Tag: Mary Jane Croft
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Lucy Enters a Baking Contest
S2;E28 ~ April 27, 1964 Synopsis Lucy’s baking skills are always being compared unfavorably to Viv’s, so she decides to give her a run for her money in the Danfield Tribune’s annual pie-baking contest. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney) Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael), Ralph…
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Lucy Takes a Job at the Bank
S2;E21 ~ February 24, 1964 Synopsis When Jerry wants to buy a second-hand tuba, cash-poor Lucy talks Mr. Mooney into giving her a job at the bank. All she has to do is hand out toasters to people opening new accounts, but she has no success. Lucy talks Audrey Simmons into withdrawing her money and…
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Lucy Puts Out a Fire at the Bank
S2;E9 ~ December 2, 1963 Synopsis When the town council refuses to fund the Danfield Volunteer Fire Department, Lucy takes her brigade for some training to impress Mr. Mooney, then sets a small fire at the bank to demonstrate their worth! Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Gale Gordon (Theodore J.…
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Lucy and Viv Play Softball
S2;E3 ~ October 14, 1963 Synopsis Lucy and Viv are usually bench warmers when the Danfield Volunteer Fire Department plays softball, but when one of their players is expecting a baby and Frances passes out, Lucy and Viv take the field. Lucy’s ill-fitting trousers help her ‘catch’ the game-winning fly ball and save the day!…
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Lucy Plays Cleopatra
S2;E1 ~ September 30, 1963 Synopsis When the Volunteer Fire Department asks Professor Gitterman to help them put on an amateur production of Antony and Cleopatra, Lucy and Viv both want the lead. A compromise is made, with Lucy as Cleopatra and Viv as Mark Antony! The girls continuously upstage one another until it is…
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Lucy and the Little League
S1;E28 ~ April 15, 1963 Synopsis When Sherman and Jerry play on the Danfield Tigers Little League team, Lucy and Viv coach their boys in the finer points of the sport, but get thrown out of the game! Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael), Ralph Hart…
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Lucy Drives a Dump Truck
S1;E24 ~ March 11, 1963 Synopsis After promising the Volunteer Fire Department that the town council will pay for their new uniforms, the girls find that they will be stuck for the cost themselves. They want to relieve Lucy as captain, until she comes up with the idea of selling newspapers for salvage. Everything goes…
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Lucy the Music Lover
S1;E8 ~ November 19, 1962 Synopsis Lucy goes overboard to make the doctor she’s dating believe she’s as big a classical music lover as he is. When she invites her date over, he ends up making beautiful music with Viv. He’s even planning to play violin in Viv’s benefit recital – until Lucy crushes his…
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A 1952 episode of I LOVE LUCY started with a broken TV set. A 1968 episode of THE LUCY SHOW started with a broken TV set.
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Today would have been MARY JANE CROFT’s 100th birthday! The perky character actress played three roles on “I Love Lucy”: Cynthia Harcourt (when Lucy plays a Martian woman); Evelyn Bigsby (who sits next to Lucy and her cheese on the plane); and Connecticut neighbor Betty Ramsey. She returned to play characters named Mary Jane in…
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