I Love Lucy/Funny



"Ethel: My grandfather used to have a moustache -- a great, big, long handlebar one -- and Grandma got rid of it in the middle of the night.
 * Vitameatavegamin -- The single funniest sketch in the history of television. So funny even the other actors can't contain their laughter.
 * Possibly one of the single funniest moments on live-action television was from the very end of the show's run. They moved to a farm during this series. This particular episode they decided to try to raise chickens. The chickens weren't maturing fast enough to suit Ricky, so Lucy and Ethel began buying eggs to plant into the chicken's nests. When Ricky came home early they hid the eggs by stuffing them into Lucy's blouse. Ricky then insisted Lucy practice a tango routine with him that the two of them needed to do later that week. The end result was an egg-soaked Lucy and a live audience that laughed for over a minute and a half. It was considered a record holder for years, and may still be one.
 * Don't forget the part where Fred slams the door on Ethel's backside, crushing all the eggs in her back pockets. That sent this troper into such paroxysms of laughter that she had trouble breathing for a good five minutes.
 * From "The Moustache":

Lucy: How?

Ethel: She tied it around the bedpost when he was asleep and then yelled "Fire.""

"Lucy: It's what every wife dreams of getting from her husband.
 * Lucy. Ethel. Chocolate factory. They admitted they were paying homage to Modern Times.
 * The fight in the wine press.
 * The Mirror Routine with Harpo Marx.
 * This exchange between Lucy and Ethel:

Ethel: A divorce?"

"Lucy: That's funny, I can't imagine why it doesn' work.
 * The entire episode "Sales Resistance." The funniest moment is probably a tie between Lucy trying to sell the vaccuum cleaner:

Woman: I can. The electricity's turned off.

Lucy: What?!

Woman: We didn't pay our bill.

Lucy: Why didn't you tell me?

Woman: You didn't ask me.

Lucy: Oh, dear... I'm sorry I made such a mess on your floor. I don't know how you're gonna clean it up.

Woman: I do!

Lucy: Eeeeew..."

"Ethel: Lucy, where's your other shoe?
 * ... and Lucy coming home:

Lucy: Stuck in the door at 310 East 69th Street. I was kicked down stairs, bitten by a dog, and chased three blocks by a policeman who wanted to see my peddler's license. One more hour, they'd have reported the death of another salesman."

"Lucy: Ricky, this is it!"
 * The closing show from "Ethel's Home Town".
 * In Lucy Goes to the Hospital, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel practice what they need to do when Lucy declares "The time has come!" The practice goes very smoothly of course. And then...

"Superman: You mean to tell me that you've been married to her for fifteen years?
 * Lucy Changes Her Mind
 * What about the scene that came earlier in the "Vitameatavegamin" episode where Lucy pretends to be on TV... inside their TV? Here are some of the highlights.
 * Ricky's first look at Lucy on TV: "You know, I can't get over how clear the picture is."
 * When Lucy accidentally dropped something and she had to pick it up: "Well, what you know? Third-dimensional television."
 * Fred's clapping is pretty good.
 * And of course, "For our first offering this evening, we- STOP THAT NOW! Go back and sit down!"
 * Ricky reading to his son "Little Red Riding Hood" in Spanish with phrases of English dashed in.
 * The end of "Lucy and Superman":

Ricky: Yes, fifteen years!

Superman: And they call me Superman."