The blackandwhite series originally ran from october 15, 1951, to may 6, 1957, on the columbia broadcasting system cbs. Lucy angles her way onto rickys special as the shows pitch girl. Midsouth products i love lucy clock vitameatavegamin 4. Lucy waltzes down to the tv studio, all set to promote the new sponsored health tonic, vitameatavegamin. So why dont you join all the thousands of happy peppy people and get a great big bottle of vitameatavegamin tomorrow. Classic fictional alcoholcontaining nutritional supplement from an episode of i love lucy. Lucy and rickys best friends are landlords fred and ethel mertz who often become unwitting participants in lucys getrichquick and other wild schemes.
It is considered to be the most famous episode of the show. Lucy s desire to star in a tv commercial, despite ricky saying no, gets her in a hilarious situation when she goes on set anyway. This i love lucy vitameatavegamin throw blanket is perfect to cozy up with on a chilly winter day. Lucille ball on her favorite i love lucy episode the dick cavett show. According to an article on the metv website dated 41717, the dress lucy wears in this episode is now owned by actress laura dern. Watch i love lucy streaming online hulu free trial. The episode recreates several scenes from infamous episodes including vitameatavegamin, chocolate factory, and grapestomping. But her oneandonly chance flops when she is forced to test the sponsors product repeatedly, a nutritional elixir called vitameatavegamin, which is. I love lucy lucy does a tv commercial tv episode 1952 imdb. Lucy ricardo is a scatterbrained housewife whose husband, ricky, is a bandleader at a nightclub. Vitameatavegamin 10 of the best i love lucy episodes pictures. Lucys desire to star in a tv commercial, despite ricky. Plus the rarely seen pilot episode that sold the i love lucy series.
Apr 10, 2020 it was an emotional episode for messing, who is a lifelong fan of balls work and i love lucy, and described the opportunity to play her as a bucketlist moment and a dream come true. In 2011, more than 900 lucille ball lookalikes gathered under a vitameatavegamin sign to honor balls 100th birthday, setting a world record for the most lucy lookalikes in one place. Nov 25, 2019 messing gets to play lucy in a vitameatavegamin scene, hayes will assume the title role in the chocolate factory, and mullally will recreate the memorable grape stomping moment. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items.
So lucy commits to getting a job, and what follows are recreations of three different i love lucy episode scenes vitameatavegamin messing, grapestomping mullally and chocolate. Messing gets to play lucy in a vitameatavegamin scene, hayes will assume the title role in the chocolate factory, and mullally will recreate the memorable grape stomping moment. But her oneandonly chance flops when she is forced to test the sponsors product repeatedly, a nutritional elixir called vitameatavegamin, which is 23% alcohol. Test your knowledge on this television quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. It followed the life of lucy ricardo ball, a young middleclass. Love mary jane croft in this she was absolutely stunning i think my absolute favorite part of this is the conversation between mary jane and lucille at the beginning, on. In a nutshell, lucy connives her way onto a tv show that ricky will be hosting as the lady making the commercial selling a health potion called vitameatavegamin, which contains. See more ideas about i love lucy, i love lucy vitameatavegamin and lucille ball. While filming the commercial, lucy has a difficult. Grace, karen, and jack each imagine themselves as lucy during vitameatavegamin, chocolate factory, and grape stomping. After becoming too involved in a murder mystery book, lucy believes that ricky is trying to murder her.
I love lucy purses, bags, and wallets are toteally the way to go if youare a lucille ball fan and just canat get enough of her mischievous smile. This episode by itself justifies lucille balls ranking as the absolute best comedic actress of early television. Shop by i love lucy episode lucy does a commercial. By the end of its initial season, i love lucy was tvs first bona fide smashhitthe very first program seen in more than 10 million homes.
The actors all took turns playing lucy, ethel, and fred. Desperate to be in rickys new television commercial, lucy makes every attempt to get her way. America just couldnt get enough of this stunning new comedy talentlucy as a lessthanpoised wouldbe ballerina in the. Every i love lucy fan knows this episode from season one. It was an emotional episode for messing, who is a lifelong fan of balls work and i love lucy, and described the opportunity to play her as a bucketlist moment and a dream come true. Maury thompson, who played the script clerk in the episode, was actually the reallife script clerk for the actual show. Vitameatavegamin 10 of the best i love lucy episodes. Lucy has angled her way onto rickys special as the shows pitch girl. Lucy does a tv commercial ultimate i love lucy wiki fandom. In total 180 episodes of i love lucy were produced, plus a pilot episode. I love lucy lucille ball i love lucy vitameatavegamin, i love.
Lucy is in a commercial for the product and every take requires that she takes a spoonful, so after several takes she unknowingly gets drunk off the supplement. Grace reenacts i love lucys vitameatavegamin commercial. Lucy and rickys best friends are landlords fred and ethel mertz who often become unwitting participants in lucy s getrichquick and other wild schemes. There have been hundreds of collectible items based on this episode. Believing it contains vitamins, minerals, meat, and vegetables, lucy does not know is that it also contains twentythree percent of alcohol. 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. Ultimate i love lucy wiki is a fandom tv community. She believes it contains vitamins, meat, minerals, and vegetables, but, lucy actually does not know is that the stuff also contains twentythree percent alcohol. Feb 07, 2020 can you name the words to the vitameatavegamin commercial from i love lucy.
I love lucy lucy does a tv commercial tv episode 1952. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Lucille ball made several iconic appearances on i love lucy, and one of the most famous of those was in the episode lucy does a tv commercial, which many people think of as the vitameatavegamin episode. Possibly the most famous episode from the entire i love lucy 6 year series, season 1 episode 30 lucy does a commercial, first aired on may 5, 1952, is a tv classic. She even had a stage hand make up queue cards for this episode. Words to vitameatavegamin and the i love lucy theme song. Lucy gets a job in a tv commercial by telling the chosen actress that another girls been hired. Over time, the word vitameatavegamin has become a kind of shorthand for this episode and for the i love lucy show in general. We have a large selection of i love lucy wallets that are fabulous by themselves or pair with one of the matching i love lucy totes or purses. I love lucy vitameatavegamin episode metal tin sign 12x16. The cast and crew looked high and low to find the perfect substance to act as vitameatavegamin. They wanted it to be something lucy could drink a lot of and something that had the perfect viscous quality. I love lucy laminated vitameatavegamin poster 24x36 inch.
In this classic i love lucy episode, lucy has angled her way onto rickys special as the shows pitch girl. In this episode, lucy is set to promote a new health elixir, vitameatavegamin in a commercial for rickys upcoming variety show. The word vitameatavegamin has since become a shorthand for this episode and for the i love lucy show in general. I love lucy is an american television sitcom starring lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, and william frawley. Lucy does a tv commercial original air date5 may 1952 in this classic i love lucy episode, lucy angled here way onto rickys special as the shows pitch girl. Lucys desire to star in a tv commercial, despite ricky saying no, gets her in a hilarious situation when she. Lucy does a tv commercial is the 30th episode of the 1950s television sitcom i love lucy, airing on may 5, 1952. They finally settled on apple pectin, and lucy said it was very sickening to drink that much of the sweet liquid. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6. Lucys desire to star in a tv commercial, despite ricky saying no, gets her in a hilarious situation. The show starred lucille ball, her reallife husband desi arnaz, vivian vance, and william frawley. Lucille ball on her favorite i love lucy episode the dick cavett show duration. Lucille ball on her favorite i love lucy episode the dick cavett.
With lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, william frawley. Matches our wonderful vitameatavegamin happy peppy collection. Vitameatavegamin every i love lucy fan knows this episode from season one. They finally settled on apple pectin, and lucy said it was. A daffy woman constantly strives to become a star along with her bandleader husband and gets herself in the strangest situations. Will and grace meets i love lucy in a special episode. Lucille ball on her favorite i love lucy episode the dick cavett show by the dick cavett show. This throw fleece is handprinted in the usa and are professionally printed with premium inks, so your throw will look great.
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