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Card Games on I Love Lucy

Ethel uses Fan back Bicycle Playing Cards when she reads the cards for Lucy in S1, E4 “Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying To Murder her”

A Survey of Card Games played on I Love Lucy

Thanks to  contributor Jamie.

s01 e02 – Be A Pal
Poker, played by Ricky, Fred and Lucy

s01, e13 – The Benefit
Bridge, played by all.

s01 e16 – Lucy Fakes Illness
Ricky says “how about a game of cards?” and then “what will it be, bridge or canasta?” – Later Ricky plays poker with two of his band members.
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Ethel’s Bicycle Playing Cards

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In the I Love lucy episode Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying To Murder Her
which first aired on  November 5, 1951, Ethel demonstrates her fortune telling skills using her Bicycle Fan back playing cards. These had a distinctive design on the reverse that incorporates a fan and bicycle design originally issued in the 1890’s  called “The New Fan Back” as opposed to an earlier fan design.
cards bicycle-cards-canasta The fan back design is currently seen in the Canasta set available on the website HERE bicycle-cards
Vintage Sets can also be found on eBay HERE