, 2024 3:30 AM

I'm A Little Bit of Cuba

by Anonymousreply 71October 18, 2024 3:31 AM

Well, I'm a Big Hunk of America

by Anonymousreply 72October 18, 2024 3:43 AM

I’m the Italian haircut.

by Anonymousreply 73October 18, 2024 4:02 AM

I’m henna rinse bottles.

by Anonymousreply 74October 18, 2024 4:02 AM

R66, it was definitely in the script. Lucy absolutely wouldn't allow that kind of improvisation.

by Anonymousreply 75October 18, 2024 4:04 AM

I’m Ethel’s bustle.

by Anonymousreply 76October 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.

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by Anonymousreply 77October 18, 2024 4:33 AM

I'm the genius of Karl Freund.

by Anonymousreply 78October 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 Anonymousreply 79October 18, 2024 2:24 PM

I'm Ethel's hideous wardrobe, especially in early seasons.

by Anonymousreply 80October 18, 2024 3:54 PM

I'm spaghetti. Lucy orders me in restaurants a lot.

by Anonymousreply 81October 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 Anonymousreply 82October 18, 2024 6:43 PM

Carolyn Applebee’s Chinese Modern decor.

by Anonymousreply 83October 18, 2024 6:53 PM

I’m Don Loper’s scathing bitchiness.

by Anonymousreply 84October 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 Anonymousreply 85October 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 Anonymousreply 86October 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.

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by Anonymousreply 87October 18, 2024 8:21 PM

I'm the baby chick that Lucy smothered when she lay the box on top of me.

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by Anonymousreply 88October 18, 2024 8:41 PM

I'm Mary Wickes, waiting for r44's sloppy seconds.

by Anonymousreply 89October 18, 2024 10:02 PM

I’m a can of All Pet.

by Anonymousreply 90October 19, 2024 1:19 AM

Lucy’s menopausal hormones…in their Westinghouse refrigerator.

by Anonymousreply 91October 19, 2024 2:03 AM

No artifical hormones back then. Menopausal women medicated themselves with booze and cigs.

by Anonymousreply 92October 19, 2024 2:05 AM

I’m the trick cello with a plunger

by Anonymousreply 93October 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 Anonymousreply 94October 19, 2024 2:28 AM

I’m the Vintage Lady Bradford Zippo Table Lighter.

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by Anonymousreply 95October 19, 2024 3:14 AM

I'm the Philip Morris cigarettes that killed both of them.

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by Anonymousreply 96October 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 Anonymousreply 97October 19, 2024 3:27 AM

r97 is that really true?

by Anonymousreply 98October 19, 2024 3:32 AM

R98 Yes, it was featured in at least one biography, “Ball of Fire”.

by Anonymousreply 99October 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 Anonymousreply 100October 19, 2024 4:22 AM

I'm the none-too-convincing Connecticut house set.

by Anonymousreply 101October 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 Anonymousreply 102October 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 Anonymousreply 103October 19, 2024 5:03 AM

I'm William Holden. I managed to stay sober for exactly one hour while I filmed my episode.

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by Anonymousreply 104October 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 Anonymousreply 105October 19, 2024 5:18 AM

I’m the vodka in Desi’s tomato juice.

by Anonymousreply 106October 19, 2024 5:19 AM

I'm the vodka in Desi's urine.

by Anonymousreply 107October 19, 2024 5:27 AM

I'm Viv's potato salad.

by Anonymousreply 108October 19, 2024 5:29 AM

I'm the teacups used by the Wednesday Afternoon Fang and Claw Society

by Anonymousreply 109October 19, 2024 5:30 AM

I'm a turquoise cocktail hat with pearls. Pearls!

by Anonymousreply 110October 19, 2024 5:43 AM

I’m Ethel’s dresses. All three of ‘em!

by Anonymousreply 111October 19, 2024 10:40 AM

I'm the lyrics to Shortnin' Bread

by Anonymousreply 112October 19, 2024 1:56 PM

I’m Lucy’s mink stole. You’re sitting on it.

by Anonymousreply 113October 19, 2024 3:12 PM

I’m multiple slabs of John Wayne footprints.

by Anonymousreply 114October 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 Anonymousreply 115October 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 Anonymousreply 116October 19, 2024 4:21 PM

R116 Bob Cummings

by Anonymousreply 117October 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 Anonymousreply 118October 19, 2024 6:53 PM

I'm enceinte.

by Anonymousreply 119October 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 Anonymousreply 120October 19, 2024 11:39 PM

I'm Mary Wickes, servicing the very mean LESBIAN after the show.

by Anonymousreply 121October 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

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by Anonymousreply 122October 19, 2024 11:49 PM

R20 well they certainly are "bizzare"!

by Anonymousreply 123October 20, 2024 12:39 AM

I'm Giuseppe and you wanna know sumtin'? Today, she's a my birthday too!

by Anonymousreply 124October 20, 2024 12:39 AM

R118. That's Mrs. "Nertz."

by Anonymousreply 125October 20, 2024 2:19 AM

I’m wrinkled canvas flats for background scenery.

by Anonymousreply 126October 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 Anonymousreply 127October 20, 2024 2:41 AM

I'm a crucifix and Holy Water.

by Anonymousreply 128October 20, 2024 4:00 AM

I'm the back porch/balcony that's only seen in 1 episode.

by Anonymousreply 129October 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 Anonymousreply 130October 20, 2024 5:27 AM

I’m the Christmas episode that bombed.

by Anonymousreply 131October 20, 2024 5:29 AM

Look what happened to YOUR washing machine,

by Anonymousreply 132October 20, 2024 3:38 PM

I'm the big, black telephone.

by Anonymousreply 133October 20, 2024 7:50 PM

I'm Eddie Grant's rack of wholesale lingerie...

by Anonymousreply 134October 21, 2024 12:27 AM

I'm Desi's foreskin.

by Anonymousreply 135October 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 Anonymousreply 136October 21, 2024 2:57 AM

Actually, Fred and Ethel looked younger than Lucy and Ricky in those hour-long episodes.

by Anonymousreply 137October 21, 2024 3:19 AM

I’m Max Factor makeup.

by Anonymousreply 138October 21, 2024 3:23 AM

I'm Sweet Sue.

by Anonymousreply 139October 22, 2024 12:02 AM

I'm Barbara Pepper shakin' what God gave me during the midnight jam session.

by Anonymousreply 140October 22, 2024 1:33 AM

I'm a potato sack.

by Anonymousreply 141October 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 Anonymousreply 142October 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 Anonymousreply 143October 22, 2024 2:17 AM

I'm a raging headache from all the unfunny shouting.

by Anonymousreply 144October 22, 2024 2:27 AM

I’m the keys Fred jingles.

by Anonymousreply 145October 22, 2024 2:30 AM

R145- More important I'm the pants Fred wears OVER HIS HEAD that showcases his huge stomach.

by Anonymousreply 146October 22, 2024 2:41 AM

I’m a trash can loaded with jelly-filled chocolates.

by Anonymousreply 147October 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 Anonymousreply 148October 22, 2024 3:12 AM

I’m Mrs. Porter’s peanut butter sandwich, still stuck to the roof of Lucy’s mouth.

by Anonymousreply 149October 22, 2024 5:14 AM

OP: you MUST be an Elder Gay!

by Anonymousreply 150October 22, 2024 5:19 AM

R149 That's how you eat a peanut butter sandwich!

by Anonymousreply 151October 22, 2024 5:28 AM

I’m Fred in a fur coat.

by Anonymousreply 152October 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 Anonymousreply 153October 22, 2024 9:59 AM

I'm a mink T-shirt.

by Anonymousreply 154October 22, 2024 11:03 AM

I'm hostess pants.

by Anonymousreply 155October 22, 2024 1:52 PM

I'm a henna-rincess not a maharincess

by Anonymousreply 156October 22, 2024 1:59 PM

I'm the rope the twins used to tie Lucy up.

by Anonymousreply 157October 22, 2024 2:19 PM

I’m Don Loper originals.

by Anonymousreply 158October 22, 2024 2:31 PM

I’m the pantry stuffed with unsold Aunt Martha’s Old Fashioned Salad Dressing jars.

by Anonymousreply 159October 22, 2024 2:49 PM

I’m a little bit of Cuba.

I’m a big hunk of America.

by Anonymousreply 160October 22, 2024 4:27 PM

I'm always wanting to look like a chrysanthemum...

by Anonymousreply 161October 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 Anonymousreply 162October 22, 2024 7:52 PM

I'm soaking up the local color.

by Anonymousreply 163October 22, 2024 8:25 PM

Grab a fork. I'm the world's biggest BBQ.

by Anonymousreply 164October 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 Anonymousreply 165October 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 Anonymousreply 166October 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 Anonymousreply 167October 22, 2024 10:29 PM

I'm the domestic violence.

by Anonymousreply 168October 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 Anonymousreply 169October 22, 2024 11:08 PM

I’m Squeeze Comb Lilt Home Permanent.

by Anonymousreply 170October 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 Anonymousreply 171October 23, 2024 12:34 AM

I'm Phil, roughing up Viv in her dressing room.

by Anonymousreply 172October 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 Anonymousreply 173October 23, 2024 12:45 AM

Captain Stubing

by Anonymousreply 174October 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 Anonymousreply 175October 23, 2024 2:25 AM

R175 "Keep gigglin' Peggy!"

by Anonymousreply 176October 23, 2024 5:06 AM

I’m a few unfortunate, squashed baby chicks.

“Great, now we need a new rug!” gripes Lucy.

by Anonymousreply 177October 23, 2024 8:02 AM

[quote] "Keep gigglin' Peggy!"

JIGGLIN'

by Anonymousreply 178October 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 Anonymousreply 179October 23, 2024 5:56 PM

I'm Little Fred the Dog

by Anonymousreply 180October 23, 2024 6:40 PM

R175 I had no idea that was Richard Crenna and Janet Waldo! OMG they did look old

by Anonymousreply 181October 23, 2024 6:55 PM

I'm all the things Fred has himself trained to do in less than a minute.

by Anonymousreply 182October 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.

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by Anonymousreply 183October 23, 2024 8:06 PM

I feel like Ball embellished certain aspects of the show later.

by Anonymousreply 184October 23, 2024 8:36 PM

R183. Um, she LIED!

by Anonymousreply 185October 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 Anonymousreply 186October 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.

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by Anonymousreply 187October 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 Anonymousreply 188October 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 Anonymousreply 189October 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 Anonymousreply 190October 24, 2024 12:35 AM

R189- That Nightgown salesman had the HOTS for both Lucy and Ethel.

by Anonymousreply 191October 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 Anonymousreply 192October 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 Anonymousreply 193October 24, 2024 2:25 AM

I’m Tallulah Bankhead naked backstage.

by Anonymousreply 194October 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 Anonymousreply 195October 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 Anonymousreply 196October 24, 2024 6:08 AM

I’m the changing sets for the Mertz’s roof.

by Anonymousreply 197October 24, 2024 6:24 AM

I’m Ricky’s uncle. Lucy calls him a fat pig in Spanish.

by Anonymousreply 198October 24, 2024 9:27 AM

I’m the Ricardo’s TV set, only showing up when needed.

by Anonymousreply 199October 24, 2024 9:51 AM

Did Lucy learn Spanish during her years with Desi?

by Anonymousreply 200October 24, 2024 2:04 PM

I'm a figurative title

by Anonymousreply 201October 24, 2024 2:13 PM

I'm a carton of Chesterfields.

by Anonymousreply 202October 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.

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by Anonymousreply 203October 24, 2024 2:31 PM

Gin and regret

by Anonymousreply 204October 24, 2024 2:47 PM

I’m Desi’s pit-stained shirts.

by Anonymousreply 205October 24, 2024 10:18 PM

And I'm Cesar Romero, taking a whiff of r205.

by Anonymousreply 206October 24, 2024 10:21 PM

I'm Hal March, years before the quiz show scandals, which would eventually kill him (that and Chesterfields).

by Anonymousreply 207October 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 Anonymousreply 208October 24, 2024 11:13 PM

I'm the ugly jacket that was worn (in different episodes) by Ricky, Fred, and Dore Schary.

by Anonymousreply 209October 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 Anonymousreply 210October 24, 2024 11:36 PM

Vivian's on it, r210.

by Anonymousreply 211October 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 Anonymousreply 212October 25, 2024 12:07 AM

[quote] A door in the kitchen that goes nowhere.

It goes the back porch.

by Anonymousreply 213October 25, 2024 1:04 AM

I’m Lillian Appleby, Carolyn’s evil twin sister.

by Anonymousreply 214October 25, 2024 1:06 AM

I'm Carolyn's glasses.

by Anonymousreply 215October 25, 2024 1:17 AM

I'm Harpo Marx's curly mound of blond pubes

by Anonymousreply 216October 25, 2024 1:21 AM

I'm Marion Strong, slaying in "The Senior Shenanigans of The Rappahannock School For Girls!"

by Anonymousreply 217October 25, 2024 1:22 AM

I’m the wilting wax flowers in Connecticut.

by Anonymousreply 218October 25, 2024 2:09 AM

R213 at some point there was a door that went nowhere on the same wall as the refrigerator

by Anonymousreply 219October 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 Anonymousreply 220October 25, 2024 11:57 AM

I’m Fred’s idea of a Hollywood outfit.

by Anonymousreply 221October 25, 2024 12:01 PM

I am the Queen of the Gypsies.

by Anonymousreply 222October 25, 2024 12:23 PM

R215- I’m the strings attached to Lillian Appleby’s glasses.

by Anonymousreply 223October 25, 2024 12:42 PM

Maybe Lilian Appleby was the original Chris Costner Sizemore.

by Anonymousreply 224October 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 Anonymousreply 225October 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 Anonymousreply 226October 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 Anonymousreply 227October 26, 2024 2:28 AM

I’m two sides of beef, only 69¢ a pound.

by Anonymousreply 228October 26, 2024 3:41 AM

I'm Lucy's mother laughing.

by Anonymousreply 229October 26, 2024 4:08 AM

R225, not necessarily correct. The prop post card used on that episode is addressed to Lillian.

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by Anonymousreply 230October 26, 2024 4:13 AM

R224- She was a bigoted snob by 1971.

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by Anonymousreply 231October 26, 2024 5:58 AM

[quote]I'm Harpo Marx's curly mound of blond pubes

Here you go

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by Anonymousreply 232October 26, 2024 6:09 AM

R232. Harpo was uncut! Where did you find such a thing?

by Anonymousreply 233October 26, 2024 7:59 AM

Quite the bush.

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by Anonymousreply 234October 26, 2024 8:54 AM

R220 I always assumed it was a pantry closet.

by Anonymousreply 235October 26, 2024 9:06 AM

Seeing as how Minnie's boys were Jewish I doubt he was uncut.

by Anonymousreply 236October 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 Anonymousreply 237October 26, 2024 1:32 PM

R237 Lucy was pretty prudish.

by Anonymousreply 238October 26, 2024 3:01 PM

Lies r238!

by Anonymousreply 239October 26, 2024 9:19 PM

I must oh dear myself again.

It's thought not though

by Anonymousreply 240October 26, 2024 9:47 PM

I confer on you my forgiveness, r240.

by Anonymousreply 241October 26, 2024 10:18 PM

R236. The photo in R232 looks like a turtleneck to me...

by Anonymousreply 242October 26, 2024 11:24 PM

I’m the Don Loper salon set. Fancy schmancy!

by Anonymousreply 243October 27, 2024 3:19 AM

I'm the fireplace in Connecticut that's never used.

by Anonymousreply 244October 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 Anonymousreply 245October 27, 2024 8:28 AM

I'm Vivian Vance's messy hair and unflattering clothes on "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour."

by Anonymousreply 246October 27, 2024 10:02 AM

I'm Hal King, Max Factor Makeup Director and Lucy's makeup artist.

by Anonymousreply 247October 27, 2024 6:01 PM

r246 = Phil

by Anonymousreply 248October 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 Anonymousreply 249October 27, 2024 9:41 PM

R249 wins

by Anonymousreply 250October 27, 2024 10:10 PM

r249 = Cesar Romero

by Anonymousreply 251October 27, 2024 10:13 PM

Size 56 boxers with skid marks.

by Anonymousreply 252October 28, 2024 3:32 AM

I'm Desi's elevator shoes.

by Anonymousreply 253October 28, 2024 1:16 PM

I’m the extra couch cushion to help Desi look taller when sitting.

by Anonymousreply 254October 28, 2024 2:29 PM

I'm the flats Lucy always wore to make Desi look taller.

by Anonymousreply 255October 28, 2024 6:17 PM

R237, Lucy's trite moralizing is another reason why she never should have played Mame.

by Anonymousreply 256October 28, 2024 7:21 PM

I’m Mrs. Pettibone and Mrs. Pomerantz of The Society Matron’s League

by Anonymousreply 257October 29, 2024 2:08 AM

I’m frozen peas.

by Anonymousreply 258October 29, 2024 5:24 AM

I'm a snively little morsel of roast beef...

by Anonymousreply 259October 29, 2024 5:29 AM

I’m Cesar Romero, sucking Desi’s uncut pinga.

by Anonymousreply 260October 29, 2024 8:40 AM

I’m a pile of horse shit in the den.

by Anonymousreply 261October 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 Anonymousreply 262October 29, 2024 11:03 AM

I'm Pepito the Clown doing those baby crying imitations for Mrs. Trumbull.

by Anonymousreply 263October 29, 2024 10:36 PM

I'm the bass drum belonging to one of the Friends of the Friendless.

by Anonymousreply 264October 30, 2024 1:08 AM

I'm Tallulah Bankhead and I'm not wearing any panties.

by Anonymousreply 265October 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 Anonymousreply 266October 30, 2024 1:32 AM

I’m Ethel’s girdle.

by Anonymousreply 267October 30, 2024 3:55 AM

I'm Myra Marsh who only gets through a few lines of "Hiawatha". Lucy also recited it.

by Anonymousreply 268October 30, 2024 4:33 AM

R268 “AH HA HA HAAAAAAH! AH HA HA HAAAAH! A HA HA…erm, well, anyway.”

by Anonymousreply 269October 30, 2024 4:34 AM

I’m Lucy’s mother in the audience going “uh oh”.

by Anonymousreply 270October 30, 2024 4:55 AM

I’m Ethel’s “Why don’t you think it ovah” to Mrs. Trumbull.

by Anonymousreply 271October 30, 2024 4:56 AM

I'm Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien and we are going to blow up the Capitol.

by Anonymousreply 272October 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 Anonymousreply 273October 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 Anonymousreply 274October 30, 2024 9:02 AM

I’m the photo of “Shrinking Violet” daddy keeps on the mantle.

by Anonymousreply 275October 30, 2024 11:40 AM

"Is she coming with us?"

by Anonymousreply 276October 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 Anonymousreply 277October 31, 2024 12:53 AM

I'm hitching up my girdle.

by Anonymousreply 278October 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 Anonymousreply 279October 31, 2024 8:36 PM

I'm the clock that Lucy was too stupid to set forward an hour.

by Anonymousreply 280October 31, 2024 8:39 PM

I'm Fred's tie with a split pea soup stain.

by Anonymousreply 281October 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 Anonymousreply 282October 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 Anonymousreply 283October 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 Anonymousreply 284November 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 Anonymousreply 285November 2, 2024 6:01 AM

r284 Gary? Really? I've never known a Jew in my life who supported "prayer in schools."

by Anonymousreply 286November 2, 2024 9:21 AM

I'm Little Ricky's teddy bear that Lucy wheeled into surgery.

by Anonymousreply 287November 2, 2024 9:34 PM

Can someone please explain r128 to me? I assume Desi was Catholic, but ...

Ball was the devil?

by Anonymousreply 288November 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.

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by Anonymousreply 289November 5, 2024 5:21 AM

I'm Don Juan.

by Anonymousreply 290November 5, 2024 12:37 PM

And I'm Don Juan's footfall...

by Anonymousreply 291November 5, 2024 8:28 PM

I’m Lucy’s giant headdress.

by Anonymousreply 292November 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 Anonymousreply 293November 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 Anonymousreply 294November 6, 2024 3:52 AM

R294. On Ethel it looked like Life with Luigi

by Anonymousreply 295November 6, 2024 4:33 AM

I’m wigs styled by Irma Kusley.

by Anonymousreply 296November 6, 2024 4:50 AM
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