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50s Clocks, Books on I Love Lucy, I love Lucy Props, TV Guide, Westclox

Ricky’s Baby Ben Alarm Clock & TV Guide

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Screen grab from “Ricky and Fred are TV Fans”, Series 2, 6.22.53 Image Colorized by Rickster
TV Guide -May 29-June 4 1953
TV Guide May 29-June 4 1953

In the I Love Lucy episode “Ricky and Fred are TV Fans“, Series 2, dated June 22, 1953, Ricky Ricardo has set his Westclox Baby Ben alarm clock so as not to miss a sports program on TV. Here we get another look at the Westclox Baby Ben Alarm clock we saw in the previous post  this time it is on the Mersman coffee table next to the Zippo table lighter. Ricky is checking the TV guide of May 29,1953  with  Queen Elizabeth II on the cover “How You’ll See Elizabeth Crowned, Bishop Sheen’s Rugged ‘Angels’ Week of May 29 to June 4”

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Baby Ben Clock seen on the I Love Lucy coffee table

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50s Retro, I love Lucy Props, Table Lighters

The Ricardo’s Zippo Table Lighter

The Zippo Lady Bradford table lighter in the '50s comedy I Love Lucy.
A Zippo Lady Bradford table lighter on the coffee table in the Ricardo’s living room on the set of I Love Lucy.

Strictly speaking a prop is only a prop if the actor holds/uses it on stage or screen, other items that appear on set are called “set dressing”. Arguably, the most used props on I Love Lucy were the cigarette lighters. The Zippo Lady Bradford table lighter is one we see a  lot of, usually it is placed on the coffee table as seen above.

The Zippo Lady Bradford table lighter proudly graced the coffee table in the Ricardo's living room in the '50s comedy I Love Lucy.
The Zippo Lady Bradford table lighter like the one in the 50’s comedy I Love Lucy. – Image  Source eBay

A quick search on eBay today produced this vintage Zippo Lady Bradford table lighter Click here to see the listing.

 

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