Lucille Ball loved animals and she wasn’t afraid to incorporate them into her shows. Everything from lions to kittens found its way into “Here’s Lucy.” There were also some ‘fake’ animals in the mix to add to the fun!
LIONS
Lions were part of two episodes of “Here’s Lucy”! The “chauffeur” is “Kitty Cat’s” trainer!
The cat wants to come in! Jungle hotel problems!
BIRDS
A hawk watches over the cadets at the Air Force Academy.
Harry’s pet parakeets Anthony and Cleopatra.
A mynah bird named Bruce who says “Get away, kid, you bother me.”
Radish, a talking parrot who says “You did it again, stupid!”
Polly the parrot, voiced by Ginny Tyler, a Mouseketeer who also did the voice of the sheep in Disney’s 1964 hit “Mary Poppins.”
Floyd, a rare Tongan Ruby Throated Weewawk (played by a white pigeon with red make-up on his neck)!
Penguins who escaped from the zoo thought Lucy was their mother when she wore a penguin costume!
DOGS
Kim and Craig adopt a dog they call Bogie because he had the same look in the rain that Humphrey Bogart had in “Casablanca”! Little did they know Bogie was a she – about to have puppies!
Exercise guru Jack LaLanne’s dog Happy (right) watches over her pup. Lucy holds one of Bogie’s pups.
Harry in a playpen full of Bogie’s puppies. Harry is allergic to dogs!
Noted dog trainer Bob Williams and his dog Louie make a guest appearance. Williams was a Vegas and talk show favorite.
Lucy gives Teddy the bulldog a bath!
Lucy snuggles a Yorkie named Tiger.
Lucy and Kim find a St. Bernard named Tinkerbell quite a handful.
Lucy sweet-talks Winston, a bloodhound.
Harry grooms an unnamed Dachshund. [The pooch in the background is plush!]
CATS
For one episode, Kim had a cat she named Harry, after her uncle.
Harry finds a kitten living behind his walls!
CHIMPS
Lucy babysits Irving, a baby chimp!
Jackie is the seventh chimpanzee to work with Lucille Ball on television.
Fido and Rover, a jungle version of house pets!
COWS
Van Johnson sings happy birthday to a cow named Ethel!
On Ernie Ford’s television variety show, Lucy milks a cow – something Ball did on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show” as well as in real-life!
HORSES
Kim, Craig and Wayne Newton ride ‘dancing horses’ while singing “I’ve Got the World on a String”.
Wayne Newton’s miniature horse Tiny Tim (TT for short)!
OTHER ANIMALS
Harry’s jungle taxi is an ass.
Goats and sheep on a genuine Navajo reservation! These are not animal actors!
Kim’s college mascot was a billy goat named Willy!
Kim bottle feeds a baby leopard!
Kim cleans the cage of Breath-of-Spring, a deodorized skunk!
ANIMAL IMPOSTORS
Fictional beast, the wild Gorboona, a cross between a Gorilla and a Baboon!
Prohaska returned to play a black bear…
…and then again in another episode.
A mechanical piranha jumps out of the tank to grab his lunch! The parrot in the background is real, however.
Pet shop plushy!
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