The Ricardo Project: An I Love Lucy Podcast (Dana Sumner-Pritchard)
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| 04 Feb 2022 | 01.17 Lucy Writes a Play | 00:19:26 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Anyone for tennis? It's my favorite episode of I Love Lucy (so far, but also, probably of all time). Our beloved Lucy Ricardo is writing a play for her women's club, and it is a true masterpiece.
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| 11 Feb 2022 | 01.18 Breaking the Lease | 00:21:50 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! It's a Mertz/Ricardo throwdown episode! This week, the Ricardos are too loud and the Mertzes are too grumpy. What follows is one of the most hectic I Love Lucy episodes we've watched yet. Plus, cameos by two Lucy regulars - Hazel Pierce and the very lovely, very tragic Barbara Pepper.
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| 02 Mar 2022 | 01.19 The Ballet | 00:25:05 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Lucy wants to be in the show, what else is new? The Ballet is some comic excellence. This episode has everything we love about Lucy Ricardo - physical comedy, misunderstandings, an insistence on being in the show, a pie in the face! Make that two! This is one I loved so much, I got a little intense. Thanks for listening <3
Lucy’s Ballet Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_5VGOfSCZI Burlesque Comedy: https://literaryterms.net/burlesque/#:~:text=Burlesque%20(pronounced%20ber%2Dlesk),of%20the%20literary%20genre%2C%20satire. The Three Stooges’ Slowly I Turned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYP1OBZfFK0 Abbott and Costello’s Slowly I Turned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpsUlvzbkk I Love Lucy’s Slowly I Turned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbXl-BR-9U Lucille Ball performing Slowly I Turned as the vagabond on “CBS Opening Night”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTnGpaY3VKY&t=72s Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com This episode should’ve premiered in February! Please support February’s organization - https://www.blackartfutures.org/ Donate to World Central Kitchen who are on the ground in Ukraine - https://wck.org/
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| 04 Mar 2022 | 01.20 The Young Fans | 00:18:16 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Keep jiggling, Peggy! Its time for the Ricardos to team up against the worst possible adversary: horny teenagers. We get some classic Ricky moments and a reminder that Lucy Ricardo is an absolute babe. This is a suer fun bottle episode, even if there’s no Fred or Ethel. Plus, I try a new intro style. Let me know if you like it! Please subscribe! References: Keep Jiggling’ Peggy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr2LIev65bU Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project This episode should’ve premiered in February! Please support February’s organization - https://www.blackartfutures.org/ Donate to World Central Kitchen who are on the ground in Ukraine - https://wck.org/
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| 08 Mar 2022 | 01.21 New Neighbors | 00:19:20 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! 10 o’clock in the living room and all’s well! Lucy goes slapstick AND political in the same episode when the gang thinks their new neighbors are foreign agents and get into some pretty zany hijinks that could honestly be pulled from today’s headlines. It's Lucy’s amazing physical comedy mixed with Ricky, Ethel, and Fred buying right into the lunacy. Plus, actors ruin everything. Please subscribe! References: The O’Brien scene/Lucy hides in the closet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwbpHVzNwTA Books on the Hollywood Blacklist: Show Trial: Hollywood, HUAC, and the Birth of the Blacklist: https://bookshop.org/a/80960/9780231184892 Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist: https://bookshop.org/a/80960/9780813168920 “Un-American” Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era: https://bookshop.org/a/80960/9780813541983 Dalton Trumbo - Blacklisted Hollywood Radical: https://bookshop.org/a/80960/9780813169736 Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project March’s organization - its Women’s History Month! Please support ending the maternal health crisis in America: https://4kira4moms.com/#donate Donate to World Central Kitchen who are on the ground in Ukraine - https://wck.org/
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| 10 Mar 2022 | 01.22 Fred and Ethel Fight | 00:17:53 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! When in doubt, freak your spouse out! Its time for Fred and Ethel Fight, which leads to a Ricardo fight, which leads to…mortal peril?! Plus, did Being the Ricardos get this right? Why did Sorkin choose this ep? I swear I don’t go on too long about it. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday!
The awkward opening scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDfaRQ6vc74 Being the Ricardos’ version of the awkward opening scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_BYeb8PAqU The fake fire scene and Lucy’s amazing physical work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcfnwn5-RtU Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project March’s organization - its Women’s History Month! Please support ending the maternal health crisis in America: https://4kira4moms.com/#donate Donate to World Central Kitchen who are on the ground in Ukraine - https://wck.org/
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| 17 Mar 2022 | 01.23 The Mustache | 00:18:34 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Grandpa Ricardo is here! Oh wait, that’s Lucy in a fabulous beard. This week, Lucy’s attempts to prove to Ricky how silly he looks…well, let’s just say it Lucy look even more silly. We talk the awkward cultural appropriation moments, Lucy dressing in a FABULOUS suit and cosplaying as Colonel, and the Mertzes’ fabulous vaudeville show. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project March’s organazation - its Women’s History Month! Please support ending the maternal health crisis in America: https://4kira4moms.com/#donate Donate to World Central Kitchen who are on the ground in Ukraine - https://wck.org/
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| 24 Mar 2022 | 01.24 The Gossip | 00:19:10 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! This week, Lucy and Ethel are chatting away when Ricky decides to throw some major shade, which leads to our first every bet episode! We get might fine sleep acting from Ricky and a crackerjack scheme from Lucy. I love this one! Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project Support the podcast by making a one-time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject March’s organization - its Women’s History Month! Please support ending the maternal health crisis in America: https://4kira4moms.com/#donate Donate to World Central Kitchen who are on the ground in Ukraine - https://wck.org/
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| 31 Mar 2022 | 01.25 Pioneer Women | 00:16:10 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! We made it to instagram’s favorite colorized episode, Pioneer Women! This week, the gang lives without modern conveniences. Lucy bakes a giant loaf of bread, Ethel churns a tiny amount of butter. Fred and Ricky have a lovely time, and they all look GREAT in period clothes. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! References: Lucy’s Bread Saga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA3hc4P3qe8 Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject March’s organization - its Women’s History Month! Please support ending the maternal health crisis in America: https://4kira4moms.com/#donate Donate to World Central Kitchen who are on the ground in Ukraine - https://wck.org/
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| 07 Apr 2022 | 01.26 The Marriage License | 00:22:20 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! When Lucy finds her marriage license and sees a typo in Ricky’s name, she’s concerned that the Ricardo marriage might not be legal. So how does Ricky help that situation? By tricking her into thinking the marriage is absolutely not legal, like any good husband would. So the Ricardos embark on a little trip to Connecticut to recreate their engagement and wedding, with a cameo from the Arnazes’ real life wedding venue! Plus, Mrs. Trumbell shows up (kind of!). Plus plus, I rewrite the ending because this plot bugged me. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject April’s organization - its Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Please consider supporting locals orgs, or make a donation to RAINN here: https://give.rainn.org/a/donate?_ga=2.104530313.806139343.1649289856-1478672393.1649289856 Donate to World Central Kitchen who are on the ground in Ukraine - https://wck.org/
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| 14 Apr 2022 | 01.27 The Kleptomaniac | 00:18:49 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Welcome to this week’s episode, wherein both Lucy and Ricky need to get a grip and take a beat. But I’m glad they didn’t because this episode is the most fun and it certainly wouldn’t be if either of them had any chill whatsoever. This episode makes me so happy, and I hope you love this one as much as I do! Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project April’s organization - its Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Please consider supporting locals orgs, or make a donation to RAINN here: https://give.rainn.org/a/donate?_ga=2.104530313.806139343.1649289856-1478672393.1649289856 Donate to World Central Kitchen who are on the ground in Ukraine - https://wck.org/
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| 21 Apr 2022 | 01.28 Cuban Pals | 00:22:29 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Ricky’s friends are visiting from Cuba, and Lucy gets to be the fish out of water for once. We take a brief detour to thirst after Desi Arnaz and his sex appeal, before having a frank reflection on Desi’s legacy as a Cuban performer. I went through a lot of emotions this week. Happy Passover to those who celebrate! Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! References: “I Love Ricky: How Desi Arnaz Challenged American Popular Culture” - https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=miami1209136075&disposition=inline “Ricky Ricardo Ain’t Real” - https://curtjazz.com/2019/04/14/ricky-ricardo-aint-real/ Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject
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| 28 Apr 2022 | 01.29 The Freezer | 00:19:47 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! You want a bargain, tell you what I’m gonna do - it's a new episode! When Lucy and Ethel buy a freezer and 700 pounds of meat to go in it, they embark on a madcap journey to keep it from Ricky and Fred, which ends in one of the series’ most iconic images! Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project April’s organization - its Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Please consider supporting locals orgs, or make a donation to RAINN here: https://give.rainn.org/a/donate?_ga=2.104530313.806139343.1649289856-1478672393.1649289856 Donate to World Central Kitchen who are on the ground in Ukraine - https://wck.org/
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| 05 May 2022 | 01.30 Lucy Does a TV Commercial | 00:25:45 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Its the moment that made Lucille Ball a forever star. Its the moment that invented syndication! Its the moment we all knew that Fred was the most supportive friend of the group! Its THE Vitameatavegamin episode! Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! References: Vitameatavegamin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3eOtJwOhE Red Skelton’s Original Routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4mgHNX9eUg Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project May’s organization - its AAPI Heritage Month. The last few years has been especially difficult for these communities. Donate to the Asian Mental Health Collective: https://www.asianmhc.org/donate/ Reproductive Rights are under attack. Donate to the Yellowhammer Fund now:https://action.yellowhammerfund.org/onlineactions/VJwyf79UF0yW0qhFnyakGw2
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| 12 May 2022 | 01.31 The Publicity Agent | 00:18:53 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Oh boy. I love Lucy Ricardo but this episode made my voice raspy. Its time for a quick acknowledgement of another way Hollywood has a history of being very disappointing where non-white cultures are concerned, which is very, very important. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project May’s organization - its AAPI Heritage Month. The last few years has been especially difficult for these communities. Donate to the Asian Mental Health Collective: https://www.asianmhc.org/donate/ Reproductive Rights are under attack. Donate to the Yellowhammer Fund now:https://action.yellowhammerfund.org/onlineactions/VJwyf79UF0yW0qhFnyakGw2
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| 19 May 2022 | 01.32 Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio | 00:18:24 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! It's time for a change of pace! I Love Lucy slows down the physical comedy and focuses on wordplay this week for a delightfully silly episode. When Ricky knows the answers to a radio quiz show’s tough questions, Lucy thinks she’s married to a genius, and gets him on the air, to hilarious results. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project May’s organization - its AAPI Heritage Month. The last few years has been especially difficult for these communities. Donate to the Asian Mental Health Collective: https://www.asianmhc.org/donate/ Reproductive Rights are under attack. Donate to the Yellowhammer Fund now:https://action.yellowhammerfund.org/onlineactions/VJwyf79UF0yW0qhFnyakGw2
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| 26 May 2022 | 01.33 Lucy's Schedule | 00:18:58 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Break out your bullet journals, the Ricardos are getting organized! This time, Lucy and Ricky are facing the biggest enemy of our time - gross patriarchal ideology. We meet WASPS icon Phoebe Littlefield, and I am forced to admit that Fred Mertz is not a perfect angel baby. I’m sad, but that’s what you get when you’re a butt. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project
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| 02 Jun 2022 | 01.34 Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald | 00:23:02 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Lucy Ricardo shows that sometimes she’s the reasonable one in this marriage when Ricky hears an offhanded comment and takes it way too far. But why wait for someone to move on from a little moment of insecurity when you can spend your entire emergency fund on it and beat your husband with a whisk? Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday! Papermoon Loves Lucy: https://papermoonloveslucy.tumblr.com/post/129140988218/ricky-thinks-hes-getting-bald Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project June’s organization - Happy Pride! Support Queer kids in Florida: https://www.eqfl.org/
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| 09 Jun 2022 | 01.35 Ricky Asks for a Raise | 00:22:35 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Wow, we made it to the end of the 1st season, and with a splash! When Ricky is out of work, Lucy, Ethel, and our boy Fred work to show the Tropicana how many people love Ricky…by pretending to be all those many people. Plus, Xavier Valdez deserved more. Plus plus, a quick update on the summer and a note of sincere gratitude. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday (when not on hiatus, which I’m about to be on!) Part of the nightclub scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykGrrAonbh8 Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project June’s organization - Happy Pride! Support Queer kids in Florida: https://www.eqfl.org/
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| 15 Sep 2022 | 02.01 Job Switching | 00:32:38 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Speed it up a little! It’s time to talk about the iconic chocolate factory scene. And feminism, and capitalism, and history, and failure. This one has so much to talk about! Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday. The chocolate factory scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkQ58I53mjk&t=0s My embarrassingly painstaking comic analysis on the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMsPh9ArAcQ&t=1055s Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one-time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project Elections are coming up! Support Fair Fight so as many voters as possible turn out: https://fairfight.com/
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| 22 Sep 2022 | 02.02 The Saxophone | 00:20:09 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Hiya, cats! Lucy breaks out the old saxophone to try and get into Ricky’s band tour. But when it doesn’t work, the Ricardos trade tricks and pranks until, of course, Lucy wins. Stay up here and get your kicks, man! Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday. The Tropicana Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q8WvdjDpi4 What Glow Worm *Actually* Sounds Like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opSpd8Z5hms Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project US Elections are coming up! Support Fair Fight so as many voters as possible turn out: https://fairfight.com/
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| 29 Sep 2022 | 02.03 Anniversary Present | 00:19:44 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Grace Foster is a queen. That’s it. That’s the synopsis. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday. Gloria Blondell as Daisy Duck playlist (I did not make this playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXTBH3fHuyM&list=PLOkhbMqb35EpRIL3lNHRg8Dir0nIhFhXT Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project US Elections are coming up! Support Fair Fight so as many voters as possible turn out: https://fairfight.com/
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| 06 Oct 2022 | 02.04 The Handcuffs | 00:18:45 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Lucy handcuffs Ricky to her because she wants a date night. That’s pretty saucy if you ask me! Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday. Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project US Elections are coming up! Support Fair Fight so as many voters as possible turn out: https://fairfight.com/
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| 13 Oct 2022 | 02.05 The Operetta | 00:15:48 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! She is Lily of the Valley, he is the good Prince Lancelot, Lucy is in a pickle. Its “The Operetta,” a delightful little satire that reminds us just how talented Vivian Vance and William Frawley are. Operetta Scenes: Fred’s solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5fc9ksqawA Ethel’s solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G9pPJQSzaA Lucy’s “solo”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAml-CpQbKI The check bounced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyTXjZRkilM Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday. Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project US Elections are coming up! Support Fair Fight so as many voters as possible turn out: https://fairfight.com/
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| 20 Oct 2022 | The 5 Best Episodes of Season One of I Love Lucy | 00:19:02 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Today it's a bonus episode - the top five episodes of season one of “I Love Lucy” that aren’t “Lucy Does a TV Commercial,” plus honorable mentions, including the worst and second worst episodes of the season. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday. Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project US Elections are coming up! Support Fair Fight so as many voters as possible turn out: https://fairfight.com/
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| 27 Oct 2022 | 02.06 Vacation From Marriage | 00:19:37 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! The Ricardos and Mertzes are in a rut. Rut rut rut. So what’s Lucy to do but move in with Ethel and hide on the roof? Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday. If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project US Elections are coming up! Support Fair Fight so as many voters as possible turn out: https://fairfight.com/
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| 12 Nov 2022 | 02.07 The Courtroom | 00:15:17 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Please enjoy the Law and Order reference at the beginning of this episode. Oh, if only this was executive produced by Dick Wolf. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday. Shop my Bookshop affiliate link for my fave books on I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball: https://bookshop.org/shop/thericardoproject If there’s a book you’d like to recommend to your fellow listeners, please let me know! Support the podcast by making a one time donation on PayPal: paypal.me/ricardoproject Get in touch: Instagram: @thericardoproject Email: thericardoproject@gmail.com Twitter: @ricardo_project The Holiday Season is approaching - please remember to be generous with your gratuities and to shop small businesses wherever possible!
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| 17 Nov 2022 | Desi Arnaz, The Original Wife Guy | 00:24:00 | |
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| 29 Nov 2022 | 02.08 Redecorating | 00:27:04 | |
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| 06 Dec 2022 | 02.09 Ricky Loses His Voice | 00:20:20 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Ricky is a big baby, and this episode is a delight. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday. The Holiday Season is approaching - please remember to be generous with your gratuities and to shop small businesses wherever possible!
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| 20 Dec 2022 | 02.10 Lucy is Enceinte | 00:20:30 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! We’re having a baby, my babies (the Ricardos) and me! Yes, the Ricardo baby is ALL of our baby. Please subscribe! New episodes every Thursday. The Holiday Season is approaching - please remember to be generous with your gratuities and to shop small businesses wherever possible!
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| 11 Aug 2023 | 02.11 Pregnant Women are Unpredictable | 00:23:03 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Hello. Its me.
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| 15 Aug 2023 | 02.12 Lucy's Show Biz Swan Song | 00:20:23 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Sweet Adeline, we’re here! I had no idea how special this episode was until I started writing. Enjoy!
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| 18 Aug 2023 | 02.13 Lucy Hires an English Tutor | 00:17:21 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Ribbety pippety ay! To what do you attribute your plethora of fatigue? We’ve got a fun one today :)
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| 24 Aug 2023 | 02.14 Ricky Has Labor Pains | 00:21:44 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Call the New York Herald Time Tribune, we’re back with another episode!
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| 31 Aug 2023 | 02.15 Lucy Becomes a Sculptress | 00:25:54 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! At last, an episode that finally answers the question: Was Michaelangelo wrong? Highlights from the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoU5MWDYp5w
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| 07 Sep 2023 | 02.16 Lucy Goes to the Hospital | 01:18:36 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! I am so honored that our first-ever guest is someone SO brilliant: Sarah Royal, author of the upcoming A.K.A. Lucy, which you absolutely, positively MUST preorder. I am thrilled Sarah joined me (and she'll be back soon!). Follow Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/saraheroyal/?hl=en THE scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz0Q9gaYtPo
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| 15 Sep 2023 | 02.17 Sales Resistance | 00:33:02 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Welcome to an episode that is certainly an episode. But I do talk about the Barbie movie, so that’s a thing! Buy AKA Lucy: https://bookshop.org/a/80960/9780762484263
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| 22 Sep 2023 | 02.18 Inferiority Complex | 00:25:36 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! I am very grateful to this episode for existing. Episode Coverage starts @ 8:25 in case you don’t want all the shoutouts and whatnot! Go to the AKA Lucy launch in Brooklyn on October 10th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-aka-lucy-by-sarah-royal-with-shelly-zimmerman-tickets-691070920727 Buy AKA Lucy: https://bookshop.org/a/80960/9780762484263
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| 28 Sep 2023 | 02.19 The Club Election | 00:28:36 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! CaroLillian Appleby is here! Buy AKA Lucy: https://bookshop.org/a/80960/9780762484263
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| 05 Oct 2023 | 02.20 The Black Eye | 00:28:27 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! This episode contains discussion of domestic violence. Listener discretion is advised. Donate to honor Vivian Vance by supporting her favorite causes: https://spcawestchester.org/donate Go to the AKA Lucy launch in Brooklyn on October 10th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-aka-lucy-by-sarah-royal-with-shelly-zimmerman-tickets-691070920727 Buy AKA Lucy: https://bookshop.org/a/80960/9780762484263
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| 12 Oct 2023 | An Interview with Sarah Royal, Author of A.K.A Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball | 01:10:42 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! More like “AKA Sarah Royal Stans Fred Mertz.” Thank you so much to Sarah for joining me AGAN! Buy AKA Lucy
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| 19 Oct 2023 | 02.21 Lucy Changes Her Mind | 00:21:16 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Justice for Harry Henderson. Buy AKA Lucy: https://bookshop.org/a/80960/9780762484263
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| 20 Aug 2024 | An Update: Where I've Been and Where We're Going | 00:12:28 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Hi everyone. Long time no talk.
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| 06 Sep 2024 | 02.22 No Children Allowed | 00:24:34 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Ring the Trum-bell, Mrs. Trumbell has arrived! (See what I did there?).
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| 13 Sep 2024 | 02.23 Lucy Hires a Maid | 00:22:17 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Mrs. Porter, the Child Wonder, is here to teach us all about self love.
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| 19 Sep 2024 | 02.24 The Indian Show | 00:20:37 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Donate to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/ Watch a presentation by Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfuJHcqCXjA Learn about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Movement: https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw
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| 27 Sep 2024 | 02.25 Lucy's Last Birthday | 00:22:23 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Continuing last week's theme: Watch a presentation by Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfuJHcqCXjA Learn about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Movement: https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw
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| 07 Oct 2024 | 02.26 The Ricardos Change Apartments | 00:27:32 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Ethel is a girl boss and Lucy is kind of a d*ick and every New Yorker feels so seen by the struggles of this episode. Help those displaced by Hurricane Helene: https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/how-to-give-to-hurricane-helene-relief-efforts/
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| 11 Oct 2024 | 02.27 Lucy Is Matchmaker | 00:22:56 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! My GOD this episode is racy.
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| 18 Oct 2024 | 02.28 Lucy Wants New Furniture | 00:20:32 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! I am sorry y'all, something weird was going on with the audio here.
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| 24 Oct 2024 | 02.29 The Camping Trip | 00:19:20 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! In which Ethel is EVERYTHING and Ricky is just Ken. Help those displaced by Hurricane Helene: https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/how-to-give-to-hurricane-helene-relief-efforts/
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| 07 Nov 2024 | 02.30 Ricky and Fred Are TV Fans | 00:21:10 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Never give up. Always take comfort in your friends at 623 E. 68th St.
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| 04 Dec 2024 | 02.31 Never Do Business With Friends | 00:24:16 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! The weather outside is as cold as Lucy's dark roots, but inside we're as toasty as her red hair.
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| 31 Jan 2025 | The 5 Best Episodes of Season Two of I Love Lucy | 00:22:51 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Today, we're talking the 5 best eps of season two, plus the absolute worst.
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| 08 Oct 2021 | Welcome to The Ricardo Project | 00:05:00 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Hi there! In this Welcome episode, Dana talks a bit about why we're here, before we begin.
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| 15 Oct 2021 | 01.01 The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub | 00:20:30 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Happy 70th anniversary to the very first episode of I Love Lucy! We're talking Lucy and Ethel being the real couple of I Love Lucy, Desi Arnaz singing in Spanish and how that was pretty dang radical, and, of course, the conundrum of a human man that is Fred Mertz.
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| 22 Oct 2021 | 01.02 Be a Pal | 00:27:14 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! This week, the theme is being uncomfy with the fact that this show is from 1951. Plus loving Lucy's glitter dress.
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| 26 Oct 2021 | Bonus: Being the Ricardos Teaser Trailer Reaction | 00:17:45 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! The teaser for Aaron Sorkin's "Being the Ricardos" came out last week, and it looks...like a movie.
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| 29 Oct 2021 | 01.03 The Diet | 00:14:53 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Lucy tries to lose weight far too quickly to have an opportunity to be in Ricky's show. What should be problematic by any year's standard turns out to be my new favorite episode of the show? Who am I?!
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| 05 Nov 2021 | 01.04 Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her | 00:23:51 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! It's the original first episode of I Love Lucy! Did it deserve to be bumped to 4th? Is this one just SO macabre? What about that super queer moment?! We love a true crime Lucy.
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| 12 Nov 2021 | 01.05 The Quiz Show | 00:24:34 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! This episode, I Love Lucy welcomes their most steadfast guest star into the fold, and plays some serious Noises Off territory. Discussion includes the Tramp archetype, playfulness, and Ethel's perfect suit. This one is such a joy, despite walking through some uncomfy territory. Let's break it down!
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| 19 Nov 2021 | 01.06 The Audition | 00:21:12 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! This week, Lucy dons her iconic Professor character, and we get another great example of the Arnaz family chemistry. This episode is as funny as it is non-sensical. Side thoughts include some dark ponderings on why this episode isn't as famous as the Classic Lucy Moments, and the origins of Babalu.
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| 26 Nov 2021 | 01.07 The Seance | 00:25:20 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Get out the ouija board, because spooky season is still here! Today we're talking numerology, horoscopes, and the fact that Ethel is a Leo?! This episode made my little heart sing - we really get to see the ensemble coming together. Its the first sign of the show being what made it special - watching Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, and Desi Arnaz working together is pure magic. Plus! There were some pretty risque jokes happening here. Saucy.
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| 03 Dec 2021 | 01.08 Men are Messy | 00:13:19 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Lucy is appalled at Ricky's messiness, and I don't blame her! The Ricardos square off in classic I Love Lucy style, with Lucy getting the upper hand as a bear hunting, chicken farming, itchy nightmare. It's fantastic, and made me so happy. Let's talk Lucy Ricardo as a rebel against the 1950s "housewife" stereotype. She's the best.
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| 10 Dec 2021 | 01.09 The Fur Coat | 00:23:09 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Welcome to the Fred Mertz Appreciation Episode.
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| 12 Dec 2021 | Being the Ricardos - Review | 00:25:29 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Welcome to a bonus episode where I review Being the Ricardos - what worked, what didn't, and what I (and my non-Lucy watching husband) thought of the first movie about Lucille Ball ever to grace the screen.
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| 17 Dec 2021 | 01.10 Lucy is Jealous of a Girl Singer | 00:28:18 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! I'm still sick, but that can't stop me from spiraling into a mild depression over this episode! This week, we talk growing up and realizing how sad this episode really is. We reflect on the marriage between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and how sometimes loving someone just isn't enough. There's brief mention of WandaVision, and an even briefer mention of Lord Farquad. Thank you for being here for what will likely be the darkest episode of the series for me. Please come back next week when we're back to enjoying comedy.
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| 26 Dec 2021 | 01.11 Drafted | 00:22:24 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! We're back! Sorry for the delay while I recovered. This week, Lucille Ball is wailing as Lucy Ricardo thinks Ricky has been drafted. When Ethel thinks Fred is going too, Ricky and Fred jump to the only logical conclusion - that the girls are pregnant. What could possibly go wrong?
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| 31 Dec 2021 | 01.12 The Adagio | 00:22:04 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Happy New Year! Today we're talking about this...interesting episode. There's a lot to cringe at and a lot to like! Lucille Ball is great even when the material is weird! Parts age really poorly but there is still value! Sitcom logic has never been nuttier!
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| 07 Jan 2022 | 01.13 The Benefit | 00:15:36 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Lucy Ricardo is at the top of her game this week as she gets one over on Ricky at a Women's Club event. This episode is jam packed with so many fun moments, it should be required viewing for any Lucy enthusiast. You get three songs, bad Lucy singing, Ricky being vexxed, Ethel wearing a giant corsage, Fred...existing! Its wonderful!
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| 14 Jan 2022 | 01.14 The Amateur Hour | 00:18:24 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Welcome to The Amateur Hour, where Lucy Ricardo battles my new nemesis, a child named Jimmy (and another child named Timmy, who is not fully my nemesis). Required disclaimer because the internet loves to take things a bit seriously: I love children, I have nothing against children, but Jimmy is just the worst and I won't apologize for that. We talk failure in comedy, the very lucky and precise magic of the show, and how to find value in, frankly, a not great episode of a very great show.
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| 21 Jan 2022 | 01.15 Lucy Plays Cupid | 00:25:26 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! The original choice for Ethel Mertz is in the building, and she is nothing like our girl Vivian Vance, but she is a delight and a half! This week, Lucy decides to help her neighbor find love, and things...don't go great. This episode turns into a deeper dive on an unsung pioneer in Hollywood, Bea Benaderet.
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| 28 Jan 2022 | 01.16 Lucy Fakes Illness | 00:24:14 | |
Send us a text or a question or a thought! Lucy wants a part in Ricky's show, and this time, she decides to "develop a complex" to get it! What follows is a master class (I know, I know, I overuse that term) in comedic character work. She's so good, folks. This episode is super playful and such a treat! Plus, we talk Tallulah Bankhead, who should 100 percent be even more of an icon than she is.
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