I Love Lucy (TV Series) The Passports (1955) User Reviews

Underrated

[kellielulu · 10/10 · 2 September 2022]

Another favorite of mine that seems to be underrated and under appreciated.

Everyone needs their birth certificate or in Ricky's case naturalization papers to obtain a passport. Problem? There is no record of Lucy born in Jamestown New York. Lucy's efforts to find a way to obtain her passport keep failing. This includes having the entire phone book read to her over the phone to find a witness and a dirty rat named Helen Kyser who would prefer her gullible husband believe she is younger than she actually is ( meaning she can't be a witness for Lucy) .

Finally help comes from the doctor that delivered Lucy. He's as daffy as Lucy and her mother but sharp and observant in his own way. He gives a twist to the mystery and clears everything up . Lucy gets her birth certificate in an unexpected way too.

The funniest part is Lucy getting locked a trunk and the good doctor doing a musical number with Lucy when she's locked in the trunk and Ricky walks in!

Clever and funny. A solid episode.

You should stop by and bring your mother.

[angelahptrio · 9/10 · 25 October 2023]

This is an episode that is overlooked because it's simply Lucy tracking down her birth certificate. The pitch itself sounds like a boring premise, but it works. She goes to her old babysitter's house to be a witness to her born in Jamestown, but it backfires because the woman's husband thinks she's younger than Lucy. It doesn't make sense because she is a childhood friend, so what difference does it make who's older? They grew up together. But her lying about her age is amusing. She's terrible for making Lucy a loony but her come back at the end is great. Then her idea getting inside a trunk is another scheme that backfires. Great episode.

Something in the Jamestown water

[rgxdzrybr · 10/10 · 9 January 2024]

Lucy, her mother Mrs McGillacuddy , Lucy's old family doctor and dirty rat Helen Kiser and eclectic and rather unique collection of characters!

A search for Lucy's birth certificate is at the center of the episode and it all leads to Lucy locking herself in a trunk and the doctor and Lucy singing an old song they did together when she was little. This ensures the sweet and funny doctor this is Lucy. Ricky of course walks in and wonders once again what is going on!

Once Fred and Ricky free Lucy from the trunk she learns from the good doctor why she couldn't find her birth certificate. Fortunately it does actually exist and it arrives in a timely manner.

Skip to my loo, my darling!

[gregorycanfield · 9/10 · 5 July 2021]

The best scene comes near the end, when Lucy is locked in a trunk. My heading refers to the great rendition of "Skip to my loo" performed by Lucy and Dr Peterson. Lucy doesn't have her birth certificate, and needs it to get a passport. She tries to get an old friend to sign an affidavit, but this causes another problem. Helen Kaiser won't admit her real age to her husband. This scene was well done, considering it was really only a variation on another tired, worn out theme. At the beginning of the episode, Lucy and Ethel refuse to tell each other their ages. Then, Helen (who was older than Lucy) pretends to be younger,. To please her husband. This business of women wanting to conceal their ages. Why is that automatically funny? I don't think it ever was. In any case, Helen's husband couldn't have been smart enough to be an attorney, but stupid enough to believe she was only 29 years old! However, the song done by Lucy and the doctor makes everything worthwhile.