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'You've been brooding behind that flute all evening.' - batai
'I'm not brooding. I'm immersed in my music.
I find that it helps me think, but the real surprise is I enjoy it so much.' - picard
'No, the real surprise is that you may actually be improving.' - batai
'Batai?' - eline
'Yes, ma'am.' - batai
'Go home.' - eline
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(Previously, on GG rewatch...)
Ooooh my God, this is officially the first occurrence of our national got-my-nose-pierced-after-my-gf-shot-me Emo Boi!!!
Listening to Mahler Sym. No. 1 and everything is glorious for one hour.
Only The Good Die Young
You know those things you write thinking “I’m gonna post this” and then you read it again and you’re like “...No...this is...horrible.” Yeah, this is one of those things. Still very reluctant to post it but, eh, viva la post a draft Saturday. Zeus soit avec nous🍻 --
Peter huffed, clutching his chest through tight spandex. He had to find a way to quiet his breathing or else he’d give away his position. Not him, he held his rifle up with shaking arms. Not him, anyone but him. Peter was shaking, his sweat making his suit stick like a second skin. “Dammit, kid, why haven’t you shot?” Peter huffed, trying his best to get a steady shot. “I--” he blinked away hot tears in his eyes “I’m having some difficulties, sir. I will take the shot when it’s clear.” “Difficulties?! We can’t afford difficulties, agent, kill him.” Tears welled in his eyes. No, no, no, no, no, please. He leveled the rifle, lining it up with the man’s head.
“Steve! What happened to your little arm candy?” Peter sucked in a ragged breath. “Sir, I can’t take the shot.” “Parker, there is no can’t you do what I tell you to or it’s back to the hole you crawled out of.” “Pierce, he’s surrounded. I’ll give away my position if I--” “Our men will handle it, Rogers needs to be taken care of.”
Peter sucked in a breath, shutting his eyes. “Yes sir” He pulled the trigger, allowing his sobs to be drowned by screams and demands for someone to call an ambulance. “I’m so sorry.” --
@cagestark, @loki-iwanttobeking
Is it me or are the Melody of Frère Jacques and the Pigmask Army theme very similar
Can this scene end?
Can this scene end?
I don’t care.
About this.
There is so much more.
Interesting shit.
That we can.
Focus on.
Lucy Gets Her Maid
S3;E11 ~ November 30, 1964
Synopsis
To impress a local women's club, Lucy hires a maid. But to afford a maid, she must take a job – as a maid! When her new employer hosts a dinner party she recruits Viv to help out – only to have to serve dinner to the very women she is hoping to impress. A quick-change parade of international costumes is contrived to remain incognito.
Regular Cast
Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney)
Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael), Ralph Hart (Sherman Bagley) and Candy Moore (Chris Carmichael) do not appear in this episode.
Guest Cast
Kathleen Freeman (Miss Putnam) previously played the character of Kathleen, but is making the third of her appearances playing various other characters on the series. Freeman was ‘born in a trunk’ to a family of vaudevillians. She made her stage debut at age two in her parents’ act. Equally at home on screen and stage, Freeman was appearing on Broadway in The Full Monty in 2001 when she died of lung cancer.
Freeman gets entrance and exit applause from the studio audience!
Norma Varden (Mrs. Van Vlack) last appeared with Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in “The Ricardos Change Apartments” (ILL S2;E26) as Mrs. Benson, the weepy woman in apartment 3B who swapped apartments with Lucy and Ricky after her daughter got married and moved out. She is probably best known for playing Frau Schmidt, the somewhat circumspect housekeeper at the Von Trapp mansion in 1965′s The Sound Of Music. She first met Lucille Ball when she played Lady Maude in Fancy Pants in 1950.
Van Vlack is the surname of one of Lucille Ball's childhood friends, Marion Strong Van Vlack, who was also a character on several episodes of “I Love Lucy.”
The Danfield Art Society members are played by:
Jean Vachon making the fifth of her six appearances on “The Lucy Show,” all but this one uncredited.
Paula Ray making the first of her three appearances on the series. This is the only one where she gets screen credit.
Caryl Lincoln was one of Lucy’s friends from her Goldwyn Girl days. This is the fourth of her seven appearances on the series, often appearing with her husband, fellow extra Bert Stevens. This is the only episode where she receives screen credit.
Luree Wiese makes her only appearance on “The Lucy Show” but will make a single appearance on “Here's Lucy” in 1970.
As a movie star and mother, Lucille Ball had a maid named Harriet McCain. She was employed by Lucy from the late 1940's until the 1980s. Because Harriet was a woman of color, Ball insisted that the elevators in her townhouse be integrated, a first for her neighborhood. When McCain was hospitalized before her death, Ball paid all her medical expenses.
Lucy says that the Danfield Art Society is the most prestigious club in town. This is the group’s first mention on the series.
Viv says she doesn't want to work that hard to become a member of an organization that is comprised solely of woman. Now the YMCA, on the other hand.... Danfield's new YMCA was often mentioned during the first season, with scenes set there during “Lucy Digs Up a Date” (S1;E2).
Lucy figures it costs $3.00 for popcorn and candy at the movies. Today, popcorn and candy can cost as much or more than the movie ticket itself.
A maid will cost Lucy $40 a week. In today's money that would be a salary of $365.
Lucy mistakes the Social Register with Social Security. The United States Social Security act was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935. In 1961, the early retirement age was lowered to 62 from 67 for reduced benefits.
Mrs. Van Vlack decides to call Lucy 'Hilda,' after her former maid. Coincidentally, Verna Felton (who played Mrs. Porter, Lucy Ricardo's short-lived maid) played a character named Hilda on the radio show “December Bride” (1952) and its TV sequel “Pete and Gladys” (1960). On those shows, Hilda was the best friend to the main character – much like Ethel Mertz and Vivian Bagley.
Hoping to impress the new maid, Lucy replaces all their Mickey Spillane detective paperbacks with encyclopedias. Mickey Spillane (1918-2006) was an American crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. In 1964 alone Spillane released four novels.
Miss Putnam asks Lucy whether there's a color TV in the kitchen. Viv says yes, “If we drag it in from the living room.” Lucy replies that it is a “light beige walnut.” CBS was still airing “The Lucy Show” in black and white, despite it being filmed in color.
Miss Putnam gets a telephone call from Gladys Wentworth who gives her a stock market tip.
So they won't be recognized by the members of the Danfield Art Society, Lucy and Viv don a series of disguises to serve their 'international' dinner:
Russian Borscht (actually Viv’s consommé with ketchup) - Lucy wears a napkin as a babushka and puts on a shawl. She hums “The Song of the Volga Boatmen,” a traditional Russian folk song as she ladles out the soup.
French Bread – Lucy makes a beret from a black pillow and ties a red checkered table cloth around her waist. She sings “Frere Jacques” as she distributes the baguettes.
Italian Antipasto – Viv makes an Italian chef's outfit from uniforms found in the kitchen closet, making a mustache from the fringe on a throw pillow. She sings “O Solo Mio” while presenting the platter. The Neapolitan song was written by Giovanni Capurro and Eduardo di Capua in 1898.
Spanish Wine – Lucy puts a lace curtain on her head and wraps herself in a lace tablecloth. Holding a bunch of parsley in front of her face, she sings “In a Little Spanish Town,” a song by Mabel Wayne, Sam M. Lewis, and Joe Young written in 1926.
Turkish Shish-Ka-Bob – Viv wraps a pink and red silk scarf around her head and cinches a print table throw around her waist. She hums "The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid" (also known as “The Snake Charmer Song”) written by James Thornton in the late 19th century. Vivian Vance gyrates her hips with her back to the camera, earning a few surprised gasps and laughs from the studio audience.
Baked Alaska – Lucy puts a dust mop on her head and wears a powder blue fur jacket while Viv throws potato flakes in the air from the kitchen door. She sings “Jingle Bells” - a song Ricky Ricardo called “Yingle Bells” on “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” Ball and Vance sang the song on the long-lost Christmas episode of “I Love Lucy.”
Colombian Coffee – Viv takes the same pink and red scarves and wraps them around her waist while putting a floral arrangement on her head like Carmen Miranda. She chants “Cha-cha-cha” as she serves the coffee.
Callbacks!
In “Lucy Hires a Maid” (ILL S2;E23) Lucy Ricardo hired Mrs. Porter, a maid who intimidates her and behaves more like the employer than the employee. Both maids dislike children, are overly concerned about their own meals, and demand to be addressed by their last names. As in 1953, Lucy ends up waiting on the maid, not the other way around.
In “Pioneer Women” (ILL S1;E23) Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz go out of their way to please The Society Matrons League headed by Mrs. Pomerantz (Florence Bates, left) and Mrs. Pettibone (Ruth Perrot, right), a very close model for the Danfield Art Society, but much snootier. It was based on a similar organization on Lucille Ball’s radio show “My Favorite Husband.”
Lucy Ricardo pretended to be a maid to impress Fred's vaudeville partner in “Mertz and Kurtz” (ILL S4;E2, right) while Ethel pretended to be a maid to impress Tallulah Bankhead in “The Celebrity Next Door,” a 1957 episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.”
Blooper Alerts!
Lucy buys Miss Putnam's lunch from the delicatessen and brings it home in a pink box. This is one of the same cake boxes used in “Lucy's Contact Lenses” (S3;E10) from Hoffstedder's Bakery.
“Lucy Gets Her Maid” rates 5 Paper Hearts out of 5
