"The Lucy Show" Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft (1966)

Director:

Maury Thompson

Writers:

Milt Josefsberg (written by) and
Ray Singer (written by) ...

TV Series:

"The Lucy Show" (1962)

Original Air Date:

14 November 1966 (Season 5, Episode 9)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Children | Widow | Friendship Between Women | Divorcee | Character Name In Title

Cast

  (Episode Complete credited cast)

Lucille Ball	...	Lucy Carmichael
Gale Gordon	...	Mr. Theodore J. Mooney
Clark Howat	...	Army Lieutenant
Ben Gage	...	Marine Lieutenant
Sid Gould	...	Mailman
Herb Vigran	...	Doctor
Harry Hickox	...	Marine Sergeant

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Desilu Productions

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." (1964)

Utter Fantasy

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Lucy Carmichael is drafted with a letter addressed to 'Lou C. Carmichael'.

She takes the letter down to the draft board and they tell her she must fill in.

Until what? Someone is found to fill the gap? Then the army must track down this Lou C. Carmichael and hold him accountable.

But Lucy Carmicheal isn't responsible for keeping up the military's quota.

Nevertheless, I supposed we wouldn't have this rather unique episode in comedy.

Hardly funny, tho much of the Lucy show from the 1960s is hardly funny, the episode is insightful to such an idea, and perhaps even rather prophetic to women in the military.

Amusing bits are definitely Lucy referring to herself as tho she will simply be a girl in the army.

By this time, Lucille Ball was in her mid-fifties. That is hardly being perceived as a girl.

But then Lucy sought to deny her age, obviously.

This is the episode with the cameo from Jim Nabors at the end.

This then rather runs the loop of Lucy, Andy Griffith, Jim Nabors and Danny Thomas full circle, in a sense.

Lucy Ricardo would meet Danny thomas and his TV family on an episode of the Lucy-Desi comedy hour, Danny Thomas would drive thru Mayberry and meet Sheriff Taylor, which would spawn the Andy Griffith show.

Andy Griffith show is where Gomer Pyle began, who would get his own show, and now the caricature of Gomer, tho unnamed and uncredited, would turn up on Lucy's show, tho here she is Lucy Carmichael, not Lucy Ricardo (tho again, both women would give her maiden name as McGillacuddy).