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Episode 154: Lucy and Bob
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In the routine for "Nobody Loves the Ump," Lucy gets her cleats
stuck in the new floor section so she has squares on the bottom
of her shoes. Right after the routine ends, the tile squares
suddenly disappear from her feet.
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Episode 156: Little Ricky Gets Stage Fright |
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Little Ricky is scared to play his drums in front of an audience
but two episodes before Little Ricky doesn't even know how to
play.
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Episode 157: Little Ricky Learns To Play The Drums |
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Notice in the bathroom scene that although Lucy has taken off
her false eyelashes to wash her face, when she emerges into the
living room they have magically reappeared. |
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Episode 158: Visitor From Italy |
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Notice the dough being pushed through a machine to flatten it.
While this is common in Los Angeles pizza restaurants of the
era, it would never be found in a real New York pizzeria. |
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Episode 159: Off to Florida |
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Mrs.
Grundy takes a bite of her watercress sandwich, then it is whole
again. |
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The jack is placed
behind the front wheel, but it breaks through the fender in front of the
wheel. |
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The windshield keeps
changing |
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Episode 160: Deep Sea Fishing |
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When Ricky is pulled
from the water, a ladder suddenly appears, and Little Ricky disappears. |
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Between the time the
girls exit the taxi and the time they enter the hotel room, their shoes
change. |
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Episode 161: Desert Island |
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You can see a line at
the bow to hold the boat on the beach. |
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Stunt doubles are
obviously used when they get off the boat and wade ashore. |
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Episode 162: The Ricardo's Visit Cuba
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Uncle Alberto ruins his hat while listening to Ricky and Little
Ricky play the drums. Seconds later his hat is as good as new.
Before this, the hat also disappears and reappears. |
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When Ricky’s mother hugs
him, a white powder is left on his suit. Lucy tries to brush it off his
back. |
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At the nightclub, Uncle
Alberto’s hat disappears and reappears from the table. Ricky also has it
during his first song. |
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Episode 163: Little Ricky’s School Pageant |
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If Little Ricky is in kindergarten, how does Lucy know who
appeared in the pageant the year before? |
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When Lucy
and Ethel take off Little Ricky’s jacket, the front door is
open. Seconds later Fred enters and has to open the door. |
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When the gang is reminiscing about old times, Fred turns on the
lights on the tree and within 10 seconds, they pop back off. Pay
attention to Lucy during this scene, she deliberately pulls the
plug on the tree, causing the lights to pop off. She covers up
by laughing. |
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Lucy points to a high
branch to trim on the tree and Fred trims a lower one. |
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Episode 164: Lucy and the Loving Cup |
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When Lucy sits down on
the subway, she knocks a newspaper off the seat, then it is back again,
rolled up. |
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Episode 165: Little Ricky Gets A Dog |
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The no-pets-allowed clause in the Mertz apartment house
apparently didn’t affect the Mertzes in "The Diet" where we see
their dog, Butch or Mrs. Trumbull whose cat was mentioned on at
least one occasion. |
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Notice the
Ricardo's’ bedroom where there used to be a window next to Ricky’s bed,
there is now a wall lamp. Desilu has changed filming locations, and somebody
is "asleep at the switch" when they rebuild the set. |
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You can
hear an audience member say "she beat him to it, see?" when Lucy thinks
she's woken up before Ricky has so she can get out of telling Little Ricky
he can't keep his pet dog. |
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Ricky rushes out and shuts
the door, then it is open. |
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Episode 166: Lucy and
Superman |
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Technically Little Ricky was only four not
five, since he was born on January 19, 1953 |
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Lucy claims
Little Ricky is born at 11:00 in the morning, but in “Lucy Goes
to the Hospital,” he is born at night. |
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Episode 167: Lucy Wants to
Move To the Country |
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When Lucy, Fred, and Ethel dress up as
gangsters to try to get the deposit back, there is a Grandfather
clock by the front door and there are plates on the fireplace
mantel. When the Ricardo's actually move in, the spot where the
clock was is empty, but a few episodes later, the same
Grandfather clock is back next to the front door, and the same
plates are back up on the fireplace mantel. |
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The time on the Grandfather clock never
changes, it is always 1:48. |
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Another clock says its 7:30. |
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Ricky gets
dust from the mantel on his suit and face then it is gone. |
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The lamp
post outside the front door is leaning. |
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Episode 168: Lucy Hates To
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According to the clock it’s 2 in the morning
and Ricky cannot sleep. After Lucy reassures him, he puts out
his cigarette and goes to sleep. In the next scene, now Lucy
can’t sleep and the clock shows that it’s 3 in the morning, but
you can still see the cigarette smoldering in the ashtray. |
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When the
phone rings in the Mertz’ apartment, Fred hands it to Ricky to
answer. |
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Episode 169: Lucy Misses
the Mertzes |
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When Lucy can't get to sleep because of all
the country quiet she suggests that Ricky take up snoring,
presumably because he doesn't snore. But in the Bull Fight Dance
episode (which came before this one) Lucy has to fill out a
questionnaire about Ricky for a magazine and the questionnaire
asks if Ricky snores. She answers yes by trying to spell out the
sounds that Ricky makes when he snores. |
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Fred takes a bite of an apple out of the
fruit basket, but when the Ricardo's notice and a close-up is
shown, it’s an orange. |
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Episode 171: Lucy Raises
Chickens |
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Ethel goes into the kitchen to find the baby
chicks and you can see the washer and dryer, but in the other
shows when they are in the kitchen you can see the washer and
dryer in a room off to the side leading to the outdoors. |
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Notice when Little Ricky enters the living
room from outside. A man’s arm can plainly be seen opening the
door and pushing him in. |
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Episode 173: Ragtime Band |
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The lack of continuity for Ethel and Lucy
regarding their musical talents is solely for accommodating the
joke "Well don't blame me if it sounds like Sweet Sue is Coming
'Round the Mountain." Besides Lucy also writes an Operetta and
we see her at the piano writing music so she must have some
talent. |
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Notice that when Ricky gets home, the
grandfather clock on the Ricardo's’ living room set still shows
noon; someone forgot to reset it. |
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Episode 176: Building a
Bar-B-Q |
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Ricky mouths
Fred’s lined about Ethel’s wedding ring. |
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Episode 177: Country Club
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At the
dance, Lucy and Ethel’s chairs are spaced apart, then together,
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