“Here’s Lucy” often used props and costumes in more than one episode. Here’s a look at some of the items recycled from previous episodes – and even previous shows!
Sharp eyes will remember this desk in Harry’s home from Lucy Carmichael’s Los Angeles apartment on “The Lucy Show.”
It wasn’t just the wallpaper that was recycled – it was the walls! Both scenes took place in a nostalgic setting.
Ma Parker (Carole Cook) and Rudy Vallee have similar taste in Bavarian beer steins!
Larger items are easier to spot. This ship’s prow decoration turned up in a nightclub and at Craig’s scavenger hunt!
The zebra lamp with the red shade was on the tables of the Red Devil nightclub and also turned up at Lucy’s garage sale. Unboxing items for the sale, Lucie finds her favorite doll, Clarabelle, who previously made an appearance in “Lucy, the Part-Time Wife” (S3;14), although she now has on a new frock.
When Lucy and Carol Burnett discover a wardrobe rack of costumes worn by Betty Grable and Alice Faye, it also holds the silver space suit worn by Harry in a benefit musical revue about the Generation Gap!
These heavily redacted milk crates were found at the Proud Penguin Frozen Custard stand and at Kim’s college quad! It was common to use gaffer’s tape to conceal brand names.
A large, unique, and colorful gramophone was easy to spot in its three appearances on the series – all in quite different locations: a Victorian living room, a Navajo hut, and a college dorm room!
A sign reading “SILENCE” is a logical prop at a library, but part maybe something stolen by prankster co-eds in a dorm room in another episode!
This ‘musical comedy’ dorm room dug deep in the Desilu prop stock for unique items – including this Tait pennant, which was the location of the stage and screen musical “Good News” but also decorated the boys’ bedroom on “The Lucy Show”!
Still in the kitschy, cluttered dorm, this Sarah Bernhardt poster by Alphonse Mucha (1897) turned up in several different episodes.
License plates were swapped from vehicle to vehicle as needed. Here Lucy’s car has the same plates as a borrowed camper!
This gold table lamp was briefly seen in Harry’s office, but also turned up in the office of a talent agent!
While it was usual for day-to-day Lucy to repeat wardrobe items, a green candy-striped jacket draws attention to itself when going undercover or dancing with a cross-dressing chimp!
This blue chenille bathrobe certainly made the rounds: it was worn by Ethel Mertz on “I Love Lucy” in 1952; then by Lucy Carmichael in 1968; and again by guest-star Ann-Margret in 1970!
This now-iconic blue polka dot dress from “I Love Lucy” was certainly not placed among Lucy Carter’s garage sale items by chance! The aforementioned Sarah Bernhardt poster is back, too!
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