Lucy dismisses ethels guess that she is pregnant because she and ricky have been married for eleven years and havent had any signs once. In total 180 episodes of i love lucy were produced, plus a pilot episode. The episode was the culmination of an unprecedented pairing of the fictional pregnancy of lucy with the reallife pregnancy of lucille ball. Watch full episodes of i love lucy, view video clips and full episodes on cbs. In the episode, jess falls down a set of stairs and breaks multiple bones, which. I love lucy season 2 episode 11 pregnant women are. The lucy show lucy and viv put in a shower by pizzaflix. Three days after i love lucy premiered, in october of 1951, her sword and sorcery fantasy adventure epic magic carpet, costarring raymond burr, and where she plays a mysterious middle eastern princess, princess narah. When ball became pregnant for the second time, the couple incorporated it into the story line of i love lucy.
They considered filming another take but decided the scene was so purely. I love lucy, lucy is enceinte more than 60 years later and more. More than 60 years ago, a pregnant lucille ball couldnt call herself. In this classic scene from i love lucy, lucy finds out she pregnant and. Lucille ball crafted a oneofakind comedy persona that just cant be topped. Lucy is enceinte i love lucy a blog about lucille ball. Join the conversation and connect with cbs s i love lucy. 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. This is clearly a word for pregnant that is no longer used in the english lexicon.
When lucy was pregnant with little ricky during the second season of i love lucy, it was one of the first times a pregnancy was shown on tv. The episode lucy is enceinte first aired on december 8, 1952 enceinte being french for expecting or pregnant. The episode is about that when lucy learns that shes going to have a baby, she tries to find the right way to tell this to ricky. I love lucy season 2 episode 12 lucy s showbiz swan song. The publicity stunt to deliver lucille balls reallife and tv son on the same 1953 evening this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Favorite episodes during pandemic i love lucy discussion. I love lucy is an american television sitcom starring lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, and william frawley. 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.
Lucy goes to the hospital is an episode of the 1950s american television show i love lucy in. Two of the happiest episodes from the second season of i love lucy, as the real life pregnancy of lucille ball is preserved for alltime. Lucy ricardo gave birth to little ricky in season two. The 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. I love lucy s02e10 lucy is enceinte video dailymotion. The lost pilot was the very first episode of i love lucy which was shot, the unaired pilot episode for i love lucy. Lucy reading the mccalls magazine with i love lucy visible on the cover. 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. Watch i love lucy episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. I love lucy season 4 episode 30 end credits reuploaded. Lucy is enceinte is famously controversial for the parameters of its time.
Only after an agreement that a priest, minister and rabbi would approve each episode. Fred and ricky find out that the visitors hat and gloves left behind, actually belong to fred. Pregnant women are unpredictable was the 46th overall episode of i love lucy, which first aired dececmber 15, 1952 on cbstv, also the 11th episode of season 2 of the series. The lucy show lucille ball 30 full episodes pizzaflix. The cast of the show could not say the word pregnant or pregnancy on the air, but could instead use the word expecting. I love lucy pregnant women are unpredictable tv episode 1952. Controversies in i love lucy 50s and 60s television. When lucy learns that shes going to have a baby, she tries to find the. Lucy ricardo is said to be six months pregnant in this episode. Despite popular belief, lucy s pregnancy was not televisions first onscreen pregnancy. The show welcomes lucy and ricardos baby in lucy goes to the hospital. Pregnant women are unpredictable i love lucy wiki fandom. In the camping trip lucy and ethel insist on going with ricky and fred to their camping trip. What little ricky from i love lucy looks like now twins.
Season 2 pregnant women are unpredictable on directv. More than 60 years ago, a pregnant lucille ball couldnt call. I love lucy pregnant women are unpredictable tv episode. I love lucy was one of the first tv shows to be filmed in hollywood. In that episode, lucille ball lucy tries to find a unique and creative way to announce her pregnancy to ricky. Ricky does his best to deal with pregnant lucy s emotional needs. The mccalls magazine that lucy reads in the comfy chair included an article about i love lu. Watch i love lucy season 2, episode 19 ricky has labor pains. When lucille ball became pregnant, desi arnaz invented the rerun by reairing some episodes from the first season to give lucy some rest. Lucy s desire to star in a tv commercial, despite ricky saying no, gets her in a. May 17, 20 114 videos play all i love lucy full episodes i love lucy full episodes 18 i love lucy bloopers you probably did not noticeseason 2 duration. You must be a cbs all access subscriber to enjoy this video. With lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, william frawley. Pregnant women are unpredictable was the 46th overall episode of i love lucy, which first aired dececmber 15, 1952 on cbstv, also the 11th episode of.
Quoting wikipedia later, during the second season, lucy was pregnant again with second child desi arnaz, jr. Pregnant women are unpredictable lucille ball wiki fandom. Lucy s always getting herself into trouble, and the episode this collector barbie celebrates is no different. The blackandwhite series originally ran from october 15, 1951, to may 6, 1957, on the columbia broadcasting system cbs. She fails at the audition, so she pretends to have had a male visitor so that ricky would believe its not safe to leave lucy home while hes away. Lucy is enceinte 10 of the best i love lucy episodes. And other classic episodes such as the gang not believing lucy cant go a day without lying in lucy tells the truth. This is the third of eight installments to focus on controversial episodes. Lucy ricardo is said to be six months pregnant in this. The best of i love lucy volume 2 contains many classic episodes from seasons two and three of i love lucy. Nov 20, 2019 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series i love lucy. Megan mullally, grace, debra messing, will, eric mccormack, jack, sean hayes, grace pregnant, will.
Of course, this makes me think of the episode where she does have. Its a sweet and downright quaint to modern eyes episode thats about. 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. This is a discreet reference to series writers bob carroll jr. Every i love lucy fan knows this episode from season one. Sixty years ago today the i love lucy episode entitled, lucy is enceinte aired. Lucy cant believe ethel would even suggest something so outrageous after lucy has remained childless for all 11 years of her marriage. Originally broadcast in 1953, sales resistance begins with the fieryhaired heroine impulsively buying a vacuum from the handy dandy salesman, much to rickys dismay. Watch i love lucy streaming online hulu free trial.
I love lucy hilariously shows how strange pregnancy. There are too many quintessential clips from i love lucy to count. 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. The episode that showed little rickys birth was watched by 44 million viewers, meaning 72% of all u.
In addition, sponsor philip morris made the request that lucy not be seen smoking during the pregnancy episodes. Lucy wasnt allowed to say pregnant on tv, so she came. The show starred lucille ball, her reallife husband desi arnaz, vivian vance, and william frawley. The ended up writing the pregnancy into the show, which was initially opposed by the producers of the show. Up until this time, most shows were done in new york. 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. Not only are your emotions all out of whack and causing some occasional bouts of. Later in the same episode, the redhead has an urgent desire for another meal at the inconvenient hour of 4 a.
Lucy decides to explore her artistic side and takes up sculpting. It seems precious now, but the episode s title, lucy is enceinte, is a french allusion to balls expectant state they werent allowed to say pregnancy on air. Lucys desire to star in a tv commercial, despite ricky saying no, gets her in. Lucy was one of the first women to be shown onscreen as pregnant. Following i love lucy, a further one hourlong episodes were produced under the title of. Join the conversation and connect with cbss i love lucy. Jan 26, 2020 i love lucy season 2 episode 11 pregnant women are unpredictable. It played so fresh, as its never been a favorite, despite how wellwritten and acted it is that break in lucy s voice when she asks ricky if he has the right time.
But reallife lucy and desi didnt want their baby on screen for obvious reasons, so they cast a wide net in search of a set of similarlooking twins. The lucy show lucille ball 30 full episodes youtube. The first lady of tv comedy, lucille ball, in the followup to her classic series i love lucy. I love lucy, lucy is enceinte more than 60 years later. As any mother can attest, the hormones of pregnancy really do a number on you during those nine long months. The lost pilot unaired pilot i love lucy wiki fandom. Her first coincided with the filming of the series pilot, in which ball is clearly showing, but her condition is never acknowledged. Ricky trudges out into the cold weather to return with another frozen treat. When lucille ball and desi arnaz welcomed a son into the world, so did the characters they played on i love lucy. More than 60 years ago, a pregnant lucille ball couldnt. For the end scene, the pistachio ice cream with hot fudge is really mashed potatoes with gravy. From season two of i love lucy, episode 50, lucy informs ricky that she is pregnant. Ricky develops labor pains because he is jealous of the attention being lavished on the expectant lucy. Her second pregnancy was written into the second season of i love lucy.
Even weirder, i ve watched lucy cries wolf three times this week. Desi arnaz accidentally flubbed the rockabye baby song when lucy confirmed being pregnant. In those more chaste times, cbs wouldnt allow use of. Mar 27, 2007 i love lucy was the first show to have a female headline and get first billing. 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. Ricky wont let lucy go with him and his band on the road, so she auditions for him with her saxophone. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series i love lucy. They were originally going to do another take, but because desi and lucys reactions were so natural they decided to leave it alone. Pregnant women are unpredictable is the eleventh episode of i love lucy, and the fortysixth episode overall. In the first one, lucy dips a dill pickle into a papaya milkshake, in the second, she pours sardines and. I love lucy season 2 episode 11 pregnant women are unpredictable. Lucy is delighted to learn she is pregnant but how to tell ricky. I remember reading about some commotion when the lucy pregnancy was written into the storyline, and also when lucille ball was visibly pregnant on screen, since it was something that you never saw before on televison.
Watch i love lucy season 2, episode 15 lucy is enceinte. Watch full episodes of i love lucy, view video clips and full episodes on. Looking back at i love lucy 64 years later new york. Desi arnaz accidentally flubbed the rockabye baby song when lucy confirmed being. See more goofs when ricky sings rockabye baby, he mixes up the verses towards the end. Lucille ball absolutely loathed sardines, but she choked them down for the sake of the episode. Lucy ricardo tells ricky ricardo theyre having a baby youtube. This means that you could potentially watch one episode of i love lucy three different ways and see something a little different each time. Jan 06, 2016 zooey deschanel was pregnant during filming for season five of new girl.
Ricky has labor pains ultimate i love lucy wiki fandom. Episode guide season 2, episode 11 pregnant women are unpredictable ricky cooks while pregnant lucy stews. I also watched the show where lucy learns shes pregnant. The episode in which the pregnancy was announced was entitled lucy is enceinte, the french word for pregnant. Pregnant women are unpredictable follows lucy preparing for the baby to arrive. When lucy tells ethel that shes been fatigued, unenergetic, and been mysteriously gaining weight, ethel suspects that lucy may be pregnant.
At the time, lucy was five months pregnant, but the networks rules prohibited her from saying she was pregnant on air. Ricky does his best to deal with pregnant lucys emotional needs. At lunch, hes too preoccupied with work to listen to. With lucy pregnant, ricky is even more baffled by his wacky. I love lucy lucy tells ricky shes pregnant in color. Cbs would not allow i love lucy to use the word pregnant, so expecting was used instead. I love lucy, lucy is enceinte season two, episode 10. I love lucy s 2 e 10 lucy is enceinte recap tv tropes. At lunch, hes too preoccupied with work to listen to her, then its off to the clubwhere luc. 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. Start your free trial to watch i love lucy and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. Perhaps one of the best episodes of the series aired in 1952. Lucy was five months pregnant at the time this episode was filmed. But such was the clout of lucille ball at the time.
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