View Full Version : Any "I Love Lucy" Experts?


jage1966
01-09-2006, 01:22 AM
I don't know if this is the appropriate forum for this question, but you guys have never let me down in the past.
I just bought the 5th season of I Love Lucy to complete the entire Hollywood trip. The Hollywood episodes from seasons 4 and 5 are my favorites and I always think of Lucy when I visit there, especially when I see John Wayne's footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
One thing is bugging me, though. I seem to remember an episode that isn't included in these sets and now I'm beginning to question my sanity. The scene I remember involves Lucy attending a premiere with stars walking the red carpet. Lucy excitedly spots celebrities and in her excitement asks someone "Are you anybody?!?"
It's one of my all-time favorite lines. Can anyone else remember which episode this is from, if it indeed is from I Love Lucy? I checked online episode guides with no luck.

I'm also curious about the Hollywood background seen through the balcony doorwall. I wonder where that particular photo was taken. I think I see the Hollywood Sign in the distant background. There's an automobile dealership in the foreground, and I believe a sign atop a building that says The Broadway. I wonder which street is seen in that background. Lucy claims to spot The Brown Derby AND Grauman's Chinese Theatre while standing on her balcony. I've read that the hotel they're staying in, The Beverly Palms, was fictional. Any theories?

Thanks in advance for your help.
- Joe

DR. PRETORIOUS
01-09-2006, 11:25 PM
Maybe this site will help: http://www.lucy-desi.com/

jage1966
01-11-2006, 09:21 PM
Thanks for the link, it helped.
I discovered that the scene I described was from The Lucy Show and not I Love Lucy.
Also, the view from the Ricardo's hotel room faces north toward the Hollywood Sign, with the intersection of Hollywood and Vine in the near distance. Next time I'm in Hollywood, I'm going to see if I can find the exact vantage point. It'll be a fun quest.

- Joe

DR. PRETORIOUS
01-12-2006, 12:10 AM
Glad I could help. If you get a chance you should try to make the Lucy festival described on the web page, its a good time.