User Reviews

Had I not realized where I was in my viewing of the series, I could have sworn that I was already in the midst of the Lucy / Desi Comedy Hour where Tallulah Bankhead moved in next door and Ricky and Fred caught Lucy and Ethel being "nuzzy". The new neighbors are veteran character actors K. T. Stevens (who had just played Joan Crawford's niece in "Harriet Craig") and Hayden Rourke (later of "I Dream of Jeannie"), a married couple appearing in a TV murder mystery series. Rourke seems to be imitating Charles Boyer in "Gaslight" (as if being mimicked by Bela Lugosi) and Stevens emulating the not yet introduced cartoon character Natasha Fatale in their rehearsing, adding nice laughs to the mystery being set-up. Lucy's stuck in the new neighbor's apartment and must sneak her way out while disguised as a chair. The whole situation is hysterical, making you have to watch all of the situations going on around them. The fact that Rourke and Stevens keep a complete straight face makes the scene even funnier. I found that moment funnier than both "The Chocolate Factory" and "Vitameatavegamin", an impossible feat. Veteran Warner Brothers character actor Allen Jenkins is also funny as the desk sergeant.