When Lucy tries to warm Ethel to an aloof Betty Ramsey, Lucy is left out in the cold.When Lucy tries to warm Ethel to an aloof Betty Ramsey, Lucy is left out in the cold.When Lucy tries to warm Ethel to an aloof Betty Ramsey, Lucy is left out in the cold.
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Did you know
- TriviaBetty Ramsey's husband, Ralph, doesn't appear in the final housewarming-party scene.
- Quotes
Fred Mertz: What do you mean, you want forty dollars for a lamp?
Ethel Mertz: Just what I said. We don't have a decent lamp to read by.
Fred Mertz: Listen, Ethel, if you want to read, you can read by firelight. If it was good enough for Abraham Lincoln, it's good enough for you.
Ethel Mertz: Oh, don't drag in your boyhood pals, Fred.
- SoundtracksTheme From 'I Love Lucy' (Instrumental)
Written by Eliot Daniel
Performed by Wilbur Hatch and the Desi Arnaz Orchestra
Featured review
Vivian Vance's Tour-De-Force Acting Makes This One of the Funniest Episodes of the Series
There's the Vitameatavegamin commercial, the chocolate factory assembly-line fiasco, the wine-vat cat fight, and then there's the luncheon between Lucy, Betty, and Ethel. It's up there with the others as one of the funniest scenes from the entire series. Ethel's stinging jabs at Betty Ramsey are priceless and delivered with mastery. Ethel Mertz is the best supporting character in sitcom history, and Vivian Vance is the best second-banana actor in sitcom history. There's Ethel/Vivian, and then there's everyone else.
With such a strong opening, the remaining portion of the episode isn't as funny, but the first part of the episode is pure gold.
With such a strong opening, the remaining portion of the episode isn't as funny, but the first part of the episode is pure gold.
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- dogeatdog7
- Sep 27, 2022
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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