S3.E28

Tennessee Ernie Visits

Name: Tennessee Ernie Visits
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1954-05-03
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance

Episode aired May 3, 1954
TV-Y
30m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

372

YOUR RATING

Comedy

Cousin Ernie visits the Ricardos and won't leave. Lucy gets creative trying to find a way to get him to go home.Cousin Ernie visits the Ricardos and won't leave. Lucy gets creative trying to find a way to get him to go home.Cousin Ernie visits the Ricardos and won't leave. Lucy gets creative trying to find a way to get him to go home.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

372

YOUR RATING

4User reviews

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Did you know

Trivia
With this episode, Tennessee Ernie Ford became the first celebrity guest to appear on the show and use his own name. While he does not portray a famous person in the episode he does go by the name Ernie Ford (from Bentfork, Tennessee).

Goofs
Ernie says he arrived in New York at about noon and arrives at the Ricardo's at about 9 p.m. after walking from Long Island. The walk from the center of Long Island to East 68th Street where the Ricardo's live is 48 miles and, according to modern Google Maps calculations, would take more than 16 hours to walk. There is no way Ernie walked this distance in 9 hour time frame given, especially since some of that time was spent with him riding the subway.

Quotes
Cousin Ernie: You must be Cousin Lucy, and there's Cousin Ricky, too. How're you?
Ricky Ricardo: How are you. Did you say, cousin?
Cousin Ernie: Oh, yeah, it's just a habit. Down in Tennessee, everybody calls everybody else 'Cousin'.
Ricky Ricardo: Oh.
Cousin Ernie: 'Course, down in Tennessee, everybody *is* everybody else's cousin.