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Haunted_Armoire · 04-11-2008, 09:36 PM

I thought it may be fun to list all the absolutely "could never happen in real life" scenarios Lucy and The Gang got into on "I Love Lucy". I'll start with a few:

The GIANT loaf of bread coming out of an oven only a couple feet deep.

Little Ricky going from aged two to aged 5 or six in one year. Kids do grow fast but c'mon!!

People being so stupid they can't recognize their own husbands or wives while they're wearing really cheesy costumes.

Ireneparalegal · 04-11-2008, 09:41 PM

Fred did recognize Ethel not once, but twice while she was incognito.

Once while wearing the back end of the horse and the time she wore the black wig.

Mistakenly eating face cream instead of dip and NOT noticing the difference.

Haunted_Armoire · 04-11-2008, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Mistakenly eating face cream instead of dip and NOT noticing the difference.

Must have been a hella good book!!

But I've eaten some prepared dips in jars that taste like hemmoroid cream so what do I know?

Ireneparalegal · 04-11-2008, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Haunted_Armoire

Must have been a hella good book!!

But I've eaten some prepared dips in jars that taste like hemmoroid cream so what do I know?

I don't even want to ask how you know what hemmorhoid cream tastes like.

Lucy and Ethel hitting those two actors on the head with those vases and they come out of it ok.

Lucy in the laundrymat and going through all that starch and God knows what.

Lucy and Ethel being on the top of the Empire State Building. You couldn't pay me enough money to do that stunt.

drewfussclass101 · 04-11-2008, 11:45 PM

Lucy climbing out on the ledge of their high rise apartment so she could be superman.....

Lucy getting the loving cup stuck on her head...WTF

What about the scheme do sell Aunt Marthas Old Fashion Salad Dressing....

Jude The Obscure · 04-12-2008, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Haunted_Armoire

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Little Ricky going from aged two to aged 5 or six in one year. Kids do grow fast but c'mon!!

I think Ricky went from three to 5. In the European episodes, where Lucy is upset that she is missing his birthday, it is mentioned that he is turning three. Then voila, "Lucy and Bob Hope", he is now talkative and 5

SPLAIN · 04-12-2008, 02:08 PM

Fred thinking his wife could be preggers in DRAFTED and her thinking that HE could be DRAFTED at his age.

Haunted_Armoire · 04-12-2008, 02:11 PM

On that line, SPLAIN I offer up any plots where the Mertz's look like they're amorous. The thought of those two bumpin uglies is too much for me. I have to lie down now with a cold rag on my head.

SPLAIN · 04-12-2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Haunted_Armoire

On that line, SPLAIN I offer up any plots where the Mertz's look like they're amorous. The thought of those two bumpin uglies is too much for me. I have to lie down now with a cold rag on my head.

And THAT's nothin compared to how THEY felt when they read a script where they had to be lovey dovey, LOL!
They both deserved the Emmy for being able to do those scenes at all, LOL!

Haunted_Armoire · 04-12-2008, 02:50 PM

Oh yeah. Do you know they had to dub in the sound of Ethel kissing Fred in the ep "Ricky And Fred Are TV Fans"?? They did. Too funny. You just hear this fake smooching sound.

Lodee · 04-12-2008, 02:59 PM

Or when she almost kissed him in the Equal Rights episode?

Haunted_Armoire · 04-12-2008, 03:14 PM

Hey maybe I got that wrong. I was talking about the one where Ethel kisses Freddie through the bars when they're in jail. Yeah maybe that was "Equal Rights". I goofed.

Larry Surrell · 04-12-2008, 06:37 PM

Cutting an elecrical wire with metal scissors and not getting a shock or seeing an enormous spark where the scissors touch the bare wires.

When changing a flat tire, having the jack pump up high enough to go theough the top of the fender. They don't go that high.

coffield3 · 04-12-2008, 08:08 PM

Lucy and Ethel being made to do dishes in the equal rights episode.
The whole scotland episode

InspectorExstead · 04-12-2008, 08:57 PM

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Or when she almost kissed him in the Equal Rights episode?

that part always makes me laugh when i watch that episode.

04-11-2008, 09:36 PM	#1
Haunted_Armoire Banned Banned!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 27, 2006 Posts: 293	Lucy Plot Impossibilities I thought it may be fun to list all the absolutely "could never happen in real life" scenarios Lucy and The Gang got into on "I Love Lucy". I'll start with a few: The GIANT loaf of bread coming out of an oven only a couple feet deep. Little Ricky going from aged two to aged 5 or six in one year. Kids do grow fast but c'mon!! People being so stupid they can't recognize their own husbands or wives while they're wearing really cheesy costumes.

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drewfussclass101 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 27, 2004 Location: TN Posts: 156	Lucy climbing out on the ledge of their high rise apartment so she could be superman..... Lucy getting the loving cup stuck on her head...WTF What about the scheme do sell Aunt Marthas Old Fashion Salad Dressing....

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Haunted_Armoire Banned Banned!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 27, 2006 Posts: 293	On that line, SPLAIN I offer up any plots where the Mertz's look like they're amorous. The thought of those two bumpin uglies is too much for me. I have to lie down now with a cold rag on my head.

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Haunted_Armoire Banned Banned!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 27, 2006 Posts: 293	Oh yeah. Do you know they had to dub in the sound of Ethel kissing Fred in the ep "Ricky And Fred Are TV Fans"?? They did. Too funny. You just hear this fake smooching sound.

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Lodee Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 12, 2003 Posts: 1,562	Or when she almost kissed him in the Equal Rights episode?

04-12-2008, 03:14 PM	#12
Haunted_Armoire Banned Banned!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 27, 2006 Posts: 293	Hey maybe I got that wrong. I was talking about the one where Ethel kisses Freddie through the bars when they're in jail. Yeah maybe that was "Equal Rights". I goofed.

04-12-2008, 06:37 PM	#13
Larry Surrell Ed M. 1918-2006 RIP Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 27, 2003 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 702	Cutting an elecrical wire with metal scissors and not getting a shock or seeing an enormous spark where the scissors touch the bare wires. When changing a flat tire, having the jack pump up high enough to go theough the top of the fender. They don't go that high.