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Harry shares sad news with his family of a SERIOUS operation, which turns out to be having his tonsils out. Lucy, Kim, and Craig attempt to keep Uncle Harry in the hospital after Harry has a run in with the nurse (Mary Wickes). Once he meets the sexy nurse (Paula Stewart) he changes his mind and wants to stay.

Lucille Ball and Paula Stewart (Nurse Dean) played sisters in the Broadway production of Wildcat

This is the only time on "Here's Lucy" where Harry reveals his age, 51, although because Lucy and Nurse Hurlow both roll their eyes, he is probably lying. In reality, Gale Gordon was 63.

The "Here's Lucy" crew played a prank on Gale Gordon. He expected the legs on the hospital bed to break, but instead the special effects crew rigged the bed to snap shut, forcing him to be folded in half. Although he masks his laughter, Gordon continued with the scene. In "Lucy Plays Florence Nightingale" Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) was also the victim of Lucy and a tricky hospital bed. Lucy also triggers a hospital bed to fold up with a patient (Jan Murray) inside it in "Lucy and the Soap Opera".

Dr. Kurtzman is Harry's surgeon; Dr. Bodner is a psychiatrist Lucy telephones on his behalf. In real life, Dr. Sam Kurtzman was a comedy writer who worked with writer Milt Josefsberg for Bob Hope. Dr. Henry Bodner was the name of Josefsberg's urologist.

Mr. Phillips is smoking a cigar in the hospital waiting room. Cigars were traditionally given to and smoked by new fathers. In 1991 the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) announced tobacco control standards for accredited American hospitals which mandated that they go smoke-free by the end of 1993.

Lucy Ricardo's son, Little Ricky, had his tonsils out in "Nursery School".

The title follows the usual "Lucy and ____" format, but in this case it sounds like both Lucy and Harry have tonsillitis.

Nurse Dean wears a different style cap than the other two nurses, probably in order to appear more feminine and show off more of her sexy hairstyle.

Mary Wickes first came to fame as a nurse in "The Man Who Came To Dinner" on both stage and screen.

Craig jokes that Uncle Harry is covered under Medicare. Medicare insurance was only a few years old at the time, having been signed into law by President Johnson in 1965.


Episode cast overview:
Lucille Ball Lucille Ball - Lucy Carter
Gale Gordon Gale Gordon - Harrison Otis 'Harry' Carter
Lucie Arnaz Lucie Arnaz - Kim Carter
Desi Arnaz Jr. Desi Arnaz Jr. - Craig Carter
Jack Collins Jack Collins - Mr. Phillips
Paula Stewart Paula Stewart - Nurse Dean
Adele Claire Adele Claire - Nurse Whitton
Mary Wickes Mary Wickes - Nurse Hurlow
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