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I Love Lucy Lucy Writes a Play (1951–1957) Online

I Love Lucy Lucy Writes a Play (1951–1957) Online
1951–1957 Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Vivian Vance Marc Daniels
Original Title :
Lucy Writes a Play
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 :
8.4/10

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I Love Lucy Lucy Writes a Play (1951–1957) Online

Lucy enters a playwriting competition, hoping to cast Ricky, but has to settle for Fred, and rewrites. But when Ricky learns a movie producer will be judging the plays, he takes over for Fred, not knowing the script's been changed.
Episode cast overview:
Lucille Ball Lucille Ball - Lucy Ricardo
Desi Arnaz Desi Arnaz - Ricky Ricardo
Vivian Vance Vivian Vance - Ethel Mertz
William Frawley William Frawley - Fred Mertz
Myra Marsh Myra Marsh - Club Chairwoman
Maury Thompson Maury Thompson - Stage Manager

In this episode Ricky calls Ethel the Bride of Frankenstein. Series cinematographer Karl Freund directed Frankenstein actor Boris Karloff in The Mummy.


User reviews

Villo

Villo

Lucy Ricardo has written a play for her women's club entry into a playwriting contest in which various women's groups will compete. Trouble is Ricky resents her committing him to the project as the star before telling him and refuses to do it (Lucy insists it wasn't written for him, even though the hero is Cuban and sings Babalu!. Lucy is then forced to rewrite the play and set it in England so Fred will be able to play the male lead, while Lucy's Cuban cutie and her mother played by Ethel also make the transition from Hispanic to British. When Ricky finds out the plays will be judged by famous movie producer "Samuel B. Mayer" he talks Fred into backing out and letting him star - completely unaware that the plot and setting have been changed.

LUCY WRITES A PLAY is one of the weaker I LOVE LUCY shows, so much that one can easily notice canned laughter accompanies most of the jokes rather than genuine laughs from the studio audience. It is somewhat unusual to see Ricky just as sneaky as Lucy for a change and having it backfire on him as it usually did for her. Supporting player Myra Marsh has a fun small role as the overly dramatic club woman who introduces the play but this episode is definitely Lucy Lite.
Ballazan

Ballazan

I love this episode. It is one of my favorites because I love the comedy of errors. Lucy writes a play for her Woman's Club and tries to trick Ricky into playing the male lead by making the play about his life back in Cuba. Rickey wants nothing to do with it so Lucy, Ethel and Fred decide to do an English variation of the Cuban play. Later on when Ricky discovers there will be a movie producer judging the plays he asks Fred to let him to the role. Fred tries to tell him the play has been changed but Ricky interprets him and assures him he knows all about the play. I often wonder IF the scene where Ethel reads her lines exactly as written was the inspiration for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). Where Ethel reads the line "That's nice?" instead of "That's nice." lol