Lucy Dresses Up for Breakfast

Lucy dresses up for breakfast hoping to catch Ricky's eye!
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[@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.”

[@melissahunter9850]

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

[@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.

[@user-sn1cv3hy9i]

Yeah she was

[@user-sn1cv3hy9i]

Yeah she was

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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?

[@SpocksCat]

@@dominusstyx You're definitely a man.

[@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.

[@mariaferreras4369]

Lucy was the best. I could watch these forever

[@Joanla1954]

I still love Lucy.

[@MyFellowUncouthAmericans]

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

[@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 😱😱😱

[@kat35lulu88]

And I love Ethel!

[@scotnick59]

Vivian was a tremendous performer!

[@HeyCoachBarbara]

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

[@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❤️‼️

[@katbow5922]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Embermoon91]

Lucy was a true pioneer for all female comedians❤😂

[@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! 😂

[@user-kx5qb7vf8w]

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.

[@helenb9515]

I love Lucy ❤

[@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

[@maewest4192]

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

[@dianetheisen8664]

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

[@EM-mw2qr]

The early I Love Lucy episodes are my favorite.

[@sharonbennett3318]

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

[@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.

[@janettemartin4604]

What a DRESS

[@wildoceanappaloosawomangay2535]

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

[@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]? 🤔

[@artieanderson604]

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

[@jordanvictoria5]

Oh man you know she was soooo funny!😂

[@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.

[@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

[@JenM.-sp4ll]

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

[@michelerich1590]

god ethel is a good friend

[@debraconner2493]

I love her 😍 😂

[@sujatagarud3162]

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

[@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!!

[@BradKandyCroftFamily]

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

[@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...

[@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.

[@sixgunshauna3486]

3;00 Someone in the audience ugly-laughed!

[@rmr2471]

The Martian episode. 🤗

[@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.

[@robinw285]

I Love Lucy ❤

[@ZaynahZihoa]

Yanno dropping the hot coffee in his lap works too.

[@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. 🖤👍😎

[@krisrodrigues1]

Oh I wanted to see the rest.

[@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 😂

[@Mary-xd4lt]

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

[@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.

[@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 ☕️.

[@A-Nonnie-Mouse]

It's crazy the lengths women have gone to in order to try to keep men as if they were some type of prize rather than grunting animals who muddy up their homes, bite the hand that feeds them, and h#mp every leg they can get.

[@defiantlypinki1107]

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

[@SonjaMorrison-i7j]

Fifties values, for sure

[@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.

[@Raquel-x9l]

So funny

[@LisaG442]

Familiarity breeds contempt ..

[@Skimmers1495]

Absolutely disgusting. How terrible that blame was placed on the woman by default. People forget that the old days weren’t so good. Yuck. 🤢

[@user-cg8if3eq7d]

That stove isnt code. Right in front of a window

[@ny1990]

❤❤❤❤

[@thebrodyvandal]

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

[@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.

[@annsmith5712]

No these days husband and wife eating separate watching tik tok or you tube

[@bufficliff8978]

People upset about sexism didn't get the joke

[@mtbalpinecounty]

💪

[@bcvc3365]

👁️ ❤ U

[@carmenjaniratarafacortes7405]

Desvístete, no te va a llamar para cenar, por revulera 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

[@R.Bobbee777]

😂😂😂😂

[@lenoreleitch5297]

Those scenes didn’t age well.

[@wandamontgomery6030]

Why? I thought it was hilarious. 😅

[@FLORIDIANMILLIONAIRE]

LoL

[@fighttheevilrobots3417]

I can't even laugh because it's so sad. This BS is really told to women.

[@cathcolwell2197]

Awful.

[@andresinsurriaga1082]

This clip should be shown to all high school and college girls. Women have lost interest in looking beautiful.

[@davidcattin7006]

Don't I see that here in small-town Indiana! Overweight, badly groomed, and badly dressed. Men and women both! You don't have to look red-carpet-ready but have a little pride about yourself. I'm from another generation. I have a wardrobe left over from my government career. I like looking a little better than the average shlub on the street. Help me! LOL!

[@sassykitty292]

I don't think they have, but what they consider beautiful is horribly wrong. They all think that 3 lbs. of make-up, 6-inch long nails, and walking around half naked is beautiful. That just shows they have no self respect (imho).

[@stitches318]

women don't need a man anymore though

[@andresinsurriaga1082]

@@stitches318 They like to gove that impression but they all want to be swept off their feet by a man. With the exception of your battle axes.

[@JM-zk9ou]

Oh boy. I feel sorry for the women in your life.

[@tomc2103]

Didn't realise this show was so sexist and mysoginistic

[@leannecanty8821]

That was the times. Lucy always got her way though.

[@gailwebb9619]

Wait…what??? This is from the early to late 50’s! You did realize that, right?

[@retroguy9494]

It wasn't. You're just looking at it through 21st century ultra liberal propaganda.

[@paulaoh5306]

I'm not sure how old you are, but things were different then. The show was a product of the times, as is pretty much everything. Societal awareness develops slowly, and until it does, most people can't imagine things any other way.

[@chronic2023]

Well, in the 1950s women were expected to be housewives, were paid less than men, couldn't get credit cards in their own names, the list goes on.

[@KVVWVV]

Lucie Arnaz is actually blackmailing me. Along with Kate Mckinnon but Kate Mckinnon is also blackmailing Lucie Arnaz.

[@MsGenXodus]

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