Two Girls From Albuquerque

[@valentinr.dominguez2892]

These series from the past are like comfort food. One is left with such a wonderful feeling of satisfaction and happiness.

[@eugenephillips4340]

Amen

[@MP-lq3xx]

👍

[@showtunestarpower]

Vivian Vance's reactions are priceless. Vance's dry delivery of "I have sufficient." is one of my favorite moments in all of I LOVE LUCY (and that's saying a lot.) And Lucille Ball's embarrassed attempts to squelch Ethel's rebellion and brilliant.

[@littletroll]

I’ve always loved it when Ethel says she’s had sufficient!

[@thatgirl7849]

Me too! I say that when Im offered more to eat. No one but me gets it. It makes me chuckle ❤

[@edreid7872]

Shade before shade was shade..😂

[@TaylorZ2]

GREAT acting, script and set! No wonder I Love Lucy is still on the air 65 years later.

[@everythingisaprocess]

I agree. I love this clip...it was so natural...It did'nt even seem like they were acting at all.

[@clarysl18]

65??? More!!!

[@cor8129]

The way Ethel says "I have sufficient" cracks me up, all the time 😂😂😂

[@videox222ify]

Mary Jane Croft was one of Lucy's favorite co-stars.

[@singingbeach]

Lucy's facial expressions often spoke more than words. Genius acting.

[@JohnA-y3g]

There is no better series!

[@NS-vw8pm]

So glad to see Ethel getting a bestie besides Lucy

[@gretchennelson7056]

“Strawberry shortcake, gooseberry pie..VICTORY”😂😂😂😂

[@trudygreer2491]

Even the cheers were wholesome!

[@scotnick59]

As a young woman Vivian DID live in Albuquerque, where she managed to become the star player at 'The Little Theatre" there, her biggest triumph was in THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN. In 1932, her fellow players sent Viv to NYC where she was Ethel Merman's understudy for the musical smash ANYTHING GOES in 1934. (She actually played Reno Sweeney 2 or 3 times). Born Vivian Jones in the (still) tiny hamlet of Cherryvale, KS. She took her adopted surname from an acting mentor named Vance Randolph. Vivian received the first ever Best supporting actress Emmy award for her playing the role of Ethel Mertz (1954). Mary Wickes said of Viv: "the best second banana in the business"

[@Daisnap]

High praise coming from a talent like Mary Wickes. Vivian Vance understudied Ethel Merman?! Wow! That’s impressive!

[@franciscoguevara4416]

I love Lucy's face when Ethel says, " you're so warm and friendly ! "

[@christopherkraft1327]

Ethel May Potter, we never forgot her!!! 👍🙂

[@garrettsaurer8652]

It's Potter 😊

[@christopherkraft1327]

@@garrettsaurer8652 oops, thanks for the correction!! 😏

[@deepachand9689]

I love the way Viv drives Lucy to embarrassment and dismay ,and how she tries valiantly to stop her with her eyes and throat clearing

[@richardpodnar5039]

"I should have known you were from Albuquerque. You're so warm and friendly!"😅😊😂

[@verdifan4915]

After she dragged Betty in the previous scene 😂

[@02chevyguy]

The expression on Lucy's face after she said that. 😁

[@gretchennelson7056]

“We’re in the egg business together so half of those eggs belong to Ethel, don’t they dear?” “Yes the shells”😂😂😂😂the writers on this show were just brilliant.

[@sallykohorst8803]

Great show as lucy brought the ladies together and then they ignored Lucy.

[@daisydukes8252]

It’s very true to life too!

[@gdwriter]

Ethel didn't just throw shade at Lucy during this luncheon, she threw the whole damn tree. "I have sufficient" was the topper. Legend has it that Vivian Vance ad libbed the line during rehearsals because she was getting queasy.

[@larrywakeman4371]

One of my fave episodes! LOL! I heard Vivian say in an old interview form I think the late 60's that she add-liibed that famous line, "I have sufficient..." LOL!

[@keithmerscheim1924]

"WHAT" is priceless. 😆.

[@PebblesWeeks-iw2sv]

A great episode

[@davidhansel4198]

I love Lucy's look of outrage when Ethel says "You're so warm and friendly!" after trashing Betty just minutes before! 03:27 😆

[@davidhansel4198]

@@02chevyguy Oops! Fixed above.

[@02chevyguy]

@@davidhansel4198 I'll delete my comment. Happy Holidays! 🎄

[@michaelqi5202]

One of my favorites

[@debbiegoble9836]

I wanted to see this for a while now. Thanks

[@Richard-h6z8t]

Lucy trying to fit in too - "I'm from Jamestown." 😄😄😄

[@blugreen123]

I have sufficient. 😂

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

I like lucys reaction to ethels she should of known betty was from Albuquerque so friendly after ether had been shu ned by her

[@IRexStephIPhiCephI]

I have sufficient 😑

[@maryhaase3841]

This is one of my favorites!!!! Lol

[@cjhoward409]

She becomes a good friend and different character in this show

[@aogm720401]

They got me😂😂😂😂😂

[@Erikk-z1s]

I have Sufficient 😂

[@stephenr3910]

They're going to become thick as thieves.

[@ma567i]

😂

[@lindaalvarez8855]

Lucy's friend is so stuck up 😢.

[@executivedecision6141]

The Lucy Show was much better, and Mary Jane Croft's wacky character that she perfected in her many years on The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, made her the ideal replacement for Vivian Vance, after Viv quit the show.

[@Biggems4]

it absolutely was not lol.

[@markwhitman9029]

Mary Jane was very good and enjoyable BUT NO ONE can replace the great Vivian Vance. I liked Ann Sothern as the Countess !! LOL!!

[@executivedecision6141]

​@@markwhitman9029 True... but as the straight-woman to Lucy's insanity, in the roles of both Ethel and later Viv, Vivian Vance was the voice of reason and logic. Mary Jane Croft on The Lucy Show was somewhere in between both characters. She wasn't as wacky as Clara Randolph in her many years on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet".

[@gretchennelson7056]

I liked Mary Jane Croft very much but she couldn’t hold a candle to Vivian Vance

[@alandale2182]

I thought The Lucy Show was boring. It was just a lot of recycled gags from the 50's. Here's Lucy was the same nonsense too.