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i need to inject whatever they put into the shot composition of this show directly into my heart

[papermoonloveslucy]

THE HEALTH FARM

May 7, 1950

"The Health Farm” is episode #87 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 7, 1950.

Synopsis ~  Liz and Iris are fed up with their husbands taking them for granted, so they check in to a fat farm. 

This episode features elements that later went into the “I Love Lucy” episodes “The Diet” (ILL S1;E3 ~ October 29, 1951) and “The Charm School” (ILL S3;E15 ~ January 25, 1954).  Lucy Carmichael and the Countess Frambois went to a fat farm run by Mr. Mooney in “Lucy and the Countess Lose Weight” (TLS S3;E21) on  February 15, 1965.

“My Favorite Husband” was based on the novels Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage (1940) and Outside Eden (1945) by Isabel Scott Rorick, which had previously been adapted into the film Are Husbands Necessary? (1942). “My Favorite Husband” was first broadcast as a one-time special on July 5, 1948. Lucille Ball and Lee Bowman played the characters of Liz and George Cugat, and a positive response to this broadcast convinced CBS to launch “My Favorite Husband” as a series. Bowman was not available Richard Denning was cast as George. On January 7, 1949, confusion with bandleader Xavier Cugat prompted a name change to Cooper. On this same episode Jell-O became its sponsor. A total of 124 episodes of the program aired from July 23, 1948 through March 31, 1951. After about ten episodes had been written, writers Fox and Davenport departed and three new writers took over – Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh, and head writer/producer Jess Oppenheimer. In March 1949 Gale Gordon took over the existing role of George’s boss, Rudolph Atterbury, and Bea Benadaret was added as his wife, Iris. CBS brought “My Favorite Husband” to television in 1953, starring Joan Caulfield and Barry Nelson as Liz and George Cooper. The television version ran two-and-a-half seasons, from September 1953 through December 1955, running concurrently with “I Love Lucy.” It was produced live at CBS Television City for most of its run, until switching to film for a truncated third season filmed (ironically) at Desilu and recasting Liz Cooper with Vanessa Brown.

MAIN CAST

Lucille Ball (Liz Cooper) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon.

Richard Denning (George Cooper) was born Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr., in Poughkeepsie, New York. When he was 18 months old, his family moved to Los Angeles. Plans called for him to take over his father’s garment manufacturing business, but he developed an interest in acting. Denning enlisted in the US Navy during World War II. He is best known for his  roles in various science fiction and horror films of the 1950s. Although he teamed with Lucille Ball on radio in “My Favorite Husband,” the two never acted together on screen. While “I Love Lucy” was on the air, he was seen on another CBS TV series, “Mr. & Mrs. North.” From 1968 to 1980 he played the Governor on “Hawaii 5-0″, his final role. He died in 1998 at age 84.

Gale Gordon (Rudolph Atterbury) had worked with Lucille Ball on “The Wonder Show” on radio in 1938. One of the front-runners to play Fred Mertz on “I Love Lucy,” he eventually played Alvin Littlefield, owner of the Tropicana, during two episodes in 1952. After playing a Judge in an episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” in 1958, he would re-team with Lucy for all of her subsequent series’: as Theodore J. Mooney in ”The Lucy Show”; as Harrison Otis Carter in “Here’s Lucy”; and as Curtis McGibbon on “Life with Lucy.” Gordon died in 1995 at the age of 89.

Bea Benadaret (Iris Atterbury) was considered the front-runner to be cast as Ethel Mertz but when “I Love Lucy” was ready to start production she was already playing a similar role on TV’s “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show” so Vivian Vance was cast instead. On “I Love Lucy” she was cast as Lucy Ricardo’s spinster neighbor, Miss Lewis, in “Lucy Plays Cupid” (ILL S1;E15) in early 1952. Later, she was a success in her own show, “Petticoat Junction” as Shady Rest Hotel proprietress Kate Bradley. She starred in the series until her death in 1968.

Ruth Perrott (Katie, the Maid) does not appear in this episode. 

Bob LeMond (Announcer) also served as the announcer for the pilot episode of “I Love Lucy”. When the long-lost pilot was finally discovered in 1990, a few moments of the opening narration were damaged and lost, so LeMond – fifty years later ��� recreated the narration for the CBS special and subsequent DVD release.

GUEST CAST

Elvia Allman (Mrs. Fataway) was born on September 19, 1904 in Enochville, North Carolina. She started her performing career on radio in the 1920s, as both a storyteller and singer. This led to work voicing cartoon characters for Warner Brothers. Simultaneously, she was pursuing stage acting, appearing at the Pasadena Playhouse. Allman made her film debut as an actress in 1940’s The Road to Singapore as a homely woman who pursues Bob Hope. Allman played the strident forewoman of Kramer’s Kandy Kitchen in “Job Switching” (ILL S2;E1).  She would return to the show as one of Minnie Finch’s neighbors in “Fan Magazine” (ILL S3;E17) and as reporter Nancy Graham in “The Homecoming” (ILL S5;E6). She made two appearances each on The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour“ and ”The Lucy Show.“

EPISODE

ANNOUNCER: “As we look in on the Coopers today, we find George in his office at the bank. Suddenly, the door bursts open and in strides Mr. Atterbury, his boss.”

Mr. Atterbury is upset that somehow Liz’s girdle got entered on his balance sheet. George is worried about Liz.  She has been buying lots of new clothes lately.  Mr. Atterbury tells him the trick of combating new clothing bought by wives.  When they try it on and ask “How do you like my new dress?” you say “What new dress?”  They immediately return it as looking just like her old one!  

Liz and Iris are out shopping.  Liz shockingly says she’s not going to buy anything today.  She is doing it because of George’s concern about her budget.  

They see a sign: GET YOUR SPRING TUNE-UP!  WE CAN MAKE A 1950 MODEL OUT OF AN OLD WRECK! SPEND 11 GLORIOUS DAYS AT FATAWAY FARM

Liz sees some ‘dirty words’ that tempt her: “Gigantic Clearance Sale!”  Liz attempts to turn her back away from temptation, but when somebody is looking at the same dress she likes - she give in to temptation. 

Liz and Iris arrive home with their shopping.  They go to the bedroom to put Liz’s new things away: a dress, a bag, and shoes.  She now has to think about what lie to tell George before the bill arrives in a month. Iris tells her that George won’t notice if she wears the dress because husbands only notice OTHER women!  

IRIS: “Every time I get a new dress I show it to Rudolph and he says ‘What new dress?’ and as long as he doesn’t know it’s new, I keep it!” 

Iris dares her to put the new dress on and see if George notices.  George comes home and Liz takes the dare.  Liz parades in front of George in the new dress.  Just as Iris said, George doesn’t notice anything.  She finally breaks down and asks him about her new dress.

GEORGE: “What new dress? I’ve seen it a hundred times!”

Liz is indignant that George takes her for granted and bursts into tears.

ANNOUNCER: “As we return to the Coopers, we find Liz and Iris Atterbury down at the corner drugstore. Iris is trying to console Liz, who believes George takes her for granted.”

LIZ: “What are you supposed to do when you think that you’re the apple of your husband’s eye and find out you’re the core?”   IRIS: “You’re not alone, Liz! The world is full of single apples and married cores. It’s part of living.” 

Iris tells Liz that she’s expecting her husband to act like a fiancé!  Liz realizes she’s let herself go.  She’s taken herself for granted.  They remember the ad in the beauty shop and decide to go for the free tune-up - if not the whole overhaul!   They decide to tell their husband’s that they are staying at Marge Van Tassel’s country place. 

At Fataway Farms, they arrive at the office.  Mrs. Fataway (Elvia Allman) greets them, and outlines their plan.  They get scared of their fierce founder, but they are locked in!  

Mrs. Fataway leads Iris and Liz in exercises, which they struggle with mightily. Next Liz and Iris try out the steam cabinets. 

LIZ: “If they don’t come soon, they’ll have to pick me up with a blotter.”  

Liz is a limp rag when Mrs. Fataway finally opens the cabinets. She announces a two-mile hike!

LIZ: “Keen dipped in pickle juice.”

On their hike they finally reach their destination.  They have the option to ride back or march back. Liz is to weak to even express an opinion, and ends up walking back.  

After 11 days, Liz and Iris arrive home, feeling rejuvenated and revitalized!  Their husbands greet them with affection.  

George notices that Liz looks thin and calls her a plucked chicken.  Liz breaks down in tears. 

GEORGE: “I didn’t want you beautiful. I want you just the way you were.”

Liz is relieved and starts to gorge herself with food!  Iris is just about to join in, when Rudolph stops her!  

MR. ATTERBURY: “I like you just as you are now!” 

End of Episode

In the live Jell-O commercial tag, Lucille plays a siren from ancient mythology and Bob LeMond a sailor being lured toward the rocks. 

Lucille’s first line as a siren is to imitate a police siren.  She then lapses into a chirpy, pinched nosed voice.  

LUCILLE / SIREN: “Oh, sailor!  Oh, sailor boy!  I have Jell-O tapioca pudding!”  

He asks her if she has Jell-O orange coconut tapioca. 

LUCILLE / SIREN: “A wonderful blend of refreshing orange and tropical coconuts?” BOB / SAILOR: “Yes!  Do you?” LUCILLE / SIREN: “No.  I just wanted to see what happened.”

The siren lures him to the rocks. The sound effects end with a motorboat crashing with a big boom!

ANNOUNCER: “Watch for Lucille Ball in today’s issue of Parade.”

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WELL OKAY I GUESS YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE 14 YEAR OLD ME’S NOTES

IMAGE DESCRIPTION/HANDWRITING ANALYSIS UNDER THE CUT

SHADOWS OF GOTHAM

Season 1 Episode 1 - Gotham City

Cassandra, aged 15 arrives in Gotham after fleeing from the League of Shadows. She tries to get her bearings for her new life, but a series of deaths set her in Batman’s path. And he doesn’t believe her about the Shadows...

Introducing: Cass, Batman, Handler (flashback only), Commissioner Gordon, Harvey Bullock (cameo), Huntress (cameo), Batgirl I

Season 1 Episode 2 - Identity

Batman and Batgirl try to track Cass down for the murders. Cass, meanwhile, meets a girl named Spoiler (age 13) and agrees to team up to prove her innocence.

Featuring: Cass, Batman, Batgirl, murderer (unknown), Spoiler, Gordon (cameo)

Introducing: Spoiler 

Notes: Cass refuses Spoiler’s offer of joining her in her vigilante work. Batman warns Cass to stay out of his city.

Season 1 Episode 3 - Normal 

Steph Brown tries to balance her life with her mom and her life as Spoiler, while trying to investigate Cass Cain.

Featuring: Steph, Arthur Brown (flashback), Mrs. Brown (voiceless), Cass

Notes: Steph receives what appears to be the latest of many notes from Batman, encouraging her to stop being Spoiler.

Season 1 Episode 4 - Shadow

Batman’s fears prove true when Cass’s father comes to Gotham looking for her.

Featuring: Cass, Steph, Batman, David Cain, Harry ROss

Introducing: David Cain, Harry Ross

Notes: Harry Ross is Dick Grayson’s street disguise + Spoiler’s friend. Cass creates the identity of Shadow in this episode.

Season 1 Outline, complete with logo

Pilot: Part 1 E1  Cass arrives in Gotham, meets John (Blake) + Spoiler

Pilot Part 2 E2 Spoiler is caught by Black Mask, Cass becomes Shadow, warned by Batman

E3

E4

5

6 Part I David Cain comes for Cass

7 Part II John becomes Striker

8 Gun smuggling (Black Mask)

9

10 Cluemaster

11

12 The Joker

13 John has nightmares (Batman confronts)

14

15 Catwoman

16 Huntress recruits S+S

17

18 Batgirls team up

19

20 Finale Part I Raid of SB’s apartment + JB’s home, CC + JB captured, J dunked in LPit

21 Finale Part II SB goes to DG for help, JB’s identity revealed (as amnesiac Jason Todd)

22 Finale Part III Raid on RaG’s place

Cast notes

S1 - Shadow, Spoiler, Striker (Ra’s al Ghul) - side characters Nightwing, Huntress, Batgirl, Artemis

S2 - Shadow, Spoiler, Robin (Joker) - side characters Nightwing, Huntress, Batgirl, Artemis

S3 - Blackbat, Batgirl, Blue Jay - side characters Nightwing, Huntress, Robin, Artemis

S4 - Blackbat, Batgirl, Blue Jay (Lex) [Road trip] - side characters Nightwing, Robin, Oracle, Artemis

S5 - Blackbat, Batgirl, Blue Jay (Ra’s al Ghul) - side characters Nightwing, Robin, Oracle, Artemis 

S6 - Blackbat, Batgirl, Blue Jay (Darkseid) - side characters Nightwing, Red Robin, Robin, Oracle, Huntress, Tigress

S4

E1 Farewell/Bludhaven

E2 ctd

E3 Tempest/Aquagirl

E4 Superman/Supergirl/Superboy

E5 ctd

E6 - Secret/Beast Boy/Cyborb/Raven/Ravager/Robin

E7 ctd

E8 Flash/Impulse

E9 ctd

E10 Starfire

E11 Martian Manhunter

E12 Wonder Woman/Troia Wondergirl

E13 ctd

E14 Impulse/Superboy/Robin

E15 Green Lantern

E16 Blue Beetle/Traci 13

E17 Girl’s Night

E18 Green Arrow/Red Arrow/Speedy/Lian

E19 - ctd

E20 - 22 Finale

Character Bios

Spoiler

Age: 14

Name: Stephanie Brown

Hair: Blonde:

Eyes:

Costume: Purple robe w/hood. Underneath the hood- Black ski mask with reflective sunglass lenses to hide eyes. Steel toed boots, thick gloves. Wears tight fitting dark clothes under robe (reinforced in S2) Bo-staff holders on her thigh, arms and belt.

Shadow

Age: 15

Name: Cassandra Cain

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Costume: Black, high necked body suit. Heavy boots, reinforced gloves. Heavy, long cape (weighted). Kevlar vest. Wears t-shirt underneath. Domino mask.

Striker

Age: 16

Hair: Brown-black

Eyes: Blue-green

Name: Unknown/John Black (alias)

Costume: Domino mask. Black cape (unweighted). Highneck black spandex, reinforced, Kevlar underneat. Belt w/ compartments holding knives, trackers + other small weapons. Brass knuckles, steel tipped boots, spiked gloves.

I found my 14 year old self’s 6 season pitch for a Cass and Steph animated tv show and honestly this slaps 14 year old me was a genius

[papermoonloveslucy]

LUCY GIVES EDDIE ALBERT THE OLD SONG AND DANCE

S6;E6 ~ October 15, 1973

Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis

Synopsis

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.  

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carter), Gale Gordon (Harrison Otis Carter)

Lucie Arnaz (Kim Carter) does not appear in this episode, nor does she receive credit in the opening titles. Despite her absence, the final credits do state “Lucie Arnaz Wardrobe by Alroe.”

Guest Cast

Eddie Albert (Himself) began his TV career years before electronic television was introduced to the public. In June of 1936 Eddie appeared in RCA’s first private live performance for their radio licensees in New York City, a very early experimental television system. He first worked with Lucille Ball in the 1950 movie The Fuller Brush Girl. Today he is perhaps best known for playing lawyer turned farmer Oliver Douglas on CBS’s “Green Acres” (1965-71). He was nominated for two Oscars as Supporting Actor, in 1954 for Roman Holiday and 1972 for The Heartbreak Kid. He died in 2005 at age 99.  

Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis, left) played Betty Ramsey during season six of “I Love Lucy. ” She also played Cynthia Harcourt in “Lucy is Envious” (ILL S3;E23) and Evelyn Bigsby in “Return Home from Europe” (ILL S5;E26). She played Audrey Simmons on “The Lucy Show” but when Lucy Carmichael moved to California, she played Mary Jane Lewis, the actor’s married name and the same one she uses on all 31 of her episodes of “Here’s Lucy. Her final acting credit was playing Midge Bowser on “Lucy Calls the President” (1977). She died in 1999 at the age of 83. 

Vanda Barra (Vanda Barra, right) makes one of over two dozen appearances on “Here’s Lucy” as well as appearing in Ball’s two 1975 TV movies “Lucy Gets Lucky” and “Three for Two”. She was seen in half a dozen episodes of “The Lucy Show.” Barra was Lucille Ball’s cousin-in-law by marriage to Sid Gould.

Doris Singleton (Patty) created the role of Caroline Appleby on “I Love Lucy,” although she was known as Lillian Appleby in the first of her ten appearances. She made two appearances on “The Lucy Show.” This is the second of her four appearances on “Here’s Lucy.”  She was originally intended to be a series regular but was written out after the first episode.

The character’s name is not used in the dialogue but is listed in the final credits.

Jerry Hausner (Jimmy) was featured as Jerry, Ricky’s agent in the pilot and first three seasons of “I Love Lucy.”  He left the show after a disagreement with Desi Arnaz. He returned to work with Lucille Ball in “Lucy is a Soda Jerk” (TLS S1;E23), shortly after Desi Arnaz resigned as Executive Producer and President of Desilu.  This is is his only “Here’s Lucy” appearance and his last time on screen with Lucille Ball.  He was seen in three episodes of “Green Acres” with Eddie Albert.

“Green Acres” is mentioned in the dialogue of the episode. Eddie Albert’s co-star on “Green Acres,” Eva Gabor, guest-starred in two episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” Many other “Lucy” actors appeared in Hooterville.  Among them, Barbara Pepper (30 episodes), Eleanor Audley (19 episodes), Robert Foulk (16 episodes), Jonathan Hole (7 episodes), Shirley Mitchell (4 episodes), Parley Baer (4 episodes), Jerry Hausner (3 episodes), Jesse White (2 episodes), John J. Fox (2 episodes), Roy Roberts (2 episodes), Maurice Marsac, Lou Krugman, Bob Jellison, Norman Leavitt, Romo Vincent, Elvia Allman, Gail Bonney, Ray Kellogg, Irwin Charone, Bernie Kopell, Charles Lane, Alan Hale Jr., Robert Carson, Jerome Cowan, William Lanteau, Paul Bradley, Leoda Richards, Hans Moebus, and Rich Little.  

An office scene between Lucy and Harry was originally written for “Lucy, the Peacemaker” (S5;E3) but deleted for time.  It was re-staged for this episode.  

Lucille begins to wear longer wigs again after having worn shorter styles earlier in the season.

Lucy, Mary Jane, and Vanda are having a lunch meeting to plan their annual “Girl Friday Follies,” a show that raises money to send underprivileged kids to camp. Taking Lucy’s suggestion to find a “big name”, Mary Jane suggests Engelbert Humperdinck – the ‘biggest’ name she’s ever heard.  The English singing sensation was previously mentioned on “Lucy and Liberace” (S2;E16) and “Lucy and Ann-Margret” (S2;E20) where Lucy mispronounced his name as 'Pumpernickel’ and 'Dumperhink.’

Looking at his desk, littered with food items from the girls’ lunch, Harry laments that he “missed the Iowa State Picnic.”  The Iowa State Picnic is an annual event that started in 1900 and was held in Long Beach, California, which was nicknamed “Iowa by the Sea.” They were attended by Iowans who had transplanted to the area in order to share their common roots. With attendance dwindling, in 2014 the picnic moved from Long Beach to San Pedro where the USS Iowa is docked.   

To find a star, Lucy looks at Joyce Haber’s column in the newspaper. Joyce Haber was the gossip columnist of the Los Angeles Times. She made an appearance (above) as a member of the Hollywood Press when “Lucy Meets the Burtons” (S3;E1) in 1970.  

Haber’s column mentions that Frank Sinatra is coming out of retirement.  In 1970, the singer went into a self-imposed retirement that lasted until 1973 with the release of the album “Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back.”  Sinatra was first mentioned on “I Love Lucy” in 1955 and his named has been dropped on both “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy.” Sinatra inadvertently appeared on “I Love Lucy” when a clip of him in the film Guys and Dolls was inserted into the MGM Executives Show in “Lucy and the Dummy” (ILL S5;E3) when it was running short.  The clip has since been removed and has never been seen in the context of the episode after its initial broadcast.

Lucy says she saw Eddie Albert in The Music Man. In 1959, Albert replaced Robert Preston in the  Broadway production of The Music Man. Coincidentally, the show’s author Meredith Willson was from Iowa, where the musical is set, and attended the 1959 Iowa State Picnic to lead the Long Beach Band playing the show’s rousing anthem “76 Trombones.”

When a preoccupied Lucy is idle at her desk, she tells Harry she’s worried about Eddie Albert. Harry tells her to get busy and let Margo worry about Eddie Albert. Margo Albert was a Mexican-American actress born as María Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado Castilla y O'Donnell – so she simply went by the singular moniker Margo. Coincidentally, he was related by marriage to band leader Xavier Cugat, as niece of his first marriage to Carmen Castillo. Cugat was a mentor of Desi Arnaz’s and often mentioned as a rival of Ricky Ricardo. Margo appeared in a 1958 installment of “The Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse” with Eddie Albert which was hosted by Desi Arnaz. The following year, she was seen in another installment with Arnaz as a co-star.  

Margo’s black and white photo is behind the sofa of Albert’s living room. Next to it is a photo of Albert’s son, Edward Laurence Heimberger (aka Eddie Albert Jr.), age 23.  In 1972, he was launched to fame from his portrayal of blind Don Baker in Butterflies are Free, for which he won a Golden Globe. He died of Alzheimer’s Disease in 2006, one year after his father’s passing.

When Lucy unexpectedly arrives on Eddie Albert’s doorstep he believes her to be his stalker, so Patty is sent to phone for the police. She rushes from the room saying “I feel like I’m on 'Mannix’!”  “Mannix” (1967-75) was a Desilu-produced TV show that was saved from cancellation after its first season by Lucille Ball. “Here’s Lucy” hosted a cross-over episode with “Mannix” in 1971 that also featured Mary Jane Croft and Gale Gordon. It, too, was written and directed by Ruskin, Davis, and Carroll.  

Trying to convince Eddie to change his conflict date and do the show, Lucy breaks into “There’s a Long, Long Trail” and then Albert joins in, harmonizing. At the end of the scene Harry, Mary Jane, and Vanda all join in.  The song was written by Stoddard King and Alonzo Elliott in 1913. In an episode of “The Lucy Show,” Lucy Carmichael and Viv sing the first two lines of the chorus in a failed attempt to entertain their kids after their TV set breaks down. The song’s title may have also influenced the title of the Lucille Ball / Desi Arnaz film The Long, Long Trailer (1953). 

“The Girl Friday Follies”

Mary Jane: “Nostalgia’s so old fashioned.”

The Girl Friday Follies opens with Mary Jane and Vanda taking their bows as the team of “Crime and Punishment”.  We never see what the act consists of, but it is likely not connected to Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1866 novel of the same name.  

Eddie Albert: “To know Harry is to love him!” Lucy: “I don’t think we’re talking about the same Harry.”

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!  For the first time since her skiing accident, Lucy dances on television.

In her DVD introduction of the episode, Shirley Mitchell calls the show “old home week.” 

Aside from Lucy’s reunion with Eddie Albert from The Fuller Brush Girl, she also shares the sound stage with three members of the cast of “I Love Lucy”… 

Shirley Mitchell (Carolyn Appleby)… 

Mary Jane Croft (Betty Ramsey)… 

and Jerry Hausner (Jerry the Agent).  

The episode is written by the “I Love Lucy” scribes Madelyn (Pugh) Davis and Bob Carroll Jr.

Lucy says she saw Eddie Albert’s house on a tour of the movie stars homes. Mary Jane asks Lucy if that was the tour where she sneaked into Rock Hudson’s backyard to steal an orange. This is a variation on when Lucy Ricardo took a tour of the movie stars homes and sneaked over Richard Widmark’s wall to steal a grapefruit in “The Tour” (ILL S4;E30). 

Rock Hudson played himself on an episode titled “In Palm Springs” (ILL S4;E26). Rock Hudson is mentioned again later, when Patty reveals that the same woman who has been stalking Eddie Albert has also been bothering Rock Hudson.

Vanda asks if it is the same tour where she saw Dean Martin in his bathrobe dumping empty bottles in the trash?  Although this even never happened on screen, Lucy Carmichael did date Dean Martin on “The Lucy Show.”  

Where the Floor Ends!  In the office, the camera pulls back for a wide shot that exposes where the wall-to-wall carpet ends and the cement stage floor begins. 

“Lucy Gives Eddie Albert the Old Song and Dance” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

This episode is enjoyable for “I Love Lucy” (or Eddie Albert) fans. It is good to see so many folks from Lucille Ball’s past in one episode!    

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Lucy Meets the Law

S5;E19 ~ February 13, 1967

Synopsis

Lucy thinks she's being arrested for littering when she is actually being mistaken for a red-haired jewel thief.  

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis)

Roy Roberts (Mr. Cheever) does not appear in this episode. 

Guest Cast

Claude Akins (Lieutenant Finch) appeared as himself (playing a giant native) in “Desert Island” (ILL S6;E8). He is perhaps best remembered for playing Sheriff Lobo in “B.J. And the Bear” (1978-79) and its sequel “The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo” (1979-81). Akins died in 1994.

Iris Adrian (Hard Head Hogan) appeared on Broadway in the 1930s and was a Ziegfeld girl. In Hollywood she did more than 160 films. This is her only appearance with Lucille Ball.  

Hard Head is a bouncer in a beer hall. She is in jail for assault and battery. 

Ken Lynch (Officer Peters, below left) started playing policemen on TV in 1950 and continued to do so for much of his career. This is his only appearance with Lucille Ball.  

Joseph Perry (Officer Miller, above right) started his screen acting career in 1956. His final credit was playing Nemo for seven episodes of “Everybody Loves Raymond” in 1999. He died the following year. This is his only appearance with Lucille Ball.  

Byron Foulger (Mr. Trindle) had played the leader of the Friends of the Friendless in “Lucy’s Last Birthday” (ILL S2;E25). He previously appeared on “The Lucy Show” in “My Fair Lucy” (S3;E20).

Mr. Trindle is the proprietor of the jewelry store that was robbed. 

Jody Gilbert (Matron aka ‘Tinkerbell’) had appeared with Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon on the 1952 special “Stars in the Eye” celebrating the opening of CBS's new Television City studios. She was a regular on the CBS series “Life With Luigi”. She will also appear in two episodes of “Here's Lucy,” in one of which she also plays a prison matron.  

Two passersby, the other women in the line-up, and the actual red-haired jewel thief (above) are all uncredited. Interestingly, Hazel Pierce, who was Lucy's stand-in and frequent day player, is not in this episode.

Some video releases title this episode "A Case of Mistaken Identity." This is one of more than 30 episodes of “The Lucy Show” that have fallen out of copyright protection and are in the public domain, resulting in its appearance on many inexpensive video and DVD releases. 

There was no new “Lucy Show” episode on Monday, February 6, 1967. Instead, CBS showed a repeat of “Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft” (S5;E9).  

The final draft of the script was dated December 27, 1966. The above copy belonged to Julian Davidson, “The Lucy Show” music coordinator. The episode was filmed January 6, 1967, the first to be filmed after the holidays.

This was the first and only episode written by Alan J. Levitt. It was also his first script for television. He went on to write for “Maude” (1972-74) and one of Lucille Ball's favorite sitcoms “Three's Company” (1977-78). Levitt shows a firm grasp of writing farce, balancing Lucy's belief that she has been arrested for littering, with the audience's knowledge that she is believed to be a jewel thief, using cleverly worded dialogue that allows both Lucy and police to have a conversation without giving away the misconception.

Mary Jane tells Lucy that littering is against the “Keep America Beautiful” Campaign. ‘Keep America Beautiful’ was founded in 1953 by a consortium of nonprofit organizations, government agencies, concerned individuals, and American businesses (including original “I Love Lucy” sponsor Philip Morris). ‘Keep America Beautiful’ joined with the Ad Council in 1961 to dramatize the idea that every individual must help protect against the effects litter has on the environment. These included the popular 1963 television campaign "Every Litter Bit Hurts" and the character ‘Susan Spotless’ in 1964. The organization is still active today.  

In order not to implicate her friend, Lucy tells the policemen that Mary Jane is the name of her cat. She says she likes to call the cat up and say “What's new, pussycat?” What's New Pussycat was the name of a hit film of 1965 written by Woody Allen. Its title song was nominated for an Oscar and was a big hit for Tom Jones.

When thrown in the cell with a growling Hard Head, Lucy says she doesn't feel very welcome. The Matron remarks that “You're as welcome as the flowers in May.”  “Welcome as the Flowers in May” was a song written by Anne Young round 1903.

Trying to be tough, Lucy tells Hard Head Hogan her 'handle' is “Steel Knuckles Carmichael” but her friends call her “Knuck.” Hogan continually gets the name wrong, calling her ‘Muck’ and ‘Cluck.’

Mr. Trindle can't positively identify the jewel thief in a line up of red headed women. He says he didn't anticipate so many red heads. Lt. Finch replies “What did you figure on?  A bunch of Yul Brynners?”  

Yul Brynner (1920-85) was an actor known for his bald head. He was mentioned on “I Love Lucy” several times, generally comparing him with Fred, who was nearly bald himself. At the time of filming, Brynner had just been seen in The Return of the Magnificent Seven, a sequel to 1960's hit The Magnificent Seven, in which he also appeared.

Finch says the women in the line up would make Ma Barker look like a camp fire girl. This is the second episode in a row to mention Ma Barker. Kate Barker (1873–1935) was the mother of several criminals who ran the Barker gang. She traveled with her sons during their criminal careers. Barker was also mentioned in “Lucy and the Great Bank Robbery” (S3;E5) and “Lucy Puts Main Street on the Map” (S5;E18). Ma Barker was parodied as Ma Parker in a 1970 episode of “Here’s Lucy” (above) played by Carole Cook. 

Entering the action late in the episode to vouch for Lucy, Gale Gordon gets a smattering of entrance applause from the studio audience.

Callbacks!

Although never incarcerated before, Lucy Carmichael's previous brushes with the law include: “Lucy and the Runaway Butterfly” (S1;E29), “Lucy is Her Own Lawyer” (S2;E23), “Lucy the Meter Maid” (S3;E7) and “Lucy Makes a Pinch” (S3;E8).  

Behind Bars! Lucy Ricardo was arrested and in jail in several episodes: “New Neighbors” (S1;E21) in New York City, “Tennessee Bound” (ILL S4;E14) in Bent Fork, and “Lucy Takes a Cruise To Havana” (1957) in Havana. Lucy also comes very close to going to jail in “Ricky and Fred art TV Fans” (ILL S2;E30) for stealing change from a cash register, and in “Paris at Last” (ILL S5;E18) for forging Francs! 

More Mistaken Identity! In “Ricky and Fred are TV Fans” (ILL S2;E30) Lucy Ricardo is mistaken for jewel thief ‘Sticky Fingers Sal’, and hauled down for questioning, just as Lucy Carmichael is here.

Fast Forward! 

Lucy Carter voluntarily goes to jail in a 1973 episode of “Here's Lucy” that also features Gale Gordon and Jody Gilbert as a Matron. This time her cellmate is Mumsie Westcott, played by Elsa Lanchester, who may (or may not) have been criminal hatchet murderess Eleanor Holmby when Lucy and Ethel go “Off to Florida” (ILL S6;E6).  

Lucy Carter also got her mug shot taken in “The Case of the Reckless Wheelchair Drive” (HL S5;E6). Again, she makes her ‘criminal face’ for the camera. 

Intentional mistaken identity is behind “Lucy Carter Meets Lucille Ball” (HL S6;E22) where a look-alike contest brings out several Lucy doppelgangers, including Lucille Ball herself!  

“Lucy Meets the Law” rates 4 Paper Hearts out of 5

This woman looks a bit like Lucille Ball!  Also, the book’s former owner’s initials are “LR” - Lucy Ricardo!  

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Lucy Meets a Millionaire

S2;E24 ~ March 16, 1964

Synopsis

When Lucy gets a flat tire, a handsome rich Italian man comes to her rescue. On a date night out, Lucy accidentally spills pasta on him and she must break in to a local cleaners to retrieve his other suit so they won't miss the St. Patrick's Day dance. Breaking in through the skylight, Lucy falls into vat of green dye.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney)

Candy Moore (Chris Carmichael), Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael) and Ralph Hart (Sherman Bagley) do not appear in this episode.

Guest Cast

Cesare Danova (Umberto Fabriani) was born in Italy in 1926. He appeared opposite Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra, but much of his role was cut to highlight the romance between Taylor and Richard Burton. Danova was on the short list to play the lead in Ben-Hur (1959) but Charleton Heston was cast instead. In 1978, he played the Mayor in National Lampoon's Animal House. This is his only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Umberto is a millionaire (several times over, according to Mr. Mooney) who is with the firm of Fabriani and Fabriani, partnered with his elderly father.

Jay Novello (Tony DiBello) was born Michael Romano in Chicago in 1904 to Italian parents and was fluent in the language before learning English. He played Mr. Merriweather in “The Seance” (ILL S1;E7) and returned to the series to play the nervous Mr. Beecher in “The Sublease” (ILL S3;E31) and Mario Orsatti, the “Visitor from Italy” (ILL S6;E5). Novello previously played ex-con candy store owner Mr. Bundy in “Lucy and the Safecracker” (S2;E6). Coincidentally, Novello’s second wife went by the nickname ‘Lucy’. In 1965 he played the recurring character Mayor Mario Lugatto on “McHale’s Navy.”

Tony DiBello is the proprietor of Tony DiBello's Italian Restaurant.

Steve Carruthers (Maitre d', uncredited) was one of the passengers on the S.S. Constitution in “Second Honeymoon” (ILL S5;E14). He was seen in the Lucille Ball / Bob Hope film The Facts of Life. This is the first of his two appearances on “The Lucy Show.” 

James Gonzales (Restaurant Patron, uncredited) was a popular Hollywood extra who first acted with Lucille Ball in the 1953 film The Long, Long Trailer. He was previously seen on the series as Stan Williams in “Lucy Digs Up a Date” (S1;E2). He was seen in more than 20 episodes of “The Lucy Show” and 3 episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” 

Bert Stevens (Restaurant Patron, uncredited) made many appearances as background players on the series. He was the brother of actress Barbara Stanwyck, whose given name was Ruby Stevens. He was seen in the Tropicana audience for the Flapper Follies when “Ricky Loses His Voice” (ILL S2;E9) but probably appeared on other episodes as well. He often appeared with his wife, Caryl Lincoln, one of Lucille Ball's friends from her Goldwyn Girl days.

Jean Vachon (Restaurant Patron, uncredited) makes the second of her six appearances on “The Lucy Show,” all but one uncredited.

A other dozen other uncredited background actors play the diners at Tony DiBello's.  

This episode was filmed on February 6, 1964. 

As season two goes on, the plots feature less of Vivian Vance, who was tiring of her commute from Hollywood to her Connecticut home.  

Coincidentally, the day before this episode first aired (March 15, 1964) Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor married. They had just starred as lovers in the film Cleopatra (above), which also featured Cesare Danova (Umberto). Lucy Carmichael played Cleopatra on the season two opener of “The Lucy Show.” Burton and Taylor would appear with Lucille Ball in a 1970 episode of “Here's Lucy.”  

In another coincidence, the episode of “Make Room for Daddy” that followed “The Lucy Show” on CBS on March 16, 1964, also had an Italian theme. The guest star was Italian born singer singer Piccola Pupa, a young performer Danny Thomas claims to have 'discovered.'   

Ironically, when this episode was filmed, Lucille Ball herself was a millionaire.  Lucy and Desi were the first millionaire TV stars in history. 

Dede's Dress Shop is mentioned for the second episode in a row. Dede Ball was Lucille Ball's mother.

The name ‘Tony Di Bello’ was created by the writers as a nod to the name of their secretary Elaine's father, Mr. Tony Di Bello. 

Mr. Mooney invites Umberto and Lucy to join him and his wife Irma at the St. Patrick's Day dance. This episode was first broadcast on St. Patrick's Day eve 1964. In real-life, Cesare Danova was a fan of all things Irish. He ever carried a small leprechaun around with him wherever he went.

When Lucy spills pasta in Umberto's lap, he says his other tux is at Oscar's Cleaners. Lucy Carmichael says that she has known Oscar for years. He is unmarried and a trophy-winning bowler for his team, Oscar's Tigers. Reading from a distance, Lucy mistakenly thinks his name is Oscar Stigers.

Oscar's Cleaners is next door to a Florist shop owned by Meryl. Lucy does not know Meryl's surname either. Mr. Mooney says the one person who knows everyone's last name in town is George the mailman.  

Lucy asks Mr. Mooney for a dime for the pay phone. In New York, it cost ten cents to use a payphone until 1982, when it was raised to twenty five cents. In the early 1950s (during “I Love Lucy”) the cost was only five cents. Today, pay phones are nearly obsolete due to the proliferation of mobile (cell) phones.

Lucy ends up getting covered in green dye. Unfortunately, although filmed in color, CBS originally broadcast this episode in black and white! 

Callbacks!

In “Bullfight Dance” (ILL S4;E23) Fred and Ethel croon “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” by Ernest R. Ball (no relation). This is the closest the series gets to a St. Patrick’s Day mention. Fred Mertz was said to be of Irish extraction.  

The finale of  “Lucy's Italian Movie” (ILL S5;E23) had Lucy dyed purple when she had a fight in a wine vat of grapes. 

That episode, too, was originally broadcast in black and white, but was colorized in 2013.  

When the gang went to Europe on “I Love Lucy” it was Ethel (Vivian Vance) who was in charge of learning Italian, while Lucy learned French.  

The note Lucy Carmichael writes on the back of her check reads: “Dear cashier, be a love and clear this before you-know-who gets back.”  The message is very similar to the note Lucy Ricardo wrote on the back of a check in “Job Switching” (ILL S2;E1), “Dear teller, be a lamb and don't put this through until next month.”  

A heavily disguised Lucy and Ethel meet their husbands at Tony’s Italian Restaurant in “The Black Wig” (ILL S3;E26).   

In “No More Double Dates” (S1;E21) Lucy’s boyfriend Harry (Dick Martin) suggests going to Tony DiBello’s for Italian food. 

There was trouble at the cleaners (in this case Chinese Laundries) on “Here’s Lucy” in both “Lucy the Laundress” (HL S2;E17) and “Lucy and the Chinese Curse” (HL S4;E18). 

It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green!

Lucille Ball may also have been green when playing a woman from Mars in “Lucy is Envious” (ILL S3;E23) in 1954, but since the episode was filmed in black and white, we will never know for sure!

LUCY RICARDO: “My face!  My hair! Oh, no! I’m looking at the world through green colored eyeballs!”

Green light bulbs turn Lucy (and everyone else) green when “Lucy Fakes Illness” (ILL S1;E16). Again, because the episode was filmed in black and white, viewers never see the effects of the ‘gobloots’ (aka green bulb)!

LUCY CARMICHAEL: “Who’d they make these pajamas for - the Jolly Green Giant?”   

Stuck in isolation in “Lucy and the Astronauts” (TLS S4;E5) Lucy has to wear over-sized men’s green pajamas. The Jolly Green Giant is the advertising character used to promote Green Giant Frozen Vegetables. 

VIV: “Take off that hat!  It looks like a fresh crop of crab grass!”  

When “Lucy Goes To Vegas” (TLS S3;E17), she wears the emerald green spangled gown and matching green feathered hat won for being Bigelow’s Department Store’s one millionth customer. 

Fast Forward!

A year later, Lucy will wear this same salmon colored gown (with a different red wrap) in “My Fair Lucy” (ILL S3;E20) when she goes to a fancy soiree with the Countess (Ann Sothern). 

The backdrop used for the Danfield street depicts the Iris Theatre. This same backdrop will be used again outside of Madame Fifi’s Fur Shop when “Lucy Gets Amnesia” (S3;E4). This may be an homage to Los Angeles’ legendary Iris Theatre, which reportedly had the first electric sign in Hollywood. It may also be an homage to the character Iris Atterbury, Liz Cooper’s sidekick (played by Bea Benadaret) on Lucille Ball’s radio show “My Favorite Husband.”  

Lucy Carter dated a prospective millionaire played by Don Knotts in “Lucy’s Last Blind Date” (HL S5;E16). 

When Lucy Carter meets a homeless man in the park, she believes him to be a ‘Howard Hughes-like’ millionaire she read about in the newspaper and “Lucy, The Philanthropist” goes into action! 

Blooper Alerts!

Stolen Valor? Mr. Mooney speaks Italian quite well. He says he "picked up a few words in the Army."  In “Lucy and the Submarine” (S5;E2, above), however, Mr. Mooney says he was actually a Navy housing officer stationed just outside of Wichita during World War II. Is he a pathological liar of the victim of forgetful writers? 

Noises Off! When Umberto arrives unexpectedly (with Lucy in pajamas and curlers) a high pitched voice in the audience clearly says “Oh, no!” Lucy's husband Gary Morton can also be heard laughing on the soundtrack. Later, when Umberto mentions having taken a taxi, a voice from the audience clearly echos “Taxi!”

Boom Shadows! When Lucy drops to the floor behind the sofa upon Umberto’’s sudden appearance at her front door, the shadow of a boom microphone passes over Lucy. 

Fickle Furniture! For this episode, the large oval dining room table has been replaced by a smaller round table for Lucy's ‘ghostly’ get-away gag. Although it is nearly identical, the living room sofa was either adapted or duplicated to allow Lucille Ball enough space to freely roll underneath it.      

Let Your Fingers Do the Walking! When Lucy is trying to remember Oscar's last name to look him up in the telephone directory, Mr. Mooney is looking through the Yellow Pages, which are organized by business names, not surnames. They would not need to know Oscar's last name to find his work phone number, just his home number. 

Broken Fingers!  When Mr. Mooney roughly drops the phone book the second time it comes loose from the hard blue cover that connects it to the phone and the book breaks in two!  When Gale Gordon needs to look up “George the Mailman” he has to bend down (out of frame) to pick it up off the floor and scoop up the tattered book to complete the scene. 

Sitcom Logic Alert! Lucy immediately knows that Oscar's bowling trophy must have been made by the National Bowling Company in Chicago. Lucy is a font of useless knowledge! 

Dry Dye! As Umberto races into the back room of the cleaners to rescue Lucy, he bumps into the vat of green dye and it moves quite easily. If it was actually full of liquid, the weight would prevent it from moving at all. Also, when Lucy is fished out she isn't dripping wet, despite the sloshing sound effects to the contrary.

Color Correction! When Lucy is lifted out of the vat, viewers can see that her tights and the soles of her shoes are not green!  

Gimme a Sign! Why is there a sign with prices for cleaning services posted in the back room of the laundry, where no customers will ever see it? 

“Lucy Meets a Millionaire” rates 4 Paper Hearts out of 5