Lucy advertises for a roommate and after reviewing an application that sounds "refined and dignified" she settles on librarian Carol Bradford - a shy, mousy young woman whom Lucy and Mary Jane try to coax out of her shell.
With two queens of comedy sharing the stage you'd expect a laugh riot, but while this episode has its' moments, it's not a series classic. Once again, Ms. Ball steps aside and gives the spotlight to the guest star.
Burnett goes overboard - even Lucy says she "laughs like a hyena" - and the sneezing and hiccups bits are only mildly amusing. The funniest parts are when Carol's voice drops an octave and she delivers some of her lines in a "trucker" tone.
Lucy looks great in the party scene wearing a yellow sheath dress where Carol literally lets her hair down and belts out "Hard-Hearted Hannah".
The pairing should have resulted in something funnier, but it's interesting to see Lucy and Carol working together a year before the start of the latter's CBS variety show.
Burnett also appears in the following episode, but this is the better of the two.
With two queens of comedy sharing the stage you'd expect a laugh riot, but while this episode has its' moments, it's not a series classic. Once again, Ms. Ball steps aside and gives the spotlight to the guest star.
Burnett goes overboard - even Lucy says she "laughs like a hyena" - and the sneezing and hiccups bits are only mildly amusing. The funniest parts are when Carol's voice drops an octave and she delivers some of her lines in a "trucker" tone.
Lucy looks great in the party scene wearing a yellow sheath dress where Carol literally lets her hair down and belts out "Hard-Hearted Hannah".
The pairing should have resulted in something funnier, but it's interesting to see Lucy and Carol working together a year before the start of the latter's CBS variety show.
Burnett also appears in the following episode, but this is the better of the two.
