I'm going to explain why the numbers are different on the Mertz' doors. I know every episode in my sleep. It completely makes sense that the Mertz' have another room because earlier in the episode Ricky Sells the Car, Lucy finds out that the Mertz' checked out of their room. There's a very good possibility that the hotel gave their room to someone else and they had to find another one.
Lucille Ball was a stickler for detail, and it is highly unlikely that she would have let such a glaring continuity error get past her. As mentioned by others, the Mertzes had already checked out of the hotel and were preparing to ride the motorcycle back to NY. After they are promised train tickets they check back in and get new, different rooms. That is the attention to detail that made Lucy the legend she was.
The sets on Donna Reed, Dennis the Menace, and My Three Sons were all similar and perhaps the same, but re-dressed. Jeannie's "house" was used in Bewitched and Hazel.
I'd love to see a video on the props. For instance, the bucket of quick-drying cement looked so real. Even to the point where Ricky struggled to pick up Lucy, it looked so authentic! Any ideas??
Antoinette Depasquale The cement was simply plaster, and that scene is a testament to the comedic ability that Desi had. The rice was pumped in through a hose that was routed from the other side of the wall and into the stove. That is why they don’t just lift the pot and put it into the sink, and if you watch, when Desi uses the broom and dust pan to scoop up the rice, the pot doesn’t move because it’s anchored to the stovetop by the tube.
@@chriswhite2151 Even as a young kid I wondered about that loaf of bread being so o o o..... long. I thought in my head, okay the loaf got really long, but how did the pan that was holding it grow.
The Hollywood hotel set was SO cool....I remember when they returned to New York....it's really disappointing to see them back in that NY apartment, even though I liked it BEFORE the Hollywood episodes. 😄🤨😛
I actually loved the episodes where they are traveling to Hollywood, esp when they stop in Bent Fork. The 'Ricky sells the car' scene of Fred and Ethel on the motorcycle brings me to tears!
LOL Each time I've watched these episodes, I've been so focused on the storyline, what they'll say next, the comedy itself.....I never notice details like this! :D Yes, the Hollywood series is my favorite!
Something that I've always wondered...who was paying for the Mertz's hotel room? It made sense of course for the studio to pay for Ricky and Lucy's room, but not the Mertz's, and with Fred being such a well-known cheapskate, I doubt he would have paid for one. Also, it looks like the Mertz's room is different from the Ricardo's: Lucy and Ricky had a living room and kitchenette (in addition to the two bedrooms), but the Mertz's just had a typical living room/bedroom style typical of most hotels.
Great question! Id suggest Patreon, link below, for really in depth questions so that we can bring the community into discussion and then make videos on those quesrions! :)
Yes - I've wondered for years who paid for the Mertz's hotel room during that long stay in Hollywood! Unlike the Europe episodes, Fred wasn't being Ricky's band manager or doing any work for Ricky which would cause the studio to pay for his and Ethels room! It's a mystery to me, too! (Maybe Fred & Ethel had a large savings?!)
It was early television. Being under the microscope, some 70 years later probably wasn’t really on anyone’s mind. Sets were a platform for the comedy.. not to be under scrutiny for mistakes.
It’s funny I actually DID notice the Mertz’s door entrance change sides when I did a mini marathon during a snow storm one weekend. I just didn’t notice all of the other specifics that you did of course lol. Great eye Rick as usual !
Not sure if you’re familiar with the show Gilmore Girls, but there is an episode where a character, Kirk, is pretending to be in a renaissance time period (trying to stay in character) and Lorelei is taunting him, trying to make him crack. She compares to what Lucy did to the royal guard in England. The reason I bring this up is because she finally makes him crack by saying, ‘the Europe episodes of Lucy were the best’. Kirk breaks character and yells, ‘No, the Hollywood ones were better’. Just thought you might find that funny.
This is easily solved. The Mertzes checked out of their room after Ricky sold the car. They were going home on the motorcycle. Once the motorcycle wrecked, they checked back into the hotel, but into another room. Its as simple as that.
I love these. I've always,been obsessed with the Ricardos apartments. I have bought mid century furniture to capture the look.I love your attention to detail and I have binge watched these.Thanks from a grateful, grateful I love Lucy fanatic
If I had the money I always thought it would be cool to have one big house and as you walk from one room to another, it would be the set of one of your favorite television shows. Shows like Dick Van Dyke, The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, I Dream of Jeanie.....
Hi Rick, I too have been watching I Love Lucy for many many years since I was a child like you and many of us. I must have watched every episode at least 100 times or at least had them on in the background. I only just noticed today in re-watching the Hollywood episodes that for S4 Ep25 "The star upstairs" episode and onwards the railing on the balcony is changed, from an inward slant to being straight and flat... Must have been to make it a bit easier for Lucy to climb back in after landing on "One of the most uncomfortable palm trees in California" Also the backdrop for the view of Hollywood outside the balcony appears to have moved quite a bit to the left.
Rick, The reason for the different bedroom in the Ricky Sells the Car episode (from the John Wayne episode) is because earlier in the Car episode, it is already established that the Mertzes have checked out of their hotel room. That's when the Ricardos go down and find them in the hotel garage on the motorcycle that eventually crashes. After the crash, Ricky agrees to pay their train fare back to NY, and the Ricardos and Mertzes reconcile. Then the Mertzes check back into the hotel. Logically, it can be assumed that the Mertz's original hotel room is not available, so upon checking in they are given an alternate (new) room. Is this plausible? Also, while I enjoy your postings, please keep in mind that the episodes that we've all watched in syndication are NOT the original episodes; (that is not even the original opening credits) for syndication purposes scenes are either cut out entirely or truncated- anywhere from 2-5 minutes has been cut, so it is also possible that continuity issues are apparent, when in reality it is because of the heavy editing. That was one thing that Lucille Ball hated about watching them on TV- she felt that they were poorly edited for syndication and often an episode was ruined.
I work in a hotel and many guests stay with us for weeks and many get tired of their rooms or something is wrong with the plumbing that they have to move to a different room. So, in my opinion, it’s not at all weird that the Mertzes would have changed rooms in the month or so that they were in Hollywood.
Wow Rick, the Ricardo's hotel bedroom and the Mertez's hotel living room is just like what they did with the Ricardo's apartment bedroom and the Mertez's apartment living room.
I never noticed these difference but I will be looking for them when I watch next time I love this please keep posting thank you for sharing with the fans...
I always noticed sometimes they always remodeled the set most the time to fit some of the episodes they had to do. Sometimes you could see in the back ground but it was never noticed when it originally aired.
Thanks Rick, I thought I knew all of these episodes backward and forward. I was born in 1951, so I saw the episodes only in repeats and then I bought the whole series twice as VHS left and I went to DVD. I never caught this door issue. I am pretty good with the dialogue. I once worked with a guy who could do the exact monologue from The Fashion Show and say what Don Loper said about each stars wive's outfits. Riot. Thanks again.
That's funny - and cool! Btw, I once looked up Don Loper out of idle curiosity and learned that he was quite a dancer; there are even videos of him on YT dancing in movies.
Maybe I’m seeing things, but the two pics hanging over the Mertz’s beds of the ballerinas, are those the same pics that hang over the beds of Lucy and Ricky’s beds in NYC?
I thought maybe Fred & Ethel got another hotel room after they tried to leave on the motorcycle. Something else it bothered me how Lucy could remain with her foot elevated stuck in that cement. Had to be quite heavy.
I don’t know about the room number or exit doors, but I always assumed the Mertzes had a studio room, not a suite like the “Star” was provided. When you see Lucy massaging Fred’s shoulder, he’s in a chair with their beds behind him. Perhaps there’s no separate living room at all for them?
Rick, I always noticed that the 2 Mertz rooms were different and the way I explained it in my head was because in the second sequence it was after they had checked out of the hotel to take the motorcycle back to NY. Figured they needed to check back to a different room? Does that make any sense?
During this episode, the Mertzes checked out of room 217 because they bought a motorcycle to ride back to NY. When they crashed it and Ricky agreed to buy the train tickets, they checked back into the hotel into another room which was 372.
The reason the Mertzs apartment looks different is because they checked out of their first hotel room to ride the motorcycle back to New York. They wrecked the motorcycle so they had to check back in to the hotel to a different room.
I always felt the California episodes were the best. In my opinion I thought the Ricardo’s and Mertzes would have moved to Los Angeles permanently instead of going back to New York.
I love looking at the sets also and how the apartments are decorated (paintings, knick knacks, etc) and so forth. On a side note, I’m sure you’ve done a video on using the Arnez’s real house for the Hollywood scene when Ethel and Lucy are on the bus tour. Someone just commented in the ILL FB group that she went on a Hollywood tour recently and the guide told them the Arnez house was used in the grape stomping episode. Everyone says her guide was misinformed.
I feel the numbers on the door were interchanged by error. It was probably felt "Who will notice this?" Circa 1955? Well it is 2023 better late than never
TVs of this error didn't have over 21 inch picture at the most and got poor resolution plus depending on your antenna got a lot of snow so it was close to impossible to point out mistakes. Hollywood was able to get by with a lot back then without the viewers being aware of it.
Watch Hollywood at last , they pull in with the car at The Avalon Hotel, 9400 West Olympic, Beverly Hills , the hood still looks the same, I believe the fire hydrant is the same one.
Thanks, Joseph! I always wanted to know which hotel exterior was used for that! it certainly didn't have to be any of the ones mentioned in the show....BH Hotel, Beverly Palms (fictitious, I believe), etc. Also, notice how close the oncoming car comes to smacking right into the second unit actors in the "Ricardo's car" as they make the turn into the hotel! Whew! Looked really close!
I was right about the topic! I noticed this a few weeks ago, and just like you, I was shocked. It was really interesting to look at. Thanks for the video!
Rick, great job! Love your you tubes, I’ve been a fan of I love Lucy all my life, watched over and over and it’s so interesting how you caught that it was the same set! I never looked that closely with the room numbers. Although, the Hollywood living room does appear larger than their home living room. Love your videos, keep them coming!!
Nineg, you are a Lucy NINJA!!! I love your videos. I really enjoy this behind-the-scenes stuff and appreciate all your hard work. PS: just had to re-sub...not sure why I lost so many of my preferred channels but yours wasn't the only one.
If you recall they checked out of the hotel and they were in the hotel parking garage with the motorcycle so maybe when they came back they had to get a different hotel room
It's been years since I watched the Hollywood episodes, but was there not an episode where the Mertzs had to change rooms because something got messed up? Maybe my memory is just deceiving me.
ZacherlJem No, you are right. Remember the mix up with the train tickets and the motorcycle the Mertzes bought and checking out of room 217 to go back to New York?
The episodes were filmed in a little less than an hour and they had to adhere to union rules so remakes were expensive. The Arnaz' were known to be "awfully cheap".
I love ❤ all of the I Love Lucy series. But I do love the hour long episodes in their new country home 🏡 in Connecticut, even though, sadly, these episodes signal the last of I Love ❤ Lucy and the last of Lucy and Desi as well. I always wanted their house 🏠.
Hi. I enjoy your videos. Do you notice that the wall art in the Mertz’s hotel room. The paintings behind the bed seem different in each episode. In the second episode they seem bigger, and have different frames.
Hi Rick. I agree with Scott, below. I've seen the Hollywood episodes numerous times and caught the opposite doors in the Mertz's hotel room , also. I figured that they had to check into a different room after checking out and trying the crazy stunt to ride back to New York on a motorcycle failed. That's a funny scene down in the hotel parking area when Ricky and Lucy catch Fred and Ethel trying to ride out on the motorcycle! Of course, it's never mentioned that they had to check into a different hotel room. Also, you say at the first of the above video that the season starts with the Grauman's Chinese theater and John Wayne episode, but you mean is season 5 starts with the John Wayne episode. The whole Hollywood series began in season 4, January 1955 which ended in May, 1955, and carried over into season 5, that started in October, 1955. Here's a flub in the Hollywood series to look into to. In episode 27 of season 4, Lucy announces that old friend from New York, Carolyn Appleby, is unexpectedly visiting Hollywood and Lucy needs to show her some celebs. That where Van Johnson guest stars. Then, in the next episode, number 28, season 4, Lucy is in a dither that Carolyn Applyby is in town and has to show her some celebs.. That's the famous Harpo Marx episode. Huh? What gives?! In episode 28, Lucy acts like it's the first time Carolyn Applyby has shown up, suddenly forgetting all about the previous episode with the Van Johnson dancing routine she did for Carolyn's benefit. I think the producers, Desi, who over saw the whole production, and the writers got mixed up or something. If you have the whole series on video, check it out. What do you think, Rick?
How could a person not love “the Hollywood episodes”? They were ones I always looked forward to! And their hotel room set was a favorite!
I live for the Hollywood episodes. and I also love the pre Hollywood episodes with Ernie Ford.
I'm going to explain why the numbers are different on the Mertz' doors. I know every episode in my sleep. It completely makes sense that the Mertz' have another room because earlier in the episode Ricky Sells the Car, Lucy finds out that the Mertz' checked out of their room. There's a very good possibility that the hotel gave their room to someone else and they had to find another one.
Very good explanation, actually!
I was thinking the same thing.
Makes a whole lotta sense!
Kudos!
With the same numbers reversed?
I wish this show could have lasted a few more years. What a great show.
Me, too! I also wish their marriages would have lasted, too.
Remember, in that episode, the Mertz's checked out of their hotel room.
Maybe that's the reason they had a different room. Just a thought.
Lucille Ball was a stickler for detail, and it is highly unlikely that she would have let such a glaring continuity error get past her. As mentioned by others, the Mertzes had already checked out of the hotel and were preparing to ride the motorcycle back to NY. After they are promised train tickets they check back in and get new, different rooms. That is the attention to detail that made Lucy the legend she was.
The sets on Donna Reed, Dennis the Menace, and My Three Sons were all similar and perhaps the same, but re-dressed. Jeannie's "house" was used in Bewitched and Hazel.
I'd love to see a video on the props. For instance, the bucket of quick-drying cement looked so real. Even to the point where Ricky struggled to pick up Lucy, it looked so authentic! Any ideas??
lucy girl true. Same with the rice in the job switching episodes!
Antoinette Depasquale The cement was simply plaster, and that scene is a testament to the comedic ability that Desi had. The rice was pumped in through a hose that was routed from the other side of the wall and into the stove. That is why they don’t just lift the pot and put it into the sink, and if you watch, when Desi uses the broom and dust pan to scoop up the rice, the pot doesn’t move because it’s anchored to the stovetop by the tube.
And the loaf of bread that keeps growing and growing out of the oven!
@@chriswhite2151 Even as a young kid I wondered about that loaf of bread being so o o o..... long.
I thought in my head, okay the loaf got really long, but how did the pan that was holding it grow.
Maybe it was 😋
The Hollywood hotel set was SO cool....I remember when they returned to New York....it's really disappointing to see them back in that NY apartment, even though I liked it BEFORE the Hollywood episodes. 😄🤨😛
I actually loved the episodes where they are traveling to Hollywood, esp when they stop in Bent Fork. The 'Ricky sells the car' scene of Fred and Ethel on the motorcycle brings me to tears!
Notice the wallpaper. All from the NY appartments plus the cartoon Desi on the wall when Lucy walks out with little Ricky.
Also, in the Ricardo's NY apartment there's a ballerina painting by Degas, and we see it again in the hotel in the Hollywood episodes.
LOL Each time I've watched these episodes, I've been so focused on the storyline, what they'll say next, the comedy itself.....I never notice details like this! :D Yes, the Hollywood series is my favorite!
Something that I've always wondered...who was paying for the Mertz's hotel room? It made sense of course for the studio to pay for Ricky and Lucy's room, but not the Mertz's, and with Fred being such a well-known cheapskate, I doubt he would have paid for one. Also, it looks like the Mertz's room is different from the Ricardo's: Lucy and Ricky had a living room and kitchenette (in addition to the two bedrooms), but the Mertz's just had a typical living room/bedroom style typical of most hotels.
Great question! Id suggest Patreon, link below, for really in depth questions so that we can bring the community into discussion and then make videos on those quesrions! :)
Yes - I've wondered for years who paid for the Mertz's hotel room during that long stay in Hollywood! Unlike the Europe episodes, Fred wasn't being Ricky's band manager or doing any work for Ricky which would cause the studio to pay for his and Ethels room! It's a mystery to me, too! (Maybe Fred & Ethel had a large savings?!)
It was early television. Being under the microscope, some 70 years later probably wasn’t really on anyone’s mind. Sets were a platform for the comedy.. not to be under scrutiny for mistakes.
It’s funny I actually DID notice the Mertz’s door entrance change sides when I did a mini marathon during a snow storm one weekend.
I just didn’t notice all of the other specifics that you did of course lol.
Great eye Rick as usual !
+Scott G Thanks Scott! You have a pretty aware eye yourself
Not sure if you’re familiar with the show Gilmore Girls, but there is an episode where a character, Kirk, is pretending to be in a renaissance time period (trying to stay in character) and Lorelei is taunting him, trying to make him crack. She compares to what Lucy did to the royal guard in England. The reason I bring this up is because she finally makes him crack by saying, ‘the Europe episodes of Lucy were the best’. Kirk breaks character and yells, ‘No, the Hollywood ones were better’. Just thought you might find that funny.
+watchwaddle Thats pretty funny, the constant debate
This is easily solved. The Mertzes checked out of their room after Ricky sold the car. They were going home on the motorcycle. Once the motorcycle wrecked, they checked back into the hotel, but into another room. Its as simple as that.
I love these. I've always,been obsessed with the Ricardos apartments. I have bought mid century furniture to capture the look.I love your attention to detail and I have binge watched these.Thanks from a grateful, grateful I love Lucy fanatic
I’ve always wanted to decorate my house like The Simpson’s! 😁
If I had the money I always thought it would be cool to have one big house and as you walk from one room to another, it would be the set of one of your favorite television shows. Shows like Dick Van Dyke, The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, I Dream of Jeanie.....
Thank goodness you didn't with The Kramdems.
wow...ive been watching so many times & not notice this!!
+illnsp08 awesome, now you know!
Wow good eye! I would say the numbers were accidentally switched around and it was suppose to be 371. Great catch.
It was different because the Mertz's checked out earlier in that episode, Ricky Sells the Car.
I agree
Hi Rick, I too have been watching I Love Lucy for many many years since I was a child like you and many of us. I must have watched every episode at least 100 times or at least had them on in the background. I only just noticed today in re-watching the Hollywood episodes that for S4 Ep25 "The star upstairs" episode and onwards the railing on the balcony is changed, from an inward slant to being straight and flat... Must have been to make it a bit easier for Lucy to climb back in after landing on "One of the most uncomfortable palm trees in California" Also the backdrop for the view of Hollywood outside the balcony appears to have moved quite a bit to the left.
Also re: that episode, I've always wondered why the writers didn't have Ricky be curious and ask Lucy why she had a big band-aid on her face!
Rick, The reason for the different bedroom in the Ricky Sells the Car episode (from the John Wayne episode) is because earlier in the Car episode, it is already established that the Mertzes have checked out of their hotel room. That's when the Ricardos go down and find them in the hotel garage on the motorcycle that eventually crashes. After the crash, Ricky agrees to pay their train fare back to NY, and the Ricardos and Mertzes reconcile. Then the Mertzes check back into the hotel. Logically, it can be assumed that the Mertz's original hotel room is not available, so upon checking in they are given an alternate (new) room. Is this plausible? Also, while I enjoy your postings, please keep in mind that the episodes that we've all watched in syndication are NOT the original episodes; (that is not even the original opening credits) for syndication purposes scenes are either cut out entirely or truncated- anywhere from 2-5 minutes has been cut, so it is also possible that continuity issues are apparent, when in reality it is because of the heavy editing. That was one thing that Lucille Ball hated about watching them on TV- she felt that they were poorly edited for syndication and often an episode was ruined.
I work in a hotel and many guests stay with us for weeks and many get tired of their rooms or something is wrong with the plumbing that they have to move to a different room. So, in my opinion, it’s not at all weird that the Mertzes would have changed rooms in the month or so that they were in Hollywood.
Nice catch Rick. I never noticed any of that. I wonder are the Europe sets the same way... Great work Rick!!!
+Alec J Ill show you a few things about those sets in the future
Wow Rick, the Ricardo's hotel bedroom and the Mertez's hotel living room is just like what they did with the Ricardo's apartment bedroom and the Mertez's apartment living room.
+Jabe Nekula Exactly
I never noticed these difference but I will be looking for them when I watch next time I love this please keep posting thank you for sharing with the fans...
Glad of having your support!
I always noticed sometimes they always remodeled the set most the time to fit some of the episodes they had to do. Sometimes you could see in the back ground but it was never noticed when it originally aired.
im loving all your I Love Lucy videos!! Thank you so much!!
Thanks Rick, I thought I knew all of these episodes backward and forward. I was born in 1951, so I saw the episodes only in repeats and then I bought the whole series twice as VHS left and I went to DVD. I never caught this door issue. I am pretty good with the dialogue. I once worked with a guy who could do the exact monologue from The Fashion Show and say what Don Loper said about each stars wive's outfits. Riot. Thanks again.
That's funny - and cool! Btw, I once looked up Don Loper out of idle curiosity and learned that he was quite a dancer; there are even videos of him on YT dancing in movies.
I guess it is not too surprising that the Ricardo’s have a much larger room than the Mertz’s
Rick, you have a great eye for details! Thanks for sharing this.
That’s cool Rick! I never noticed those things
Maybe I’m seeing things, but the two pics hanging over the Mertz’s beds of the ballerinas, are those the same pics that hang over the beds of Lucy and Ricky’s beds in NYC?
The Degas ballerina painting from the Ricardos' apartment also makes an appearance in the Hollywood episodes!
I thought maybe Fred & Ethel got another hotel room after they tried to leave on the motorcycle. Something else it bothered me how Lucy could remain with her foot elevated stuck in that cement. Had to be quite heavy.
They switched the 1 and 7 by accident 17 instead of 71. Thats what i think. They probably didnt think people would notice which side the doors on.
I don’t know about the room number or exit doors, but I always assumed the Mertzes had a studio room, not a suite like the “Star” was provided. When you see Lucy massaging Fred’s shoulder, he’s in a chair with their beds behind him. Perhaps there’s no separate living room at all for them?
+bassethound1 Agreed, they had a smaller studio for sure
Rick, I always noticed that the 2 Mertz rooms were different and the way I explained it in my head was because in the second sequence it was after they had checked out of the hotel to take the motorcycle back to NY. Figured they needed to check back to a different room? Does that make any sense?
Scott LaBissoniere Yes, absolutely.
Yes Scott! that's it exactly!
That makes perfect sense.
During this episode, the Mertzes checked out of room 217 because they bought a motorcycle to ride back to NY. When they crashed it and Ricky agreed to buy the train tickets, they checked back into the hotel into another room which was 372.
A day late on the response which someone else answered.
The reason the Mertzs apartment looks different is because they checked out of their first hotel room to ride the motorcycle back to New York. They wrecked the motorcycle so they had to check back in to the hotel to a different room.
I always felt the California episodes were the best. In my opinion I thought the Ricardo’s and Mertzes would have moved to Los Angeles permanently instead of going back to New York.
I love looking at the sets also and how the apartments are decorated (paintings, knick knacks, etc) and so forth. On a side note, I’m sure you’ve done a video on using the Arnez’s real house for the Hollywood scene when Ethel and Lucy are on the bus tour. Someone just commented in the ILL FB group that she went on a Hollywood tour recently and the guide told them the Arnez house was used in the grape stomping episode. Everyone says her guide was misinformed.
+patty 8873 Yes, that house does not appear in the grape episode. I fail to see when that took place
Oops, I just realized I was spelling Arnaz incorrectly! What kind of Lucy fan am I?
patty 8873 ooh, cool story...i hope rick nineg follows up on this!!!
Like you said it was convient rearrange the set for the script they had to do.
Would love to know more about the pool scene set used.
I feel the numbers on the door were interchanged by error. It was probably felt "Who will notice this?"
Circa 1955?
Well it is 2023 better late than never
In the "sells the car" episode, didn't lucy phone the hotel operator and ask for room 317?
Omgosh, I LOVED this, thanks for the details like always, Rick!!
@3:43 room 371 leads to where?? it looks like it opens up to the outside of the hotel.
Very interesting thank you Rick I enjoyed this. Looking at this video got me thinking was any of the European episodes filmed on location?
Nope, all insides same stage and same location of their original apartment
I am a Lucy fanatic. Thank you soooo much for your videos. I'm going through each one now!
Welcome to the channel! Over 100 Lucy vids on my channel for you to enjoy!
This is awesome Rick thanks for posting
TVs of this error didn't have over 21 inch picture at the most and got poor resolution plus depending on your antenna got a lot of snow so it was close to impossible to point out mistakes. Hollywood was able to get by with a lot back then without the viewers being aware of it.
Watch Hollywood at last , they pull in with the car at The Avalon Hotel, 9400 West Olympic, Beverly Hills , the hood still looks the same, I believe the fire hydrant is the same one.
Thanks, Joseph! I always wanted to know which hotel exterior was used for that! it certainly didn't have to be any of the ones mentioned in the show....BH Hotel, Beverly Palms (fictitious, I believe), etc. Also, notice how close the oncoming car comes to smacking right into the second unit actors in the "Ricardo's car" as they make the turn into the hotel! Whew! Looked really close!
Great inside scoop. There’s nothing like the old tv shows of the 50s. I Love Lucy - my favorite - in particular.
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I was right about the topic! I noticed this a few weeks ago, and just like you, I was shocked. It was really interesting to look at. Thanks for the video!
Rick, great job! Love your you tubes, I’ve been a fan of I love Lucy all my life, watched over and over and it’s so interesting how you caught that it was the same set! I never looked that closely with the room numbers. Although, the Hollywood living room does appear larger than their home living room. Love your videos, keep them coming!!
Nineg, you are a Lucy NINJA!!! I love your videos. I really enjoy this behind-the-scenes stuff and appreciate all your hard work. PS: just had to re-sub...not sure why I lost so many of my preferred channels but yours wasn't the only one.
+lucy girl Ninja Rick nineg
Implying a room change just adds depth to the lucyverse!
I love your videos! I've been watching I Love Lucy free years and I love seeing Little bloopers here in there that get overlooked!! Keep up the good
If you recall they checked out of the hotel and they were in the hotel parking garage with the motorcycle so maybe when they came back they had to get a different hotel room
I just love watching lucy.keep up the great work
Nice job Rick! Would you do another secrets like they travel in Europe too?
+David Abbruzzi a definite possibility
It's been years since I watched the Hollywood episodes, but was there not an episode where the Mertzs had to change rooms because something got messed up? Maybe my memory is just deceiving me.
ZacherlJem No, you are right. Remember the mix up with the train tickets and the motorcycle the Mertzes bought and checking out of room 217 to go back to New York?
3:22 "I have pushed that relic..." lmao
Great analysis. I like analyzing sets. I try to notice that stuff too.
+jeffy john Glad you enjoyed it!
I love to see the videos of I love Lucy. I love the bucket video
MANY THANKS RICK!!
Love those old sets. So is there any pictures of that same sound stage cleared out. Interesting to see a bare room where something so cool was filmed
O I love Lucy show. Hollywood at last. Whats the painting by the door called
This reminds me of the "Saved By The Bell" show. They reuse the classroom for other classrooms.
Rick, have you done an episode of some of the best music or songs? My favorite song is the Indian song they do after Little Ricky was born.
My favorite one is "I'm in love with the dragon's dinner"!
I really enjoy these "secret" videos. Keep 'em coming!
+Kenneth Bjorkmann Thanks Kenneth!
I love the fake Ricky head episode!
The episodes were filmed in a little less than an hour and they had to adhere to union rules so remakes were expensive. The Arnaz' were known to be "awfully cheap".
I think the they meant to put 371 vs 317
I love ❤ all of the I Love Lucy series. But I do love the hour long episodes in their new country home 🏡 in Connecticut, even though, sadly, these episodes signal the last of I Love ❤ Lucy and the last of Lucy and Desi as well. I always wanted their house 🏠.
Going home on the train. Is my favorite
Thanks !!
The Ricardo and the Metz had a lot of fun in California.
Hi. I enjoy your videos. Do you notice that the wall art in the Mertz’s hotel room. The paintings behind the bed seem different in each episode. In the second episode they seem bigger, and have different frames.
Very true
Hi Rick. I agree with Scott, below. I've seen the Hollywood episodes numerous times and caught the opposite doors in the Mertz's hotel room , also. I figured that they had to check into a different room after checking out and trying the crazy stunt to ride back to New York on a motorcycle failed. That's a funny scene down in the hotel parking area when Ricky and Lucy catch Fred and Ethel trying to ride out on the motorcycle!
Of course, it's never mentioned that they had to check into a different hotel room.
Also, you say at the first of the above video that the season starts with the Grauman's Chinese theater and John Wayne episode, but you mean is season 5 starts with the John Wayne episode. The whole Hollywood series began in season 4, January 1955 which ended in May, 1955, and carried over into season 5, that started in October, 1955.
Here's a flub in the Hollywood series to look into to. In episode 27 of season 4, Lucy announces that old friend from New York, Carolyn Appleby, is unexpectedly visiting Hollywood and Lucy needs to show her some celebs. That where Van Johnson guest stars. Then, in the next episode, number 28, season 4, Lucy is in a dither that Carolyn Applyby is in town and has to show her some celebs.. That's the famous Harpo Marx episode.
Huh? What gives?! In episode 28, Lucy acts like it's the first time Carolyn Applyby has shown up, suddenly forgetting all about the previous episode with the Van Johnson dancing routine she did for Carolyn's benefit. I think the producers, Desi, who over saw the whole production, and the writers got mixed up or something.
If you have the whole series on video, check it out. What do you think, Rick?
+Michael A Williams Thats a very good catch regarding Carolyn Appleby! I may decide to make a video and give you credit for it
Thanks for the details!
+judybomee :)
Notice the large window in the shot @3:46 - If room 371 were real, once you enter, you would have to turn right immediately.
I am loving this!
Just watched these episodes
Yes I love lucy shows.
Nice catch!
+James R Thanks James!
Never noticed these differences
Who would...lol are you a cop narrator? you would make a good one...lol
Rick have you done a video if the freezer ?
once the checked out and were heanded back to new york on the motor cycle. then they get back to the hotel with a different room.
Great eye and video!!
+Samiyo Thanks, I have another eye too
That was really cool
Great video, but a strange question, what do you look like? Is there a video showing you?
Not a strange question. Check out some of my aviation/flying videos or my movie reviews! You'd see me :) Prepare to be SHOCKED lol
I can imagine the mertzes changing rooms. I had to do it after a hurricane in Mexico.
I hadn't noticed this before. All they would have to do is put up a covering for the section of wall with the tree branch.
+Wendie French haha, absolutely
Noticed every one of them.
Awesome ty
Totally cool!
+Yolanda De La Zerda Thank you!
Man, you are so observant Rick.
+VIDEOHEREBOB :)
I think you are very observant!
+Thea Stewart Thanks Thea! Wow, say that 10 times fast
so cool!
+katie barnett i know right?