yeah, stopped too soon; we also didn't get the part where Lucy denies calling Ethel a hippopotamus and claims she just said she was 'a little hippy'; but that "on second glance she has got the biggest potamus I've ever seen." (I'm watching the episode right now, so i thought I'd drop by)
Nah, the best part was when Ethel says "Well you're so young and modern YOU wear them!" Lucy: "Well I would but first I'd have to take them in 6 inches in the seat!" Ethel: "OOOOHHHHHH!!!"
Whenever I hear this I'm reminded of the episode when they move to Connecticut and Lucy and Betty are talking about how when they find a dress they like they just keep wearing it to parties and when they ask Ethel if she does the same she says "oh yes, every night when I have dinner in front of the TV I always wear the same old flannel bathrobe!"
Vivian Vance was a superb costar. Lucy never would have been the same without Ethel. Vance complimented Lucy enormously. Ethel is the funniest straight woman of all time. But really, she wasn't a straight woman. Ethel had funny lines and her comedic timing was perfection. She is the most liked woman-with-woman costar of all time. Vivian Vance is in a class by herself. Sheer comedic talent and the most appealing personality. I love her so much.
She and Bill Frawley hated each other because she thought he was old enough to be her father and he took it as a major insult, but their off-screen dislike really gave their characters some amazing chemistry and I wonder if they thought it was a kind of "good" thing? haha.
@@susanb2015 No, unfortunately it lasted until the end. Vivian bought a round of champagne for the house when she was told Bill had died, or so the story goes.
Cocktail pants. Stylish for about 2 months. Never to be seen again. Although, I remember pants like that in the early 80's, I wore them and was told they were hysterical. And yes, I never did wear them again.
Why are you laughing that is how you would wear them. It’s the fashion even for today. Lucy had impeccable fashion sense and when she described how to wear them she was absolutely correct. They were chic. If you’re not into high fashion which Ethel wasn’t you wouldn’t get it.
@@Heavenzvoice And of course that was Lucy’s problem! She was into high fashion, but Ethel wasn’t. She convinced Fred to buy something that she would have wanted, instead of thinking about what Ethel would have wanted. Which is, of course, why it’s still hilarious after nearly 70 years!
Everyone forgets that the writing of the show was what was so funny. Yes....Lucy and Vivian were a great team....but look at what the writers had to work with.! I saw an autobiography on " I Love Lucy" and many people said Lucy wasn't funny without a script. Off camera Desi was the life of the party and Lucy was quiet. So hats off the the writers...they knew how far to bring these characters and boy did they deliver! There will NEVER be another how like this one ever again. so glad I grew up watching this show. I adored it and watched every chance I got.
This has to be one of my favorite I Love Lucy episode moments. I once teased a friend of mine when she tried to make me buy a pair of skinny jeans at Banana Republic, "Who do I look like? Ethel Mertz?" and our combined laughter had the entire store laughing with us, I'm rather "stocky and proud".
The end of this episode is the best part where they go to a play they already have tickets to and they're still angry at each other, but make up. The reason is that the play is about two best friends and one of them dies.
Yeah I think this is an underrated episode, I love the scene later on when they're trying to watch the play and annoying the audience because they have to sit next to each other. lol.
I watched an episode or two of "All in the Family" not long ago, and was it ever dated and creaky! But this episode- and many others- of "I Love Lucy" are as fresh as that gigantic loaf of bread Lucy made one time.
One of the best episodes! !! Loved the" Over the teacups" scene listening to Cynthia's hysteria over the news of her friend Marie Van Shleet's sudden death and watching Lucy's face puckering tears. God she was a comic genius !!! RIP great one.
Lucy “ you wear them when you give smart dinner parties “ Ethel “ oh I was wondering what to wear to all those smart dinner parties I give!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ethel is my absolute favorite! That friendship hit all the right notes. Fun and funny but exasperating at times and very touching and emotional too.
UniquelyMade I'm 60 years old, my husband is 70 and we watch these every morning before going to work and they are still funny. I love this episode and how my husband always cracks up when Lucy tells Ethel to get herself "a crushy belt".
I've always liked this particular scene too. What I like about it is Ethel's perfect first 3 laughs. It's a kind of laugh that's humiliating towards Lucy. Great acting.
They did not show my favorite comment of this episode! Lucy says!:I merely intimated that she was a little "hippy" but, now that you mention it, she does have the biggest potamus I have ever seen!" -- just priceless!! That is why she is the Queen of comedy! There will never be another one like her!! Lucille Ball--True Icon!!
the writers are fantastic and that peerless cast: they are such great actors, not just in their reading of lines, look at the way they use their hands, their bodies, their faces in awe
@@davidbatterson4634 Good question, and probably not. M. Pugh was outstanding. Also, it seemed that Lucy lost some of her timing in the subsequent shows. V. Vance was excellent, but the addition of G. Storm (I think that’s his name) didn’t work for me. I know they were very close, but he was just ok. Actually, I thought Desi was pretty horrible, but being who he was, we adjusted.
This is my absolute favorite episode. Lucy has known Ethel a long time yet buys her something from the "young modern dept" and tells her they’re for wearing when you give smart dinner parties. Like Fred and Ethel live that way. These pants are hideous - too bad this episode is in B&W.
Bobby Francis I know. I'd kill to see those hostess pants in their true colors. My late husband loved this episode and he always laughed when Lucy tells Ethel to get a "big crushy belt".
The funniest part for me is when Ethel tell Ricky Lucy called her a hippopotamus. Ricky asked Lucy, " Did you call her a hippopotamus?" Lucy say, "No, but she does have the biggest potamus I've ever seen."
they had a great on screen chemistry....but always found it interesting how ball always wtd to make ethel so much older than lucy....esp when in actuality they were only 2 yrs apart.
Stop looking at them as Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance and look at them as the characters they are portraying. Ethel is suppose to be older and frumpier than Lucy Ricardo, that is how the character is written. Desilu wasn't able to get an actress that physically fitted the character description, they instead cast an actress with great comedic timing.. Vance had to put on weight in order to meet the character description.
@@mamadouaziza2536 2 ppl can look at the EXACT same pic, listen 2 the EXACT same song n each see/hear something different....Neither OPINION is right or wrong....they are simply 2 different OPINIONS.....You clearly see something different than i do....Yes, Ethel was supposed to be older n frumpier than Lucy.....However, that had been firmly established by S4.....Yet S4/E9, "Ethel's Birthday"...Based on a dinner convo, while ethel's exact age was never revealed....Fred referenced dialogue associated with earlier convo at the table that placed Bethel btwn 40-50 (I perceived that as very shady b/c, it is in poor taste to ever ask a woman her age, no matter how great of friends u might be)....meanwhile, in S3/E6. "lucy tells the truth"....Once the women learn lucy is sworn to tell the truth, they ask her a serious of personal questions, one being her age, lucy replies to all of the questions, giving her age as 33 (when in fact she was 42 when the episode aired).....while i ttly comprehend your point of separation of actress vs character......The viewer usually intertwines them (when Vance signed on for the "lucy show" one of her demands was the character be named Viv,b/c she was sick of fan encounters where they wld refer to her as Ethel....In between IIL & The Lucy Show....Ball fulfilled a bucket list of "staring on Broadway".....So, via Desilu, she brought her way into "Wildcat"...one of the major hurdles she encountered was ticket buyers expecting to see Lucy Ricardo on Bway vs Lucille Ball.
@@hardren101 Yikes!!! well expressed......One of the other huge misconceptions...ethel mertz & lucy ricardo were bffs....lucille ball/viv vance, not so much....while they shared a warm relationship, they were never besties....shade ran throughout all 3 shows.....s1/e11 "Guess Who Owes Lucy $23.50"....based on the storyline ball believes she has lent Van Johnson $23.50 (it's actually an imposter)....She shows up at Johnson's ofc seeking a favor....His sec tells him there some redhead outside requesting to see him...He asks "what does she look like".....sec replies "she is very attractive"....s1/e12 "lucy the matchmaker"...Ball is attempting to set viv up with Harry on a blind date...Harry repeatedly asks Lucille "does she have a good figure.".....Ball cld have replied...she is stunning,very attractive.....She never replies to Harry's question.....each person's perception is different....I viewed all of these little things as very catty shade!!!
@@jamesbrown-jw4sz So they were never best friends? Vivian actually lived with Ball while filming The Lucy Show and when Vivian left the series and returned she stayed with Ball.. According to Lucy's children, Vivian was like an aunt to them.. You do realize the characters were written to SHADE each other, in fact there are many episodes of The Lucy Show in which the Vivian character shades Lucy rather bitterly.. There are also episodes of I Love Lucy in which the Ethel character is dressed rather smart in a nice dress, shoes and pearls.
“I just implied she was a little hippy…although on second glance she has got the biggest potamus I’ve ever seen!”😂😂😂the writers on this show were absolutely brilliant. It puts all other comedy writers of today’s shows to shame.
There’s a clip online of Lucy & Desi thanking their writers when they accept an Emmy for best comedy-both of them are so emotional.. They *really* appreciated them. Worth a watch.
Like most fine comedy, "I Love Lucy" was funny because it touched on real-life problems and concerns. Which of us hasn't had a friend or relative whose idea of gift-giving is to get us something that the giver feels we SHOULD want, rather than anything we DO want? ("Frasier" exploited this idea to even better effect; one year he got his beer-and-sports father a silken English dressing gown for Christmas. Finally, in one episode, he said ruefully, "You know, Niles, I'm going to approach this Christmas differently, and get people things that THEY want." For him, this qualified as a revelation!). It's also implicitly sad that neither Fred nor Lucy -- the two people who should know Ethel better than anyone else in the world -- can "read" her well enough to get her something she'd actually like. Between Fred's cheapness and Lucy's star-struck attraction to anything that suggests the high life ("smart dinner parties") to which she aspires, poor Ethel never stood a chance.
Capri pants with a diamond-pattern...just about as '50s as you could get. Of course these were made as a prop, intentionally oversized, and Ethel was NOT the type to wear capri pants anyway.
My grandmother was very "fashionable" and quite a diva and liked to throw fun themed dinner parties. She was in her 20s back in the 50s and at her thinnest before having 6 kids, so I wonder if she ever wore anything like that. hahaha lol. She was kind of like the Liz Taylor of our family, I think somebody even got her the White Diamonds perfume. lol XD. I wish I could ask her if she'd ever wear those type of pants. She was a stenographer at a clothing manufacturing company back in the 50s around the time she met my grandfather
I agree with the others who said a toaster would be more appropriate for a holiday gift - am thinking also as an anniversary gift. However, Ethel's a practical woman which is why she wanted an appliance, which she likely needed especially with Fred's chronic stinginess. Lucy probably wanted to encourage Ethel to step out of the box a little bit - however, to me the hostess pants would have looked better in a solid pattern instead of the wild, loud one here done to be comedic (even in 2023 I've seen some wild stuff on pants and this one took the cake!). At the end of the day Fred should have really gotten her the toaster since that's what she wanted but of course you wouldn't have this wonderful episode.
They were called that because a woman could wear them while riding a bike without the pant legs getting caught in the chain (a very genuine hazard back in the day!) I wore pedal pushers/capri pants every summer for years so that I could do my paper route deliveries without getting caught in the bike chains.
Oh My Goodness, I was just thinking about this episode of "I Love Lucy," and it was on my recommended UA-cam page! I loved this episode, it was hilarious!
Lol "Bazaar" vs. "bizarre." Lucy's right tho. They are chic if you style them right. The thing is, she wasn't thinking of Ethel's taste, which is more practical and down to earth.
Awhhhh I read the comments B4 I seen it and u left out the best part of Lucy walkn out of the door telln Ethel happy birthday and hope u live another 75yrs. LOL 🤣
Oh, sure, perhaps cute for Lucy - but not for Ethel. That's the beauty of the whole premise - Lucy makes the classic mistake of getting something SHE would want, not for a second considering what Ethel would want and what she would actually wear!
@@Gary_Jaffe I still think with a piece like that, wearing the rest of what Lucy described would be too much. I’d go with a matte black short capelet, copper hoop earrings and red stiletto heels.
This one is one of my favorite episodes, those funny pants , bizarre, I loved the way they were, true friends and even though they would get upset with each other, they forgave each other always.❤🤷♀️🙏
You cut out the best part ! When Lucy gets mad, walks to the door, and before leaving says " Happy Birthday, and I hope you live another 75 years ! "
yeah, stopped too soon; we also didn't get the part where Lucy denies calling Ethel a hippopotamus and claims she just said she was 'a little hippy'; but that "on second glance she has got the biggest potamus I've ever seen."
(I'm watching the episode right now, so i thought I'd drop by)
Booker Jones hahaha yea that was hilarious too
I know, that's so frustrating to cut out the perfect part. that was so funny when Ethel got really mad.
Nah, the best part was when Ethel says "Well you're so young and modern YOU wear them!" Lucy: "Well I would but first I'd have to take them in 6 inches in the seat!" Ethel: "OOOOHHHHHH!!!"
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This my favorite one, and you're right they cut the best part.
"Oh I was wondering what to wear at all those smart dinner parties I give!" Hilarious top notch sarcastic delivery by the genius of Vivian Vance!
I know right?! Smart dinner parties? Fred and Ethel! lol Fred knew for once what she wanted.
a toaster..:)
That line goes back and forth between my neighbor and I all the time.
Whenever I hear this I'm reminded of the episode when they move to Connecticut and Lucy and Betty are talking about how when they find a dress they like they just keep wearing it to parties and when they ask Ethel if she does the same she says "oh yes, every night when I have dinner in front of the TV I always wear the same old flannel bathrobe!"
And Vivian Vance knew exactly how to deliver that line beautifully
Lucile Ball and Vivian Vance were one of the best comedy duo of all times!
It's also notable that in real life, Lucille Ball was older than Vivian Vance.
My favourite show of all time! Always makes me laugh!
Lucille Ball was two years younger than Vivian Vance.
@@michaelbrinkers1145 Nope, these things are easy to look up.
I love how Ethel slaps Lucy's hand away without even looking at her. XD
Same!
Nice
That was so funny!! 😅🤣
❤️❤️❤️❤️
I wanted a toaster. lol
Vivian Vance won the first EMMY given for support in a TV comedy series. She sure deserved it; she is superb.
One of the best second bananas ever.
The writers of this show were just as brilliant as the actors!! Love the "emergency present" bit! LOL
Love the emergency present bit! 🤣🤣🤣
“Happy birthday, Happy Valentine’s Day, Happy anniversary, Merry Christmas..oh and here’s a pip..I’m sorry dear,can’t we please be friends again?”😂😂😂😂
They were the best ! Still love watching ! I'm 62 ! I'm so happy can still watch them ! Makes me feel so happy!
Me, too
Same age as you, and I love them! ❤
I beat ya. I'm 75 as of two days ago!
Lucy and Vivian are two classic comedic actresses. Their timing, expressions are priceless
Vivian Vance was a superb costar. Lucy never would have been the same without Ethel. Vance complimented Lucy enormously.
Ethel is the funniest straight woman of all time. But really, she wasn't a straight woman. Ethel had funny lines and her comedic timing was perfection. She is the most liked woman-with-woman costar of all time. Vivian Vance is in a class by herself. Sheer comedic talent and the most appealing personality. I love her so much.
She and Bill Frawley hated each other because she thought he was old enough to be her father and he took it as a major insult, but their off-screen dislike really gave their characters some amazing chemistry and I wonder if they thought it was a kind of "good" thing? haha.
Me too, I'm such a big Vivian Vance fan (and Lucy too, natch).
I read that they didn't like each other at first but eventually became great friends.
Vivian was underrated no doubt
@@susanb2015 No, unfortunately it lasted until the end. Vivian bought a round of champagne for the house when she was told Bill had died, or so the story goes.
Superb! I will never get tired of these two. They are incredible.
"I saw them last month in Harper's Bazaar"
"Well they're certainly bizarre."
i love when ethel laughs at those pants 😂
Me too!!🤣
Cocktail pants. Stylish for about 2 months. Never to be seen again. Although, I remember pants like that in the early 80's, I wore them and was told they were hysterical. And yes, I never did wear them again.
Yessss
My mom had a pair of pants like that. She wore them out to dinner once and a kid mistaken her for a clown and she never wore them again.
I love Lucy describing how Ethel should wear those pants...black off the shoulder blouse, crushy belt, and ballet slippers....😂
I hadn't thought of that until now.
Ballet slippers 😂
for what, Halloween?
It's so funny because it's so opposite of anything ethel would ever wear.
Why are you laughing that is how you would wear them. It’s the fashion even for today. Lucy had impeccable fashion sense and when she described how to wear them she was absolutely correct. They were chic. If you’re not into high fashion which Ethel wasn’t you wouldn’t get it.
@@Heavenzvoice And of course that was Lucy’s problem! She was into high fashion, but Ethel wasn’t. She convinced Fred to buy something that she would have wanted, instead of thinking about what Ethel would have wanted.
Which is, of course, why it’s still hilarious after nearly 70 years!
Everyone forgets that the writing of the show was what was so funny. Yes....Lucy and Vivian were a great team....but look at what the writers had to work with.! I saw an autobiography on " I Love Lucy" and many people said Lucy wasn't funny without a script. Off camera Desi was the life of the party and Lucy was quiet. So hats off the the writers...they knew how far to bring these characters and boy did they deliver! There will NEVER be another how like this one ever again. so glad I grew up watching this show. I adored it and watched every chance I got.
CLASSIC show. Never gets old.
This has to be one of my favorite I Love Lucy episode moments. I once teased a friend of mine when she tried to make me buy a pair of skinny jeans at Banana Republic, "Who do I look like? Ethel Mertz?" and our combined laughter had the entire store laughing with us, I'm rather "stocky and proud".
The end of this episode is the best part where they go to a play they already have tickets to and they're still angry at each other, but make up. The reason is that the play is about two best friends and one of them dies.
Definitely one of the funniest scenes they ever taped and one of the greatest episodes. Viv is pure comedy here. Priceless.
Yeah I think this is an underrated episode, I love the scene later on when they're trying to watch the play and annoying the audience because they have to sit next to each other. lol.
My favorite episode is when the four buy a diner. Ethel (Vivian Vance) is a true comic genius
@@davidpomeroy7594 I know Vivian is genius comic when she says "and when your face turns redder than the meat,it's done!" LOL!!!
Ethel is superb in this scene. So is lucy. They brought each other to higher levels.
This is one of my favorite episodes. I love when they make up at the end.
I have a tin sign of them making up at the end hanging in my hallway. This is my favorite TV show of all time!!
@@gayladenison5925 great!
Happy Birthday and I hope you live another 75 years!
SO HYSTERICALLY FUNNY! I LOVE Ethel's laugh! :P! My mother thought this was SO funny! SO do WE!
"They're certainly BIZARRE!" Lmfao! Go Ethel!
They were the best of friends. These 2 were so amazing together. This was the best comedy show of all times.
I like when Ethel said she would look better wearing a toaster than those funny looking pants. 💜🙋♀️
A favorite scene from these two great actresses. Wasn't looking for it, a suggestion that just made my day. Thank You for posting!
I've watched this scene hundreds of times and never get tired of it!!
I watched an episode or two of "All in the Family" not long ago, and was it ever dated and creaky! But this episode- and many others- of "I Love Lucy" are as fresh as that gigantic loaf of bread Lucy made one time.
Lucy: you wear them and you’re all set
Ethel: what for Halloween
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The stars literally aligned with this show. Perfect chemistry and comedic timing. Talent at its best!
I love Ethel's laugh lol
Love how Ethel's quick with her comebacks lol
The best scene in all of I Love Lucy. Vivian is brilliant.
One of the best episodes! !!
Loved the" Over the teacups" scene listening to Cynthia's hysteria over the news of her friend Marie Van Shleet's sudden death and watching Lucy's face puckering tears.
God she was a comic genius !!! RIP great one.
"All set for what?" Halloween. Lol! Classic and priceless!!
Great episode great chemistry among all of them a classic
Lucy “ you wear them when you give smart dinner parties “
Ethel “ oh I was wondering what to wear to all those smart dinner parties I give!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ethel is my absolute favorite! That friendship hit all the right notes. Fun and funny but exasperating at times and very touching and emotional too.
Timeless comedy, i still crack up like it’s three first time I’m watching
UniquelyMade I'm 60 years old, my husband is 70 and we watch these every morning before going to work and they are still funny. I love this episode and how my husband always cracks up when Lucy tells Ethel to get herself "a crushy belt".
I must agree with Ethel on this one. After years and years of friendship, Lucy should of known that Ethel had no use for them.
Lucy looks so beautiful in this scene
Ethel killing Lucy with the jokes
This was priceless! If only they had left in Ethel 's line "I would have look better wearing a toaster -----"!
..than those 'checkerboard britches' :P!!!!!
One of my favorite scenes in all of I Love Lucy.
I've always liked this particular scene too. What I like about it is Ethel's perfect first 3 laughs. It's a kind of laugh that's humiliating towards Lucy. Great acting.
BadRonald1 Me too they act so real! Ricky and Fred too! great selection of actors to team up together!
scene not seen Fix it!! GN
Amazing acting.
One of my favorite episodes!! Call me crazy, I always found those pants cute!😄
They are, kind have.
They did not show my favorite comment of this episode! Lucy says!:I merely intimated that she was a little "hippy" but, now that you mention it, she does have the biggest potamus I have ever seen!" -- just
priceless!! That is why she is the Queen of comedy! There will never be another one like her!! Lucille Ball--True Icon!!
yeah.. but LB didn't write that stuff.. she only repeated it.. the writers should get most of the credit for her hilarious lines.
I agree with Ethel and by the reaction of the audience when the pants came out of the box, they agree with Ethel too, Lucy.
I WANTED A TOASTER
"Listen, I would look better wearing a toaster than I would those pants!" 😂
well Fred told me that but I couldn't believe you could be so dull!
Who wants a toaster for their birthday? It would be a better Christmas present than a birthday present.
Ethel does. @@lilyemmalindsay9025
@@suzycreamcheesez4371 I know that, I was wondering who else does besides Ethel
Ethel could've gotten away with wearing those nowdays...Those pants aren't too far off from some leggings i saw at the store today...🤔LOL!!!!😂
I think the out fit would have look good if she had put it together the way Lucy told her to.
They're crazy pants, but I still low key like them lol XD
She’s certainly thinner than most women walking around in yoga pants these days
Love Ethels laugh. Set for what Halloween. So funny
the writers are fantastic and that peerless cast: they are such great actors, not just in their reading of lines, look at the way they use their hands, their bodies, their faces in awe
That “uh oh haha” you hear in the audience is Lucy’s mom.
They were genius in the I Love Lucy series. What has always puzzled me, is how in spin-off shows, it was never the same.
Did those shows have the same writers?
@@davidbatterson4634 Good question, and probably not. M. Pugh was outstanding. Also, it seemed that Lucy lost some of her timing in the subsequent shows. V. Vance was excellent, but the addition of G. Storm (I think that’s his name) didn’t work for me. I know they were very close, but he was just ok. Actually, I thought Desi was pretty horrible, but being who he was, we adjusted.
I WANTED A TOASTER!!!
well Fred told me that but I couldnt believe you could be quite so dull!!
LOL
Lucy looks all excited as Ethel is opening the present until Ethel looks at it and says "Well, he's done it again!".
Gee THANKS.. Because none of us really bothered to watch the scene
I’m aware of that. I was just sharing that I found that part funny. Don’t be an a-hole.
This is my absolute favorite episode. Lucy has known Ethel a long time yet buys her something from the "young modern dept" and tells her they’re for wearing when you give smart dinner parties. Like Fred and Ethel live that way. These pants are hideous - too bad this episode is in B&W.
I'll bet if it was in color those pants would look even more tacky.
All of I Love Lucy episodes are in B&W.
kinda how they filmed. black and white was all that was available
I like that it’s in b&w.
Bobby Francis I know. I'd kill to see those hostess pants in their true colors. My late husband loved this episode and he always laughed when Lucy tells Ethel to get a "big crushy belt".
I agree Joanne my favorite too especially at the end.The man in the theater was truly funny and a gem
“Well I would but first I’d have to take them in 6 inches in the seat!”😂😂😂😂
The funniest part for me is when Ethel tell Ricky Lucy called her a hippopotamus. Ricky asked Lucy, " Did you call her a hippopotamus?" Lucy say, "No, but she does have the biggest potamus I've ever seen."
Ha I was just thinking the exact same thing, that they cut out that line, the best part!
Yes, WHY IS THE BEST PART NOT IN THIS CLIP?!
“All I said was she’s a little hippy, but come to think of it, she does have the biggest Potomas I’ve ever seen!” - brilliant
Lucy: You get a top...a blouse and a belt with the pants and you are set.
Ethel: For what ? Halloween 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😆😁
These two were gold together.
Ethals laff is great, she got to laffin at those pants. hilarious. poor lucy wanted her to like those pants tho.
they had a great on screen chemistry....but always found it interesting how ball always wtd to make ethel so much older than lucy....esp when in actuality they were only 2 yrs apart.
Stop looking at them as Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance and look at them as the characters they are portraying. Ethel is suppose to be older and frumpier than Lucy Ricardo, that is how the character is written. Desilu wasn't able to get an actress that physically fitted the character description, they instead cast an actress with great comedic timing.. Vance had to put on weight in order to meet the character description.
@@mamadouaziza2536 2 ppl can look at the EXACT same pic, listen 2 the EXACT same song n each see/hear something different....Neither OPINION is right or wrong....they are simply 2 different OPINIONS.....You clearly see something different than i do....Yes, Ethel was supposed to be older n frumpier than Lucy.....However, that had been firmly established by S4.....Yet S4/E9, "Ethel's Birthday"...Based on a dinner convo, while ethel's exact age was never revealed....Fred referenced dialogue associated with earlier convo at the table that placed Bethel btwn 40-50 (I perceived that as very shady b/c, it is in poor taste to ever ask a woman her age, no matter how great of friends u might be)....meanwhile, in S3/E6. "lucy tells the truth"....Once the women learn lucy is sworn to tell the truth, they ask her a serious of personal questions, one being her age, lucy replies to all of the questions, giving her age as 33 (when in fact she was 42 when the episode aired).....while i ttly comprehend your point of separation of actress vs character......The viewer usually intertwines them (when Vance signed on for the "lucy show" one of her demands was the character be named Viv,b/c she was sick of fan encounters where they wld refer to her as Ethel....In between IIL & The Lucy Show....Ball fulfilled a bucket list of "staring on Broadway".....So, via Desilu, she brought her way into "Wildcat"...one of the major hurdles she encountered was ticket buyers expecting to see Lucy Ricardo on Bway vs Lucille Ball.
@@hardren101 Yikes!!! well expressed......One of the other huge misconceptions...ethel mertz & lucy ricardo were bffs....lucille ball/viv vance, not so much....while they shared a warm relationship, they were never besties....shade ran throughout all 3 shows.....s1/e11 "Guess Who Owes Lucy $23.50"....based on the storyline ball believes she has lent Van Johnson $23.50 (it's actually an imposter)....She shows up at Johnson's ofc seeking a favor....His sec tells him there some redhead outside requesting to see him...He asks "what does she look like".....sec replies "she is very attractive"....s1/e12 "lucy the matchmaker"...Ball is attempting to set viv up with Harry on a blind date...Harry repeatedly asks Lucille "does she have a good figure.".....Ball cld have replied...she is stunning,very attractive.....She never replies to Harry's question.....each person's perception is different....I viewed all of these little things as very catty shade!!!
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So they were never best friends?
Vivian actually lived with Ball while filming The Lucy Show and when Vivian left the series and returned she stayed with Ball.. According to Lucy's children, Vivian was like an aunt to them..
You do realize the characters were written to SHADE each other, in fact there are many episodes of The Lucy Show in which the Vivian character shades Lucy rather bitterly.. There are also episodes of I Love Lucy in which the Ethel character is dressed rather smart in a nice dress, shoes and pearls.
“I just implied she was a little hippy…although on second glance she has got the biggest potamus I’ve ever seen!”😂😂😂the writers on this show were absolutely brilliant. It puts all other comedy writers of today’s shows to shame.
Agree! I often watch comedy shows and say, "That's taken directly from Lucy!"
There’s a clip online of Lucy & Desi thanking their writers when they accept an Emmy for best comedy-both of them are so emotional.. They *really* appreciated them. Worth a watch.
I love this episode of those pants. I sure liked Ethel the way she acted....talking bratty and being so unthankful for those funny looking pants.
I loved when Ricky asked " Is this what you bought for Ethel ?! "
Like most fine comedy, "I Love Lucy" was funny because it touched on real-life problems and concerns. Which of us hasn't had a friend or relative whose idea of gift-giving is to get us something that the giver feels we SHOULD want, rather than anything we DO want? ("Frasier" exploited this idea to even better effect; one year he got his beer-and-sports father a silken English dressing gown for Christmas. Finally, in one episode, he said ruefully, "You know, Niles, I'm going to approach this Christmas differently, and get people things that THEY want." For him, this qualified as a revelation!).
It's also implicitly sad that neither Fred nor Lucy -- the two people who should know Ethel better than anyone else in the world -- can "read" her well enough to get her something she'd actually like. Between Fred's cheapness and Lucy's star-struck attraction to anything that suggests the high life ("smart dinner parties") to which she aspires, poor Ethel never stood a chance.
Don’t overthink it; sometimes funny is just funny, and that’s a gift...
Great analysis!
"What am I going to do with these checkerboard britches?"
The audience laughed before Ethel said anything!
Funny episode. The ending scene is hilarious. Both at a play with Ricky and Fred fighting over the arm rest.
Right on ! And Ethel and Lucy fighting over the binoculars !
I think it's hysterical that they have little mirrors on them!
Those are called "bangles".
they're sequins
Large sequins are also called pallets.
@@02chevyguy : Methinks they are paillettes
I actually like those pants. 😬 My sister once had a dress that was similar to them.
Whoever was lucky enough to film from the audi THANKS FOR THE FOOTAGE!
love this part...and then....the OVER THE teacups scenes 😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😂
"I was wondering what to wear to all those smart dinner parties that I give"😂😅😆🤣
"Then you're all set"
"For what,Halloween?" 😅😆
Capri pants with a diamond-pattern...just about as '50s as you could get. Of course these were made as a prop, intentionally oversized, and Ethel was NOT the type to wear capri pants anyway.
I liked them!!lol
My grandmother was very "fashionable" and quite a diva and liked to throw fun themed dinner parties. She was in her 20s back in the 50s and at her thinnest before having 6 kids, so I wonder if she ever wore anything like that. hahaha lol. She was kind of like the Liz Taylor of our family, I think somebody even got her the White Diamonds perfume. lol XD. I wish I could ask her if she'd ever wear those type of pants. She was a stenographer at a clothing manufacturing company back in the 50s around the time she met my grandfather
I agree with the others who said a toaster would be more appropriate for a holiday gift - am thinking also as an anniversary gift. However, Ethel's a practical woman which is why she wanted an appliance, which she likely needed especially with Fred's chronic stinginess. Lucy probably wanted to encourage Ethel to step out of the box a little bit - however, to me the hostess pants would have looked better in a solid pattern instead of the wild, loud one here done to be comedic (even in 2023 I've seen some wild stuff on pants and this one took the cake!). At the end of the day Fred should have really gotten her the toaster since that's what she wanted but of course you wouldn't have this wonderful episode.
My mother called this style of pants ‘pedal pushers’. Lol
They were called that because a woman could wear them while riding a bike without the pant legs getting caught in the chain (a very genuine hazard back in the day!) I wore pedal pushers/capri pants every summer for years so that I could do my paper route deliveries without getting caught in the bike chains.
I still call the pedal pushers
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I saw them sellling pedal pushers on QVC or HSN not long ago.
Brilliant actresses, brilliant writers. I too would rather have a toaster than those hostess pants.
This is one of my favourite episodes.
Lucy bought those checkerboard britches at Phipps Department Store. In this case, definitely “Phipps are a great big bunch of gyps!”
Those hostess pants were badass.
Vivian Vance is brilliant in this scene.
I can watch I Love Lucy all day.
Oh I was wondering what to wear to all those smart dinner parties I gave.🤣
Ha ! One of Mrs Mertz's best retorts !! :-)
What the Beatles were to rock, I love Lucy was to sitcoms: they set the standard.
Sure did (on both counts).
Well said and 1,000% agree!
😂 i just watched this episode today ironically
Harper's Bazaar, they certainly are *bizarre!* Man, even watching this as a very young boy back in the early 80's the line sticks around.
Oh My Goodness, I was just thinking about this episode of "I Love Lucy," and it was on my recommended UA-cam page! I loved this episode, it was hilarious!
Lol "Bazaar" vs. "bizarre." Lucy's right tho. They are chic if you style them right. The thing is, she wasn't thinking of Ethel's taste, which is more practical and down to earth.
" He's done it again".
Awhhhh I read the comments B4 I seen it and u left out the best part of Lucy walkn out of the door telln Ethel happy birthday and hope u live another 75yrs. LOL 🤣
“WELL HE’S DONE IT AGAIN” 😆
Some of best ensembles include a performer from stage, movies, TV and a novice
A toaster is better for a Christmas present than a birthday present.
Omg this is my favorite Lucy episode of all time!!!! Hilarious 😂
“Hostess pants” 😂
Damnit I’m with Lucy I think the pants are kind of cute
Same!
Oh, sure, perhaps cute for Lucy - but not for Ethel. That's the beauty of the whole premise - Lucy makes the classic mistake of getting something SHE would want, not for a second considering what Ethel would want and what she would actually wear!
@@Gary_Jaffe I still think with a piece like that, wearing the rest of what Lucy described would be too much. I’d go with a matte black short capelet, copper hoop earrings and red stiletto heels.
This one is one of my favorite episodes, those funny pants , bizarre, I loved the way they were, true friends and even though they would get upset with each other, they forgave each other always.❤🤷♀️🙏
"Well, he's done it again!"
This episode is my personal favorite
Love the party pants. Adorable.