S6.E17

Lucy Gets Involved

Name: Lucy Gets Involved
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1968-01-15
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Jackie Coogan

Episode aired Jan 15, 1968
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Comedy

Lucy borrows Mr. Mooney's TV set and promptly breaks it. To make enough cash to replace it, she moonlights as a carhop at a drive-in. While there, she takes up the cause of a young motorcycl... Read allLucy borrows Mr. Mooney's TV set and promptly breaks it. To make enough cash to replace it, she moonlights as a carhop at a drive-in. While there, she takes up the cause of a young motorcyclist who's accused of stealing and stripping cars.Lucy borrows Mr. Mooney's TV set and promptly breaks it. To make enough cash to replace it, she moonlights as a carhop at a drive-in. While there, she takes up the cause of a young motorcyclist who's accused of stealing and stripping cars.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Trivia
The girl standing up dancing in green is Lucy's real life daughter, Lucie Arnaz.

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When Lucy is walking down the steps carrying the TV into her apartment, the mashed insides of the set start to fall out before she drops it.

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7/10

Not Great But I Have a Soft Spot For This One

Lucy accidentally breaks Mooney's portable TV set so she moonlights as a car hop to pay for it. While working at the drive-in, she gets involved in helping a young man who is unjustly arrested.

In all honesty, this episode seems very jumbled but for some reason I've always had a soft spot for it. I think it's because of the drive-in scenes where we have that groovy '60s vibe going on. I'm a sucker for any episodes that capture that era (see also "Lucy in the Music World" and "Viv Visits Lucy"). I love watching Lucie Arnaz frugging her little heart out. Also, any appearance by the great Jackie Coogan deserves an extra star. He performs all his pratfalls as gamely as Gale Gordon.

The script contains too many half-baked ideas (Lucy buzzing around the office after downing too many uppers; Lucy assisting a person in need; Lucy wreaking havoc at a drive-in) so it can't be considered great unless you're a major Jackie Coogan fan.