Lucy and the Loving Cup

Classic I Love Lucy episode. Lucy's head is stuck in a loving cup, literally. A normal conversation between Lucy and Ricky over what hat she should wear, and it ends up with her putting on the loving cup on her head as a joke, and it turns into a whole premise. Ethel's phone call asking can you get a loving cup out of a woman's head is hysterical. And her saying you won't have trouble recognizing her. I love that even though Lucy has a cup on her head, Ethel is worried she'll be judged wearing her blue jeans at the Subway. Lucy makes a point no one will notice her jeans if she's going with a loving cup on her head.

Pretty hilarious as Lucy is treated like a literal alien when in public. The fact that it's self inflicted adds to the comedy also.

Also seems like there's some sort of allegory to make regarding men perceiving women's fashion.

Lucille Balle really has a great presence and seems that in some scenes even the extras can barely hold in their laughter.

Favourite scenes would be the cigarette, the vicious train cycle, and the officer.

Seems very new yorkish also, Lucy gets literally stuck in the rat race going in and out of the train, being swarmed and shoved by the general public. The gags also feel fairly relentless here also.

One of the top 10 Lucy episodes, and what great comedy writing is all about. The series was in its sixth season, though the stories by head writers Bob Carroll, Jr and Madelyn Davis were positively bananas. Positively. All us kids who grew up on this show will tell you that in spades. No matter how many times you saw episodes like this, you had to see them again.

The story is simple simon. Ricky is going to present a giant loving cup at a dinner for famed jockey Johnny Longden. Comes a debate as to what hat Lucy should wear -- and she winds up putting the cup on her head. Only something Lucy would do. She can't get off and what a catastrophe to follow. One of the biggest questions ever; where did the production folks get that cup? Upside down on Lucy's head, it made her look like a space alien! No kidding.

I agree, Ethel frantically calling for help, asking if anyone could get a loving cup off a woman's head is laugh out loud stuff. Vivian Vance was a diamond in the rough.

The MOST memorable scenes come during the second half, the unforgettable subway ride, Lucy cleverly wearing a black veil to hide the cup, until it gets yanked off. Surprise! The chatter among the stunned passengers is priceless, and Lucy is a one woman show, even if you can't see her face.

Jesslyn Fax plays one of the passengers, Bill Erwin in an early role as a bum? Lucy's long time stand-in, Hazel Pierce, plays a commuter. She's usually the best dressed in any background scene. That's how she stands out.

FYI: British jockey Johnny Longden rode over 6000 winning horses in his distinguished career. His wife, Hazel, also appears in this episode, who also trained horses.

Best of SEASON 6 EPISODE 12 remastered dvd box set. The famous color box cover has a sketch of Lucy with the loving cup. 4 dvds. Released 2012.