The Funny Papers

You know what they say about, "Laughter is the best medicine"?

Well, I'll volunteer to be your dealer in giggle-pills, mirth-meds and silly-soup guaranteed to make belly-aches into belly-laughs.

Fun is my anti-oxidant, anti-depressant and antidote for bad moods to bad breath. So in case you forgot what FUN is, you interested in a booster shot?

If "Laughter is the Best Medicine"...

...why not let me be your "dealer" in

giggle-pills, mirth-meds and silly-soup?

~

Guaranteed to use buzz-handshakes and change

belly-aches into belly-laughs.

~

So how's about a booster shot of FUN?

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"I'm Your Vitamenavegamin Girl!" - take 99

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Episode 30 - "Lucy Does a TV Commercial"
Lucy tricks Ricky into letting her do a commercial during a television variety show. The commercial is for Vitameatavegamin Vitamins, and Lucy is the Vitameatavegamin girl. Don’t miss this classic episode.

First aired May 5, 1952.

"I'm Your Vitamenavegamin Girl!"

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That Wacky Redhead #31

"5 truly frightening words"

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That Wacky Redhead #30

--> Another poster of the "chocolate factory fiasco", probably one of the funniest moments in TV history

Episode 36 - "Job Switching"

That Wacky Redhead #30 - in The Chocolate Factory episode - a colorized poster

Episode 36 - "Job Switching"
Convinced that they need to do something more lucrative than keep house, Lucy and Ethel get jobs in a candy factory. The girls are forced to work at a conveyer belt that brings the sweets to them faster than their unskilled hands can pack them.
This episode is a classic among classics.
First aired September 15, 1952.

This is a Ricky Ricardo Production

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A Ricky Ricardo impressionist - doing that exotic nightclub Babaloo act Lucy was so jealous of

"But does your head spin like Linda Blair's?"

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--> In order to do some serious damage control for Ricky,
Lucy decides to conduct a seance and
introduces poor Ethel as the professional
"psychic-for-hire".

"Does she do air traffic control on the side?"

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Episode 7 - "The Seance"
Lucy suddenly becomes interested in numerology and superstitions. After advising Ricky that it’s a good day for him to make deals, she realizes that she read yesterday’s horoscopes and that today is actually a bad day for Ricky. She thus says “no” to a very important business call for Ricky from Mr. Meriweather. In the process of putting things right, Lucy conducts a seance.
First aired November 26, 1951.

Classic Ethel quote: “Ethel to Tillie, Ethel to Tillie, come in Tillie.”


Vivian Vance - Lucy's neighbour and best friend

That Wacky Redhead #29 - takes her antics with her to Paris, much to the "garcon's" dismay 

That Wacky Redhead #28 - and her TV family off to gay Paris 

That Wacky Redhead #27 - winds up for a long story for a bigger favor from Ricky 

That Wacky Redhead #26 - in the classic grape-stomping scene - who could forget? 

Everyone's a fashion critic

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That Wacky Redhead #25

Episode 89 - "Lucy Is Envious"
A wealthy ex-schoolmate of Lucy’s is collecting for a charity. Lucy tells her friend to put her down for “five.” But when the uppity friend arrives to collect the pledged funds, Lucy is shocked to learn that her “five” meant five hundred dollars. In order to raise the money, Lucy and Ethel get a job dressed as two maids from Mars in a stunt to publicize a science fiction movie. They “invade” the top of the Empire State Building and scare the daylights out of a group of hotel patrons.
First aired March 29, 1954.

That Wacky Redhead #24 - does some "splanin" about her latest adventures 

That Wacky Redhead #23 - and her grape-stomping coach 

Episode 33 - "Lucy’s Schedule"

That Wacky Redhead #22

Episode 33 - "Lucy’s Schedule"
After Lucy is late for a dinner appointment with Ricky’s boss Alvin Littlefield, Ricky puts his wife on a rigid time schedule. Ricky tells his boss about this new schedule, adding that he has Lucy jumping around like a trained seal and that Littlefield should come over to see her perform. When Lucy gets wind of the plot, she schemes with Ethel and Mrs. Littlefield to teach their time-conscious hubbies a well-deserved lesson. Gale Gordon makes his first guest-star appearance as Alvin Littlefield, Ricky’s boss.
First aired May 26, 1952.

That Wacky Redhead #21 - was the bomb of comedy but was a hot fashion statement as well 

That Wacky Redhead #20 - maybe another ploy to get a nightclub act together? Don't ask. 

That Wacky Redhead #19 - always tried to get into Ricky's nightclub act, unsuccessfully - so she joined the circus 

That Wacky Redhead #18 - doing what she does best - talking, chatting, and saying the wrong thing at the right time

That Wacky Redhead #17 - goes into the world of gentlemen's games - golf 

That Wacky Redhead #16 - goes into the business world 

That Wacky Redhead #15 - a feisty broad in conservative days 

That Wacky Redhead #14 - another fine mess she gets herself in 

That Wacky Redhead #13 - a little older but no less wacky 

"Now Looo-cy"

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That Wacky Redhead #12 - and Ricky, her show-biz husband, on and off-stage

That Wacky Redhead #11 - more trouble-making