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LucilleBallfan · 11-19-2010, 12:26 AM

I REALLY want to see this episode, but I have no idea where to find it. I have searched all over the internet for it. Hulu, Youtube and other sites, but they just dont have it. Is there a site that I missed where I can just watch the episode?

LittleRickyII · 11-20-2010, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by LucilleBallfan

I REALLY want to see this episode, but I have no idea where to find it. I have searched all over the internet for it. Hulu, Youtube and other sites, but they just dont have it. Is there a site that I missed where I can just watch the episode?

It will be out on DVD within the next 18 months when HL Season 6 is released.

Benno123 · 11-20-2010, 10:31 AM

One of the few HL episodes I had seen before the DVDs started to come out, and was disappointed in the episode. Maybe if I saw it again now my opinion would be different but at the time I did not care for this episode much.

LittleRickyII · 11-20-2010, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Benno123

One of the few HL episodes I had seen before the DVDs started to come out, and was disappointed in the episode. Maybe if I saw it again now my opinion would be different but at the time I did not care for this episode much.

It seems to me that whenever Lucille Ball stepped away from her studio audience to do a one-camera show (which was necessary in this case because of the camera tricks required to create two Lucys) the pace was always different, with less energy and spark. Somehow that studio audience seemed to feed Ms. Ball's performance. So that's missing here, which may be the problem. Of course, it would have been impossible to shoot this episode with an audience. Also, it was basically a commercial for Mame, and really only interesting in that respect. Many people love this episode for some reason, but I only enjoy it as a curiosity. There aren't a lot of laughs, though I do think Carole Cook's contribution was funny. Listen to the lyrics she sings for the Mais Oui jingle (and the look on Lucy's -- er, Lucille Ball's -- face when she does it), it's hilarious.

lucyandethel · 12-05-2010, 02:38 AM

Wasn't the purpose of the episode to promote "Mame"? Wasn't Lucy Carter talking to Lucille Ball mostly about that?

LittleRickyII · 12-05-2010, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by lucyandethel

Wasn't the purpose of the episode to promote "Mame"? Wasn't Lucy Carter talking to Lucille Ball mostly about that?

Yes, the purpose was to promote Mame. However, even though there is a scene where Lucy Carter is in Lucille Ball's dressing room looking at pictures of Ms. Ball on the set of Mame, the Mame theme music is played several times throughout the episode, and Lucille Ball is wearing costumes from Mame, oddly, they never actually mention the movie by name. They either refer to Lucille Ball's "latest picture" or her "new musical picture." Perhaps this was a legal way of promoting the film without Warner Brothers having to pay for advertising??? (And I'm assuming Warner Brothers didn't pay as an advertiser for this episode.) Lucille Ball obviously had a vested interest in promoting the movie, but wouldn't want to upset the actual sponsors of her TV show by blatantly promoting a film on Warner Brothers' behalf on her show for free, which would mean those sponsors would essentially be paying for a commercial for Mame (again, I'm assuming here that Warners paid nothing for this Here's Lucy episode). But still, it's clearly a promotion for the film, and aired strategically on March 4, 1974, just three weeks before the March 27, 1974 release of Mame in theaters across the country. Mame, incidentally, first went into production in January 1973. So it was a full 14 months after that before it finally hit the movie screens. I guess that's pretty typical of a big budget movie that not only takes time to film, but involves months of editing and sound work, and then scheduling the right time for release.

LucilleBallfan · 12-06-2010, 11:23 PM

so is there somewhere i can watch it now? or do i have to wait til 2012 when season 6 comes out?

Edster2973 · 06-05-2011, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LucilleBallfan

so is there somewhere i can watch it now? or do i have to wait til 2012 when season 6 comes out?

In case you haven't seen it yet, here you go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SW75mIQEc8

Enjoy!

Ed

The Flying Dutchmans · 06-22-2011, 03:59 AM

Thank you Edster for posting. Just got a look at it. It was really funny. I sure miss Lucy.

dakert · 07-08-2011, 11:21 PM

Great episode and I couldnt help think of The Doris Day Show Look-alike episode

scotsguy · 10-03-2011, 10:03 AM

A great episode would have been Lucy meets Lucy Carmichael and Harry mets Mr Mooney!

Boxmaker · 03-12-2012, 02:12 AM

MAME was supposed to come out in time for Christmas of 1973. But it needed a lot of post-production work to make it passable. The silly vanity of Lucy meeting Lucille is a glint into the ego that made Lucy think she could get away with a role like Mame Dennis for which she was totally unsuited in age, looks, type and singing ability.

11-19-2010, 12:26 AM	#1
LucilleBallfan Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 24, 2010 Location: Farmington Hills, MI Posts: 75	Lucy Carter meets Lucille Ball I REALLY want to see this episode, but I have no idea where to find it. I have searched all over the internet for it. Hulu, Youtube and other sites, but they just dont have it. Is there a site that I missed where I can just watch the episode?
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06-22-2011, 03:59 AM	#9
The Flying Dutchmans Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 30, 2006 Location: New York Posts: 1,017	Thank you Edster for posting. Just got a look at it. It was really funny. I sure miss Lucy.
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11-20-2010, 10:31 AM	#3
Benno123 Jenna Fischer Rocks My World!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,036	One of the few HL episodes I had seen before the DVDs started to come out, and was disappointed in the episode. Maybe if I saw it again now my opinion would be different but at the time I did not care for this episode much.

12-05-2010, 02:38 AM	#5
lucyandethel Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 18, 2009 Location: Los Angeles CA Posts: 435	Wasn't the purpose of the episode to promote "Mame"? Wasn't Lucy Carter talking to Lucille Ball mostly about that?

12-06-2010, 11:23 PM	#7
LucilleBallfan Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 24, 2010 Location: Farmington Hills, MI Posts: 75	so is there somewhere i can watch it now? or do i have to wait til 2012 when season 6 comes out?

07-08-2011, 11:21 PM	#10
dakert Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 10, 2007 Location: Altoona PA Posts: 3,410	Great episode and I couldnt help think of The Doris Day Show Look-alike episode

10-03-2011, 10:03 AM	#11
scotsguy Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 25, 2002 Location: Edinburgh,Scotland Posts: 696	A great episode would have been Lucy meets Lucy Carmichael and Harry mets Mr Mooney!

03-12-2012, 02:12 AM	#12
Boxmaker Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 29, 2011 Location: New England Posts: 6	MAME was supposed to come out in time for Christmas of 1973. But it needed a lot of post-production work to make it passable. The silly vanity of Lucy meeting Lucille is a glint into the ego that made Lucy think she could get away with a role like Mame Dennis for which she was totally unsuited in age, looks, type and singing ability.