Little Ricky's Nursery...

[Ireneparalegal]

Did anyone else find it odd that this apartment with the extra room originally had an adult female in that room? The couple who had a daughter who recently got married led Lucy to talk to the lady abt switching apartments with the woman...the odd part is the room can only be accessed solely by going through the parents room. Imagine that adult daughter having to walk through her parents room just to get into her room. :crazy:

[*ClassicPinUp*]

Oooo I never even realized that! Ewww, that could make for some uncomfortable, possibly even nauseating memories :eek:
That's fine for a baby and toddler since it makes for easy access when they cry at night but I couldn't see that being a good thing when the child is older -especially- old enough to be getting married!

[Ireneparalegal]

Oooo I never even realized that! Ewww, that could make for some uncomfortable, possibly even nauseating memories :eek:
That's fine for a baby and toddler since it makes for easy access when they cry at night but I couldn't see that being a good thing when the child is older -especially- old enough to be getting married!
I know, can you imagine when the daughter came home from a date and maybe walked in on her parents? :eek: Or how abt when the daughter needed to use the bathroom? OMG :faint: she would have to use the only one in the apartment...in the parents' bedroom.:crazy:

[*ClassicPinUp*]

I know, can you imagine when the daughter came home from a date and maybe walked in on her parents? :eek: Or how abt when the daughter needed to use the bathroom? OMG :faint: she would have to use the only one in the apartment...in the parents' bedroom.:crazy:
Yeah, totally no privacy for either party. One bathroom would be the worst! I think all women need at least half a counter and most of the shelves (or maybe that's just me:lol:)..she would of had no room.

[Madame X]

Yes, the Ricardo bedroom situation always bothered me. First Ricky has a window next to his bed, then he doesn't. The door next to Lucy's bed apparently leads to the closet, the bathroom and Little Ricky's room. There is hardly enough room to squeeze by her bed to get to the door. I'm not sure how they crammed all that in there. When you see the view from Little Ricky's bedroom through the doorway there is a table with a vase. I doubt if they would have that in a closet!

Having three adults live there would be trying, at best. I would hate to be a teen living there.

And just think if a visitor had to use the bathroom!

[tdr]

Maybe it was just considerations on their sets that necessitated the room being so small. But I think that even then, there had to be some access, even if by a window, to some other way out of the building; like to the fire escape we see once when Ethel and Fred spy on Lucy because they think she's Madame X [shouldn't Fred have been concerned that he might get a reputation as a peeping landlord if anybody happened to see him, which wouldn't be good for keeping tenants? (sorry, that's another subject)].

But as for there being only one bathroom, and that through the main bedroom, I think that was reality and not at all uncommon still at that time. I don't know when the apartment building was supposed to have been constructed, but possibly even having bathrooms within the apartment units still wasn't the rule. In the novel, Airport, written and taking place in 1968, the apartment the bomber and his wife lived in, on Chicago's southside, had a down-the-hall bath, and the water heater was operated by quarters. It can be easy to forget today how, not so long ago, people just lived and managed with less privacy and convenience.

[Brieannas21]

Did anyone else find it odd that this apartment with the extra room originally had an adult female in that room? The couple who had a daughter who recently got married led Lucy to talk to the lady abt switching apartments with the woman...the odd part is the room can only be accessed solely by going through the parents room. Imagine that adult daughter having to walk through her parents room just to get into her room. :crazy:

I've actually thought about that and how odd it was. At one point didn't Little Ricky's nursery have a door that led to the hall??? The one episode where Ricky was telling little Ricky the Little Red riding hood story in Spanish. Lucy, Ethel and Fred were peeking at Ricky from the hallway.

[Madame X]

These shots help to understand the layout of the bedroom. To see the relationship of the living room, bedroom and Little Ricky's room, check out "Ricky Minds the Baby," season 3. The camera pans across the set and the "walls."

You can see Lucy's bed-no hallway.
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They are peeking from the bedroom when Ricky recites "Little Red Riding Hood"
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Little Ricky's room is the other door!
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Short hallway from living room to bedroom.
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