Lucy Is A Soda Jerk

Lucy Is A Soda Jerk – The Lucy Show season 1, broadcast May 4, 1963

Chris takes on a job of Soda Jerk to buy a uniform. And Momma Lucy takes over her shift during a parade. What could possibly go wrong?

“Anyone would look adorable — surrounded by all that ice cream!”

Lucy and Viv working at the soda shop:

Lucy Carmichael: Chocolate, Strawberry, Rocky road, Coffee, Coconut, Tooty-Fruity,Huckleberry, Toffee, Peppermint, Pistachio, Chocolate Chip, Cinnamon, Burnt Pecan, Tangerine Whip, Cranberry, Fudge Ripple, Lime, Vanilla, Pineapple, Lemon Crunch, and Marshmilla, the flavor of the month is Kumquat.

Routines

• Lucy is outraged by the skimpy daughter that Chris will wear in the parade. Until Viv brings out Lucy’s old cheerleader outfit!
• Lucy “demonstrating” for Chris and Viv some of her old baton twirling tricks.
• Viv agrees to Lucy’s request to fill in for Cynthia at the soda shop during the parade. But Lucy berates her anyway, expecting to have to cajole her!
• The comedy highlight is the untrained Lucy and Viv working in the ice cream shop, creating a mess, ending with Lucy having both feet in ice cream drums as Chris marches by!

Cast

• Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy) … Lucy Carmichael
• Vivian Vance (Here’s Lucy season 4) … Vivian Bagley
• Candy Moore … Chris Carmichael – the teenage daughter who wants to be a cheerleader. But needs $40 for her uniform …
• Jimmy Garrett … Jerry Carmichael
• Ralph Hart … Sherman Bagley
• Paul Hartman (The Reluctant Astronaut) … Mr. Wilbur – owner of the ice cream shop
• Lucie Arnaz (Here’s Lucy season 1) … Cynthia – also working at the soda shop to pay for her uniform
• James Gonzalez … Man #1
• Jerry Hausner (Who’s Minding the Store?) … Man #2
• Ruth Crews … Woman

Trivia

• Lucy’s real life daughter Lucie Arnaz makes her professional debut in this episode.
• Lucille Ball worked as a soda jerk in real life when she was starting out in New York, auditioning for Broadway shows. She was fired for forgetting to put bananas in banana splits.
• Jimmy Garrett’s mother, Helen Moore Garrett, coached Lucy and Chris in baton twirling. Helen had been a champion baton twirler and marched in the Rose Parade for years.