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LUCY, LEGAL EAGLE

S1;E7 ~ November 8, 1986

[Photos © Getty Images]

Directed by Marc Daniels ~ Written by Richard Albrecht and Casey Keller

Synopsis

At a yard sale, Kevin's favorite Teddy Bear is accidentally sold.  When Lucy offers a $50 reward for its return, the woman who bought the bear asks for $500, so Lucy takes her to small claims court.  

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Barker), Gale Gordon (Curtis McGibbon), Ann Dusenberry (Margo Barker McGibbon),  Larry Anderson (Ted McGibbon), Jenny Lewis (Becky McGibbon), Philip Amelio (Kevin McGibbon), Donovan Scott (Leonard Stoner)

[For biographies of the Regular Cast, see “One Good Grandparent Deserves Another” (S1;E1)]

Guest Cast

Dena Dietrich (Mrs. Hilda Loomis) is probably best known for her Chiffon Margarine commercial (inset photo) in which she utters the famous line: "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!" She had recurring roles on such series as “Adam's Rib” (1973), “Karen” (1975), “The Practice” (1976-77), “The Ropers” (1979-80), and “Philly” (2001-02).  

Allan Rich (Judge Cameron Potter) was a stage actor who began his screen career in 1963. He also played judges on “Mallory” (1976), “Kojak” (1978), “Baby...I'm Back” (1978), “Kaz” (1979), “ChiPs” (1980), “The Ordeal of Bill Carney” (1981), “Gimme a Break!” (1983), “Hill Street Blues” (1981-83), “Hardcastle and McCormick” (1983), “We Got it Made” (1983), “Sledge Hammer!” (1987), “Equal Justice” (1990-91), Armistad (1997), and A League of Old Man (1998).

Potter was also the maiden name of Ethel Mertz on “I Love Lucy.”

Eddie Carroll (Customer at Yard Sale) is probably most famous as the voice of Disney's Jiminy Cricket. In the 1960s he appeared in many Desilu-produced television shows. He died in 2010.  

Nora Boland (Little Old Lady) was one of a host of endearing character ladies who fell into their careers quite late in life, making her screen debut at age 48. Born Nora Madeleine Webb in 1929 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, she had pursued theater here and there for much of her life before coming to the US.

Despite her final credit billing, Boland is neither ‘little’ nor all that ‘old’! 

   Charles Walker (Bailiff) appeared in 140 TV shows and films.  He also played a Bailiff on “L.A. Law” (1986) a month before this episode aired, as well as on “Tracy Takes On” (1997).  He also played quite a few judges and security guards.

Brandon Call (Max) also played Max in “Lucy is a Sax Symbol” (S1;E5). Call was born in 1976 and was a regular on “The Charmings” (1987-88), “Baywatch” (1989-90), and “Step By Step” (1991-98). He was originally cast as Kevin in “The Wonder Years,” but was replaced at the last minute by Fred Savage.

Robin Bach (Litigant #1) was born on December 28, 1947 in New Jersey. He made his big screen debut in 1970 as the Gay Boy in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. 

Don Diamond (Litigant #2) is probably best remembered as the scheming Crazy Cat in the western comedy series “F Troop” (1965-67). He retired from acting in 1987, one year before this episode aired, and passed away in 2011.   Steven A. Fredrick (Courtroom Spectator, uncredited)

The other courtroom spectators and yard sale shoppers are played by uncredited background performers.

This was the tenth episode filmed, although it was aired seventh, on November 8, 1986. Although the ratings had improved a tenth of a point (from 8 to 8.1), “Life With Lucy” still lost its time slot. This is the second to last episode to air before the show is canceled.

Kevin: “I guess it was a mistake.  A tragic, tragic mistake!”

This is the first of two episode written by Executive Story Editors Richard Albrecht and Casey Keller. Their second episode, “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do,” was not aired.  The title of this episode is sometimes mistakenly listed as “Lucy, Eagle Beagle” and “Lucy, Leagle Beagle.”

The episode opens with the McGibbon family having a yard sale inside the house. Lucy comes down the stairs wearing a foam Statue of Liberty crown, holding a book in one hand and a lamp in the other.

Lucy: (wearing a Statue of Liberty crown) “Remember the lady who had her hundredth birthday last summer?” Mrs. Loomis: “Did you get a lot of presents?”

On July 4, 1985 the Statue of Liberty celebrated its centennial. In 1970, Lucille Ball gave voice to the interior thoughts of the Statue of Liberty in an NBC special called “Swing Out, Sweet Land.”  

To cover for Kevin in the presence of his friend Max, Lucy says that Charlie is hers and that she's taken him to Disneyland. She says he especially loved the Country Bear Jamboree. This is the second mention of Disneyland on “Life With Lucy” but it was first mentioned by Lucy Carmichael in “Lucy the Bean Queen” (TLS S5;E3, above) in 1966. Disneyland is located in Anaheim, about 35 miles from Pasadena.  

Kevin's Teddy Bear is named Charlie. We later learn that Leonard has a stuffed animal named Fido and Ted had one named Binkie.

Curtis objects to the sale of his vinyl record “Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye.” Curtis says he used to dance to Kaye's band when he went to school in Boston. Sammy Kaye (1910- 87) was a bandleader and songwriter, whose tag line, "Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye", became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era. His signature tune was "Harbor Lights". In the mid-1950s Kaye had a television show on ABC. He died six months after this episode aired.

Lucy posts a $50 reward for Charlie, which brings some odd results.

Lucy: (examining a plush bunny) “This isn't even a bear. It's a rabbit.” Little Old Lady: (rips the ears of the bunny) “Now it's a bear.”

Curtis throws the Little Old Lady scammer out of the Hardware Store. She exits shouting “What do you expect for fifty bucks? Winnie the Pooh?”

On the witness stand, Curtis is forced to recall times when he thought Lucy didn't have “both oars in the water.” This being only the ninth episode filmed, Curtis resorts to citing the time Lucy got her hand caught in a saxophone (“Lucy is a Sax Symbol” S1;E5), the time they got glued together on a TV show (“Lucy Gets Her Wires Crossed” S1;E4), and the time she flooded the hardware store with foam (“One Good Grandparent Deserves Another” S1;E1).  

In addition to this appearance in Pasadena small claims court before Judge Potter, the Lucy character has been in the courtroom many times over the past 35 years: 

“The Courtroom” (ILL S2;E7) 1952; Ricardo v Mertz, in the matter of a broken television set; the Honorable Judge Moroni Olsen presiding

“Lucy Takes a Cruise To Havana” (LDCH) 1957; Ricardo & MacNamara v City of Havana, Cuba, in the matter of disorderly conduct and damages to a sidewalk cafe; the Honorable Judge Jorge Trevino presiding

“Lucy Makes Room for Danny (LDCH) in December 1958; Ricardo v Mertz v Williams, in the matter of bodily injury complaints; the Honorable Judge Gale Gordon presiding

“Lucy and the Runaway Butterfly (TLS S1;E29) in 1963, in which Lucy pursued a rare runaway butterfly into a courtroom; the Honorable Judge Ernest Sarracino presiding

“Lucy is Her Own Lawyer” (TLS S2;E23) in 1964; Carmichael v Mooney, in a matter of disturbing the peace with Lucy as her own lawyer cross-examining herself and Nelson the sheepdog; the Honorable Judge John McGiver presiding

“Lucy, the Meter Maid” (TLS S3;E7) in 1964; Bagley v the City of Danfield, NY, in the matter of a parking ticket issued by Officer Carmichael; the Honorable Judge Parley Baer presiding

“Lucy and the Soap Opera” (TLS S4;E19) in 1966; in which Lucy Carmichael gets herself cast as a juror to affect the outcome of the case, and save her favorite character from being written out; the Honorable Judge Sid Gould presiding

And “Lucy and the Raffle” (HL S3;E19) in 1971; Carter v City of Los Angeles, CA, in the case of running an illegal raffle; the Honorable Judge Hayden Rorke presiding  

At the inside yard sale, Lucy demonstrates a vacuum cleaner and accidentally vacuums off Mrs. Loomis’s skirt. In 1953 Lucy Ricardo also had a difficult time with her Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner in “Sales Resistance” (ILL S2;E17). 

Lucy Carmichael sucked up Mr. Mooney’s necktie with her Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner in a 1966 episode of “The Lucy Show.”

This Day in Lucy History - November 8th

"Ricky's Movie Offer" (ILL S4;E6) – November 8, 1954

"Lucy Helps the Countess" (TLS S4;E8) – November 8, 1965

"Won't You Calm Down, Dan Dailey?" (HL S4;E9) – November 8, 1971