When the gang is traveling through Ohio, they stop at a diner and motel run by a man who takes advantage of them.When the gang is traveling through Ohio, they stop at a diner and motel run by a man who takes advantage of them.When the gang is traveling through Ohio, they stop at a diner and motel run by a man who takes advantage of them.
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- TriviaThis is not the first episode to show a couple sleeping in the same bed, as many people think. That goes to Mary Kay and Johnny Sterns on their television show, Mary Kay and Johnny. It is, however, the first time, on prime-time television that a couple is seen in the same bed that were not married in real life. Vivian Vance and William Frawley are shown sleeping in the bed together.
- GoofsCables are seen in two parts of this episode: on the front of the Pontiac, to pull it when the gang leaves the motel; and on the bed in the cabin, to pull it across the room when the trains go by.
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Ethel Mertz: [while everyone else is asleep, Lucy drives in a circle back to the run-down motel they earlier had decided to leave] Oh, we're not back in the same place!
Lucy Ricardo: We are, unless there's a chain of these across the country.
Fred Mertz: Oh, no.
Ethel Mertz: Lucy!
Lucy Ricardo: Well, I was only trying to help. I saw a sign that said, 'Good accomodations, good food', and an arrow saying 'Take this road', and somehow I wound up back here.
Ricky Ricardo: Well, as long as we're here, we're in no condition to continue. We'll stay right here.
Ethel Mertz: Here?
Fred Mertz: In Lower Slobovia?
- ConnectionsReferenced in Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Restaurant (1986)
- SoundtracksTheme From 'I Love Lucy' (Instrumental)
Written by Eliot Daniel
Performed by Wilbur Hatch and the Desi Arnaz Orchestra
Nonetheless, this episode provides a fascinating insight into the conventions of television in the 1950s. Ironically, a motel setting is in many ways more suggestive than a home setting. It is also interesting to note that, while the Ricardos may be the first married couple to share a bed together, Fred and Ethel Mertz also share a bed together after the Ricardos.
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- Dec 5, 2006
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1