Her family was absent, other than occasional appearances by her bird-brained mother ( Kathryn Card ), who could never get Ricky's name right.

* Alysia Rogers as Shanice, Ricky's girlfriend and the mother of his son.

Ricky's return angers Eugene, whose own mother had a habit of taking his abusive, alcoholic father back.

Ricky's mother is Evelyn Bluedhorn ( Christine Belford ).

Ricky's father played the violin and his mother loved Cantonese opera.

His co-star was his real-life wife, Lucille Ball, who played Ricky's wife, Lucy.

In 1957, Nelson was seventeen when he met and fell in love with Marianne Gaba, who played the role of Ricky's girlfriend in three episodes of Ozzie and Harriet.

He appeared in three guest shots on the show: twice as Ricky Ricardo's boss, Alvin Littlefield, owner of the Tropicana Club where Ricky's band played, and later as a judge on a Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour episode.

Edward's father is played by John Houseman as the thoughtful, well-to-do patriarch and industrialist whose demeanor starkly contrasts with Edward's and seems more similar to Ricky's ( at first ).

Ricky's uncle, Sandy North, was played by Jim Bannon.

Ricky's companions were a wild stallion, Champion, and a German Shepherd, Rebel, played by Blaze.

In a 1958 episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Lorrie played both Ricky's girlfriend-and that girlfriend's identical twin.

Frank becomes suspicious of Lester and Ricky's friendship and finds his son's footage of Lester lifting weights while nude, which Ricky captured by chance and leads Frank to believe Ricky is gay.

Changed by Ricky's " attractive, profound confidence ", Lester is convinced that Angela is attainable and sees that he must question his " banal, numbingly materialist suburban existence "; he takes a job at a fast-food outlet, which allows him to regress to a point when he could " see his whole life ahead of him ".

She is also at least twice offered contracts by television or film companies-first in " The Audition " when she replaces an injured clown in Ricky's act, and later in Hollywood when she dances for a studio benefit using a rubber Ricky dummy as her dancing partner.

Ricky's ball is returned to him later by a Crips gang member.

" He sorrowfully says that he has no brothers left now after Ricky's death, but is embraced by Tre, who says Doughboy still has " one brother left ", referring to himself.

Their son's juvenile delinquency did little to enhance the All-American image of Ozzie and Harriet and they quickly put an end to Ricky's involvement with the Rooks by banishing one of the most influential of the club's members from Ricky's life and their home.

This was released as a single in 1980, followed by the next single " Ricky's Hand " and the album Fireside Favourites recorded at Blackwing Studios.

His imagination then runs even more wild: the young woman tells a plumber ( Victor Moore ) how Richard is " just like The Creature from the Black Lagoon "; the plumber repeats her story to neighbor McKenzie, whom Helen had asked to drop by to pick up Ricky's paddle.

Bunny was mentioned by Fred Mertz in the I Love Lucy Season 4 episode, " Ricky's Screen Test ".

It also paved the way for Ricky's 2 shows at the Hong Kong Coliseum ( produced by Sam Hui ).

Stuey manages to sell Ricky's story to the Weekly World News, but ends up being captured by a group of shady businessmen that presumably work for Elijah.

executive arrives and, disgusted by Ricky's new appearance, tells him he's fired, causing the entire audience to start laughing at him.

Comark, owned by the Brenninkmeijer family of the Netherlands, had owned many retail chains including Ricky's Bootlegger, Clark Shoes, Collacut luggage and D ' Aillards.

Situations included the trouble caused by the ghost-writing of Ricky's column in The Daily Tits ( parodying The Sun )-a complicated argument in favour of collectivism in Lenin's original was transformed to " I hate all paddies, but I wouldn't mind giving that Gloria Hunniford one " in the paper ; the North-South economic divide in England (" In Crunchthorpe there's a hundred and three per cent unemployment.

He also appears on the DVD and often appears in Ricky's video podcasts, mainly being bullied, annoyed and attacked by Gervais.

* Mary Ricky's wife.

Gordon did appear as a guest star in three episodes, playing Ricky's boss, Mr. Littlefield, in two episodes, and later in an hour-long episode as a civil court judge.

There is also a trip to Miami Beach for the two couples, with a side trip to Ricky's homeland of Cuba.

* 1952: I Love Lucy ( 3 episodes, 1952 – 1956 ) ... aka " Lucy in Connecticut "-USA ( rerun title ) ... aka " The Sunday Lucy Show "-USA ( rerun title ) ... aka " The Top Ten Lucy Show " – USA ( rerun title ) – Lucy and Bob Hope ( 1956 ) TV episode ( performer: " Nobody Loves the Ump " ( uncredited )) – Ricky's European Booking ( 1955 ) TV episode ( performer: " Forever, Darling " ( uncredited )) – Cuban Pals ( 1952 ) TV episode ( performer: " The Lady in Red ", " Similau ")

In the episode, he explains his name as " First name: Mister ; middle name: period ; last name T ." In one scene, when Ricky's class erupts into a paper-ball-throwing melee, Mr. T throws his body in front of the objects, fully protecting his client.

For example: Julian is almost never seen without a glass of rum and Coke-on-the-rocks in his hand ; Ricky's speech is often laced with malapropisms and eggcorns ; and Bubbles, who wears Coke-bottle glasses and lives in a shed with a bunch of cats.

" Back to Nature " was a great success for Mute Records so a follow-up record was produced ; the follow-up was titled " Ricky's Hand ".

After Jack Benny, Nelson continued to work in sitcoms in similar roles, most notably in: The Hank McCune Show and I Love Lucy ( including a hilarious turn as a train conductor in " The Great Train Robbery " episode from 1955 as the Ricardos and Mertzes begin heading home to New York after Ricky's stay in Hollywood courtesy of MGM ) during the 1950s ; The Addams Family in the 1960s ; and Sanford and Son during the 1970s.

In the story's conclusion, following Ricky's death, Mickey decides to stay behind in the parallel world to look after the parallel version of his grandmother ( Mona Hammond ) and fight the Cybermen ; Mickey's grandmother is dead in his universe.

For example, in one episode, Mr. Lahey likens Ricky's growing ignorance to that of a " shit tsunami ", while in another episode, Mr. Lahey tells Bubbles that the " shit hawks are swooping in low " due to his deplorable behavior and company.

*" Lucy and Superman ": Lucy tries to get George Reeves, star of the 1950s Adventures of Superman television series, to appear at little Ricky's birthday party.

* In an episode of I Love Lucy, Lucy schemes to get her husband, Ricky, into a play she wrote called " A Tree Grows in Havana ", referring to Ricky's homeland of Cuba.

Some of Ricky's shows have included Ethel and / or Fred in the production, with the effect of making Lucy determined to get in on the act.

This documentary examines race relations and how Ricky's legacy has lived on, ten years later.