Today is a big day, this is my FAVORITE “I Love Lucy” episode!!!! The first time I watched this, I had NEVER laughed so hard in my life. Then when I got to college, American Musical and Dramatic Academy, I did “Vitameatavegamin” as a monologue. It is one of my favorite performances of my life. I have never made people laugh so much and I lived for every moment of it! think at that moment, I realized how magical Lucy is, and the power of laughter therapy. I would be doing “Vitameatavegamin” at 8 am on a Monday morning and I still could make people laugh. I also started collecting nicknacks of this episode. It is now officially band from AMDA, to many people wanted to do it, last time I checked.
Ricky is going to do a TV show and they need a girl to do the girl commercial. Lucy weasels her way into getting the commercial. She does commercial for Vitameatavegamin, a vitamin supplement that has 23% alcohol. After many rehearsals, Lucy gets drunk.
If you’ve never seen it, YOU MUST!! On the blog “Everything Lucy” has a little trivia about my favorite episode. “Maury Thompson, the script clerk, played himself. A good deal of time and effort was expended by stage manager Herb Browar to find just the right liquid concoction to fill the Vitameatavegamin bottles. It had to ooze out of the bottle, not flow freely, plus it had to taste good to Lucy. After trying and dismissing a half-dozen products, including honey, Browar stopped off at a health food store on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood and found the perfect liquid: apple pectin. Lucy loved the taste, and they proceeded to fill the bottles with it on dress rehearsal day.” Once you see it, you would never have guessed she liked it. What an amazing actresses! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m1Nubw8XJw&feature=related
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
“The Freezer”, Season 1, Episode 29, Filmed 3/21/52, Aired 4/28/52
Happy St. Patrick's Day Everybody!!! I hope you enjoyed it responsibly. Drinking and driving can end terribly, no amount of laughter therapy could help a terrible ending like that. I hope all you’ll need therapy for, is the hangover you might have tomorrow.
Lucy is trying to save money by getting Ricky to buy a freezer to store meat in. Ricky says it’s to expensive. Ethel is having a similar problem with Fred, then Ethel realizes she has a butcher Uncle who is retiring and willing to give them his big freezer. Lucy and Ethel are so proud of their purchase, they decide to start saving money by buying a lot of meat. Lucy didn’t really understand how much she was buying, and ended up buying a whole cow. To get rid of the $400 worth of meat, Lucy and Ethel try to sell it at the butcher. After getting kicked out of the butcher, Lucy and Ethel run back to try to hide the meat in the freezer. When the boys come home early Ethel has to hold them up while Lucy hides the meat in the furnace that is being fixed. When Lucy is almost done hiding the meat, she gets locked in the freezer. When the other three go down stairs, they find a frosty red head. While defrosting Lucy, a wonderful smell is running through the building, the furnace has been fixed and now they had the biggest BBQ in NYC.
When Lucy is trying to get people to buy their meat she acted like a shady, gangster salesman. One of the lines she said was “Go away Kid you’re bothering me.” This famous line, that has been used in many TV shows and films, was said by W.C. Fields, a famous comedian who did many films in the 30’s. He was a jolly old man who had a drinking problem, which started because he was lonely while touring and the only way to have company was to drink with them. There are so many other ways to heal and bond, alcohol is not one of them. Having alcoholism in my family I realize I could have an addictive personality, therefore I never turn to alcohol to heal, always laughter. I felt this was fitting to bring up on one of the biggest drinking days of the year, please be safe and know your limit and never turn to drinking as a cure, put on something funny!
Lucy is trying to save money by getting Ricky to buy a freezer to store meat in. Ricky says it’s to expensive. Ethel is having a similar problem with Fred, then Ethel realizes she has a butcher Uncle who is retiring and willing to give them his big freezer. Lucy and Ethel are so proud of their purchase, they decide to start saving money by buying a lot of meat. Lucy didn’t really understand how much she was buying, and ended up buying a whole cow. To get rid of the $400 worth of meat, Lucy and Ethel try to sell it at the butcher. After getting kicked out of the butcher, Lucy and Ethel run back to try to hide the meat in the freezer. When the boys come home early Ethel has to hold them up while Lucy hides the meat in the furnace that is being fixed. When Lucy is almost done hiding the meat, she gets locked in the freezer. When the other three go down stairs, they find a frosty red head. While defrosting Lucy, a wonderful smell is running through the building, the furnace has been fixed and now they had the biggest BBQ in NYC.
When Lucy is trying to get people to buy their meat she acted like a shady, gangster salesman. One of the lines she said was “Go away Kid you’re bothering me.” This famous line, that has been used in many TV shows and films, was said by W.C. Fields, a famous comedian who did many films in the 30’s. He was a jolly old man who had a drinking problem, which started because he was lonely while touring and the only way to have company was to drink with them. There are so many other ways to heal and bond, alcohol is not one of them. Having alcoholism in my family I realize I could have an addictive personality, therefore I never turn to alcohol to heal, always laughter. I felt this was fitting to bring up on one of the biggest drinking days of the year, please be safe and know your limit and never turn to drinking as a cure, put on something funny!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
“Cuban Pals”, Season 1, Episode 28, Filmed 3/14/52, Aired 4/21/52
“Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say, it’s all right” says George Harrison. He seemed to be the Beatle most in touch with nature. He could capture the beauty of a sunrise after a long winter better then anyone else, sweet and simple. After many day’s of rain in the Northeast, New Yorkers were BEYOND happy to get outside and enjoy the outdoor dining. There are still many families who are without power and flooded in their home. Keep them in your thoughts and hope everyone in the northeast can enjoy the beautiful weather soon. The sun and some laughter therapy makes it a great day.
Lucy is so excited to meet some of Ricky’s friends from Cuba who are kicking off their dance show in America at The Tropicana. Lucy meets a couple who only speak Spanish and “Little Renita Perez” who isn’t so “Little” anymore. Lucy goes to spy on the dance “Little Renita” and Ricky are doing and swears that she is going to do that “Sexy Rumba” with Ricky. While Lucy is plotting, Ricky and Renita decide she’s going to do the African tribal dance instead with her original partner. When Lucy gets rid of Renita, with the help of Fred as the “lost” cab driver, she sneaks into The Tropicana and is frightened by the new dance they have decided to do.
At one point in this episode, Desi seemed to break character when he got confused if he was suppose to be speaking Spanish or English, he laughs and stumbles on his line. There must be some comfort when you’re around people who speak your native language when you’re in a different country. All the cooks at my restaurant are from Mexico. They are always talking to each other in Spanish and seem to be at ease and having a lot of fun. I think it’s brave to try to follow your dream and try to build a better life for you and your family. That is what Desi wanted when he moved to America. He lived his dream and started new dreams for other foreign people who move to America.
Lucy is so excited to meet some of Ricky’s friends from Cuba who are kicking off their dance show in America at The Tropicana. Lucy meets a couple who only speak Spanish and “Little Renita Perez” who isn’t so “Little” anymore. Lucy goes to spy on the dance “Little Renita” and Ricky are doing and swears that she is going to do that “Sexy Rumba” with Ricky. While Lucy is plotting, Ricky and Renita decide she’s going to do the African tribal dance instead with her original partner. When Lucy gets rid of Renita, with the help of Fred as the “lost” cab driver, she sneaks into The Tropicana and is frightened by the new dance they have decided to do.
At one point in this episode, Desi seemed to break character when he got confused if he was suppose to be speaking Spanish or English, he laughs and stumbles on his line. There must be some comfort when you’re around people who speak your native language when you’re in a different country. All the cooks at my restaurant are from Mexico. They are always talking to each other in Spanish and seem to be at ease and having a lot of fun. I think it’s brave to try to follow your dream and try to build a better life for you and your family. That is what Desi wanted when he moved to America. He lived his dream and started new dreams for other foreign people who move to America.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
“The Kleptomaniac”, Season 1, Episode 27, Filmed 3/7/52, Aired 4/14/52
A Rainy day night last night, was a good night for watching a movie. In my beautiful red envelope was “Bridges of Madison County”, I had never seen it before. Nothing more fun about seeing a movie you know is a classic and being pleasantly surprised realizing why it is a classic. Clint Eastwood is amazing and SO very attractive. I have to ask, is there ANYTHING Meryl Streep can’t do? I watched her play the amazing Italian Woman stuck in Iowa and then had to watched “Devil Wears Prada” wear she played, well the Devil. Really? The woman is amazing and THE class act!!!
Lucy is in charge of the women's group auction. She promised Ricky she wouldn’t be in charge of events for the women's group anymore so she’s hiding everything she’s auctioning off. Ricky finds it and thinks Lucy has turned into a Kleptomaniac. Ricky brings a “friend” over that is really a psychiatrist. When big mouth Ethel tells Lucy about the “friend” Lucy decides to “give” Ricky a Kleptomaniac. When the boys come home with the doctor, Lucy and Ethel act out like they are bank robbers, a la James Cagny.
In the end Lucy is showing all the things she’s stolen, and one of the things is a baby elephant. Elephants are my FAVORITE animal. Their kindness, uniqueness and their intuition that no other animals seem to have. Wikianswers says Lucille’s favorite animal was dogs, toy poodles. Dogs were my second guess, my first guess was monkey’s. I guess I guessed monkey’s because they are funny, like Miss Lucille Ball, but dogs, dogs are your best friend, like Miss Lucille Ball.
Lucy is in charge of the women's group auction. She promised Ricky she wouldn’t be in charge of events for the women's group anymore so she’s hiding everything she’s auctioning off. Ricky finds it and thinks Lucy has turned into a Kleptomaniac. Ricky brings a “friend” over that is really a psychiatrist. When big mouth Ethel tells Lucy about the “friend” Lucy decides to “give” Ricky a Kleptomaniac. When the boys come home with the doctor, Lucy and Ethel act out like they are bank robbers, a la James Cagny.
In the end Lucy is showing all the things she’s stolen, and one of the things is a baby elephant. Elephants are my FAVORITE animal. Their kindness, uniqueness and their intuition that no other animals seem to have. Wikianswers says Lucille’s favorite animal was dogs, toy poodles. Dogs were my second guess, my first guess was monkey’s. I guess I guessed monkey’s because they are funny, like Miss Lucille Ball, but dogs, dogs are your best friend, like Miss Lucille Ball.
“The Marriage License”, Season 1, Episode 26, Filmed 2/28/52, Aired 4/7/52
My other set of parents The Kelly’s had their birthday this past week. If I had god parents, it would be them. Their girls are also my best friends or “Kissing Cousins” as we like to call them. Their love story is something out of a book, born one day apart in the same hospital and have been together since the 8th grade. So to them, happy birthday. Look at their story on Caroline’s blog http:/www.thepfeifferpfamily.blogspot.com/.
Lucy notices the last name on her marriage license, where it should say “Ricardo” says “Bacardi”. Lucy worries their license isn’t legal so she runs down to city hall and hopes to fix it. Ricky gets Fred’s friend down at City Hall to tell Lucy it’s not legal. Distraught Lucy want’s to get married all over again, exactly the way it happened the first time. She takes Ricky back to Connecticut to the exact place he proposed, when he doesn’t take it seriously, Lucy gets upset and goes to the nearest hotel, which happens to be owned by the guy who is the gas attendant, sheriff...everything. When they decide to get married then and their, it’s not exactly like the first time, but Lucy wears her wedding dress and looks amazing.
I thought it was so interesting that they decided to make the name “Bacardi”. Desi Arnaz Grandfather was one of the original partners to “Bacardi Rum”. That was Desi’s shout out to his family. Who want’s a Pina Colada?
Lucy notices the last name on her marriage license, where it should say “Ricardo” says “Bacardi”. Lucy worries their license isn’t legal so she runs down to city hall and hopes to fix it. Ricky gets Fred’s friend down at City Hall to tell Lucy it’s not legal. Distraught Lucy want’s to get married all over again, exactly the way it happened the first time. She takes Ricky back to Connecticut to the exact place he proposed, when he doesn’t take it seriously, Lucy gets upset and goes to the nearest hotel, which happens to be owned by the guy who is the gas attendant, sheriff...everything. When they decide to get married then and their, it’s not exactly like the first time, but Lucy wears her wedding dress and looks amazing.
I thought it was so interesting that they decided to make the name “Bacardi”. Desi Arnaz Grandfather was one of the original partners to “Bacardi Rum”. That was Desi’s shout out to his family. Who want’s a Pina Colada?
Saturday, March 13, 2010
“Pioneer Women”, Season 1, Episode 25, Filmed 2/22/52, Aired 3/31/52
Every year on my birthday, I buy myself something from my favorite clothing store, Anthropology. In honor of Lucy I bought myself my first apron. It’s white with black polka dots and lots of ruffles. Wearing it makes me want to wash dishes and cook. It’s too cute, Happy Birthday to me!
While Lucy is washing dishes she realizes how many dishes she’s washed since she’s been married, it’s in the 1,000’s. Lucy and Ethel decide they aren’t going to wash anymore until the men buy them dish washers. After the men decline, they bet the lady’s that they couldn’t live without modern day devices. The lady’s take their bet, the men and the women decide to live like it’s 1900 and whoever breaks first has to pay $50 to the husband/wife. While they are cooking, dressing and bathing like the 1900’s, Lucy and Ethel are waiting to hear back from the “Woman’s Society Club”, the most elite club in New York City. The woman are having hard time dealing with living in the 1900’s. Ethel takes 3 hours to churn a little butter, and Lucy’s Bread explodes in the oven. The boys come up to show how much they love their old clothes, that the four of them are wearing, when the head “Society” women do a surprise visit. Lucy is mortified with the appearance of the house and their clothes. When Ricky tries to help by saying they were rehearsing for his show, the “Society” women had a look of disgust, “show people”. Lucy tells them off saying she doesn’t want to be part of their club. Everyone is so proud of her, Ricky pays her the $50 and lets her win the bet.
I LOVED this episode, I watched it THREE TIMES! There were MANY reasons why I loved it, one reason was because of the scene where Lucy’s bread explodes, well not really “explodes” more like EXPANDS. It’s very funny and very famous. The other reason I loved it was when Lucy gave her speech about why she wouldn’t want to join their group. It was such a “classy” middle finger it brought me to tears. Very honest and genuine, as if she had gone through this before, people not taking her seriously because she was a “funny lady” actress. If anything, she was better then everyone else. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLdf8WwkMWw
While Lucy is washing dishes she realizes how many dishes she’s washed since she’s been married, it’s in the 1,000’s. Lucy and Ethel decide they aren’t going to wash anymore until the men buy them dish washers. After the men decline, they bet the lady’s that they couldn’t live without modern day devices. The lady’s take their bet, the men and the women decide to live like it’s 1900 and whoever breaks first has to pay $50 to the husband/wife. While they are cooking, dressing and bathing like the 1900’s, Lucy and Ethel are waiting to hear back from the “Woman’s Society Club”, the most elite club in New York City. The woman are having hard time dealing with living in the 1900’s. Ethel takes 3 hours to churn a little butter, and Lucy’s Bread explodes in the oven. The boys come up to show how much they love their old clothes, that the four of them are wearing, when the head “Society” women do a surprise visit. Lucy is mortified with the appearance of the house and their clothes. When Ricky tries to help by saying they were rehearsing for his show, the “Society” women had a look of disgust, “show people”. Lucy tells them off saying she doesn’t want to be part of their club. Everyone is so proud of her, Ricky pays her the $50 and lets her win the bet.
I LOVED this episode, I watched it THREE TIMES! There were MANY reasons why I loved it, one reason was because of the scene where Lucy’s bread explodes, well not really “explodes” more like EXPANDS. It’s very funny and very famous. The other reason I loved it was when Lucy gave her speech about why she wouldn’t want to join their group. It was such a “classy” middle finger it brought me to tears. Very honest and genuine, as if she had gone through this before, people not taking her seriously because she was a “funny lady” actress. If anything, she was better then everyone else. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLdf8WwkMWw
“The Gossip”, Season 1, Episode 24, Filmed 2/15/52, Aired 3/24/52
Happy Birthday to me!!! I am now a young lady of 27, late 20’s, wow. I have always loved birthday’s, whether its mine or someone else’s. It’s one of the few times in your life where it’s a day that’s all about you. I had a wonderful birthday. I had a day of beauty and I had a birthday party at a gay bar called “Splash” where they have musical mondays. All over the bar are big screens where they show musical numbers from different musicals, movies, award shows even Saturday Night Live. So many of my friends made it out and I was so thankful. I was walking on cloud nine at the end of the night! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Lucy is on the phone gossiping again. Ricky and Fred bet the girls they could hold out longer without gossiping then the girls. Whoever breaks first has to serve the other breakfast in bed for a month. The boys are worried because it’s been three days and the girls haven’t broke. The boys devise a plan to make up a story and say it in their sleep so the girls will have to tell each other because it’ll be so good. The story is their neighbor is running off with the milkman, and of course the girls break. The boys tell them that they made it up and the girls are mad! The next morning as the boys are getting their breakfast in bed, the milkman runs in the room hiding from the husband of the neighbor he’s running off with! Since the story seemed to be true, the girls won the bet. Of course the story was true after Lucy paid the milkman and Mr. Foster.
Since this is my Birthday Blog, here is a quote from Lucille about growing old
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” I think that is true about her, everything about her seemed honest, with that side of humor. I’m lucky, my dad and I share the same birthday, just one day apart. My dad is a perfect example of living honestly. Everything about my dad is honest, he is always true to himself, his work, his friends and most importantly his family. I think my dad is going to live a long and happy life, I hope to do the same.
Lucy is on the phone gossiping again. Ricky and Fred bet the girls they could hold out longer without gossiping then the girls. Whoever breaks first has to serve the other breakfast in bed for a month. The boys are worried because it’s been three days and the girls haven’t broke. The boys devise a plan to make up a story and say it in their sleep so the girls will have to tell each other because it’ll be so good. The story is their neighbor is running off with the milkman, and of course the girls break. The boys tell them that they made it up and the girls are mad! The next morning as the boys are getting their breakfast in bed, the milkman runs in the room hiding from the husband of the neighbor he’s running off with! Since the story seemed to be true, the girls won the bet. Of course the story was true after Lucy paid the milkman and Mr. Foster.
Since this is my Birthday Blog, here is a quote from Lucille about growing old
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” I think that is true about her, everything about her seemed honest, with that side of humor. I’m lucky, my dad and I share the same birthday, just one day apart. My dad is a perfect example of living honestly. Everything about my dad is honest, he is always true to himself, his work, his friends and most importantly his family. I think my dad is going to live a long and happy life, I hope to do the same.
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