Lucy wants to investigate her family history in Scotland.Lucy wants to investigate her family history in Scotland.Lucy wants to investigate her family history in Scotland.
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- TriviaThis episode was also filmed in color with Desi's home movie camera.
- GoofsLucy wants to go to Scotland to look up some of her mother's relatives. She refers to them as the MacGillicuddy's, but that is her mother's married name, so she should be looking for her father's relatives.
- Quotes
Ricky Ricardo: The dragon is comin'! The dragon is comin'!
Mayor: Throw the McGillicuddy to it!
Lucy Ricardo: No, no, I don't have to be eaten! No, no, I don't have to be eaten! Scotty said he would fight the dragon for me! Didn't you, Scotty?
Ricky Ricardo: Well...
Lucy Ricardo: What do you mean, 'well'? You just said for Bonnie Annie Lucy, you would lay you down and die!
Ricky Ricardo: I said no such thin'. I said I'd lay me doon and dee.
Lucy Ricardo: Well, that's what 'doon and dee' means!
Ricky Ricardo: Are you kiddin'?
- Alternate versionsPlans originally called for a color broadcast of this episode as "our answer to Peter Pan (1955)," but color television film proved too expensive. However, color photos and home movies of the cast's dress rehearsal still exist. In 2007, they served as a guide for a digitally colorized version of the episode. The colorized version received its first release as a bonus feature on the _"I Love Lucy" (1951)_ complete series DVD.
- ConnectionsSpoofs Brigadoon (1954)
- SoundtracksTheme From 'I Love Lucy' (Instrumental)
Written by Eliot Daniel
Performed by Wilbur Hatch and the Desi Arnaz Orchestra
Featured review
Ignore the Internet Conspiracy Against this Episode
The low rating of this brilliant episode is the result of a silly internet conspiracy. Pay no attention to it.
This is the second of only two episodes of "I Love Lucy" that is a pure musical (the equally brilliant "The Operetta" is the other).
It's difficult to imagine a sit-com today going through the trouble of coming up with original songs and dance numbers for an episode. Yet that's just what "I Love Lucy" did and the result is pure joy.
For once Lucy actually gets to sing without her singing voice being the punchline. She does quite a decent job. Ricky pretending to be Scottish is hilarious. Even better is Fred and Ethel as the two-headed dragon.
The songs are memorably funny and tuneful.
This episode is near-perfect yet is ranked lower than a great many lesser "I Love Lucy" episodes. That is a terrible shame.
This is the second of only two episodes of "I Love Lucy" that is a pure musical (the equally brilliant "The Operetta" is the other).
It's difficult to imagine a sit-com today going through the trouble of coming up with original songs and dance numbers for an episode. Yet that's just what "I Love Lucy" did and the result is pure joy.
For once Lucy actually gets to sing without her singing voice being the punchline. She does quite a decent job. Ricky pretending to be Scottish is hilarious. Even better is Fred and Ethel as the two-headed dragon.
The songs are memorably funny and tuneful.
This episode is near-perfect yet is ranked lower than a great many lesser "I Love Lucy" episodes. That is a terrible shame.
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- Feb 14, 2022
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- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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