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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Lucy Thinks Ricky's Trying To Murder Her~Season 1


  Season: 1
First Aired: November 5, 1951
# Made: 1

Synopsis:
While reading a "flying" murder mystery book and having Ethel tell her fortune, Lucy thinks Ricky is planning to murder her.  What follows is a series of hilarious stunts Lucy pulls to "save" herself.

Bloopers:
Speedy Ricardo: When Ricky goes to the desk to answer the phone watch the upper right corner of the screen.  If you look closely you'll see a cameraman trying to scramble out of the shot, because Ricky walked to the desk too quickly.
Glimpse Of The Bedroom: When Ricky and Lucy are dancing (the same scene where Lucy and Ricky pull a switch-er-oo on the glasses) you can catch a glimpse of their "bedroom" set (on the left of the screen).
Which Glass?: Watch the glass Ricky slips the "mickey" in.  If you follow it closely you'll see that Lucy doesn't end up drinking the one with the sleeping powder, but somehow at the end of the episode feels the effects.
Alice or Yorkie?:  According to Ricky's agent Jerry the names of the dogs (in the show for the club) are Ann, Mary, Helen, Cynthia, Alice and Theodore.  But when we actually see the dogs at the end of the episode you hear their trainer call Alice by her real name...Yorkie.
Yawns Are Contagious: At the end of the episode when Lucy and Ethel go down to club, Lucy yawns...but she's not the only tired girl.  To the right of Lucy, Ethel is standing and (though it wasn't scripted) can't help yawning as well.  I guess that just goes to show...yawns are contagious.

Guest Cast:
Jerry Hausner: Jerry, Ricky's agent.  Made his debut I Love Lucy episode in the Lost I Love Lucy Pilot.  Other I Love Lucy episodes include:  Season 1: Lucy Does A TV Commercial (This is the only episode where he doesn't play Ricky's Agent)  Season 2: Lucy's Showbiz Swan Song, Ricky Has Labor Pains, Lucy's Last Birthday.  Season 3: Changing The Boys WardrobeRicky's Old Girlfriend, Fan Magazine Interview. 
He was also the voice for crying "Little Ricky" in the show.
Hector and His Pals: Hector and his pals were never in anymore I Love Lucy episodes, BUT they were "famous" even before the show.  They were the dog act featured briefly in Easter Parade with Fred Astaire & Judy Garland.  (Right after Hughes & "Juanita's" first performance.  'Don' says "Next time we should get some dogs in the act.")

Notes: This was the only episode that was filmed with four cameras instead of three.  Desi Arnaz was afraid the audience would get bored during film reloading delays, so he wanted to I Love Lucy to be performed without interruption, like a one-act stage play.  With four cameras three would always be running while the fourth could be reloading.  I'm not sure why they stopped the four camera filming, probably to save money, but the audience was kept entertained by Desi's orchestra.


Ricky: Lucy's acting crazy
Fred: Crazy for Lucy or crazy for ordinary people?
Lucy Thinks Ricky's Trying To Murder Her
~Season 1

2 comments:

  1. This is one of my favorite episodes!!

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  2. Ah, one of my absolute FAVORITES! Tiff, can you drive over and watch it with me?

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