This is also the episode abt the couples making a bet of $50 regarding living like the 1900's.

Ok, with all the money spent by Lucy and Ethel to buy things at the thrift store (the thing to churn butter, the bathtub, the coffee grinder, the clothes, etc) that would have had to cost a pretty penny. Ethel stated the butter she made cost her $24...that alone is just abt half of the money that was betted. SO WHY BOTHER WITH THE BET??? I can see if they bet $500. But it wasn't worth paying for all those things just to use during a bet for fifty bucks!

I know. It's always weird when they can come up with money for stuff like costumes, disguises and a couple of times when they decorated the apartment to look like something else.

I know. It's always weird when they can come up with money for stuff like costumes, disguises and a couple of times when they decorated the apartment to look like something else.
What makes it funny, is there were many references by Lucy bugging for more money from Ricky. Where did she find money to buy all those things? LOL

Also, it was a good thing those society matron ladies didn't go visit the Mertzes apt to investigate. That horrendous apt. would have been the downfall of Lucy and Ethel getting into the league. :crazy:

What makes it funny, is there were many references by Lucy bugging for more money from Ricky. Where did she find money to buy all those things? LOL

Also, it was a good thing those society matron ladies didn't go visit the Mertzes apt to investigate. That horrendous apt. would have been the downfall of Lucy and Ethel getting into the league. :crazy:

I always assumed Lucy and Ethel went digging through that trunk where they found the horse costume, or went to that same friend of Fred's who lent them all those outfits in "Ricky Asks for a Raise."

I always assumed Lucy and Ethel went digging through that trunk where they found the horse costume, or went to that same friend of Fred's who lent them all those outfits in "Ricky Asks for a Raise."
True. LOL. But they didn't go thru that trunk to get that bathtub and all those other gadgets that will be useless after that bet. I still shake my head at Ethel wasting $24 for butter that she could have easily just had Lucy go buy at the store. Who would have known???? Just go buy the butter, smash it up some, make it look like it was churned and there you go. $24 for butter to win a bet that would net you $50. Crazy!:crazy:

Besides all this, and considering that Lucy was trying to catch Ricky riding the subway or a cab to get home, how did she get that bathtub, buckets, coffee pot, et al, home? Use that burro she got before for the Cuba setup as her pack animal?

Besides all this, and considering that Lucy was trying to catch Ricky riding the subway or a cab to get home, how did she get that bathtub, buckets, coffee pot, et al, home? Use that burro she got before for the Cuba setup as her pack animal?
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I still wonder how Ricky could pay for all of Lucy's goofy ideas. Wasn't the meat bill in the Freezer episode $300+. And all the toys little Ricky had in the Richardos change apartments. Ricky must have had some job.

I still wonder how Ricky could pay for all of Lucy's goofy ideas. Wasn't the meat bill in the Freezer episode $300+. And all the toys little Ricky had in the Richardos change apartments. Ricky must have had some job.
Which is why Lucy was always on a budget and she was always trying something to make money, whether it was babysitting those crazy ass twin boys or pretending to be martians.

She pretended to be a Martian (with Ethel) in order to save face with blue-blooded Cynthia Harcourt and get the $500 she pledged to the charity drive. What irony-- charitability via snobbishness.

She pretended to be a Martian (with Ethel) in order to save face with blue-blooded Cynthia Harcourt and get the $500 she pledged to the charity drive. What irony-- charitability via snobbishness.
If she wasn't buying all that unnecessary stuff for those bets, buying all those toys that somehow she got home and somehow fit into that small apt., if she wasn't buying all that unnecessary stuff to make the apt. look messy in the episode Men Are Messy, she probably wouldn't have been on a budget and she probably would have had the $500 to give to Cynthia to begin with.

This is also the episode abt the couples making a bet of $50 regarding living like the 1900's.

Ok, with all the money spent by Lucy and Ethel to buy things at the thrift store (the thing to churn butter, the bathtub, the coffee grinder, the clothes, etc) that would have had to cost a pretty penny. Ethel stated the butter she made cost her $24...that alone is just abt half of the money that was betted. SO WHY BOTHER WITH THE BET??? I can see if they bet $500. But it wasn't worth paying for all those things just to use during a bet for fifty bucks!

Simple...they borrowed that stuff from Mrs. Trumbill ! :)

Think about it...we never saw Mrs. Trumbill's apartment, did we? Maybe she lived like that... churned her own butter, wore those '90s fashions around the house, only dressing in 'modern' garb when she left home... ground her own coffee...

(Actually, I'm sure the actress who played Mrs. Trumbill probably DID grow up in that kind of a world)

For someone on a tight budget, Lucy had an awesome wardrobe!

(Actually, I'm sure the actress who played Mrs. Trumbill probably DID grow up in that kind of a world)

One gets the idea that she must have, as she was born in 1875 in Tennessee and had a Confederate veteran father. One biography says she was "Known for her drab, careworn, dressed-down appearances, she played small-town relatives, avid gossips, steadfast country women, pernickety townfolk and other prickly pear types with great frequency" both on stage and, after her 51st birthday, in motion pictures. She really spanned a lot of American history.

For someone on a tight budget, Lucy had an awesome wardrobe!
God, those dresses she wore were absolutely beautiful.