The inferiority complex ultimate i love lucy wiki fandom. Only a true i love lucy fan can get an 810 or higher on. Ricky does his best to deal with pregnant lucys emotional needs. This is the third of eight installments to focus on controversial episodes. Drafted is the eleventh episode of season 1 of i love lucy, as well as the 11th overall in the series. I love lucy is an american television sitcom starring lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, and william frawley. When lucy learns that shes going to have a baby, she tries to.
I love lucy is more than just a really, really, funny show its an enduring piece of television history. Coming on the heels of the episode that put the nail in the smothers brothers coffin and a brass eye pedophilia special thats still squickinducing today, its tough to consider this 1952 i love. It seems precious now, but the episodes title, lucy is enceinte, is a french allusion to balls expectant state they werent allowed to say. I love lucy s02e11 pregnant women are unpredictable video. More than 60 years ago, a pregnant lucille ball couldnt call. The roles of fred and ethel mertz, who were yet to be introduced, were not cast yet as the producers were.
I love lucy lucy tells ricky shes pregnant in color by a fusco. When lucille ball became pregnant, desi arnaz invented the rerun by reairing some episodes from the first season to give lucy some rest. Triplets were born the same night as little ricky, and now, another woman at the hospital just gave birth to twins. There are too many quintessential clips from i love lucy to count. More than 60 years ago, cbs aired lucy is enceinte, the season 2 episode of i love lucy in which lucy lucille ball and ricky desi arnaz find out theyre going to have a baby. Coming on the heels of the episode that put the nail in the smothers brothers coffin and a brass eye pedophilia special thats still squickinducing today, its tough to consider this 1952 i love lucy episode as controversial television. Lucy is enceinte was the 45th overall episode of i love lucy, and the 10th episode of season 2. I love lucy christmas specials have aired on the network the past six years, each combining the holidaythemed episode with a different comedy classic. In one famous episode, lucy gets more and more drunk as she films a commercial for vegameatavitamin, showing alcohol consumption in a funny light. The lucy show lucille ball 30 full episodes youtube. The episode in which the pregnancy was announced was entitled lucy is enceinte, the french word for pregnant.
Lucy becomes a sculptress after ricky feels unappreciated because lucy was too preoccupied with her baby shower to make his dinner or pick up his dry cleaning, he develops a sickness whose symptoms are oddly like those of common pregnancy complaints. Cbs would not allow i love lucy to use the word pregnant, so expecting was used instead. The blackandwhite series originally ran from october 15, 1951, to may 6, 1957, on the columbia broadcasting system cbs. In all probability, if you have ever lived in the united states you have seen at least one episode of the i love lucy television program. Dec 16, 2019 cbs annual colorized i love lucy christmas special, which airs this friday 89 p. Lucy makes headlines when she and ethel invade the empire state building dressed as martians in lucy is envious. With lucy pregnant, ricky is even more baffled by his wacky. Watch i love lucy episodes, get episode information, recaps and more.
Just about everyone in the country is a fan of i love lucy. I love lucy season 4 episode 30 end credits reuploaded. With lucy pregnant, ricky is even more baffled by his. Jan 06, 2016 lucille ball wore loosefitting aprons on i love lucy, amy poehler hid behind strategically placed desks and time capsules on parks and recreation, alyson hannigan ate a lot of hot dogs on how i. From sneaking into rickys shows to hiding household indiscretions, lucys antics have held audiences attention for decades and have made her one of tvs most beloved characters. On this day, december 8, in 1952, the i love lucy episode titled lucy is enceinte, using the french word for pregnant, first aired, marking the first major television show to acknowledge pregnancy. Lucy ricardo tells ricky ricardo theyre having a baby. Cbs annual colorized i love lucy christmas special, which airs this friday 89 p. From season two of i love lucy, episode 50, lucy informs ricky that she is pregnant. Watch i love lucy streaming online hulu free trial. And if you were born in the mid1940s like the author of this quiz you grew up watching this delightful program in its. May 08, 2016 in this classic scene from i love lucy, lucy finds out she pregnant and tries to tell ricky but he wouldnt let her because he was busy finally after many attempts she goes to the night club where. The first lady of tv comedy, lucille ball, in the followup to her classic series i love lucy. Nov 27, 2019 i love lucy christmas specials have aired on the network the past six years, each combining the holidaythemed episode with a different comedy classic.
Lucy intercepts a letter for ricky that asks him to appear at a local army station. The doctor tells lucy that rickys symptoms should go away if he is made to feel. I love lucy, lucy is enceinte more than 60 years later. In this classic scene from i love lucy, lucy finds out she pregnant and tries to tell ricky but he wouldnt let her because he was busy finally. I love lucy pregnant women are unpredictable tv episode 1952. In total 180 episodes of i love lucy were produced, plus a pilot episode. I love lucy lucy tells ricky shes pregnant in color. The ended up writing the pregnancy into the show, which was initially opposed by the producers of the show. The show starred lucille ball, her reallife husband desi arnaz, vivian vance, and william frawley. I love lucy is an american television sitcom starring lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian. Jan 12, 1953 watch full episodes on cbs all access. This leads to reminiscing about the time lucy really did develop an inferiority complex. Directed by marc daniels, the episode, which was cowritten by bob carroll, jr.
Lucy and desi in the first episode of their show the lucy and desi comedy hour, 1957. Lucy ricardo tells ricky ricardo theyre having a baby youtube. Jan 26, 2020 i love lucy s02e11 pregnant women are unpredictable. Ricky has labor pains ultimate i love lucy wiki fandom. Lucille ball crafted a oneofakind comedy persona that just cant be topped. Jan 21, 1994 this was accomplished by scheduling a cesarean delivery to coincide with the lucy episode, and in retrospect the planum, hatched by ball, 41, and husband desi arnaz, 35seems cannily brilliant. On this day, december 8, in 1952, the i love lucy episode titled lucy is enceinte, using the french word for pregnant, first aired, marking the first. I love lucy was one of the first tv shows to be filmed in hollywood. Controversies in i love lucy 50s and 60s television. I love lucy, lucy is enceinte season two, episode 10. Directed by ralph levy, it was shot before a live audience at cbs columbia square in hollywood, california, on march 2, 1951, and sold to cbstv in the summer of 1951. Lucy decides to explore her artistic side and takes up sculpting. When lucy learns that shes going to have a baby, she tries to find the right way to tell this to ricky. The lost pilot unaired pilot i love lucy wiki fandom.
And thanks to this new bluray set, an entirely new generation of fans can love lucy. Jul 26, 20 more than 60 years ago, cbs aired lucy is enceinte, the season 2 episode of i love lucy in which lucy lucille ball and ricky desi arnaz find out theyre going to have a baby. More than 60 years ago, a pregnant lucille ball couldnt. The name of the episode where lucy tells ricky shes pregnant was lucy is enceinte enceinte being the french word for pregnant. Lucy and rickys best friends are landlords fred and ethel mertz who often become unwitting participants in lucy s getrichquick and other wild schemes.
After all, how can you not crack up at one of lucy ricardos hysterical shenanigans. Lucy and rickys best friends are landlords fred and ethel mertz who often become unwitting participants in lucys getrichquick and other wild schemes. The doctor tells lucy that rickys symptoms should go away if. I love lucy season 4 episode 30 end credits reuploaded by mrstewiegriffinfanatic alternate vgcp.
Parents need to know that i love lucy is a stillhilarious and ubiquitous 1950s comedy classic that is entirely tame by contemporary standards, though some episodes do show the characters smoking or drinking. This was accomplished by scheduling a cesarean delivery to coincide with the lucy episode, and in retrospect the planum, hatched by ball. In this classic scene from i love lucy, lucy finds out she pregnant and tries to tell ricky but he wouldnt let her because he was busy finally after many attempts she goes to the night club where. Five facts on the most popular sitcom episode of alltime. I love lucy s02e10 lucy is enceinte video dailymotion. With lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, william frawley. When ball became pregnant for the second time, the couple incorporated it into the story line of i love lucy. Cbs broadcast standards refused to allow the word pregnant to be uttered by any of the characters, so they said that lucy was expecting instead. May 17, 20 i love lucy lucy goes into labor this is it. Watch the best of i love lucy volume 3 prime video. I love lucy pregnant women are unpredictable tv episode. The club election ricky announces that lucy s been down in the dumps lately. Ricky and fred, however, think the girls are pregnant and decide to organize a baby shower. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6.
Ricky does his best to deal with pregnant lucy s emotional needs. 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. I love lucy s02e11 pregnant women are unpredictable. Lucy is enceinte, a 1952 episode of i love lucy, was the first major tv program to depict a pregnant woman hence the euphemistic french. Jan 03, 2020 the first lady of tv comedy, lucille ball, in the followup to her classic series i love lucy. I love lucys keith thibodeaux dishes on lucille ball, desi. Lucy ricardo is a scatterbrained housewife whose husband, ricky, is a bandleader at a nightclub.
More than 60 years ago, a pregnant lucille ball couldnt call herself. The cbs show starring lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance. The lost pilot was the very first episode of i love lucy which was shot, the unaired pilot episode for i love lucy. Its a sweet and downright quaint to modern eyes episode thats about. The pregnancy episode of i love lucy was so controversial, it. Lucy goes to the hospital is an episode of the 1950s american television show i love lucy in which the title character, lucy ricardo, gives birth to her son. I love lucy season 2 episode 11 pregnant women are unpredictable. The episode lucy is enceinte first aired on december 8, 1952 enceinte being french for expecting or pregnant, although the show never displayed episode titles on the air. In everyones favorite the tour featuring richard widmark where lucy and ethel hop off a hollywood tour bus to steal a celebrity. We can all agree we love lucy, but are you a super. Only after an agreement that a priest, minister and rabbi would approve each episode before airing did they finally agree. Jan 26, 2020 i love lucy season 2 episode 11 pregnant women are unpredictable. The episode where she has the baby aired on the same. The cast of the show could not say the word pregnant or pregnancy on the air, but could instead use the word expecting.
Lucille ball announces pregnancy in adorable i love lucy. Lucille ball wore loosefitting aprons on i love lucy, amy poehler hid behind strategically placed desks and time capsules on parks and recreation, alyson hannigan ate a lot of hot dogs on how i. It followed the life of lucy ricardo ball, a young. The best of i love lucy volume 3 contains many classic episodes from the third and fourth seasons of i love lucy. Reallife marrieds lucille ball and desi arnaz captivated audiences with their antics as lucy and ricky ricardo. Home quizzes only a true i love lucy fan can get an 810 or higher on this quiz.