Favorite Here's Lucy episode?

[CHUCK T]

Hands down it would have to be the episode guest starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (and of course the famous diamond ring). It was as good as anything on ILL. Of course, that episode was written by the team that did so many of the classic ILL's. I especially love the scene where Lucy is hidden behind the curtain with only her arm extended out wearing the ring which got stuck to her finger--pretending that it is Elizabeth Taylor's arm and hand. This was a bit that had been recycled from ILL (the episode where Lucy and Ricky are handcuffed together--but it works even better in this Here's Lucy episode).

As a side bar, Richard Burton couldn't stand Lucy. I read a book which quoted his diary about the whole "Here's Lucy" experience. For one thing he found Lucy demanding. He felt it wasn't her role to tell him how to perform a scene. She kept telling him to project--and yell his lines like everyone else did on that show. He was contemptuous of someone spending "19 straight years doing silly pratfalls every week!!" he did praise Gale Gordon however, but couldn't understand how Gale could withstand week and week of working with Lucy.

Richard and Lucy never came to blows but years later when his diary was published (Burton was already dead) Lucy was surprised to find out that he "loathed" her.

[LucyFan]

I have a lot of favorite Here's Lucy episodes but I will name a couple of them:

~ "Lucy Carter Meets Lucille Ball", episode #141. This has got to be THE greatest Here's Lucy episode ever because of the fact that Lucille Ball is a guest star on her own show. The plot of the episode is extremely good and the acting is supurb. This episode even features Lucy's second husband, Gary Morton, playing himself. I call this a DON'T MISS EPISODE.

~ "Lucy Protects Her Job", episode #40. This one is a classic. It is one of the finest episodes done entirely by Lucie Arnaz. She does extremely well at playing "Shoiley Shopenhower" the dumb secretary (which is really Kim Carter who is acting out the role) hired by Lucy Carter. This episode is one of the best of the entire series.

~ "Lucy and the Used Car Dealer", episode #33. YES, this is it the one that featured our Uncle Milti - - Milton Berle playing the used car dealer. The whole plot of this episode is well-written and the chemistry between the characters is at its best.

[SPLAIN]

Old shows, you told that story well, except that i dun't think he hated her, he just was not used to someone standing up to him like that. He wasn't yelling his lines and wasn't getting the laughs, so Lucy being a pro wasn't going to let that go on. She told the pompous ass, and his egotistical bride also. Did you see the interview with Rosie O'donnell where Liz got a chance to vent on Lucy?

[JaneTVFan]

Originally posted by SPLAIN
Old shows, you told that story well, except that i dun't think he hated her, he just was not used to someone standing up to him like that. He wasn't yelling his lines and wasn't getting the laughs, so Lucy being a pro wasn't going to let that go on. She told the pompous ass, and his egotistical bride also. Did you see the interview with Rosie O'donnell where Liz got a chance to vent on Lucy?

No, what did Liz say? As for Burton, I seem to recall that he did use the word "loath" in his book when he was talking about Lucy. And yes, Lucy did make people yell on the set of that show. Whenever I watch HL, I have to turn down the volume.

[SPLAIN]

That is so funny Jane, you saying you turned down the volume on Here's Lucy episodes. By the way, did you get my PM, and did you answer, i don't see PM's here on this site. But i'm like Lucy Carter with computer things! You are correct, Dickie boy said he loathed her because of the I LOVE Lucy thing, but like i said, these two were used to the smoke up their you know whats, they could not tolerate somebody treating them as less than Royals. Liz was asked by Rosie what it had been like working with Lucy. She restrained herself at first, then added that, how would you like to be told go here, move there and pushed and so on. When Rosie said Lucy could be a little bossy, the gloves were off. Liz was smart enough to mention that Lucy was an icon and she had to tone down what she wanted to say. When i look at Liz today, looking like she's 80, and needs help walking, and friends with the wack job M Jackson, i really dun't care what she thinks. But it explains the look that would glaze over her whenever those clips of the Burtons and Lucy were shown on specials.

[bweir]

1. Lucy Is NG as an RN
2. Lucy and Jack Benny's Autobiography
3. Lucy Carter Meets Lucille Ball
4. Harry's Italian Bombshell
5. Lucy And The Astronauts
6. Lucy and Mannix Are Held Hostage
7. Mary Jane's Boyfriend
8. Lucy's Candid Camera
9. Lucy Meets The Burtons
10. Lucy Visits the Airforce Academy

[JaneTVFan]

Originally posted by SPLAIN
When Rosie said Lucy could be a little bossy, the gloves were off. Liz was smart enough to mention that Lucy was an icon and she had to tone down what she wanted to say. When i look at Liz today, looking like she's 80, and needs help walking, and friends with the wack job M Jackson, i really dun't care what she thinks. But it explains the look that would glaze over her whenever those clips of the Burtons and Lucy were shown on specials.

I never noticed Liz had a look that would glaze over her when clips of the Burtons and Lucy were shown on specials, but then again, I've never seen those clips shown in Liz's presence. But I do remember several years ago Liz made a guest appearance on The Nanny, and there was a reference made by Fran to that HL episode. Liz obviously didn't object to that. When you say that "the gloves were off" when Rosie said Lucy could be bossy, what do you mean? What else did Liz say?

It's funny how Liz seems to be given so much respect these days, I have to wonder why. A few decades ago, she was famous mostly for being a slut. Now she gets standing ovations. Standing ovations for what? For being an old slut? Oh no, I guess it's because SHE'S a SURVIVOR. I get so sick of hearing "Liz is a survivor" all the time. In fact, I get sick to death of that phrase being used for ANYONE. It's way over used. Hell, any person who is alive is a survivor. So we're all survivors! Yeah, yeah, I know Liz Taylor has had some rough times in her life healthwise, but who the hell hasn't had health problems that's been around as long as she has? Big deal. Besides, some of her health problems were brought on herself with her boozing and partying. So she's survived her own self-inflicted abuse. And she's survived screwing other people's husbands and cheating on her own husbands. And she's survived some health scares, like millions of other people. But unlike most of those millions of other people who have survived health scares, she's filthy rich! She can afford the best doctors on the planet.

[JaneTVFan]

1. Lucy, the Fixer
2. Lucy Meets the Burtons
3. Lucy Fights the System
4. Lucy Is NG as an RN
5. Lucy and Lawrence Welk
6. Lucy, the American Mother
7. Lucy and Cesar Romero (or whatever it's called)
8. Lucy and Harry's Pot
9. Lucy and the Not-So-Popular Mechanics
10. Lucy and Harry's Tonsils

[JaneTVFan]

Originally posted by bweir

8. Lucy's Candid Camera

Are you serious about that? That Candid Camera episode is in your top ten? I absolutely HATE that one. Ugh! I love Candid Camera, but that episode does that classic series a huge disservice.

[SPLAIN]

Ok, as usual, i was flying all over the place with my comments so i'll try again Jane. Liz was on Rosie and Rosie asked her about working with Lucy, she hemmed and awed and tried not to answer, then she mentionned Lucy was an American icon, and tried to keep quiet, Rosie pushed and finally Lizzie said how would you like somebody pushing you around saying go here do that, and Rosie said yeah Lucy could be a little bossy, to which Liz replied A LITTLE BOSSY? And again tried to control her outburst. Fran Dreisher is a Lucy fan and she had a script for her, which she did for the exposure as she is fading fast and i agree with you, she got one Oscar for sympathy for all her health woes, and got one she deserved, she's a perfect example of a beauty being rabaged by time, as Lucy was too, all actresses as they get older go through this. At the American Film Institute award dinner for her, the clip was shown by Carol Burnett and all Liz could muster was a polite little smile, she is after all an actress, but bot that good, so you could tell it was forced. Yes, she gets the standing ovations as she is what now 70, and sometimes looks older, she's surmounted many many health problems and is worth hundreds of millions with her perfume line and jewels, the one good thing i will say for her is that she contributes to Aids charities by lending her name and some time to the cause, but in my mind, just being so friendly with Michael Jackson, the pedophile weirdo tells me the type of person she really is, when they called her names when i was younger, i used to defend her, no more! In this case, i think that word you so often use, applies!

[bweir]

Originally posted by JaneTVFan


Are you serious about that? That Candid Camera episode is in your top ten? I absolutely HATE that one. Ugh! I love Candid Camera, but that episode does that classic series a huge disservice.

I like that episode purely for the brilliant musical bank robbery sequence.

[Trina]

The episode with Donny Osmond is my favorite!! This is the only one that I have on video too.

[SPLAIN]

Well, i already had most of the Burton one, and a couple of others, but someone just sent me a dozen perfect copies of classic ones, all the ones with Viv visiting and some musical ones like the Hawaiian trip and the Mexico trip and they are all great to see after so many years, i especially liked the one where Lucy meets Lucille Ball, and i must say even though i've never been big on musical numbers, all of these were great, Ginger Rogers and others lending their talents to the shows, i m ight not have thought they were the best when i was younger watching them for the first time, but i agree they are classics now!

[BundyBoy10]

Any episode in seasons 1-3 are good. I am dying to see Lucy meets Lucille Ball. I've never seen that episode.

[Novarro]

Absolutely the legendary episode "Lucy Meets The Burtons". Wow getting super stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on a tv series back then, what a coup!! Also a hilarious scrpt based on the famous"The Handcuffs" Episode from "I Love Lucy".
Simon