WCJ wrote:
> L Covey wrote:
>
>>> Two I can think of offhand had similar story lines: Lucy and Ethel,
>>> along with their fellow club members, need to play a musical piece
>>> for one of their shows. They're ALL horrible! (The first of these
>>> two episodes takes place while they're still in the apartment; the
>>> second is after the move to the country.) Ricky, of course, comes to
>>> the rescue, first volunteering to coach them and, in the earlier
>>> episode, saves the day by making his band members--all male--dress in
>>> drag to play the instruments so the 'girls' don't have to. (This is
>>> the episode where the girls butcher "Twelfth Street Rag.")
>
>
>> I don't recall the one in the country. Need to think about that one.
>
>
> It's funny--I don't remember much about that one! There's a good reason
> for it, though: I don't LIKE, and rarely ever watch, the "country"
> episodes. However...
>
> I just pulled "The I Love Lucy Book" off my shelf to look it up, since
> you piqued my interest. According to it, the episode was "Ragtime Band"
> and it aired on 03/18/57. (I was wrong about it involving other club
> members in the band.) Lucy had promised that Ricky would perform at a
> benefit for the West****t Historical Society...but, alas!, Ricky refuses.
> So she realizes she has ANOTHER Ricky Ricardo--Junior, that is. She
> forms a band with her (on sax), Little Ricky (drums), Fred (fiddle), and
> Ethel (piano). In this episode Lucy claims to know only one song--and
> it's not "Glow Worm" as in an earlier episode. This time it's "Sweet
> Sue." Ethel claims to know only one song, "She'll Be Comin' Round the
> Mountain"--which totally contradicts her piano prowess shown in earlier
> episodes. Ricky, yet again, comes to the rescue by agreeing to be in
> the performance and by supplying some of his musicians.
>
Thanks for looking that up. I do recall the episode now.
Lani
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