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Episode 98: Lucy Cries
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The ledge outside her window is pretty wide, but in
"Lucy & Superman," it seems to have shrunk in size. |
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A neighbor calls and tells Ricky that Lucy is out on the window
ledge. Ricky then tells Fred and Ethel that she's out there by
writing something on a piece of paper, but he didn't write
enough to tell who told him that Lucy was out there, so only he
knew who called. Later when he closes the window and Lucy comes
in, they say that they knew she was out there. Ethel says who
called and told them, but Ricky was the only one who knew who
called. |
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Episode 101: The Mr. and Mrs. TV Show
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William Frawley flubbed the words for the Phipps song, but
Vivian Vance covered for him. |
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There is dubbing to
correct Lucy’s line “He has a sponsor looking for a show.” She originally
said, “He has a show looking for a sponsor.” |
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Episode 103: Ricky's Movie Offer |
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When Little Ricky says
“candy,” Lucy says he said “gracias.” |
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Episode 104: Ricky's Screen Test
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If you look closely, you can see the Ricardo's kitchen set
behind the director (when he is standing up). |
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Episode 105: Ricky's Mother-In-Law |
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During the translation,
Ricky says he “got his fingers crossed,” instead of “got his wires
crossed.” Lucy corrects him and they ad-lib. |
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Episode 106: Ethel’s Birthday |
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When Ricky brings out his “emergency gift” thinking it is Lucy’s
birthday, Lucy says her birthday isn’t for another eight months.
That can’t be right if Lucy is born in August and that day
(Ethel’s birthday) is in July or August. |
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Episode 108: Getting Ready |
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Fred Mertz used the cost of train tickets as a deterrent to
making the Hollywood trip, which was eliminated once the
Ricardo's bought a car to drive in, but Fred didn't object to
staying for several months in a hotel and eating out three meals
a day, which would cost a lot more than train tickets! |
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Lucy gives the used car salesman the phone number Murray Hill
59099, but in "Ethel's Hometown," she uses the same number to
call her mom. |
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You can see
the bottom of the backdrop cloth behind the Cadillac when it is
viewed from the front. |
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Episode 109: Lucy Learns to Drive
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You'll notice a cable pulling the Pontiac when Ethel starts it
up and it crashes into the back of Fred's Cadillac. |
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Episode
110: California Here We Come |
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You can
see a cable pulling the car when they drive off. |
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Lucy
states that Ricky wants to drive through New Orleans on the way,
but on the map, the route line doesn’t even go near Louisiana. |
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Episode 111: First Stop |
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When the
Ricardo's and the Mertzes are staying in the cabin and
the bed keeps sliding across the floor, you can see the string
attached to the bedpost on the left at the foot of the bed
pulling the bed across. |
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Before Lucy gets out of the car to read the sign about the pecan
pralines, her coat his white. When she’s running to the sign
it’s black and when she gets back into the car is white again. |
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Fred gets into bed twice
with his slippers on. |
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Episode 113: Ethel’s Home Town |
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Irving Bacon who played Ethel’s father was only eight years
older than Vivian Vance and seventeen years younger than William
Frawley. |
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When the photographer took the picture of Ethel and the gang
her hands were folded, but when the picture was printed in the
newspaper her hands were in a prayer form. |
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Episode 114: L.A. at Last! |
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Lucy getting her nose on fire was not planned, in fact it was
improvised, if you look closely you can see the wick at the end
of her nose. |
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At the Brown Derby, Fred
drops his napkin, but then he has another one that he hands to Lucy when she
butters her hand. |
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After the food is
spilled on William Holden, a cameraman can be seen to the right of the
screen. |
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When they arrive at
their Hollywood hotel, Ricky makes a left turn in front of an oncoming car. |
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Episode 116: Lucy Gets in Pictures |
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In this episode, Lucy makes a reference to "Lillian Appleby"
instead of properly calling her by her new name, Carolyn
Appleby. |
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Episode 118: The Hedda Hopper Story |
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Notice Ricky’s explanation of the time change between New York
and Los Angeles. He actually is wrong and Mrs. McGillicuddy is
right. |
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Episode 119: Don Juan is Shelved
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Lucy's mother says that she never heard of the producer Dore
Schary, but in an earlier episode she mentioned she wanted to
bring her book manuscript right to him.
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As Dore
Schary is saying goodbye in the hotel room, a long pole can be
seen crossing the window on the upper right. |
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Episode 120: Bullfight Dance |
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Notice that Ricky calls the pianist "Marco.” Did the Ricky
Ricardo Orchestra also come to California? |
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Episode 121: Hollywood Anniversary
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It is interesting to note that Lucy and Ricky's wedding
anniversary is never the same. In this episode, Ricky tells Lucy
that their anniversary is on the 7th. But in episode #36, "The
Anniversary Present," when Lucy tries to remind him of their
anniversary, Lucy circles the 19th (or something like that) on
the calendar.
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Episode 122: The Star Upstairs |
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Bobby spills coffee down the side of the breakfast cart which
stains the cloth. In several scenes later the stain appears to
have dried, but reappears in the next. |
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Episode 123: Palm Springs |
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When Lucy is pointing at the four of them and saying their names
aloud she says the wrong names for each of them. |
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Episode 125: The Dancing Star |
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Lucy is in the dressing room getting ready when she accidentally
calls Ethel "Viv." |
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When Lucille fumbles her line "I danced with Van," watch how
her stomach contracts in laughter. Desi covers her mistake and
her laughing by ad-libbing, "Vance with Dance? What is that?" |
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Episode 126: Ricky Needs An Agent |
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The statue that Ricky picks up to mangle starts to bend before
he gets both his hands on it. |
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Everyone claims that Ricky doesn't have an agent. What happened
to Jerry?? |
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Lucy makes reference to the time they had been handcuffed
together for 48 hours; actually, is had only been 24 hours. |
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Episode 127: The Tour
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When Lucy and Ethel get off the tour bus to see Richard
Widmark's house and the bus pulls away, Lucy and Ethel can be
seen still on the bus as it drives away even though they got
off!! |
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Ricky says
“buyer me,” instead of “badger me,” and Lucy ad-libs. |
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Episode 128: Lucy Visits Grauman’s |
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The Mertz’ hotel room
is on the left side of the hall, but in "Ricky Sells The Car,"
the door is on the right side. |
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Notice that while Lucy’s foot is in cement, she lets it dangle
completely off the chaise she is lying on. The weight of real
cement would have snapped her foot off. |
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