The Lucy Show S01E10 Vivian Sues Lucy

[@frankfrank9437]

the Lucy show with Vivian Vance is one of my all time favorite of the Lucy series.

[@thestones8022]

mine too; the guest list was pretty impressive!!

[@altheascolt3329]

Simply hilarious. Lucy & Viv kept me rolling with laughter.

[@rma3_3_3]

The Good Ole day's of television in America ♡♡♡

[@vanyakouveli3113]

Yes. When America was great, the entire society, the way people used to behave, to get dressed. Not just the television

[@thestones8022]

100 episodes with Vivian Vance were the best episodes.

[@stephenchristian5739]

So funny to think of all the shows that used the bell routine right up there with the honeymooners shows being used in every sitcom that EVER WAS.

[@eloiseockert9233]

During the pandemic these youtube shows kept me together.

[@thestones8022]

They used the up and down the stairs with Lucy bit on I Love Lucy when she was in Italy...Mrs. Ricardo, telefono!! it's still funny here..

[@CoreyChambersLA]

Lucy and her writers are brilliant.

[@pamelahoward8225]

Lucy and Vivian were always funny together. One of my favorite show is the one where they are up on the roof. They are trying to put up the tv antenna. Way before people had cable.

[@debfarr5568]

I love lucy she's am icon she's hilarious no matter what she does

[@richardkay8123]

Remm my Mom

[@barrett7893]

Two of my favorite actresses together. We don’t have TV shows like we used to. They just don’t make them like this anymore. Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance. Those two were a gold mine together.. I hate the both of them are gone now. But hopefully they’re in heaven together making everybody laugh and having a great time.

[@azia5051]

Sad news is those actresses are dead.

[@chaswr]

RIP to both

[@dannyguimond1674]

Yes they don't make shows like that any more

[@DonnaBrooks]

@@azia5051 That's not news! They've been dead a long time! Vivian died in 1979; Lucy in 1989. That means anyone under the age of 33 was BORN after Lucy's death.

[@DonnaBrooks]

I agree. What a fantasic comedic duo they were! IDK if I believe in an afterlife, much less Heaven, but if there is such a state of being, then I'm sure they were reunited and are happy & at peace.

[@antoniokinsey4041]

This was a great plot. You see many different plots and topics used and recycled with many tv shows but this one seems unique and I’ve never seen it redone.

[@ss-wu1vp]

This plot was used in Frasier once.

[@AllenMQuinn]

This should have always been The Lucy & Viv show.

[@kristinaboggs544]

THETE WILL NEVER BE ANY BETTER COMEDIAN THAN LUCY!! SHE WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE!!!

[@pamelamays4186]

Before Laverne & Shirley there was Lucy & Viv.

[@johnny-becker]

4:57 Lucy just described Charles Lane, the actor who played Mr. Barnesdall. He did a lot of guest spots and did a helluva job in every one.

[@eloiseockert9233]

It is so sad what happened to him...

[@Greg-re7nj]

Not as well as Gale Gordon

[@mamadouaziza2536]

finally, the Vivian/Ethel character has a nice hairdo, better clothes and is equal to Lucy.

[@eloiseockert9233]

Vivian placed that in her contract plus she wanted to go by her real name.

[@mamadouaziza2536]

@@eloiseockert9233 in the very first 3 episodes of I Love Lucy, the Ethel character does have on decent clothes and her hair is permed and modern for 1951. It was later on in season one that the running gag became Ethel's cheap wardrobe and how stingy Fred was with his money.

[@pamelahoward8225]

I always thought the black and white show were better than the color ones.

[@cold10er]

Wonder if they would ever have a DVD option to play the newer episodes in black n white

[@johnny-becker]

@@cold10er If you happen to have a older CRT television (the squareish boxy ones we grew up with before the 90s), many of the color sets had an option to turn color off. Today we call it a "filter".

[@nybsbfan18]

Sometimes the clothes they put some characters in r too much, bright or clashing...etc.

[@johnny-becker]

@@nybsbfan18 They did that to really show off their new color episodes. Lucy Show did that too. Nothing was majority black or white

[@waynehentley4332]

In general?

[@frankswisher6342]

I liked all 3 Lucy shows as a kid n I'll b 65 in a week in I still love all 3

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

Happy belated birthday, @Frank Swisher! 7.13.21

[@h193013]

What three? I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, and Here’s Lucy

[@thestones8022]

@@h193013 bingo.

[@h193013]

@@thestones8022 There was also Life With Lucy

[@philiptucci2458]

Wonderful family show that made TV famous, really brings back fond memories of life

[@azia5051]

If their mass was in a different family home, they will end up being speak. Lol

[@retroguy9494]

When Viv says "if that's all you think of my friendship and my honesty I AM going to sue you" and she says "Oh WOULDN'T I" I almost expected Lucy to say "why Ethel Mertz.....why ETHEL MERTZ!" 😂🤣

[@arcelia3546]

Sound just them on i love lucy 😂😂😂

[@retroguy9494]

@@arcelia3546 Exactly my point! 😁👍

[@judethaddeus9856]

Huh

[@cynthiawhite8868]

Ive Loved Lucy for 63 yrs I am 68 now n started watching ger wen i wasa 5 yr old Omg Sooo funny cud make a 5 yr old laff

[@akrenwinkle]

One of the rare times the storyline was about Vivian and let her shine instead of just supporting Lucy.

[@eloiseockert9233]

In I Love Lucy when the group went to ,"Ethel's" hometown she was the center of attention.

[@waynehentley4332]

@@eloiseockert9233 One of my favorites!😀😀

[@jaredjlinden]

This is a very funny episode - Vivian Vance really got a chance to shine here.

[@whateverwhatever2267]

viv is such a great friend

[@dannygillingham7904]

So true. She really truly is, indeed.

[@elizabethingram9784]

Lucy was always ahead of her time. Wearing, slacks, doing home repairs. Such a funny lady.

[@eloiseockert9233]

Not in I Love Lucy.

[@DonnaBrooks]

@@eloiseockert9233 She and Ethel wore pants lots of times in I Love Lucy! They also did the wallpapering episode. There might be other examples that I can't remember. Wasn't there one where Lucy was driving a riding lawn mower when they lived in Connecticut & she accidentally ran over her neighbor's prize tulips?

[@eloiseockert9233]

@@DonnaBrooks Yes that is correct. But when she went out (aka taking baby Ricky to the park, then the episode where she showed up unexpectedly at Carolyn Appleby's, and when the 4 were playing Bridge - Lucy tells the truth) all dressed up to the tee. All 4 women when playing Bridge. There was the Loving Cup episode where Ethel stated she was NOT riding on the subway in her blue jeans)...now it's ripped up jeans as fashion And just about anything goes...

[@DonnaBrooks]

On ILL, (in the '50s!), they just didn't wear pants ALL the time, whereas Lucy is always in pants in this show, except for when she dressed up. She pretty much had to wear pants to do the kind of PHYSICAL comedy she did!!

[@Allison_Wonderland.]

These are just SOOOO classic. I needed a smile this morning, and was very much rewarded. Excellent job as always, ladies!.

[@user-go3bg3kn8v]

Me too! God bless us all and as many late Father used to say, Long may we wave!

[@pamelahoward7551]

My favorite episode of the Lucy show us when they are stuck in the shower. Lucy said where is Loyld Bridges when need him sorry about the spelling. They funniest episodes.

[@sherryhook9066]

Lucy carrying up all those things too funny. Wait until she finds out Viv is faking it.

[@tobymeade3222]

❤Love these lucy shows! Can watch them over,over!❤❤❤👍👌✌️🤞🌞🙌🙏🇺🇸🌅🌄

[@ms.nblank2537]

Similar to when the two couples sued one another over the used washing machine, on I love Lucy. Lol

[@pollybramall4773]

brilliant,just brilliant,don’t make um like that anymore! 😂😂😂😂

[@latoshaadams8985]

That's the longest phone cord I ever seen

[@jaredjlinden]

That wasn’t uncommon back then when phone extensions were so expensive (Bell Telephone charged you monthly for extra extensions). You got one phone and put a nice long cord on it.

[@fernangervi1478]

Such clean comedy.

[@urspendy]

I just love Vivian Vance. she looks exactly like my grandmother and when I was a kid I thought it was her.

[@scotnick59]

My Grandmother resembled Vivian as well!

[@williamfithern5664]

Thank you very much! You make the world a better place. The more the better

[@joeldecoster8816]

Having a friend that you can hang out with and have so my=uch fun is the best.

[@beech5397]

My grandmother LOVED I LOVE LUCY!

[@Multifacted_Brotha]

I've never seen this episode before!! Too funny!

[@pamelahoward7551]

I always love I Love Lucy. My favorite is the old black and white The Lucy Show. It was about the time woman were moving out into the world of business Lucy and Vivian work now and then

[@sandratompkins6950]

I don't think she even knew just how awesome she was.I grew up as a child watching her when I was in elementary school.I am 68 and I watch her almost everyday.I love the comedy and good clean fun.No violence ,sex, or cussing.The shows on T.V. today could take a lesson from her.There are hardly any comedies on t.v. today not to mention westerns unless you watch old reruns.I don't mean to criticize but the writers in Hollywood need to bring comedies back and good clean romance.Lucy and Vivian Vance were awesome together.I still watch Burns and Allen and Love that Bob too.Good old days.I also am from the generation that grew up watching old Disney movies We saw them once until they came on T.V.now kids can own a Disney Movie or stream it on a phone.

[@m.e.d.7997]

I liked this show as a kid.

[@galeelkins4233]

And now you can't stand it? It's a show where reruns never grow old😀

[@OofusTwillip]

Lucy hand-picked Elliott Lewis (google him!) as her producer. When Vivian Vance left the show, Elliott's wife, Mary Jane Croft, replaced her as Lucy's sidekick. Lucy, Elliott, and Mary Jane had all worked extensively in radio, during the 1940s-50s.

[@bostonblackie9503]

Not forgetting Elliott's first wife, Cathy Lewis, (they had the same last name.)They were known as Mr. and Mrs Radio!

[@davidlium9338]

He was also in Petticoat Junction!

[@lisabaxter7786]

My sister and I love watching these shows Fantabulous

[@BeautyQueen79]

omg i just watched this. so funny these 2 together

[@alexisdiva9]

When Viv called her lawyer regarding collecting past due alimony from her ex Ralph, I'd think that she would have been also awarded child support for Sherman - wonder if he paid that up to date? Usually divorced women would be more likely to be awarded child support and only temporarily awarded alimony - especially these days. Back then it was accepted/expected for divorced women to stay home with their children (at least in the US) but now they are expected to go to work. I don't know about back then but courts now have the authority to garnish things as wages and tax refunds from deadbeat dads - oftentimes, this is generated when the mom needs to file for public assistance due to the failure to receive back alimony and/or child support.

[@debbiestrain2477]

'I love Lucy" and all the rest of the 'Lucy's' shows I could watch her shows 24/7 and all of Shirley Temple,'s, too 24/7

[@hanno.s5359]

جدتي عمرها ٨٠ سنه كانت تشاهد لوسي عندما كانت جدتي شاب وطلبت مني أن أبحث عن لوسي هنا في اليوتيوب لقد وجدتها لها والآن تشاهد لوسي وجدتي تسترجع ذكريات جميله وجدتي سعيده نشاهد مسلسل لوسي معاً💖

[@eloiseockert9233]

I liked the color episodes.

[@hana.the.writer5074]

OMG 🤣🤣🤣 HILARIOUS!!! The mouse did it. 😆😆😆

[@alexisdiva9]

Wonder how they trained the mouse to do that on cue?

[@apgx6032]

A Doctor calling for a sprained ankle. Those were the days!!

[@thestones8022]

$$$ 7.50 for a house call!!

[@alexisdiva9]

This was the early '60s when doctors still made house calls - by then end of the '60s doctors as a rule discontinued house calls - now the only ones who get the privilege of house calls are those in high office, possibly their immediate family and those who are wealthy enough to engage a doctor practicing concierge medicine.

[@edithlewis9330]

Lucy should offer to pay Vivian’s medical bills in leu of the back rent she owes. That should make them even.

[@azia5051]

I’m sad that they both pass a way.

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

Lucy’s character didn’t have enough money to do that, though. She always had to stretch out her monthly trust fund check and depended on Viv’s rent money to help pay the household bills.

[@eloiseockert9233]

???

[@eloiseockert9233]

@@EYE_GOTCHA Why she rent the rooms to her.

[@thestones8022]

@@eloiseockert9233 because they all had the need and love to share..

[@jonathanwilson2109]

I don't remember ever seeing this episode

[@pamhoward5102]

Me too, Lucy and Vivian make a great company. The black and white espiodes.

[@jay1hi547]

Lucy left Vivian's bedroom door open when she took her tray but it was closed when she came back.

[@rosemarykennedy5951]

I live in NZ, am 73 & have always wanted to see the Lucy stories, her antics are funny still. Unfortunately our viewing is monitered by idiots. so the shows are far & few. I love being able to see these shows now❤

[@Hazel21489]

This episode is hilarious

[@pablojosecelestino]

If Viv was a real friend she wouldn't have done all that do her!!!! But yet again, it was all just for fun and she just did it 'for the show'!!!

[@BNatoAk]

Just like a tweeker at Walmart who "falls" after running out with stolen goods 😅

[@kristinaboggs544]

I AGREE! I WASNT THOUGHT OF BUT I GREW UP WITH LUCY ! I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER!! AND VIVIAN ALSO!!

[@barrett7893]

Lucille Ball was one of the greatest comedians of our generation. And gorgeous woman and very just wonderful woman. But her shows would’ve never been great like it was without Vivian Vance. It was so sad when Vivian Vance passed away. All the shows they did together were amazing. But after Vivian Vance passed away Lucille Ball shows weren’t the same.. And Vivian Vance was one of the greatest actresses of our generation also. Vivian Vance was very talented and beautiful in her own right.. Her last marriage she said it was the happiest marriage she ever had. Even though her husband was gay.

[@dprice9985]

it was her happiest because she was closeted gay too. They both understood each other.

[@crmay72]

@@dprice9985 how do you know she was gay?

[@alexisdiva9]

The Lucy character was so hard up am sure that the house was heavily mortgaged. If that was true then the banker Mr. Barnsdahl should have insisted that an escrow account be set up (to pay for homeowners' insurance and property taxes) when Lucy said "pooh!" about renewing the coverage. Then if Viv asserted a claim for medical expenses and pain & suffering from her injury slipping on Jerry's toy car that was in Lucy's kitchen, a claim could be filed against that insurance - of course then, the carrier is liable to raise the premiums seeing that she's a worse risk then anticipated, but Lucy could then raise Viv's rent.... Like someone else suggested, Lucy could waive Viv's back rent to offset Viv's medical expenses but only IF Viv signed a waiver holding Lucy and the bank harmless from any future expenses from the injury - it should be signed in front of a notary or other neutral party. After awhile she could make up the lost income in part by raising Viv's rent. Also, I would have withheld Jerry's allowance for a couple weeks - even though it wouldn't come near paying for Viv's medical expenses - but to teach him a lesson; likewise, for whoever's skate it was that Viv tripped over at the end.

[@h193013]

In this show two single mothers lived together with their three children. This is kind of like Raven’s Home or I guess I should say Raven’s Home is similar to The Lucy Show.

[@pamelahoward8225]

In real life Vivian Vance never had any children. She was married 4times. Her last husband was either bi sexual or gay. She thought she could change him Except he was gay she new it.

[@vanyakouveli3113]

The days when America was great! An example for the world: the way people used to behave, to get dressed, to have real education, to treat each other respectfully 🗽🤗🗽🗽

[@Greg-re7nj]

President Kennedy alive and well too. I was probly one or two.

[@lils7533]

I love lucy! Better show! somebody is missing! 🤔🤔Ohhhhh! !!!!! Ricky Ricardo!!!😍

[@thestones8022]

based on a book life without george very expensive book too!

[@shaunadipietro2463]

Pearls with a nightgown?

[@aquillafleetwood8180]

Back when family could watch T V!

[@pamelahoward8225]

Lucy was always the funniest of them both. Vivian was always the sidekick. I always thought Vivian could my that one boyfriend. It was always Eddie Collins. Lucy went out with several men while show was good on.

[@shellyblanchard5788]

if noticed the music still sounds like I love lucy.

[@learningjourney3041]

vivan is a classic friend enemy

[@carmencitadavis9043]

Lucy and Ethel keeps saying good friends don't Sue each other you see courtrooms filled with people that supposed to be good friends sueing each other all the time sometimes you hear them say she was just like a sister to me or he was just like a brother to me until this happened they sue them for the insurance and they sue them for the medical bills or they sue them for some other reason if things did not work out like they planned it too and one of them went back on their word

[@alexisdiva9]

Sad but true - even relatives do this - just watch any of the court shows where people go to have their small claims cases arbitrated. Now people in the early 20th century were way less litigious - in the early 60's people became more litigious but not nearly as so as they are now. That's way homeowners and auto insurance premiums are so high, not to mention medical expenses.

[@lindagodden8596]

Vivan should be push down the stairs for her treatment of beloved Lucy

[@kellymclean1189]

Lucy And Viv Were Hilarious Charles Lane That Played The Doctor Played Mr Finch On Dennis The Menace And Homer Bedloe On Petticoat Junction

[@kellymclean1189]

I Meant Insurance Agent Not Doctor

[@thestones8022]

@@kellymclean1189 he was their banker....

[@AryaGandhi-jw2ny]

When he said it looks “lived in” it reminded me of when Ricky was being messy and he said it looks lived in

[@pamhoward5102]

I always wonder if a friend could sue a good friend. That's funny that happened to me. My cousin used be my payee for my disability. The thing was she would disagree with what I ask for? We used be very good friends. Now we have a strain relationship.

[@JasonMovieGuy]

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!!!!! FOOTBALL STYLE OSCAR COMMENTARY

[@beverlyhill6783]

Love Love Love this show

[@m.e.d.7997]

The messy room is not that bad!

[@angela-ji1cg]

My kids are sloppy like this too. 😂

[@orangecrushiqua8116]

I'm not familiar with this show ... it's actually quite funny! No matter what their character's names are, they will always be Lucy and Ethyl! Couldn't help but to notice Lucy's lawyer was the accountant who put her on a strict budget in one of those classic I Love Lucy's.

[@eloiseockert9233]

Ethel

[@fjccommish]

That "lawyer" was the banker who has her on a strict budget.

[@DonnaBrooks]

Ethel. "Ethyl" is a chemistry term. ILL was both blessing & curse to Vance. It made her wealthy enough to retire, if she'd wanted, but people saw "Ethel", not Vivian, which makes ME feel sad & frustrated, so I can only imagine how annoying that must have been for her.

[@DonnaBrooks]

Yes, this show was very funny! Some of the early eps are as good as I Love Lucy! (They had the same writers!) Watch the ones called, "Lucy Buys a Sheep", "Lucy & the Electric Mattress", & "Lucy Becomes a Kangaroo." Those are my 3 faves. The latter 2 are particularly hilarious!

[@ShaniStark-ce9vq]

Lucy didn't have a lawyer, that was Mr.Barnstall and he is actually Lucy's banker, he is the executor of her trust fund for the first season of this show, Viv was the one with a lawyer, he was never shown and she only has a lawyer because of her divorce, she was just trying to get her back alimony from her ex husband Ralph and she was just playing a joke on Lucy because Lucy thought she would ever sue her. However you are correct that the man who plays Mr.Barnstall did appear as Ricky's new business manager in the first episode of the fourth season of I Love Lucy entitled The Business Manager. He also played in the episodes Lucy Tells The Truth and Staten Island Ferry. Fun Fact: Vivian Vance was the first ever women to play in a television show as a divorcee with her betrayal as Vivian Bagley in this show. I love Lucy very much and she's a star and she shines very bright, but I don't believe it is fair to Vivian Vance that she always be called Ethel, her betrayal as Ethel Mertz was perfection, however she also shines in other roles and just in general, she played this role very well, the reason she used her real first name in this show is because she was tired of everyone she saw or talked to or met calling her Ethel, she wanted people to stop calling her that, so she insisted on using her real first name in this show. She was more than just a character in a show and I believe she deserves our respect. She was an incredibly talented woman and a true star who worked very hard and made so many people smile and laugh and admire her, she was a real class act who spend her screen time playing behind Lucy and never getting the true recognition she deserved. She is and will always be a true Icon of The Golden Age Of Hollywood along with Lucille Ball The Comedy Queen.

[@mariaferreras4369]

The best two actors together!

[@eloiseockert9233]

I always felt, in real life, if Gale Gordon wasn't happily married after Lucy & Desi split Gale and Lucy were perfect for each other!

[@pamhoward5102]

I always advise not to have a friend or cousin. It will always go wrong. Don't let it ruin a good friendship.

[@diegoandres2906]

The script writers were great!

[@jaredjlinden]

Yep, they were - the same writers who worked on I Love Lucy. Once that crew left the Lucy Show after the second season, it was never the same.

[@kimsherlock8969]

I love this truthfulness Ms Ball. A tidy house without children's presence is sterilisation of imagination in play. Allow the children to play. One can't play in museum glass case.

[@lindamerchant123]

I knew at some point. Lucy would boil over

[@bellejones8565]

So funny!

[@LorraineMatthew-oe3mm]

GREAT SHOW

[@tracyross5831]

I like this show as an Adult❗❗🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤭

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@adrianaenriquez3706]

Vivian Vance remember Angel love you

[@pamhoward5102]

I read that Vivian Vance ask for a raise. Lucy said no. I heard she decided to quit. Because she had married her 3 husband. Wanting to stay with her husband.

[@m.e.d.7997]

This was a good show but not as well written as ILL. Still good though and I loved the show with Viv. Not as good after she left.

[@molliwilson5639]

Many people today have a very limited sense of humor.. they dont understand irony or the study of absurdity...they seem very concrete and need to be walked through the plots of independent films ... not very sophisticated or developed emotionally or psychologically...

[@salviaofficinalis02]

Koci koci 🐈

[@johanbruijnooge6818]

Just hilarious!

[@salviaofficinalis02]

Ayayayayayayay

[@lisabaxter7786]

Lol the children