Lucy Goes Duck Hunting

S2;E6 ~ November 4, 1963

Synopsis

Lucy
lies to her handsome new boyfriend that she is an experienced duck
hunter, so off they go to shoot ducks. It doesn’t take long for Lucy
to mess everything up, but in the process they learn she does the
world’s best duck call.

Regular
Cast

Lucille
Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Jimmy Garrett
(Jerry Carmichael), Ralph Hart (Sherman Bagley), Candy Moore (Chris
Carmichael)

Gale
Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney) does not appear in this episode

Guest
Cast

Keith
Andes
(Bill King) was born John Charles Andes in Ocean City, New Jersey, in
1920. He appeared
opposite Lucille
Ball
in
her only Broadway musical Wildcat
in 1960.
Andes played Bill King in one more episode of the series “Lucy and
the Winter Sports” (S3;E3) and played Brad Collins in “Lucy and
Joan” (S4;E4) co-starring Joan Blondell. Andes took his own life
in 2005 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Donald
Briggs (Eddie
Collins) makes his seventh and final appearance as Viv’s on-again
off-again boyfriend.
He appeared
on the 1930s radio program “Welcome Valley” and played the title
role in “Frank Merriwell,” which led to his first film, playing
the character in the 1936 Universal serial The
Adventures of Frank Merriwell.
He also starred with Lucille Ball in the 1939 film Panama
Lady.
He later turned up on a 1970 episode of “Here’s Lucy.” Briggs
died in 1986 at the age of 75.

Gordon
Jones
(Charlie Van Tassel) appears posthumously. He died on June 20, 1963,
shortly after filming this episode. One week later his final screen
credit McLintock
starring John Wayne opened in cinemas. He is best known as Brit
Reid / The Green Hornet in Universal’s Green
Hornet
film serials and Mike the Cop,
Lou
Costello’s
nemesis, on “The
Abbott and Costello Show”
(1952).
He did two films with Lucille Ball: There
Goes My Girl
(1937) and Easy
Living
(1949).

Charlie Van Tassel is named after writer Madelyn Pugh Martin’s childhood friend Marge and her husband Charlie. Their names also turned up in scripts for Lucy’s radio show “My Favorite Husband.”

Sid
Gould (Hunter
#2) was
first seen in “Lucy
is a Kangaroo for a Day” (S1;E7).
He made 46 appearances on “The Lucy Show,” all as background
characters. He also did 40 episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” Gould
(born Sydney Greenfader) was Lucille Ball’s cousin by marriage to
Gary Morton. Gould was married to Vanda Barra, who also appeared on
“The Lucy Show” starting in 1967, as well as on “Here’s
Lucy.”

Alan
Ray (Hunter
#1) was
seen on “I Love Lucy” as the clapstick boy at “Ricky’s
Screen Test” (ILL S4;E6),
a Brown Derby waiter in “Hollywood
at Last” (ILL S4;E16),
and a male nurse in “Nursery
School” (ILL S5;E9).
This is his fourth and final appearance on “The Lucy Show.” He
also played a hotel doorman in the 1963 Lucille Ball / Bob Hope film
Critic’s
Choice.
In 1950 Ray and Gale Gordon were in the film A
Woman of Distinction in
which Lucille Ball played herself in a cameo.

Six other uncredited actors play the rest of the duck hunters.

Although most all of the country saw this episode on Monday, November 4, 1963, local state elections the next day may have led to pre-ememption in some areas. The episode was probably then aired on Thursday, November 7, 1963.

This
episode was actually the first one shot for season 2 but aired out of
sequence. It is also the first one ever filmed in color.

Chris
once again mentions her friend Cynthia and Jerry mentions his friend
Billy Simmons. In previous episodes

The characters were played by Lucie Arnaz and Desi
Arnaz Jr.

Once
again, Lucy’s TV is broken. Television sets were also the subject of
“Lucy Puts Up a TV Antenna” (S1;E9).

Viv
imagines that they’ll go to 21 for dinner, take in a Broadway show,
and then go dancing at the Waldorf. The Four Seasons, The
Colony, and The Stork Club are also mentioned as possible destinations. These were all real-life night spots.

The
Waldorf
refers to the five-star Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue in New
York City. It first opened in 1893 and has become synonymous with
luxury in accommodations and dining. The
Starlight Roof, located on the 19th floor, is where Lucy and Viv would have gone for after supper
dancing. Lucy Ricardo stayed at the Waldorf as the Maharincess of
Franistan in “The
Publicity Agent” (S1;E31)
and
Lucy’s school chum Cynthia Harcourt will set up digs there while
canvassing for funds in “Lucy
is Envious” (S3;E23).
The
Four Seasons is
a restaurant in New
York City
located
on East 52nd
Street in the Seagram
Building.
Opening in 1959, the Four Seasons is associated with a number of ‘firsts’ in the hospitality
industry.
In the summer of 2016 the restaurant closed and announced it would
be relocating to Park Avenue.
The
21 Club
was first opened in 1922 and is still in business today. It is a
restaurant and former prohibition-era speakeasy located at 21 West
52nd Street (hence the name) in New York City. Perhaps the most famous feature
of 21 is the collection lawn jockeys adorning the balcony above the
entrance. In “Vacation From Marriage” (ILL S2;E6) Lucy and Ethel tell their
husbands they have been to 21 four times (“That’s 84!”) In
“Mr.
and Mrs. TV Show” (ILL S4;E24),
Lucy tells Ricky she met a TV producer while having lunch at 21 with
Carolyn Appleby.
The
Colony
Restaurant was home to the rich and the famous like the Vanderbilts,
Whitneys,
and Astors.
It opened in 1920 and served its last meal in 1971.
The
Stork
Club
was a nightclub
on
58th Street in New
York City,
which during its existence from 1929 to 1965 was one of the most
prestigious clubs in the world. A symbol of café
society,
the wealthy elite, including movie stars, celebrities, showgirls,
and aristocrats all mixed in the VIP Room of the Club.

Lucy
calls Bill King a combination of “Cary Grant, Bob Hope and J. Paul
Getty.” Movie star Cary
Grant
(1904-1986) was mentioned four times on “I Love Lucy” all during
the gang’s season 4 stay in Hollywood. Bob
Hope
(1903-2003) co-starred with Lucille Ball in four feature films. He
played himself in an episode of “I Love Lucy” and will appear in
a cameo on “The Lucy Show.” J. Paul Getty (1892-1972) was an oil
tycoon who founded Getty Oil. In 1957, Fortune Magazine named him the
richest living American.

Callbacks!

To
be closer to her husband, Lucy Ricardo went duck hunting in “The
Camping Trip” (ILL S2;E29).

In
“The Amateur Hour” (ILL S1;E14), a frog jumps down Lucy Ricardo’s
shirt, causing her to squirm just as it does here when a frog finds its way into her
waders.

Blooper
Alerts!

Half On / Half Off! Eddie
and Bill are helping Lucy on with their coats even as they announce
they’ve already planned to eat at home.