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Favorite Sets

posted 2 years ago by Garyandfilm (548)
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There was the Mertz apartment, two Ricardo apartments, as well the Connecticut home.

There was the Beverly Palms Hotel set, the English hotel, the Paris hotel, the Italian hotel, the the Switzerland hotel, plus the two Miami suites.

Any faves?

Mine will always be the second apartment, followed very closely by the house in Connecticut. The hotel sets were all nicely designed, as well.

My least fave set is the first apartment, preredecoration in season two. Before this, the apartment looks too antiquated to me, and the loveseat is two small.

[–] [email protected] (6082) 2 years ago

I loved the country home setting in Connecticut. It was my favorite. It was so roomy.
The second New York apartment was nicer than the first. But I'm not an apartment person. I like to know that when I step outside my door, I am really outside. Hate elevators! Of course the Mertz's building didn't have an elevator.

The Hollywood hotel set is another favorite of mine.

You forgot to mention one of the best sets. It's the one in Europe when they went mountain climbing and got buried under an avalanche! lol

[–] Garyandfilm (548) 2 years ago

The Connecticut set was roomy because they eliminated the nursery/bedroom/Mertz apartment sets, as well as Ricky's club, as it apparently wasn't needed in the country episodes. This was replaced by the Mertz guesthouse.

[–] [email protected] (6082) 2 years ago

Well, we did see the guesthouse that the Mertzes occupied. But it was only in one episode. It was the episode when Lucy thought they were giving her a surprise housewarming. I thought the living room was kind of nice.

As much as I liked the second New York apartment, I could never stand the decorations! I hated those statues on the mantel above the fireplace. And I never could understand the silly ballerina pictures in the bedroom. When I was three years old I had pictures like that in my bedroom. Why would adults have those pictures?

As much as Lucille Ball liked to be in control, she must not have cared about set decorating. The Ricardos had some of the dullest art work ever.

[–] Garyandfilm (548) 2 years ago

The ballerina pics were very '50s. I also thought the master bedroom was rather feminine overall. Some of the paintings - copies, of course - were rather classy, I thought. (Remember, the wallpaper and paint would've been done by the Bensons).

The WORST set was the Mertz apartment before it was redecorated. Very drab and tacky. No wonder Ethel was embarrassed to host club meetings, especially with those catty women talking behind her back.

Speaking of apartments, I think Caroline's Chinese modern was kind of cool. An improvement over the ordinary decor in "Baby Pictures."

[–] [email protected] (6082) 2 years ago

Yes the ballerina pics were very '50s. That's probably when my mom bought the ones we had. And married women usually decorate the bedroom according to their preference.

Just felt it odd sometimes that Lucy always wanted a new sofa and coffee table. Yet she never seemed interested in changing any of the decorations around the apartment.

The Mertzes original furniture WAS awfully tacky. It looked like they found all of it at a secondhand store or they were hand me downs from relatives.

I used to think it strange that there apartment was smaller (or seemed smaller) than the Ricardos. If I owned a building, I'd pick the largest and nicest apartment for myself to live in! Of course Fred was probably considering the amount of rent he'd get for a larger place.

[–] jcnyclv (1633) 2 years ago

Believe it or not it was the run down motel room in the middle of nowhere where the furniture kept moving every time a train went by.

It's not only one of my favorite episodes, but I loved the room. It was so bad!!!

[–] Garyandfilm (548) 2 years ago

Yes, I left out the the hotels they stayed in on the way TO Hollywood. That rattling room was hilarious!