Hey Dude, It's Your Wife!

[Madame X]

It's amazing to me how Ricky couldn't recognize Lucy in many of her disguises when it was totally obvious to us, like in "The Black Wig." Then, in "The Great Train Robbery," Lucy walks by in a robe, hat, and her face covered in shaving cream and Ricky immediately recognizes her.

[mrs.gingerhinkley]

hmm...
who knows??!
... afteral, this is Lucy we're talkin' bout.

[Mikado]

Its TV, not reality

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Mikado

Its TV, not reality

DON'T SAY THAT!!!!!!!!!!




Let's talk like it's NOT tv.
As for Lucy in the black wig, Ricky did know it was Lucy before he saw her. The man who worked in the hairdressers told Ricky abt the whole scheme. Remember, he was a husband too and he didn't want Ricky to be fooled by Lucy. Which to me is foolish, how could he not see it was her, especially when she had the same face, just different hair.

[Mikado]

Well, what I meant was, whether Ricky recognised or didnt recognise Lucy in a given episode, had more to do with what the storyline was trying to accomplish, rather than with reality.

( Call it "comedic license" )

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by Mikado

Well, what I meant was, whether Ricky recognised or didnt recognise Lucy in a given episode, had more to do with what the storyline was trying to accomplish, rather than with reality.

( Call it "comedic license" )

Ok, you are off the hook...for now.

Ricky also recognized Ethel and Lucy immediately when they walked into the Men's Baby Shower. They were dressed like two male reporters.

[tdr]

It's an interesting type of egotism on Lucy's part she had a greater desire to believe she had fooled Ricky into thinking she was a dark, flirtatious stranger, than to admit he even might have known it was she. A very similar thing is in "Lucy Cries Wolf," where, after Lucy hears the talk about Ricky giving her clothes to Ethel and remarrying "in about 10 days," Ricky tells her "We knew you were out that window all the time" (the 'all the time' phrase, of course, being a falsehood), and Lucy exclaims "You did not!" Was it more important to her to remain convinced she had succeeded in deception, even if that meant believing they didn't care about her?

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Madame X

It's amazing to me how Ricky couldn't recognize Lucy in many of her disguises when it was totally obvious to us, like in "The Black Wig." Then, in "The Great Train Robbery," Lucy walks by in a robe, hat, and her face covered in shaving cream and Ricky immediately recognizes her.

It's more amazing that he couldn't recognize her despite the millions of OTHER times she'd pulled those stunts.

[Ireneparalegal]

Originally Posted by tdr

It's an interesting type of egotism on Lucy's part she had a greater desire to believe she had fooled Ricky into thinking she was a dark, flirtatious stranger, than to admit he even might have known it was she. A very similar thing is in "Lucy Cries Wolf," where, after Lucy hears the talk about Ricky giving her clothes to Ethel and remarrying "in about 10 days," Ricky tells her "We knew you were out that window all the time" (the 'all the time' phrase, of course, being a falsehood), and Lucy exclaims "You did not!" Was it more important to her to remain convinced she had succeeded in deception, even if that meant believing they didn't care about her?

Something abt what you said is interesting. You are right. It was all abt being "right", forget abt Ricky possibly not wanting her any longer. Good catch.