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They Should Have Left Ethel Behind for Both the Hollywood and Europe Trips
Question about The Raffle for the Ladies Overseas Aid
Did Ricky Call Ralph Ramsey a Crook?
"In Palm Springs" Question **POTENTIAL SPOILERS**
ETHEL MERTZ -- TROUBLEMAKER!
Was Fred Right that Ricky Should Pay for the Motorcycle?
Your Favorite Encounter Between Lucy and a Celebrity
Ethel's Fist Pumps
Episodes When Lucy Cleaned Up Her Own "Mess"
First Rate Film Noir
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Absolutely.
It always annoys me a little when Ricky challenges Lucy for the problems she causes (e.g., Holden getting a face full of pie, all of them winding up in a Paris Police station charged with counterfeiting, etc.), she denies his allegations and he lets it drop. I guess he figures there's no use in pushing it further.
That's a classic, to be sure!
It's great watching William Holden giving Lucy a taste of her own medicine and making her so uncomfortable.
Good Point PJ!
I imagine there was some cost/tax saving measure in having the apartment building in Ethel's name, but, though Fred often bungled money matters, given how tight fisted he was with money,I find it hard to believe that Fred would give Ethel that much control over the building.
In fairness to Ricky, Lucy often acted like a child, and when she did, I don't blame Ricky for treating her like one.
I like a lot of the episodes where Lucy gets a wild idea and drags everyone into what (usually) turns out to be a disastrous result...especially for Lucy.
But there are some episodes where I'm put off by Lucy's selfishness. One is the "Bullfight Dance" episode. Lucy's efforts to get onto the nationally broadcast Heart Fund show that Ricky is hosting, show her at her most unlikable and selfish. First, she thinks nothing of blackmailing Ricky into putting her on the show by threatening to submit an unflattering portrait of him to a national magazine, and I think it's made clear in the episode that Lucy would really do it if Ricky didn't give in.
Then, even though Lucy's performance as the "Bull" in Ricky's bullfight number is funny in and of itself, at a time when Ricky and MGM are attempting to build an image of him as a dashing, romantic hero, Lucy makes him look like a fop and a bumbling clown. To top it off, at the end of the number, she pulls off the bull's head, and laughs about what she's done to Ricky as she skips offstage.
Lucy and Ethel saying, "I hope we're doing justice to his gowns," and wanting to thank him for letting them "scoop the fashion world" lol And then Jacques Marcel steals the dress designs and makes them part of his own collection. Jeez!
Almost without exception, Lucy's problems arise because she acts so impulsively without thinking.
I love the way Ricky and Fred get even with Lucy and Ethel for the fake "Hunger Strike," and I can't believe that Ricky and especially Fred, of all people, caved in and agreed to buy both girls those designer gowns! I think what they did to the girls was entirely appropriate.
I like Lucy's line: "Well, leave it to Jacques. What an inspired use of Burlap!"
Hard to say. The three you've chosen are definitely among her best. I think of her early "child star" films, Three Smart Girls Grow Up, though a sequel, has one of the best scripts of a Durbin film, and shows her talent as a singer and an actress at its' best.
I think many film historians like First Love (1939) a lot. I do too, except that I like to see Deanna taking charge rather than being put upon by other characters in the cast.
Christmas Holiday (1944) and Lady on a Train (1945), are uncharacteristic Durbin films, and good showcases for her dramatic (Christmas Holiday) and comedic (Lady on a Train) talents in the film noir genre.
I have a friend who used to make an odd sound running his tongue against his upper teeth when we were kids. It sounded sort of like a very soft grunt of a piglet. I have no idea how he did it, and he couldn't explain how he did it. Like you, he eventually outgrew it.
You're right. I think everyone has an odd habit or two.
To quote Gladys Kravitz after she's zapped by the Purenthians' "N Gun" on Bewitched: "None of us is perfect, you know."
I guess it was just supposed to be that Larry's latest potential cash cow client, "Mr. Giddings," was so conservative that HE wouldn't understand Samantha's turning hippie.
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