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TMC · 11-26-2019, 06:27 AM

https://ew.com/tv/2019/11/25/will-an...e-lucy-episode

An upcoming episode will feature scenes scripted exactly from I Love Lucy. Eric McCormack will play Ricky Ricardo, Debra Messing will take on Lucy Ricardo, while Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally will portray Fred and Ethel Mertz. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's firstborn child, Lucie Arnaz, will make a cameo in the episode.

dakert · 11-26-2019, 09:54 AM

I am all for keeping the memory of the terrific I Love Lucy alive. I could see in 50 years there will be more I Love Lucy homages and a new great Paul McCartney album (on Vinyl) and some newly discovered Elvis tracks :-)

Chocolate Moose · 11-26-2019, 10:19 AM

OH BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

HuntingtonM15 · 11-26-2019, 11:53 AM

My God, they did a FABULOUS job making Debra Messing look like Lucy! It's phenomenal.

Smartboy · 11-26-2019, 02:12 PM

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They should just close down all the studios.

What exactly is this comment supposed to mean?

HuntingtonM15 · 11-26-2019, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Smartboy

What exactly is this comment supposed to mean?

It's just a ridiculous comment that should be ignored.

TMC · 04-10-2020, 12:27 AM

Debra Messing: We tried doing an I Love Lucy homage during Will & Grace's first run

"I believe, you know, 20 years ago when we were talking about things we wanted to do for fun on the show besides the live episodes, we talked about a live musical episode, and then someone also brought up I Love Lucy, and it was made very clear immediately that that would never be an option," Messing says in discussing tonight's I Love Lucy tribute. She adds: "Because of the rights. Lucie Arnaz and her brother (Desi Arnaz Jr.) have rights to everything, obviously, and they have never in their lives given anybody the permission to replicate any of the iconic scenes that are so, so precious to so many people. So we were just beside ourselves when we heard that Lucie Arnaz had given us permission, and was actually going to participate as well, which was obviously the icing on the cake. I think I actually started to tear up when we got the news because I just, I couldn't believe it. It really, it meant so much to me personally, it was an incredibly emotional experience, and it just felt like the ultimate gift for our last season."

Willbo · 04-10-2020, 09:49 AM

I usually do not watch Will and Grace but did last night. I have to agree that Debra Messing looked so much like Lucy. It was incredible. The episode was such an honor to I Love Lucy. Very well done. Did not realize that was Lucie Arnaz as the boss in the candy scene. She looked a lot like the original actress. A very enjoyable episode.

TMC · 04-11-2020, 12:42 AM

Will & Grace put a lot of effort into re-creating I Love Lucy

Thursday's I Love Lucy tribute was a 20-year fantasy for Debra Messing, who got to use the original Lucy Ricardo's original Vitameatavegamin bottle. Every department on the NBC comedy had to bring their A-game, from production and wardrobe to hair and makeup, to props, set design and postproduction, reports Jackie Strause. "Those teams created 45 custom-made costume pieces; built exact replicas of the Ricardo apartment, candy factory, Italian wine vineyard and television studio from the Vitameatavegamin commercial; and brought in 14,000 pieces of the same milk chocolate-covered buttercream from See's Candy, 1,200 pounds of black grapes for wine-stomping and 48 bottles to match the original Vitameatavegamin prop," says Strause. "Each actor spent three to five hours in the makeup chair to complete their transformations." Co-creator David Kohan adds: "The crew was the most amazing thing — how each department really took this seriously and made it a point of pride to do the best possible job of recreating it that they could — they found the original-shaped Vitameatavegamin bottles on eBay."

Smartboy · 04-11-2020, 11:00 PM

I thought that the episode was pretty good. One thing that I found especially funny was when Will pointed out that he and Grace sleep in separate beds just like Lucy and Ricky! I remember other shows in which that reality was joked about. I also remember other shows from the fifties and early sixties in which husbands and wives slept in separate beds. I find it quite amusing in retrospect! One show that is on in syndication and that I have taken a liking to recently is "Green Acres". This series came out in 1965. This must have been one of the first shows in which the husband and wife actually slept in the same bed!

Chocolate Moose · 04-12-2020, 04:25 PM

That was a crazy good, fun episode!!!

Smartboy · 04-13-2020, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Chocolate Moose

That was a crazy good, fun episode!!!

I will agree to that!

Cocoa8 · 11-12-2021, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Smartboy

I will agree to that!

I saw it too, it was cute.

11-26-2019, 06:27 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,948	Will & Grace to air a I Love Lucy-themed episode https://ew.com/tv/2019/11/25/will-an...e-lucy-episode An upcoming episode will feature scenes scripted exactly from I Love Lucy. Eric McCormack will play Ricky Ricardo, Debra Messing will take on Lucy Ricardo, while Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally will portray Fred and Ethel Mertz. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's firstborn child, Lucie Arnaz, will make a cameo in the episode.

11-26-2019, 10:19 AM	#3
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11-26-2019, 09:54 AM	#2
dakert Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 10, 2007 Location: Altoona PA Posts: 3,411	I am all for keeping the memory of the terrific I Love Lucy alive. I could see in 50 years there will be more I Love Lucy homages and a new great Paul McCartney album (on Vinyl) and some newly discovered Elvis tracks :-)

11-26-2019, 11:53 AM	#4
HuntingtonM15 That Bothers Me Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jun 20, 2003 Location: Metro Detroit Posts: 11,060	My God, they did a FABULOUS job making Debra Messing look like Lucy! It's phenomenal.

04-10-2020, 12:27 AM	#7
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,948	Debra Messing: We tried doing an I Love Lucy homage during Will & Grace's first run "I believe, you know, 20 years ago when we were talking about things we wanted to do for fun on the show besides the live episodes, we talked about a live musical episode, and then someone also brought up I Love Lucy, and it was made very clear immediately that that would never be an option," Messing says in discussing tonight's I Love Lucy tribute. She adds: "Because of the rights. Lucie Arnaz and her brother (Desi Arnaz Jr.) have rights to everything, obviously, and they have never in their lives given anybody the permission to replicate any of the iconic scenes that are so, so precious to so many people. So we were just beside ourselves when we heard that Lucie Arnaz had given us permission, and was actually going to participate as well, which was obviously the icing on the cake. I think I actually started to tear up when we got the news because I just, I couldn't believe it. It really, it meant so much to me personally, it was an incredibly emotional experience, and it just felt like the ultimate gift for our last season."

04-10-2020, 09:49 AM	#8
Willbo Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 10, 2012 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 859	I usually do not watch Will and Grace but did last night. I have to agree that Debra Messing looked so much like Lucy. It was incredible. The episode was such an honor to I Love Lucy. Very well done. Did not realize that was Lucie Arnaz as the boss in the candy scene. She looked a lot like the original actress. A very enjoyable episode.

04-11-2020, 12:42 AM	#9
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,948	Will & Grace put a lot of effort into re-creating I Love Lucy Thursday's I Love Lucy tribute was a 20-year fantasy for Debra Messing, who got to use the original Lucy Ricardo's original Vitameatavegamin bottle. Every department on the NBC comedy had to bring their A-game, from production and wardrobe to hair and makeup, to props, set design and postproduction, reports Jackie Strause. "Those teams created 45 custom-made costume pieces; built exact replicas of the Ricardo apartment, candy factory, Italian wine vineyard and television studio from the Vitameatavegamin commercial; and brought in 14,000 pieces of the same milk chocolate-covered buttercream from See's Candy, 1,200 pounds of black grapes for wine-stomping and 48 bottles to match the original Vitameatavegamin prop," says Strause. "Each actor spent three to five hours in the makeup chair to complete their transformations." Co-creator David Kohan adds: "The crew was the most amazing thing — how each department really took this seriously and made it a point of pride to do the best possible job of recreating it that they could — they found the original-shaped Vitameatavegamin bottles on eBay."

04-11-2020, 11:00 PM	#10
Smartboy Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 06, 2007 Location: South Orange, NJ Posts: 4,231	I thought that the episode was pretty good. One thing that I found especially funny was when Will pointed out that he and Grace sleep in separate beds just like Lucy and Ricky! I remember other shows in which that reality was joked about. I also remember other shows from the fifties and early sixties in which husbands and wives slept in separate beds. I find it quite amusing in retrospect! One show that is on in syndication and that I have taken a liking to recently is "Green Acres". This series came out in 1965. This must have been one of the first shows in which the husband and wife actually slept in the same bed!

04-12-2020, 04:25 PM	#11
Chocolate Moose Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 21, 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 4,885	That was a crazy good, fun episode!!!