In the I Love Lucy Episode Ricardos Change Apartments Ethel discovers Little Ricky’s wooden Buzzy Bee pull-toy under the sofa cushion when she sits on Lucy’s sofa. The Fisher-Price Buzzy Bee is a classic that began in 1950 and is now a collectors item. Below is a 1950’s version seen on eBay this week.
Here is a framed Margo Alexander Studio print we looked at in a previous post , seen above in the Ricardo’s apartment on I Love Lucy . This another Desilu studio prop that shows up several years later on the Andy Griffith Show, below it is seem over a fireplace in two different episodes
Andy Griffith, Season 6, scene showing the Margo Alexander print in color over 10 years later in 1964.
And the same picture on Andy Griffith, Season 5, Episide 7. Man In The Middle
Margo Alexander Studio Print
Here it is seen in another I Love lucy location over the fireplace.
Thanks again to johndalessio for the contribution.
Above is my impression of a couple of contenders for the color of the hobnail chenile bedspreads on I Love Lucy. Previously we identified the make as Morgan Jones “Minuet”. Ads from the 1950’s era give us an idea of the color range but now thanks to an instagram comment from johndalessio we have more clues. Desiu props were re-used over the years and some identical bedspreads have turned up in Bonanza and on The Andy Griffith Show in color. There is a brown color that we saw on Andy Griffith that corresponds to “Sandalwood” in a contemporary ad. And a light green color version of the same bedspread as seen on the screen capture from Bonanza, S2 E33 “Elizabeth, My Love”, near the end of the episode. Either of the bedspreads could have originated in the I Love Lucy series. Those series were made on Desilu sets and used Desilu props. The green version would have been a good choice to set off Lucy’s red hair, dont you think?
Many thanks to johndalessio for providing the research through my my Instagram page
Thanks to comments by johndalessio on my Instagram who recognized re-use of Desilu props on The Andy Griffith Show, filmed at Desilu Studios, we have sightings of probable I Love Lucy items on some color episodes. Above from Season 6 is a Margo Alexander print we looked at on I Love Lucy in an earlier post.
An ornate gilt standing mirror is often seen on the mantel in the I Love Lucy living room. The easel mirror has a gilt finished scrolled style similar to the one below. The mirror is occasionally used as a prop when Lucy checks her out her new hat etc. In an early episode a different mirror was used when Lucy tried ro read the imprint of note Ricky had written.
This mirror is larger than the one on the show but in a similar style.
Also seen in the photo is the Bolstad print and mid-century statue we looked at previously – picture from my instagram page.
Ricky Ricardo and Orson Welles meet at Ricky’s Babalu Club for rehersals on the I Love Lucy episode Lucy Meets Orson Welles. Ricky serves the coffee in a Sunbeam Automatic Coffeemaster.
In the I Love Lucy episode Lucy Meets Orson Welles she goes shopping with Ethel for her trip to Florida. In the department store sports department she sees skin-diving gear and decides to try it on.
When Orson Welles appears at the store Ethel calls for Lucy who rushes out from the changing room to meet him wearing a full face rubber dive mask.
In the episode, “Tennessee Ernie Hangs On” (S3, 5/10/54), the Ricardos and the Mertzes join Ernie on Milikan’s Chicken-Mash Hour. Lucy plays a wooden and brass washboard.
Manufactured by the National Washboard Co., it is trademarked The Brass King. Lucy is playing the brass parts and we can see
that this side is labelled “Top Notch, Soap Saving Sanitary Front Drain, Do Not Rub Hard, The Board Will Do The Work! It appears that the prop department painted out the trademarked logo on the left, upper side.
In the episode “Home Movies” S3, 3/1/54 Lucy, Ethel and Fred film their own western home movie. Lucy uses a Bell & Howell 200 movie camera. It appears that when Lucy later edits her film, it is a Bell & Howell / B&H 75-175-A Editor film Type AN-1.
Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bell-Howell-B-H-AN-1-Film-Editor-/262273085101
