In the Nitpicker's Guides, Phil Farrand pointed out Odo can pull off a rat well enough to fool anyone, but can't manage a nose. He said he thought Odo wasn't trying very hard. Me, I think Odo's difficulty is a PSYCHOLOGICAL one, not a physical one. For some reason, he thinks of himself so specifically as "other" when dealing with humanoids that he can't copy any of them well- his subconscious sabotages the attempts. Although, I think, by the series finale, he'd get pretty close to a good copy if he tried- because his subconscious had changed. (We also know that, had he lived long enough, he'd work it out- we saw that with the planet with the alternate timeline, when the Defiant crashed in the past and the survivors made a society.
"I think of you as experienced. In an emergency, you would be the first one that I'd call." "You SHOULD call me first. I need time to put my teeth in."
"Hey, where's my sashimi and cream cheese on a bagel?" "Here it's called lox." "The hell it is. We had it before you did."
"I didn't know Orientals had a sense of humor." "Are you kidding? We invented gunpowder."
"I think of you as experienced. In an emergency, you would be the first one that I'd call." "You SHOULD call me first. I need time to put my teeth in."
"Hey, where's my sashimi and cream cheese on a bagel?" "Here it's called lox." "The hell it is. We had it before you did."
"I didn't know Orientals had a sense of humor." "Are you kidding? We invented gunpowder."
“This is a police station, not a coffee shop!” “And we’ve got the coffee to prove it!”
"Introducing Rhea, the Medium. Well done, Medium Rhea!"
"I got the golbloots from a booshoo bird?!" "We may have to remove her Zorch."
"How can you sell meat so cheap?" "I'm glad you asked that. We rope, we brand, we butcher. We do everything but eat it for you."
"What do you know about rice?" "Well, I had it thrown at me on one of the darkest days in my life."
"It's going to be called "Bitter Grapes." I wonder what part they want me for." "Oh, you're probably going to be one of the bunch."
"Babalu!"
The first was when the Ricardos wanted to be let out of their lease, and became obnoxious tenants. Ricky did a band rehearsal in the living room. (The Mertzes sold tickets to it.) When the Mertzes got home, Lucy recommended this dance- the Mexican Hat Dance. Between the 12-piece band and the crowd doing the stomps, the Mertzes ended up with part of the ceiling falling on them.
One episode had Lucy being superstitious and into numerology. She blew a deal for Ricky because it was a bad day for his number. She contacted the client, and found out he was also into all of that, and was looking to have a seance performed. Lucy arranged for Ethel to conduct a phony seance in their living room. For a moment. Fred pretended Ethel's medium's name was "Rhea."
Lucy pretended to have all sorts of problems to get sympathy. When Ricky caught her, he had a "doctor" (actor Hal Marsh) show up and examine her. She had a fatal illness- the gol-bloots, which travels on the hind legs of the booshoo bird. She should be fine as long as she doesn't turn green....
The gang of 4 got a freezer, and bought meat wholesale. They knew how big a side of pork was (half a pig.) So, they ordered 2 sides (that is, one entire cow's worth of meat.) They tried to sell some of the meat to people to make up some of the money. In fairness, they saved a lot by buying the meat wholesale, but it was a LOT of money to drop at once, even if it was an entire year's worth of meat.
The boys and the girls traded places to see who had it harder. The boys cooked and cleaned, the women went to work. Ricky planned to make chicken and rice, and have Fred bake a cake for dessert. Fred didn't seem to know much about rice. Meanwhile, the girls went to work at the factory, wrapping chocolates on an assembly line.
During a trip to Europe, a director wanted Lucy for a movie he was working on, called "Bitter Grapes." She decided to go work in a wine vineyard to learn about the role, and ended up stained purple after a fight with anoither worker in the wine vat. But the director had wanted her to play a TOURIST. Since she was stained purple and filming starts tomorrow, he asked Ethel to play the tourist.
If you know the series, any number of those episodes will ring a bell... The Mertzes with a chandelier around their necks, the phony seance to contact Tilly, Lucy and the fake diagnosis, Lucy and Ethel with a pram in a butcher's shop, selling to the customers, the ill-fated cooking or the girls working on the assembly line, Lucy fighting in the wine vat.
The wine vat and the chocolates line are episodes I remember, but was memorable about those episodes was the visuals, not the dialogue. Without "Babalu!" I wouldn't have gotten it.
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"You know, there's one thing about you humanoids I can't imitate very well."
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Probably "Star Trek-Deep Space 9."
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Correct. Although other Changelings could look exactly human, Odo could never quite get it.
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In the Nitpicker's Guides, Phil Farrand pointed out Odo can pull off a rat well enough to fool anyone, but can't manage a nose. He said he thought Odo wasn't trying very hard. Me, I think Odo's difficulty is a PSYCHOLOGICAL one, not a physical one. For some reason, he thinks of himself so specifically as "other" when dealing with humanoids that he can't copy any of them well- his subconscious sabotages the attempts. Although, I think, by the series finale, he'd get pretty close to a good copy if he tried- because his subconscious had changed. (We also know that, had he lived long enough, he'd work it out- we saw that with the planet with the alternate timeline, when the Defiant crashed in the past and the survivors made a society.
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"I think of you as experienced. In an emergency, you would be the first one that I'd call." "You SHOULD call me first. I need time to put my teeth in."
"Hey, where's my sashimi and cream cheese on a bagel?" "Here it's called lox." "The hell it is. We had it before you did."
"I didn't know Orientals had a sense of humor." "Are you kidding? We invented gunpowder."
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"I think of you as experienced. In an emergency, you would be the first one that I'd call." "You SHOULD call me first. I need time to put my teeth in."
"Hey, where's my sashimi and cream cheese on a bagel?" "Here it's called lox." "The hell it is. We had it before you did."
"I didn't know Orientals had a sense of humor." "Are you kidding? We invented gunpowder."
“This is a police station, not a coffee shop!” “And we’ve got the coffee to prove it!”
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I thought I answered.
Barney Miller?
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CORRECT!
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The Carol Burnett Show.
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Yes. It was the beginning of her closing theme song.
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" 'El Breako the Leaso'?"
"Introducing Rhea, the Medium. Well done, Medium Rhea!"
"I got the golbloots from a booshoo bird?!" "We may have to remove her Zorch."
"How can you sell meat so cheap?" "I'm glad you asked that. We rope, we brand, we butcher. We do everything but eat it for you."
"What do you know about rice?" "Well, I had it thrown at me on one of the darkest days in my life."
"It's going to be called "Bitter Grapes." I wonder what part they want me for." "Oh, you're probably going to be one of the bunch."
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" 'El Breako the Leaso'?"
"Introducing Rhea, the Medium. Well done, Medium Rhea!"
"I got the golbloots from a booshoo bird?!" "We may have to remove her Zorch."
"How can you sell meat so cheap?" "I'm glad you asked that. We rope, we brand, we butcher. We do everything but eat it for you."
"What do you know about rice?" "Well, I had it thrown at me on one of the darkest days in my life."
"It's going to be called "Bitter Grapes." I wonder what part they want me for." "Oh, you're probably going to be one of the bunch."
"Babalu!"
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I Love Lucy (?)
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That's it. A lot of those were from famous episodes.
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The first was when the Ricardos wanted to be let out of their lease, and became obnoxious tenants. Ricky did a band rehearsal in the living room. (The Mertzes sold tickets to it.) When the Mertzes got home, Lucy recommended this dance- the Mexican Hat Dance. Between the 12-piece band and the crowd doing the stomps, the Mertzes ended up with part of the ceiling falling on them.
One episode had Lucy being superstitious and into numerology. She blew a deal for Ricky because it was a bad day for his number. She contacted the client, and found out he was also into all of that, and was looking to have a seance performed. Lucy arranged for Ethel to conduct a phony seance in their living room. For a moment. Fred pretended Ethel's medium's name was "Rhea."
Lucy pretended to have all sorts of problems to get sympathy. When Ricky caught her, he had a "doctor" (actor Hal Marsh) show up and examine her. She had a fatal illness- the gol-bloots, which travels on the hind legs of the booshoo bird. She should be fine as long as she doesn't turn green....
The gang of 4 got a freezer, and bought meat wholesale. They knew how big a side of pork was (half a pig.) So, they ordered 2 sides (that is, one entire cow's worth of meat.) They tried to sell some of the meat to people to make up some of the money. In fairness, they saved a lot by buying the meat wholesale, but it was a LOT of money to drop at once, even if it was an entire year's worth of meat.
The boys and the girls traded places to see who had it harder. The boys cooked and cleaned, the women went to work. Ricky planned to make chicken and rice, and have Fred bake a cake for dessert. Fred didn't seem to know much about rice. Meanwhile, the girls went to work at the factory, wrapping chocolates on an assembly line.
During a trip to Europe, a director wanted Lucy for a movie he was working on, called "Bitter Grapes." She decided to go work in a wine vineyard to learn about the role, and ended up stained purple after a fight with anoither worker in the wine vat. But the director had wanted her to play a TOURIST. Since she was stained purple and filming starts tomorrow, he asked Ethel to play the tourist.
If you know the series, any number of those episodes will ring a bell... The Mertzes with a chandelier around their necks, the phony seance to contact Tilly, Lucy and the fake diagnosis, Lucy and Ethel with a pram in a butcher's shop, selling to the customers, the ill-fated cooking or the girls working on the assembly line, Lucy fighting in the wine vat.
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The wine vat and the chocolates line are episodes I remember, but was memorable about those episodes was the visuals, not the dialogue. Without "Babalu!" I wouldn't have gotten it.
"Awww, Geez, Edith! Stifle!"
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