History Funny / ILoveLucy

* As the show was taped in front of an audience, those were genuine reactions whenever comedy occurred. And some of the audience members were more easily heard over the rest, or stood on their own. Two of the more famous ones was when one woman said "Uh oh" during one of Lucy's schemes backfiring, (this woman was usually Lucille Ball's mother who was a regular in the audience); and in the "Lucy Meets Harpo Marx" episode, when Harpo first spots Lucy behind the curtain and has a shocked look, one audience member is heard emitting a high-pitched "HOHOHO!"

* From "Fred and Ethel Fight," Ricky is in top snarker form at the start, culminating in a legitimate spit-take in the background when Lucy refers to Ethel as a "cute young chick."

* "Lucy is Envious"; specifically, the scene where Ricky and Fred (disguised as Martians) scare the bejeezus out of Lucy and Ethel. Once the Martians leave, Ethel shouts, "Call the police!" Lucy screams in response.

* "Return Home From Europe": On the plane ride home, Lucy trying to pass off a giant piece of cheese as a baby.

* When they're in Hollywood, Fred meets John Wayne, who has been warned by Ricky that Fred is going to see how strong his handshake is. The Duke plays along, and Fred thinks that he's got a stronger handshake than Wayne...until Ethel comes in, shakes Fred's hand, and sends him to his knees without visible effort. Then there's Wayne's disbelieving reaction when Fred comes in doing a ''very'' bad imitation of the Duke.
* When [[DoomMagnet Lucy]] wants to go to lunch with Ricky and Richard Widmark, Ricky obviously says no after all the wacky hijinks that have happened around her. She eventually intimates she's just going to go to the same restaurant and maybe just drop by their table.

** From the same episode, Lucy's exploits around Hollywood have apparently already become the stuff of legend to the point where, upon coming across Lucy [[ItMakesSenseInContext hiding out in his house after trying to take a grapefruit from his garden]], Richard Widmark claims that it would be a "public service to Hollywood" to use his hunting rifle on her and Ricky - annoyed that Lucy has got herself into a mess once again - even chimes in that it might get him a special Oscar. In fact, the only one who objects to the idea (apart from Lucy) is Widmark's St Bernard dog who gives the most glorious DoubleTake at the suggestion.

** Of course, the scene where Lucy, sporting a fake nose to disguise herself from William Holden (whom she had an embarrassing moment with in the Brown Derby restaurant earlier), accidentally sets the fake nose on fire when trying to light a cigarette. While the script had her removing the nose and dunking it in her coffe, Lucy ad-libbed, resulting in her extinguishing the fake nose in her coffee while it was still attached.

** While Lucy, Fred and Ethel are eating lunch at the Brown Derby, Lucy can't stop gawking at William Holden who decides to get his own back by gawking back at her, which naturally results in Lucy getting so flustered that she ends up repeatedly trying to eat more spaghetti than she can take. At one point, she's got so much pasta dangling from her mouth that Ethel decides to help her out by ''using her nail scissors to cut the excess off''. And throughout all of it, Bill Holden just keeps staring silently at Lucy with the most butter-wouldn't-melt expression imaginable.

* Lucy tries to prove herself as a "Creator/MarilynMonroe type" to a Hollywood talent scout. When greeting Fred and Ethel, she enters wearing a blonde wig, a slinky dress, and a fake BeautyMark. She also practices her SexyWalk and seductive smile. Additionally, after Lucy asks Fred and Ethel to guess who she's supposed to be, Fred answers, "Creator/HumphreyBogart in a wig!"

* Lucy having to battle the worlds heaviest head dress while shooting her big Hollywood debut role. The poor director is nearly driven insane by her antics.

* Lucy's attempt to pick a grapefruit from Richard Widmark's backyard in "The Tour" leads to two particularly hilarious moments:

* "Lucy in Alaska": the gang end up in an overbooked hotel on a frigid Alaskan night. The room contains only one bed, and the best the hotel can provide for the other three is a sleeping bag, an army cot, and a ''hammock''. They draw straws to see who gets the bed, and while Ethel wins, Fred raises such a stink that she gives in and takes the sleeping bag instead. (At this point, Fred grumbles, "If Hawaii wants to be a state, they'd better make sure they have enough beds to go around first!") Ricky takes the cot (which keeps collapsing under his weight), and Lucy [[ButtMonkey (of course!)]] is stuck with the hammock. The only way she can hang it is by tying one end to the doorknob. Finally, everybody is settled - and then the host opens the door to check on them, spilling Lucy flat on the floor.

** When Ricky and Fred are cooking dinner, first the chicken flies out of the pot... and the rice boils over and creates a ''huge'' mess. The repeated attempts to clean the chicken (with ''soap'') and dispose of the rice. HilarityEnsues and RealityEnsues.

** While waiting in the waiting room, Fred meets a man who is the antithesis of a PanickyExpectantFather, and asks why. The other man explains that he's had six children so far--all girls--and thus isn't all that worried any more, although he ''does'' hope that this time, he'll have a boy. A nurse comes out and tells him that it wasn't a girl, and he starts to cheer--until she corrects him: [[ExactWords she didn't say]] [[ExactWords ''a'']] [[ExactWords girl]]. Cue three other nurses walking out carrying his triplet daughters!

** While waiting in the waiting room, Fred strikes up a chat with a man having his 7th child. He's utterly convinced #7 will be his first son. He's wrong thrice when the nurses bring out his ''triplet'' daughters.

** The Bent Fork sheriff warns Lucy that if she so much as says "boo", he's going to lock her up in jail for the night. Lucy bites her tongue and ''almost'' makes it out the door but can't help herself: "Boo." Cue the handcuffs.

* When they're in France, Lucy has been seeing Creator/CharlesBoyer everywhere, and when she sees the ''actual'' one, Ricky [[GoLookAtTheDistraction sends her to go powder her nose before she talks to him]] so he can warn Charles. Charles is - understandably - shocked to find out that [[CloudCuckooLander Lucy]] really did all those things that he believes are publicity stories.

** The whole sequence where they pretend to be Martians and the ending was pretty funny too.

* From "Lucy is Envious" Lucy and Ethel being hired to play Space Ladies from Mars.
** "ITS A MUMU!"

* In [[https://youtu.be/uUXK6cP7QwE Lucy Goes to the Hospital]], Ricky, Fred, and Ethel practice what they need to do when Lucy declares "The time has come!" The practice goes very smoothly of course. [[HilarityEnsues And then...]]

** After a feud, the couples agree to split the diner IN HALF. Cue the sequence where a customer comes in and asks for a hamburger. The couples try to get him to buy from THEM a hamburger and Fred and Ethel end up going down to a one cent hamburger. Lucy then calls the customer over to her side, whispers something in his ear, gives him a dollar from the cash register, and the guy goes over to Fred and Ethel and asks "I'd like 100 hamburgers." And Fred and Ethel's response: "I'm sorry we're all out of hamburgers."

* Lucy, while trying to prove to Ricky that she can go without Gossiping, taping her mouth shut, but when the Gossip proves to Juicy she acts out the entire situation to Ethel, Fred and Ricky.
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* As the show was taped in front of an audience, those were genuine reactions whenever comedy occurred. And some of the audience members were more easily heard over the rest, or stood on their own. Two of the more famous ones was when one woman said "Uh oh" during one of Lucy's schemes backfiring; and in the "Lucy Meets Harpo Marx" episode, when Harpo first spots Lucy behind the curtain and has a shocked look, one audience member is heard emitting a high-pitched "HOHOHO!"

'''Ethel:''' Rover.

** For the record, Lucy meant a mink stole. Hell, the entire scene where she tried to get Ethel to guess that by miming it (since Ricky prohibited her from speaking about it) was pretty funny.

** During the show itself, Ethel sings "Shortnin' Bread" and "My Hero", all while Lucy, Ricky and Fred perform various vaudeville skits behind her, including playing tug-of-war with ''themselves'', the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin man eating tiger]], Fred carrying around a plant that continues to grow at a rapid pace, Ricky doing a scarf-pulling trick, which ends up including his socks and ''underwear'', and finishes up with Fred and Ricky sitting on a swing that Lucy is holding up by her mouth. It's at this point that Ethel finally notices the antics behind her and struggles to finish her song.