I Love Lucy The Adagio (1951–1957) Online
- Original Title :
- The Adagio
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Comedy / Family
- Year :
- 1951–1957
- Directror :
- Marc Daniels
- Cast :
- Lucille Ball,Desi Arnaz,Vivian Vance
- Writer :
- Jess Oppenheimer,Madelyn Davis
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 30min
- Rating :
- 8.0/10
Lucy decides to try out for a job as an Apache dancer in Ricky's show. The man she rehearses with falls madly in love with her.
| Episode cast overview: | |||
 | Lucille Ball | - | Lucy Ricardo |
 | Desi Arnaz | - | Ricky Ricardo |
 | Vivian Vance | - | Ethel Mertz |
 | William Frawley | - | Fred Mertz |
 | Shepard Menken | - | Jean Valjean Raymond (as Shep Menken) |
In season 1, a preview of the next week's episode was shown at the end of the show to entice viewers. This was the first episode to have such a preview.
The title is a tempo term for use in music and it means slow and stately.
Ricky discusses moving to the country with Lucy in this episode. The Ricardos won't move to the country until season 6, but obviously, Lucy forgot this long-ago conversation with Ricky. Otherwise, she would have known that Ricky wasn't opposed to the idea.
In the opening scene, Ricky has a brief argument on the telephone with the character of Jerry, who does not appear on screen. Ironically, when the actor who played Jerry (Jerry Hausner) left the show, it was in a disagreement about a telephone scene.
Ethel insults Jean Valjean Ramon by calling him a "creep suzette." This is even funnier when you remember that Ethel makes Crêpes Suzette for Lucy to serve to Eleanor Harris in episode #83.