Lucy and Viv do some plumbing

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 2:01pm

I Love Lucy was in a league of it's own, but I also loved "The Lucy Show" and here is one of my favorite episodes...here is part 4, also watch part 5.

Vivian Vance is perfect!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNiw8JcE0Hs&feature=related

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 2:15pm

I've always remembered this episode--one of my favorites!

And yes, Viv is wonderful. I always say (provocatively, if not quite accurately) I like Lucy, I LOVE Ethel.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 2:21pm

Viv's deliveries were always natural and quite funny in contrast to Lucy's always over the top and stylized deliveries. Ethel and Fred were always my favorites on I Love Lucy.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 3:11pm

I remember as a little kid taping this on my tape deck and listening to the cassette...ahhh, life before vcrs!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 3:19pm

Doodle, I used to do that, too! I don't remember which ones, but every once in a while there'll be an episode of something on TVLand, and I'll realize that I know not only every word of dialog but the music cues as well.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 3:24pm

LOL...I think that's the only one I taped because TLS came on during school, so it must have been on a holiday or when I was home sick, but I loved it so and rarely got to see it.
I had all the rest of the regularly rerun stuff memorized anyway (Gilligan, Brady Bunch, Munsters, etc.)

[D2]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 3:33pm

Yeah, I used to do that too. My favorite was VITAMEATAVEGAMIN.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 3:37pm

I didnt get to see vitavetavegamin until almost the dawn of vcrs! ILL was also only on during the day, I guess.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 4:22pm

Vivian Vance was one of the most talented, under-appreciated actresses. Did you know that she was supposed to be the original Mrs. Mullin in "Carousel"?

"I remember as a little kid taping this on my tape deck and listening to the cassette...ahhh, life before vcrs!"

I did the same thing.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 4:35pm

I always loved whenever Ethel sang--particularly "Lily of the Valley," where she switches from her operetta soprano to her bluesy voice.

[D2]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 4:47pm

That one is among my top five favorite "I Love Lucy" episodes. Every moment is inspired, and fall on the floor funny. Still.

[kooky]

Posted: 8/5/10 at 5:06pm

what a perfect duo ... Vivian Vance & I share the same Birthday .. July 26th !

[nealb1]

Posted: 8/6/10 at 6:32pm

doodlenyc, I did the same thing in terms of taping the "I Love Lucy" episodes from a tape recorder.

I just got Season 3 of "Here's Lucy," with the Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor episode on it. Very, very funny.

[KneelBeeWon]

Posted: 8/6/10 at 7:18pm

Viv really should have played Vera in the glorious movie version of MAME. Vance was much better singer than Bea Arthur.

Those two together are magic.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 1:30am

Reg, I just looked up "I Am Lily of the Valley" on that site and it was fabulous! (Not that you're ever wrong about these things)

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 8:06am

Alright, you darling divas, maybe you can help. I have this very vague memory of a show with Lucy and her guest star was Shelley Winters. The plot revolved around her losing weight. I remember at one point she had a pizza stashed in the record player. At the end of the show, Shelley was thin and Lucy was huge. I remember being freaked out by it. lol Have you seen this? Did I make it up? Was Shelley actually thin at that point? I have no idea why that stayed with me, but I must have been teeny and couldn't figure out how they did it.

[D2]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 9:59am

Here you go, Amber: (Link to IMDB page on that episode)


BTW: Shelley Winters was never "thin," but up until "The Poseidon Adventure" she had a rather voluptuous figure. She famously gained weight for TPA, and never lost it.

Lucy and Miss Shelley Winters

Updated On: 8/7/10 at 09:59 AM

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 8/7/10 at 1:25pm

Yay, II am not crazy! At least not for that!