WAKE UP!! THIS IS NOT A BLOOPER!! WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE DVD WAS WRITTEN BY A YOUNG IDIOT WHO DIDNT HAVE HIS FACTS RIGHT OR WHO WAS JUST PLAIN LYING....
@alwaysmelili Very! :) I was about 10 or 11 when I first began watching "I Love Lucy." It was always on around 6 or 7pm in reruns when I was growing up in the 70's, long before cable t.v. was around... at least in my house! I'd watch it after dinner with my brothers, it was considered a classic then, still is. It was great comedy that I still watch sometimes when I'm flipping around and can't find anything to watch.
Oh wow now I see people are arguing over it. I wasnt intending to jump into the fray with my comment. I really dont care either way. This has always been one of my favorite shows ever. Its good to see many in the generations after me feel the same way!
Its funny. I thought that HAD to be scripted becuase my mother did that to me when we traveled to Germany together. I would ask her what people were saying, and she would get confused and started speaking german to me and english to them. It was pretty funny. :)
@alwaysmelili No, it is not normal. This show came out years before you were born so odds are you've only seen reruns. I doubt over 50% of your peers watch this show as much as you.
I always thought of this as part of the script... and Desi's talent lied in, very naturally, making it appear to be a mistake made by his character, Ricky. Either way, it sure is great comedy. Cheers!
I was just watching this last night .. i love when they mess up and cant control it. i love how he starts to laugh again and the audience joins in this is by far the best Television show there ever was and ever will be. Its a timeless classic loved by millions.
I always thought that this scene was written this way! It just seemed so naturally funny that after having to play inturpreter all night Ricky would naturally make such a mistake. It may have been a blooper that was lefft in because it ewas so funny, that often happened. But the show was not shown 'live". It was filmed by movie quality cameras, in front of a live audiance. That is why the quality of the shows is so good and still play so well. It was the first show to do this.
@pokerbaby7 (continued) It was pioneered by Desi, as was using multiple camera angles on a tv show. But bloopers did happen and were edited out all the time during ILL. Just not many were saved.
It indeed was a blooper, since there wouldn't have been anything very hilarious if Ricky was just saying it as part of the script. The point was just supposed to be how goofy Lucy was acting while trying to communicate, so the spotlight wasn't on Ricky. BTW, the show was not shot live - it was recorded on film by three cameras, a system Desi pioneered. Producers were then free to leave such bloopers in or edit them out. On this one, Desi had regained enough composure, so the take wasn't ruined.
Sweet jesus,it was just bloody FUNNY,whether by design or a genuine blooper.Why all the damn animosity over whether or not it was?Or whether someone accidentally mis-names one of the cast?Hell,lightenup,people.
@alwaysmelili - Classic entertainment never goes out of style; that's why we still listen to Mozart, who lived in the 18th century. 100 years from now, people will still be enjoying "I Love Lucy".
enough said on this subject, "ILL" was/is my favorite show. not sure why so many people have to feel they need to be right and debate every little thing. i'm just basing my comments on fact and history...if people want to believe bloopers, go right ahead. is it that important, or is it more important just to enjoy the show?
my mistake about Madelyn Pugh whom I incorrectly called Madelyn Stowe, oops. But the point I was making was accurate, the writers confirmed they wrote this scene, including what many felt was a "blooper," and the writers and the cast always got a kick out of the fact that they were able to fool a lot of people into thinking this was a blooper...RIP all.
@irvinemuscle I'd have to disagree... i mean why would the DVD's say it was a blooper if it wasnt.... just like in the episode "Job Switching" the first slip Desi took with the rice was unscripted... he actually fell, but noticing that the audience started laughing at it, he added another on purpose to add to the laughter, i dont see why this couldnt just have been a mistake.
@moviechick9620 Even if the line was written, it looks like Desi did in fact crack himself up a little. I'm inclined to think that his extended laughing and stumbling over the line wasn't planned. Actors back then were conditioned to keep going and make it work somehow. It's amazing to me how how the cast will just lose it and start over. But these people were pros who incorporated everything into the scene and kept going.
I'm with you on this one Yabba. Desi's surprise at what he realized he was saying, and his ensuing genuine laughter just can't be matched by the best of actors. :)
@irvinemuscle Just wondering where you've read/heard this. As I said before, multiple sources (such as "The Lucy Book" by Geoffery Mark Fidelman) have indicated this was a mistake that was left in. Now, in a later episode, the writers *did* script a similar translation mistake, because the first one went over so well. Perhaps that's what you're thinking of.
@moviechick9620 ---- I just watched this episode last night and found out that this was not part of the script, that it was indeed a blooper. How funny indeed that Desi laughed at his own mistake while filming this live. I loved this show soooo much and still laugh so hard I have to rewind the DVD because I miss the next few lines. :) OH and to alwayssmelili- I think it's fantastic this is your favorite show at your age! that means you have incredible taste and a wonderful sense of humor
I love how everyone who WASN"T THERE is such an expert.....good actors can act....I believe I read where Madelyn Stowe herself said this was part of the script.....so I'll just believe the folks who actually created the show and were there as opposed to others who are speculating at best.
@irvinemuscle who is Madelyn Stowe? nobody by that name ever worked on the show... if youre thinking about Madelyn Pugh...then you might want to get your names straight before trying to correct people...
Are you sure this is a blooper. It just always seemed to be part of the script to me. It never crossed my mind that it was a blooper. If it was, I'm glad they kept it in. Its pretty funny!
@jdixon56 yeah, on the DVD it has a section for "flubs" and this is under that...so im assuming since the dvd says it, it is... but i know, it doesnt seem like a blooper!
@moviechick9620 I agree — it doesn't come across as a blooper. That's probably because they were so used to acting in front of a live audience. They were used to recovering quickly and moving on without breaking things up much. It would take a lot of professional skill to do that. The show has a perfect name, because so many people, including myself, still love Lucy and her show!
@moviechick9620 This was definitely a blooper -- and I agree, a very charming one. Desi handled it well. In fact, the fact people wonder if it really is a blooper is a testament to his acting ability. It really is a shame he never received an Emmy for his work on this show.
@jdixon56 in my house this happens all the time when going back and forth with spanish and english - I dont think that it matters either way since it is totally hilarious.
@ROBO916 OMG THAT IS INSANE I NEVER NOTICED THAT LOL funny things you can pick up on this show, usually they use the same actors in alot of parts like bobby the milk man or the hotel bell hop or the freind of fred who was a bachalor and also a doctor earlier in the show lol funny stuff
Haha my Dad does that all the time. He's from Spain and he often "translates" things in the wrong language when we visit the family in Spain or talk on the phone with them. He's gotten worse over the years.
Anyway... everyone, back then almost every single american citizen was accused of being a communist. Like during the dark ages when everyone was a witch, even though they could just be scientists. Don't take the accusations harsh... anyone who had a single negative thing to say about the government was labeled a commie.
A "set in stone" rule of producing the show was NO RETAKES; everything captured on the first take. And this shows how much of a pro Desi really was. I'm a huge Lucille Ball fan. But he was every bit as important to the success of the show as her.
I agree its a genuine blooper. Though the show was filmed before an audience, they could have done a retake, it didn;t go out over the air live. Obviously they thought it was funnier to leave it in.
Hard to tell, but that does look like blooper - combined with terrific recovery from Desi Arnaz. I love the show, they're all top-notch actors, but to me that does look like a blooper that got recovered and without the need for a retake. (Back then, film had cost a lot of money, this is 35mm film, and retakes were avoided when possible...)
@cooltotto Lucy says ''Laheim''Usually written in English as "lechaim," it is Hebrew for "to life." Jews often use it as a toast, instead of "cheers."
I never knew that wasn't scripted. It was just another funny thing that happened in a long list of funny things in that show. I wonder how many other things weren't scripted that we think were.
I remember this episode perfectly. They were speaking Spanish back and forth, and they asked RIcky in Spanish how Lucy got red hair, and he comes out with "La Henna Rinse." LOL!!! What a great episode this was.
@moviechick9620 It doesn't look like a blooper to me, just look like he was acting as if he got tired of translating, such as one would in real life. Not a great blooper to me.
@moviechick9620 A lesser show with stupid people running it would have reshot it and lost that effervescent scene which fit so perfectly with the characters.
@catholicpriest1 They never, never take anything out of the broadcasted show once they do it live. Everything you see on an I Love Lucy DVD or a re-run on TV is exactly how they did it in front of the audience!
@jevilscientist She says, "L'chaim," which is Hebrew for "To life," the traditional Jewish toast. And "Funny, he/she doesn't look Jewish" is an old joke from the days when most TV writers were Jewish, because they were writers because most TV actors weren't allowed to be.
@UncleMikeNJ ". . . old joke from the days when most TV writers were Jewish," huh?
In case you haven't looked at the credits of most TV shows (and films) lately, most of the writers still are Jewish. The only difference is not as many employ pseudonyms or half-pseudonyms to barely disguise their Jewishness.
@UncleMikeNJ But even in your so-called "old days," it was fairly easy to tell "Mr. Smith" was Jewish, when his first name was "Murray," or "Mr. Brooks" had the first name of "Mel." If the performer's surname was "Allen," was easy to tell between "Fred" or "Steve" and "Woody" who was the Jew.
Also, it is not that Jews were ever forbidden from being TV actors at all--look at Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) and George Burns (Nathan Birnbaum), The Three Stooges, Carl Reiner, and many more.
@gymnastix The Stooges names were Horowitz: Moe (Moses), Shemp (Samuel) Curly (Jerome) Then there was Larry, who was not related and was also Jewish. His last name was Fine. Not to be confused with the condition for all you wise guys out there.
@UncleMikeNJ It is more likely that sponsors and producers practiced the policy of making their major characters all seem homogeneous, and stripped them of any deeply ethnic identity, to appeal to the greatest numbers of American viewers, who were (and still are, barely) white Protestants.
@UncleMikeNJ Such a policy was not only applied to Jews, but also to Italians, such as Dino Crocetti (Dean Martin), and to Arabs, such as Amos Yakhoob Kairouz (Danny Thomas), any darkly ethnic types.
In the cases of some Jews, names were also changed because many did have communist activities in their backgrounds (many from involvement in labor unions, long commie-infiltrated), and so changed their names or had other writers "front" for them, due to advertisers' blacklisting policies.
LUCY WAS NOT A COMMUNIST, dammit. do research and make sure it's legitimate before you say dumb crap. Lucy states in her autobiography that she only signed the paper to please her grandfather & she had never taken part in any communist related things.
@amberlovesapplepie09 Why would someone sign a paper, connecting them to a murderous ideology, on a lark? I love Lucy as an entertainer. But all the fools who played Communist and who loved "Uncle Joe" Stalin were, as Stalin called them, useful idiots.
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Her red hair was symbolic of the communist red star and the blood it has caused to be spilled. But hey, at least her husband had connections for good cigars ;)
@steelflame1 she was the furthest thing from communist...and to quote desi "the only thing red about Lucy is her hair, and even that's not legitimate."
@moviechick9620 In the 1950's anything out of sync with the American image was considered communist, a very paranoid era. Many were Blackballed by this stupidity.
its a very fun show. I'm glad they still show it. I'm watching it right now in fact. and its so funny that Lucy would put her own bits in to make it funner. I also heard that Lucy and Ethel were never friends.
@PikachuJackskeling94 no, Lucy and Vivian we're pretty good friends...but Vivian and Bill Frawley couldnt stand each other....they absolutely hated each other, but obviously that didnt come across on the show
@PikachuJackskeling94 I had heard that they werent friends but I think I have read every book there is on Lucille Ball and I have read the few that were on Vivian Vance and they were very good friends
@figgy709 They may have ad-libbed some lines, but no, their lines were scripted for the most part. Bob Carroll and Madelyn Pugh and Jess Oppenheimer wrote their scripts and came up with the stunts. If you own any of the complete seasons of I Love Lucy, you'll find parts of the actual scripts in the bonus features.
If you've ever seen" The Mambo Kings " w/ Antonio Banderas (one of his earlier movies)and Armand Assante- this was the scene used when the Mambo kings supposedly appeared on the" I Love Lucy Show" with Desi Arnaz Jr. playing the part of Ricky.
I have never understood why people think they have to SHOUT at people who don't speak their native language? It makes me wonder if people from other countries also SHOUT at Americans?
Desi was not given enough credit for anything. He was the one who got that show up and running. He was a great straight man too - perhaps one of the greatest of all time. He memorized EVERYONE'S lines, not just his own. If you watch the show carefully, you can often see him mouthing the lines of the other actors while they are speaking. He knew his own lines, Fred's lines, Ethel's lines, AND Lucy's lines.
@1PinkCadillac Wait so I'm confused,if he messed up isn't it still considered a blooper? Lol
Hollibean151 1 hour ago
WAKE UP!! THIS IS NOT A BLOOPER!! WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE DVD WAS WRITTEN BY A YOUNG IDIOT WHO DIDNT HAVE HIS FACTS RIGHT OR WHO WAS JUST PLAIN LYING....
CRMunir1 1 day ago
Lucy was brilliant for going along with it LMAO
wtflolalex 4 days ago
it didnt seem like a blooper to me but now that its pointed out, its really funny!
JayDolce 1 week ago
I love how Americans think that if they speak louder, a non-english speaking person will understand. Chu no huat i meen?
55atras 1 week ago
@55atras lol!
BlazeetSKANK 1 week ago
Just to let everyone know this wasn't really a blooper. Sure Desi messed up but he still went along with the script and no one stopped him
1PinkCadillac 2 weeks ago
Desi Arnaz is so precious. I love this show. It's so sad that so much time has passed and that they're both dead.
35deltagamma 2 weeks ago
I agree with pokerbaby 7 :-)
paudistooge 2 weeks ago
I grew up on I LOVE LUCY. I watch it over and over, have never gotten tired of the episodes.
But, doesn't it seem strange they never had a full size sofa? Just that love seat size. Guess the 'apartment set' wasn't large enough.
I'll LOVE LUCY forever!
cards0486 3 weeks ago
@alwaysmelili ---> good choice! :)
papersoulja27 3 weeks ago
Rip Desi!!!!
dennyolver2 3 weeks ago
See? Bi-Lingual TV long before it was thought of!
tarotbear 3 weeks ago
Did they keep the bloopers when it aired on TV or did they edit it?
AnneBoleyn808 3 weeks ago
I wish TV shows were now as elegant and refined as "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy Show." Lucille Ball was the belle of a grand ball.
Bluejeans0701 3 weeks ago
Tbat could have made sense if it was scripted, but the way he was laughing shows that he did a blooper.
autisticblog 3 weeks ago
The could make sense if it was scripted, but the way ge was laughi
autisticblog 3 weeks ago
@alwaysmelili Very! :) I was about 10 or 11 when I first began watching "I Love Lucy." It was always on around 6 or 7pm in reruns when I was growing up in the 70's, long before cable t.v. was around... at least in my house! I'd watch it after dinner with my brothers, it was considered a classic then, still is. It was great comedy that I still watch sometimes when I'm flipping around and can't find anything to watch.
liz326522 3 weeks ago
LOL!!!!
Noahster99 3 weeks ago
lol u cood tell he was having trouble keeping his composure lol hilarious best comedy in the world hands down
iamsoawesome1234 4 weeks ago
Oh wow now I see people are arguing over it. I wasnt intending to jump into the fray with my comment. I really dont care either way. This has always been one of my favorite shows ever. Its good to see many in the generations after me feel the same way!
lambchopxoxo 4 weeks ago
Its funny. I thought that HAD to be scripted becuase my mother did that to me when we traveled to Germany together. I would ask her what people were saying, and she would get confused and started speaking german to me and english to them. It was pretty funny. :)
lambchopxoxo 4 weeks ago
@alwaysmelili No, it is not normal. This show came out years before you were born so odds are you've only seen reruns. I doubt over 50% of your peers watch this show as much as you.
Monkeyman2357 1 month ago
Mucho funny!
kangadillo 1 month ago 2
I always thought of this as part of the script... and Desi's talent lied in, very naturally, making it appear to be a mistake made by his character, Ricky. Either way, it sure is great comedy. Cheers!
onetrueslave 1 month ago
@alwaysmelili Y-E-S! This is why "I Love Lucy" is a classic - it's timeless!
BonbondeParis 1 month ago
I was just watching this last night .. i love when they mess up and cant control it. i love how he starts to laugh again and the audience joins in this is by far the best Television show there ever was and ever will be. Its a timeless classic loved by millions.
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pokerbaby7 1 month ago
I always thought that this scene was written this way! It just seemed so naturally funny that after having to play inturpreter all night Ricky would naturally make such a mistake. It may have been a blooper that was lefft in because it ewas so funny, that often happened. But the show was not shown 'live". It was filmed by movie quality cameras, in front of a live audiance. That is why the quality of the shows is so good and still play so well. It was the first show to do this.
pokerbaby7 1 month ago 3
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@pokerbaby7 (continued) It was pioneered by Desi, as was using multiple camera angles on a tv show. But bloopers did happen and were edited out all the time during ILL. Just not many were saved.
pokerbaby7 1 month ago
wait, i want to keep watching :)
SydneyMarinie 1 month ago
Blooper or no blooper, it was still funny in the end.
labelashavoc 1 month ago
Seriously?.. Whoever argues about an I love Lucy fake blooper obviously needs to find a job.
DIANARAQUELALEXIS 1 month ago
It was not a blooper. It's very subtle. But, if you watch it carefully, during the so called blooper, they all still completely in character.
tubewatcher155 1 month ago
@tubewatcher155 Of course. Desi believed in doing everything is one take. So if they messed up they had to just keep on going as if nothing happened.
DiamondTeardrop6 1 month ago
It indeed was a blooper, since there wouldn't have been anything very hilarious if Ricky was just saying it as part of the script. The point was just supposed to be how goofy Lucy was acting while trying to communicate, so the spotlight wasn't on Ricky. BTW, the show was not shot live - it was recorded on film by three cameras, a system Desi pioneered. Producers were then free to leave such bloopers in or edit them out. On this one, Desi had regained enough composure, so the take wasn't ruined.
themredweirdoshow 1 month ago
lol that was funny!!!!
14hannahsuper 1 month ago
Desi=genius
boomerlady 1 month ago
Sweet jesus,it was just bloody FUNNY,whether by design or a genuine blooper.Why all the damn animosity over whether or not it was?Or whether someone accidentally mis-names one of the cast?Hell,lightenup,people.
popazz1 1 month ago
@alwaysmelili of course! ^^ when I was 13 years old, this was my number one show and still is...now i'm 24
koolychopstick 1 month ago
@alwaysmelili - Classic entertainment never goes out of style; that's why we still listen to Mozart, who lived in the 18th century. 100 years from now, people will still be enjoying "I Love Lucy".
thowen1988 1 month ago
@alwaysmelili It means you're NORMAL! STAY THAT WAY!!!
LOL!
zoics1 1 month ago
I didn't even know it was a blooper! I Love Lucy is still a great show even after 50+ years on the air.
paktype 1 month ago
wow this is really good quality. lol that was good
filmfreak491 1 month ago
enough said on this subject, "ILL" was/is my favorite show. not sure why so many people have to feel they need to be right and debate every little thing. i'm just basing my comments on fact and history...if people want to believe bloopers, go right ahead. is it that important, or is it more important just to enjoy the show?
irvinemuscle 1 month ago
my mistake about Madelyn Pugh whom I incorrectly called Madelyn Stowe, oops. But the point I was making was accurate, the writers confirmed they wrote this scene, including what many felt was a "blooper," and the writers and the cast always got a kick out of the fact that they were able to fool a lot of people into thinking this was a blooper...RIP all.
irvinemuscle 1 month ago
@irvinemuscle I'd have to disagree... i mean why would the DVD's say it was a blooper if it wasnt.... just like in the episode "Job Switching" the first slip Desi took with the rice was unscripted... he actually fell, but noticing that the audience started laughing at it, he added another on purpose to add to the laughter, i dont see why this couldnt just have been a mistake.
moviechick9620 1 month ago 4
@moviechick9620 Even if the line was written, it looks like Desi did in fact crack himself up a little. I'm inclined to think that his extended laughing and stumbling over the line wasn't planned. Actors back then were conditioned to keep going and make it work somehow. It's amazing to me how how the cast will just lose it and start over. But these people were pros who incorporated everything into the scene and kept going.
Yabbadabbawhat100 1 month ago 2
I'm with you on this one Yabba. Desi's surprise at what he realized he was saying, and his ensuing genuine laughter just can't be matched by the best of actors. :)
raina0831 1 month ago
@irvinemuscle Just wondering where you've read/heard this. As I said before, multiple sources (such as "The Lucy Book" by Geoffery Mark Fidelman) have indicated this was a mistake that was left in. Now, in a later episode, the writers *did* script a similar translation mistake, because the first one went over so well. Perhaps that's what you're thinking of.
americarunsondunkin 1 month ago
@moviechick9620 ---- I just watched this episode last night and found out that this was not part of the script, that it was indeed a blooper. How funny indeed that Desi laughed at his own mistake while filming this live. I loved this show soooo much and still laugh so hard I have to rewind the DVD because I miss the next few lines. :) OH and to alwayssmelili- I think it's fantastic this is your favorite show at your age! that means you have incredible taste and a wonderful sense of humor
Sassy70 1 month ago
@alwaysmelili yes it is...it means you have a healthy mind! XD
moviechick9620 1 month ago 15
Hahaha! Love this show!!!
SgtPlmFry 1 month ago
I love how everyone who WASN"T THERE is such an expert.....good actors can act....I believe I read where Madelyn Stowe herself said this was part of the script.....so I'll just believe the folks who actually created the show and were there as opposed to others who are speculating at best.
irvinemuscle 1 month ago
@irvinemuscle I've read tons of Lucy books in my lifetime; trust me, this was a mistake, which they rightly left in the show.
And I believe you mean Madelyn Pugh, not Madelyn Stowe.
americarunsondunkin 1 month ago
@irvinemuscle who is Madelyn Stowe? nobody by that name ever worked on the show... if youre thinking about Madelyn Pugh...then you might want to get your names straight before trying to correct people...
moviechick9620 1 month ago
I think it was part of the script.
irvinemuscle 1 month ago
@irvinemuscle No it wasn't. You can't act that and be beilveable
pictureisup1 1 month ago
When my mother inlaw was translating, she witched, was'nt aware till I stopped her. May have been wrighten it.
dann1308 1 month ago
This is NOT a blooper! It was a scripted mistake. It is a testament to Desi Arnaz wonderful ' acting that so many people think that its a real flub.
murraymae 1 month ago
I live for this show I have every season I'm 15
mysoulbillkaulitz 1 month ago
I'm 13 and I love this show :D
Queenrocksification 1 month ago
Are you sure this is a blooper. It just always seemed to be part of the script to me. It never crossed my mind that it was a blooper. If it was, I'm glad they kept it in. Its pretty funny!
jdixon56 1 month ago 4
@jdixon56 yeah, on the DVD it has a section for "flubs" and this is under that...so im assuming since the dvd says it, it is... but i know, it doesnt seem like a blooper!
moviechick9620 1 month ago 7
@moviechick9620 I agree — it doesn't come across as a blooper. That's probably because they were so used to acting in front of a live audience. They were used to recovering quickly and moving on without breaking things up much. It would take a lot of professional skill to do that. The show has a perfect name, because so many people, including myself, still love Lucy and her show!
Smalltowngal29 1 month ago
@moviechick9620 it was. They played it off very well
pictureisup1 1 month ago
@moviechick9620 This was definitely a blooper -- and I agree, a very charming one. Desi handled it well. In fact, the fact people wonder if it really is a blooper is a testament to his acting ability. It really is a shame he never received an Emmy for his work on this show.
americarunsondunkin 1 month ago
@jdixon56 blooper or not his laugh is just the best! It does look like he lost it though, but anyway glad they kept this in too!
Nezri1 1 month ago
@jdixon56 in my house this happens all the time when going back and forth with spanish and english - I dont think that it matters either way since it is totally hilarious.
MrWmJosephSmithIII 2 weeks ago
the guy on the couch is the same guy they used in a different episode to play a french waiter that gives lucy and ethel lessons in french!!
ROBO916 1 month ago
@ROBO916 OMG THAT IS INSANE I NEVER NOTICED THAT LOL funny things you can pick up on this show, usually they use the same actors in alot of parts like bobby the milk man or the hotel bell hop or the freind of fred who was a bachalor and also a doctor earlier in the show lol funny stuff
yankeepunk3000 1 month ago
I like his response to his own flub, "Oh, fine..." LOL
lavendermagic84 1 month ago
I (as in me) Love Lucy :) -3
emstar42 1 month ago
i love this episode haha
SlinkyPie 1 month ago
Haha
MRCHAPOGUZMANLOERA 2 months ago
Haha my Dad does that all the time. He's from Spain and he often "translates" things in the wrong language when we visit the family in Spain or talk on the phone with them. He's gotten worse over the years.
drseafrog 2 months ago
First I Love Lucy blooper I've ever seen.
pnull 2 months ago
Nick* lol
tryron78 2 months ago
i use to watched this, Get Smart, and Bewitched lolol Nite at Night bitches!!
tryron78 2 months ago
El primer dia... lets explain all the days that we traveling...
jmayala1227 2 months ago
I didn't know that was a blooper! :O
Anyway... everyone, back then almost every single american citizen was accused of being a communist. Like during the dark ages when everyone was a witch, even though they could just be scientists. Don't take the accusations harsh... anyone who had a single negative thing to say about the government was labeled a commie.
HexSabre 2 months ago
A "set in stone" rule of producing the show was NO RETAKES; everything captured on the first take. And this shows how much of a pro Desi really was. I'm a huge Lucille Ball fan. But he was every bit as important to the success of the show as her.
kirko1954 2 months ago
LOL! I remember that part, but I didn't know it was a mistake! XD
TTTinc789 2 months ago
I loved Lucy from the start, I was 6 yrs old
ladycharsw 3 months ago
Still my all time favorite comedy show.
ionlydreamofyou 3 months ago
LOL it's actually funnier that he says the line in English.
yogiababua 3 months ago
hay what is the last word arnez says in spanish i dont know what it means
Marvilkiller 3 months ago 2
@Marvilkiller he said "si se marearon" it means "if you go dizzy"
moviechick9620 3 months ago
@moviechick9620 if you got sea sick or you got dizzy
loganwolfpack 2 months ago
my favorite blooper was when Ricky slipped and slit Freds throat. ROFL
MegaJohnhammond 3 months ago
I agree its a genuine blooper. Though the show was filmed before an audience, they could have done a retake, it didn;t go out over the air live. Obviously they thought it was funnier to leave it in.
eclecticdufus 3 months ago 7
aaah! i love the dvds! they point out all of the bloopers that you were never totally sure as to whether or not it was actually a blooper.
BaileyFlys 3 months ago
Despite his faults (we all have them), Desi was a true pro. Lucy, of course, made the show. Still watch every episode I can.
M424Filmcast 3 months ago
Hard to tell, but that does look like blooper - combined with terrific recovery from Desi Arnaz. I love the show, they're all top-notch actors, but to me that does look like a blooper that got recovered and without the need for a retake. (Back then, film had cost a lot of money, this is 35mm film, and retakes were avoided when possible...)
Thermodynamic 3 months ago
l'chiam hahahahaha!
tracy1010 3 months ago
I love the I love Lucy Show always good for a laugh or two
1summero 3 months ago
I've known about a few Lucy bloopers, but never this one. Thanks for the upload!
louspintoo 3 months ago
when they are toasting and ricky says "a cubita bella" what does lucy say?
cooltotto 3 months ago
@cooltotto Lucy says ''Laheim''Usually written in English as "lechaim," it is Hebrew for "to life." Jews often use it as a toast, instead of "cheers."
ivetenum1fan 3 months ago
@ivetenum1fan thank u for telling me
cooltotto 3 months ago
I'm 16 and i love watching "I Love Lucy"
princessangelfromhel 3 months ago 4
The spanish is legit...I love the blooper
teddyhunter07 3 months ago
Remastering is awesome :)
gsxellence 3 months ago
lol
laurenjada1 4 months ago
haha i loved that episode I love I love Lucy
4evaiheartu 4 months ago
Was it really a blopper or is that how the writers wrote the script? Looked like a genuine reaction to a flub.
GregWn 4 months ago 9
@GregWn it was really a blooper
moviechick9620 4 months ago 9
@GregWn nope not a blooper
MrYourflippinmom 3 months ago
@GregWn it was a blooper. Desi just busted up. He played it off very well.
pictureisup1 1 month ago
wow this is really good quality
xhappynonsense 4 months ago
I don't understand. What's the blooper everyone's talking about?
Stephen10528 4 months ago
@Stephen10528 when Desi said "lucy wants to know........." and started laughing because he was meant to say it in spanish
coltmanm 4 months ago
@coltmanm Thanks but I figured that out anyway.
Stephen10528 4 months ago
@Stephen10528 lol sorry :)
coltmanm 4 months ago
I never knew that wasn't scripted. It was just another funny thing that happened in a long list of funny things in that show. I wonder how many other things weren't scripted that we think were.
jdixon56 4 months ago
I remember this episode perfectly. They were speaking Spanish back and forth, and they asked RIcky in Spanish how Lucy got red hair, and he comes out with "La Henna Rinse." LOL!!! What a great episode this was.
TypesALot 4 months ago
Did they leave this in the show?
catholicpriest1 4 months ago
@catholicpriest1 yes they did...that's the beauty of it
moviechick9620 4 months ago 14
@moviechick9620 It doesn't look like a blooper to me, just look like he was acting as if he got tired of translating, such as one would in real life. Not a great blooper to me.
Tiny1bme 4 months ago
@moviechick9620 ya i caught it yesterday
ALLERTORLOVER69 3 months ago in playlist Liked videos
@moviechick9620 Exactly. And why The Honeymooners (39) always feels fresh almost 60 years later.
MLP88 2 months ago
@moviechick9620 A lesser show with stupid people running it would have reshot it and lost that effervescent scene which fit so perfectly with the characters.
Onlymusical 2 months ago
@catholicpriest1 They never, never take anything out of the broadcasted show once they do it live. Everything you see on an I Love Lucy DVD or a re-run on TV is exactly how they did it in front of the audience!
soccerguy325 1 month ago
@soccerguy325 "I Love Lucy" was never broadcast live. It was filmed before a live audience and broadcast later.
catholicpriest1 1 month ago
@catholicpriest1 Yeah, I know, I meant "do it live" as in in front of the audience.
soccerguy325 1 month ago
I've been waiting for this episode to see this part again, and I'm glad I found a clip of it. It's a great blooper because it made the air!
skylorean 4 months ago
@VirgoMentality I can beat that, my Mom says I watched it as a baby and laughed like made even though I had no idea what was going on.
tiggerfan1968 4 months ago
Funny, Lucy didn't look Jewish.
UncleMikeNJ 4 months ago
@UncleMikeNJ she's not...
moviechick9620 4 months ago
@UncleMikeNJ What does Jewish suppose to look like?
jevilscientist 3 months ago
@jevilscientist She says, "L'chaim," which is Hebrew for "To life," the traditional Jewish toast. And "Funny, he/she doesn't look Jewish" is an old joke from the days when most TV writers were Jewish, because they were writers because most TV actors weren't allowed to be.
UncleMikeNJ 3 months ago
@UncleMikeNJ ". . . old joke from the days when most TV writers were Jewish," huh?
In case you haven't looked at the credits of most TV shows (and films) lately, most of the writers still are Jewish. The only difference is not as many employ pseudonyms or half-pseudonyms to barely disguise their Jewishness.
gymnastix 2 months ago
@UncleMikeNJ But even in your so-called "old days," it was fairly easy to tell "Mr. Smith" was Jewish, when his first name was "Murray," or "Mr. Brooks" had the first name of "Mel." If the performer's surname was "Allen," was easy to tell between "Fred" or "Steve" and "Woody" who was the Jew.
Also, it is not that Jews were ever forbidden from being TV actors at all--look at Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) and George Burns (Nathan Birnbaum), The Three Stooges, Carl Reiner, and many more.
gymnastix 2 months ago
@gymnastix The Stooges names were Horowitz: Moe (Moses), Shemp (Samuel) Curly (Jerome) Then there was Larry, who was not related and was also Jewish. His last name was Fine. Not to be confused with the condition for all you wise guys out there.
DAngelo136 2 months ago
@UncleMikeNJ It is more likely that sponsors and producers practiced the policy of making their major characters all seem homogeneous, and stripped them of any deeply ethnic identity, to appeal to the greatest numbers of American viewers, who were (and still are, barely) white Protestants.
gymnastix 2 months ago
@UncleMikeNJ Such a policy was not only applied to Jews, but also to Italians, such as Dino Crocetti (Dean Martin), and to Arabs, such as Amos Yakhoob Kairouz (Danny Thomas), any darkly ethnic types.
In the cases of some Jews, names were also changed because many did have communist activities in their backgrounds (many from involvement in labor unions, long commie-infiltrated), and so changed their names or had other writers "front" for them, due to advertisers' blacklisting policies.
gymnastix 2 months ago
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@UncleMikeNJ what does jewish suppose to look like/
jevilscientist 3 months ago
She was catholic of irish decent, and so what desi being from cuba pre revolution.
manga12 3 months ago
LUCY WAS NOT A COMMUNIST, dammit. do research and make sure it's legitimate before you say dumb crap. Lucy states in her autobiography that she only signed the paper to please her grandfather & she had never taken part in any communist related things.
amberlovesapplepie09 5 months ago 16
@amberlovesapplepie09 thank you...
moviechick9620 5 months ago
@amberlovesapplepie09
Well said & well put! As Desi once said, the only thing red about Lucy was her hair..and even that was dyed red!
JubalCalif 4 months ago
@amberlovesapplepie09 Why would someone sign a paper, connecting them to a murderous ideology, on a lark? I love Lucy as an entertainer. But all the fools who played Communist and who loved "Uncle Joe" Stalin were, as Stalin called them, useful idiots.
fjccommish 3 months ago
"Lucy wants to know...." lol It really would have been funny if he swore, but I guess it would have had to be cut then.
shelly1874 5 months ago
so classic:)
hamletisastud 5 months ago
They need to put a "I love Lucy" in a Fallout game =P
BadVoodo0 5 months ago
back when tv was funny...
NadZillaable 5 months ago 4
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Her red hair was symbolic of the communist red star and the blood it has caused to be spilled. But hey, at least her husband had connections for good cigars ;)
steelflame1 5 months ago
@steelflame1 she was the furthest thing from communist...and to quote desi "the only thing red about Lucy is her hair, and even that's not legitimate."
moviechick9620 5 months ago 19
@moviechick9620 In the 1950's anything out of sync with the American image was considered communist, a very paranoid era. Many were Blackballed by this stupidity.
69ssrszl1 4 months ago
its a very fun show. I'm glad they still show it. I'm watching it right now in fact. and its so funny that Lucy would put her own bits in to make it funner. I also heard that Lucy and Ethel were never friends.
PikachuJackskeling94 5 months ago
@PikachuJackskeling94 no, Lucy and Vivian we're pretty good friends...but Vivian and Bill Frawley couldnt stand each other....they absolutely hated each other, but obviously that didnt come across on the show
moviechick9620 5 months ago
@PikachuJackskeling94 I had heard that they werent friends but I think I have read every book there is on Lucille Ball and I have read the few that were on Vivian Vance and they were very good friends
Prizm2356 5 months ago
Looks very crisp wow
Baklaslut 5 months ago
i always heard that lucy & ricky & ethel & fred ad libbed their lines, just had the genera idea to start with....
figgy709 5 months ago
@figgy709 They may have ad-libbed some lines, but no, their lines were scripted for the most part. Bob Carroll and Madelyn Pugh and Jess Oppenheimer wrote their scripts and came up with the stunts. If you own any of the complete seasons of I Love Lucy, you'll find parts of the actual scripts in the bonus features.
rickyfan3956 5 months ago
If you've ever seen" The Mambo Kings " w/ Antonio Banderas (one of his earlier movies)and Armand Assante- this was the scene used when the Mambo kings supposedly appeared on the" I Love Lucy Show" with Desi Arnaz Jr. playing the part of Ricky.
amuslima99 5 months ago
"Oh..... *fine*" Hahahahahahha
fkreller1 5 months ago
He also made the same "blooper" in the episode where Lucy meets her mother-in-law.
02chevyguy 5 months ago
Funniest blooper ever!!!!
theblueparakeet12 5 months ago
after all these years it is still one of the best,funny sitcoms EVER!thanks 4 sharing!
Nipisful 5 months ago
Funny blooper!'
ScottAndrewOnline 5 months ago
If it were a blooper as always they knew how to adlib to cover it up....it's called good acting...
pgraceful 5 months ago
@pgraceful - No, that's called professionalism. Good acting is something else.
OldDunc 4 months ago
@OldDunc - Oh so True...
pgraceful 4 months ago
I love Lucy is funny
MrWestwing9 5 months ago 3
I have never understood why people think they have to SHOUT at people who don't speak their native language? It makes me wonder if people from other countries also SHOUT at Americans?
Sheri451 5 months ago
I'm bilingual and that happens to me all the time when I'm translating, and sometimes I forget to translate and people gives me dirty looks... lol
demoniosolitario 5 months ago
sounds like he was about to say "oh fuck!" XD
Hellcome2play 5 months ago
Ive seen this episode a lot. I had no idea it was a blooper!
sweetestsin71 5 months ago
wow I never realized this. good find
LoseMyFocus 5 months ago
Desi was not given enough credit for anything. He was the one who got that show up and running. He was a great straight man too - perhaps one of the greatest of all time. He memorized EVERYONE'S lines, not just his own. If you watch the show carefully, you can often see him mouthing the lines of the other actors while they are speaking. He knew his own lines, Fred's lines, Ethel's lines, AND Lucy's lines.
TheClassica87 6 months ago 2