Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

Redecorating the Mertzes' Apartment - S3-E7

Visible crew/equipment: At the end, when Lucy shows Ethel the brand new furniture in the apartment, note the actor's tape mark on the carpet between the couch and coffee table, where Lucy sits down. Fun to note: just as Ethel says "Everything turned out just wonderful, everything except," we can see one of the flying feathers from the earlier scene at the Mertz's apartment. The Mertz set was located right beside the Ricardo set. (00:24:25)

Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

No Children Allowed - S2-E22

Visible crew/equipment: While Ethel's holding Little Ricky trying to soothe the baby, when it cuts to Fred just as he's walking into the bedroom, the sleeve of a crew member and a bit of camera/equipment can be seen at the right side of the screen. (00:03:30)

Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

Lucy Changes Her Mind - S2-E14

Visible crew/equipment: When Ricky begins to talk to Ethel about the night they all went out to dinner, it cuts to the start of his flashback and it's a closeup of Ricky sitting on the couch calling out to Lucy, and as the camera pulls back into a wideshot we see the shadow of the moving camera/equipment. (00:01:15)

Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

Lucy Becomes A Sculptress - S2-E20

Visible crew/equipment: When Fred steps down from the table hunched over and dressed in his long johns, he walks over to the edge of the couch, and there's an L-shape actor's mark on the floor where he stops and cracks a joke about bowling. Then later, when the art critic tries to lift Lucy's head from the table, more tape marks are visible on the floor. (00:18:15)

Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

I Love Lucy mistake picture

The Indian Show - S2-E24

Visible crew/equipment: After Ricky and Juanita's song rehearsal, when they both join Fred and Ethel at the side table and talk about doing an afternoon performance, the shadow of the moving overhead boom and mic is visible on the wall and curtain, behind Fred and Ethel. (00:17:50)

Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

I Love Lucy mistake picture

Lucy Learns to Drive - S4-E12

Visible crew/equipment: When Ethel's on the stoop in front of the building waiting for Lucy and Ricky, right before Ethel asks Ricky about Lucy's driving lesson, just as Ricky drives up we can see cables moving in front of the new Pontiac pulling the car. Then, when Ethel crashes the new Pontiac into the old car, the jiggling cables are again in front of the new car. Lastly, when Lucy finally starts the old car's engine, now there's a moving cable in front of the old car as well. (00:09:50)

Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

I Love Lucy mistake picture

Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio - S1-E32

Visible crew/equipment: At the start, after Fred and Ethel walk in, when Lucy and Ethel walk away from the kitchen shutters carrying things, the stage microphone and stand can be seen at the right side of the screen. (Later in the episode, when Lucy and Ricky appear in the quiz segment an identical microphone is on stage with them). (00:00:35)

Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

The Kleptomaniac - S1-E27

Visible crew/equipment: When Lucy opens the closet door to show Ethel all the donated stuff for the bazaar auction, the boom mic (appears to be a double mic) dips down into view at the top of the screen (not visible in some streaming versions). (00:02:25)

Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

The Moustache - S1-E23

Visible crew/equipment: After Lucy tells Ethel her plans for gluing on a mustache, Ethel congratulates her on the crazy idea, and in the next shot of Lucy in her bedroom just as she opens the door for Fred and Ethel, a crew member's arm moves into the shot at the right side of the screen. (00:06:15)

Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

Ricky's Screen Test - S4-E7

Visible crew/equipment: When Ethel is about to open the door because Fred is too "busy" to do it, the shadow of moving boom equipment is visible on the wall to the right. Then after Ethel opens the door to find Lucy dressed in her starlet outfit, when Lucy walks in disappointed that she was recognized, in the next shot facing Ethel the shadow of the moving boom mic can be seen on the door. (00:10:40)

Super Grover

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

6th Nov 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

The Benefit - S1-E13

Visible crew/equipment: While Ricky and Fred are in the kitchen, when Ethel tells Lucy she needs her help getting Ricky for the club benefit, in the shots facing Lucy the shadow of crew/equipment movement is visible on the shutters to the right. (00:04:30)

Super Grover

16th Oct 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

15th Oct 2016

In Dreams (1999)

Visible crew/equipment: After the exterior shot of Paul and Rebecca flying the new radio-controlled airplane it cuts to Rebecca sleeping, and when Claire appears at the doorway we can see the boom mic moving around overhead in the hallway, while she and Paul talk. (00:07:05)

Super Grover

15th Oct 2016

I Love Lucy (1951)

Be A Pal - S1-E3

Visible crew/equipment: When Ethel's reading aloud from the book while Lucy's standing beside her in the living room, the shadow of a crew member can be seen moving around on the surface of the desk's back. (00:04:25)

Super Grover

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