What kind of alcohol does Lucy have in the Hunger Games?
During filming, Lucy was actually drinking apple pectin out of the Vitameatavegamin bottle. Originally, the Vitameatavegamin was 11% alcohol, according to a rare picture seen here, but for production, it was increased to 23%.
What is the alcohol content of Lucy’s Tonic in the Great Gatsby?
What both Lucy and the director are unaware of – but what the propman ( Jerry Hausner) realizes to his shock – is that the tonic contains 23% alcohol. Lucy begins her first take, taking a sip of the tonic, which tastes terrible, as evidenced by her grimace.
What is the most famous episode of I Love Lucy?
" Lucy Does a TV Commercial " is the 30th episode of the 1950s television sitcom I Love Lucy, airing on May 5, 1952. It is considered to be the most famous episode of the show. In 1997, TV Guide ranked it #2 on their list of the " 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time ".
What is DoYouRemember Vitameatavegamin?
DoYouRemember? Vitameatavegamin is a fictitious health tonic imbibed by Lucy on the 1952 I Love Lucy episode “Lucy Does a TV Commercial”. It is stated as an elixir containing concentrated “vitamins, meat, vegetables, and minerals”.
What happened when Lucy rehearsed for the director of the commercial?
Lucy reports to the show's director and proceeds to rehearse the commercial -- for a health drink called "Vitameatavegamin" -- several times. The drink, however, is twenty-three percent alcohol, and Lucy quickly becomes drunk, flubbing her lines in progressively unhinged takes.
What episode does Lucy work in chocolate factory?
Job SwitchingAfter Ricky and Fred get upset about the girls' spending, Lucy and Ethel go to work in a candy factory while the boys do the housework.
What did Lucy find in the laundry?
To save her marriage, Lucy asked Jess Oppenheimer to share his EP credits with Desi, but the idea didn't work out. The tragedy hit Lucy when one night, during the scary week, she found a handkerchief smeared with lipstick in Desi's pocket. This revelation broke Lucy's heart.
What is the most famous episode of I Love Lucy?
Perhaps the most famous “I Love Lucy” episode ever, season two's “Job Switching” embodies Lucy and Ethel's friendship at its best. When their husbands, Ricky and Fred, suggest that housework is easier than any real job, the men and women switch roles for the day in this comedic battle of the sexes.
Overview
Notes
• In later reruns, the scene where Lucy is in a broken television set was edited to remove references to Philip Morris, which was sponsoring I Love Lucy at the time. (The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act banned tobacco advertisements from broadcast television beginning in 1971.) The DVD release, as well as the colorized episode, restore this.
• The Vitameatavegamin was originally 11% alcohol, but was increased to 23% on the show. The bottle from which Lucille …
Plot
Ricky (Desi Arnaz) is given an opportunity to host a television show and is notified that he needs to find a girl to do a commercial spot for one of their sponsors. Lucy (Lucille Ball) begs Ricky to let her do the commercial, but he refuses. Lucy asks Fred (William Frawley) to assist her in a scheme to get Ricky to watch her on television. When Ricky returns home from his band rehearsal, she is behind the TV screen – inside the set's empty body – doing a mock commercial as Johnny, the …
Enduring popularity
The word "Vitameatavegamin" has since become a shorthand for this episode and for the I Love Lucy show in general. In 2011, more than 900 Lucille Ball lookalikes gathered under a "Vitameatavegamin" sign to honor Ball's 100th birthday, setting a world record for the most Lucy lookalikes in one place. Also in 2011, a talking Lucy doll was produced which recites lines from this episode.
See also
• Lucille Ball (2009 statue)
See also
• "Dinner for One"
• List of I Love Lucy episodes