"Lou C. Loves Lucy"--a Lucille Ball Productions Production

[Neil]

"Lou C. Loves Lucy" Episode 2

 

"Mary Jane in the Sky with Diamonds"

Lucy is suspicious of Lou C.'s sudden interest in Mary Jane.  After neighbors Gale and Gale tell Lou C. about gossip concerning Mary Jane's loose morals on a trip to Santa Barbara with her boss, Mary Jane returns from a retreat of her New Age spiritual group, the Inner Glow Worms in a very skimpy chicken outfit and Lou C. leers at her in a tone Lucy hadn't heard since the day before she and Lou C.  got married---just the previous week!

Lucy to Mary Jane: "You certainly didn't waste any time turning on your Lava Lamp, Lewis!"

 

 

Previously on "Lou C. Loves Lucy"

 

"The Pilot Episode" long thought lost until a 16mm print was found at the bottom of  Vanda Barra's undehwe-ah drawer.

(repeated from a previous post under "Lucy Remakes" in "Let's Talk About TV")

After Lucy Carmichael gets her discharge from the Marines, the real Lou C. Carmichael reluctantly reports for basic training.  First he tries getting a psychiatric discharge by having a tryst with transfer-recruit Private Pyle.  When Pyle denies the allegation, dragging Lou Ann Pouvie along as proof of his heterosexuality, Lou C. seeks out Lucy Carmichael with a marriage deferment in mind. Knowing her penchant for younger men, Lou woos and weds her in one episode. 

When Lou shows up the next week, Lucy is a little surprised having gotten used to boyfriends declaring their love and disappearing, so Lucille Ball Productions comes up with a new series format "Lou C. Loves Lucy" in which Lucy and Lou C. live next door to two actors playing themselves: Gale Gordon and Gale Storm.  

Guest stars lined up for season 1:

Cyd Charrise and Sid Caesar

Carrie Fisher and Cary Grant

Van Johnson and Van Na White

Yves Montland and Eve Arden

and Divine

[JoeySanJoaquin]

"Lou C. Loves Lucy" Episode 2

 

"Mary Jane in the Sky with Diamonds"

Lucy is suspicious of Lou C.'s sudden interest in Mary Jane.  After neighbors Gale and Gale tell Lou C. about gossip concerning Mary Jane's loose morals on a trip to Santa Barbara with her boss, Mary Jane returns from a retreat of her New Age spiritual group, the Inner Glow Worms in a very skimpy chicken outfit and Lou C. leers at her in a tone Lucy hadn't heard since the day before she and Lou C.  got married---just the previous week!

Lucy to Mary Jane: "You certainly didn't waste any time turning on your Lava Lamp, Lewis!"

 

 

Previously on "Lou C. Loves Lucy"

 

"The Pilot Episode" long thought lost until a 16mm print was found at the bottom of  Vanda Barra's undehwe-ah drawer.

(repeated from a previous post under "Lucy Remakes" in "Let's Talk About TV")

After Lucy Carmichael gets her discharge from the Marines, the real Lou C. Carmichael reluctantly reports for basic training.  First he tries getting a psychiatric discharge by having a tryst with transfer-recruit Private Pyle.  When Pyle denies the allegation, dragging Lou Ann Pouvie along as proof of his heterosexuality, Lou C. seeks out Lucy Carmichael with a marriage deferment in mind. Knowing her penchant for younger men, Lou woos and weds her in one episode. 

When Lou shows up the next week, Lucy is a little surprised having gotten used to boyfriends declaring their love and disappearing, so Lucille Ball Productions comes up with a new series format "Lou C. Loves Lucy" in which Lucy and Lou C. live next door to two actors playing themselves: Gale Gordon and Gale Storm.  

Guest stars lined up for season 1:

Cyd Charrise and Sid Caesar

Carrie Fisher and Cary Grant

Van Johnson and Van Na White

Yves Montland and Eve Arden

and Divine

[Neil]

"Lou C. Loves Lucy" Episode 3

 

"Ironmen Carmichaels"--part 1 of 2

The makers of Mai Oui had such success with their Lucille Ball lookalike contest that they launch another similar campaign to promote their men's cologne line: Mai Weir (which has the semi-pleasant, though decidedly musky aroma of a newly hatched Canadian goose) and pick rugged movie star stuntman Ironman Carmichael as their celebrity. The prize this time: a brand new 1965 Studebaker complete with reel-to-reel tape player (this is 1965).

The trouble-making Gales (Gordon and Storm) next door gleefully encourage Lou C. to enter, knowing full well that the real Ironman Carmichael is his wife, something she desperately wants to keep from him. They remark about his striking resemblance, to which Lou C says "I may look like him now but when I was young I looked like Gary Morton."

When Lou C. asks to borrow Lucy's false eyelashes, mascara and ruby-red lipstick, she knows he's serious about entering and making himself look as much like "The Ironman" as possible, so she appeals to the Mai Weir makers to stop the content.  No way, they say, since the ad campaign has already boosted sales.

Lucy's dilemma now: appearing at the contest as judge Ironman Carmichael and as wife Lucy Carmichael there to support her husband--which she does by taking both outfits and changing in the ladies' room from one persona to the other and then back (which really only entails exchanging clothes and wigs). When she's completed her the first switch from Lucy to Ironman (after flushing to throw the washroom attendant off her, shall we say, scent), she emerges from the bathroom stall as Ironman causing the ladies room attendant (guest star joan Blondell) to shriek, then yell "Fuck you, Ironman Carmichael!" before storming off the job.

[Mot Morenzi]

"Lou C. Loves Lucy" Episode 3

 

"Ironmen Carmichaels"--part 1 of 2

The makers of Mai Oui had such success with their Lucille Ball lookalike contest that they launch another similar campaign to promote their men's cologne line: Mai Weir (which has the semi-pleasant, though decidedly musky aroma of a newly hatched Canadian goose) and pick rugged movie star stuntman Ironman Carmichael as their celebrity. The prize this time: a brand new 1965 Studebaker complete with reel-to-reel tape player (this is 1965).

The trouble-making Gales (Gordon and Storm) next door gleefully encourage Lou C. to enter, knowing full well that the real Ironman Carmichael is his wife, something she desperately wants to keep from him. They remark about his striking resemblance, to which Lou C says "I may look like him now but when I was young I looked like Gary Morton."

When Lou C. asks to borrow Lucy's false eyelashes, mascara and ruby-red lipstick, she knows he's serious about entering and making himself look as much like "The Ironman" as possible, so she appeals to the Mai Weir makers to stop the content.  No way, they say, since the ad campaign has already boosted sales.

Lucy's dilemma now: appearing at the contest as judge Ironman Carmichael and as wife Lucy Carmichael there to support her husband--which she does by taking both outfits and changing in the ladies' room from one persona to the other and then back (which really only entails exchanging clothes and wigs). When she's completed her the first switch from Lucy to Ironman (after flushing to throw the washroom attendant off her, shall we say, scent), she emerges from the bathroom stall as Ironman causing the ladies room attendant (guest star joan Blondell) to shriek, then yell "Fuck you, Ironman Carmichael!" before storming off the job.

Love all of these! Great concept. So glad to see the episode guides returning, let's keep 'em coming!

[Neil]

"Lou C. Loves Lucy"--episode 4

 

"Ironmen Carmichaels"-conclusion of 2-parter

 

Washroom matron Joan Blondell threatens to squeal on Lucy's real identity so Lucy gets her out of the way (off-camera), ditches her snicky-swish-ing plan and summons neighbor Gale to put one of her wigs, extra mascara and rouge on the Major Fun-Fun Robot in her attic and hustle it down to the studio.  Lucy as Ironman gives Lou C. a hearty good-luck slap on the back knocking out his contacts so Lou C. is fooled in thinking that Major Fun-Fun is his wife, seated in the front row watching, with Gale occasionally lifting one of Major Fun-Fun's arms in a wave.

Meanwhile the contest begins with the contestants Lou C., Paul Simms (guest star Paul Lynde) and Sydney A Duncan, perennial lookalike contest hopeful Cynthia Duncan in disguise (featured player: Carole Cook)

The contestants perform their own “Mai Weir” lyrics.  First up, Paul Simms:

“Your heart's desire treats you want like you're one of Santa's elves

And you can't get her to go places you know for sure she delves

Just use Mai Weir and she'll be doing handsprings and H-12s

Then you

can hunt

rent-boys on Manhunt

Lure them with Mai Weir.”

 

Next Cynthia/Sydney A.

“The gal who you love is someone

that you want for a bride

But she says 'I can't stand the smell

of your rangy hide

It's like something crawled up

Maury Thompson's crack and died.'

Dab it Spritz it

Right in your pits it's

Gallon-sized Mai Weir.”

 

And finally Lou C.  After seeing all those men's clothes in Lucy's closet (her inventory of disguises), he assumes she's a cross-dresser too and feels comfortable revealing his secret in song:

“If your mate is your same size and

you detect she wears your clothes

Just do the same but beware

when she sniffs them with her nose

She'll smell Mai Weir on her bra, girdle,

and her panty hose.

She can guess her

live-in cross dresser

Is her husband Lou.”

Lucy/Ironman congratulates them all but “because of a body as unmasculine as mine, I have to go with Lou C. Carmichael.” (whereupon Cynthia/Sydney A. once again flounces off in disgust).

When Lucy waves Lou off as he drives away in his new Studebaker en route to the annual Palm Springs Drag Ball (where he plans to perform "Bosom Buddies" with local resident Joey lowering his voice to do Bea Arthur), the reel-to-reel tape of the "Mame”soundtrack blaring away from the speakers, Lucy hears the faint muffled moans coming from the trunk, having completely forgotten  that's where she stashed the bound-and-gagged ladies lounge attendent: big mouth Joan Blondell!

FADE OUT 

[Mot Morenzi]

"Lou C. Loves Lucy"--episode 4

 

"Ironmen Carmichaels"-conclusion of 2-parter

 

Washroom matron Joan Blondell threatens to squeal on Lucy's real identity so Lucy gets her out of the way (off-camera), ditches her snicky-swish-ing plan and summons neighbor Gale to put one of her wigs, extra mascara and rouge on the Major Fun-Fun Robot in her attic and hustle it down to the studio.  Lucy as Ironman gives Lou C. a hearty good-luck slap on the back knocking out his contacts so Lou C. is fooled in thinking that Major Fun-Fun is his wife, seated in the front row watching, with Gale occasionally lifting one of Major Fun-Fun's arms in a wave.

Meanwhile the contest begins with the contestants Lou C., Paul Simms (guest star Paul Lynde) and Sydney A Duncan, perennial lookalike contest hopeful Cynthia Duncan in disguise (featured player: Carole Cook)

The contestants perform their own “Mai Weir” lyrics.  First up, Paul Simms:

“Your heart's desire treats you want like you're one of Santa's elves

And you can't get her to go places you know for sure she delves

Just use Mai Weir and she'll be doing handsprings and H-12s

Then you

can hunt

rent-boys on Manhunt

Lure them with Mai Weir.”

 

Next Cynthia/Sydney A.

“The gal who you love is someone

that you want for a bride

But she says 'I can't stand the smell

of your rangy hide

It's like something crawled up

Maury Thompson's crack and died.'

Dab it Spritz it

Right in your pits it's

Gallon-sized Mai Weir.”

 

And finally Lou C.  After seeing all those men's clothes in Lucy's closet (her inventory of disguises), he assumes she's a cross-dresser too and feels comfortable revealing his secret in song:

“If your mate is your same size and

you detect she wears your clothes

Just do the same but beware

when she sniffs them with her nose

She'll smell Mai Weir on her bra, girdle,

and her panty hose.

She can guess her

live-in cross dresser

Is her husband Lou.”

Lucy/Ironman congratulates them all but “because of a body as unmasculine as mine, I have to go with Lou C. Carmichael.” (whereupon Cynthia/Sydney A. once again flounces off in disgust).

When Lucy waves Lou off as he drives away in his new Studebaker en route to the annual Palm Springs Drag Ball (where he plans to perform "Bosom Buddies" with local resident Joey lowering his voice to do Bea Arthur), the reel-to-reel tape of the "Mame”soundtrack blaring away from the speakers, Lucy hears the faint muffled moans coming from the trunk, having completely forgotten  that's where she stashed the bound-and-gagged ladies lounge attendent: big mouth Joan Blondell!

FADE OUT

 

Wow, every line had an LOL moment! Keep it up!

I love the thought of Joey impersonating Bea!

[JoeySanJoaquin]

Wow, every line had an LOL moment! Keep it up!

I love the thought of Joey impersonating Bea!

Aw shaddup Brian!

[Neil]

Last two episodes of "Lou C Loves Lucy"

 

Episode 5-"Roll Your Rug Up, It's Too Grey"

 

Lou C. comes back from grocery shopping with a container of carpet shampoo in the bag.  Since the apartment has hardwood floors,  Lucy begins to wonder about his full head of naturally salt-and-pepper hair that never needs cutting.

 

Episode 6- "Why Would You Throw a Girl a Borscht Belt?"

 

When Lou C. starts spending a lot of time at the apartment of that flamenco-hating, downstairs crank, Lucy worries about his wandering eye and his obsession with older women.   She lowers herself over her balcony to get a better look into the apartment and sees Lou and the old lady in a warm embrace as she massages salve into his Bulldog Cement-reddened bald scalp.  When confronted, Lou C. admits to Lucy that the woman is him mother, his real name is Carmichael Goldapper and that he did a stand-up comedy act in the Catskills as Carmy Gold and hosted a drag show as "Lady Go-Gold".    Mrs. Goldapper: Mae Questel.

 

(Didn't have much in the way of plots.  Just wanted to use the titles)

ABC schedules these two episodes to run back-to-back and then unceremoniously cancels the series. Gale Storm and Gale Gordon had already quit the show, disgusted at their dwindling on-screen time and have produced their own pilot reviving "The Gale Storm Show" with Gordon as the new Captain Huxley and Mary Jane Croft taking over the Zasu Pitts role as Nurse "Nugie" Nugent.  

[Mot Morenzi]

"Lou C. Loves Lucy" Episode 3

 

"Ironmen Carmichaels"--part 1 of 2

The makers of Mai Oui had such success with their Lucille Ball lookalike contest that they launch another similar campaign to promote their men's cologne line: Mai Weir (which has the semi-pleasant, though decidedly musky aroma of a newly hatched Canadian goose)

LMAO!

 

I somehow feel Brock must've missed this one first time around, as I'm sure there would've been a reaction.