Lucy And Viv Put In A Shower – The Lucy Show season 1, originally aired January 28, 1963
Disastrous results when Lucy and Viv put in a shower. Of course, their neighbor’s actually paid a professional plumber to do it. But, since the ladies won’t accept a handout, the plumber’s supposed to be a friend of the neighbor’s. But Lucy’s constant watching, and harping, drives the poor man away! So, Viv and Lucy will do it themselves …
Lucille Ball in a beauty mask
Is that you, Aunt Lucy?
Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, bribe Dick Martin with a “free” lunch in exchange for … putting in a new shower!
How expensive a free lunch?
Harry (Dick Miller), Lucy (Lucille Ball), Eddie, Viv (Vivian Vance) in “The Lucy Show”
Lucy and Viv realize that they need a second bathroom in their house — 5 people sharing one bathroom, especially with one of them being a teenage girl, simple isn’t working. But, they can’t afford it. Then, Lucy gets the idea that, if she buys the parts and has someone donate the labor, it would be much less expensive. And, on cue, her neighbor Harry comes over, to invite the ladies out to lunch. Instead, she offers him his favorite meal — Eggs Benedict. But he knows that a free lunch can be very expensive! But when Viv’s boyfriend Eddie comes over, they’re both “volunteered” for the job.
Plumber in disguise
But, After Harry’s been working on the new shower, Eddie shows up with a “friend”. The friend, Joe, is actually a plumber! Eddie & Joe will split the expense, Joe will install the new shower, and they’ll all be out of there before their entire weekend’s spent installing the shower! Brilliant!
But …. Lucy keeps interrupting Joe — unaware that he’s actually a plumber — and criticizing his work, how slow he his, how he obviously doesn’t know the first thing about plumbing, etc. And eventually Joe has had enough! He tells Lucy off, quits, and storms off in a huff!
Lucy keeps needling poor Joe, unaware that he’s a professional plumber
We can finish it ourselves!
And, of course, the job’s unfinished. But Lucy’s sure that she & Viv can finish it! Despite not knowing what a “washer” is … or does. And it a classic bit of clown comedy, she and Viv are trapped in the shower, unable to turn off the water, and nearly drown:
And in conclusion
Finally, the catastrophe’s averted, the water’s drained, more plumbers are hired. And, it now costs significantly more than it would have in the first place. And, given all of the water that’s leaked out …. As Lucy and Viv are drying out in the kitchen, the ceiling plaster starts falling down on them!