A word or phrase related to I.L.L. :
* a character
* an ep title
* a famous guest on the show
* something from the show (but if you do this, indicate its significance--for example F=Flatbush Ave -the wrong stop Lucy gets off at in the ep The Loving Cup)
*famous expression

...basically an I Love Lucy potluck.

Here I go with A:

A=Albuquerque (Ethel's hometown)

ok ill help you get started ;).....

Bottle (What Lucy got her red hair out of)

C= Cousin Ernie :D

D's an easy one - Desi.

E: East 68th Street.

F: Fred

Grace Foster - a neighbor in the building

Hilarious :)

Icicles - what formed on Lucy when she was trapped in the big freezer.

Jail-where Lucy ends up for passing a counterfeit French bill.

K, which is what Desi NEVER said about Lucy wanting to be in the show. It was never K with him, :crazy:

Laughs - the show got a lot of those.

M for MAYHEM which is what Ms Ricardo specialized in, LOL!

Nosey Neighbors - There were plenty of those kind of episodes.

O: Oppenheimer - as in Jess Oppenheimer.

Q= Queen of the Gypsies (one of my fav. episodes) Or Queen Elizabeth who lucy wanted to meet in londong.

Red - the color Ricky's face turned when he got angry.

Showbusiness (What Lucy always wanted to be in, against Rickys wishes)

Tacky - how they referred to the old furniture.

Urban (The area they lived in <NY city)

Voice - Lucy's terrible singing voice

W-WAHHHHH lucys crys

X- Xavier Cougat a artist that was mentioned or compared to ricky

Yodel - Ethel yodels on an episode.

z??

A Desilu Production

Babaloo

Connecticut (Where the Ricardos and Mertzes moved to in the last season)

Dance - they had several funny dance routines during the run of the show.

E: Ethel

BTW, nobody did P.

F: Fred

Green Thumb - Betty Ramsey had one with her award winning flowers.

Harpo Marx (Which Lucy tried to immitate)

in trouble with Ricky (Lucy 98% of the time)

John Wayne - another celebrity guest star that appeared on the show.

Keith Thibodeaux (little Ricky)

Lucy of course!

Mertz !!

Nertz - Nertz to Mertz, one of Lucy's slogans when she was running against Ethel.

Oppenheimer, Jess (head writer)

P Paris, where Lucy ate Escargot...:puke:

Q: "Quiz Show" - episode from the 1st season.

R=Ricky

S Okay, S P L A I N !

Train - an episode took place on a train.

Upper apartment

V=Valentine with I Love Lucy in the center

Washing machine...the one the Mertzes BEGGED for. :lol:

X=X-Ray Vision (Lucy in Superman episode)

Y; Young Fans an episode from the first season...i think

Z=zany=most of Lucy's madcap adventures!

Do we go for another round? If so, A for A blue convertable cadillac!

Bread - the huge loaf of bread Lucy made

Comedy

D=Desi Arnaz

E for EX LAX, which is what they all needed after eating that huge hunk of cheese.

Footprints = Lucy & Ethel steal John Waynes footprints

G = Grape vat...not one of Lucy Ricardo's most pleasant experiences!! :rofl:

Heart ( The ILL logo)

I= I Love Lucy (and I do!)

J = JAM which is what Lucy ususally got herself INTO in most episodes.

Kris Kringle - they had a visit from him on one of the episodes.

L=Lucy of course

Mickey (What Lucy's Mom called Ricky):lol:

M = Meltdown. What Ricky, Ethel and Fred had when it was time to take pregnant Lucy to the hospital. :rofl:

N-Nosy (Lucy snooping on the new neighbors who are going to "kill" the Ricardos)

O - Opposed. Lucy and Ethel often were opposed to their husbands' (often sexist) ideas. This made for some hilarious material.

Potter, Ethel Mae -orig. from Albequerque, NM

Q for it's not your CUE in the Queen of the Gypsies episode.

Ricky Ricardo

S : for Sassafrassa, Lucy Ball and therefore Lucy McGillicuddy's childhood imaginary friend.

T=Tangos (to break eggs over)

University of Havanna - Ricky had an old shirt with that written on it.

V=Valentine/Heart=Around I Love Lucy title intro

W for Wacko which is how Lucy behaved most of the time, LOL!:lol:

X the Madam X episode

Y=Yearning, as in Lucy yearning to be an actress.

Z for ZANRA, which is the Arnaz name spelled backwards and was the name of their movie production company.

A=Apartment Building, the Mertzes, whose actual address would place it in the E. River!:crazy:

B for BALL, the reason for tuning in. Or the one that got the BALL rolling on great comedy.;)

Caroline Appleby (Lucys friend and nemesis)

D for DOLL, like Lucy calling people a DOLL, or Lucy preparing for motherhood with a DOLL.

Eat - Ethel was always dropping by for a bite to eat.

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Fifty (Years since the show ended......but, it has never been off the air since)

G for GARTER BELT which is one of the things she wears when she comes out to portray a floozie in her part in the Cuban Pete number, or Sally Sweet in HER case.

H for Henna, and the Hair Rinse Association of America

I for I love Lucy.

Juice - Ricky spilled juice on his suit.

Keeper (What this series was, a "keeper")

Lease - someone was always trying to break the lease on the apartment.

Milestone (of comedy)

Nose - she caught her fake nose on fire

Orangey red (Lucys hair)

Policeman - The policeman came to their apartment when they thought the O'Brien's were spies.

Quaint (the apartment)

Ricky!!

S Sally Sweet

Trapped - the 4 of them were trapped in a cabin by an avalanche of snow in the Europe episodes.

U=Underhanded=the way Lucy often got what she wanted

Vivian Vance

W I WOVE WUCY, in other words, Barbara Walters tallking about the world's greatest series.

X=Xtraordinary Mind-Blowing Comedy!

Y as in WHY? Well, the world needed to laugh so God created you, Lucy, (words of Sammy Davis Jr at Lucy all star party tribute.:lol: :lol: :lol:

Zone - they were in the eastern time zone when they lived in NYC.

A=Aggravation=What Lucy often causes poor Ricky

Babalooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

B = Babalu (did I spell that right?) :confused:

C=Connecticut

Dancer (Lucy was a wonderful one)

E=Ethel

F = Frederick Hobart Mertz

G=Gossip (Lucy & Ethel sure liked to do this esp. in the a.m.)

Hotel - the hotel they stayed in while in Hollywood

Italy

J=Jail (where Lucy ends up for trying to pass the counterfeit francs)

Kiss (between Ricky and Lucy)

Lillian Appleby

M=Mertzes

Nosey - Lucy was being nosey on the train by spying on the man next door.

O=Oppenheimer, Jesse

P as in Ethel Mae Potter

Q=Questions (in order to do lots of 'splanin you first have to lots of questions)

R which is what Cynthia Harcourt thought the Ricardos were, RICH!

Sick - Ricky gets sick with a sore throat in an episode.

T for TRAIN, which had better not have a chord that Lucy can pull any time she wants.

Under - Ethel was wearing an Indian Dress under her coat.

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V = Van Johnson

W=Waaaaaaahh!!! Lucy's on one of hear crying jags!

Xtreme - you'd get x-treme laughter from some of Lucy's stunts

Y which is the BIG question, why would Ricky marry such a woman?

Zzzz'z - Ethel & Fred were trying to get some Zzzz's and the Ricardo's were keeping them awake.

A for yet another NOTE Lucy Ricardo could never hit, an A!

Bob Hope - was on the show

C=Caroline Applebee

D for the original DINGBAT, way before Edith Bunker, there was Lucy Ricardo.

E for......

"Little" ETHEL Mae Potter Mertz, from Albuquerque, NM

Flirt - Ethel tried to flirt with the judge in one episode

G=Gossip=Lucy & Ethel sure loved to gossip-esp. Ethel!

H-hollywood anniversary.

I=I Love Lucy!

J for J'aime Lucy, that's what it was called in PARIS.

K=kooky=98% of Lucy's schemes

London - they visit London in an episode

M for MOM, Lucy's mom was a BIG influence in her life, letting her leave home at 15 to go to New York, going to a school that she could not afford, encouraging her all the time and instilling in her a love of family and doing the right thing in any circumstance.

Natural - Lucy's red hair color was not natural

O for OY VEY! The predicaments she got herself in over the years!!!!!:lol:

Puppy - Little Ricky wanted a puppy

Q for QUEER, or the gay version of I Love Lucy, called I Love Brucee.

Ricardo - their last name

S for Sassafrassa, her childhood phantom friend.

Train - the gang left California by train.

Understanding- Which is what Ricky is for putting up with Lucy

V for VISITOR from Italy.

We're Having A Baby - the song Ricky sings to Lucy

Xtra Zany-That's our Lucy!!!

Young chick - what Lucy called Ethel when she was setting Fred up on a blind date with her.

Zany - Lucy's many madcap adventures

Artist - Lucy wanted to be an artist in an episode

B for Babalousy which is what DRAFTED was, LOL!

Crying - Lucy's crying was pretty terrible

Dauncy- the way Lucy was feeling before finding out she was 'specting.

Ernie - their house guest from Tennessee

Fur-coats

Gypsy, gypsy, gypsy- From The Operetta

H for Harry and Bess Truman, who got the very last table at the Tropicana.

Insane=some of Lucy's schemes

J for JOHNSON as in Van or vancing with Dan Johnson, whichever way it was written. And Lucy Ricardo proved she not only was beautiful but she also had TALENT!

Knitting, got Ricky and Fred thinking that Lucy and Ethel were expecting.

Locked - Lucy got locked in the giant freezer.

M for, oh wait, it's a TIE, there are two M's: M for Carmen Miranda whom Lucy imitated with the record player going too fast or slow and also M for Most Happy Fella, the show they all went to see but had to share the seats and only saw half the show.

Night Club - where Ricky worked

Orchestra. led by Ricky

P for PETUNIA, Lucy's FIRST show biz performance while in school, and she's had her foot to the PETAL ever since.:lol:

Queasy, how Lucy and Fred felt on the ferry.

R for Rizo, Marco Rizo, Desi and Ricky's pianist, i said PIANIST!:lol:

S=Scatterbrained Redhead=Lucy

T for Danny Thomas, the man who lived with the Ricardos in the country, and also visited the later Lucys in The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy as well as delivering the eulogy at Desi's funeral and was a renter ion the Desilu lot.

U=under the table with the dog fighting him for the bone when she was trying to lose weight

V for VERNA Felton, the lady who was Lucy's maid for a while and taught her how to make a real peanut butter sandwich, LOL!

W=Waaaahh!!!:lol: (Lucy on one of her crying jags)

X for X marks the spot where Lucy tried to make that beautiful dress to save some money, LOL! And she cut up her carpeting in the process!

Y=Yearning To Be In the Act (Lucy)

Zoomed, how Lucy rode on the riding lawn mower, right through the neighbor's flower garden.

A for Oscar Winner Jack Albertson, who told her her slip was showing as she was about to board a helicopter on her way to Europe.:lol:

Bellboy - the hotel bellboy helped Lucy out while she was in Hollywood

Caroline Appleby

Date - Lucy set Fred up on a blind-date with Ethel (funny episode)

E for the show's five Emmy awards, they only gave them for the shows and it's stars back then, not like today where they hand them out for everything including best hairstylist, poor Irama Kusely could have made a huge haul.

F=Fred

Golf game.

Hen Eggs - Lucy wanted to move the country so she could have fresh hen eggs.

I for I married Joan, one of the many Lucy imitations that never took off.

J=Jail=where Lucy goes for trying to pass counterfeit francs

Kleptomaniac

Lucy!!!! :heart: :heart: :heart:

M - Mertz

Never a dull moment on the show--that's one of the MANY reasons I love it.

Oven - that huge loaf of baked bread came out of Lucy's oven

P for PECK, as in Gregory, whom Ms Ricardo and friends saw in Hollywood.

Q=Questionable logic behind Lucy's many schemes

Rock Hudson was on one of the hollywood episodes

S for Ed SULLIVAN. Who wouldn't even ask Ricky to take a bow from the audience.

Twins - Lucy babysits some very nasty twin boys.

U for U S Steel Hour, which The Lucy Desi comedy hour preempted for 15 minutes so that the entire hour and fifteen minutes of Cruise to Havana could be shown.

Vitameatavegamin

W for the great Mary WICKES, one of the best character actresses around.

X-ray vision when Lucy's dressed as a space alien!!??

W for Cornel WILDE, aka as the Man Upstairs in that Hollywood Episode.

X-xylophone like instrument in the pilot

yodal, lucy's singing.

Z for ZAVIER Cugat, at least that's how Ricky spelled it, LOL!

Aliens - Lucy & Ethel pretended to be some kind of aliens in an episode

Benefits

Country - Lucy wants to move to the country

D as in DOCTOR, which Ricky said Lucy had to see one, you know, a PEEPSACHIATRIST!:lol:

E=Ethel

F for Fargo North Dakota, one of the 469 stops Lucy hoped to make on their trip to Hollywood.

Grape - the famous grape-stomp

H=Hamburgers anyone? from that BIG SIDE OF BEEF! :crazy:

Idol - Ricky is considered an Idol in one episode.

J for JENKINS, the man who bought their old furniture for almost nothing but then resold it to them for a fortune!:lol:

Kleptomaniac - what they Lucy was when they found all that loot in the apartment.

L for Lucy of course, TV's First Lady, the world's greatest comedienne ever, and the all time best TV character ever created.

MacRae - Sheila MacRae was a guest star on an episode

N as in NO! Which was always Ricky's answer when Lucy asked if she could be in show business or wanted to buy a dress. Or a new hat!

O=Outragoues schemes--you can always count on Lucy to come up with one!:crazy:

P for POSSUM meat, which is what Tennesee Ernie had in his bags when he left to go back home, Lucy had made him some possum meat sandwhiches, as she had found a deli at the corner that sold possum.

Qualifications, which Lucy and Ethel did not have, for jobs like PBX operator and stenographer, so they settled for the last job offered - the candy makers.

R for REST STOP, while they travelled to California and stopped for those delicious and BOUNCY cheese sandwhiches and that beautiful motel with the train passing a few ffet away.

Ship - they went by ship to Europe

Trip-They took a trip by plane to Havana.

U for HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW YOU CAN'T MAKE A U TURN IN THE HOLLAND TUNNEL?:lol:

Vacuum cleaner. Lucy buys "the works", but that did not include any hoses or attachments, so she winds up spending hundreds of dollars for the whole outfit.

Window - Lucy & Ethel watch out the window to see the new neighbors move in.

X for XYLEPHONE that Lucy plays as a seal in baggy pants.

Y=Yelling, lots of it, when Ricky's really mad

Z for ZORRO, one of the few Latino parts Ricky Ricardo could have tried out for while in Hollywood.

Amour - the french dance instructor has amour on his mind. (lol!)

Boobs - Lucy had them

B=Babbaloo!!!!

C for CALENDAR, which reminds your hubby that it's your anniversary, and NOT TRASH PICK UP DAY! Also, you can set up a great calendar for a SCHEDULE with two extra hours in every day.:lol:

Dishes - Lucy figured up how many dishes she'd washed since they'd been married.

E for Education, Ricky got his at Havana U!

Fights - Ricky & Fred liked to watch the fights, I think they even went on one of their anniversaries. (lol!)

G for Gale Gordon, who appeared on all of Lucy's series.

H=Hungry-what Lucy was when she tried to go on that diet to get down to a size 12

I for I married Joan, one of the many imitators of the greatest show tv ever seen over the years. But none of them could equal it's success. Or it's star's talents!

Judge - the Mertz's & Ricardo's go before a judge to settle a dispute. (its funny when Ethel tries to flirt with the judge)

kleptomaniac-Lucy the theif!

Ladies Club - Lucy & Ethel were members of a Ladies Club

Mertzes