Happy centennial birthday, Lucy, and not just on the Lounge. Your favorite episode?

[Faygo Kid]

No wrong answers here, just fond remembrance on her 100th birthday. I was one month old when the series premiered in 1951. But if you're just 20, Lucy has been part of your life, too, all the time you have grown up. Just like me.

[TheDebbieDee]

1. My favorite episode is the one where Lucy gets a trophy cup

stuck on her head. Ethel takes Lucy on the subway to take Lucy someplace where they can cut the trophy off her head, Ethel and Lucy get separated on the subway and Lucy winds up riding the subway, alone and terrified and trying to act normal while everyone can see she has a trophy cup stuck on her head!

Hi-larious!

[smokey nj]

8. That's my favorite episode too!

[EFerrari]

2. The Carlotta Romero episode, where she dreams Ricky leaves her

for Carlotta, and Lucy is reduced to penury over the years with little Ricky getting bigger and bigger on her knee as the dream progresses.

The "back to homemade" episode where she tries to bake bread, do her own hair and sew her own clothes.

The packing to go home from Hollywood episode where she struggles to read the grapefruit that says "Richard Widmark".

:)

What an amazing talent she was.

[Faygo Kid]

4. I must admit, I checked my own poll, with the William Holden episode.

I remember the one you note, and it was great, but I loved where she ruined William Holden's meal, then tried to disguise herself with a rubber nose - until she had a cigarette, and it caught on fire.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XRrU8-3NmiY/Sd_Ffy69qGI/AAAAAAAAAek/T9_82rxyqS0/s400/Brown+Derby+Hollywood+Lucy.jpg

[EFerrari]

5. The episode where she tried to set up the grocery delivery man

Mr Ritter with the older lady. He thought she was flirting with him and she had to "rent" some kids to try to put him off. LOL

[Chipper Chat]

11. My avorite part of this episode is where Ethel says

"look, there goes Ava Gardner" and Fred jumps up and yells "where, where?"

[Kceres]

3. Vitameatavegamin!

Lucy gets sloshed after numerous takes of a Vitameatavegamin commercial. Genius.

[William769]

6. To this day I still watch her shows.

Lucy, The Queen of comedy.

[EFerrari]

7. The show was very subversive about class, gender and xenophobia. n/t

[tammywammy]

9. All of them.

:)

Okay the ones you listed stick out, but remember that time they were in Paris and Lucy and Ethel got dresses made of burlap sacks? That was a good one too.

edited to add: My mom was a huge Lucy fan, so whenever it was on we watched it. I still watch it, she was hilarious. :)

[REP]

10. The one where she tries to get sunburned so Ricky won't hit her for buying a dress.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. From Wikipedia:

"George Reeves' name does not appear in the credits at the end of the episode. Lucille Ball did not want to ruin her young son's belief that Superman was a real person."

I don't know you, but that made me all melty.

[razorman]

13. The one where Lucy and Ethel came up with a crazy scheme and got in trouble

with Ricky and Fred.

[alsame]

14. The one when she lights her fake nose on fire while trying to

light a cigarette. I'm pretty sure that's the William Holden episode.

[pipi_k]

15. The home perm and dress episode

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScLNAVwmjgQ


And the episode where she tries to tell Ricky that she is "expecting"

and the nose on fire episode


and so many others.

I loved her
:7

[RebelOne]

16. Lucy and Edith stomping grapes. Can't remember exactly why. n/t

[Lucinda]

17. Video highlights from the top 10:

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v16875125DXAyafnm?h1=TOP+TEN+I+LOVE+LUCY+EPISODES

I can't pick a favorite. They are all wonderful. ♥

[Faygo Kid]

21. Thanks for posting that, Lucinda. Excellent.

[Chemisse]

18. My favorite is the one where she was stuck in the freezer

and she had icicles hanging from her head. I'm not sure why I thought it was so funny; I was just a little kid.

[Welibs]

19. My personal favourite was when they were in Cali and Lucy & Ethel wanted to learn to play golf

so Ricky and Fred said they would teach them. They made up rules that where hilarious, they had to say May I before they teed off or they got a Mashy, where Ricky put his foot on the ball and pushed it completely into the ground. When the girls found out the boys had tricked them Lucy disguised herself as a caddie and destroyed the celebrity tournament the boys where in.

I have every episode plus the pilot. Lucille Ball was my favourite actress and as kids growing up with her as a roll model. She showed girls that women could think independently of their husbands and made decisions on her own. They were often bad decisions but nontheless, her own.

[Faygo Kid]

20. Excellent choice. I liked that one, too.

Welcome to DU, and thanks for reminding us of that one.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

22. When the four drive cross country and stay in that ramshackle diner/motel...

and the bed moves across the floor when the freight train roars by. Wouldn't say it was my fav episode, but I watched it the other day and had tears streaming down my face during that scene.

And Ricky's reaction to Lucy and Ethel's attempt at wallpapering was pretty hilarious, too.