The Lucy Show (TV Series) Lucy the Gun Moll (1966) User Reviews

Surreal

[tforbes-2 · 8/10 · 18 December 2016]

"Lucy the Gun Moll" is a very interesting entry in The Lucy Show, and may be the most rewarding to watch from the fourth season. It seems the writers decided to cannibalize another Desilu production, ABC's The Untouchables, for this outing, and we see not only Robert Stack, but some other supporting players ...

And the Narrator, Walter Winchell as well! Lucy didn't want him in the episodes, because of how he gave her a hard time during the Red Hunt of the 1950s. Her ex-husband, Desi Arnaz, told her that Winchell's narration was strictly business, and she relented.

The fourth season pales compared to Seasons 1 (especially) and Season 2, but this is definitely worth a watch. Lucille Ball gets to play two characters here, both Lucy Carmichael and a gun moll, whom she poses for. I'm sure she had a blast getting out of her Lucy Carmichael role for this one.

And the guest performers are terrific. It's fun to see what is a de facto 1920s series updated to 1965-66!

Finally, watch for Lucy at the end of the episode, as she breaks the Fourth Wall, addressing the audience! A real rarity for this series!

Another Good Change-of-Pace Episode

[kgraovac · 8/10 · 12 November 2023]

Another good change-of-pace episode in Season 4-- that spoofs Desilu's THE UNTOUCHABLES complete with Robert Stack, Bruce Gordon, Steve London and Walter Winchell.

This is one of the rare times that Lucille Ball actually plays a different character rather than just hiding behind some sort of disguise. Here she goes undercover as Rusty Martin, a cheap bimbo and gangster's main squeeze, with whom she shares an uncanny resemblance. Ball looks like she's really enjoying herself singing "My Heart Belongs to Daddy".

During filming, Lucy tried to "direct" Mr. Stack on how to better play a character he had been doing for years. He politely basically told her to butt out.

The episode ends with a rarity: Lucy breaks the fourth wall and talks directly to the camera. This is much better than the Spy spoof that was done earlier in the season "Lucy the Undercover Agent".