Lucy a la Carte

Why you should never sit near Lucy in a busy restaurant, especially if you're a male celebrity:

While William Holden (above), in his classic 1955 episode of I Love Lucy, has always been the best-known example of this phenomenon, there are others. Consider the case of Danny Kaye, in a 1964 Lucy Show appearance:

Poor Milton Berle, a few years later, didn't even have to leave home to run afoul of Lucy and her food fumbles:

Celebrities, as the captain on Hill Street Blues used to say, "Let's be careful out there!"