View Full Version : Best One Time Character On "I Love Lucy"


TMC
11-27-2016, 02:37 PM
The Rules:
The can only appear in one and one episode only (so Marion Strong is out)

If the character appears in one episode and mentioned by name in another it doesn't count either.

Famous people playing themselves don't count. Like Rock Hudson or Don Loper.

A famous person playing someone other than himself is OK (Like Tennessee Ernie Ford would have been OK but he appeared in multiple episodes)

The same actor playing different roles, that's fine, so long as the CHARACTER is only in one episode.

No "double characters" like Teensy and Weensy (though you could pick ONE of the two)

opus
11-27-2016, 03:05 PM
Peggy the "jiggler"

https://youtu.be/gr2LIev65bU

Anna Karenina
12-10-2016, 08:47 PM
No brainer for me, first person who came to my mind. Mrs. Porter! She was such a crab apple/ grouch. :p

I wish I had her chutzpah sometimes...:lol:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6b/14/d0/6b14d042366346a5452e23a05367a2ba.jpg

https://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/sandwich.jpg

Bonniegirl
12-10-2016, 09:42 PM
How about the " Hatchet lady" the girls hitched a ride to Florida with?:D


http://robertdavidsullivan.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ffb0bef8834016305bf937e970d-600wi

Anna Karenina
12-10-2016, 09:49 PM
How about the " Hatchet lady" the girls hitched a ride to Florida with?:D


http://robertdavidsullivan.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ffb0bef8834016305bf937e970d-600wi

I always think of "watercress sandwiches" when I think of her!

Elsa Lanchester just had a brief part in Mary Poppins a little while ago! :lol:

tlc38tlc38
12-10-2016, 10:08 PM
Peggy the "jiggler"

https://youtu.be/gr2LIev65bU
No offense but that's one of my least favorite episodes.

opus
12-10-2016, 10:18 PM
No offense but that's one of my least favorite episodes.

No offense taken. I didn't write the episode :wave:

Bonniegirl
12-10-2016, 10:24 PM
Peggy the "jiggler"

https://youtu.be/gr2LIev65bU


And Peggy's boyfriend Arthur who Lucy was teaching to dance and he ended up having a crush on Lucy! :D

Not one of my favorite characters. I didn't dislike him either though. But I thought I'd bring him up because of Peggy! ;)


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b5/1a/5b/b51a5ba11b870c04a7e8bbbe9ae47dc7.jpg

Bonniegirl
12-10-2016, 10:29 PM
The cute little boy in Italy! :)



https://singlefiledating.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/birthday.jpg?w=662

Anna Karenina
12-10-2016, 10:36 PM
How about the " Hatchet lady" the girls hitched a ride to Florida with?:D


http://robertdavidsullivan.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ffb0bef8834016305bf937e970d-600wi

Lucy and Ethel look like they are inhaling something nasty.

opus
12-10-2016, 10:37 PM
The cute little boy in Italy! :)



https://singlefiledating.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/birthday.jpg?w=662

I got some trivia on that one. That's Bart Braverman, who went on to star on Vegas

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Anna Karenina
12-10-2016, 10:38 PM
And Peggy's boyfriend Arthur who Lucy was teaching to dance and he ended up having a crush on Lucy! :D

Not one of my favorite characters. I didn't dislike him either though. But I thought I'd bring him up because of Peggy! ;)


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b5/1a/5b/b51a5ba11b870c04a7e8bbbe9ae47dc7.jpg

Ah, I love Richard Crenna. Such a wonderfully versatile actor. :)

Anna Karenina
12-10-2016, 10:41 PM
I got some trivia on that one. That's Bart Braverman, who went on to star on Vegas

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Oh, he was a cutie.

That episode was corny but I liked it anyway. :)

Anna Karenina
12-10-2016, 10:44 PM
The cute little boy in Italy! :)



https://singlefiledating.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/birthday.jpg?w=662

The little girl at the end was upset because that WAS her real birthday!

Bonniegirl
12-10-2016, 10:55 PM
I got some trivia on that one. That's Bart Braverman, who went on to star on Vegas

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Oh wow! I didn't know that! :) I knew Arthur was Richard Crenna, but I didn't know who the little Italian boy was! :wave:

Bonniegirl
12-10-2016, 10:56 PM
The little girl at the end was upset because that WAS her real birthday!

I know! She was so adorable! :)

opus
12-10-2016, 10:58 PM
Oh wow! I didn't know that! :) I knew Arthur was Richard Crenna, but I didn't know who the little Italian boy was! :wave:

I knew something you didn't know? My weekend is made :wave:

Bonniegirl
12-10-2016, 10:59 PM
Speaking of Italy! The lady in the grape stomping ep. She was hilarious!:D


https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/find-a-grave-prod/photos/2014/156/112408628_1402085418.jpg

Bonniegirl
12-10-2016, 11:03 PM
I knew something you didn't know? My weekend is made :wave:



http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/3e/3e9265c41f39cf0371204205c8a28ad0bd49ff99bc24b9a5f7868d533b3fee77.jpg


:lol: :D :wave:

Anna Karenina
12-10-2016, 11:30 PM
Speaking of Italy! The lady in the grape stomping ep. She was hilarious!:D


https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/find-a-grave-prod/photos/2014/156/112408628_1402085418.jpg

Yes, that is a great find.

I never saw that picture before. :)

opus
12-10-2016, 11:40 PM
Mr. Opus.

I was the one who bumped up the thread and responded to your posts. I am the one who brought up Richard Crenna, not Bonnie.

Why am I getting the cold shoulder treatment? :confused:

Because I knew about Bart Bravermen but have no idea who Richard Crenna is? Therefore I had no response.

Bonniegirl
12-11-2016, 03:40 AM
How about when Lucy was trying to sell the Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner door to door , the lady who didn't tell her the power was out in the apartment when she was going to demonstrate how well it picked up the dirt that Lucy had thrown around ! :D


https://36.media.tumblr.com/80a59f250debec35cf1c16b39770eef6/tumblr_inline_nwkl3fZy1q1rvl0vd_540.jpg

Torgo
12-11-2016, 10:13 AM
How about the " Hatchet lady" the girls hitched a ride to Florida with?:D


http://robertdavidsullivan.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ffb0bef8834016305bf937e970d-600wi

She would be my pick, love that episode.

Anna Karenina
12-17-2016, 05:37 PM
How about when Lucy was trying to sell the Handy Dandy vacuum cleaner door to door , the lady who didn't tell her the power was out in the apartment when she was going to demonstrate how well it picked up the dirt that Lucy had thrown around ! :D


https://36.media.tumblr.com/80a59f250debec35cf1c16b39770eef6/tumblr_inline_nwkl3fZy1q1rvl0vd_540.jpg

Verna Felton strikes again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkVIyARg-bA

egghead
12-17-2016, 11:47 PM
The cute little boy in Italy! :)



https://singlefiledating.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/birthday.jpg?w=662
Yes!!! That little boy was awesome.... definitely a favorite! :)

70s show watcher
12-17-2016, 11:49 PM
No brainer for me, first person who came to my mind. Mrs. Porter! She was such a crab apple/ grouch. :p

I wish I had her chutzpah sometimes...:lol:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6b/14/d0/6b14d042366346a5452e23a05367a2ba.jpg

https://flavorwire.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/sandwich.jpgmrs porter is my choice too

Anna Karenina
12-18-2016, 12:58 AM
mrs porter is my choice too

I can never make a peanut butter sandwich without thinking of her. :lol:

Bonniegirl
12-18-2016, 01:33 AM
I can never make a peanut butter sandwich without thinking of her. :lol:


:D


How about the Shyster owner of the rundown roadside diner and cabin he rented to the Ricardo's and Mertzes ? !

https://40.media.tumblr.com/628c673242d86716eade945270b66d14/tumblr_inline_nxngbcvhxa1rvl0vd_540.jpg

https://jacksonupperco.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/screen-shot-2014-10-18-at-9-31-01-pm.png

Babalu
12-18-2016, 07:34 PM
:D


How about the Shyster owner of the rundown roadside diner and cabin he rented to the Ricardo's and Mertzes ? !

https://40.media.tumblr.com/628c673242d86716eade945270b66d14/tumblr_inline_nxngbcvhxa1rvl0vd_540.jpg


Came here to post him. I loved this guy.

Bonniegirl
12-18-2016, 08:18 PM
Came here to post him. I loved this guy.


I know!!! He was a funny old coot!!! :D The actor is Olin Howland ! ;)


www.imdb.com/name/nm0398250/

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ILkaSJYYaO0/Ui5UrcuopmI/AAAAAAAAId4/8l_d4CltJD4/s1600/Olin+Howland+in+Fibber+McGee+S1E3.jpg

Torgo
12-18-2016, 08:24 PM
I know!!! He was a funny old coot!!! :D The actor is Olin Howland ! ;)


www.imdb.com/name/nm0398250/

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ILkaSJYYaO0/Ui5UrcuopmI/AAAAAAAAId4/8l_d4CltJD4/s1600/Olin+Howland+in+Fibber+McGee+S1E3.jpg

He's funny in his small part in the Dagwood and Blondie movie Blondie Brings Up Baby , and in Nancy Drew - Reporter he plays a cop that goes undercover as a woman.

Coffeecup
12-22-2016, 10:38 PM
Now are we suppose to name the character we liked not the actor playing the part. Reason I asked is Verna Felton played Mrs Porter and the lady who Lucy threw dirt on the floor in Handy Dandy gadget. So there is two parts for the same actress.

Bonniegirl
12-22-2016, 11:43 PM
Now are we suppose to name the character we liked not the actor playing the part. Reason I asked is Verna Felton played Mrs Porter and the lady who Lucy threw dirt on the floor in Handy Dandy gadget. So there is two parts for the same actress.


No. The character. It can be the same actor /actress! ;)

Verna Felton ROCKED in both roles!!!! ;) :D

Dianne3
12-30-2016, 03:22 PM
Does the character have to be human?

I go with the Mertz's dog they had for 1 episode - episode 3.

Bonniegirl
12-30-2016, 04:44 PM
Does the character have to be human?

I go with the Mertz's dog they had for 1 episode - episode 3.


:) ;)


Eddie Grant wasn't mentioned yet. The negligee salesman who thought Lucy wanted to have an affair with him when she was trying to fix her friend up with him!:D He was good looking ! ;)


http://thumbnails.cbsig.net/CBS_Production_Entertainment_VMS/2012/08/23/33400681/CBS_LUCY_062_HD_GP_CONTENT_CIAN_1280x720_322936387508_398538_640x360.jpg

LittleRickyII
01-06-2017, 01:55 PM
The first character that came to my mind is Minnie Finch from "Fan Magazine Interview." I watched this episode many times over many years without realizing (until I later read it) that Minnie Finch was played by the same Kathryn Card who played Mrs. McGillicuddy. The look and manner of those two characters is so completely different, she was unrecognizable to me in the role of Minnie Finch as being that same actress. That's a major credit to Kathryn Card. Fooled me!

Minnie Finch was hilarious.

Coffeecup
01-06-2017, 08:18 PM
I like Katherine as Minnie better than I do as Mrs Mcgillicuddy.

Bonniegirl
01-07-2017, 12:26 AM
I like Katherine as Minnie better than I do as Mrs Mcgillicuddy.


Me too!!! ;) :wave:

LittleRickyII
01-07-2017, 02:25 PM
I like Katherine as Minnie better than I do as Mrs Mcgillicuddy.

Oh gee, I don't think I could choose between them. I love them both!

LittleRickyII
01-07-2017, 02:27 PM
No offense but that's one of my least favorite episodes.

Same here. Of course, almost all of my least favorite episodes are in S1.

Coffeecup
01-07-2017, 10:34 PM
HOw about Mrs Benson from Changing Apartments. After seeing the tv show Hazel with same actress, can't think of her name, I picture Mr Benson as the Donald Foster the same man who played her husband on Hazel.

Bonniegirl
06-12-2018, 03:13 AM
How about Mr. Merryweather from "The seance "? He was pretty funny!;) I just saw that ep. today! :)


http://www.lucyfan.com/ilovelucy7a.jpg


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8e/f2/0d/8ef20db67853865508b7e179e6944870.jpg