I Love Lucy (TV Series) The Dancing Star (1955) User Reviews

She Finally Gets Her Break

[radicallegacy92 · 9/10 · 11 August 2021]

While she may have attempted to land herself in the spotlight in countless episodes prior and after, you never really got the feeling that she had "arrived" - at least not until now. Sure, she got into Ricky's act multiple times like the "Bullfight Dance", the "TV Commercial", "Show-Biz Swan Song" "The Indian Show", "Ricky's Life Story"... or even when she gets an appearance in a movie "Lucy Gets into Pictures". But none of those truly felt as dignified as this one.

There was nothing that Lucy did or could have done to louse up this appearance, settle for a small part like a Bull, or have Ricky rain on her parade- it was just her and Van in the spotlight as she simply enjoyed the moment. In addition to that, you also see Lucille Ball "flex" with her dancing skills matching Van step for step in this beautiful duet.

It may not be up there in the top 20 iconic episodes, in fact it's listed at 44 on the IMDB top rated episodes in I Love Lucy, but it's one of my personal favorites.

Of course at the end, it leads into the conundrum of Lucy bragging about her and the movie stars to Caroline. BUT as far as the performance, it was an endearing classic as you see two great stars like Lucille Ball and Van Johnson take to the dancing floor. Not to mention it was a great lead off into the next episode of Harpo Marx (#12 on IMDB).

Now you're talkin boy

[angelahptrio · 8/10 · 28 February 2021]

Such a cute episode the dancing between Van Johnson and Lucy, the joy she had seemed genuine. And when she pretends she's talking to him to fool her New York friend. Her pantomime acting is spot on.

Caroline Appleby ! Who do you think? !

[kellielulu · 9/10 · 29 December 2022]

I love how Ricky and Fred don't believe Lucy danced with Van and then Van calls and ask for Lucy! The look on Ricky's face is as priceless as Lucy's sauntering out the door to join Van ! It's one of Lucy's biggest moments when she dances with Van .

We get a ditzier Caroline than usual one that suddenly wears glasses. Plot driven? Yes but it totally works for this situation. I love this version of Caroline the most. She is probably star struck too but all the cattiness is gone from her .

Lucy's pleading with Van is probably the highlight of the episode but it's all good . Lucy does her usual conniving but it's also one of the few times she gets to take center stage.

Watch for Van to warm up to Lucy when she tells him how many times they have seen his show at the hotel.