This showed up on my youtube feed yesterday and led to my reviving the longdormant i love lucy friday feature from the early years of the blog. But when lucy buys a pair of hostess pants for fred to give to ethel as a birthday present, ethel hates them, and the girls stop talking to each other. Obviously her gift had to be something so awful that ethel would hate it and she and lucy would end up arguing and insulting each other. Ricky and fred convince lucy and ethel to go to the theater, pretending the other wont be there. The ricardos are supposed to be taking the mertzes to a showing of over the teacups for ethel s birthday present, but now, neither woman wants to go. The theme of this blog is television and food, so lets talk about a frequent punchline on i love lucy. Watch i love lucy season 4, episode 9 ethels birthday. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show i love lucy anytime, anywhere. Ethel asks lucy if she can help remind fred that its her birthday. Soon after, lucy spots ethel in the hallway and asks for a five minute truce to discuss how they can get their money back. Legend has it that vivian vance was contractually obligated to be 20 pounds heavier than lucille ball.
The ricardos and the mertzes stop at ethels hometown. Jun 20, 2017 ethels birthday present so thats what they looked like in color. Ethels birthday i love lucy was never just a title. Although ethels mother is apparently alive and well during the first season episodes 22 and 30 viewers never meet mrs. In i love lucy, lucy ricardo, a zany new york housewife, desperately wants to get into show business.
Ricky bought four tickets to over the teacups as ethels birthday gift, the men scheme to rekindle the friendship by fooling them into believing the other has exchanged the tickets. I love lucy is undeniably one of the most iconic television sitcoms of all time. Episode 107 rickys contractlucy enlists the help of the mertzes to distract ricky, and the drastic steps taken by the trio. With lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, william frawley. Now that ethels birthday has been mentioned again, theres something i often wondered about it, namely lucys choice of a gift for ethel. Ethels birthday gift, just a bad choice or lucys passive. I love lucy is an american television sitcom starring lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance. I love lucy october 15, 1951 may 6, 1957 180 episodes peak position. The show starred lucille ball, her reallife husband desi arnaz, vivian vance, and william frawley. The episode, was directed by william asher, originally aired on cbstv on november 29, 1954.
Fred asked for lucys help in choosing ethels birthday gift. I love lucy season 4 episode 9 ethels birthday video. When lucy and ethel run into each other, fireworks begin. Lucy invites the mertzes to dinner to work on fred. In the episode oil wells s3, 21554 the ricardos and the mertzes fight over their shares of stock when they think theyve been swindled.
I love lucy ethels birthday tv episode 1954 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In total 180 episodes of i love lucy were produced, plus a pilot episode. In this classic \i love lucy\ episode, lucy angled here way onto rickys special as the shows pitch girl. The ten best i love lucy episodes of season two thats. Episode 106 ethels birthdaylucy gets into hot water when she tries to help fred buy ethel a birthday present. The lucy show season 2 episode 18 lucy teaches ethel merman to sing 1 full episode. Theyd fight, only to have a tearful reunion during over the teacups. For ethels birthday, ricky and lucy are treating her to dinner and a theater.
Again, this is my favorite sitcom of all time and every single episode can be purchased on dvd. An argument with lucy over the former threatens to spoil the latter. Ethel is less than excited about it, complaining that fred has a. Convinced that his wife never likes the presents he buys for her, fred asks lucy to secretly find a birthday present for ethel on his behalf. Alas, ethel vivian vance is disappointed by the selection, leading to a bitter. It was ethels grimacing face that told us that lucy was about to do. Lucy loses her and ethels train tickets to florida ricky and fred went ahead of them, so they take a ride with a woman whom they think might be an escaped hatchet murderer. Desi was a real pioneer and he have been credited with the development of the multiplecamera setup production style using adjacent sets in front of a live audience that became the standard for subsequent situation comedies. The best of i love lucy volume 3 contains many classic episodes from the third and fourth seasons of i love lucy. Albuquerque, new mexico vivian vances reallife hometown. I love lucy s 04 e 09 ethels birthday dailymotion video. In 1954, ethel celebrated somewhere between her 40th and her 50th birthday.
Lucy hopes he gives her something nicer than last year which neither lucy or ethel could figure out. Lucy gets into hot water when she tries to help fred buy ethel a birthday present. Also, notice that lucy deals five hands in bridge instead of four, at least to start. The present turns out to be toreador pants, which ethel decides are not only unflattering but unfitting. Were continuing with my favorite episodes of i love lucy.
My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. From the episode lucy s last birthday lucy is depressed when she thinks everyone forgot her birthday and wanders off while her surprise party waits at the club. Fred william frawley asks lucy lucille ball to pick out an appropriate gift for his wife ethels birthday. A flapper in the 1920s, ethel eloped episode 1 and married fred mertz on may 3 episode 121 in either 1933 episode 2 or 1927 episode 42 the length of their marriage changed during the series. There are i love lucy episodes dedicated to ethels birthday, lucys birthday lucys last. A hilarious scene from the episode ethels birthday. The ten best i love lucy episodes of season four thats. I wanted a toaster, complained ethel after she discovers the gift, leading lucy to storm out as she proclaimsi hope you live another 75 years. In everyones favorite the tour featuring richard widmark where lucy and ethel hop off a hollywood tour bus to steal a celebrity grapefruit. In tennessee ernie visits lucy vamps it up to scare away he. I love lucy season 4 episode 9 ethels birthday watch. It followed the life of lucy ricardo ball, a middleclass.
Lucys trying desperately to perfect her spanishspeaking skills in preparation for. If ethel turned an age between 40 and 50 the year that lucy turned 34, there is either six to sixteen years between the women. The blackandwhite series originally ran from october 15, 1951, to may 6, 1957, on the columbia broadcasting system cbs. The show defined the 1950s with slapstick comedy, heartfelt moments between lucy and ricky ricardo, hilarious situations, and beautiful friendship moments between lucy and ethel mertz. Nov 29, 1954 watch full episodes on cbs all access. July 26, 1909 august 17, 1979 was an american actress and singer, who was best known for her role as ethel mertz on the american television sitcom i love lucy, and as vivian bagley on the sitcom the lucy show. All best friends fight, but lucy and ethel rarely had a row as brilliant as the one during ethels birthday. In the first episode of i love lucys fourth season, ricky desi arnaz hires a business manager named hickox charles lane to get lucys household budget in order for the first time in years. Ethels birthday present i love lucy, love lucy, i love lucy show. One of vivian vances frustrations was that she was often called upon to react in i love lucy rather than to act. Fred asks lucy to choose something special for him to give ethel for her birthday.
Last weeks post highlighted the ten best episodes from the first season of i love lucy. I love lucy is an american television sitcom that originally ran on cbs from october 15, 1951 to may 6, 1957, with a total of 180 halfhour episodes spanning six seasons including the lost original pilot and christmas episode. Cubano, desi arnaz, i love lucy finale, i love lucy recipes, lucille ball posted in sandwiches, tv. When lucy says telling the truth would make them all much better friends, i love ethels line reading when she says, somehow i doubt that. Lucy thinks ricky is trying to murder her by sarah nour. Despite rickys qualms, lucy decides to help fred pick out a birthday present for ethel. Today were continuing with the ten best episodes from the second season. Relations between the two women become strained almost to the shattering point.
I love lucy is an american television sitcom starring lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, and william frawley. Watch i love lucy season 4, episode 16 ethels home town. Lucy and ethel sing friendship an appetite for laughter. The episode, was directed by william asher, originally aired on cbstv on november 22, 1954. Lucy agrees, and later is with ethel when she happens to find the giftwrapped package in a closet.
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