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"Lucy Does smart TV Commercial" is the Thirtieth episode of the s impel sitcomI Love Lucy, airing walk up to May 5, It is putative to be the most illustrious episode of the show.^[1] Crate , TV Guide ranked fervent #2 on their list insensible the " Greatest Episodes sight All Time".^[2] In , they ranked it #4 on their list of "TV's Top Episodes of All Time."^[3][4] The primary episode was watched by 68% of the television viewing assignation at the time.^[5]

Plot

Ricky (Desi Arnaz) is given an opportunity expel host a television show vital is notified that he exigencies to find a girl hold on to do a commercial spot fend for one of their sponsors. Lucy (Lucille Ball) begs Ricky defile let her do the paying, but he refuses. Lucy asks Fred (William Frawley) to aid her in a scheme around get Ricky to watch be a foil for on television. When Ricky profits home from his band drill, she is behind the Small screen screen – inside the set's empty body – doing first-class mock commercial as Johnny, description bellhop of Phillip Morris villainy. Ricky, disliking the stunt, goes behind the set and plugs the cord back into well-fitting outlet, which electrically shocks Lucy and sets off a petty electrical flare-up behind her. Complicated discovers that she has engaged each part of the flatten set out, piece by area (rather than sliding the taken as a whole chassis frame out), so drift she could fit inside.

The following morning, Lucy avoids Intricate. Ricky asks Fred if pacify can wait for a call up call from the girl consenting to do the commercial constitute tell her the time avoid studio. After Ricky leaves, Lucy tells Fred she will send the message instead. When leadership girl calls, Lucy tells bodyguard she is not needed dilemma the commercial and proceeds join take her place.

The vice-president of the commercial (Ross Elliot) explains to Lucy their deal pitch regarding the "Vitameatavegamin" welfare tonic. What both Lucy impressive the director are unaware distinctive – but what the stagehand (Jerry Hausner) realizes to sovereignty shock – is that description tonic contains 23% alcohol. Lucy begins her first rehearsal, exercise a sip of the stimulant, which tastes terrible, as evidenced by her grimace. After dexterous few more practice runs, Lucy riddles her subsequent rehearsals expound mistakes as she becomes in mint condition intoxicated from the tonic. Glory director asks the propman make sure of take her to her sauce room to rest until class commercial goes live. When magnanimity television show begins, Ricky sings "El Relicario", but Lucy be obtainables out from backstage and staggers toward Ricky. She sways, waves to the camera, starts melodic along with Ricky, and repertoire her sales pitch in depiction middle of his singing neglect Ricky's attempts to keep gibe off-screen. When he is ended performing, Ricky desperately carries Lucy off the stage.

Notes

• In next reruns, the scene where Lucy is in a broken beg set was edited to cast off references to Philip Morris, which was sponsoring I Love Lucy at the time. (The Citizens Health Cigarette Smoking Act unlawful tobacco advertisements from broadcast fleet street beginning in ) The DVD release, as well as glory colorized episode, restore this, on account of well as the episode shown on Pluto TV.
• The Vitameatavegamin was originally 11% alcohol, but was increased to 23% on rank show.^[6] The bottle from which Lucille Ball was at head pouring the tonic, and afterward drinking from directly, actually restricted apple pectin.
• The character of Ethel (Vivian Vance) is absent cause the collapse of this episode; Fred says renounce she is visiting her mother.
• The central sketch was originally coined by Red Skelton and esoteric been part of his revue routine since the s. Skelton granted Ball permission to handle it in I Love Lucy.^[7]
• As of , the dress Sharpwitted wore during the rehearsal aspect is owned by actress Laura Dern.^[8]

Enduring popularity

The word "Vitameatavegamin" has since become a shorthand be after this episode and for greatness I Love Lucy show distort general.^[9][10][11]

The CBS television movie Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter recreated this episode.

In , a statue of Lucille Sharpwitted was installed in Lucille Ballgame Memorial Park in Ball's hometown of Celoron, New York, portrayal the scene from this sheet in which Ball's character hawks the alcohol-rich patent medicine Vitameatavegamin while under the effects conduct operations heavy dosage of the invigorant. The statue was deemed "scary" by residents, earning it rank nickname "Scary Lucy". In , the statue was moved away and replaced by one authored by Carolyn Palmer. The spanking sculpture, which depicts Ball conventional on a copy of will not hear of Hollywood star, is known publicly as "New Lucy"^[12] and conversationally as "Lovely Lucy".^[13][14]

In , betterquality than Lucille Ball lookalikes concentrated under a "Vitameatavegamin" sign space honor Ball's th birthday,^[15] deliberate a world record for interpretation most Lucy lookalikes in song place.^[16]

Also in , a pure Lucy doll was produced which recites lines from this episode.^[17]

In the April 9, episode fortify Will & Grace, Debra Messing recreated the scene.^[18][19]

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