My favorites include Lucy & Ethel working in the candy factory and not being able to keep up with the conveyor belt - the all-time best episode, in my opinion, was Lucy giving birth to Little Ricky.  :)

Oh, I have so many favorite eps of "I Love Lucy." I, too, enjoyed the time that they were unable to keep up with the fast-moving conveyor belt at the candy factory...as well as Lucy giving birth. Before they all went to the hospital, Ricky and the Mertzes "rehearsed" what to do when Lucy was ready; after going through the routine with ease a few times, everyone was all confused as to what to do when Lucy made the big announcement! :D

By the way, I have videos of about one-third of the whole series, including the California trip and the European trip. There were many hilarious moments from those eps.

Of course it has to be Vitamine-a-vegimin. I still laugh when I see that and when they did the musical. "I am the good prince Lancolot. I love to sing and dance a lot."

But I think one of favorites has to be when Lucy told Ricky she was pregnant. She went to see his show. He got a note saying something like, "I am expecting our first baby but I haven't told my husband about it yet. Would you please sing 'We're Having a Baby' to help me break the news?" He started singing it and went around to all the couples asking if they were the ones. Then he looked at Lucy and asked her as a joke but she shook her head yes. Then it sunk in who the father was. I just thought it was sweet.



Cat

I'm going to have to go with Vitameta-vegimen also.  That is a great episode.

How about the episode where she's stomping on grapes for wine in a huge vat?  ;D



Howard

I also like the episode after they moved out to the farm where Lucy's hiding eggs in her blouse and then while she and Ricky are practicing the tango, the eggs all break.  ;D

Lucy & Ethel working in the candy factory and not being able to keep up with the conveyor belt


This was the first one I thought of when I saw the post.

When Lucy lip-synced to a record (was it Carmen Miranda ?) trying to make Ricky feel "more at home"

When she was trying to tell him at the club that she was having a baby.

The grape crushing episode - the whole episode !

The time Lucy tried to smuggle cheese on a plane .She disguised a cheese as a baby - that was priceless ! ;D

When Lucy lip-synced to a record (was it Carmen Miranda ?) trying to make Ricky feel "more at home"




Yup-it was Carmen Miranda. I have forgotten about that. That was pretty funny especially when the record started skipping.




Cat

Can't recall any particular episode, but I liked when Lucy got Ricky so freaked, that he would start yakking excitedly in rapid Spanish ;D

Can't recall any particular episode, but I liked when Lucy got Ricky so freaked, that he would start yakking excitedly in rapid Spanish ;D



One time she said to him, "If you are going to yell do it in English". He did and than she said, "Ok, go back to Spanish."




Cat

Of course it has to be Vitamine-a-vegimin. I still laugh when I see that and when they did the musical. "I am the good prince Lancolot. I love to sing and dance a lot."


Oh yeah, the Vitameatavegamin was one of my favorites. :) Lucy got confused every time she went through the routine because that stuff contained alcohol!

My favorites include Lucy & Ethel working in the candy factory and not being able to keep up with the conveyor belt - the all-time best episode, in my opinion, was Lucy giving birth to Little Ricky.  :)
I agree, eightiesfan :) I never gotr into the show much but those stick out....along with the one where she was shopping and took back all the food for "Double your money back"

Definitely one of my all-time favorite shows and there are so many moments to choose from, but I think I'm going to go with the William Holden episode....him setting Lucy's fake nose on fire while lighting her cigarette.

My second favorite was the one where Ricky was telling Little Ricky the story of Little Red Riding Hood in Spanish, while Lucy, Fred and Ethel watched.  EL LOBO!!  ;D

Definitely one of my all-time favorite shows and there are so many moments to choose from, but I think I'm going to go with the William Holden episode....him setting Lucy's fake nose on fire while lighting her cigarette.

My second favorite was the one where Ricky was telling Little Ricky the story of Little Red Riding Hood in Spanish, while Lucy, Fred and Ethel watched.  EL LOBO!!  ;D
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The episode where she and a woman were stomping grapes in a big vat and she was having a fight with that woman and throwing grapes everywhere.  ;D


Howard

Oh yeah, the Vitameatavegamin was one of my favorites. :) Lucy got confused every time she went through the routine because that stuff contained alcohol!


What was "Vitameatavegamin" anyway?


Howard

What was "Vitameatavegamin" anyway?


Howard


Some sort of health tonic - another funny moment in that episode was when Lucy took apart their entire television set and put herself inside the box to act out the commercial in order to try and convince Ricky to let her audition.

The one where she's helping her friend Ethel make chocolates and the conveyor belt goes fast. ;D


Howard

All good ones, but my favorite episode is the one where the Ricardos, the Mertzes, and Fred Macmurray went out to the desert near Las Vegas to look for uranium. Thinking they had found it, they started racing each other back to Las Vegas, so they would be the first one to file a claim on what they thought they found. Resulting in one of the funniest car chases I have ever seen.

The other day, I was listening to music-REALLY loud and thinking of "El Breako the leaseo" as we are trying to get our tenants to move.  :D




Cat

The episode where her and some woman were stomping on grapes for Loca-Color. ;D



Howard

I also liked the episode where Lucy gets herself locked up in the freezer while she and Ethel are trying to hide 200 pounds of meat from Fred and Ricky - that particular scene where she's locked in and tears are streaming down her face and then turning into little icicles on her cheek is priceless!

My favorite was the "Harpo" episode, where Harpo Marx (who would have been about 75 at the time) and Lucy (dressed as "Harpo") re-create the famous "mirror" scene from the Marx Brothers Movie, "Night at the Opera"--Lucy's abilities as a mime really shine, as she keeps up with one of the greatest screen mimes of all time!

My favorite was the "Harpo" episode, where Harpo Marx (who would have been about 75 at the time) and Lucy (dressed as "Harpo") re-create the famous "mirror" scene from the Marx Brothers Movie, "Night at the Opera"--Lucy's abilities as a mime really shine, as she keeps up with one of the greatest screen mimes of all time!



That was great. But, I'm sure it was all choragraphed. But still, it the end result was great.




Cat

My favorite was the "Harpo" episode, where Harpo Marx (who would have been about 75 at the time) and Lucy (dressed as "Harpo") re-create the famous "mirror" scene from the Marx Brothers Movie, "Night at the Opera"--Lucy's abilities as a mime really shine, as she keeps up with one of the greatest screen mimes of all time!



I remember that episode pretty well.That one was funny!  ;D


Howard

Another great episode I just thought of was the one where she went to the eye doctor with Ricky and got those drops put in her eyes - then she had an audition at the Tropicana for some Broadway show where she's jitterbugging all over the place because she can't see what she's doing.  Ethel had a good line too - "I'm over here, Mrs Magoo!"

Definitely one of my all-time favorite shows and there are so many moments to choose from, but I think I'm going to go with the William Holden episode....him setting Lucy's fake nose on fire while lighting her cigarette.

Gotta love that. Then she inadvertently kissed him...and then realizing what she had done, yelled "I KISSED BILL HOLDEN!" and fainted. :D



My second favorite was the one where Ricky was telling Little Ricky the story of Little Red Riding Hood in Spanish, while Lucy, Fred and Ethel watched.  EL LOBO!!  ;D

I loved that one too. ;D

I liked where they did that barbershop quartet thing and I think it was Ricky who got tired of hearing her sing and smacked her in the mouth with a handful of shaving cream while her mouth was open, singing.

I liked where they did that barbershop quartet thing and I think it was Ricky who got tired of hearing her sing and smacked her in the mouth with a handful of shaving cream while her mouth was open, singing.

That was kinda funny...especially when she returned the favor by doing it back to Ricky.


My favorite was the "Harpo" episode, where Harpo Marx (who would have been about 75 at the time) and Lucy (dressed as "Harpo") re-create the famous "mirror" scene from the Marx Brothers Movie, "Night at the Opera"--Lucy's abilities as a mime really shine, as she keeps up with one of the greatest screen mimes of all time!

And she copied him perfectly!...until he threw a ball down on the floor and yo-yoed it back up; Lucy couldn't do that. Then the two of them marched over to the couch as Fred and Ricky came in dressed like two of the other Marx brothers (I forget which ones).

I also enjoyed the ep from the third season, where Lucy and Ricky wanted to celebrate their anniversary quietly at home, but Fred and Ethel had planned a surprise party for them. Lucy and Ricky had to move their candle-light dinner into the closet when they see the guests arriving. They manage to sneak out of their apartment and then come back in "surprised"! :D