Lucy Dresses Up for Breakfast

[@mrgreene3290]

Wow, look at that figure! Lucy was initially a dancer as well as an actress and it shows how well she maintained her figure. So pretty.

[@dianetheisen8664]

She was actually a blonde, too ‼️. She also was in a Three Stooges short.

[@Chris-dm1je]

It's easy to forget when seeing her being silly, but she was actually a very classy beauty. She was a fine actress, too. She was marvellous in "The Dark Corner" as a PI's sharp witted secretary.

[@leemcpherson888]

As well as a model.

[@jauntydamemusic]

In her autobiography, Lucy said she described her natural hair color as “mouse.”

[@akrenwinkle]

@@jauntydamemusic Like most white people, her hair was a shade of brown.

[@Debbie32352]

I love the black glittering dress.

[@retroguy9494]

Yea that's a real knockout! Doesn't she look beautiful? I'd love to see her try to sit down in that dress though! 😂

[@user-bn7cg5kz9p]

Are you sure it’s black?

[@dianetheisen8664]

​@@retroguy9494Funny you should say that because there was a later episode where she wore an extremely tight dress 👗, (again, to entice Ricky), which split at the seam when she bent over. Very funny‼️. Barbara Eden was in that episode ❤️‼️

[@janicebooy1007]

I had a dress exactly like that for my barbie doll

[@NostalgiCrazy]

@@dianetheisen8664 Lol I just watched that one! Classic hilarious as always 😂

[@Joanla1954]

I still love Lucy.

[@artieanderson604]

"Whasa matta wi jou? Jou crazy or somethan'?!" 😅I love Ricky Ricardo!!!

[@priscillajimenez27]

FUEGO

[@EphemeralProductions]

At least she finally got a reaction out of him. lol

[@kat35lulu88]

And I love Ethel!

[@scotnick59]

Vivian was a tremendous performer!

[@celidagolobic2156]

My grandmother dressed up for when my grandfather would come back from work, so he opened the apartment door, did not recognize her and said “excuse me mam I must have entered the wrong place!” For real 😂

[@shirapie8458]

I love how she always wears this same sparkly dress when she wants to make a statement of being glamourous.

[@TheBusyJane]

The costuming on the show was so good! Lucy wore many outfits multiple times. Ethel even more because we know Fred is cheap. It's how real people dress. Nowadays shows never do this. There's a pair of shoes Lucy starts wearing during the Comedy Hour seasons that must have come from her own closet because she wore them through multiple shows for years after.

[@YouTuber-my2ky]

Budget constraints

[@BebeesHuman]

Lucy Ricardo would wear the same fancy dress often. Gotta keep in character. Lucille Ball probably would have a very big wardrobe.😄

[@sreyasdesai4865]

sexy mom 1960 1970

[@flenif2247]

​@KZbinr-my2ky Its also reality for normal middle class couple not to have tons of expensive clothes. Unlike today. Our priorities are whacked

[@MyFellowUncouthAmericans]

"sugar dear" gets me every time, that leg pop LOL! rewatching again.

[@JimBobH13]

Lucille Ball was a beautiful woman as well as a comedy genius.

[@stevenM8282]

And a Brilliant Business Woman.

[@stevenM8282]

And a Brilliant Business Woman.

[@PatriciaJohnson-c1i]

Yeah she was

[@PatriciaJohnson-c1i]

Yeah she was

[@denisenoe3702]

This was usually downplayed on this show and she typically wore outfits that downplayed her figure.

[@mariaferreras4369]

Lucy was the best. I could watch these forever

[@ElviraJorgelinaGonzalez-ho3ez]

Who is watching in 2024?Excellent comedians and a good piece of advice

[@mariansadowski2878]

2025 !

[@katbow5922]

It was the absolute best show of it's time. Lucy was indeed a beautiful woman but not vain. Consummate actress❤😊

[@beatricet5682]

As I wake up in my own home having slept comfortably with no hair curlers, without a man in sight, I'm reminded by this Lucy episode of how wonderful my life is. Thanks Lucille Ball. x 🥂

[@coletteday712]

My same thought as I giggled 🥰

[@dominusstyx]

We won’t be young forever. We all need a partner, even if we sleep in different rooms. Take care.

[@shadowgirl8038]

Will it still be so great when you are 85, and alone in a nursing home?

[@coletteday712]

@@shadowgirl8038 My grandmother turned 100 in June. She still lives independently and is happy & content surrounded by love. Her husband died 30 years ago and she misses him some times lol 😂 Don’t let fear determine your future. And don’t let anyone steal your JOY.

[@beatricet5682]

@@dominusstyx actually we don't all need a partner.

[@HeyCoachBarbara]

The side eye Ethel was giving her when she was reading from the book 🤣🤣🤣

[@LoneWombat2126]

She had such a great figure…despite the jokes about how much weight she’d put on since they got married.

[@imeanithonest5704]

She'd just had Lucie in real life.

[@sreyasdesai4865]

1980

[@ZipLineFine]

I & many others will always Love Lucy. Miss Ball & the other actors were on point. They had superb comedic timing.

[@Embermoon91]

Lucy was a true pioneer for all female comedians❤😂

[@indigowolf556]

I've seen these Lucy episodes a million times like everyone else. And Lucy was really skinny. I've seen that dress or noticed that in many skits on the show. You can't help but notice it. I only wish that more of these episodes were in color so you could see how beautiful her dresses were.❤

[@dianetheisen8664]

IKR ⁉️. I love when a colorized version comes out❤️‼️

[@champakalimajumder4985]

I love Lucy. She had such mobile features and was so agile. Her antics to entice her otherwise engaged husband had me in stitches

[@melissahunter9850]

Too bad I can’t light a phone on fire with a match 😂

[@kellysong2256]

She looks stunning 🥰

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

These days both the husband and the wife are sitting at breakfast reading the news on their phones.

[@robotworm178]

You mean mindlessly scrolling social media.

[@katie7748]

Speak for yourself.

[@chrisfinch8637]

@@robotworm178That’s in addition to news scrolling on phones.

[@sujatagarud3162]

So Tru

[@Occupied_South]

I know it's awful

[@anthonymontoya1849]

So talented. I loved watching these re-runs when I was growing up in the 70's. I thought they were all so glamours

[@chrisfinch8637]

3:05 FUEGO, FUEGO, FUEGO!!! 🤣 So strange how he didn’t even notice that very quickly, the minute she started to light his newspaper!

[@retroguy9494]

LOOOTHEEE GET UP! 😂

[@RocLobo358]

I remember my grandparents watching this show. They considered it so unusual for Lucy to marry a Cuban guy. Like Ricky was a different species. I was very confused since I lived in Miami.

[@BradKandyCroftFamily]

I love how she proved the doctor and the studies wrong in a single morning. I always knew she was a genius!

[@helenb9515]

I love Lucy ❤

[@janettemartin4604]

What a DRESS

[@dianetheisen8664]

"I Love Lucy" -- a classic TV 📺 show, with class❤️‼️

[@AuroraMAGA]

Kathy Bates' Fried Green Tomatoes character read the same book and dressed up in cellophane.

[@shac9131]

A lot of couples refuse to get married because the flame dies out for most. Marriage becomes a job. It shouldn't be that way. I'd never marry unless I fell in love and one of us needed a green card to be together

[@nopenottelling]

Sorry, but as a VERY happily married adult (ten years and three kids!), I HAVE to respond to you, shac9131. If if gives you any comfort, having/maintaining “the flame” in marriage has a lot less to do with the strange idea that “if it’s really true love, then a healthy relationship jUsT hApPeNs” than it has to do with CHOICES-CHOOSING to love your partner, CHOOSING be loyal to them, CHOOSING put them first, and then CHOOSING to expect the same from them in return. (And, I know: you can’t control someone else’s choices. That’s the scary part, of literally ALL human relationships.) To get all lecture-y, do you see what Ricky is doing, in this short clip? He is actively CHOOSING to ignore his wife, instead of appreciating her. Those types of BAD choices, from either partner, are what kill the romance. Love isn’t a feeling-it’s a choice. And it’s not “boring,” either; crushes feel super fun and exciting, but I honestly think that a healthy marriage feels WAY better. Instead of getting that infatuation-rush of nervous excitement (insecurity), it becomes this feeling of RELIEF, when your spouse is there, and a general confidence for all the things you’re going to face, because you know that you’re going to do it TOGETHER. Please don’t let the idea of marriage scare you-just make sure to distinguish between the awful (abusive?) marriages and the good ones!

[@shac9131]

@@nopenottelling whoever you are... too much to read, and I'm content with my own beliefs that I didn't reveal. Marriage is a government thing, not GOD. It's control, just like government

[@nopenottelling]

Shac9131… Interestingly, I didn’t say literally ANYTHING about God in my comment. But you also stated that you didn’t actually read it because it was too long for you (?), so… ooookay. Then. I wish you the best.

[@katie7748]

​@nopenottelling Agreed, but the first step is to respect the other person by using the proper word - husband, wife, or if you simply must be ambiguous for some bizarre reason, spouse or even significant other.

[@wildoceanappaloosawomangay2535]

She was stunning and so smart and talented He was hot too

[@sharonbennett3318]

I used to watch Lucy all the time when I was younger

[@justincase7848]

Its actually a feminist satire in a time period friendly way Deapite the doctors sexist advice, the only thing that woeked was lighting a fire

[@JenniOjibwe-f3o]

This went over my head. Thanks for breaking it down.

[@justincase7848]

:):)

[@denisenoe3702]

The show should not be seen as "feminist." Look how awful things turn out when they temporarily switch roles. The ladies goof up in the factory and the guys goof up at making meals.

[@Jatsuschiupa]

Maybe... But, did you noticed that when he saw the fire, he thought only of her welfare? «Fire, fire, Lucy, out!» he shouted.

[@denisenoe3702]

@@Jatsuschiupa You're right. It shouldn't be seen as "feminist." In fact, she's following advice similar to that traditionalist Marabel Morgan, author of "The Total Woman," gave women when she urged them to dress up special each evening for their husbands. One day a football star whose wife had been following that advice opened the door to his wife attired only in a pair of galoshes, an apron, and a big bonnet on his head!

[@EM-mw2qr]

The early I Love Lucy episodes are my favorite.

[@keithbrown8814]

You're right ...most of the best episodes were before they went to Hollywood California.....

[@EM-mw2qr]

@keithbrown8814 For sure. I also hated when they left their New York apartment for a house in Connecticut. I missed it.

[@MeredithPike-z1u]

Isn't that the same dress Lucy wore in the Charm School episode but without the arm ruffles? That was a great episode.

[@marzadky4934]

Lucy seems to be an ancestor of Grace from "Will and Grace'

[@deb7518]

I noticed their similarities, too!

[@wandamontgomery6030]

I'm sorry but Lucy was waaayyyy better than her.

[@jesusnameaboveallnames7369]

09.15.2024 How can Lucy be an "ancestor" of Grace; when Lucy was born 57 years before Grace [Debra Messing]? 🤔

[@monicad99]

i mean, heaven forbid a man should see his wife in curlers, without makeup and wearing her pijama’s. that’s positively barbaric.

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

Completely uncivilized.

[@hananeazzouzi4122]

No man should have to go through that

[@monicad99]

@@hananeazzouzi4122 yeah, positively medieval. but then, let’s think about how women have to smell and hear their husbands’ farts. not to mention see them in their pijamas, underwear and even without while having a little/big belly and a pair of lovely love handles. if they can bear that, then the husbands can bear seeing their wives in pjs and curlers too.

[@ameliac874]

I hope he survived 😱😱😱

[@kathleenking47]

She could wear a pretty scarf over them Thats large enough☺️

[@maewest4192]

I love Lucy still to this day😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

Wow, I’ve never seen her without make-up before, she was really pretty. I guess it was the style for women to be made up that way back then but she looked so much fresher and softer without it.

[@RR4711]

She had plenty of makeup on it just wasn’t as dramatic as her usual look.

[@bonanzajellybean741]

she was definitely wearing makeup (it’s tv) just not a red lip or anything.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Without make-up? You are contradicting yourself. Anyone can wear makeup at anytime. That is not a style. It is a choice.

[@DunGone-l8q]

PLEASE...MORE!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@rubiks6]

Sets the newspaper on fire ... priceless!

[@antohong]

What a beautiful face she had it particularly showed when she had her hair in curlers amd not much make -up

[@Westernwilson]

They are superlative comics, and I hope this ends well, but dang...when your partner acts like a jerk it's YOUR fault? And the remedy is to get that whole sex object identity fired up? Lord above. Ladies, there are worse things than loneliness, and the message here would be one of them.

[@WillowRose]

💯🙌🏾

[@rebeccahicks2392]

The episode was satirizing that kind of advice, not telling women to take it seriously. If you think "the message here" is one of the things that's worse than loneliness, you misunderstood it.

[@debraconner2493]

I love her 😍 😂

[@michelerich1590]

god ethel is a good friend

[@Jatsuschiupa]

Me encantó que aunque no la PELA, en cuanto vio el fuego quiso cuidarla: "¡Fuego, fuego, Lucy, SAL DE LA CASA !", gritó.

[@bufficliff8978]

People upset about sexism didn't get the joke

[@marthaperez6741]

WONDERFUL I love it thanks for share ❤❤❤

[@jordanvictoria5]

Oh man you know she was soooo funny!😂

[@SonjaMorrison-i7j]

Fifties values, for sure

[@SharonPadget]

Of course, if there’s problems in the marriage it’s always the woman’s fault. Still the same today as it was back then.

[@omnium_gatherum]

And the guys who say that are typically the same ones going on about how "woMen dOn't takE acCouNtabIlity for thEir owN actiOns" 😂

[@rebeccahicks2392]

This episode was satire---it wasn't saying it was actually Lucy's fault.

[@omnium_gatherum]

@@rebeccahicks2392 satire, yes. But the book was depictive of common thinking at the time. Even today you have guys thinking this, thanks to some really poor role models on the internet lol I think that's what the OP is speaking to

[@JenM420]

Honestly, mass infant circumcision has caused more problems than most people realize.

[@aavvcc]

Facts

[@barbarastrzykalski7070]

Beautiful dress!! Wonder what color it really was?

[@chrismccray361]

Ethel looking at her with the bombastic side eye 😂

[@carolmay5177]

So funny 😂 Lucy❤

[@patbiggam8138]

Wow. Lucille Ball was devastatingly gorgeous.

[@robinw285]

I Love Lucy ❤

[@gloriahornes4743]

Que maravillosa cómica!!! Cuanto debió de copiar Lina

[@alanoneill3065]

I haven't watched any of Lucille Balls shows for years...I now recognise how Beautiful she was

[@Occupied_South]

Oh my gosh I forgot I could laugh that hard

[@tmhwriter]

Well, at least he called out to save her.

[@rmr2471]

The Martian episode. 🤗

[@dianacarolinian]

The faucet is dripping!

[@consciousobserver629]

No way my husband is gonna literally ignore me like this. 😵‍💫 I would guess Ricky (or a husband like this) was cheating. Get out now!!

[@TacitusR]

He was a handsome and successful latin band leader, of course he was cheating. 😁

[@sixgunshauna3486]

3;00 Someone in the audience ugly-laughed!

[@Josh_Fredman]

Desi held that flaming paper to the very last. Lesser actors would've settled for a few flickers and called the gag good, but he went all the way!

[@fiberfancies]

Classic!

[@Mary-xd4lt]

Why, dressing up for breakfast is a good idea😅🎉

[@krisrodrigues1]

Oh I wanted to see the rest.

[@ZaynahZihoa]

Yanno dropping the hot coffee in his lap works too.

[@CS-bu7lo]

Some people are just not morning persons. I am one of them. Before 10 a.m, only coffee keeps me relatively awake. I can't even swallow breakfast, I never eat before 11-12 a.m. If a fire starts, I won't notice. I'm lucky that I rarely have to work in the mornings. So I can't blame the husband here, maybe he wasn't a morning person, too. It is said those that aren't morning persons are descended from the night guards of the caves that our ancestors used to live in...

[@moaningpheromones]

If a woman is dressed up like that for me, I'm noticing and all over her. That's real life. They want it, they'll get it.

[@regie957]

Sometimes I think wifes are more like mothers, we cook and clean, work and help pay bills.

[@MissyZilla]

You don’t have to be in that kind of relationship if you don’t want to. It’s toxic. You’re not your partner’s mommy, you’re supposed to be a team. No power imbalance.

[@BobbieNatividad]

The problem wasn't her it was him LOL

[@sujatagarud3162]

Why can’t the same criteria be applied to the husband? Just a thought.😊

[@regie957]

Exactly 😅

[@joanprince-t7v]

“…it’s the fault of the wife.” Blame the woman! Maybe society wasn’t so great, eh?🤔

[@hollyavillella554]

Yes, but the show is Satire!!!❤ Brilliant Lucy! And Desi!

[@wgcds7jyg897]

It’s a TV show

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

It wasn't as bad as they make it out to be now.Things are exaggerated from both sides, good & bad bc it gets attention.

[@roselove001]

Yes, but the internet has even more ways now to tell women ‘they are the problem and how to improve themselves’. I think Lucy was highlighting the ridiculous sexism of the times with this comedy sketch!

[@carolyndilbeck7654]

I would take it over today’s society any day. This current society is genuinely miserable to live in, we don’t need to project our modern misconceptions onto the show.

[@lifewriter7455]

In the end she sets fire on the man's newspaper and asks for a divorce. This must be the beginning of the feminist movement. 🖤👍😎

[@thebrodyvandal]

Is that the same dress she wore for Cousin Ernie when she pretended to be a “wicked city woman”?

[@lisanealy1703]

A wife can still look cute with those pajamas-- just take out the curlers, Lucy, fluff your hair a bit, put a little lip balm on 💋, pearl studs on ears, and spray a little rose 🌹 water on face and 😀-- you'll look cute for morning ☕️.

[@user-cg8if3eq7d]

That stove isnt code. Right in front of a window

[@Frooshchadfleadeegeehawk-he1tf]

Every dad read the paper like that instead of interacting with the wife and kids. Nowadays it’s called emotional neglect.

[@seetabissessar1657]

Dr humfree met Ricky on line

[@SchlichteToven]

Wow, the propaganda they spouted at that time. Just like the ads that told women the reason their husband read the paper and ignored her was because she didn't use a particular brand of deodorant! Glad I didn't grow up in that time period.

[@RR4711]

If you take a look through social media and advertising you’ll find it’s worse today. The difference is usually subtly instead of being outright.

[@Liam_Maddog]

Propaganda?? It’s so much better today, with so many loonies saying men can have a baby 🙄

[@rebeccahicks2392]

This episode, like the show as a whole. was satire, not propaganda.

[@FigaroHey]

This is probably the only time I've ever seen Lucy without makeup. Nowadays when they have some TV show and the woman is supposed to be 'natural' and without makeup, it's obvious she's got false eyelashes, lipstick, and foundation. Here Lucy actually seems not to have been wearing ANY makeup.

[@OC159]

❤🎉😊

[@ayahowl1786]

Men be living in their own world

[@Raquel-x9l]

So funny

[@defiantlypinki1107]

Or maybe he’s ignoring her on purpose to keep her self-esteem low.

[@leiaorgana436]

WHERE DO I FIND HER PAJAMAS??????

[@aavvcc]

I thought they were Ricky’s ❤️

[@ny1990]

❤❤❤❤

[@Angelkat757]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@sierrahjmartinez6703]

She was funny unlike female comedians today

[@bacchuslax7967]

We skip breakfast altogether

[@irenehartmann5249]

Don't we all dress that way for breakfast?

[@marciamarsh9196]

My gold digging in law snared my naive sibling at the office where they both worked by continually changing clothes all day! They have nothing in common, completely different temperaments, values, outlooks and no real shared interests.

[@exosproudmamabear558]

Yeah your naive(!) sibling looked at how sexy the woman was and agree to marry her for being just beautiful without having shared common interest and characteristic. Come on it is easy to blame your in law but your brother also signed that marriage paper and he is an adult. Stop denying his part in this he is bot naive just thinks with his dick.

[@pinkiesue849]

He is in love with her clothes

[@jennebaram9881]

Jam on your toast…?

[@mixoubn34]

Excellent 😂😂😂😂 c'est bien évidemment tjr la faute des femmes ! Mais bien sur !

[@SorayaEsfandiary_]

Get yourself a man that loves you in your natural state.

[@nathanlee6099]

Man they would hate cell phones and social media. Although, maybe men just hide from their wives. lol.

[@transitengineer]

Well, the best part of an evening glow like this during the 1950's was, the required girdle, slip, nylons, and high heel shoes ... she is dressed as one very "HOT" dish (smile ... smile).

[@LisaG442]

Familiarity breeds contempt ..

[@adrianagv97]

TV perpetuating the stereotype of the perfect wife and her responsibilities to make her man interested

[@rebeccahicks2392]

It was satirizing that stereotype, not perpetuating it.