Lucy's Puzzling Parentage re 'Lucy Visits Scotland' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

PracTz · 01-10-2009, 01:05 PM

In the opening of this fun episode, Lucy pleads with Ricky to take her to visit the Macgillicutty Clan in Kiladeen, Scotland and keeps stressing that these are her mother's ancestors (not her father's- a man who is never once mentioned on the show). Lucy's mother is never known by any name other than 'Mrs. Macgillicutty so this is a bit puzzling that the writers put this in. Of course, being a 1950's sitcom (and NOT real life), it would have been unthinkable for Lucy to have born from a nonmarital union (with her mother only using the Mrs. tag to provide the appearance of respectablity for herself and her child). So the only conclusion I can come up with this that the (presumably) late Mr. Macgillicutty was Mrs.Macgillicutty's cousin! Hey, it might explain a bit about Lucy's wackiness!

Marvo301 · 01-12-2009, 07:11 PM

one word: inbreeding!!!!!!

dawsongirl · 01-20-2009, 01:40 AM

With this show, anything is possible. It seems to me that the writers were much more concerned with jokes and the like than doing a deep character history. Because look at Ethel...she went through washing machines like no one!

01-10-2009, 01:05 PM	#1
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	Lucy's Puzzling Parentage re 'Lucy Visits Scotland' In the opening of this fun episode, Lucy pleads with Ricky to take her to visit the Macgillicutty Clan in Kiladeen, Scotland and keeps stressing that these are her mother's ancestors (not her father's- a man who is never once mentioned on the show). Lucy's mother is never known by any name other than 'Mrs. Macgillicutty so this is a bit puzzling that the writers put this in. Of course, being a 1950's sitcom (and NOT real life), it would have been unthinkable for Lucy to have born from a nonmarital union (with her mother only using the Mrs. tag to provide the appearance of respectablity for herself and her child). So the only conclusion I can come up with this that the (presumably) late Mr. Macgillicutty was Mrs.Macgillicutty's cousin! Hey, it might explain a bit about Lucy's wackiness!

01-12-2009, 07:11 PM	#2
Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,456	one word: inbreeding!!!!!!
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01-20-2009, 01:40 AM	#3
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,134	With this show, anything is possible. It seems to me that the writers were much more concerned with jokes and the like than doing a deep character history. Because look at Ethel...she went through washing machines like no one!