#Buckle Down Winsockie

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I do not mean this in a criticizing way in the slightest but what grabbed you guys about covering Buckle Down Winsocki for the pamphlet EP?

JF: I just love that song.The "fight song" form is so odd!

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"Buckle Down, Winsocki" from Best Foot Forward (1943)

Its military theme & keep-fighting lyrics made it very popular in WWII. Singer Tommy Dix is still with us at age 99.

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CURTAIN UP!

Lucy On Stage ~ Act 3

Lucille Ball’s dream was to appear on Broadway. That dream become a reality in 1960, but ended prematurely. if Lucy couldn’t be on Broadway, Broadway would come to Hollywood – on Lucy’s new TV show “Here’s Lucy.”

“A MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA”

“Lucy and Carol Burnett” (1969) ~ Lucy convinces Carol Burnett to star in a benefit to raise money to build a gymanasium at Kim and Craig’s high school. The show is divided into three parts:

PART I - WE GOT NO GYM (Introduction)

“Yes! We Have No Gymnasium” (aka “Yes! We Have No Bananas”) was written by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn from the 1922 Broadway revue Make It Snappy.

Carol does a brief time step to the melody of “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” a song written by Irving Berlin for the musical Annie Get Your Gun.

PART II - WE GOT THE MONEY (a visual lesson in geography)

NEW YORK, NY ~ “The Lullaby of Broadway” was written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin. It was introduced musical film Gold Diggers of 1935 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song is now part of the Broadway musical 42nd Street.

ST. LOUIS, MO ~ “You Came a Long Way From St. Louis” by John Benson Brooks and Bob Russell. 

SHEBOYGAN, WI - “Mention My Name in Sheboygan” was written by Bob Hilliard, Dick Sanford and Sammy Mysels in 1947. The second verse mentions NEW ORLEANS and the third TEXAS. 

PART III - WE GOT OUR GYM (a celebration of physical education)

A marching band plays “Buckle Down, Winsocki” from the 1943 film Best Foot Forward in which Lucille Ball played herself. 

Craig sings “You Gotta be a Football Hero (To Get Along with the Beautiful Girls)” by Al Sherman, Buddy Fields and Al Lewis in 1933.

Kim sings “All American Girl” written by Al Lewis in 1932.  

A display of gymnastics in which Harry (Gale Gordon) does a cartwheel. 

The finale is “Fit as a Fiddle” written by Arthur Freed, Al Hoffman, and Al Goodhart in 1932. In 1952 it achieved fame after being featured in the classic film Singin’ in the Rain.

“THE GENERATION GAP THROUGH THE AGES”

“Lucy and the Generation Gap” (1969) ~ Kim and Craig are in charge of producing the school play. At a loss for ideas, they recruit Lucy and Harry to be in a musical about the generation gap. The show is divided into three parts:

The Roman Era

Lucy and Harry play parents Calpurnia and Caesar. Kim is their daughter Kimea and Craig is their son Craigius. They sing “Kids Are Bugged About Parents” to the tune of “I’m Just Wild About Harry,” a song written in 1921 by Eubie Blake for the Broadway show Shuffle Along.

In The Gay Nineties 

Harry plays Ambrose, the father. Lucy and the kids don’t get different names in this segment. The foursome sing “We’ll Just Cut the Old House in Two” which is sung to the tune of “Bicycle Built for Two” aka “Daisy Bell” written in 1892 by Harry Dacre.

In The Space Age

Kim wants to go to Jupiter with Spencer. When Lucy refuses because it is an overnight trip, Lucie reasons that Helen’s mother lets her go. Harry points out that Helen’s mother is a robot – and always “well-oiled.” They sing “Kids” a song written by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse for the 1960 Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie, filmed in 1963. 

“IT’S ALWAYS DO-WACKA-DO AT BULLWINKLE U!” 

“Lucy the Co-Ed” (1970) ~ Harry's old flame Gloria (Marilyn Maxwell) is in town to help produce a musical for their college alumni. They resurrect a show Harry wrote in 1928 and cast Lucy, Kim, and Craig in supporting roles.

The musical comedy is set at Bullwinkle University. The cast includes Lucy as Ginger the head cheerleader, Harry as Crazy Hips the football star, Kim (Lucie Arnaz) as Honey, Craig (Desi Arnaz Jr.) as Dead End, Gloria (Marilyn Maxwell) as the Nurse, and Robert Alda as the Dean. 

As the curtain goes up, the orchestra plays “You Gotta be a Football Hero (To Get Along with the Beautiful Girls)” written by Al Sherman, Buddy Fields and Al Lewis in 1933.

As Ginger (Lucy) enters, the boys sing “Ain't She Sweet” written in 1927 by Milton Ager and Jack Yellin.

When Crazy Hips (Harry) enters in his football uniform the girls sing “Baby Face” written in 1926 by Harry Akst and Benny Davis.  

The students all sing “Buckle Down Bullwinkle” to the tune of “Buckle Down Winsockie” a song written for the film Best Foot Forward (1943) in which Lucille Ball did a cameo as herself.

Ginger, Honey, Dead End, Crazy Hips, and the Dean (Robert Alda) sing “Collegiate” written in 1925 by Nat Bonx and Moe Jaffe.

The musical ends with “Varsity Drag,” a song written by Lew Brown and B.G. DeSylva for Good News, which was seen on Broadway in 1927 and on screen in 1947 when it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.

“THE HOLLYWOOD UNEMPLOYMENT FOLLIES or HOW TO STARVE IN SHOW BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING”

“Lucy and Carol Burnett Salute Hollywood” (1971) ~ Harry has fired Lucy again, so she visits the unemployment office where she reunites with secretary turned actress Carol Krausmeyer (Carol Burnett) and meets other out of work show biz folk.  They decide to put on a show in order to make some dough!  

The ensemble sings “Hooray for Hollywood” a song by Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting that was first sung in the 1937 movie Hollywood Hotel. 

After a backstage tour of Hollywood memorobilia, Lucy and Carol sing “Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town”) a song written by Fred Fisher and published in 1922.

After a quick costume change, they sing “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” which was composer Irving Berlin’s first hit in 1911.

Kim introduces (through song) Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson doing a tap routine which she joins in.

Four Canadian Mounties sing “Stout-hearted Men,” a song by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II written for the operetta New Moon in 1927, with film versions in 1930 and 1940. Richard Deacon (also dressed as a Mountie) and Carol Burnett sing “Indian Love Call” by Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart, Otto Harbach, and Oscar Hammerstein II written for the 1924 operetta Rose-Marie.

Dressed as Marlene Dietrich, Lucy sings “Falling in Love Again (Never Wanted To)” from the 1930 German film The Blue Angel. Harry plays a World War I German soldier.

The Highhatters introduce Carol as Miss Ruby Keeler and they sing “Shuffle Off To Buffalo” by Al Dubin and Hugh Warren, originally written for the 1933 film 42nd Street. 

As the finale, the entire ensemble is dressed in rain slickers and performs “Singin’ in the Rain” written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown in 1931. It was most famously featured in the film Singin’ in the Rain in 1952. Jack Benny makes a cameo appearance selling umbrellas! 

“THE FAREWELL SHOW” 

“Lucy Goes Hawaiian: Part 2″ (1971) ~ Lucy and Harry have to put a ‘Farewell Show’ for the final night of their cruise. Viv, Kim and Craig are along to help her to produce a Hawaiian extravaganza.

Dressed as a canary, Vivian sings "Yellow Bird” (aka “Choucoune”) a 19th-century Haitian song composed by Michel Mauleart Monton with lyrics from a poem by Oswald Durand. It was rewritten with English lyrics in the 20th century as “Yellow Bird.”

Kim and Lucy sing “Ukulele Talk” by Ervin Drake, written in the 1920s. 

Craig does an impression of Don Ho (inset), singing “Tiny Bubbles” by Martin Denny and Leon Pober. It was released in 1966 by Ho and became his signature song.

Lucy and Viv sing the 1957 novelty song “Mama’s Mumu” by Gene Burdette. Harry makes a special appearances as 'Mama’.

The Captain (Robert Alda) sings “Just Keep Your Eyes on the Hands” while Kim dances a seductive hula. The song was written by Tony Todaro and Liko Johnston and was interpolated into the 1956 film The Revolt of Mamie Stover.

The Carters perform “A Hawaiian War Chant,” written by Johnny Noble, a composer who was a native Hawaiian.

“Lucy and Candid Camera” (1972) ~Thinking they are pulling off a Candid Camera stunt, Lucy, Harry and Kim rob the City Bank. The crime is done while performing a Broadway Musical song and dance medley especially written for this episode:

“Stealin' the Jack” aka “Ballin' the Jack” was written in 1913 by Jim Burris and Chris Smith.

“Hello, Dollar!” aka “Hello, Dolly!” is the title song of the 1964 musical of the same name written by Jerry Herman.

“Whatever Lucy Wants” aka “Whatever Lola Wants” is by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross from the 1954 musical Damn Yankees.

“We Got the Money” aka “We're in the Money or The Gold Diggers Song” was written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren for the film The Gold Diggers of 1933. It is now part of the stage musical 42nd Street.

“The Impossible Dream or The Quest” was written by Joe Darien and Mitch Leigh for the 1964 musical Man of La Mancha.

“Please Don't Talk About Us When We Go” aka “Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone” was written by Sidney Clare and Sam H. Stept in 1930.  

“Hey Look Me Over” written in 1960 by Cy Coleman for the Broadway musical Wildcat and introduced by Lucille Ball. 

“NO ONE HAD AN INHIBITION ABOUT DISOBEYING PROHIBITION” 

“My Fair Buzzi” (1972) ~ Kim’s shy and awkward friend Annie Whipple (Ruth Buzzi) comes out of her shell in order to audition for a 1920s revue. The episode title and story of transformation were inspired by the 1956 Broadway musical and 1964 film My Fair Lady, which, in turn, was inspired by George Bernard Shaw’s 1912 play Pygmalion. Both plays are mentioned in the dialogue of the episode.

In a rehearsal hall sequence, Kim performs “El Cubanchero,” one of Desi Arnaz’s biggest hits. It was written in 1947 by Rafael Hernández. When the director tells her that they are only working on the “Speakeasy” sketch, she offers a tap routine while singing “Anchor’s Aweigh,” the march of the United States Navy composed in 1906 by Charles A. Zimmermann.

Kim and Annie are members of the Community Drama Club. Lucy plays Dallas Noonan, a reference to real-life Texas Guinan, one of the first female emcees and speak easy owners. Annie plays Penelope, Harry plays gangster Big Jake, and Kim plays dancer Buttercup. 

Buttercup and two flappers appear as ‘The Misstep Sisters’ and tap and sing to “Nagasaki,” a song written in 1928 by Harren Warren and Mort Dixon.

For the curtain call, the band plays “Tiger Rag,” a song that dates back to 1917.  

“THE GIRL FRIDAY FOLLIES”

“Lucy Gives Eddie Albert the Old Song and Dance” (1973) ~ When producing a charity show, Lucy asks Eddie Albert to star in it. At the same time, a woman meeting Lucy’s description has been stalking Albert. 

The show a show (which raises money to send underprivileged kids to camp) opens with Mary Jane and Vanda taking their final bows as the team of ‘Crime and Punishment’. Harry plays the Emcee. 

For the finale, Lucy and Eddie Albert perform “Makin’ Whoopee” written by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson. The song was first popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee!  

CURTAIN DOWN on ACT 3

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Buckle Down, Winsocki (1943)

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For Hi-Fi Living Vol 1 – Hill Bowen Orchestra – I Could Have Danced All Night (1957)

Playlist

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RIP STANLEY DONEN

1924-2019

Stanley Donen was the film director and choreographer responsible for two of Hollywood’s biggest hit musicals, Singin’ in the Rain (1950), and On the Town (1949). On Broadway, he was in the chorus of Best Foot Forward (1941) and when MGM acquired the screen rights he was chosen as Assistant Choreographer, working with LUCILLE BALL, who played herself in the 1943 film. This was Donen’s first experience in Hollywood. He also had a small role in the film as a cadet. 

Later in life, Donen was asked for his recollections of Best Foot Forward:

“A fun musical, that frequently had me asking, ‘When is Lucy coming back on screen?’  Please understand, that even without Lucy on screen, it’s a fun musical farce. But there’s a definite decrease in the comedy, and in the pace of the film, when Lucille Ball is off-screen.”

Donen was assisting none other than Jack Donohue, who would go on to direct more than 100 episodes of “The Lucy Show”, 35 of “Here’s Lucy” and 3 Lucille Ball specials. A former dancer himself, Donohue even has a cameo in half a dozen episodes. 

Ball, Donen and Donahue’s boss on Best Foot Forward was director Edward Buzzell.  Lucy worked his name into a 1951 episode of “I Love Lucy” as one of the party guests when she thinks Ricky and Fred are “Drafted” (ILL S1;E11). 

A 1970 episode of “Here’s Lucy” features the song “Buckle Down Winsocki” (with Winsocki changed to Bullwinkle in the episode). The song was heard during both the opening and closing moments of Best Foot Forward.    

Considered the epitome of the MGM movie musicals, Donen’s Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) served as the inspiration for the “I Love Lucy” episode “Lucy in the Swiss Alps” (ILL S5;E21), in which the Ricardos and Mertzes get stranded in an Alpine cabin after an avalanche. The film is mentioned by name in the dialogue. Not coincidentally, Lucy and Desi’s film Forever Darling was an MGM film in release at the time.  

In the 1971 episode of “Here’s Lucy” titled “Lucy and Carol Burnett” (HL S3;E22) their “Unemployment Follies” ends with the title number from Singin’ in the Rain as its big finale.  

On a 1966 episode of “The Lucy Show”, Lucy Carmichael is mistaken for a Native American rain goddess!  When asked to do a rain dance, Lucy asks the Native American drummer: “Do you know 'Stormy Weather’? How about 'April Showers’?  'Singin’ in the Rain’?” Coincidentally, Douglas Fowley (the Indian Chief in the episode) played a supporting role in Donen’s film.  

The 1980 Lucille Ball special “Lucy Moves To NBC”  features appearances by Singin’ in the Rain stars Donald O’Connor and Gene Kelly (above, in the film).  

Lucy: “Who could ever forget you two in 'Singing Up a Storm’?” Gene Kelly:“It was called 'Singing in the Rain’.” Lucy:“Oh? You made a sequel?”

As part of the special O’Connor sings “Singin’ in the Rain”.  The special also co-stars Gloria DeHaven, who co-starred with Lucille Ball in Best Foot Forward.  

In 1954, Lucy and Desi made a cameo appearance on “Toast of the Town: MGM’s 30th Anniversary Tribute” to promote their new MGM film The Long, Long Trailer. The special Ed Sullivan broadcast also guest starred Singin’ in the Rain stars Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. A clip of Kelly singing the film’s title song was included. Unfortunately, Lucy and Desi did not share any screen time with Kelly or Reynolds. 

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LUCY, THE CO-ED

S3;E6 ~ October 19, 1970

Directed by Jack Baker ~ Written by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs

Synopsis

Harry's old flame Gloria (Marilyn Maxwell) is in town to help produce a musical for their college alumni. They resurrect a show Harry wrote in 1928 and cast Lucy, Kim, and Craig in supporting roles.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter / 'Ginger'), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter / 'Crazy Hips'), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig Carter / 'The Dead End Kid'), Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter / 'Honey Beasley')

Guest Cast

Marilyn Maxwell (Gloria Pendleton / 'Nurse') was a singer who started out her career as an MGM contract player. She appeared in four films with Lucille Ball between 1943 and 1963. It was rumored the Maxwell and Bob Hope were romantically linked, despite both being married to others. Maxwell died of a heart attack at the age of 50 in 1972.  

Robert Alda ('Dean Butler') originated the role of Sky Masterson in Broadway’s Guys and Dolls, winning the 1951 Tony Award. He is the father of Alan Alda of “M*A*S*H” fame. He made one appearance on the “The Lucy Show,” and this is the second of his three episodes of “Here’s Lucy” and the only one where he plays a character instead of himself. Alda died in 1986.

Cecil Gold ('Cecil', orange sweater, center) previously danced in “Lucy and the Generation Gap” (S2;E12) also directed by Jack Baker.  This is his final series appearance.

Kevin Edwards ('Norman', blue sweater, right) was previously seen in “Lucy, the Conclusion Jumper” (S1;E5) and was an uncredited ballet dancer in Streisand’s Funny Girl (1968). This is his final series appearance.

Jim Bates ('Clarence', red sweater left) appeared as an uncredited extra in such films as Singin' in the Rain (1950) and Easter Parade (1948).  He previously appeared with Gale Gordon on a 1963 episode of “Dennis the Menace.”  Bates will appear in one more episode of “Here's Lucy” in 1972, his final screen appearance.  

Although given character names in the final credits, none of the three boy co-eds have their names spoken in the dialogue.

The Co-Ed Singers include:

Mickie Pollak (black hair) was assistant choreographer to Jack Baker on “Lucy and Liberace” (S2;E16). This is her only screen appearance.

Judy Van Wormer (blonde hair) would become the assistant choreographer on the Steven Spielberg film 1941 (1979). She was also assistant choreographer for a 1970 episode of “Jimmy Durante presents The Lemmon Sisters.”  This is one of only two screen appearances for Van Wormer.

Lisa Pharren (red hair) gave up performing after only three appearances on screen and became a Hollywood make-up artist eventually earning three Emmy nominations for her work.

Unlike the 3 male Co-Eds, the girls have no spoken dialogue, and therefore are not assigned character names in the final credits.

Other ‘Bullwinkle students’ are played by uncredited background performers.

On the series DVD this episode is introduced by Jim Bates (Clarence) who later became a choreographer on the show. Bates shares the DVD intro with Anita Mann, assistant choreographer on this and many other “Here's Lucy” episodes.

The evening this episode was first broadcast, Lucille Ball made her fourth and final appearance on “The Carol Burnett Show.”  Also appearing was Mel Torme, who made several appearances on “The Lucy Show” as Mel Tinker. Carol Burnett would star in one more episode of “Here's Lucy” in 1971.

Harry sarcastically says to Lucy, “Thank you, Dear Abby.” “Dear Abby” is an advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name.

Gloria calls Harry ‘Windy’, his college nickname. Windy was also the nickname given to Winfield Cheever by his nephew (Frankie Avalon) on “Lucy and the Starmaker” (S6;E4). In “Lucy and Wally Cox” (S2;E21) Harry's old buddy Moose Manley says that Harry's college nickname was ‘Blubber’.  

Lucy reminds Harry that he got over his infatuation with Dorothy Lamour so he'll get over Gloria Pendleton. Dorothy Lamour (1914-96) was an actress and singer best remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.

Harry and Gloria are producing a musical show for the alumni of Bullwinkle State University. It was written by Harry during his senior year there in 1928. Previous episodes have stated that Harry both performed and wrote shows while in college. The title of his musical is... 

It's Always Do-Wacka-Do at Bullwinkle U!

As the curtain goes up on the front of steps of Bullwinkle U, the orchestra plays “You Gotta be a Football Hero (To Get Along with the Beautiful Girls)” written by Al Sherman, Buddy Fields and Al Lewis in 1933. It is one of the most widely recorded and performed football anthems of all time.

As Ginger (Lucy) enters, the boys (Gold, Edwards, and Bates) sing “Ain't She Sweet” written in 1927 by Milton Ager and Jack Yellin.

When Crazy Hips (Harry) enters in his football uniform the girls (Van Wormer, Pharren, and Pollak) sing “Baby Face” written in 1926 by Harry Akst and Benny Davis.

The students all sing “Buckle Down Bullwinkle” to the tune of “Buckle Down Winsockie” a song written for the film Best Foot Forward (1943) which starred Lucille Ball. Perhaps not so coincidentally, Marilyn Maxwell played the role originated by Lucille Ball in the 1954 television re-make of Best Foot Forward, which stayed closer to the 1941 Broadway show than the Lucille Ball film, where Lucy essentially played herself.

Crazy Hips says that “Marion the librarian keeps intercepting my passes.” Marion the librarian was a character in the 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man, which was filmed in 1962 (above) with Shirley Jones as Marion. Both stage and screen versions starred Robert Preston in the title role who would go on to play Beau in Mame (1974) opposite Lucille Ball.  

One of the pennants decorating the dorm room says Princeton, which is coincidentally where Lucille Ball made her legitimate stage debut at McCarter Theatre in 1937 with the play Hey Diddle Diddle. It moved to Washington DC, but closed before Broadway due to the illness of leading man Conway Tearle. Regular Lucy director Herbert Kenwith also directed Lucy in Princeton in 1947's Dream Girl by Elmer Rice.  

To cover up for the girls hidden in the closet, Crazy Hips tells a ‘nosy’ Dean Butler that he uses perfume: Lucky Lindy No. 5.  ‘Lucky Lindy’ was the nickname of Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-74), an aviator who made the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between North America and mainland Europe. The addition of ‘No. 5′ is a bow to Chanel No. 5, the first perfume launched by designer Coco Chanel in 1921.  It is still sold today.

Ginger, Honey, Dead End, Crazy Hips, and the Dean (Robert Alda) sing “Collegiate” written in 1925 by Nat Bonx and Moe Jaffe.

Bullwinkle University wins the big football game against North Keokuk.  Although Keokuk is in Iowa, North Keokuk is a town located in Oklahoma.  

The musical ends with “Varsity Drag,” a song written by Lew Brown and B.G. DeSylva for Good News, which was seen on Broadway in 1927 and on screen in 1947 when it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.

“You Gotta be a Football Hero (To Get Along with the Beautiful Girls)” was sung by Craig in “Lucy and Carol Burnett” (S1;E17) to raise money for the school gym. The red and white pom-poms on the dorm room wall were used by the cheerleaders in that episode. Red and white are the colors of Angeles High School, Kim and Craig's alumnus. 

Craig wears a raccoon coat, a typical fashion statement of the 1920s. One was also worn by Fred Mertz in “Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined” (ILL SE;E11).  

The dorm room is decorated with an art deco poster of Sarah Bernhardt by Alphonse Mucha (1897) that was previously seen on the wall of the knife thrower The Great Pierre (Paul Winchell) in “Lucy, the Cement Worker” (S2;E10).

The dorm room also features a pink phonograph that was seen in both “Lucy and the Generation Gap” (S2;E12, left) and in the Navajo hogan in “Lucy and the Indian Chief” (S2;E3, center).  

On the wall of the dorm room is a pennant for Tait. The pennant was also seen on the wall of Jerry and Sherman's bedroom in “Lucy and Her Electric Mattress” (TLS S1;E12) in 1962. This is a reference to the fictional Tait University in the musical Good News, which was seen on Broadway in 1927 and on screen in 1947.

Good News also featured the song “Varsity Drag,” which Vivian Vance performed in “Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined” (ILL S3;E11).

Who Are You?  Oddly, Robert Alda has a principal role of the Dean in the musical but has no corresponding 'real life' character. Perhaps the character was cut from the opening scenes for time?  It is possible that Alda was playing himself again. 

“Lucy, the Co-Ed” rates 4 Paper Hearts out of 5

This musical comedy episode is not quite as good as “Lucy and the Generation Gap” but still a lot of fun for its high camp style. Oddly, Gloria Maxwell is underused in the musical sequence and Robert Alda is absent from the set-up scene.