Lucy Teaches Ethel Merman to Sing

Season 2, Episode 18, Aired
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Lucy's lies about being best friends with Ethel Merman come back to bite her. The boys now expect Lucy to get the star for their Scout show. Conveniently, , Lucy spots her at the bank going under the phony name Agnes Schmidlapp. Soon, "Agnes" is starring in the boys' show masquerading as Ethel, but only after vocal coaching from the redhead.

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      • Lucy credits the great Danfield vocal coach Dr. Gitterman with teaching her how to sing. Played by Hans Conried, he applied his skills to Lucy in the Season 1 episode Lucy's Barbershop Quartet.

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      • Lucy offers Agnes Schmidlapp $5 to come to her house and pretend to be Ethel Merman.

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      • This was originally planned as a single episode, but things went so well between Lucille and Ethel it was decided to make it a two-parter. The final scene of this episode was rewritten to lead into Part Two. However, it wasn't filmed until they shot the second episode a month later. Edit

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      • Lucy: You can drop that Schmidlapp routine.
        Mooney: Oh, you know who she really is.
        Lucy: Yes, I do. And thanks to you, I made a complete fool of myself.
        Mooney: You can't pin that on me! I just moved to town a year ago.
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      • Lucy: (coaching "Agnes" to sing) Haven't you ever had any singing lessons?
        Ethel (as Agnes): Never!
        Lucy: I believe it.
        Ethel (as Agnes): Have you?
        Lucy: How'd you think I learned to sing like this?
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