The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour: Lucy Goes to Alaska
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8.1
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Lucy Goes to Alaska
- 8.
- Season: 2
- Episode: 3
- First Aired: 2/9/1959
The Ricardos and Mertzes head to Alaksa, but arrive a day early and their room is not ready; it is occupied by none other than Red Skeleton, who generously shares his room with the foursome. Later, Ricky and Fred learn that they own land that is all ice and are constantly at each other's throats. Ricky and Fred's bickering causes Lucy to ask Red if he will buy the property, but chaos ensues. Read full recap »
- Writers:
- Bob WeiskopfBob Schiller
- Director:
- Jerry Thorpe
- Stars:
- Lucille Ball (Lucy Ricardo)
- Desi Arnaz (Ricky Ricardo)
- William Frawley (Fred Mertz)
- Vivian Vance (Ethel Mertz)
- Keith Thibodeaux (Little Ricky Ricardo)
- Guest Star:
- Red Skelton (Himself)
- Jess Kirkpatrick (Show Director)
- Sid Melton (Bellboy)
- Hugh Sanders (I) (Flight Clerk)
- Charles Stevens (Eskimo #2)
- Iron Eyes Cody (Eskimo #1)
- William Newell (Desk Clerk)
- Flub: As the episode's introduction ends and the show starts, you can see the airplane flying in the sky is United Airlines, but when it lands in Nome, Alaska, the plane is Alaskan Airlines. edit »
- Fred said that he was going to write his congressman, but didn't know who he was. Westport, Connecticut, is in the state's fourth congressional district. At the time this episode aired, Donald J. Irwin would've been the Ricardos' and the Mertzes' congressman. edit »
- Sid Melton played the bellboy in this episode. He would later play Sophia Petrillo's late husband in "The Golden Girls" in a recurring role. edit »
- Flub: In this episode, it is evident that Lucy is having a great deal of trouble making a bed in the hammock, with covers askew, etc. Yet in the very next scene, when the camera cuts to the hammock, it is a perfectly made up bed! edit »
- Fred makes a brief comment in this episode about Hawaii eventually becoming a state. It would become one in August 1959. edit »
- Little Ricky makes no appearance in this episode, and there's no reference where Ricky and Lucy had him stay. edit »
- Music in this episode, including "Poor Us," that Red and Lucy performed was written by The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour's own Music Director. edit »
- During filming of this episode, there was not enough time to send a crew to Alaska, so "location" shots were actually filmed in Lake Arrowhead, CA. edit »
- The original opening of this episode featured the Lucy and Desi stick figures, removed from syndication. edit »
- Desi Arnaz wanted this episode to be set in Alaska to celebrate the fact that it had recently become the 49th US state! edit »
- (Lucy clears her throat, hinting that she'd like a chance to perform with Red Skelton)
Ricky: Lucy?
Lucy: Yes?
Ricky: No!
Lucy: Why not? I could do it.
Ricky: Listen, with you in the show, Alaska will succeed from the Union.
Red: 'Succeed'?
Lucy: Secede; get out, get out.
Red (turns to leave): Oh, I'm sorry.
Lucy (grabs Red): Oh no, Mr. Skelton. Not you. Secede: to get out of the Union.
edit » - (Fred heads for the bed)
Ethel: (pulls Fred off the bed) Just a minute. We're going to do this democratically. We're gonna draw to see who sleeps where.
Ricky: That's right.
Lucy: Me first, me first!
Ricky: (raises hat) Ah, ah, ah, ah! Don't cheat.
Lucy: (reaches in the hat) My mother told me to choose you. (pulls out and reads slip of paper) The hammock. (looks disgusted)
Ricky: Don't blame me, blame your mother. edit » - (Ricky mutters in Spanish)
Ricky: Some accommodations!
Ethel: Aw, now, Rick. It's kinda cozy.
Lucy: Yeah. Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Nome! edit » - (Red offers one of the rooms in his suite to Lucy and Ethel)
Red: I'll tell you what, tonight you can use one of the rooms in my suite.
Lucy: Oh no, we wouldn't think of inconveniencing you.
Red: It's quite all right. I'm on a diet and I'm supposed to cut down on 'suites'. edit » - Lucy: Gee your hair really is red.
Red: Naturally.
Ethel: That's more than she can say about hers. edit »
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Lucy Goes to Alaska
The Bottom Line: "Filler episode"06/11/07 09:36am | report abuseA good episode, with some great parts...but doesn't live up to the standards of "I Love Lucy." ...Continue »
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