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Frank Gannucci · 05-09-2009, 10:47 PM

I own the I Love Lucy Book by Bart Andrews that was made in 1985. It says that in "Lucy Is Matchmaker" that Lucy and Ethel were wearing very skimpy negliees. I watched this episode several times and I don't think the clothing that Lucy and Ethel were wearing were skimpy at all. When I think of skimpy clothing, I think of things like G-strings and things like that. What do you think about the negliees that Lucy and Ethel were wearing?

gidgetgrape · 05-10-2009, 04:45 PM

Are you for real?!? It was 1953. They were barely allowed to show knees back then.

Frank Gannucci · 05-10-2009, 10:13 PM

Yes, I do realize that this episode was made in '53. I do realize times were much different than. I was just comparing those negliees to the risque clothing of today that's all.

Hughsgirl · 05-12-2009, 09:42 AM

It was "skimpy" for the standards back then...not today. IMO, the women proved that you could be sexy without showing MOST of your body off...they had alot of taste and were every bit as sexy and maybe even more then the trolops of today because of the lack of taste in clothing nowdays. I loved the nighty Lucy was wearing...very beautiful.

dawsongirl · 05-12-2009, 09:28 PM

That was skimpy, even back then?

Hughsgirl · 05-13-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

That was skimpy, even back then?

I think to most people it was considered skimpy.

tdr · 05-18-2009, 04:18 PM

I don't think those negligees being "skimpy" was the point, and considering cocktail waitresses and 'cigarette girls' and chorus lines, I don't think they were. The point was their being in Eddie's hotel room having changed into bedclothes and being surprised when a knock at the door was their husbands; and neither they, nor the audience, are supposed to have known their husbands knew they were there.

Hughsgirl · 05-20-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tdr

I don't think those negligees being "skimpy" was the point, and considering cocktail waitresses and 'cigarette girls' and chorus lines, I don't think they were. The point was their being in Eddie's hotel room having changed into bedclothes and being surprised when a knock at the door was their husbands; and neither they, nor the audience, are supposed to have known their husbands knew they were there.

Good point...Could you imagine the thoughts that went through the audience's minds?

LittleRickyII · 05-20-2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Hughsgirl

I think to most people it was considered skimpy.

I don't think these negligees would have ever been considered skimpy, even in 1953. Heck, Lucy and Ethel's normal attire was skimpier than these negligees! All you can see are their faces and forearms. Cover that up and you wouldn't even be able to tell whether it was a man or a woman wearing those negligees. Five years before this episode, Marilyn Monroe posed topless for a famous calendar. Several months after this episode aired, Playboy Magazine was launched, which every month featured topless women. Have you ever seen what Bettie Page was doing around this time? Look her up on Youtube and you'll see. By the time of this episode, the public had been exposed to years of beautiful Hollywood actresses posing in bathing suits and other attire with low cleavage, complete exposure of their legs, and fully revealing their shape and form. And sometimes less! Heck, Disney movies at that time had sexier images than these negligees! Bart Andrews' statement is absurd.

05-09-2009, 10:47 PM	#1
Frank Gannucci Member Forum Star Join Date: Mar 05, 2007 Posts: 16,067	An observation about "Lucy Is Matchmaker": I own the I Love Lucy Book by Bart Andrews that was made in 1985. It says that in "Lucy Is Matchmaker" that Lucy and Ethel were wearing very skimpy negliees. I watched this episode several times and I don't think the clothing that Lucy and Ethel were wearing were skimpy at all. When I think of skimpy clothing, I think of things like G-strings and things like that. What do you think about the negliees that Lucy and Ethel were wearing? Attached Images

05-10-2009, 04:45 PM	#2
gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,504	Are you for real?!? It was 1953. They were barely allowed to show knees back then.

05-10-2009, 10:13 PM	#3
Frank Gannucci Member Forum Star Join Date: Mar 05, 2007 Posts: 16,067	Yes, I do realize that this episode was made in '53. I do realize times were much different than. I was just comparing those negliees to the risque clothing of today that's all.

05-12-2009, 09:42 AM	#4
Hughsgirl Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 22, 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 804	It was "skimpy" for the standards back then...not today. IMO, the women proved that you could be sexy without showing MOST of your body off...they had alot of taste and were every bit as sexy and maybe even more then the trolops of today because of the lack of taste in clothing nowdays. I loved the nighty Lucy was wearing...very beautiful.

05-12-2009, 09:28 PM	#5
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,134	That was skimpy, even back then?

05-18-2009, 04:18 PM	#7
tdr Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Posts: 1,454	I don't think those negligees being "skimpy" was the point, and considering cocktail waitresses and 'cigarette girls' and chorus lines, I don't think they were. The point was their being in Eddie's hotel room having changed into bedclothes and being surprised when a knock at the door was their husbands; and neither they, nor the audience, are supposed to have known their husbands knew they were there.